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FOR ACTORS
Time is a cruel taskmaster; it flays with a whip of
years. At last, it steals the thunder of the heart. Memories outlive everything, colored and shaped
by the mind's eye
of each beholder. In this is the magic and the mystery.
Actors are the least likely to be seen in any true light,
even by themselves. They are the multi-layered projections of a hundred concepts. Each role adds another mask. Sometimes
it sticks to the face. The actor struggles to tear it free, replace it with another, but always some layer of the one
beneath remains, imprinting a texture of feelings. and always the roles keep changing-- another illusion, as though a painter
had painted a canvas over and over, but always something of the painting underneath shows through. Gradually true identity is blurred
in the minds of his audience, and in the actor's own mind. He becomes the reflection of many images. And even his closest friends
can scarcely see the man.
They say that a man is not judged by how much he loves, but by how much he is loved by others.
Always remember that great men are not born, they are created. As an artist our emotions are not our weakness, they are
our greatest strength. Be true to yourself and you will achieve perfection and greatness.
Hosting "Interviews of a Lifetime" on the red carpet at the Academy Awards!
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