It was on Saturday Night Live. A skit had Burt Reynolds on a talk show discussing his Oscar nomination for Boogie Nights. It ends with them asking him what he was going to do next with the newfound respect he had as a serious actor.
"Gonna make a car movie with Dom DeLuise," he said.
Burt noted in his memoir that he didn't manage his career well. He was having fun making movies with his friends and passed up challenging roles he should have taken. When he was ready to challenge himself as an actor, no one was interested anymore.
But the guy did fine. Another celebrity who lived a charmed life who we still feel sorry for.
Edgar Ulmer directed at least 56 movies, but his life was presented as tragedy because they were only B movies. Woody Allen directed 54 movies, but his career has been damaged by his opportunist son and idiot daughter. Woody's been making a movie or two a year since Bananas and is taking a bit of a break. According to IMDb.com, his next movie after Rainy Day in New York is scheduled for 2020.
According to the internet, Woody Allen's net worth is $80 million. He's 82. His father lived to be 101. He may have 19 years left. A few people have continued to direct movies when they were over 100 (which probably means it's not that hard). He could make a movie a year at $3 million each (which is how much Call Me By Your Name cost). Even if each movie was a total loss, he'd still have millions to leave Soon-yi and their daughters for them to fight for survival on a rapidly warming planet.
These guys are doing fine. Even if they want your pity, don't give it to them.
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