Life goes on; life stays the same; everything changes (с)
Кажется, таки доделала это свое задание, поэтому отвлекаюсь перечитыванием старых записей на ночь. Перекопирую из своего же старого поста несколько цитат из This Other Eden Бена Элтона. И топаю таки спать))
But everything is fascinating when you should be working.
Nathan often reflected that the God of love was at best a fickle, indecisive type and at worst a total raving schizo and bastard.
It is sometimes said that when a person is dying their whole life passes before their eyes. When you die in Hollywood your whole future passes before your eyes. The beach house you won't own, the waiters who will not be crawling to you, the twenty-seven page profiles which will not be being commissioned about you for Vanity Fair.
It was directors who invented probably the most arrogant billing in the annals of human endeavour. It is they who, not content with the mere words "directed by so and so" at the end of a film, decided to insist on the phrase 'a so and so picture' at the beginning of the film. <...> No other command figure feels the need to grab credit in this all-encompassing way. The President of the United States does not insist upon the words 'a so and so country' prefixing any mention of the USA.
In truth, the oonly actual job qualification to be a cab driver in most cities is being able to drive (ish). If you can drive a car, you can drive a cab. That's it, no special skills are required. In LA, people often take up the profession on their first day in town, simply in order to get in from the airport. It's a curious situation; no other profession takes such a relaxed view as to what is required to enter its ranks. The fact that a person is able to work a stove does not mean they can readily find employment as a chief. Most people are capable of lifting a scalpel and, no doubt, would be equally capable of plunging it into somebody else's flesh, yet this is not generally considered sufficient justification for allowing them to practice as surgeons.
But everything is fascinating when you should be working.
Nathan often reflected that the God of love was at best a fickle, indecisive type and at worst a total raving schizo and bastard.
It is sometimes said that when a person is dying their whole life passes before their eyes. When you die in Hollywood your whole future passes before your eyes. The beach house you won't own, the waiters who will not be crawling to you, the twenty-seven page profiles which will not be being commissioned about you for Vanity Fair.
It was directors who invented probably the most arrogant billing in the annals of human endeavour. It is they who, not content with the mere words "directed by so and so" at the end of a film, decided to insist on the phrase 'a so and so picture' at the beginning of the film. <...> No other command figure feels the need to grab credit in this all-encompassing way. The President of the United States does not insist upon the words 'a so and so country' prefixing any mention of the USA.
In truth, the oonly actual job qualification to be a cab driver in most cities is being able to drive (ish). If you can drive a car, you can drive a cab. That's it, no special skills are required. In LA, people often take up the profession on their first day in town, simply in order to get in from the airport. It's a curious situation; no other profession takes such a relaxed view as to what is required to enter its ranks. The fact that a person is able to work a stove does not mean they can readily find employment as a chief. Most people are capable of lifting a scalpel and, no doubt, would be equally capable of plunging it into somebody else's flesh, yet this is not generally considered sufficient justification for allowing them to practice as surgeons.