I think this happens when people have a dream of doing a specific job. As you mentioned, Hollywood does the same thing, as does the videogame industry in genera

I think this happens when people have a dream of doing a specific job. As you mentioned, Hollywood does the same thing, as does the videogame industry in general. One could also look at a certain company which name starts with "T" and ends with "esla". In a way, the work itself turns into part of the compensation so people are willing to have a worse everything else as long as they do the thing.