Would you give back??

Today someone asked me if I were to make it big (in whatever) would I come back and work or help out the little people. Now, it's real easy to say yes, but honestly, I can just HOPE that I would. I haven't been in a position of such high power or status, so I honestly don't know how being on that level would change me. I may be a real jerk and just be like "To hell to all the people that help me get here" or I would like to stay as humble as I am now. But the fact that she raised such a question was interesting since I just saw a low budget independent film last night with an all star ensemble cast. An ensemble cast is a film or movie with so many characters there is really no star of the movie ( a lot like Crash) ; everyones screen time is equal and as important as the next persons. But this isn't about the movie per se. This blog is about the wonderful actors in this film. The movie is Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito's directorial debut, (what a name, eh?) Gospel Hill (and it may never go mainstream). You may remember this cat as "Buggin Out" in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing". He was able to gather all of these actors to whom I'm sure each of them gets at least, I mean, at LEAST 3million per movie! But these actors did this man a huge favor. I'm not an accountant for any production company, but honestly, this movie probably cost less than a million to produce. It was done in a small town and there were no special effects or explosions. But that's beside the point. As my dad would say, "the point is" he had veteran actors from Danny Glover to ageless Angela Basset to the cuss a muthaf**** out Samuel L. Jackson to the not so new, but beautiful "B" list stars, Nia Long and Julia Stiles. They may have gotten paid over a quarter of a million each, but even that is pushing it. I would like to think all of these wonderful actors did it for A.) the love and passion of acting and B.) As a favor and giving back. While this wasn't the greatest pieces of work I've seen, it was good, but the cast names alone could sell this movie. Hell, it's the reason I checked it out even though I was more tired than the wheel on a car. So to you the reader I ask, if you ever became successful on any level, in any area, do you think you would give back? No matter what your answer is, I wouldn't dare judge you!