I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very interesting to slap people in the face with just an absolute of life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.
Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.
I don't think I could write a straight drama.
Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion.
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.
The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.
I think I would struggle with any job if it was purely about effects. Even as a viewer, those aren't the kind of things that interest me. I think ultimately you have to be connected to characters and their relationships. Otherwise, it's not drama to me.
I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do.
I like acting very much because I don't get punched, and it's not real.