How about not equating death with stopping?
Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.
We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.
I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are.
I'm consumed by the chill of solitary.