\u201cOne of the issues I always have a problem \u2013 and it\u2019s going on right now as we do this \u2013 is the cult of celebrity,\u201d La Paglia told Leon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why anybody would listen to a f***ing actor talk about anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason they became an actor is because they couldn\u2019t do anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Paglia was in Adelaide to promote his new film, A Month of Sundays, but he got side tracked speaking about US politics and the attention actors receive with Leon. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo suddenly they have a voice in politics and advertising and all this kind of stuff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get that visibility can be used for good or for evil, but there\u2019s a line somewhere. Where is it not self-serving somehow or self-promotion? Where is it truly altruistic?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd why doesn\u2019t the opinion of somebody that really puts something into society, like a school teacher, why doesn\u2019t their voice count as much as some dimwit who\u2019s on some show?\u201d<\/p>\n
PART 1<\/strong><\/p>\n