An opportunity is pretty much anything where you get to flex your creative muscles. Where you get to potentially collaborate with new people.
It's not what you know, it's who you know.
It's who you meet, and how reliable they think you are. And how you can deliver on your talent.
If you think you're failing, one of two things is happening. Either you're paying your dues and struggling like we all do, or you're just not putting in the effort. You're still waiting to get chosen, like when you were picked for the school play because you're pretty.
Well, you're not in school anymore. And there are hundreds, if not thousands of actors, directors and writers who are working harder than you. And maybe it's dawning on you now that you're not as talented as you always thought you were.
Talent is just talent. Nobody cares. It's about what you do with it, how you nurture it. If you don't turn up, don't try, don't make the effort, don't return the phone calls and emails, then you only have yourself to blame.
The industry owes you nothing, it doesn't even care about you. And why should it?
Great advice, even if you are not an actor or director. As a blogger I got the chance to interview a couple of people just because I saw an opportunity and decided to just ask if it was possible. And actively chasing things can also give results. In the Netherlands we have a saying: "A bold person owns half the world", meaning that if you dare to do things chances are you'll see results.
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