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==Religion==
 
==Religion==
A short study of the ten most successful actors <ref>http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] </ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. [[David Lynch]], for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers [[transcedental meditation]] instead. Former [[1980s]] [[teen idol]] Adrian Zmed, who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in [[1980s]] TV-er, ''T.J. Hooker'', said, in a 1983 interview with [[People Magazine]], his rigid upbringing by his Romanian [[Orthodox]] [[priest]] father caused him to play [[juvenile]] [[deliquent]] and greaser roles (e.g. [[Broadway]]'s long running stage production ''[[Grease]]'') as a relief from "having a father who is *your* father", and also said "Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them".
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A short study of the ten most successful actors <ref>http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] </ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. [[David Lynch]], for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers [[transcedental meditation]] instead. Former [[1980s]] [[teen idol]] Adrian Zmed, who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in [[1980s]] TV-er, ''T.J. Hooker'', said, in a 1983 interview with [[People Magazine]], his rigid upbringing by his Romanian [[Orthodox]] [[priest]] father caused him to play juvenile deliquent and greaser roles (e.g. [[Broadway]]'s long running stage production ''[[Grease]]'') as a relief from "having a father who is *your* father", and also said "Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them".
    
[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], [[Krisite Alley]] and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.
 
[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], [[Krisite Alley]] and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.
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