Dan's Future

[reanna20]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:
> 
> He is very shy!  I find this very endearing.  He looked like he 
> didn't know what to make of Rosie when he did that appearance in 
> the US last fall.  I'm always amazed that shy people end up in 
> acting careers of all things -- being shy myself, drama is the last 
> thing I'd do.

Depends on the type of shyness. My shyness stems from the fact that I 
have problems being open and free with people I don't know well. My 
thought processes grind to a halt because everything I could say has 
to go through an internal "is this okay" checker. While this creates 
problems in social situations, it doesn't on a stage. There, your 
words are *given* to you. You don't have to worry about them.

Of course, if you're afraid of large groups of people or giving 
speeches, well then acting would be very difficult. But if you love 
something enough...acting strikes me as something where the 
anticipation is dreadful but once you're on stage (or on camera), 
everything is fine.

I am amazed at how shy Daniel is. It boggles the mind and is so 
adorable that I want to scream "Leave him alone!" and rush to rescue 
him. Whenever he is asked a question, you can *see* that he is trying 
to think of the best, most truthful answer and is getting flustered 
in the process. I love it and at the same time, it makes me itchy.

~Amber
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Infinitely suffering thing.
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