I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that. ↗
I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want. ↗
But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record. ↗
I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship. ↗
I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life. ↗