to Garry Moore, “How did you get off TV?” Newscasters and 
actors alike report the frequency with which they are 
approached by people who feel they’ve met them before. 
Joanne Woodward in an interview was asked what was the 
difference between being a movie star and a TV actress. she 
replied: “When I was in the movies I heard people say, ‘There 
goes Joanne Woodward.’ Now they say, ‘There goes somebody I 
think I know.’ ”

     The owner of a Hollywood hotel in an area where many 
movie and TV actors reside reported that tourists had switched 
their allegiance to TV stars. Moreover, most TV stars are men, 
that is, “cool characters,” while most movie stars are women, 
since they can be presented as “hot” characters. Men and 
women movie stars alike, along with the entire star system, 
have tended to dwindle into a more moderate status since TV.