There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.
My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.