My five favorite stars are:

1. Neil Young - I like his attitude about his music. He does what he wants to do, no matter  the cost. He seems to be pretty authentic. He's explored a lot of styles of music and doesn't seem to care too much about the commercial aspect.

2. Andy Kauffman - I like his attitude about his comedy. He did what he wanted to do, no matter  the cost. He  seemed to be completely joking the whole world. Nothing is as it seems. He lived in his own world and the joke was on everyone else.  ...and, yes, I do believe that  he's still alive...

3. Elive Costello - I like his attitude about his music. He does what he wants to do, no matter  the cost. On SNL, with the emphasis on "live",  when he changed the sing that they were singing after starting the song. Freaked out the production crew who had no idea that he would just do something completely unexpected.

4. Mel Gibson - I like his attitude about his movies. He does what he wants to do,  no matter  the cost. He made The Passion against all advice and it was a huge hit that made tons of money. He also played Hamlet and a crazy cop who wanted to kill himself. How can you not love someone like that?

5. James Dean - I like his attitude about his movies. He did what he wanted to do, no matter the cost. He would throw in extra moments that were not in the script and let the other actors react in real time to him. He experienced everything that he could, both good and bad. He embraced life.  He really was too fast to live and too young to die. He died young, so there will never be a "Fat James Dean".

6. Robert Rodriguez - I like his attitude about his movies. He does what he wants to do, no matter the cost. He makes the movies that he wants to make. He resigned from the Directors Guild when they wouldn't allow Frank Miller to join when he made SIn City. He does whatever he can to remain true to his vision of what a film should be. Art for art's sake.

Is there a trend here?  hhhmmm....