Stars are stars for a reason
This business is the biggest roulette game ever.
Everything has to go right at a particular time to make it as an actor. Right place, right time, right look, right everything under the sun. Watching that Meisner DVD I mentioned, I know some of those faces, but I haven't seen a lot of them in years. They either left the business, or are probably stage actors out of the spotlight, I don't know, and very few others truly know. Either way, to be in the class, they had to be top notch actors to be there, and yet that isn't enough for some people.
You can be a top notch actor and struggle for years and years, and sometimes never make it whatsoever. There's also those instances like a movie star's tattoo artist being in the right place and the right time and appearing in a movie. Danny Trejo was shuttled from one prison to another for years and years, and all he heard was "can you get beat up for $300"? He said "$300, hell, I used to get beat up for free".
That's the way the business works. It's definitely not for everybody. It works for me because I do love risk. Not necessarily all physical(although I'll try a few things one day), but mental. Mundane jobs do not work for me for a lifestyle, and I don't have a clue how the majority of the world can put up with them. Bores the enamel off my teeth.
This is what makes stars that much more special. The Kevin Spaceys, the Tom Cruises, the Denzel Washingtons, and the Will Smiths of the world are stars, and that means they are polarizing. They have the people who love them(thus the fan sites), and the people who hate them(thus the hater sites). The haters are louder than the lovers, so we hear them more. You hear that Will Smith can't act, or Tom Cruise can't act, or they are "lucky" to make it. Those same people are the ones that don't realize "luck" comes from busting your ass.
I always say it this way. You can either have the swimsuit model on a calendar in your garage, or you can that model on a Saturday Night at Caesars. The difference is your confidence, and what you are willing to do to get that woman. 98% of the world says that woman is unapproachable, and that you can never become an actor, or do anything spectacular. 2% of the world attain the woman, become the star, and become Susan Boyle, who had the guts to get on stage and show off her skills, despite her rough appearence. That's overcoming odds right there.
Maybe not everyone becomes a star through busting their ass, but every star busted their ass getting there, and continue to bust their ass now. A Tom Cruise is never satisfied, a Will Smith is never satisfied. They get awards, they get accolades, and they go back to work. It's like Larry Bird winning NBA titles, and jogging 10 miles the first day after the finals were over. Never satisfied.
A true star is NEVER satisfied. A Will Smith always tries to improve his acting, he starts production companies, he gets into other businesses. He tries to be a billionaire, and when he's a billionaire, he tries to be a trillionaire, whether it happens or not. That's why those people are successful.
So what you hear is pure and unadulterated jealousy. Yes, the stars can be unapproachable, yes they can look like all they care about is money, and yes it looks like they have it easy.
They don't. Get that out of your heads now. Jealousy rears its ugly head every single day, and it's unfortunate. For the jealous types, and there are a lot of them, I have this to say.
If you wanted it bad enough, you might be more successful too.
Ever think about that?
Everything has to go right at a particular time to make it as an actor. Right place, right time, right look, right everything under the sun. Watching that Meisner DVD I mentioned, I know some of those faces, but I haven't seen a lot of them in years. They either left the business, or are probably stage actors out of the spotlight, I don't know, and very few others truly know. Either way, to be in the class, they had to be top notch actors to be there, and yet that isn't enough for some people.
You can be a top notch actor and struggle for years and years, and sometimes never make it whatsoever. There's also those instances like a movie star's tattoo artist being in the right place and the right time and appearing in a movie. Danny Trejo was shuttled from one prison to another for years and years, and all he heard was "can you get beat up for $300"? He said "$300, hell, I used to get beat up for free".
That's the way the business works. It's definitely not for everybody. It works for me because I do love risk. Not necessarily all physical(although I'll try a few things one day), but mental. Mundane jobs do not work for me for a lifestyle, and I don't have a clue how the majority of the world can put up with them. Bores the enamel off my teeth.
This is what makes stars that much more special. The Kevin Spaceys, the Tom Cruises, the Denzel Washingtons, and the Will Smiths of the world are stars, and that means they are polarizing. They have the people who love them(thus the fan sites), and the people who hate them(thus the hater sites). The haters are louder than the lovers, so we hear them more. You hear that Will Smith can't act, or Tom Cruise can't act, or they are "lucky" to make it. Those same people are the ones that don't realize "luck" comes from busting your ass.
I always say it this way. You can either have the swimsuit model on a calendar in your garage, or you can that model on a Saturday Night at Caesars. The difference is your confidence, and what you are willing to do to get that woman. 98% of the world says that woman is unapproachable, and that you can never become an actor, or do anything spectacular. 2% of the world attain the woman, become the star, and become Susan Boyle, who had the guts to get on stage and show off her skills, despite her rough appearence. That's overcoming odds right there.
Maybe not everyone becomes a star through busting their ass, but every star busted their ass getting there, and continue to bust their ass now. A Tom Cruise is never satisfied, a Will Smith is never satisfied. They get awards, they get accolades, and they go back to work. It's like Larry Bird winning NBA titles, and jogging 10 miles the first day after the finals were over. Never satisfied.
A true star is NEVER satisfied. A Will Smith always tries to improve his acting, he starts production companies, he gets into other businesses. He tries to be a billionaire, and when he's a billionaire, he tries to be a trillionaire, whether it happens or not. That's why those people are successful.
So what you hear is pure and unadulterated jealousy. Yes, the stars can be unapproachable, yes they can look like all they care about is money, and yes it looks like they have it easy.
They don't. Get that out of your heads now. Jealousy rears its ugly head every single day, and it's unfortunate. For the jealous types, and there are a lot of them, I have this to say.
If you wanted it bad enough, you might be more successful too.
Ever think about that?
