I think the only truly brilliant movie star to have lived the Hollywood experience is Hedy LaMarr. There might be one or two really smart guys there today (Woods comes to mind), but the majority of actors prove now, have proved, and will continue to prove that they are found on the left side of the Bell Curve.
Most any director or producer will tell you the majority of actors and actresses are stupid.
That’s Hedley!
(Someone had to.)
It strikes me just now that "left wing" and "right wing" should properly be taken as a reference to the "wings" of the Bell Curve.
From Wikipedia:
"In 2004, he completed a Master of Arts degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University, and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, he began a Ph.D. at UCLA in Italian Renaissance Art History. In October 2013 he filed his dissertation, "Alberti Before Florence: Early Sources Informing Leon Battista Alberti’s De pictura", and was awarded his doctorate in 2014."
Peter Weller. Lives in Texas far away from the creeps.