neverthehurricane:

If you are a salesperson whose every expense is being paid so you might do your job, part of which is to do tours and represent your company and the product of the moment, then you should probably do your job. This includes showing up on time, being focused, and doing the best PR work you can so people will want to work with you again. 

If you are an actor or actress whose every expense is being paid so you might do your job, part of which is to do tours and represent your company and the product of the moment (whether that be your film, your next film, your television show, your marketability, the dress you’ve been lent, etc), then you should probably do your job. This includes showing on time, being focused, and doing the best PR work you can so people will want to work with you again. 

If you are the type of actor or actress who finds the pony show degrading, who wants to act for the sake of acting and who finds award shows to be based on popularity and fanfare and campaigning rather than talent, that’s fine. The solution, then, is to not show up at the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, etc at all. Let your work stand for itself. But if you do happen to go, then at least act like an adult and not someone who’s being dragged to a family reunion. 

Before anyone tries to make the argument that people go to these events because they don’t want to get in trouble with their supervisors or get blackballed or be seen as ungrateful: acting like a petulant child isn’t really going to impress anyone in charge. If anything, it will make them more upset with you. 

It’s one thing to be upset about the cost of celebrity when you’re getting your photo taken while you’re walking your dog or with your kids or in your hotel room or at the beach. That is a breach of privacy. What you do in your private life is your own business and no one’s right to infringe upon. But when you agree ahead of time to attend an event and are then given a tuxedo or dress to wear that is somewhere around the ballpark of $50,000+ (and that’s not even counting the amount of money being spent on your shoes, makeup, accessories, hair, transportation, and onward) that you don’t have to pay for and where the only payment you have to make is answering, “Who are you wearing?” and getting nice caption-ready shots for People Magazine, you have to realize that this is not an extension of your private life. This is a performance you’re clocking in hours for because it is part of your job. Much like giving interviews, doing promotional shoots, being in magazines, going to Comic-Con/Cannes/Sundance/etc are part of your job. 

This is not that difficult to understand. 

#it’s cute when people idealize Celebrity but let’s be honest here: that’s not how that shit works #but there is so much campaigning that goes into award shows it’s not even funny#’acting’ is not code for ‘something you do when you don’t want to have a Real Job’ #it is ‘a type of Real Job’ that like most Real Jobs has various requirements and expectations #this is the reality of hollywood baby #you’re either in it or you leave #and the second you do there’s someone else who’s ready to replace you #and you know this of course

posted 3 months ago with 72 notes from neverthehurricane
tagged: #Y E S  #ellie is undoubtedly smarter than you 
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    interesting opinion on celebrity red carpet behavior. I’m inclined to agree with this post.
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