How To Break Into TV and Keep Healthy Boundaries
When it comes to following your dream of breaking into the entertainment industry, you have to hustle in order to make that dream a reality. The question is, when does all that hustling become toxic to your well-being?
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Show Notes
When it comes to following your dream of breaking into the entertainment industry, you have to hustle in order to make that dream a reality. The question is, when does all that hustling become toxic to your well-being?
In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and writer Charla Lauriston discuss:
- How Charla manages living between LA and Vancouver
- Having this terrifying and weird desire to do stand up comedy
- Taking writing seriously versus not taking it seriously
- Having a sense of urgency when you dive into a new career in entertainment
- What she learned from making a terrible web series
- Why the pandemic felt like a gift
- Growing out of the constant, hustling lifestyle
- Why she decided to go back to social media after taking three years off
Memorable Quotes
- “Our profession is very anxiety inducing.” [12:05]
- “If you have the creativeness in your soul and you don’t nurture it, you will go crazy.” [18:48]
- “It’s very very hard to put up boundaries because there is very little structure in the work that we do.” [37:54]
- “Where I am is enough. Where I am is okay.” [42:15]
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