I know what you mean. But even though I'm not an actor I agree that becoming too aware of every little thing you do or say can be unnerving. And in general, most people feel weird watching themselves. I guess it's worse if you're an actor, especially someone as well-known as Andrew, because there are recordings and images of you everywhere. At least because he avoids watching himself too much, hopefully he won't become too self-conscious of things that aren't even a problem. Unfortunately I think a lot of people become overly critical of things they deem as flaws but aren't actually something that's wrong with them.

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Yeah, those of us who don't have every bit of work recorded for posterity probably have an easier time putting certain things behind us. But I suppose on the other hand, it is nice to have a record of how you have developed over time. While I'm not a widely published writer by any means, I'm basically a nobody, I do find that when I revisit things I wrote in the past that I can have a similar cringing reaction to certain things. But I guess that's normal. Lots of people feel that way about old photos of themselves, too.

I have heard of that happening, too. I'm not at that stage, though, I must admit. When I look at old pictures of myself, I sometimes feel like I'm looking at someone I don't recognize. Or if it's photos I took of myself from my university days, so a bit more recent, I'll remember how I didn't like the hairstyle I had at the time. I prefer how I look now.

No, I can't. And he's had some really interesting roles. I'm just looking at his imdb to see which ones are lower rated! I have to admit I wasn't aware of him at all before Sherlock. I see he starred in a film called "Drinking Crude" in the 90s, about a crude oil worker and that one's got a rating of only 4.4, so maybe he's referring to that? I kind of want to see it! Colin Farrell is in it too.