Who did not dream to wake up one sunny (or not very sunny) being famous? Publicity, recognizing in streets, your photos in magazines and on big boards, fabulous fees, public parties… But is it really as wonderful and cloudless as it seems to be at first sight? Very often you understand that everything is not so simple only when you spend some time at those surroundings.
Somebody should be responsible for a young “star” at the beginning of its career, should not it? Everybody knows that there are managers and agents which serve or such a goal. These uncles and aunts can become your real friends and helpers who will be sincere in helping you to achieve something and become independent then. But very often such people see only money-bags in you and do not take into consideration your opinion and wishes (or unwillingness) to do something. Well, you have a choice here: to search for another agent (if you have such an opportunity. Very often you can find out that you do not have any other variants and contacts) or continue to suffer and kill your nerves with this one (if your wish to become public and your confidence in a fact that only this agent can help you in that do not prevail your wish to be a person with strong nerves who knows its own worth).
Who did not read interviews of celebrities where they complained about their difficult life? We think: why do they complain? Money, glory, admirers, many opportunities, bright and beautiful life… But not many people think about the fact we see only the cover of a book. If we begin to turn its pages over we’ll discover that a “star’ has many complexes, is afraid of being left and forgotten in a year, is afraid of being killed, poisoned and so one. That is why it is not surprising that almost every celebrity has its own psychologist. Here we have the first drawback of fame (but not for a psychologist of course).
Let’s continue to turn over. There is no personal life at all. Photographers, journalists and fans follow you everywhere. As we know, a celebrity hires securities for such a case. These brave guys (sometimes ladies) follow you (I mean a “star”) everywhere. There are so many mentally disturbed fans or envious people everywhere. So, celebrities have to worry about safety of them and their families.
The page number three is the necessity to keep the brand and meet the status of a «star». Restricting the freedom of action… Persistent lack of sleep because of thinking about what to invent in order to warm people’s interest in its personality. Standing competition …
As we can see, this medal has two sides too. Of course, it would be unfair to assert that life of a famous person is a continuous damnation. In the end, all we see what we choose. And all negative sides of popularity can be easily compensated with positive ones. You just need to understand that here, as in any other case, there is a flip side. And if you decide to seek for popularity and become famous, be prepared not only for the celebration of life and positive sides in all its manifestations, but also for any negative aspects of your chosen path.
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