It's easier to get there than it is to maintain
a career.
And then when you say you get there,
when are you happy? You know that if you make
this amount of money,
if you win this many awards,
if you can retire and live the same lifestyle that
you're accustomed to,
what's your level of success?
What's your level of now I can quit?
My career has lasted. I'm like 43 years into it
and it was always really little bitty baby steps going
forward.
My first single was released and it didn't get out
of the 90s in the top 100 charts.
So everything was very slow
and I was very patient.
I was very eager to get that number one record.
I was eager to get a number 10.
Just as long as it was moving forward,
I was OK with that.
It was six years before I got a #1 record.
I had a marked cherry pilot that we had shot.
I thought, man, this is going to be great.
To me, it was one of the greatest things I've
ever gotten to be a part of.
We had legs from years to go with this show
and I was really proud of it and it was
a different type of role for me.
It was a one hour drama pilot.
After we got through shooting and everything,
I did some touring and then I took a vacation
to Africa and when I landed in Johannesburg I got
a call.
Hadn't been picked up and I was like,
wow, what? No, you're you're kidding.
I was aggravated. I was mad,
I was disgruntled. I was like,
I'll never do TV again.
I did kind of question was it my performance?
Was it I wasn't right for the part,
but in my heart and my soul,
I knew I was right for that part and I
did the best I could.
If that wasn't what they wanted,
then I did all I could at the beginning.
You expect knows when you work so hard and you
prove yourself and you establish a career you're very proud
of.
And then you get a no.
It's kind of like, wait a minute.
But I'm a firm believer of timing is everything and
everything happens for a reason.
So I went on.
And then that hurt wears off,
and then you think, oh,
that's a great project. Oh yeah,
that'll be fun. The creativity and the getting to work
with creative people and
an ensemble, it's going to be so much fun.
And you go again,
none of that has anything to do with why I
continue to work.
I enjoy it. I still love to travel.
I still love to meet new people,
be around the people that I get to work with.
And I love my job.
You really love it and want it bad enough.
Go for it. Don't let that negative
part of your brain talk you out of doing something
you're really passionate about.