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Do people actually watch their own dailies?

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Sofia Marchetti

7 May 2026

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Offered a look and I do not know whether it will help or wreck me.

4 replies

  1. Robert Nakashima

    8 May 2026

    Depends entirely on the person. Some people get useful information, some people spiral for three days.

  2. Nicole Trahan

    9 May 2026

    If you are early on and prone to self-criticism, skip it. The performance is already recorded, and nothing you learn can change today.

  3. Paul Etherington

    11 May 2026

    I watch, but only for technical things. Eyeline, whether I hit the mark, whether the physicality read. Never for whether I was good.

  4. Duncan Yeo

    11 May 2026

    The one time it genuinely helps is if you are doing something repeatedly wrong that nobody has mentioned.

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