Athlete, Actor, Or Musician? (2 Viewers)

[fantasycurse42]

This one is pretty straightforward, who would you rather be? Whichever you chose, you're near the top of the profession (I.E. Brady, DiCaprio. Etc.)

No rules, just an awesome life.

I'm going Super Bowl winning QB, can't imagine a much happier life.

 

[sports_fan]

Athletes have the shortest shelf life and the physical toll can last a lifetime. I'll take musician.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Athletes have the shortest shelf life and the physical toll can last a lifetime. I'll take musician.

This is a fact, but I'd still go actor over musician... A guy like Leo has to have a life only second to Brady.

 

[Abraham]

If you don't think Leo's life >>> Brady then I can't help you.

 

[AAABatteries]

If you could guarantee me I wouldn't have a career ending injury then athlete. otherwise actor.

 

[Quint]

Actor.

if i could be something Daniel Day Lewis or Leo, then it's all good.

 

[Apple Jack]

Golf

 

[Thunderlips]

I'll take musician for:

1) Career is longer than an athlete....

2) You seem to be in more control of your career than an actor. Sure, an established actor can pick his own roles.....but to me, it would seem like a group like The Rolling Stones writes their own ticket way more than an actor like Leonardo.

3) For whatever reason, we still seem to hold athletes and actors to a certain moral standing. We don't seem to hold musicians to those standards...and in fact seem to encourage debauchery and recklessness.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Golf

Genius

 

[Abraham]

Actor. The money is better , essentially set your own schedule, choose your teammates, choose what to work on. Chris tucker spent a decade making rush hour movies and going to lakers games and sleeping in. And smoking weed, which is a problem for an athlete. Actor by a mile.

 

[bushdocda]

I'd have to take athlete bc I wouldn't last long living an actor or musicians life.

 

[Kumerica]

Musician. You can play til you die, and your work can potentially live long after you've departed this world. Major drawback is that these days, you can't live off your album sales alone, and you HAVE to tour. But hey, groupies.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Let's see... Peak physical condition making tens of millions of dollars by the time I'm 30 or some nerdy dude playing a Trombone. I'll take the athlete.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Actor

Athlete - short shelf life

Musician - assuming you're probably having to tour to promote your product, playing the same song over and over and over has to manifest itself into an awful existence

 

[pollardsvision]

How many times do I have to tell you? I want to be an actor....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5posU08HjXg

 

[Christo]

Musician

 

[sporthenry]

Let's see... Peak physical condition making tens of millions of dollars by the time I'm 30 or some nerdy dude playing a Trombone. I'll take the athlete.

50 year old who can barely walk or remember his name earning no income. Or 50 year old dating 33 year old Croatian super model earning $20 million a year for a few movies.

Playing sports and winning championships is very tempting but an actor's life is pretty damn good. More money, more attractive women, no physical harm, etc.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Golf

If you could be a golf Major winner, then you would be set forever. Think about it even John Daly is going to rake in some serious $$$ in a couple years when he reaches the Senior Tour. If he can keep it together, people are going to love to see him.

Otherwise, if you are a regular tour guy, you can win an event or two each year, and come in near the top of several more, you are set. Largely thanks to Tiger Woods.

You also are not likely to have any sort of injury that you are going to get in other sports. Long careers.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Let's see... Peak physical condition making tens of millions of dollars by the time I'm 30 or some nerdy dude playing a Trombone. I'll take the athlete.

50 year old who can barely walk or remember his name earning no income. Or 50 year old dating 33 year old Croatian super model earning $20 million a year for a few movies.

Playing sports and winning championships is very tempting but an actor's life is pretty damn good. More money, more attractive women, no physical harm, etc.

Lots of sports where people can walk and remember their name later in life. Plus a lot of actors are gay, so have fun taking #### for a living.

 

[Mario Kart]

Musician but I'm going with a classical instrument. Probably the violin in the Vivaldi realm/sound.

 

[Guster]

Voted athlete because of the combo of physical conditioning (ability to pull tail) and paycheck ($20M/yr), but I think those that voted actor might be onto something...

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Pro Golfer seem pretty wonderful.

 

[Apple Jack]

Actors tend to be at the mercy of directors, who often want to spend hours and hours shooting the same lines over and over again. I might end up killing somebody in that situation. Also not interested in the life of a tourning musician. A new town every night? No thanks. A new town and posh country club every week? Sure.

 

[fantasycurse42]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

 

[Thunderlips]

The thing about being an athlete is that its the most competitive; with the understanding someone younger and more talented is going to come along and eat your lunch. You can't coast as an athlete, take time off or have a bad couple of years that you can as an actor or musician. Plus, if you're talking celebrity pop.....the only sport that generally builds athletes into celebrity brands on par with musicians or actors in the NBA.

 

[Steed]

Musician is the only one where you can behave badly and actually further your career, maybe even rewarded for it.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Musician is the only one where you can behave badly and actually further your career, maybe even rewarded for it.

 

[Apple Jack]

Musician is the only one where you can behave badly and actually further your career, maybe even rewarded for it.

How do you define behaving badly? Because I'm pretty sure plenty of actors and athletes have behaved badly and been just fine.

 

[Steed]

Drugs, wreck hotel rooms, sex escapades etc etc. Athletes can't do drugs or they risk their contracts and future earnings, whereas if a rockstar gets caught in a hotel room doing lines with 5 prostitutes, no one cares. It's almost expected of them.

 

[mad sweeney]

Athletes have the shortest shelf life and the physical toll can last a lifetime. I'll take musician.

This is a fact, but I'd still go actor over musician... A guy like Leo has to have a life only second to Brady.

