Haha, renthead. Well, it'll be a 3-person monopoly then. So I guess an oligopoly?
And I've actually found that being a performer has hindered my true emotions. I find myself gauging the situation for how I'm supposed to respond and then responding that way, whether or not that's how I really feel.
But maybe that's just me hiding in my work, haha.
"`I grow old... I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.` What does that mean, Mr. Marlowe?"
"Not a bloody thing. It just sounds good."
He smiled. "That is from the `Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.` Here's another one. `In the room women come and go/Talking of Michael Angelo.' Does that suggest anything to you, sir?"
"Yeah -- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women."
"My sentiments exactly, sir. Nonetheless I admire T. S. Eliot very much."
"Did you say, 'nonetheless'?"
- The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler