Gord Shriver wrote:
I think it's worth pointing out that extremely talented people like Jane, Peter, and Bridget Fonda, Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Rob Reiner (to name a few) benefited from who their fathers were. I think we need to get back to Heston and while I respect George Clooney (for his work and charitable efforts), a separate thread should be started if he's going to be discussed so much, and it's getting a little old as it is.

Indeed, to name but a very few. If you started stripping actors of their medals for blood-ties to others in the biz you'd never stop. The funny thing is that a family-line in a given business usually commands respect in many fields, few would criticize a restaurant proprietor, doctor, funeral director, carpenter... because of generational ties to their profession if they're competent.