Posted on 01/28/2018 3:38:53 PM PST by EdnaMode
People choose professions for many reasons, not the least of which is their ability, and some of which is the luck of being at the right place at the right time.
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With this as a background, University College of London psychologists Mark Davison and Adrian Furnham (2018) decided to dig into a question that you’ve probably had many times, especially if you follow celebrity news sites. Are all actors narcissists?
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Taking a look now at the results, perhaps not surprisingly, actors scored higher on the so-called “Cluster B” personality disorder traits of Narcissistic, Histrionic, and Borderline. However, their scores were also higher on the Antisocial and Schizotypal (eccentricity) scales and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (concern for order and perfection). Men were higher on scales measuring Dependent Personality and Avoidant Personality Disorder. Unlike studies measuring personality disorder traits in other populations, there were no significant correlations with actual (albeit self-rated) abilities.
Interpreting these findings, the authors note that the expected high narcissism scores of actors supports the idea that it takes a somewhat inflated sense of self to be able to put on a good impression (such as when auditioning for a role) and to cope with the constant rejection actors face when they don’t land a part. The high Borderline scores may reflect the desirability in acting of being able to “access the extremes of emotion” (p. 41) which, in turn, allows actors to be able to cry on cue more effectively. Furthermore, the identity instability of people high on borderline traits may also fit with the actor’s need to resolve identity concerns by taking on the qualities of other people. High scores on the Histrionic scale may, similarly, be expected given the “penchant for the dramatic” among those pursing acting careers (p. 41).
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Objection, your honor. Assumes facts not in evidence.
I’m impressed with Gary Oldman’s work, and he seems fairly normal.
Crazy or not, Tom Hardy is my favorite!
None of them are my favorites. All are sociopaths.
#18. Add to “James Stewart flew B-17’s”, the fact that he flew one secret B-52 mission, reportedly over N. Vietnam, during the war. He was either a Lt. Gen. or Brig. General (Reserves), but was reactivated for that one mission.
Also he and his lovely wife visited a key Medevac Trauma unit in the Mekong Delta about Jan. 1969. I found their name on the list of visitors to it, at the National Archives, when I was researching two of Kerry’s “claimed” PC boat crewmen. They appeared at his nomination part of the Democrat Convention in 2004 and claimed to have served with him, but neither did.
They got wounded a day or two before he arrived to assume command of PC 94, and were medevaced to that head trauma field hospital (and then probably to Japan for more advance treatment). One, later the Rev. Alston, reportedly confessed that he had lied about serving in combat with Kerry. The other fellow apparently confessed in private but not publicly.
Most of my favorite actors are dead, so their personality disorders are no longer their biggest issues.
Well, Clint Eastwood is still kicking.
Hmmm. So are Raquel Welch and Sophia Loren for that matter.
So is Angela Lansbury——awesome actress.
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WGAS? Quit behaving as if actors are so important. They try to represent some aspect of life.I actually go through life. I am more interested in what my doctor or grocer or plumber or students or friends say to me...not how well someone represents a facsimile of life...
I liked “Black” better than “Goblin” which I have yet to finish.
I recently learned that Audrey Hepburn gave up acting to join UNICEF. She spent a great deal of time in shithole countries helping sick children.
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