Why would anyone want to become an actor? Most actors wonder: why did they start wanting to be an actor? I don't mean "the event" that started it all, e.g, a high school play, seeing one's first Broadway show, but why did the event have that specific effect? Many actors, especially during tough times, have probably looked to the stars and asked: Why me?!

James Whitmore, the veteran Tony- and Emmy-winning actor died Friday of lung cancer. He was 87.

Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who first became a star in MGM musicals, but is probably better known as Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home. He was 88.

John Costelloe, a former Sopranos actor who played a role in a had a four-episode arc in 2006, has committed suicide at the age of 47.