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What is the difference in famous and infamous?
Famous means “widely known,” while infamous means “having a reputation of the worst kind.” This can be confusing because the prefix in- often implies an opposite or a negation, but it can also mean “inward” or “thoroughly.” This is why infamous does not mean “not famous.”
Who is the most famous movie star of all time?
List of 50 greatest screen legends: Top 25 Male and Top 25 Female stars
| No. | Male legends | Female legends |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) | Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) |
| 2 | Cary Grant (1904–1986) | Bette Davis (1908–1989) |
| 3 | James Stewart (1908–1997) | Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) |
| 4 | Marlon Brando (1924–2004) | Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) |
What makes a movie star a movie star?
A movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor or actress who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies. The term is used for performers who are marketable stars and whose names are used to promote movies, for example in trailers and posters.
What is difference between popular and famous?
Famous means well known. Popular means well-liked. Something or someone that is well known, but not popular could be infamous, which isn’t a lack of being known, but being known for a bad reputation. Famous people are likely to be popular but it isn’t necessary, e.g. George Bush.
What are the differences between stars actors and character actors?
Actors find the character inside themselves; stars find themselves in the character. Actors work within a genre; a star is their own genre. And Hollywood relies on this. People don’t say they’re going to see an action movie; they say they’re going to see “the new Tom Cruise picture.” Stars are brand names.
What’s the difference between an actor and a movie star?
An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.
What is the difference between a movie star and an actor?
A movie star is always dominating and has more fans than the ‘actor’ . A movie star’s movie can earn more than 100 crores on the box office within the week of release but an actor’s movie would take a longer duration to earn the same amount(atleast,it happens in india.*chuckles*) .
Why is it so hard to become an actor/star?
But being an actor, and being a star, are different jobs, requiring different skill sets. And if very few people can truly master one, it’s even harder to find someone who can handle both. Obviously stars need movies. But for quite awhile, the movies did just fine without stars.
Who is the biggest movie star in the world?
Different countries have different movie stars. This is Shah Rukh Khan. He’s the biggest movie star in the world, and if you’re American, you’ve probably never heard of him. His home audience, India, sells an average 2.6 billion tickets per year, compared to the U.S.’s 1.36 billion.
Why do movie stars get paid the way they do?
Producers and studios know they’ll get some of it back just because audiences are most likely to see that movie star in that movie on opening weekend. That’s why movie stars get the big salaries you read about. It’s got nothing to do with ability. They get money because they put butts in seats. And actors are always moving on and off that list.