In Peter Pan, Wendy is highly regarded by everyone-- Peter, the Lost Boys, all the pirates-- for her storytelling abilities. In that sense she's reminiscent of Scheherazade, the woman who had to keep telling stories to entertain the king, lest he get bored and decide to kill her. In both cases, being a storyteller is related to being female; to me this is special/strange because most of the prominent storytellers I can think of are all male. When I think of the word griot, a storyteller who passes on oral traditions, I see an African male. I think of Hans Christian Anderson, the Brothers Grimm, Walt Disney...
Life is just a series of stories, some interesting and some not. In his appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon actor Patton Oswalt explained his take on being an actor:
Basically, it's great to earn money, but it's great(er) to have a memorable experience that over time will become an anecdote to relate at a dinner party or some other social event. I feel the same way, and that sometimes it's worth some present-day discomfort that can be crafted to yield the laffs in the future.
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