Movie Stars: Actors Power In and Out of the Movie Industry

The other day a man came up to me and kept saying, ‘you’re a star, you’re a star.’  I thought: ‘this year I’m a star, but what will I be next year–a black hole?’ Director-Actor Woody Allen  

Four attributes: physical appearance, youth, acting talent, and screen image.

Movie stars are members of a genuinely democratic elite because they are ultimately chosen by the large public, not by peers or professional sponsors (as in science). 

I never had any promotions or big studio built-up,” Eastwood boasts, “There are stars who are produced by the press.  I am not one of them–Clint Eastwood