Why It Pays To Come In Last In The Film Industry
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We’re conditioned from early childhood to come in last. School not only teaches us things we don’t need to know, but in addition it teaches us how to procrastinate and do things at the latest possible moment. Some even thrive on getting their work done at the last possible moment. The rush and the danger of coming in last is what makes some people more creative. And there’s no denying the fact that films made at the end of the year stand a greater change of being nominated for awards (films made early in the year are forgotten about by the time award season rolls around).
So with all this conditioning to come in last, are we really doing ourselves any favors? What would happen if instead of coming in last, we came in first?
Despite all the hype and social good built around coming in last, I think that those who succeed in the future are not going to be the ones who come in last, but the ones who think, act, and respond first.
What do you think? How has procrastination and acting at the last possible moment either benefitied or hindered your career? How important do you think acting first actually is?
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Hi: Don’t forget that SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, the only example of this that I remember, was released in March of the year it won the Academy Awards – not sure which ones (actress, actor, picture?). John