"Reject ideology-first thinking to stay creatively honest Vaughn described how Hollywood gradually rewarded public political signaling to the point where performers felt pressure to adopt positions their agents approved of rather than positions they actually held. His diagnosis: "if you're going through life trying to check boxes, like Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz — let me get the broom, let me do this — you're not thinking for yourself." The antidote he lived by was to "get quiet and do what's in your heart," which he credited for carving out his own path and generating his best creative work. Anyone who notices they're performing a belief rather than holding it can use this as the trigger to stop and re-examine. Source: Vince Vaughn, Theo Von Podcast, Vince Vaughn Episode"