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Discussion: Actors vs musicians - Who are more Famous/Respected?
Member Since: 8/27/2012
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Actors vs musicians - Who are more Famous/Respected?
Who are more famous?
Who are more respected?
I personally think actors are more respected, but musicians are more famous.
I don't know, discuss?
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Member Since: 2/17/2012
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Actors are more respected and singers are more famous.
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Member Since: 9/13/2011
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There are some exceptions to that theory with particular individuals, but for the most part... I agree.
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Member Since: 3/17/2012
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I was just talking about this with a friend yesterday.
Musicians are more respected, actors are more famous.
But then you look at global musicians, and you could say they're actually more famous. Especially for house-hold names like Rihanna, Gaga and Beyonce.
But at the same time, actors don't always have to work as hard to be famous. So from that aspect you could say Actors have a step-up from musicians.
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Member Since: 3/17/2012
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Originally posted by BadKidBrodie
Actors are more respected and singers are more famous.
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Out of curiosity, why would you say actors are more respected. I feel like the media and the GP are more willing to throw an actor under a bus than a singer. I'd say most actors are critically panned as well.
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Member Since: 8/27/2012
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Originally posted by feuxtography
I was just talking about this with a friend yesterday.
Musicians are more respected, actors are more famous.
But then you look at global musicians, and you could say they're actually more famous. Especially for house-hold names like Rihanna, Gaga and Beyonce.
But at the same time, actors don't always have to work as hard to be famous. So from that aspect you could say Actors have a step-up from musicians.
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Its actually a hard topic to discuss tbh.
But anyway, i agree with you 100 %
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Member Since: 8/23/2011
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Painting with such a broad brush.
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Member Since: 12/7/2011
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Musicians are more respected and famous.
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Member Since: 1/31/2012
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It honestly depends on the actor/singer.
Like if someone says Brad Pitt, everyone knows Brad Pitt (for example)
And there are actors who are barely known but respected in their work.
Same with musicians/singers.
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Member Since: 1/4/2012
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Originally posted by feuxtography
Musicians are more respected, actors are more famous.
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really? I find the opposite.
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Member Since: 6/18/2012
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Actors are more respected,musicians are more famous
If you don't agree,have a look at how many ATRLers' faves have been totally famous jokes right now
don't let me name them
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Member Since: 5/4/2011
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There are exceptions but I'd say the general trend is that (pop) singers are more famous, and actors more respected.
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Actors are more famous while musicians are more respected. Actors just have a lot more people than musicians so it's harder to get respect but they get more jobs because a lot of films and TV shows needs actors than musicians so they get more famous than musicians. The best known pop singers(Britney, Rihanna, Gaga, Beyonce, Katy) however are more famous than the best known actors(Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldana, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Shia Labeouf etc) while the most respected musicians are not as respected as the most respected actors in hollywood(e.g. Michael Jackson: Tom Hanks and Madonna:Meryl Streep)
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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Out of the most famous musicians and actors, musicians are more respected, and more famous.
when people talk about the icons of each decade, they mention musicians first, and actors second. When you think of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, what do you think of that coincides with those eras? Musicians.
Compare Michael Jackson, Beatles, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, to actors.....its not a contest. Actors just dont have the same emotional connection that the musicians do.
actors being more "respected"? I dont think so. Respected by the media maybe, but thats because musicians are more polarizing figures that have more freedom to do as they please. Id say the good musicians are more respected by the general public.
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Member Since: 5/2/2012
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Actors are more respected
Singers are more famous
Actors are more recognized by the face
Singers are recognized by their names
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Member Since: 8/28/2012
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I think musicians are probably both more famous and respected because sometimes actors are more famous for the character and not their own identity whereas musicians are known for their own identity etc
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Member Since: 6/13/2012
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Actors aren't anywhere near as famous or as rich as musicians. What are ppl on this thread on? Who gets more press than Beyonce, rihanna and the pop girls? actors have gone way of the supermodel. the only true superstars are musicians
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Member Since: 6/13/2012
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Originally posted by like2throw
Out of the most famous musicians and actors, musicians are more respected, and more famous.
when people talk about the icons of each decade, they mention musicians first, and actors second. When you think of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, what do you think of that coincides with those eras? Musicians.
Compare Michael Jackson, Beatles, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, to actors.....its not a contest. Actors just dont have the same emotional connection that the musicians do.
actors being more "respected"? I dont think so. Respected by the media maybe, but thats because musicians are more polarizing figures that have more freedom to do as they please. Id say the good musicians are more respected by the general public.
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Member Since: 6/13/2012
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Originally posted by evo
There are exceptions but I'd say the general trend is that (pop) singers are more famous, and actors more respected.
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they aren't more respected. it's just the media doesn't care enough to talk about them.
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