What makes it worse is these Hollywood types try to live up to an image created in the Minds of others. People automatically assume just because I live in LA that I'm ballin', getting constant work, living it up with Celebrities & that my life is some kind of non-stop episode of Entourage when in reality (yes, the Entourage moments happen a LOT) I make less than Triple Digits a year & work like a regular dude with a 9-5 & I've never been ashamed to admit it... I tell people the ugly truth all the time because we all fall for images displayed by our favorite Artists/Actors, etc when in reality outside of A-Listers I wouldn't trade spots with ANYONE else in Hollywood, these people are F**KED UP.
For example, my friend who stopped receiving those big checks was always being treated like an A-List Celebrity whenever he came back home to Chicago & everyone assumes he has $$$ & constant work. The reality of it is trying to live up to this image has cost him any chance he ever had of living a normal life because his Ego won't allow him to be seen outside of his IMAGE. Dude has been living chick to chick for almost 10 years with no consistent income all because he can't swallow his pride & go get a regular job. He has tried scheme after scheme to get back to that same level of Hollywood Living he was doing when things were GREAT in his life. I've learned most people in the Entertainment Industry never see the DOWNFALL as a real possibility & never prepare for it. I have too many Music Industry friends that went out & bought big trucks & luxury apartments when they first got things cracking that are now in debt with bad credit EMBARRASSED to be seen working a regular job due to the PERCEPTION of other people, crazy right?
These dudes & even girls would rather remain broke, struggling & miserable as long as other people THINK they're special...
Pride & Ego will destroy your life... I've seen it waaaaaaaay too many times...
