Podcasting, Jobs In Hollywood and How To Break Into Showbiz

Believe it or not, it is entirely possible to get into film and television no matter who you are, no matter your background, no matter where you live or what you do for a living or what you’re good at or… Well, what we’re saying is anyone can get there. It seems impossible, it seems like, no matter what you do, it takes the sort of luck you’d need to win the lottery, it seems like it’s just plain

not going to happen, but… well, put it this way: SOMEBODY has to make movies and television, right? Yes, it’s easier if you’re lucky, it’s easier if you’re Francis Ford Coppola’s son, it’s easier if your family is rich enough to finance your movies for you, but in the end, the Martin Scorseses of the world, the Greg Nicoteros, even the Roger Cormans, they don’t become legends of directing or movie makeup and effects or producing by simply getting lucky. They had the will, the passion and the talent to create truly spectacular films (or in Corman’s case, some truly spectacular films and a lot of marketable junk).