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**Posted by Liberty** August 26, 2024 7:54 pm

I can understand being overly self-critical when watching yourself on video! Very relateable! It's a shame he doesn't appreciate himself though.

**Posted by Yitzock** August 28, 2024 2:29 pm

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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**Posted by Liberty** August 29, 2024 7:37 pm

Yes, I hadn't really thought about what that must be like: to have your image everywhere! Especially if you're a more famous actor. And work-wise, I suppose it also means looking back at work you might have done years ago but moved on from.

**Posted by Yitzock** September 6, 2024 1:24 pm

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.

**Posted by Liberty** September 6, 2024 8:45 pm

Yes, that's true about old photos, although funnily enough I think I'm kinder to my younger self as I've got older and I look fondly at photos in which I thought I looked awful! I did try to re-read my dissertation from years ago recently though, and I was cringing!

**Posted by Yitzock** September 19, 2024 10:48 pm

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.

**Posted by besleybean** June 9, 2025 5:38 am

Thought I may as well stick this in here.
On a recent watch of an Andrew interview, I noticed him refer to some previous ropey projects he had been involved in.
But I personally can't think of anything, I have never seen him in anything bad.

**Posted by Liberty** June 11, 2025 7:54 am

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.

**Posted by besleybean** June 11, 2025 1:04 pm

Oh I wasn't aware of that one, so you could be right...
I know Andrew rates Colin!

**Posted by Liberty** June 14, 2025 11:16 am

I have actually found Drinking Crude on youtube now (doesn't appear to be available for streaming anywhere else), but the recording is very bad quality! There's a better quality video here, but maybe if Andrew thinks it's not great, it's not worth watching.

https://preservetube.com/watch?v=jzjcKDPQxdc

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