Quote from: kitchentablepotpourri on March 04, 2018, 09:48:31 AM
Celebrities are portraying a public image and persona, so they may be nothing like you thought they would be if you met them in person and got to know them.
My sister got married during the mid 80's and the day after the wedding I went to a party at her brother in laws house, and during th party my younger sister was talking with guy who told her that Patrick Swayze lived across the street, and asked my sister and her girlfriend if they would like to meet him, so I naturally asked if I could come with; anyway we walked up to the gate and the guy rang the buzzer and asked the person who answered if they could ask Patrick to come out to the gate, so he could meet a few of his friends. A couple minutes later Patrick Swayze walked up to the gate; he had been doing chores around his ranch, and was sweaty, dusty, and wearing hip waders. He was so incredibly warm, friendly, and one of the nicest guys you could meet!
Oh, I know that a lot of it is persona certainly, but there is nonetheless a definite vapidity to the majority of actors and models. Case in point: when Jennifer Lawrence goes off script and talks about how she's so glad she dropped out of school to be pretty and famous (admittedly paraphrased). It doesn't mean they aren't nice people in general certainly as well, but then that doesn't always extend to being good romance material (Ewan MacGregor or Ben McKenzie come to mind).
Though I would say that Swayze is a far cry from a lot of the pin up types, even if he may have been one of them at one point he definitely fits more with the artist (dancer in his case) who happens to be attractive mold. One of the things that made him stand out from the start was his personality and warmth, and he was renowned for it. (It's a huge testament to that as well he didn't go through the usual Hollywood divorce cycle.)
I would also create a greater distinction in that there is often a large gap between legitimate actors (often trained at prestigious academies and have a history of background in theater) who by the nature of the industry do often rely on looks, but for whom their looks is secondary to their ability, and the "I'm hot, I'm going to move to NY or LA and be a famous actor/model" crowd. To pull from this specifically:
https://imgur.com/mZnH9qf that guy is just a living mannequin.
(I'm super bored and trying to find excuses not to do school work, so everything must be hyper analyzed!

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