From: FStandel@nyc.rr.com
"IMTammyP" wrote in message
news:20040425192952.11362.00000366@mb-m19.aol.com...
> >> Ugh. The great lament from non-artists about artists everywhere.
> >
> >Actually, I'm a writer so I consider myself an artist too.>>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Tammy
> "Free the WM3!"
Bravo, Tammy. Very well stated. The only way to make your craft better is
through experience and practice. Life lessons can be drawn upon to help, but
it isn't the only factor for improvement.
Feesha
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