Well, when I wanted to be famous because I was heavily into the theater and acting for many years, it absolutely had to do with needing excessive amounts of love and attention.
I only had one parent growing up and I was the one of the few black people in my school and I experienced a lot of racism and discrimination. So, growing up as a child I didn't feel that I was as loved as I would have liked. There was also a lack of belonging being the child of immigrants.
So I guess I had to build up a wall around my heart and my self and the desire for fame is very much "love" being thrown at you but you not having to give so much back. You putting out a persona of yourself.
I was funny, bombastic and quick witted and excelled in performance art and liked how it felt when people reacted positively to me.
When you've been heart a lot, the symbiosis at play in the dynamic between the idolized and the idolater us very appealing.
The idolater sees no flaws and is accepting of whatever their idol gives supplyies them with.
Because that is essentially what the construct of celebrity is in our time and many times before that.
Lastly, there was some trauma that occured in my youth and you will absolutely find a huge number of celebrities have very horrendous trauma in their backgrounds. Showbiz is a predatory industry so this isn't a coincidence.
@coulis I did not know you wanted to go into show biz. That is pretty cool. I don't think I would ever be able to put myself out like that in front of the world.
I wouldn't say arrogant more like fame and money lavish life style. Look at the Kardashians for example Kim Kardashian did everything in her power to get to were she is sad thing even her own mother encourage her to do so. The fake wedding , Reality TV when thier is talented people with good voice and dance skill it's hard to make it in Hollywood from what I've heard. Some artist had to put up with such horrible things with creepy cast directors casting agents, Arianna Grande become famous because of her parents forcing her not because she choose to be famous.
Assuming we're going based on the definition, I don't believe that's required to be famous.
"having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities."
But it gets tricky when people try & define what "exaggerated" would mean. For instance, if a man is an extremely good/competent singer & often boasts about it in an annoying way, then it wouldn't be exaggerated. It would be accurate! So, would he truly be arrogant? 🤔 Or something else? Like hubristic to a fault?
There are a lot of legit benefits of being famous if you can deal with the cons. It's pretty reasonable in my opinion. It's like desiring an education or money.
Things can get pretty complex very quickly when it comes to judging motif, so judging whether you want fame for fame's sake, money for money's sake, etc. Is a different question.
For those solely seeking fame, I don't think it's arrogance - not only that - but insecurities with a desire to be seen and adulated and noticed. I think it's a self-worth issue insofar as they don't seem to have a strong sense of self unless it's somehow defined by and given value through others. It's like they'd be empty without an audience. I sometimes see it as the superiority complex that's actually an inferiority complex. To deal with it, they overcorrect.
I think the arrogance is a byproduct of that insecurity. Like a defense mechanism. Similar to when someonenis scared but to cope with the fear, get angry rather than show it.
There's a big difference between the fame seekers and people who love the art form and only want to do that. Jodi Foster is a good example. She doesn't care for the fame and being the center of attention. She loved acting, directing and she was damned good at it. Otherwise she would keep her life as private as possible.
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Yes. This only applies to young people who have no ambition or goals outside of vanity. This is seemingly more common with girls. They typically want to fill some void in their personal life by having strangers validate and worship them. I have an acquaintance that is mutual friends with a girl that posts her body for random men on social media.
When you look at her pictures, you'd think she's confident and is everyone's dream girl. Little do people know, she's a secret moderator of a group page of guys that masturbate to her photos. She bans anyone that isn't complimenting her pictures. So "behind the scenes", is a sensitive, insecure individual who craves external validation.
I don't think anyone who wish they were famous would be necessarily arrogant, I belive being famous can have some perks, usually people are just after that Now regarding arrogant people well they are everywhere regardless of they wanting to be famous or not ,
I think if God wants to make somebody famous like Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr., it will be a position that requires more sacrifice than it does benefits, neither Gandhi nor King enjoyed attention and praise, for them fame was a tool that they used to promote their cause, not the end goal of their lives.
I think narcissism is a common quality among celebrities. Maybe it doesn’t start out that way, but once you get used to the way people treat you and put you on a pedestal, you start to believe that you deserve it. People feed your ego and the fame can be addicting and self destructive.
Not necessarily. But definitely plausibly. Without a doubt, they like attention. They want to be known. Question is, why? Nowadays, it's not to be known for some amazing talent, skill, discovery, invention, advancement for society. It's just "be famous."
#1 answer kids/young adults are giving now: "I want to be famous." For what? "I don't know."
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Some people are and Some people just want to share their talents with others to make people happy. People pleasers usually fall into the entertainment industry because they’re looking for warmth , love and support from people because they never had that. A lot of celebrities are really unhappy and they look for that. They’re empty most of the time : ( it’s sad.
Not always... I want to be famous, but only because it means my movies get watched and that people enjoy my work. I don't so much care about fame for fame's sake.
Yes, definitely, in my opinion a person who’s down to earth and don’t need to be in the centre of people’s attention, would never wanna be famous.
To an extent, yes. Craving attention and fame is also a lack of self esteem and a cry for help in some cases. Brittany Spears, Miley Cyrus are 2 examples, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Manson, Perez Hilton, the Olsen twins.
I don’t care about being famous. The only reason things I’d like is the girls who rejected you would suck you off so fast if you were famous. That’s just what the superficial woman is about. 💯
