Advice to artists seeking a career making studio films and/or TV: Hollywood is designed to cycle you out. No matter who you are, once you’ve broken in, you have to get up every day and work your ass off to give the system a reason not to cycle you out. That’s how it is.
@scottderrickson For almost all my life I’ve wanted this (a Hollywood career as a filmmaker) but I’ve found peace in an alternate path, which means more to me; independent filmmaking. To this point, self-funded, but I hope 2 find other means of finance as I build my skills. I just want to create
@scottderrickson That’s not Hollywood. That’s godless universe.
@scottderrickson man, that sucks. why is that? just because they're always looking for the next thing?
@scottderrickson Is there an argument that could be made for the old contract system so that studios had an interest in keeping artists contracted to them working and turning out product?
@scottderrickson Seen it grind up many a soul. It’ll make you do the darndest things. Things you swore you’d never do. Institutionalized pick-me-ism.