If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky.
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.