‘They Want To Know How To Be Famous.’ Josh Brolin Gets Real About What’s Changed In Hollywood And Why He Wants Actors Who ‘Get In The Soup’

‘They Want To Know How To Be Famous.’ Josh Brolin Gets Real About What’s Changed In Hollywood And Why He Wants Actors Who ‘Get In The Soup’

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‘They Want To Know How To Be Famous.’ Josh Brolin Gets Real About What’s Changed In Hollywood And Why He Wants Actors Who ‘Get In The Soup’

Josh Brolin has built a pretty incredible resume over his four-decade-long career. He’s won Screen Actors Guild Awards and been nominated for Oscars. He’s been in major big-budget blockbusters and character-driven dramas. He’s also achieved a significant level of fame for his work, but the actor now feels that too many people are looking for fame without doing the actual work.

In a recent appearance on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Brolin lamented what he sees as a fundamental shift in the way people approach the acting profession today. He feels that when he was young in the industry, people were focused on the craft of acting, whereas people trying to break into acting are only looking for fame. He said…

This profession in this day and age, when you see people come up and say ‘I want to be an actor.’ Nine times out of ten they want to know how to be famous. Whereas back in the day, it was about paying your dues and about the kind of work that you were doing.



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