Douglas Rain [the voice of HAL] himself has never seen “2001: A Space Odyssey.” For the retired actor who spent decades at the Stratford Festival and turns 90 in May, the performance was simply a job.
This was his best-known role by far, and he's never been curious, in 50 years, to see the movie?
If I made art for a living, I'd want to avoid the final product. I'd surely torture myself with the little flaws that no one actually notices.
Let your coach look at the performance and tell you what to change.
This is why Stanislavski himself, the alpha and omega of modern acting, said never to rehearse in a mirror.
Being able to recognize flaws, areas for improvement, etc. are great in the context of trying to improve. Having a keen eye for these things is absolutely a boon in this context.
Unfortunately, that same keen eye makes attempting to enjoy or appreciate one's own work rather hard. Stoic as I may try to be, it would just get to me. Funnily enough, I've since moved towards enjoying cooking since my tongue is much less discerning.
My point is... most artists are incentivized to lie about this behavior.
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"Ah shucks, 'twas no big thang."
Admittedly I'm not very old, but I can understand how Rain hasn't seem the movie.
He's most likely seen clips of it though. I find it very hard to believe that he's gone several decades without seeing scenes of his, unless every time he sees a scene he blocks his ears and sings "la la la".
Practical human experience would probably be enough.
>I don't think the incentives you speak of really exist.
They sound totally reasonable, and on par of what I know of how artists/interviews and so work (from stints in the media).
Here's a casual laugh at an artist admitting to listen their own production:
"Later on in the bit, Ansari talks about visiting West at his house and finding him enjoying his own album 808s and Heartbreak. "I was like, 'Are you listening to your own album in your own house bopping your own head?' He was like, 'Yo, these beats are dope.'"
Most humble brag that they don't consider (their biggest works) anything special, they say that they never listen to them after production, that they always look to the "next album" and so on.