This is quite disconcerting. Do people really perceive acting as an easy craft to pick up? I've always sort of prided myself on my acting ability, but never touted it as super impressive, but this seems to take the idea a bit too far. I work really hard in roles I get, even if they're only in local theatre, and I feel like because I have taken it seriously, it's one of my few skills that I've honed and refined into something others wouldn't be able to achieve. I know famous actors are definitely overpaid, but to anyone who has ever seen acting as an ability that requires zero discipline, have you ever considered why so many actors are weird and dramatic and have mass amounts of insanity in them yet still seem to get roles in which they successfully integrate themselves into the character enough to where THAT rendition of the character is the only one you could ever percieve? That self immersion changes and shapes you as a person and becomes something you can't let go of, which is an issue in a world where people like to watch stories about the mentally unsound. Getting there is difficult and requires more discipline than most people seem to think it does. It's like this: you could get two people. One fat, one skinny. Both decide they want to be a giraffe for Halloween. Which do you think could pull that off better? Acting is sort of the same thing: you HAVE to make yourself work for a character, even if mentally you're like the fat person. That, while it may seem simple to someone who simply reads the words and looks the character, is actually a very difficult feat to accomplish. I'll admit, to get a degree in theatre or act as a character in a play or tv show are both ridiculously easy, but to do it correctly is a whole other thing. More like an innate trait. The only reason acting is perceived as a simple craft is because simple minded people get famous in it based upon looks or sound, not ability. I know it has nothing to do with this post, and I'm sorry if it's hypocritical and stupid an annoying, but it's something I've been wanting to get off my chest for awhile now.