How To Guarantee Success In Show Business - Dr. Ken Atchity
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In this Film Courage video interview, author/producer Dr. Ken Atchity shares several factors to guarantee success in Hollywood's entertainment industry (leaving having talent at the very end of the spectrum).
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That last line really got me. "The world needs more story tellers." I always just wrote for myself but now I've been telling myself to share my writing so others can enjoy it too.
It's hard being a lonely writer and CZcamsr thinking no one will watch and read your work. But understand that that's just your mind talking, and your mind really doesn't know anything other than the world it knows. Keep working hard fellow writers!
Thank you for those words of encouragement.. Your awesome 👍
@@xianthegaian4060 No problem! you're too kind :)
well put
Thank you for this comment its sorted out this problem for me
I didnt think of it quite like you say it but you have made it a simple thought instead of a worry procrastination type of though
Best wishes
All successful people know there is a 'yes' on the horizon.
“The world needs more story tellers” I write every day I needed that.
No we don't, that's more competition lol jk.... The few the proud
Me too. I write everyday, even if it's just a few hundred words. It used to be hard sitting my butt in the chair and cracking away, now I feel weird if I don't haha.
Keep on telling stories! And good luck with your projects.!
never give up ,never surrender protect your mind, believe in yourself ,think about your career in the long term
As someone who moved to L.A. and gave myself a time limit...he is 1000% right. I ended up moving back to my "horse ranch" and the day I moved back, I got a huge offer for a movie job that I just couldn't take at that time anymore, given my current situation of taking a corporate gig in my hometown again. DON'T GIVE YOURSELF A LIMIT LIKE I DID. PLEASE!! I was ALWAYS worried about money....don't be that way. I hope to one day go back and try again....this time with no limit! I've had to turn down so many offers since being back.
You got a "huge movie offer" that you just couldn't take. Hard to believe.
I’m glad you gave yourself a limit. So many homeless writers, actors, singers........in LA. It’s better for you to go back home and work from a supportive space. It’s sad what’s happening in Los Angeles. One doesn’t have to be local to get a break. So many ways to get seen and heard these days. Once you get the break....then you relocate.
1. You really, really, really gotta want it
2. It's who you know that matters
3. It's not what you know....
And the last conclusion: it better be fun to work with you!
Hard to be harnessed when you think no one will read your work. But you got to believe. And the belief will drive the perseverance.
Loved last quote "A heroic way of life."
"Protect your brian." great quote Ken.
I'm in a somewhat rare predicament where it seems like everyone around me supports me doing this which is really neat and I'm super grateful for that. I hear about other people getting bogged down withthe stupid people telling them they can't do it or they shouldn't do it or they won't do it and I just feel awful for them. So I try my best to always say positive things two people when they tell me what they dream of and what they want to achieve because of the impact that positivity from others has had on me.
Everyone I know supports me also. Hearing stories of how people are being told they can't is awful and I do my best to be someone encouraging to others. I do my best to stay positive also, but I always have this looming fear that my career in entertainment will completely fail, because most of the success stories I hear are of people facing adversity from people that don't believe in them, and rising above that. When I don't have anything lole that to rise above.
In those situations, I ask to read their spec... If someone really cares about your stories, they will ask to read em
@@xianthegaian4060 I always end up forcing my specs onto other people lol
@@camronchlarson3767 I always hope my family would ask to read my finished screenplays when they see me writing... Unfortunately they are always "too busy"... Oh well their loss. Lol. 👍
@@camronchlarson3767 but I'm so confident with my pen, that I really don't care that they don't think I can make it in the industry... If you ever need some feedback on a screenplay, hmu I would be honored to give you an honest opinion...☯️
I really like what this guy has to say. If there's a better indication of genius than managing to extract a valuable life lesson from Burlesque, I've yet to discover it.
What people think about you is none of your business. Just keep doing what lights you up.. That's what I say..
Love your videos, just remember there is no formula for success in Hollywood. Don't quit, accept criticism, keep going, don't look back. Who cares about all the naysayers.
I learned that this guy is awesome
This guy is great... I aspire to be like that,. Sensei
Determination, discipline, perseverance
We definitely need fewer bankers and more storytellers.
Reinforced the understanding that no one is going to help you as much as you are going to help yourself.
I create visual art, and for me it's about being on that road. It's not about getting there. It's not about the destination, although completing the body of artwork is what's pulling me forward. It's about being on the road, and traveling in that direction.
