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I don't quite buy it. We may just be seeing selection bias How many thousands do that and fail miserably? We never hear about it. How many luck into things? We
by RogerL 13y ago
I don't quite buy it. We may just be seeing selection bias How many thousands do that and fail miserably? We never hear about it. How many luck into things? We hear about them, but don't then discount Arnold's story by some Bayesian amount of doubt. And how many get completely burned by trying to live as if they are something they are not, and get ostracized as a result?
Hollywood is filled with people trying to act like they are a great star. Almost none of them are, nor will they ever be one.
- rustynails 13y agoThe way I'd look at it is that focus and confidence is a pre-requisite, not a guarantee. Arnie was right.
- RogerL 13y agoI would like evidence for that statement. Because I have heard many Hollywood stars just exude insecurities. Heck, we talk about it all the time, and it even has a name "imposters syndrome". If you can achieve great things while feeling like an imposter, I would say that is an unanswerable rebuttal to the claim that confidence is a a pre-requisite.
- Geekette 13y ago@RogerL "Hollywood is filled with people trying to act like they are a great star. Almost none of them are, nor will they ever be one." You're skipping over important nuance: Assuming star = bundle of confident, recognized talent that brings values to any endeavour he/she is involved in, radiates this (vs "shouting") in person. In contrast, Hollywood is filled with many people not acting like they're great stars, but projecting the peripheral benefits of being a great star (ie high visibility, rich lifestyle, entourages, etc) but they do not feel/act like stars at their cores.