I was amused by this video clip of Sir Ian McKellen on acting from a program called Extras:
I think writers as well as actors will appreciate this piece in particular. How often have authors been asked, "How much of [this piece of fiction] actually happened to you?" Authors who write in the first person are particularly prone to this question. The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart was a murdering madman. Edgar Allan Poe, the author, was not.
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Poe was an interesting choice for an example. Evil old drunken weasel. He knew what he was writing about....
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Like many authors, Poe had his problems. However, as far as we know, he was not a murdering madman. :)
So then whatever happened to Annabel Lee, huh? All that "she was a child and I was a child" - uh huh..yep....
It was a joy to watch that again. I love Extras.
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