One of my favorite filmmakers was Elia Kazan, and he made a movie named "A Face in the Crowd" starring Andy Griffith. And in the movie Andy rises to the top, and then makes a fool of himself in public, and becomes a failure. So for me I see it as a lesson for actors, and for artists, if you become famous then they need to prepare for fame, and you need to know how to handle fame.
For me, I studied a lot of things, and one thing that I studied was Communication, and with Communication then there are many levels, there is you with another person, and then you with a small group, and then with a larger group, and then with mass communication, etc. All actors can benefit from studying mass communication, so they know how to communicate with the masses. And many stars hire experts in Communication to work as their Public Relations people, etc, I was friends with an old man who was a P.R. man for Frank Sinatra. Frank Sinatra had people on his pay-roll who were experts in Mass Communication so that he did not make a fool of himself like Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd."
It takes a village to be a star like Frank Sinatra was, and like Elvis was, and like Shakira and Beyonce today, and Dolly Parton, it takes a village to be in show business.
Salute,
Tony V.
