<p>@vocal1046 - Great reality check, but I seriously doubt that many cc parents view becoming “a star” as our kids’ likely career trajectory. I’m guessing that even by the time our kids were deciding on college programs, most of us had seen plenty of talented adult actors struggling to make ends meet.</p>
<p>My interest in the subject of this thread is not AT ALL in trying to figure out how to know who has star quality, but rather as a reminder that virtually no one – not even those who have spent their entire professional lives selecting and grooming young talent – can reliably predict the confluence of talent, training, genetics, work ethic and dumb luck that combine to produce those fortunate 70/43,000 well-paid actors. </p>
<p>In other words, people who wish to be performing artists should never allow any single college program head, director, coach or casting agent deter them from pursuing their dreams, nor should they heed predictions that they are certain to become “the boy who lives”. :)</p>