George Bernard Shaw once said, "I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live." His words make a great deal more sense to me than they once did.
As a young actor, I was convinced that with hard work and determination I could get anything I wanted. But as time went on, I began to appreciate there were many variables beyond my control.
At first, this realization left me discouraged as I bemoaned the "injustice" of the industry.
But as I got older I realized that the work was the gift. When I stopped looking at the long hours I put in to becoming great at something I loved doing as simply a means to end, I began to understand I was already living the dream.
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