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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2543207, member: 1026"] I'm sure that's true, but from a pure consumer standpoint I don't care. Akin to how the fact that Michael Jordan was a jerk, arrogant, petty etc.. in no way subtracts from enjoyment I got watching him play basketball. At some point lots of great actors are arrogant, perfectionists and difficult to work with in good & bad ways - but that's their colleagues and directors problems or challenges to work thru to make a good movie. Example, Tootsie was autobiographical about how Dustin Hoffman over-analyzed and was pedantic/condescending. I haven't seen the Jim Carey making of Man in the Moon thing yet, but that's right on topic, basically how turning into a for a role altered his personal makeup and essentially derailed his superstardom run. Likewise it was always pretty obvious to me and many that Kevin Spacey is/was a jerk (I'm among many that never watched House of Cards knowing he's most annoying when in power), but in some roles he's perfect. Different ballgame of course that his personal issues were likely crimes, taints his film history. We are all still reconciling what to do with the art of Bill Cosby, Woody Allen and their ilk. I guess my point is until they are outright criminals they can be extremely difficult people, for me that doesn't fully explain missed opportunities to make good art. [/QUOTE]