Another cool story. Thanks.

I started acting as kid first in school, then in local city plays. When I got to junior high school, the people who still wanted to act had been winnowed significantly from elementary school. I played sports, got good grades and also enjoyed acting. I found the kids in acting were just "different" in a way I didn't like but still can't put my finger on.

I was never interested in pursuing school politics. I've heard that Politics is "Hollywood for ugly people." Maybe I would have found that politicians and actors have that same vibe. I'll never know now. I went the academic and sports route and quit acting. I don't regret it.

Life is unfair, but Hollywood stardom seems like lottery-level luck at every level (and apparently apt to alliteration). I can't imagine you would be a worse actor than Matt Le Blanc (full disclosure, I've never seen a full episode of 'Friends'). Yet there you were at $50/day instead of $1,000,000/episode, and without so much as a, "Hey buddy, pull my finger."

Hollywood income disparity is to my mind one of the best (meaning worst) examples of predatory western capitalism.