When you live with 'the acting life' every day, life can be depressing. In the two years since my return to 'the stage' I have been cast in 4 broadcast projects (Film, Web, TV), and 3 theatre projects each year. I have been doing nothing for the for the first two months of this year without even a shot at anything, including one week when I went to 4 broadcast and 1 theatre audition that I was 100% confident of getting - nothing. I was getting depressed. Now, three weeks later, I am about to start theatre rehearsals for a project that goes up in May, I have just nailed a surprise role in an ongoing Web Sit-Com, and have been invited to audition for two other roles that came as a great surprise. Looking back - it was just a couple of months, but It's great to 'come through to the other side' .
Acting : Coming through the other side by Steve James
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learn to enjoy the journey. Be grateful that you are able to do something you love and count it as a blessing. Success takes time. Lot's of it.
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Yep. Life peaks and troughs. The trick is to enjoy the journey, and turn it into a learning curve, instead of a pit to fall in. Congratulations Steve on your new projects.
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Good for you. Best of luck. How fun to do what you love and get paid for it. - Cheers
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Love the post, Steve. It's easy to forget sometimes that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Hills and valleys along the way.