Do actors really deserve awards?

Question

And gift baskets worth more than the average income for pretending to be different people on film?

What I mean is, they aren't helping people in anway except entertainment. I understand that it is hard work, but so is being a doctor.

I agree the deserve recognition, but as for VAST gifts and gold trophies worth thousands...no

Answer 1

No, they get paid to much anyway. There are more important things that are going on in the world right now than awards shows. To me is artifical and lame. The actors and actresses have tons of people who help them. They are nothing special in my book. The military who is giving up their lives for their job deserve a lot of credit. A war that most of them oppose. I hate Hollywood period.

Answer 2

I've become involved in my local community theater this year -- I had a large role in a play this summer, and I go on stage tomorrow night in "A Christmas Story."

I have a LOT more sympathy now for actors than I did a year ago.

No, it's not digging ditches in the freezing rain or running into a burning building to carry out a baby. But mentally, emotionally, it's VERY hard work. It takes intense concentration and dedication, and you really give up a great deal of your life to be successful at it.

And, I think I can even see where the egos come from -- it's very confronting to get things wrong, night after night, as you're doing rehearsals and working up to that moment when the house lights go down and the curtain comes up. You have to have complete faith in yourself, but you also have to "walk the walk" to make that faith worthwhile.

As with any kind of performance, the audience only sees the shiny parts -- watch Fred Astaire sometime and he looks so effortless, like he's floating across the stage. What you DON'T see is the hard work, frustration, and sacrifice that went into making it LOOK effortless. And every correctly delivered line, every gesture that moves the audience, every step and expression that's just perfect, is the result of ten thousand other lines, gestures, steps and expressions that were wrong, clumsy, futile. The acclaim and awards aren't for doing it right -- they're for not giving up the ten thousand times you did it wrong.

Of course, I'm doing this while also holding down a day job. If this WERE my day job, it might be a little easier -- though I suspect I'd still put my heart and soul into it. Plus, I'm probably not at any significant risk of being ruined by sudden fortune.

But I promise you one thing -- if I got out of a buddy's car without wearing underpants, NOBODY would want to take a picture of me, or LOOK at it for that matter. :-)

Answer 3

We all determine the actors salaries. We don't pay teachers, police officers, cancer researchers millions because we aren't glued to watching what they do.

No one could argue that a single teacher can make more of a difference in the world than a quarterback or a baseball player, or a movie star but that's not how it works. When millions line up to see George Clooney they are voting with their money (I think he's worth it by the way) and the film makers know that Joe Nobody is not going to get you to line up.

Vendors know that if a movie star likes and uses their products it translates to sales. It's dumb, it's backwards as they are the most likely to be able to afford it--but it's reality.

If sending the products to a lady on welfare sold more, then that is what would they do. Somehow just knowing that Jennifer Aniston likes this shampoo makes people clamour for it.

You can't fault the system of supply and demand, it's capitalism and like it or not it's America (and the rest of the world really) at this point in time.

Answer 4

Unfortunately it's about economics and supply/demand. Oh how many times I have wished that Firefighters got the salaries of NBA stars and vice versa but no one spends money to watch a fire fighter. Celebrities deserve awards for their jobs as much as anyone else in any other occupation.

Answer 5

I think they do. At most work places, your appreciation is shown by receiving "the employee of the month or year". Of course when you're famous, you receive more than the average working person does, but it's the same difference. Their acting skills are acknowledged, by receiving awards.

Answer 6

they deserve awards for a job well done, just like any other profession, but as far as the gift baskets go, I do not think they deserve them any more than you or I do.

Answer 7

Hell no! First of all they make so much money to begin with. They make millions of dollars per film. Second of all they get gifts from famous designers all the time. It really isn't that hard to act. I don't even think they should make millions. It's ridiculous. Doctors who save lives don't even make that much!

Answer 8

Absolutely...one should be recognized for their outstanding performances, just like we would like to be recognized for aj job well done in our professions...as far as the gift bags go...NO...I think when they receive them, they should select a less fortunate person and donate it to them...they can afford to buy these things as if it weren't for their fans, they wouldn't be the stars they are today....

Answer 9

I don't think you understand how much WORK you have to go through to make a film or act on broadway. I have done so myself and it takes months and sometimes a year to get everything right.. I do not think you understand how much work they go thtough...

Answer 10

Yes, acting takes a lot of work. Believe me.