Actors and Sports Stars
Tue, 1 May 2001, 05:35 pmWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Actors and Sports Stars
Tue, 1 May 2001, 05:35 pmFrom the article Grant has thoughtfully linked into the site:
"If the National Institute of Sport had hosted leading athletes from around the country and the world, the aims of the meet and the achievements and track records of the athletes would be dissected in the media. Why aren't our prominent theatre artists as celebrated as Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe and Pat Rafter? Surely we don't believe that their achievements and contributions to our country are any less?"
I have long been a little perlexed by this arguement. I know a fair few amatuer sportspeople and am always amazed at their dedication. Many start their day at 5am jogging about before going to do full time jobs only to return and spend several hours at the gym. They do this just to keep the 'machinery oiled'. How many actors do you know as equally committed to their craft??? Perhaps sportspeople deserve the high salaries and general acclaim they get IF they make it big...
Actors generally fall back on good luck, physical attractiveness, and natural talent - no real need to raise a sweat...
"If the National Institute of Sport had hosted leading athletes from around the country and the world, the aims of the meet and the achievements and track records of the athletes would be dissected in the media. Why aren't our prominent theatre artists as celebrated as Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe and Pat Rafter? Surely we don't believe that their achievements and contributions to our country are any less?"
I have long been a little perlexed by this arguement. I know a fair few amatuer sportspeople and am always amazed at their dedication. Many start their day at 5am jogging about before going to do full time jobs only to return and spend several hours at the gym. They do this just to keep the 'machinery oiled'. How many actors do you know as equally committed to their craft??? Perhaps sportspeople deserve the high salaries and general acclaim they get IF they make it big...
Actors generally fall back on good luck, physical attractiveness, and natural talent - no real need to raise a sweat...
RE: Actors and Sports Stars
Wed, 2 May 2001, 12:21 pm> Malcolm Crisp wrote:
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> From the article Grant has thoughtfully linked into the site:
>
> I have long been a little perlexed by this arguement. I know a fair few amatuer
> sportspeople and am always amazed at their dedication. Many start their day at 5am
> jogging about before going to do full time jobs only to return and spend several hours > at the gym. They do this just to keep the 'machinery oiled'. How many actors do you
> know as equally committed to their craft???
Um. Lots. I'm not the only one I know holding down a full time job/study, only to fund my dance, singing, voice and movement training. Oh, and go through the repeated humiliation of auditions several times a week. And private practice of various skills (esp. singing) for around two hours a day on top of everything else.
> Actors generally fall back on good luck, physical attractiveness, and natural talent - no > real need to raise a sweat...
?!? Maybe that's why I never get any work...I have to fall back a little bit more...and get a Nike sponsorship just for being lucky, physically attractive and naturally talented.
It's all clear to me now...
Amanda Chesterton
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> From the article Grant has thoughtfully linked into the site:
>
> I have long been a little perlexed by this arguement. I know a fair few amatuer
> sportspeople and am always amazed at their dedication. Many start their day at 5am
> jogging about before going to do full time jobs only to return and spend several hours > at the gym. They do this just to keep the 'machinery oiled'. How many actors do you
> know as equally committed to their craft???
Um. Lots. I'm not the only one I know holding down a full time job/study, only to fund my dance, singing, voice and movement training. Oh, and go through the repeated humiliation of auditions several times a week. And private practice of various skills (esp. singing) for around two hours a day on top of everything else.
> Actors generally fall back on good luck, physical attractiveness, and natural talent - no > real need to raise a sweat...
?!? Maybe that's why I never get any work...I have to fall back a little bit more...and get a Nike sponsorship just for being lucky, physically attractive and naturally talented.
It's all clear to me now...
Amanda Chesterton