At a guess, I'd say there are more famous musicians who go into acting than actors who try their hand at music. So presumably they themselves see acting as more glamorous.
Either that, or they imagine it's easier and/or pays better!
At a guess, I'd say there are more famous musicians who go into acting than actors who try their hand at music. So presumably they themselves see acting as more glamorous.
Music stars. They get over the top crazy with their stuff. Think Michael Jackson.
The guy owned his own amusement park.
That doesn't work for me because what are actors doing when they make public appearances outside of movies or tv shows? They act, they're playing a role. It's what they do. If musicians make a public appearance and don't perform their songs, they're doing something that's not part of their job desciption (disclaimer: yeah, I know, they also have to promote their music somehow, but how many musicians actually enjoy that part?).For example, I can replace your second line by changing a word or two with "While some movie stars might also be called glamorous, in their case it's actually distracting from what they 'should' be known for, i.e. their acting."
My perception is different. Imho, this isn't plenty, it's exceptions to the rule. Daniel Day Lewis is actually a great example because he strikes me as glamorous precisely because he makes himself so uncharacteristically rare. His eccentricity is the secret for his popularity in celeb shows.Plenty of actors shun publicity. How often do you see Robert de Niro rolling out of nightclubs or appearing on TV chat shows? Daniel Day Lewis? Gene Hackman?
I agree and think it's why you disagree with me: I wouldn't call any of the musicians I appreciate (and hence worth the name) 'glamorous'. I consider the vast majority of the music-stars that typically hog the top of the charts as completely irrelevant. They're at best entertainers, not artists. So, my view of the performing profession is clearly skewedI would imagine that our view of the acting profession is very skewed by that percentage of it that embraces these things.
And this is probably a second and maybe even more important source of disagreement between us: I cannot think of any context in which I wouldn't describe someone like Michael Jackson as glamourous. It's actually one of the first examples I'd think of!Yup; exactly. This is not behaviour I would describe as "glamourous". As I said, rich does not equal glamourous, to me -- glamour includes displaying a certain type of taste and style.
That doesn't work for me because what are actors doing when they make public appearances outside of movies or tv shows? They act, they're playing a role. It's what they do. If musicians make a public appearance and don't perform their songs, they're doing something that's not part of their job desciption (disclaimer: yeah, I know, they also have to promote their music somehow, but how many musicians actually enjoy that part?).
I was making the clarification that Robert Downey Jr. walks around pretending to be Robert (Public) Downey Jr., and Stefani Germanotta walks around pretending to be Lady Gaga.
That doesn't work for me because what are actors doing when they make public appearances outside of movies or tv shows? They act, they're playing a role. It's what they do. If musicians make a public appearance and don't perform their songs, they're doing something that's not part of their job desciption (disclaimer: yeah, I know, they also have to promote their music somehow, but how many musicians actually enjoy that part?).
And this is probably a second and maybe even more important source of disagreement between us: I cannot think of any context in which I wouldn't describe someone like Michael Jackson as glamourous. It's actually one of the first examples I'd think of!
I don't really understand what you're saying there. I agree that musicians don't walk around singing 24/7. But Robert Downey Jr. doesn't walk around pretending he's Tony Stark 24/7, either, and I'm sure Christian Bale doesn't wear the Batman costume out to the local supermarket.