I dislike the idea that if you simply want it enough, you can do it. This smacks too much of TV competitions where they keep on asking "How much do you want to win?" and the contestants say, "Oh, it means EVERYTHING to me...

So do I, but it is what the celebrity culture is based on. Personally I find it thoroughly nauseous - even more so because there are a number of people who are making a lot of money simply because they have a pretty face and are prepared to do almost anything to keep themselves in the public eye. These people certainly work hard - at ensuring they are seen in the "right" places, at putting themselves forward and generally keeping themselves in the public eye.

Fame and financial success is only one measure of success and, by and large, a shallow one at that. How many so-called celebrities have unsatisfactory private lives? I remember that the equivalent of the celebrity magazines when I was younger used to refer to such people as "starlets". A wonderful piece of damning with faint praise. As my wife put it, one step away from prostitute.