The Magical World of ..What If..Film Students, Listen Up!
One is wishful thinking and the other is a lost hope..We all do it, every one of us.
What if I won the Lottery..If only I could win the Lottery.
You can apply the same thinking to everything in life, absolutely everything and everybody at some time in their life has had a thought along those lines..
Would it help in our personal ambitions if we could just forget those two rather forlorn thoughts and adapt a much more vigorous, robust approach to life..would it help us to achieve what we want in life.
I personally think it would.
An individual has to have some sort of personal ambition..it need not be grand, it should be achievable though.
There are exceptions in every case of course, for instance take a couple of famous actors from the forties through into the nineties. Cary Grant and say Mickey Rooney.
Cary Grant was Tall (+) Handsome (+) Talented(+) Women around the world adored him(+) He became a Hollywood legend (+) He became immensely wealthy (+)
Mickey Rooney was very short, under five feet (-) Fairly ugly(-) Talented(+). Women around the world adored him, I believe he was married eight times(+) He became a Hollywood Legend (+). He became immensely wealthy, he needed to be with eight alimonies to pay.
One day as young men they both took a look in the bathroom mirror and declared “I am gonna be a great and rich actor in the movies”
I am not a gambler, I never bet but if I had been offered odds on only one of these two gents making it, which one would you put your dosh on..
I guarantee it wasn’t the little ugly fella.
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So how did they both achieve that remarkable life result..
I don’t think either one was lacking in self confidence, quite the opposite..I suppose you might think that Cary Grant had an easier ride than Mr Rooney, not so ..Mickey started as a child actor and never really looked back, he just went for it and must have thought so many times “What a lucky bastard I am”
Whereas Mr Grant must have occasionally thought “What lucky bastards everybody else is, they all get to look at me”
OK..where is this going..We have examples of two very different people coming at acting from two very different angles with massively different attributes.They were both extremely successful.
I don’t think either one was much given to saying, “If Only”…”What if”
I don’t have any knowledge of the characters of the two fellas mentioned but they had burning ambitions and complete and total determination to succeed in a very tough business.
It is this quality that all film students must have.
If you are prone to be a “what if” or an “If only” sort of person then change and change now..
The only person in the world who should be your guiding light is …wait for it…yes..you got it…ITS YOU.
Change the “What if” into” It will”…and the” If only” into “It can and I can make it”
This slight mental change is immensely positive and it will seep into your subconscious over a very short period of time..
You can and you will succeed..Stop waiting for the lottery win or the mysterious parcel of money left on your doorstep.
C’mon, think Like Cary and little Mickey…both winners..they played to their strengths..find out what yours are and exploit them, ruthlessly..
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