I don't think some people realize how much work you actually have to put into being a successful movie star. I don't think stars like Julia Roberts or Will Smith or whoever else has many 8 hour days..
more like 20 hour days.. especially if they have to wear a costume or lots of make up.
and then they spend a lot of their time shooting various scenes and repeats and edits, reshoots.
many of them get up at 5am just to sit in a chair for a few hours every day to have the make up put on and then again after to have it removed and cleaned up.
sure it may sound easier than a typical 9-5 job but it really isn't.
I'm pretty sure that you'd be extremely worn out a few weeks into the movie, having to get up and head straight to make up every day and do the same thing over and over.
a lot of standing around, waiting for the director to take the next scene.
and being that you're a successful movie star, that means you have to make many movies in a year, promoting it all over, movie premieres, festivals, talk shows with people you may not like! interviews, PAPARAZZI!.. ugh. maybe a stalker or two!
Doesn't sound too bad.... long hour days, getting up early in the morning for makeup, redoing scenes over and over again..... sure it's constant, busy work.... but once the movies done with, premieres, in the theatres, besides the occasional interview or award show.... if you made enough money from that movie, you can have the rest of the year off to do what you want.
And so long as you don't try and parade your damn life in front of the cameras for all to see, you won't have to worry about the paparazzi..... just look at Jennifer Aniston..... her only job these days is being in the Tabloids cuz her looks went down the drain, her acting always sucked and she spent too much time blabbing to this tabloid or another about Brad this, Jolee that, I want a baby, nobody likes me, everybody I date is fake.... blah blah blah.....
Many well known celebrities know exactly how to manage all of this, put out great movies, have piles of fans and still seem to be able to escape the tabloid's grasp.
How?
By not living in Hollywood, LA, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, etc..... go to Hollywood to do your job and then when you're done.... leave and fly off to some remote and isolated small town or country nobody ever heard of before.
You'd be surprised at how many celebrities over the years owned homes in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.