The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.
Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator (1799) |
Louisa May Alcott, Novelist (1832) |
John D. Barrow, Scientist (1952) |
Brian Baumgartner, Actor (1972) |
Kim Delaney, Actress (1961) |
Taisen Deshimaru, Philosopher (1914) |
Rahm Emanuel, Politician (1959) |
Harry Essex, Writer (1910) |
Anna Faris, Actress (1976) |
John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1849) |
William Cartwright, Dramatist (1643) |
Dorothy Day, Activist (1980) |
Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman (1991) |
Dan Flavin, Sculptor (1996) |
George Harrison, Musician (2001) |
Thomas Hewitt Key, Writer (1875) |