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Outdo Oneself
Had been reading loads on interviews, mostly by thespians.
I remembered the first interview that sparked my fiery desire, to outdo myself.
Twas by Keanu Reeves, after his movie Matrix II, where he stretched himself so far into the limit that every nite after the scenes were shot, he had to emerge himself in ice bathtubs to numb those sore frm his body. That's what one calls dedication.
His quote will never leave me:
Q : But did you pick something up from playing him (Neo of Matrix)?
A : Yeah. It's like, Can you live up to that? Can you live up to the best part of yourself every day? Which I think is a really great question. Can you live to the best part of yourself all the time? It's hard. I try but I think that that aspect is something the film is actually also asking.
End of quote.
Can you live up to that? Can you live up to the best part of yourself every day? Can you live to the best part of yourself all the time?
Actually, that's a very hard question. I've been trying since form 5 and till now, I still cant live up to the best part of myself. Sometimes, I beat myself up for not living up to my expectations, haha.
There are days when I've pushed myself to a limit, and I go, "Sodeska, that's my limit." and I stop. Then when opportunity comes again and I pushed myself again, I go a lil bit farther from my original endurance. It's amazing when we look back and see, wow, I can go that far. That pushes for another day.
So I just keep the curiousity coming in, giving my best focus in that particular moment or projects and never giving up. Someday, I'm gonna get there. (Where u ask me? Beats me. Mayb I just love beating my self up mentally. I think I'm mentally retarded or something.)
Anyway, been reading Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale's interview since they were both strong characters in The Prestige.
Below are glimpses of Bale's interview that capture my attention:
"One can glimpse in his impassioned speech his own allegiance to his acting craft. He admits that he admires people who can throw themselves into their work 100% . And for a moment, the line between Bale and his character, who is also obsessed with his professional calling, blurs."
"Ask him what he loves about the job, and he says with sincerity: 'The hardcore nature of the commitment that is necessary to do it well.' "
"What he hates about the job, he adds, chuckling with self-deprecation, is also “the necessity of the commitment because it means that you can’t get lazy really."
"Probably people who have better technique than me are able to be lazy and just be as good. But I don’t have that technique. I’ve never learnt it really, so for me it’s total absolute vein-popping commitment or nothing."
"That sort of ascetic dedication to his craft explains the lack of a publicist. He prefers to let his work do the talking."
– The Straits Times Singapore / Asia News Network
"Persona: Unpredictable, unconventional Brit actor who pops up in the strangest of roles in the strangest of films. Like 2002 sci-fi flick Equilibrium, of which one prominent American critic wrote: "Bale is so intense here it seems as if he might implode at any minute.' "
"Career advice: Continue doing surprising things. Bank on your Batcave cache to make people check out the arthouse. Heck, you have been doing the strange stuff for so long, even if the Caped Crusader sequel flops, what are they going to do to you? Give you the strange stuff?"
Hugh's interview had one quote that I personally like:
Hugh Jackman may not have changed over the years, but yet he remains one of Hollywood's busiest and most sought after actors. "My wife sometimes jokes that she thinks I'm a little bit of a workaholic, but my definition of a workaholic is someone who can't switch it off, which I can do", the affable Aussie says laughingly. "I work hard and I really enjoy it -- I've always loved acting -- but, I can switch it off."
Sometimes, taking calculated risks enable one reaches to a different level, which might or not be a good thing, but hey, that's risk for doing the things one's passionate of.
And risks are something I know about.
PS : I've discovered Thomas Kretschmann can be so utterly sexy like hell given some time and the right character. And the I realised, when he's being relax in a character, he's emerged into this presence that one can describe as Liam Neeson. A viewer noted, "and the dustily handsome Thomas Kretschmann (Nikopol), whose profile leans to Liam Neeson where his comics counterpart did Brando." Utterly devastating.
I remembered the first interview that sparked my fiery desire, to outdo myself.
Twas by Keanu Reeves, after his movie Matrix II, where he stretched himself so far into the limit that every nite after the scenes were shot, he had to emerge himself in ice bathtubs to numb those sore frm his body. That's what one calls dedication.
His quote will never leave me:
Q : But did you pick something up from playing him (Neo of Matrix)?
A : Yeah. It's like, Can you live up to that? Can you live up to the best part of yourself every day? Which I think is a really great question. Can you live to the best part of yourself all the time? It's hard. I try but I think that that aspect is something the film is actually also asking.
End of quote.
Can you live up to that? Can you live up to the best part of yourself every day? Can you live to the best part of yourself all the time?
Actually, that's a very hard question. I've been trying since form 5 and till now, I still cant live up to the best part of myself. Sometimes, I beat myself up for not living up to my expectations, haha.
There are days when I've pushed myself to a limit, and I go, "Sodeska, that's my limit." and I stop. Then when opportunity comes again and I pushed myself again, I go a lil bit farther from my original endurance. It's amazing when we look back and see, wow, I can go that far. That pushes for another day.
So I just keep the curiousity coming in, giving my best focus in that particular moment or projects and never giving up. Someday, I'm gonna get there. (Where u ask me? Beats me. Mayb I just love beating my self up mentally. I think I'm mentally retarded or something.)
Anyway, been reading Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale's interview since they were both strong characters in The Prestige.
Below are glimpses of Bale's interview that capture my attention:
"Ask him what he loves about the job, and he says with sincerity: 'The hardcore nature of the commitment that is necessary to do it well.' "
"What he hates about the job, he adds, chuckling with self-deprecation, is also “the necessity of the commitment because it means that you can’t get lazy really."
"Probably people who have better technique than me are able to be lazy and just be as good. But I don’t have that technique. I’ve never learnt it really, so for me it’s total absolute vein-popping commitment or nothing."
"That sort of ascetic dedication to his craft explains the lack of a publicist. He prefers to let his work do the talking."
– The Straits Times Singapore / Asia News Network
"Persona: Unpredictable, unconventional Brit actor who pops up in the strangest of roles in the strangest of films. Like 2002 sci-fi flick Equilibrium, of which one prominent American critic wrote: "Bale is so intense here it seems as if he might implode at any minute.' "
"Career advice: Continue doing surprising things. Bank on your Batcave cache to make people check out the arthouse. Heck, you have been doing the strange stuff for so long, even if the Caped Crusader sequel flops, what are they going to do to you? Give you the strange stuff?"
Hugh's interview had one quote that I personally like:
Sometimes, taking calculated risks enable one reaches to a different level, which might or not be a good thing, but hey, that's risk for doing the things one's passionate of.
And risks are something I know about.
PS : I've discovered Thomas Kretschmann can be so utterly sexy like hell given some time and the right character. And the I realised, when he's being relax in a character, he's emerged into this presence that one can describe as Liam Neeson. A viewer noted, "and the dustily handsome Thomas Kretschmann (Nikopol), whose profile leans to Liam Neeson where his comics counterpart did Brando." Utterly devastating.
Labels: Inspiration, Motivation
posted by M.E. # 4:54 PM
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