C H A P T E R 4 5
PLANNING A CAREER
The film industry has no formal ladder and no predictable steps for promotion. It’s a branch of show business. Where you go, how far you get, and how long it takes you to get there depend on your ability and tenacity—and, to a lesser extent, your connections and luck. This path won’t work if your primary loyalties are to family, community, and material prosperity, for the industry is informally struc-tured and unpredictable; it assumes you take initiative and are totally committed24/7 to every project you join. Actors, musicians, writers, dancers, painters, sculptors—indeed, everyone in the arts—all live with similar conditions.
Many like you aspire to work in the film industry, so getting work is compet-itive ...
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