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In response to "I think most people consider TV roles to be like the minor leagues. nm -- nm" by groiny

in general they are. Being a TV star is a very different than than being even a mediocre movie draw.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jan 12 '10, 09:58

ask 5/6 of the cast of Friends.

Responses:

Could have fooled us. -- nm - George Clooney and Tom Hanks Jan 12, 10:04 13
- as Dano said Re: Hanks, and Clooney was looking like an up-market David Caruso for several years. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:08 2
  - Clooney had largely been a failed TV actor, but I will say he doesn't become *Clooney* without ER. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 10:12 1
    - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:14
- I wouldn't have ever called Hanks a big TV star. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 10:06
- 2 out of how many actors on TV???? - groiny Jan 12, 10:06 8
  - Just in the last 15 years; Caruso bombed, Romano hasn't done anything, the Friends underwhelm, no one from Seinfeld did much - Will Hunting Jan 12, 10:09 6
    - Down Periscope was awesome! -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:13 3
      - I will go to my death defending "Down Periscope". - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:15 2
        
        my brutha. Plus it had Director Sheppard in it! -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:17
        
        appropriate -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:16
    - Which makes the Kevin James success an out and out shock. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 10:12 1
      - yeah it is. But he's tapped into something that works for him. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:14
  - Demi Moore -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:07
I agree, but I think that's changing. Look at Glenn Close. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:01 4
- no one's exactly beating her door down with scripts. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:04
- She went the other way though. TV has been great particularly for "older" actresses because there are no film roles for them. - Dano Jan 12, 10:04 1
  - all very true points in this thread. Kyra Sedgwick got a nice career out of her show on TNT when the she wasn't getting anything for movies. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:15
- her other options were 110 Dalmations. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 10:03

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