{"id":4880,"date":"2011-11-03T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2011-11-03T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:05:29","slug":"a-sense-of-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/a-sense-of-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sense of Humor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">&#8220;The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one&#8217;s work seriously and taking one&#8217;s self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">\u2014Margot Fonteyn<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4884 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;margin: 5px;\" title=\"margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4884\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"margot-fonteyn-portrait-dvd-cover-art\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>&#8220;The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one&#8217;s work seriously and taking one&#8217;s self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.&#8221; \u00a0Margot Fonteyn<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>This quote to me epitomizes the differences in the movie careers of Steven Segal and Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u00a0Regardless of what you think of his politics or personal life, no one can dispute Arnold&#8217;s power at the box office in his hay day. \u00a0He isn&#8217;t afraid to laugh at himself and his comedies have been some of the most popular and highest grossing films in his career. \u00a0Segal, however, comes off deadly serious about his persona and, although successful as a cult figure, never had the enormous success Arnold achieved at the height of his career. \u00a0Segal&#8217;s deadly seriousness is in fact an object of unintended laughter.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Do you have a sense of humor about yourself? \u00a0Doing serious work demands not taking your success, your failures or yourself too seriously. \u00a0Not doing so is a serious mistake.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a sense of humor about yourself?  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