The Write-Down #19
Each week here at downboy, LLC, we like to take a moment to get to know a little more about our amazing team. One question. Three Answers. No judgment.
The great American actress Sally Field (Smokey and the Bandit, Norma Rae, Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump, and so much more), in her recent speech accepting the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, said “When I got off stage, I felt shy and careful and hidden. I would think and rethink everything before I could say or do anything. But on stage, I never knew what I would say or do. I would surprise myself. I wasn't looking for the applause or attention, even though that's nice, sometimes. It was never and it's never been about a need to hide myself behind the characters of other people. Acting to me has always been about finding those few precious moments when I feel totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive.”
When do you feel totally, utterly, dangerously alive?
“I’m thinking clear blue water, a snorkel and some crazy colorful fish. And a reef, maybe. Also colorful.. Sun shining through the blue…yeah, that’s when I'd feel most alive. Never done it, of course…because, sharks. And sun. Heat. Humidity. That water in the ear feeling. But yeah, snorkeling.”
Edward Daniels, Occupant, Cubicle 17
“In the club. On a night when the song’s right, the rhythm all through you, in you. Crowded, so no one is watching. Just dancing, lost in the chaos of bliss.”
Em, Metal Detection Technician
“When I’m quantum tunneling, feeling the neutrinos through my hair.”
Alex A, Technologist