Brady married Leo's sloppy seconds iirc.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Drugs, wreck hotel rooms, sex escapades etc etc. Athletes can't do drugs or they risk their contracts and future earnings, whereas if a rockstar gets caught in a hotel room doing lines with 5 prostitutes, no one cares. It's almost expected of them.

Being a notorious scumbag isn't always a good thing. Athletes & actors party too, they just aren't on the cover of the news for it. They keep it a little more discrete.

 

[Apple Jack]

Drugs, wreck hotel rooms, sex escapades etc etc. Athletes can't do drugs or they risk their contracts and future earnings, whereas if a rockstar gets caught in a hotel room doing lines with 5 prostitutes, no one cares. It's almost expected of them.

I think you underestimate the appetites and lifestyle of professional athletes and actors.

 

[Steed]

Perhaps I phrased it wrong, but there's less repercussions for rockstars. It's almost expected of them.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Also not interested in the life of a tourning musician. A new town every night? No thanks.

You don't have to be in the Grateful Dead. Seems like it would be fun to tour for a few months a year.

 

[sporthenry]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape.

Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

 

[Steed]

Drugs, wreck hotel rooms, sex escapades etc etc. Athletes can't do drugs or they risk their contracts and future earnings, whereas if a rockstar gets caught in a hotel room doing lines with 5 prostitutes, no one cares. It's almost expected of them.

Being a notorious scumbag isn't always a good thing.Athletes & actors party too, they just aren't on the cover of the news for it. They keep it a little more discrete.

Because they have too or else it hurts them in the pocket.

 

[Christo]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

To me, the thing that makes being either an actor or musician better than an athlete is that you can remain at the top of your "game" for a lot longer. And I went with musician over actor because there seems to be a little more autonomy & control being a musician.

 

[Thunderlips]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape.

Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

Acting probably gives you the least amount of instant gratification.....as the other definitely get their egos boosted by real time adoration when they are performing.

 

[fantasycurse42]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape. Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

I'd bet that the actors are always kissing the athletes ### when they cross paths. Like Mark Wahlberg is more in love with Brady then vice versa.

 

[Christo]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape.

Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

Acting probably gives you the least amount of instant gratification.....as the other definitely get their egos boosted by real time adoration when they are performing.

Stage actors get just as much instant gratification as musicians and athletes.

 

[Thunderlips]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape.

Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

Acting probably gives you the least amount of instant gratification.....as the other definitely get their egos boosted by real time adoration when they are performing.

Stage actors get just as much instant gratification as musicians and athletes.

True....but I don't think many people would look to be a stage actor.

 

[Steed]

Wahlberg and Brady crossed paths in an Entourage episode. I'd say wahlbwrg was sweating Brady in the scene, but who knows maybe Brady asked him to be on the show?

 

[Christo]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape. Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

I'd bet that the actors are always kissing the athletes ### when they cross paths. Like Mark Wahlberg is more in love with Brady then vice versa.

I wonder how many athletes ask Wahlberg for bit parts in his movies?

 

[Thunderlips]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape. Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

I'd bet that the actors are always kissing the athletes ### when they cross paths. Like Mark Wahlberg is more in love with Brady then vice versa.

Brady's probably asking if he can smell Wahlberg's fingers before Wahlbergs asking to see Brady's rings.

 

[Christo]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape.

Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

Acting probably gives you the least amount of instant gratification.....as the other definitely get their egos boosted by real time adoration when they are performing.

Stage actors get just as much instant gratification as musicians and athletes.

True....but I don't think many people would look to be a stage actor.

It's not mutually exclusive.

 

[EYLive]

Athletes and musicians need to practice a lot (work). Actors just rehearse lines and don't have to perform live. I'll take acting and make a movie every other year..

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Athlete by far.

Short shelf life but you have enough money to retire by your mid 30's.

Also, the thing that people are most glossing over, being an athlete would actually be fun. I think most of us would play football for free. Being an actor is glamorous and all but it doesn't seem like it's typically a ton of fun. Not as much as playing quarterback every day for your career would be, at least.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

A guy like Derek Jeter has made 100's of millions, hasn't taken a massive beating, & can bang anything that walks until he dies.

You could replace that exact sentence with DiCaprio although he hasn't taken any beating. And you could argue DiCaprio is at his peak. Dicaprio will make more but I guess at that point, the money doesn't matter as much. I do wonder if baseball players have lingering issues with their arms. Beyond that, his ankle could be an issue. Certainly not in terrible shape. Of course, this ignores the thrill of winning which I'm sure many of us would give anything to win a World Series or Super Bowl. That thrill is probably worth any risk.

I'd bet that the actors are always kissing the athletes ### when they cross paths. Like Mark Wahlberg is more in love with Brady then vice versa.

Brady's probably asking if he can smell Wahlberg's fingers before Wahlbergs asking to see Brady's rings.

If you saw Wahlberg's interview on Conan the other night you wouldn't be saying that.

Marky Mark would felate Brady in an instant if he asked.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Marky is married and has some weird sexual tendencies. I think he's also against masturbation. (Howard Stern interview).

If I'm an athlete, it's baseball or golf. Football is out of the question and I wouldn't fit well in the NBA.

I guess golf over baseball because 162 games plus spring training is a long grueling year.

 

[FUBAR]

Let's see... Peak physical condition making tens of millions of dollars by the time I'm 30 or some nerdy dude playing a Trombone. I'll take the athlete.

If I'm an actor, I'm thinking I'm along the lines of Hugh jackman or channing Tatum. they're probably doing just fine. Transition into a Morgan Freeman / Sean Connery type later.