So You Want My Job
The Art of Manliness blog has a nice series of interviews with men who have “desirable” jobs giving good insight into the bad and good side of their chosen career. This week they interviewed John Dowdle, a Hollywood director. John recounts his challenges getting into his field: “It took me 13 years of destitute poverty to start making a living making films. Before that, it was pretty brutal at times. I was almost evicted a dozen times. I once had to pawn my entire collection of jazz cds so I could take someone out for a business lunch. I once sold my car to make a short. ” and offers some great advice: “My best piece of advice if you’re looking to get into directing, is to not get good at anything else. The people who seem to stick with it are the ones who have no other marketable skills.” Anything is possible and like John, if you really want to make your dream come true be willing to sacrifice anything to make it happen. Read the full story here
(via artofmanliness)
Tags: creative process, film, jobs