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Ward shared another memory, this time from when he was taking professional acting lessons from prominent instructor Eric Morris, who trained several young thespians in the process of method acting. One day after class, Morris called Ward aside, and said, “Burt…I just want to tell you something. All the other students in my class want to be an actor so bad and have such a burning passion. And if they don’t make it, they will be devastated. But not you. You’re different from all of them.’
At which point, Ward wondered, “Is that a bad thing?”
To which Morris replied, “Not at all. If you succeed as an actor, you’ll do very well. And if you don’t succeed, and you don’t become a star, then you’ll be just as happy without it. That’s the difference between you and every other young actor in my class. You have this happy-go-lucky attitude that, well, ‘If I get make it, great. And if I don’t, that’s okay, too. (en) |
