I work in show biz!!!!
"There's no business like no business like show business like no business I know.
Everything about it is appealing!
Everything about it is a show!"
I spent my day today putting together scenery, assembling props, and generally being useful at 30 Rock for NBC, primarily for Saturday Night Live. I watched Kelly Clarkson soundcheck her spot on SNL ---- and I got paid for it.
I often think about how hard I've worked to get here. You know, it's been worth it and I would do it again in a minute. I have no regrets.
But I know what prices I've paid...
I work when there's work, as many hours as I'm called to do.
I go through periods of unemployment, simply because that is the nature of the business. Feast or famine.
But I get to be involved in the world I dreamed about when I was a kid. And I like it that way.
Sure, I do other things --- but all of them are in the business of show..
I direct (whenever I can), I act (rarely) and I write (more and more). I teach (acting)
I also exercise daily ---- which I love intensely.
But ONLY when I am working in show business do I feel that I am useful --- and it's been that way since I was 13, from the day I decided I would get involved with this world of work I love so much..
If you feel the way I do, you will find your way into the artform. I guarantee it. Your life might not look like the one you fantasized about when you were a kid but you will find your way. (Lord knows, mine is nothing like what I intended --- but it's a good life and I am proud of having come as far as I have).
Part of why I enjoy my life now is that I worked very hard when I was younger to prepare myself for this time of my life. I know how to do the things I wanted to do; act, direct, teach. Granted, everything is an evolving process ---- but I put in the hours, days, weeks, years to earn my place at the table.
