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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Julia Ormond
Sean Young
Keri Hilson (singer)
Shannon Sossaman
Chris O'Donnell[/quote]

Chris O'Donnell WAS a big thing. What are you talking about? He worked steadily and in some GREAT movies in the 90's: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000563/

He tapered off to TV and lesser roles after that. Yeah, he's no Brad Pitt or T.Cruise level of fame but he was def a big deal at some point. (And a major crush of mine).[/quote]

O'Donnell was on one of the NCIS series for ages -- OK, looked it up: For 14 seasons on NCIS LA. That's a long, steady job to hold. I think "tapering off" to TV is more accurately "working steadily year in and year out instead of always hoping another feature film comes along." Feature films are hard to get, surprisingly short to shoot, and then you're out of work until the next one, and as soon as you're not quite as young any more, the work starts to trickle along rather than flow, I think. And a long-running series is an income, a steady group of people to work with, predictable hours (better for family life) and seasons (especially if the show is popular and not likely to be cancelled), and probably less stress than trying to have a movie-only career. I say that not because I'm some huge O'Donnell fan but because I know a couple of jobbing TV and theater actors and they say a regular series job is considered a career success in the field, because you're acting for a living, and that's what most actors really want--to make their full-time livings just by acting. Movies can do that only for a very few.[/quote]

I"m who you are responding to and I agree. I think he's successful by any standard, though movies are generally thought to be the top of the profession. [/quote]

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