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What Sam says here really resonates. What programme is this extract from? I’d like to see the full interview. Thanks.

Honesty is so damn refreshing and heart rending.

And so "Kiwi" - barefoot & relaxed... www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/1...

What's the source of this video? I'd love to watch the whole thing…

He was awesome

Very sad. I’ve struggled with just these thoughts having left the army behind. Depression and identity issues. Thanks for all your great roles and films Sam.

took me years to realize that I am not what I do, and my life changed for the better once I made that realization

I guess this is where Farming & the Winery helped him massively. TwoPaddocks was the name.

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Oops. I'm not on Twitter right now, am I? 😂

I loved him here on Twitter. I miss him already.

I’m a writer who’s between jobs, and some days it does feel like the Darkness is closing in. Somehow, someway, this was exactly what I needed to hear right now. 😭

Just moving physically a little bit, and having something to interrupt all the stories in your head; to unfreeze yourself. Connecting a little, with a person or animal, or nature.

Well, some people tell you to have a presence, post so people know where you are, how to find you. But that way you also see what others in your business are posting. The numbers in their classes, in my case, the responses.

It's my job, I do it for pay, when's it's all over i'd just as well be on my way - up into some paradise, where the trout streams flow and the air is nice

Wow. I want to watch more of these.

It has taken me that last 10 years to reach that realisation I recognise his journey

Such a good man.

i saw this post and watched this morning immediately before i learned the news, so this is like the last thing i saw from sam neill that seems, like, the best possible last note

He was so honest and down to earth.

I was a successful graphic designer (now retired). I “solved” this feeling by developing an understanding that I was not freelance, but instead I was self employed. I set my hours. I chose which jobs to accept. I established my compensation. Once I did that, I received more work than I had before.

… only exacerbated when clients don’t pay on time (kind of a tangent, but to hell with it). If your job involves hiring freelancers, PAY THEM. Every single day that invoice is overdue is another little chip at their financial AND mental well-being.

I've heard people tell freelancers, "it must be great to be your own boss!" Maybe, but we are also our own employees, and we're not necesarily good at managing employees.

It's almost satirically acute how my mood swings depending on whether I'm getting commissions or struggling to get commissions.

I keep his book "Keep Going" in a bag I only use every once in awhile. I just took my son to the ER last week and pulled it out to read while waiting. It's so good❤️ (X-rays were fine. No break or fracture!)

I understand that this is a different level if you're a creative for-hire, but having worked in recruitment, people in permanent positions are also prone to tying 100% of their self worth as a person to their job, with kinda similar toxic dependencies as a result when things go south at work.

So true. I feel the same as an IT worker.

Sam Neill was riveting playing Riley, Ace of Spies.✨🕊️💞♾️

He’s an over-thinker. Somewhere deep inside he’s lacking true fulfillment which will continue to resurface with everything he does. It’s hardly taught that we need to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. It feels a bit unpleasant initially. Life is best learned in these moments.

...𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐭 "𝐒𝐚𝐦" 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐊𝐍𝐙𝐌 𝐎𝐁𝐄, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬! 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒘𝒊 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑴𝒐𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊 𝒓𝒂̄...

Being sad when life is tough isn't depression, at least not what we call clinical depression. It's normal. Wanting to die even if everything is great, being unable to feel joy whatever is happening no matter what, that's depression.

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Wish every beginner artist could see this.

I love Sam’s honesty. He was so down to earth. I miss him already.

McCartney went through that after the Beatles broke up. He no longer had a job. It can be debilitating.

This is me just now.

Being an artist is a tough gig.

Wow this was pretty timely for me. Rest well Sam, thanks for the words.

I suspect the depression did not go away while making Possession.

seriously relating to this as an up and coming journalist (or rather, someone who does journalism). it is so easy to keep that switch on at all times, esp with that aura of altruistic cool that journalism has. but I’m learning that is the best way to fall out of love with the whole thing

Oh, this is so stunning. He was such a gem. I will also forever be sad that he and Pierce Brosnan never played cranky old brothers in a film. ❤️

So wise! As a freelance musician, I have had to learn just this; “that’s what I do, not what I am” (Thankfully, I had come to this conclusion before the pandemic hit - so was better prepared to cope with all that… )

I was genuinely confounded by philosophical and sociological discourse about the self for years, until I realised that the popular idea of 'self', or at least the one they were talking about, was something I had never countenanced. I think of myself simply as a chemical process, with fuzzy edges.

Cogs in the capitalist grinding machine.

My response to this sort of small talk is "there's many more interesting things to talk about than how I earn a living"

It’s as if people aggressively need to know the status of others before deciding how to treat, or mistreat, them.

We should all adopt this! Although I’m giving an “I’m still working on that” answer to both questions…

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He will missed 💔

My he Rest in Peace

I just got back from a job interview and I’m finding it hard not to beat myself up right now. Thank you for sharing this, it’s making me feel a little better.

Voice actor here Well, aspiring This hit me in my chest like a ton of bricks needed this one today what a f*cking amazing and unique human being this man was

Damn Sam, I did not know I needed this. God bless you.

This is excellent and relevant when anyone is between jobs! He will be missed. Great actor and good human.

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😢

lej