There's a terrific TED Talk floating around out there by a gentlemen named, Jia Jiang. It's titled, "What I learned from 100 days of rejection."
http://www.ted.com/talks/jia_jiang_what_i_learned_from_100_days_of_rejection
Not only is it funny and insightful but I found it incredibly relevant to the lives of actors and artists.
Jiang explains that as a young man he was absolutely petrified of rejection but his desire to follow in the footsteps of his childhood idol Bill Gates influenced him to overcome his fear.
As a result, for 100 days he decided to ask people for seemingly outrageous requests, literally turning to run the first time he was told, "No."
In time, he discovered standing your ground and literally facing your fears revealed that not getting what we ask for is not nearly as bad as we make it out to be in our minds.
He also realized that most of the time people's refusal to comply to his requests seldom had anything to do with him. In other words, it was almost never personal. In fact, on occasion he managed to reshape and influence people's way of thinking through the nature and depth of his demand. A few times he even got what he asked for.
Failure is just feedback. Nothing more.
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