I've never slept with a celebrity. Not that it matters. The people we tend to celebrate as stars are almost always entertainers. I definitely appreciate the art of performance, and the terrific difficulty. But I don't really understand the continuing necessity of elevating these people to some quasi-celestial status. They're actors, singers, or dancers. They contribute to society in the form of entertainment, by uniting us at our lowest common denominator. They don't create, they make believe. As Ian McKellan put it on Extras, "How did I know what to say? The words were written down for me in a script. How did I know where to stand? People told me."
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