It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.