I ' ve told the story before , so here ' s the cliff notes version Longtime friend of mineI won ' t name drop has gone on to some acting success and is now pretty well known . He didn ' t change one bit . Still same cool , funny , chill guy he always was . But many of our friends changed the way they acted toward him , which forced him to become more guarded . It was the only way to keep himself from being asked for money or career help all the time . As a result , those former friends think he is an asshole because he doesn ' t shower them with cash . Happens a lot . For example His mom ' s neighbor asked him to endorse her son in law ' s Landscaping business , then called my friend and his mother snobbish assholes when he politely declined because he doesn ' t do ads . It ' s crazy . We still hang when he ' s not working . I have my own acting career , but would never ask him to help . In fact , when we hang , we never talk much about work unless he has some funny anecdote he wants to share . I never let him pay my way , always cover my end , just like when I hang with my other buddies . He got where he is by working hard and being talented enough to capitalize on the break when it came . He ' s never once thought it made him better or anything like that . Great guy . His folks raised him well .