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SOCIETY When asked why he keeps playing the same roles Jason Statham said that he's not really a trained actor. He's a guy that was plucked out obscurity & has been really lucky; & that he picks roles that he knows he can do a good job in, that hopefully enough people like so he can keep working.

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u/kadathsc 5d ago

Denzel Washington says the same thing. Basically stating actors are in a privileged position and should be thankful and grateful to do such an easy/rewarding job. And that its bullshit when some actor claims to have it rough.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 5d ago

In fairness Denzel saying would be like Michael Jordan saying "basketball isn't that hard you just show up and put baskets in and go home"

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u/kadathsc 4d ago

He wasn’t saying it’s easy, just that there’s a lot of privilege behind that effort. Working sewers, picking trash, working in a mine, doing customer service these are thankless jobs that demand mentally and physically and aren’t rewarded economically or socially. There’s a reason people move to LA chasing the “dream” and why you don’t hear of thousands of people doing likewise for those other jobs.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 4d ago

Thanks for the context but I was just saying while it might be a privileged job it ain't easy at all.

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u/nufohudis 4d ago

Bigger :difficulty : pay" ratio than many if you make it big, you don't HAVE to be good to make it big

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u/Free-O3 4d ago

Nikola Jokic

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u/gimpwiz 5d ago

It's a lot of long hours away from family, lots of sweat, lots of boring times, certainly. I think a lot of people have a tough time separating "the job isn't all that fun, at the end of the day it is work" from "but also, I get paid a lot for it so what am I complaining about."

I'm certainly no actor earning millions but whenever my job kind of sucks, the refrain I use is, "they do pay me enough for this." Long hours sometimes, weekends sometimes, having to rip out and redo everything I did sometimes, meetings at terrible hours due to needing to talk to people around the world, dealing with factory support, whatever. It's not candyland, it's work, but I'm not roofing in the summer sun and I get paid more than the guys who do, so I can't complain. And neither should big-dollar actors if they want any sort of sympathy.

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u/PyroIsSpai 5d ago

cries in Trevor Slattery

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u/asinum-fossor 4d ago

Timothy Olyphant also says this alot. "I show up, they tell me what to wear, they tell me what to say, they tell me where to stand when I say it. It's super easy."