Working on the art project is already success. Right then, in the moment. Not one day when something happens. It's a heroic place to be. It's an honour and a huge privilege to be on the road. To be traveling in the direction of inner congruence. To heed the call and to act upon it is enough. The reason it feels like greatness already - is because it is true greatness. Additional validation from others is unnecessary.
As soon as I finish one artwork, I must start on the next. Practicing responses to questions that are unhelpful has become a great strength in becoming harnessed. I've discovered that my clarion responses become the positive affirmations that claim my right to create art. My well-prepared responses to questions about lesser measures of success, claim the privilege for me to be on the road.
"The Call" is validation enough. No other voice holds weight against such a mighty call to congruence , to self-actualization.
Dr. Ken may be known as an academic but I believe he’s more of an artist. You can see it in his eyes when he was asked about “setting a time limit.”
Artist do what we do because we have to. It is who we are, not when we are. We can’t do anything else and when we try to follow the mold, as he refers to his father, we fail in life. We’re miserable, we don’t fit in because we are not interested in fitting in.
Thank you. Dr. Ken. Good point on protecting our brain before going out to the public.
I really appreciate the part about "harnessed and un harnessed". I´ve lost my mental health because of others oppinions. Thank you very much for this video.
I like this Mr. Atchity very much.
Talent at number 4. Yes that's about right.
Another profound video from Film Courage, as per usual. Again a video that is essential to anyone building a career in production. I've been in the industry professionally for over twenty years and I'm still building towards the goal of becoming a writer. No fast track (well, not usually)- longevity and sticktoitiveness is the endgame.
To Keep Going, with my writing, producing.
The courage to live life complete 😉🎯🥇✌️❤️
Learned I have a healthy mindset for ent industry , meaning it's not something I will ever stop doing aslong as I have YT LOL
I love his philosophy on life and work. He is defo one of my favorite interviewees you have on this channel.
I love EVERYTHING about this, SOOO much. I needed to hear all of this today. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video. Way too many gems to unearth in just one viewing. Storytellers Unite.
Phenomenal video!! Very inspiring!
The interviewer does a great job.
Lately I’ve been very busy blogging about every subject under the sun, I know to one who is not one, blogging can seem like taking only a few minutes to post, in reality that is all it takes, not the weeks of prep, research and thought that govern the most successful postings. So, its little wonder I fell a little behind my DVR viewing from which I glean most of my posted subjects. Finally, I got caught up to the CBS News Sunday Morning program to the day of the Tony awards, that featured most subjects that was flavored with most aspects of “show business”, like, acting, singing, wigging. make-up, dancing, music and lyrics, directing, lighting, costuming, staging, writing, book adaptation, and most importantly, “journalism”…
love this
Excellent inspirational motivating video. Thank you.
This guys has the knowledge!
I was going through the same phase. I was meeting the big names from the industry but I couldn't get it through. I was about to give up but I thought that I didn't enter this field to give up.
I learned a lot, thank you very much.
It's always refreshing to come back and watch this kind of videos.
Thank you for watching, Danny. We appreciate the feedback. :)
Great advice!
Took Bukowski 30 years to make it through. Dont quit.
Wonderful interview.
Thank you for watching.
I thought that I wasted long time just worrying about what I was going to make a living? But now I'm more feeling like being spontaneous to go out and buy a one way ticket and just keep moving forward.
That's successful artist's experiences and thinking aren't so different from each other. Nor the people in them.
A book everyone in the Arts should read, and really everyone in general, is ‘The Courage to Be Disliked.’ He points to this at the very end of this conversation.
Sounds good. Thank you, James. Will check it out.
I will hold my own tour in the future 😭
Da hell is *RIGHT* with him
What did I learn? That every movie is a 'B' movie ... it all depends on the budget that separates it from the others. Also, treating people like they treat you is not fun unless there truly is Fire involved to fight with other Fire...
I'm still right.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
You cant fail if you dont give up
Pleasing people is bullshit and you have to think for yourself as a person and for your career.
Some days... I have no idea what I want to do.
Talent ain't that important. Think about the many not-great 'talents' who became huge.
Your productivity does not give a fuck to your creativity and your diploms. Only due to real production can the world be affected by your creativity. Creativity is nothing without creations. Got it now? Thanks.
Instead of being a
JACK IN THE BOX
Be a
JACK OUTSIDE THE BOX
🙃🐸🙃🐸🙃🐸
This guys story about how his father thought he was crazy for being a professor 99.9% of people can not relate with. Where do these Hollywood types come from that being a professor or not going to med school is a disappointment? What world are they living in?
