[circlecity]

"He was able to leave his job at McDonald's after booking a Super Bowl commercial with Pizza Hut. Since then, he's become one of the most successful actors in the industry, starring in The Interview, 127 Hours, and Spiderman."

While I'm glad for him that he was able to find work in his chosen profession I think claiming he is "one of the most successful actors in the industry" is overstating it a bit.

[dennisw]

James Franco net worth (estimate)

20 million US$ (2015)

[katana]

Several commercials, third billing in two films in the Spiderman franchise, and leads in Oz the Great and Powerful and The Interview .... in a profession where the unemployment rate is around 98% that’s actually pretty successful. Not Tom Hanks or Robert De Niro successful, but not bad for a young guy.

[Drew68]

While I'm glad for him that he was able to find work in his chosen profession I think claiming he is "one of the most successful actors in the industry" is overstating it a bit.

Not at all. When you look at all the commercials, all the TV shows on hundreds of cable channels, the countless movies released each year, most of which go straight to rental, there's easily tens of thousands of people who can honestly call themselves "actors" having earned at least one paycheck in the business. Of all these people, maybe a hundred are what we would call household names. The Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning James Franco is one of these.