Kristen Stewart reveals how profitable celebrities are in the entertainment industry and how that can be a good or bad thing.
Kristen Stewart recently became the first American actress to win France’s equivalent of the Oscars for ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’, César Awards and the actress questioned Hollywood’s obsession with celebrities.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
“If you think about the source of it all,” says Stewart (who clearly has), “which is really the big, big, big green monster of cash, there’s just no way that that’s stopping. It’s a new industry — celebrity news is a whole new form of entertainment — and it’s a huge, booming, f—ing money-making industry, so why would it stop?” Is it all enough to give her second thoughts about continuing in a profession that puts her in that line of fire? Her answer is a defiant no. “I love what I do and so it’s worth protecting,” she says, adding, “Hopefully, one day people’s priorities will shift a little bit.” After a pause, she adds, “Unfortunately, onto somebody else.”
She points out that some celebrities become obsessed with staying famous but, that does not really bother her.
“Actresses go crazy when they feel like they want to hold on to what used to be, or whatever,” she says. “I’m so satisfied and happy and absolutely looking forward to what’s to come.” She waits a beat and then adds, “Talk to me when I’m 30 and then I’ll be like, ‘Ahhhhh!'” Turning serious again, she says, “As time goes on, who knows what my ambitions and objectives will be? Who knows how I’m gonna feel about what I do and what that’s gonna turn into? I have a feeling that I’m gonna do this for a while — at least, being involved in this industry.”
Ultimately, the problem for Kristen Stewart and many other actors is that more people recognize her for her work on the Twilight films versus anything else she has every accomplished. Therefore, typecasting her career and forcing blogs to gossip about her love life instead of her new work. For many actors, it is important to either embrace this new found celebrity status or continue to work on diversifying your acting portfolio because, there will come a time when paparazzi stop taking photos and fans stop caring. And when that day comes, what are you going to do? For Kristen Stewart she is “looking forward to what’s to come.”
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