I have been called a perfectionist at times, always trying to achieve high standards without flaws. Do you also experience this or know someone who does?
I did when I was much younger. As you grow older, you kind of change your mind on that...
I can understand why - it has its downfalls especially when attempting to achieve unattainable results in your life.
Yes, exactly! No one is perfect, so you have to roll with the punches and accept things for what they are.
their goals, and to derive pleasure from doing so. 
Definition.
Perfectionists strain compulsively and unceasingly toward unattainable goals, and measure their self-worth by productivity and accomplishment. Pressuring oneself to achieve unrealistic goals inevitably sets the person up for disappointment. Perfectionists tend to be harsh critics of themselves when they fail to meet their standards.
Definition Normal vs. neurotic.
D. E. Hamachek in 1978 argued for two contrasting types of perfectionism, classifying people as tending towards normal perfectionism or neurotic perfectionism. Normal perfectionists are more inclined
lend support to, and help and nourish and encourage someone else. So it's like your experiences live on in someone else. If you can find some young actor and you can say, 'Listen, don't do this and don't do that and avoid this and that,' and share your experiences, and he does succeed, you can say, 'You know what, I kind of contributed to that.' As an actor did you have to learn you can't always be No.1 the hard way