{"id":30763,"date":"2023-09-27T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=30763"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:23:19","slug":"dwayne-johnson-there-are-no-drawbacks-to-fame-but-dont-chase-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/dwayne-johnson-there-are-no-drawbacks-to-fame-but-dont-chase-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson: There are no drawbacks to fame, but don\u2019t chase it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avalon-0762315005.jpg\"><br \/>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson routinely tops yearly lists of highest paid actors, with some even naming him the highest paid actor ever in Hollywood. Do I think Johnson merits being the highest paid actor? (And please note I\u2019m pronouncing it in my head with a Laurence Olivier flair as acTOR!) If we\u2019re talking about acting as a craft\/art form, then no, I do not. But I totally understand how he\u2019s amassed the hefty paydays, and I enjoy the comedy and physical agility he brings on screen. What I enjoy about him most, though, is how consistently and genuinely he pays it forward. From donating seven figures to keep striking actors afloat, to surprising fans on a celeb tour bus in his LA neighborhood, to setting up UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo with a new, furnished house in Miami, Johnson is like a huge, jacked fairy godmother. Over the weekend Johnson took to Instagram to answer a fan\u2019s question on the drawbacks to fame\u2026 he had none:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>A lucky son of a b:<\/strong> \u201cI have been a lucky son of a bitch to have been famous for a long time, and I realize that there are no drawbacks to fame because I remember how s\u2014 once was,\u201d he added. \u201cBack in the day, the alternative to fame [was] not being famous, and I couldn\u2019t pay rent, I was struggling to figure out who I was, I was broke as f\u2014. I try my best to keep all of that in the forefront of my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>He lives like he\u2019s \u2018a day away\u2019 from losing it all:<\/strong> \u201cI never let that go,\u201d he continued. \u201cI always say, \u2018I\u2019m a day away from being evicted again\u2019 so it keeps me hungry. So for me, there are no drawbacks to fame. I got a lot of celebrity friends who completely disagree with me, and that\u2019s okay. We have had healthy discussions about fame. And that\u2019s okay, having a difference of opinion. It invites dialogue. It invites discussion. But for me, there are no drawbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOL, he misses the mall:<\/strong> \u201cI miss going to the mall. I miss going to the stores. Just hopping in my car and going [to the] grocery store, drug store, the mall, wherever,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAll that has gone away years and years ago, so anytime I go, it\u2019s a thing. Gotta call ahead, logistics, security.\u201d Johnson also admitted that every now and then he does get the urge to go shopping by himself, but things eventually turn into a \u201czoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t chase fame:<\/strong> \u201cI always tell people this. There\u2019s young digital influencers out there, social media, entertainment, singers, athletes, all these young bloods who think, \u2018Hey, I gotta chase fame, greatness equals fame, fame equals greatness.\u2019 And I always share this with everybody I talk to,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase greatness:<\/strong> \u201cI learned over the years to not chase fame, and I share that with people today who are on the come up,\u201d he continued. \u201cDon\u2019t chase fame. Chase being great at something. Chase greatness. Fame will come, or it won\u2019t, but if you\u2019re great at something, that\u2019s enduring.\u201d Johnson then shared a quote from legendary running back Walter Payton: \u201cIf you\u2019re good at something, you will tell everyone. If you\u2019re great, they\u2019ll tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[From People]<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so at the beginning I felt like he was equating \u201cfame\u201d with \u201csuccess.\u201d To me, they\u2019re very different animals. Success helps you pay the rent, success contributes to your sense of self. Fame is what\u2019s making it hard for him to go grocery shopping (allegedly, though I love the image of him calling Ralphs for a security briefing, <em>\u201cI need bananas \u2014 cover aisle 10!&#8221;<\/em>) I wholeheartedly agree with his comment on greatness, lofty as it sounds. Someone once said to me that pure concentration is the key to happiness. If you\u2019re working towards greatness, you have to be fully concentrated on mastering each facet, each level. And I bet Johnson would concur that happiness is even greater than fame. Now someone treat that man to a normal, low-key visit to a mall, pronto!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxTizFZSWf9\/<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avalon-0731885929.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><small>Photos credit:  SI\/Avalon, Acero\/Alter Photos\/Avalon and via Instagram<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/837410\/dwayne_johnson_there_are_no_drawbacks_to_fame_but_dont_chase_it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson routinely tops yearly lists of highest paid actors, with some even naming him the highest paid actor ever in Hollywood. Do I think Johnson merits being the highest paid actor? (And please note I\u2019m pronouncing it in my head with a Laurence Olivier flair as acTOR!) 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