In Dennis Leary's brilliantly awkward book "Why We Suck," he points out that Ron Howard and Jodie Foster are the only two child actors that managed to stay in Hollywood and stay out of major trouble. I sometimes wonder that being in the media and being mentally stable is just straight up impossible. I wonder if having a camera jammed in your face 24/7 is just too much to handle.
The positive side of me hopes that if I was in that position I'd try to make the right decisions even if it didn't work out. I just don't think I have the ability, connections, or talent (hate that word) to ever get to that point. It would be easy for me sit at home watching David Caruso and say, "I can do that!" However, I watch him when he used to be on NYPD Blue and I realize he was actually a good actor at one point so my dreams are crushed.
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That makes 2 of us.
1. I also needed a coffee this morning and
2. I think I'd be insane if I were famous.
I just wouldn't be able to handle people sticking cameras in my face everyday every time I step outside...at least not well. Someone would def. get hurt. Lol.
I agree with the fact a lot of us sit at home in front of the TV and say to ourselves that we could do just as good a job if not a better job than those that we see on TV. Yet just as you said we may think this, but at the same time a lot of us know that we would go just as crazy if not crazier than the actors and actresses that we think we could do better than.
I really don't think that these actors, especially the really young ones, can stay 'normal' after all of the attention they get. Their heads just get too big.. and then everything begins to fall apart.
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