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You work as a dustman or in a shoe shop for a while, you move on and everyone forgets about it. Do work as an actor in a single role, however, and everyone refers to you as "an actor" for ever afterward.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The banjo-playing boy in ''[[Deliverance]]'' is so described in "the other wiki".
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' is very largely composed of variations of, lampshades hung on, and aversions of this trope.
* ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'' is a tragic variation, making it at least ''[[Older Than Radio]]''.
* This is a plot point in ''[[The Wrestler]]'', both with Randy (Mickey Rourke) being hassled by a fan at his butcher job, and his former in-ring nemesis The Ayatollah owning a few car dealerships.
* The banjo-playing boy in ''[[Deliverance]]'' is so described in "the other wiki".
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The various nonentities and Z-listers who attempt to cross over from ''[[Big Brother]]'' and related shows.
* Ann Marie in ''[[That Girl]]'', far too obviously.
 
* This is a plot point in ''[[The Wrestler]]'', both with Randy (Mickey Rourke) being hassled by a fan at his butcher job, and his former in-ring nemesis The Ayatollah owning a few car dealerships.
 
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[[Category:Show Business]]
[[Category:Always an Actor{{PAGENAME}}]]
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[[Category:Examples Need Sorting]]
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