John Travolta already has had a few, and he's only 47. That he would even have to make a comeback is amazing. Clint Eastwood, who got to the top by making low-budget westerns in Italy, gave himself another outlet by becoming a director in the early 1970s, which also allows him to tailor material to his specific needs, and in forging a long and successful working relationship with the Warner Bros. studio. Nowadays, Ulmer says, it's harder to attain stardom, much less maintain it. Film studios are demanding younger stars in what Ulmer maintains is the misguided notion that teens and twentysomethings are the predominant movie audience.
TV offers a ready-made outlet for finding such performers.
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