I need to sell my shit. I've got scripts coming ng out of my script s coming ng out of my scripts man?!!!!!(
There is no such thing as "luck".
"the world needs more story tellers."
but DOES IT? does it really? i'd love for that to be true but all i see when i look around is market GLUT.
The "no time limit" rule is contentious for a reason. I guess he's trying to say that people who aren't fully committed to their creative work are less likely to succeed. I agree with that, but for someone who can't imagine giving up on what they love, setting a time limit is what true deep commitment looks like. There's no time left to dream, postpone or pretend.
I think that with all due respect, this is a classic case of a type A personality prescribing what's worked for them to everyone else, and a bit too overzealously. If you have ADHD or a fear of commitment or of failure, then if you set a time limit and make the stakes high enough, then you'll be forced into action. Sure, some people with a hard time limit will give up when the time is up, but this is probably due to poor goal setting. The most important thing to keep in mind is that you set goals that are within your control. You can't control if people notice you, or if you have a "big break" or "succeed" (such a nebulous term) in a certain period of time, but you can control how many people you've reached out to, how much you've practiced, how many (x) you've produced, whether you've taken feedback to heart, etc.
Believing that I only have 6 months to make something work has changed my workflow and encouraged some calculated risks that have paid off. I wouldn't want anyone to miss out on this tool. Also, another thing, if you procrastinate but you're watching something like this video then you're not lazy. For 99% of people this is a frankly shitty outdated term that doesn't reflect our scientific understanding of human behavior, neuroscience, or biology. We are the accumulation of our habits, our health, our genes, and our reactions to our past. If you beat yourself up about not getting work done you aren't lazy or "not cut out for it". It could be as simple as an underactive thyroid, poor diet, undiagnosed ADHD, bad sleep hygiene, past trauma preventing action, or just untrained habits. Literally, having an hourglass on my desk changed my life. It could be that simple. Believing you have some moral corruption is a great way to beat yourself up and never get anything done.
Check out a book like Atomic Habits if you want to know why you're not getting things done or not succeeding how you think you can, then stop seeking and start doing. Good luck everyone. You're more capable than you think. Also I want to be clear that this isn't a promotion or anything. The reason I bring this book up is because it's amazing how easy it is to change your behavior when you understand the basic psychological mechanisms at work. The guy that wrote it is also on YT and you can check him out if you search the title. Super popular work.
What does it mean to have a successful career? How is that determined?
A person wanted to be an actor so they started going to acting classes, they graduated, then started looking for work. After 5 years of looking and going to interviews/auditions, the person had still not gotten hired to act in anything. Are they an actor?
A person wanted to be a chef so they started going to culinary school, they graduated, then started looking for work. After 5 years of looking and going to interviews, the person had still not gotten hired to cook in a kitchen. Are they a chef?
A person wanted to be a mechanic so they started going to auto/mechanic school, they graduated, then started looking for work. After 5 years of looking and going to interviews, the person had still not gotten hired to work in a mechanic shop. Are they a mechanic?
A person wanted to be a doctor so they started going to school then entered medical school, they graduated, then started looking for work. After 5 years of looking and going to interviews, the person had still not gotten hired to practice medicine in any clinic or hospital. Are they a doctor?
A person wanted to be a painter, so they started going to art school, they graduated, then started looking for work. After 5 years of looking and going to interviews, the person had still not gotten hired to paint any thing and nobody had bought any of their paintings. Are they an artist/painter?
The Notorious L.I.L. Only if the person believes that they are. You must convince yourself and love your craft and your process of the journey
No one can tell that person who they are, they should know who they are. That paper that certifies them is only a paper. The skills that person has is the proof, wether or not it can be applied is up to the person needing the service offered. Find the right customer and own your craft.
It's a hell of a lot better being Tom Cruise than someone with no work for 5 years. Perhaps both are actors, but only one big-time successful and making a good living from it. But there is not many Toms around.
You started with the question defining a "successful career"...
BUT in each of your examples, you showed a person who fundamentally DID NOT SUCCEED... So to answer those questions all at once, no. Those people are not yet, what they aspire to be. They remain students, aspiring to become what they want to be.
A successful career, involves on some level, GAINING profit from that career. Many people have two or three careers at ONCE... just to make ends meet. THOSE are all successful careers.
No, you do not have to meet or beat the expectations and income of Tom Cruise (or any particular actor) to consider yourself a successful actor. I became a successful actor with the first ten-dollar role played in a theater in Abingdon, Virginia... AND you know who else started there? Ernest Borgnine... I was lucky enough to meet "Ernie"... a life of the party when he showed up...
