Is there a character, role, celebrity etc. that you feel represents the "real" inner you and/or someone you wish you were like or feel like deep down is the "real" you that you can't/won't let out?
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In terms of characters I tend to identify with movie characters or certain actors more than characters in books. When I think of "roles" I think of movie roles, but the term could also apply to characters' roles in books. I like this question because I think it helps me understand why I like certain actors more than others as much as I do. So when I watch Dustin Hoffman I will tend to identify with his character or role more so than if the character were being played by any number of other actors. I'm the same way with Anthony Hopkins and John Cusack.Is there a character, role, celebrity etc. that you feel represents the "real" inner you and/or someone you wish you were like or feel like deep down is the "real" you that you can't/won't let out?
.....more...my response tomorrow...In terms of characters I tend to identify with movie characters or certain actors more than characters in books. When I think of "roles" I think of movie roles, but the term could also apply to characters' roles in books. I like this question because I think it helps me understand why I like certain actors more than others as much as I do. So when I watch Dustin Hoffman I will tend to identify with his character or role more so than if the character were being played by any number of other actors. I'm the same way with Anthony Hopkins and John Cusack.
The first movie I can remember identifying very strongly with was Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate. I was 15 the first time I saw the movie. I don't always identify as precisely with a Hoffman character, such as in Midnight Cowboy and lots of other roles. But there's something about Hoffman that connects with me (and with about a billion other fans).
I can't think of a character or role which I identify with but can't let out, by Hoffman or anyone else. I did identify strongly with Edgar Fremantle in Duma Key, however. I assume this due to my interest in painting and especially in Salvador Dali's work, whom sK chose as a focus in the book. Other than the aspect of the character being a painter I didn't particularly identify with him, though, except perhaps in that he had been injured in a way which changed the direction of his life. I won't go into detail about my personal identification with that aspect of the character.
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I don't see an image grandpa.
I can see the pic in the original post also, Grandpa.
In terms of characters I tend to identify with movie characters or certain actors more than characters in books. When I think of "roles" I think of movie roles, but the term could also apply to characters' roles in books. I like this question because I think it helps me understand why I like certain actors more than others as much as I do. So when I watch Dustin Hoffman I will tend to identify with his character or role more so than if the character were being played by any number of other actors. I'm the same way with Anthony Hopkins and John Cusack.
The first movie I can remember identifying very strongly with was Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate. I was 15 the first time I saw the movie. I don't always identify as precisely with a Hoffman character, such as in Midnight Cowboy and lots of other roles. But there's something about Hoffman that connects with me (and with about a billion other fans).
I can't think of a character or role which I identify with but can't let out, by Hoffman or anyone else. I did identify strongly with Edgar Fremantle in Duma Key, however. I assume this due to my interest in painting and especially in Salvador Dali's work, whom sK chose as a focus in the book. Other than the aspect of the character being a painter I didn't particularly identify with him, though, except perhaps in that he had been injured in a way which changed the direction of his life. I won't go into detail about my personal identification with that aspect of the character.