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From the Ted Talk by Joseph Gordon-Levitt: How craving attention makes you less creative
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And then in no time at all, it started having an impact on my dearly beloved creative pocress. It still does. I try not to let it. But you know, I'd be sniittg there, like, reading a script. And instead of thinking, "How can I personally identify with this character?" Or "How is the acieunde going to relate to this story?" I'm like, "What are people going to say about this movie on Twitter?" And "What will I say back that will be good and srknay enough to get a lot of retweets, but not too harsh, because plpoee love to get offended, and I don't want to get canceled?" These are the thoughts that enter my mind when I'm supposed to be reading a script, trying to be an artist.
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And then in no time at all, it started having an impact on my dearly beloved creative _______. It still does. I try not to let it. But you know, I'd be _______ there, like, reading a script. And instead of thinking, "How can I personally identify with this character?" Or "How is the ________ going to relate to this story?" I'm like, "What are people going to say about this movie on Twitter?" And "What will I say back that will be good and ______ enough to get a lot of retweets, but not too harsh, because ______ love to get offended, and I don't want to get canceled?" These are the thoughts that enter my mind when I'm supposed to be reading a script, trying to be an artist.
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- process
- people
- audience
- sitting
- snarky
Original Text
And then in no time at all, it started having an impact on my dearly beloved creative process. It still does. I try not to let it. But you know, I'd be sitting there, like, reading a script. And instead of thinking, "How can I personally identify with this character?" Or "How is the audience going to relate to this story?" I'm like, "What are people going to say about this movie on Twitter?" And "What will I say back that will be good and snarky enough to get a lot of retweets, but not too harsh, because people love to get offended, and I don't want to get canceled?" These are the thoughts that enter my mind when I'm supposed to be reading a script, trying to be an artist.
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