last night was watching "Inside the Actor's Studio" and they had Tom Cruise on.
At the end of the show he managed to tell these acting students that were in the audience on how proud he is of them and that they are all on their way in being involved in the #1 most important career in the world !!!
I almost fell of my chair ... acting is the #1 most important career???
Then he managed to qoute ... L Ron Hubbard of all people ... something like "art is the power of dreams" and that artists are dreamers and move the world forward.
Fine ... I am all about dreams myself and making them happen ... but not as an artist ... as a builder, engineer, scientist or something ... artist ... uhm ...no.
This self importand artist mentality was what turned me completely off from filmaking in the first place (as I went to college for it). Worked in NYC for awhile surrounded by people like this who lived in their own world and it was laughable at best.
Anyway .. to Tom and anyone else believing that their acting/musical career is changing the world ... basically ... you "play pretend" for a living ... we all did that when we were pre-teens ... you just never grew out of it.
Rant over ... need some breakfast