39 Hollywood Secrets Revealed By Insiders

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“I worked for the first time with major A-List talent a few years ago when I first started out. They (trying to remain gender neutral so as not to give too much away) have quite a reputation for being phenomenally talented but also. rude, abrasive, and arrogant .”

“Going in, I knew I had to be careful around them because of their reputation, but I was a little surprised at how no rude they are. … Because they are quite friendly with me from the beginning, I don’t have to walk around on eggshells while interacting with them and can be myself. Also, I’m generally not the type of person who ever asks for pictures, autographs, etc., so that helps.

A few weeks later, we had some quiet time together, and they broke down in front of me. At first, I thought to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a bastard,’ but they were tears of joy. I was the first person in a long time to treat them like normal people and not like some diva or someone who should be placed on a pedestal.

They opened up about the fact that they enjoyed acting as an art form but hated a lot of pageantry and the attention they got as celebrities and a lot of their abrasive personality came from years of being exploited by people who they considered friends and felt like. ‘Zoo Animals’ whenever they come out and people treat them like the latest attraction to watch and forget that there is a real person underneath.

Are there some genuinely horrible people in Hollywood entertainment, etc.? Very true. But it also taught me to not always judge a book by its cover, and that often when famous people seem harsh, it’s a defense mechanism.

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