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   Very well said!!!   
      
      
   :29:52 GMT, imtammyp@aol.com (IMTammyP) wrote:   
      
   >>> Ugh. The great lament from non-artists about artists everywhere.   
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   >>Actually, I'm a writer so I consider myself an artist too.>>   
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   >Good!  Then maybe you will understand this--experiences in life add to what   
   you   
   >know and possibly what you can put out.  But, they only make you DIFFERENT not   
   >necessarily BETTER.   
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   >The single you could have been a writer and maybe even was.  The married you   
   >can be a writer...the mother you can be a writer...the childless you can be a   
   >writer..the divorced you can be a writer...but NO ONE can say when or from   
   >where YOUR greatest work has come from or will come from.  Having more   
   >experiences only gives you more to think about and possibly more to write   
   about   
   >but it doesn't do the writing for you, so it doesn't guarantee you a better   
   >professional output.  You should know that.   
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   >Every experience he has adds to what is inside him but doesn't necessarily   
   make   
   >it possible for him to put that into a performance and it doesn't mean he   
   can't   
   >play anything other than what he is.  THAT is why it's called acting.   
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   >This highbrow opinion that he can never reach his full potential until he is   
   in   
   >a lasting relationship is flawed in a million different ways.  He has been   
   >married, he has been in more than one 3-year stint...so how long is long   
   enough   
   >to understand love?  Do you know?  Is there an absolute?  Would being in   
   >another failed marriage make him Oscar-worthy as long as it lasted a while?   
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   >Actors in marriages (the successful ones) are constantly separated from their   
   >families for long periods of time.  That doesn't sound like a good thing to   
   me.   
   > If they bring them along, what is fun about hanging out on some boring set   
   all   
   >day?  And when kids are in school you can't do that.  You are oversimplifying   
   >the lives of successful actors and the juggling they do.  If he doesn't want   
   to   
   >do it, he knows best for himself.  He knows that it would be a case of mutual   
   >sacrifice and if he's not ready to do his part then he's right not to screw up   
   >someone else's life.   
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   > I   
   >>personally think that an artist with a clear head and stable life   
   >>creates their best work. An artist who has their own psychological   
   >>stuff figured out is a much more effective communicator. The idea of   
   >>the tortured artist is passe to me. Most of George's peers (Tom Hanks,   
   >>Sean Penn, or if you want to go way back to Clark Gable), most of   
   >>those men achieved their greatest artistic triumphs after they were in   
   >>a long-term relationship. It doesn't have to be a married relationship   
   >>though - just a relationship of great depth.   
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   >>When you experience those things, it gives you more to draw from in   
   >>your artistic expression. Sorry but I have a hard time thinking that   
   >>hanging out with a Krista type would be enlightening to any true   
   >>artist. I think if George had a relationship that made him grow as a   
   >>man, it's only logical that he'd grow as an actor also.   
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   >>I just hate to see him consistently avoid quality women simply because   
   >>he has some incorrect notion that he can't have both a successful   
   >>career and successful love life. He can have it all if he wanted too.   
   >>And he'd have more to offer as an actor too.   
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   >Tammy   
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