A Day in the Life of a Megalomaniacal Producer/Director

And So It Begins....

Ahhhh....It's always refreshing to take the first steps toward accomplishing a major goal. The first step is usually the hardest and once you get the momentum going, it becomes a little easier everyday.

     I'm an actor/filmmaker/screenwriter/whatever and I don't have much experience doing anything. I've been trained by a SAG affiliated actress, done a little bit of theater work here and there, and I'm developing a few screenplays. I've been in college for five years majoring in political science, but I've just recently decided to pursue acting and filmmaking as a career, much to the dismay of...well everyone. So as I trade in my college degree for a very uncertain future in the movie industry, I naturally feel a little worried about the upcoming struggle to make it. The good news is I have a few contacts on the inside. I've heard the old saying "Success in Hollywood comes down to who you know" many times. I hope this is true, as this will give me a major advantage when I arrive in L.A. to make my mark. But, the truth is I don't really know how true this old saying is. My contacts may not be much help at all. One thing is for sure, I'm in for a wild ass ride. At least we're all in it together right....right?

best wishes from a guy who didn't go

10:36, 2006-Jul-19 .. Posted by rofc2

I once had a prefessor tell me he could get me a job Hollywood simply for the asking. I passed. I din't think I was good enough. And you know something, I wasn't. But I could have been. I know I could have been.

You CAN. YOU STILL CAN! Chances are pretty damned good that you won't even starvein the process. Maybe you'll have to eat beans instead of lobster, but you can make it. And take this attitude "The shittier, the better!" Dare that town to bring you down. If you aren't living there, you'll just be living somewhere else...

DO NOT GIVE IN!!!!!

And when you make it, I've got some great story ideas!

from my mind

10:36, 2006-Oct-6 .. Posted by Anonymous

its not who you know its how you know them. the key is to know yourself first, purely, then let others get to know your image until you have the power to break the illusion and be yourself....thanks for the comment

BlueViolet