Movie stars as role models : Movie Stars - Page 2

[Susan]

My child watches TV, but she does not look at movie stars as a role model, cause she knows they live a different life than us.

I think it is terrible how a lot of these child stars are left to grow up so fast without no parental guidance. It seems like the parents of these child stars are the ones that get caught up in the moment without thinking what kind of pressure their child is under. I mean Lindsey Lohan, Drew Barrymore were "clubbing" with the parents until all hours of the morning, because that was the way the so-called mothers could get them in contact one on one with other stars and movie producers for work.

It is sad.

[savannah]

I'm sure if we all looked back on who we thought was the bees knees when we were kids we'd find we didn't have any such lofty reasons to admire them, such as being hard working creative individuals. C'mon let's be honest here and lighten up a little, ladies and gentlemen. We liked them because they were the good looking, fabulously talented people that we all wanted to be back then!

Kids are kids. Let them be young and daft, just like we all were once. Sometimes I think we get too caught up in making them think deep thoughts at too young an age instead of allowing them to have the fun and idle daydreams of childhood we did. Would you have chosen who you admired back then because your parents approved of their work ethic? Me neither LOL. When they start worshipping them and talking about them incessantly 24/7 then maybe is the time to worry I think but not before. Give them the space to figure out for themselves whose worth their attention and who isn't by their own standards. It's just another part of growing up.

[LennyP]

If your children are looking at celebrities as role models the bigger problem is your parenting skills than anything the celebrities do. Your job as a parent is to teach your children right and wrong. A celebrities job is to entertain.

[deanac24]

It is really sad that today's youth is looking to young women such as Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears as role models. They are not role models. They are rehab rejects who are into drugs and alcohol. I think Paris Hilton is another celebrity that should not be looked at as a role model. Stars like Ashley Tisdale, Angelina Jolie and Katie Holmes are excellent role models.

[rob332]

Unfortunately, I have the view that all movie stars are horrible people, or what are really known as Professional Horrible People. They are the great ones, and we are the peasants. We must allow them to take over our government (Arnold Schwarzeneggar as California governor, Ronald Reagan as U.S. President), tell us how to feel about the war (Hanks or Spielberg in Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers), and generally distract us with Paris Hilton, so we can see her kind of reality TV show or feature film. I also think most movie stars are a few levels below angry death row inmates.

[indian rep]

I teach middle school, where the kids are really in the most intense throes of worshipping various celebrities. Athletes, rock stars, and movie stars pretty much account for all the fangirling and fanboying.

Sometimes I get to thinking about what it is that they see in the movie stars they idolize, and whether they're idolizing them for the right reasons.

To be fair, many movie stars are admirable in their own right. An actor is a performer, like a dancer or a musician, and as such has worked hard to perfect their craft and pursued excellence with dedication. Someone like Robert De Niro has spent a lot of time taking classes, working on himself physically and mentally, doing internal preparation for the performances he's given. Hard work and dedication are certainly admirable qualities, as is creativity. But not all actors are like that. I doubt Ashton Kutcher is spending time studying acting with Uta Hagen.

And, let's face it, that's not what kids respond to. If I asked them (as I'm sometimes tempted to do) why they love Actor X so much, they'd respond with something to do with their looks. Or it's their fame and money that they admire and want for themselves. But there's a difference between some actor you have a crush on and someone you consider a role model or a hero, right? I mean, I kind of have a crush on Catherine Zeta-Jones, but I don't consider her a role model for my life.

I admit it bugs me when the girls idolize Lindsay Lohan, or the boys want to be like Vin Diesel. What's there to admire there, really? If you're going to idolize a movie star, at least pick one with something that you can aspire to, something about them that inspires you to better yourself. Even if it's not their creative work. But are they interested in bettering themselves? No. They're interested in being rich and famous.

Sometimes I feel like Tyler Durden, talking about how pop culture and movies and ads and commercials have convinced us all that we're all going to be rock stars or screen idols or rich and famous somehow and we're just not. And is that the end-all be-all of existence? I suppose for some, it is. But look at all the celebrities who are rich and famous and miserable.

Is it happiness we really want, and we think fame and money will give it to us? Or is it the fame and money we want, and are willing to sacrifice happiness to have it?

Food for thought.

so, then, I admire someone in the right sense according to your posts. I admire a Tamil actor Kamal Haasan, who has recently did a guiness record by doing 10 different roles in one movie 'Dasavatharam' and also the movie is a big hit. He had been one of the biggest actor in India, and so, he had earned a lot of money from his teen time by acting in cinemas, but he have spend most of his money just for making wonderful Cinemas though the Cinemas may not be a commercial hits. Its not wrong to adore, admire, or keep as a role model like Kamal Haasan.

[inspiration150]

I love this discussion. I believe that it all depends also what you teach your kids in the long run. Hopefully the parents and authority figures around can help instill in their children that there is more to life than what you see on tv. As you can see money, looks, and fame aren't everything because these people are not all happy to the fullest. Most today can be terrible role models. They tell children that it is ok to treat women like objects and women are suppose to use their sexuality to get what they want. It disgust me even more that the worse thing these people do it seems the more that they get paid. To be fair some performers are not that bad. Entertainers should be admired for their talent. It is also doesn't help when some people start asking what celebs you look like. it gives people self-esteem issues when they don't look like the people you see on tv.

[lauraj]

The sad thing about it all is that they are acting because it is something they want to do and people tell you all the time to pursue your dreams. What they do not tell you is that it can be very lonely at the top. They are human and they will falter without having the right influences. I think that often we forget these factors and expect them to be something other than human. This is our own fault and if a child goes in the wrong direction we need to look deeper than just the influence of the celebrity they are worshiping.

[chhabis26]

Now a days the kids are not only thing about the movie star they were think others also like the cricket player , singer, also. Now they were understand that the movie star are just doing there character in a movie.

[silent_thunder]

I dont think movie stars should be role models to everyone!! they can be rolemodels for aspiring acotrs or actresses but not everyone!! I like actors who contribute off screen to the general good of the society not just on screen