Every year, thousands of people decide to chase the dream of
becoming a movie star. And every year,
thousands of people let that dream die.
Pursuing an acting career is no small feat.
Yet at the same time, it's not impossible either. It is simply hard. Hollywood is very demanding,
and those who aren't willing to dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to it will be chewed up and
spit out with all the others who couldn't hack it.
But for those who commit themselves to chasing this dream until their dying day, there are many
rewards that potentially await them. Some find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Others
spend their lives in cinematic purgatory, always playing the same bit parts and wondering how they
came up short.
A wise someone once said that "life's not fair", and that has been a mantra for those who have been
unwilling to put in the effort to drag themselves out of the muck for centuries. The truth is that
life's not unfair either. There is vast opportunity out there, and the fact of the matter is that
those who are willing to put in the work for it will prosper.
Take Brad Pitt, for example.
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When Brad Pitt first arrived in Los Angeles in 1986, he had
virtually no acting experience, zero
training, and only $325.25 to his name.
He lived in a flat in North Hollywood with eight other guys, and they had no furniture and no beds
to sleep in. Just a sleeping bag for each of them, a TV, a stereo, and a toaster oven.
To earn money, Brad would do odd jobs at a place called the Job Factory, where people could hire
day laborers. His work included moving refrigerators, selling cigarettes, and once, he had to
dress up as a giant chicken and stand out on Sunset Blvd in 100° weather for El Pollo Loco.
After getting an agent, he started booking small roles on TV shows like "Head of the Class",
"Growing Pains", "Another World", and "Dallas". However, as you'll soon learn, TV work does
not lead to movie stardom.
Soon afterwards, he got an audition for a movie called Thelma & Louise, and from the success
of that, he got the lead in his first big hit, A River Runs Through It. With the credit of
headlining a major studio film on his acting résumé, Brad Pitt's
Salary sky-rocketed from $6,000, which he was paid for Thelma & Louise, to $500,000, which he
was paid for Kalifornia, a film that was released 11 months after the huge success of
A River Runs Through It.
He continued to reinvest his success in movies with the capacity for greatness, and in 1994, he played the
lead role opposite Tom Cruise in Interview With The Vampire, which turned out to be the first
blockbuster of his career.
The result? More movie offers, and a pay increase to $4 million, which he was paid the following year for
the movie Se7en. And when that movie opened huge, he was upgraded to $10 million a picture, and was
solidified as a true Hollywood A-lister.
This is what it really means to be a movie star. Unfortunately, the vast majority of actors and
actresses out there don't know it, and they probably will never find out.
The Hollywood players don't have time to hold your hand and teach you the ways the industry works.
They sort out the ones with real potential from the horde of wannabes,
toss them into the mill, and hope that a shiny new star will form.
What you'll learn in CelebSystem is how to be part of that small handful chosen from the herd of
wannabes, how to make all the right moves to get ahead, and most importantly, how to maintain your
star status once you've achieved it.
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