"If I can't act, who am I? I mean, I'd only ever valued myself through my work, I'd only defined myself through my work, that's who I was but that wasn't going to be a possibility anymore, than who am I when all I have left is just... Me? Is not something I've ever thought to contemplate, so this is some of the work I've been trying to do... "
"This passed week I got a letter from someone asking me to sign an American Beauty poster and I was looking at the poster I noticed just under the title are two words, two really simple words. It says: look closer and I realized I've never really saw them before. I mean, yeah I saw, I must have looked at that poster most times that I can count but I never really saw, I never really stopped and looked closer at my own life. But when you do stop and explore the personal, the spiritual, your health, your relationships, the changes can be real and the rewards will keep coming"
"Begin by being kind to yourself, might be the hardest place to start, it certainly was for me..."
In this monologue I can see a man who has finally taken his life with his hands and who is trying to keep finding the way to give a new value to his life, evaluating himself as a man, as a human being, not just as an actor.
I am very happy that he is finally able to find the positive from all of this. This is how I hoped he could react, even if I knew it would have take some time.
In conclusion I can say that with this speech he gave us a great example of resilience, an attitude so important in this moment of suffering and sacrifice for all of us.
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yousharknotpass
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