Barbra Streisand thinks of herself as an actress who sings, not a singer who acts.
And it’s still debatable whether Leonard Bernstein will be remembered as a conductor or a composer.
Sam Kinison wanted to be a guitar player, got big screaming jokes at people.
Johnny Depp was in bands before films I’ve read.
Given how he paints women, I’m forced to agree.
Russell Crowe had a brief period of wanting to be taken more seriously as a singer in his band 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts (TOFOG). After a somewhat tepid response, I don’t think he does as much anymore, so acting dominates again.
She at least accomplished that in the eyes of this straight 40 year-old man.
I saw Kinson last night… His guitar volume was so low, and you can tell he wasn’t good. He couldn’t even do a simple triplet, so he just did some bending.
Yoko Ono wants to be remembered as a serious artist, not as a Beatle wife/widow.
As I remember, Karen Carpenter thought of herself as a drummer who sang, not as a singer who drummed.
I’ve heard that Patrick Swayze considered himself a dancer who acted rather than an actor who could dance.
His sculptures of women aren’t much better - this is a man who has never seen a woman in the flesh.
Shaquille O’Neal would have you believe out side of acting and rapping he can also play basketball.
Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson.
J.R.R. Tolkien was a teacher and a scholar, with no ambitions to be a world-famous author. He created Middle-Earth and its languages for his own amusement.
Bill Watterson is famous for creating Calvin and Hobbes, but would prefer to not be famous for anything.
Am I being whooshed here?
When Leonardo da Vinci went to Milan he wanted to work as an engineer designing war machines and casting a horse sculpture. Painting the Last Supper and Mona Lisa were essentially side hustles for him.
Steve Martin has won multiple Grammy awards, so while he is more well-known for acting, he is no dilettante as a musician.
I assumed “saw” == “saw on TV”
Who said he was?
Violon d’Ingres is the classic example.
Regards,
Shodan
I think Keanu Reeves would have left acting all together if Dogstar took off. When I saw them on talk shows and so forth, they spoke to the lead singer, not him.
Garth Brooks wanted to play professional sports and/or be a rock musician.