Oops! You Dropped Something

Is name dropping a big no-no? Once you get to a certain point in your career, you're simply bound to be surrounded by other working actors, and you may even become friends with some of them. However, name-dropping can be quite annoying. Further, you never know how people feel about your famous friend (this business is very much like high school), so keep your celebrity associations under wraps in most situations, unless directly asked. As actors begin to work, they like to talk a lot about "who they know," but in the long run, I think this serves very little purpose except to inflate your ego. The general rule? If it is necessary to the conversation to mention someone you know, then fine. If not, leave it alone. No one cares as much as you do and they are definitely NOT impressed --- you have to always remember that people are very insecure in this business and they could be threatened by your enviable Hollywood stories. :-)