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Catfish Alley said:
Why be famous then? Just be rich.
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You will still be famous, just can live more a life much further from the spotlight.

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Can anybody identify the above two?
 

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Yeah probably not the best examples to pick, they are pretty well known authors. George in particular is all over the media with the TV show nowadays.

Movie director? I have no idea what Brad Bird looks like. Or Paul Anderson / Wes Anderson / The Coens. Spielberg/Scorsese/Tarantino obvious exceptions.
 
I have a couple of mates in semi famous bands and it just sounds like a shitty time.

You get paid very little, you're not overly recognisable but when you are your fans are either eighteen year old scene girls or socially awkward dudes, you've got to continually tour without breaks and at the end of the day you've got no formal qualifications.

Years later they'll disband and be at the same professional life stage as tertiary student.

I reckon it'd be decent being a defensive midfielder in the EPL though - relative anonymity, great pay packet and you'd be in great physical knick for much of your life.
 
MarcusP2 said:
Yeah probably not the best examples to pick, they are pretty well known authors. George in particular is all over the media with the TV show nowadays.

Movie director? I have no idea what Brad Bird looks like. Or Paul Anderson / Wes Anderson / The Coens. Spielberg/Scorsese/Tarantino obvious exceptions.
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Probably not, but compared to say an actor, an author is more likely to get recognised by fans and some public, whereas famous actors are recognised by everyone.
 

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If this is Bieber we are talking about, he just seems like stupid white trash that's been well marketed, and by stupid, I mean the lad is loaded and it would appears he gets his rocks off on over the counter cough syrup. If I had that sort of bread this would not be drug of choice. Shit music too.
 
moses said:
You will still be famous, just can live more a life much further from the spotlight.

jrrtolkien.jpg


george_rr_martin.jpg


Can anybody identify the above two?
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they morphed into the sea captain from The Simpsons

 
Don't understand the hate on Jackman for being 'boring'. He seems to be one of the nicest blokes in the industry, and for an industry that is dominated by douchebags you get a Hugh Jackman. Like I said before, I think thats more than enough to compensate for him being 'boring'.

Plus he's great at his craft.
 
TheFreshBanana said:
Don't understand the hate on Jackman for being 'boring'. He seems to be one of the nicest blokes in the industry, and for an industry that is dominated by douchebags you get a Hugh Jackman. Like I said before, I think thats more than enough to compensate for him being 'boring'.

Plus he's great at his craft.
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An older female friend, so not some fawning queen, is convinced he's gay. The wife's a beard, that's why the kids are adopted the whole conspiracy theory.
 

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Know an AFL player who's very well known in Melbourne, a bit less so everywhere else. Have asked him this before

Positives are chicks, chicks, chicks, a fair few perks and goodwill around town, chicks, free stuff and chicks.

Negatives are pretty much everything else.

That's strictly the fame thing, excluding the other benefits of the job.

No idea what'd be like to be genuinely world famous like an actor, muso or whatever, where people all over the planet basically lose their shit at the sight of you. Reckon that'd just be weird.
 
Gough said:
An older female friend, so not some fawning queen, is convinced he's gay. The wife's a beard, that's why the kids are adopted the whole conspiracy theory.
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Interesting. I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I could possibly see it. But just because he does musicals does not mean he's gay lol
 
Bunk Moreland said:
Know an AFL player who's very well known in Melbourne, a bit less so everywhere else. Have asked him this before

Positives are chicks, chicks, chicks, a fair few perks and goodwill around town, chicks, free stuff and chicks.

Negatives are pretty much everything else.

That's strictly the fame thing, excluding the other benefits of the job.

No idea what'd be like to be genuinely world famous like an actor, muso or whatever, where people all over the planet basically lose their shit at the sight of you. Reckon that'd just be weird.
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You'd get a ton of roots.

Nobody cares that you're a footy player when you're washed up and retired. Have seen Leigh Matthews, Dipper, Libba and plenty of others around and nobody really cares that they're nearby. So I guess that's a positive.

Hollywood is just ****ed. They don't stop caring about you till your dead and even then they'll move onto your wife/child or relations.
 
nbaman1 said:
You'd get a ton of roots.

Nobody cares that you're a footy player when you're washed up and retired. Have seen Leigh Matthews, Dipper, Libba and plenty of others around and nobody really cares that they're nearby. So I guess that's a positive.

Hollywood is just ******. They don't stop caring about you till your dead and even then they'll move onto your wife/child or relations.
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Not just Hollywood.

You know if say you were in a restaurant and Chris Judd walked in? There might be a few whispers and sideways glances. An autograph request or two.

Lady I work with was in a restaurant in London a few years back and in walked Bill Clinton. She said it was just unreal atmosphere and tension. The whole room basically froze and just stared. Everybody who walked past him needed to shake his hand and their was a queue of people getting a photo.

That would just be ****in weird. He was of course charming and everyone loved him, an hour or so later he and his party eventually got to ordering. All just for a normal meal in a nice restaurant instead of sitting in a silent private room. Crazy.

(And no, he actually didn't hit on her').
 

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