I was a successful mechanic the moment I received money to tune up a neighbor's "69 Goat"...
I was a successful sketch artist the moment I started making ten-bucks a copy for adult coloring books, hand-inked by me.
I was a successful painter from the earliest lettering projects I took painting and etching signage into windows all over town... for money.
I was a successful voice-actor with the first moneys ever sent to my pay-pal for voice work.
I became a successful Cook the moment I earned money tossing dough and topping it and cooking it in an oven... simple as that.
I've been a great many successful things... including gold prospector, heavy equipment operator, plumber, electrician, electronics tech', computer tech and programmer, even code-debugger... beta tester, and audio technician... to name a few.
You can aspire to be anything you want, but when it comes down to the matter of actually being successful, earn ONE DOLLAR, just one... and THEN you have that line in the sand to say "I'm successful at...". Until then, you're missing that "professional" part. It sounds dubious, and I get that. Each of these examples, however, has fallen short of actually making money...
Importantly, though... Maybe it's not because they lack any particular skill in their chosen craft. The chef (for example) might be perfectly competent in the kitchen, and his or her only failing, is in SELLING HIMSELF... That's the hard part of any job-acquisition. Selling yourself... BUT it's just as important to an actor, as a plumber. Great talent gets passed over every single day because it lies within someone who simply doesn't understand the fundamentals of how to get sold. Writers get passed or tossed out and rejected EVERY DAY because they simply don't get their market or niche, or haven't figured out their approach. Stephen King (importantly) pointed out that his career wasn't even "professional writer"... It was "Collector of rejection letters". He's been quoted from interviews many times saying that he could wallpaper his entire house with rejection slips!
But five years without work? It's time to re-examine the pitch, the market, and the approach. Determination is fine and all, but there has to be some growth, learning, and room to improve as one moves from one rejection to another while we're at it.
I got the job at the pizza shop, by walking in and asking for it. I had done some research, talking to people... I knew how the food industry was at the time. I knew what I was getting into even if I got the job.
BUT I got the voice acting job, through giving a negative critique... basically calling out the animator for posting "lazy content"... Through follow up interactions, he reached the understanding that my advice and feedback was useful, even if I wan't all warm and fuzzy about how exactly I delivered that feedback. AND since it WAS sincere advice (which I would stand by today) I was offered a chance at acting for money... so I took it.
The point here, is LIFE is weird sometimes. While you're worried about where your next rent money's coming from, you can't blind yourself to being able to sell something (like yourself) at the very next opportunity. If the question pops up "do you want work?" unless you're already authentically swamped, the correct answer is "hell yes, I want work." Don't EVER forget that.
I know this thing is long. I know it seems rambly and abrasive, but it all does tie together in the steaming hot mess that is society today. You are NOT a professional any damn thing until you actually MAKE MONEY doing it. Paper is only paper, even when it's made from a lamb's ass... You're free to squabble about who or what constitutes MORE or LESS successful until you're blue and plaid in the face, and it's meaningless. BUT to be too stupid to lower your nose, take the job, and EAT... well... that's just too stupid to survive. ;o)
Success is, not looking at your career as a job but more of a hobby
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I learned that film courage has a shit interviewer. Can't pick up what the subject is putting down. Can't read between the lines. Maybe this comment will be taken as constructive, but from the style of interviews of this channel, I'm sure this comment will be perceived to be otherwise. Don't get the corporate type to ask artists questions, because both sides will be hurt. The artist will be hurt at the complete lack of awareness of the interviewer, and the interviewer will be hurt at the fact that she's looking into a mirror with all the worst parts of herself amplified so hopefully she'll get a clue. So there you go, business advice free of charge.
What did you learn from this comment?
I learned that although you may have a point, your delivery sucks. You’ll attract more bees with honey than vinegar.
@@richspizzaparty Thank you for the advice, but I'm not looking for bees. Better stick to the running if you wanna stay lucky.
@@richspizzaparty Also, are you talking about pollen? Because bees make honey. You must only be good at fuckin around.
This doesn't make a lot of sense to me when its about a 'career' and moving to Hollywood for a 'career' and all this. Nobody should bother doing that. If you're talking about your hobby, a hobby you would do on the horse ranch in Utah and you do after the corporate office job then I get it. Nobody should think this is their career.
Hard to be harnessed when you think no one will read your work. But you got to believe. And the belief will drive the perseverance.
Loved last quote "An heroic way of life."
Market it!