Observations

Jan 2018
That's Another Story - Julie Walters – Phoenix, 2009
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As anyone who has seen an episode of the Graham Norton chat show will know, actors are, in general, a rather vacuous lot. Obviously, to some extent this is because the celebrity interviewee is just another role that they play, but it is also, I think, because at its heart, acting is about observing people without judgement or opinion, a habit that must become ingrained with practice. Which is great for developing memorable characters on stage and screen, but tends to make for rather dull autobiographies which all too often devolve into a collection of the honed anecdotes about other actors and life on set or stage that the chat show circuit demands.
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