XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: bogusname@nj.rr.com   
      
   On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:36:54 GMT, Al Smith    
   wrote:   
      
   >>>I'll tell you what it is. Shatner's a professional actor. The   
   >>>>acting profession is cutthroat. You're only popular as long as you   
   >>>>have some fans and some name recognition. As soon as you turn   
   >>>>cold, agents and producers and directors don't even want to know   
   >>>>that you are alive, because they are scared to death you will come   
   >>>>asking them for a favor. When an actor is fired in Hollywood, they   
   >>>>usually don't even know it until their name is removed from their   
   >>>>dressing room door. Nobody has enough decency to tell them.   
   >>>>Everyone is out for himself or herself. It's dog eat dog.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Not according to "Woodie Alan" in "Crimes and Misdemeanors," I think   
   >> it was. He was explaining life to his niece and said something like,   
   >> "It's a 'dog eat dog' world -- except in show business, where it's a   
   >> 'dog doesn't return other dog's phone call' world."   
   >>   
   >   
   >Oh, man, you quote Woodie Alan. You even spell his name correctly,   
   >sometimes. Do you know how that stereotypes you? Only a certain   
   >type of man quotes Woody Alien. Most men don't even know who he   
   >is. "Woody what? Woody Allie? Who the f*** us that? Get outa my   
   >way, boy, I gotta wash my pickup." You probably own a silk shirt,   
   >and aren't afraid to admit to women that you cry. For your own   
   >dignity, be like the rest of us and pretend you don't know who   
   >Woodee Alias is. Also pretend that you like to watch football.   
      
   Is it fun being delusional?   
      
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