I attended a breakfast event with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (from Modern Family), who’s in London for some theatre projects. When discussing the peaks and valleys of a career, the missed auditions and so on, he quoted something that stuck with me.
"I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing, than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing"
That’s how I built a fanbase with grassroots musicians back in my time as a manager in Brazil and that’s also how I feel as a creative.
Jesse also said that when he got the audition for Modern Family they wanted him to play Cam. He thought he was wrong for that part so he went in and read the part as Mitch. The casting director saw the vision and told him to come back the next day and… read as Mitch. He was cast.
Trust your gut. Shoot your shot. Focus on your people. And un-gatekeep
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