Celebrities We Can Do Without

This is purely anecdote, but I work at Walt Disney World in Florida USA, and Tom Cruise visits often.

He has a very positive reputation in that he is very modest and treats every Cast Member he meets with courtesy and respect.

We see a incredibly huge number of celebrity types all the time, and of course we all share anecdotes and experiences. I have never met Tom Cruise personally, but I have been amazed at how often his name comes up, with a very positive story attached to it. He makes me thinkthat the person we see in the movies and on TV is a persona, but not the real "him".

@moonbus said
He can't act, he just plays himself, and the guy he plays is a jerk.

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@paul-leggett said
This is purely anecdote, but I work at Walt Disney World in Florida USA, and Tom Cruise visits often.

He has a very positive reputation in that he is very modest and treats every Cast Member he meets with courtesy and respect.

We see a incredibly huge number of celebrity types all the time, and of course we all share anecdotes and experiences. I have never met Tom ...[text shortened]... e makes me thinkthat the person we see in the movies and on TV is a persona, but not the real "him".

@paul-leggett said
This is purely anecdote, but I work at Walt Disney World in Florida USA, and Tom Cruise visits often.

He has a very positive reputation in that he is very modest and treats every Cast Member he meets with courtesy and respect.

We see a incredibly huge number of celebrity types all the time, and of course we all share anecdotes and experiences. I have never met Tom ...[text shortened]... e makes me thinkthat the person we see in the movies and on TV is a persona, but not the real "him".

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@moonbus said
He can't act, he just plays himself, and the guy he plays is a jerk.

@drewnogal said
No, no, he’s very dedicated. He broke his ankle during a rooftop jump and continued acting while in excruciating pain.

Here he (Tom Cruise) is on the Graham Norton show explaining the event.

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@moonbus said
My dog is dedicated, too. Being dedicated is not the same as being able to act. Cruise is an overpaid stunt man.

@moonbus
I think this is apples and oranges. He gains nothing from being nice to a Custodian or Housekeeper or Rider Operator, and the vast majority of the contacts are relatively discrete.

I am inclined to think that we can tell much about a person by what they do when there is no audience.

@Mudfinger
I am not talking about appearances- merely day to day interactions with regular people. It's all anecdote, and of course I don't know the guy, but I tend not to subscribe to one-dimensional representations of anyone. It's sort of an anal-retentive/OCD application of the Golden Rule on my part, and I would not want to be judged in such a manner.

@paul-leggett said
@Mudfinger
I am not talking about appearances- merely day to day interactions with regular people. It's all anecdote, and of course I don't know the guy, but I tend not to subscribe to one-dimensional representations of anyone. It's sort of an anal-retentive/OCD application of the Golden Rule on my part, and I would not want to be judged in such a manner.

@paul-leggett said
This is purely anecdote, but I work at Walt Disney World in Florida USA, and Tom Cruise visits often.

He has a very positive reputation in that he is very modest and treats every Cast Member he meets with courtesy and respect.

We see a incredibly huge number of celebrity types all the time, and of course we all share anecdotes and experiences. I have never met Tom ...[text shortened]... e makes me thinkthat the person we see in the movies and on TV is a persona, but not the real "him".