One person who has talked about another benefit is Dan Harmon: (apologies as I don’t remember where or the exact quote) In an interview he mentioned that his

One person who has talked about another benefit is Dan Harmon: (apologies as I don’t remember where or the exact quote) In an interview he mentioned that his [particular] fame meant that he no longer had to go through the superficial conversations when meeting someone new, that everyone knew enough of his authentic self that they could just jump straight in to meaningful conversation. I remember this because, for me, that would be the only compelling reason to become famous.