I've been involved in entertainment for over 15 years of my life. In that time I have noticed one thing. People involved in the performing side of our scene don't get it. They flow through different levels of egotistical arrogance shaped by an inner mislead “Plan”. It feels as if no one believes “working together” is important. When you are still at your “none career” stage help is help. Earth is a huge place where everyone has great things in their brain.
It's like any sign of talent in another person, or chance of talent, they are pushed aside out of a mentality of “They must die, so that I get MY chance!” Which is not the case young ones. To clear things up, you don't have a career in entertainment if you are living off of welfare, get paid sporadically, or are unknown outside your “home base”. Give it up, stop acting like you are better than sliced bread, because you really are not. What was your name again? Remember that next time you give anyone a slanted nose into the air.
It's all over lower level venues where that environment is covered in disdain. People do it repeatedly. Absent of respect for their community, they walk around with this feeling of superiority. Despite them knowing a lot of work is still apparent, these performers look down on those starting out “or not up to standards”. They feel deserving of a chance beyond all others therefore making these “peons”, simply put, an inconveniences to their well “deserved” accomplishments.
It's comedy, remember that? It is about fun, having fun, turning a sour vibe into a FUN vibe. Even for those who are not doing well, or just can't “hack” it... if they are having fun, what is the big deal? Enjoy it with them. We all start out, some of us just stay in the beginning stages a little longer than others. HAVE FUN...!
Remember when you were starting out asking around for help, or advice. What happen when you didn't get any? Did you think “What the hell?” It feels the same when you are in that position and you could help those beginning. Don't treat them as if they can't be there to waste your time. You are a nobody; you will always be a nobody until you make yourself a somebody. A somebody is a person that has a career in entertainment and allows themselves to be open to help others. --- Again to clear things up, you don't have a career in entertainment if you are living off of welfare, get paid sporadically, or are unknown outside your “home base”. ---
Let's play a game. Name a famous person who doesn't work with their friends. Name a famous person that didn't help a friend, or was helped by a friend while making their way up through different stages of their career. Now, think about successful groups of people who work well together. Think about how they are constantly working with friends they had, and gained.
Now, if you can name a person that does it all on their own. I want you to think about how long they've been sustaining their status verse how much they're liked in the business. One person in example of being aware of their community of entertainers... Adam Sandler. I'm sure Adam Sandler gets away with a lot of chances since he helps everybody he grew up being around. Plus he is a nice person.
This world is not about you, it is about us as a whole. If you can't work in a community of people, then you are just wasting your time, and everyone else’s time. Work with people in the business. Also, I think people who suck at their craft still deserve your attention. Because that person might be starting out. Who knows, with any guidance they might find their voice. Your help could lead to their help for you.
The Pyramid...
I once had a person come up to me and say “Make me famous!” only after finding out who I am, what I know, and who I know. I looked at this person to explain that I couldn't make them famous. They'd have to do it. Since my knowledge has to be utilized through self actions, what could I do past getting them started? Don't get me wrong, if this person was willing to pay me a bunch of money I would devour my days until fame flourished over them. I would have done it, for a price. BUT, the idea of fame doesn't last by accomplishment alone. This person didn't, and doesn't have what it takes to sustain a famous status. There is a lot of work involved. If you were so famous only to decide you wanted anonymity you need only walk away. At that point stop exploiting your name.
Other than Advertisement, Exposure, and Networking, there is a fourth skill needed to sustain your success. I call it a skill, because that is what they are. You must learn these skills. That fourth rung of your success ladder is... the Pyramid.
Imagine you were stuck standing before an entry level position. You can't, no matter how hard you try, get through that damn door. But, you have everything it takes to make it through that level two door. You can easily make it pass that second level. Along comes your friend, or a person you networked well with, and this person can easily get through that door. For whatever reason, they are a master of passing through an entry level situation. Sadly, they have no idea what it takes to make it through that second door. They don't understand what it takes to get to that next level. But, YOU DO!!! So now they help you get in, then you fly through that second door only to be stopped head on against a third door. What to do? You again have no idea, you've never heard of these rules. Your friend, who knew how to get through entry level easily, knows this third door very well. Their uncle taught them everything about this third door. So, they get through... and so on.
That is the Pyramid of success. HELP ONE ANOTHER, for you never know who someone is, or knows. Being aware of reality helps guide your will to success. You are no better than your peers. Anything you learn can only help you if you do it, and are willing to do it for others too. No one can make you successful. A person who says this, or implies this... “If only”... the dream doesn't come, we have to make the dream become.
Peace and hope, until again...
~ Thomas J Bellezza
PS... Don't judge those performing around you. They're most likely judging you too, and that is just a nasty cycle of events. If you see someone falling short of motivation, or confidence, go up to them and give them a pep talk. Inspire. That is what we do as performers. We inspire the impossible. No matter which media you create, everything makes our minds move. “I want that talent, to move colors with paints, or words or sound... or laughter.”
Don't waste your time on ass-pirates who think they are the shit. Not that I have to say it, since those arrogant poop-suckers will weed themselves out through natural selection, this is a rough business. It would be less tough if people band together to helped one another.
Comedians inspire laughter, what could be better than that? Laughter is joy. Imagine an audience knew that this inspiration for a laughter filled joy was just a ruse. A ploy behind a person just trying to destroy, or watch gleefully, the failings of others before them. Just picture how funny that really would be.
Lesson over...
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