But it's not the sort of shape a person deliberately tries to get himself into. It's the kind of shape you see in an inkblot test, or at the scene of an accident. The reason I'm trying to get in shape is that I've realized how important physical appearance is. If you examine most of your top Hollywood stars with high-powered binoculars, you'll find that they are in excellent physical condition, and that they don't appreciate being stared at so closely. Oh sure, there are exceptions.
Some celebrities are ugly.
For example, Tommy Lee Jones possesses, at last count, only one eyebrow, which extends all the way across his forehead, and in fact circumnavigates his entire skull. But for the rest of us, we need to look good, not just if we want to be motion picture stars, but also if we want the opposite sex to find us attractive. Of course, women have a bigger issue with this than men do. Women will go on crash diets and lapse into deep depression if they so much as SEE another woman who weighs less than they do, whereas a man can be the fattest, awfullest thing in the world and yet still wear tiny bathing suits at the beach and prance around like Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance. Anyway, looks are very important, particularly in college.