I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.
Lynda ObstAlways remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.
Lynda ObstEgo problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.
Lynda ObstTo whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is the closest we can get to a calibrated answer to the question 'How big am I?' More than the size of an executive's office or even his title, which no one remembers anyway, the fewer people between the player and a 'yes,' the more powerful he is.
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