There is one fundamental difference between business and gambling: In business, the big idea is that everybody wins. In gambling, the idea is that somebody wins at the expense of others. How you work with others is obviously a key ingredient to good business of any kind.
On top of being a business, film is a collaborative art. The degree to which you create opportunities for those around you is twice as crucial a factor to success in film, when compared to any other industry. Performing a given cinematic craft with excellence, of course, is one of the surest ways to create creative and financial opportunities for others. At the same time, keeping an open mind and open eyes with regard to how and where those opportunities can be found will make success less of a gamble, and more of an inevitability.
On top of being a business, film is a collaborative art. The degree to which you create opportunities for those around you is twice as crucial a factor to success in film, when compared to any other industry. Performing a given cinematic craft with excellence, of course, is one of the surest ways to create creative and financial opportunities for others. At the same time, keeping an open mind and open eyes with regard to how and where those opportunities can be found will make success less of a gamble, and more of an inevitability.
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