Deluxis Entertainment: The Blog

Making a movie or a television show is a challenging endeavor under the very best circumstances.

Secret #2 – Passion

In many respects, passion is the wellspring of the tenacity. Passion gets you out of bed at 4:30 in the morning on the 20th day when you are faced with another 14 hours on the set. Passion gets you back on the horse when your project falls apart at the funding stage, or your dream actor backs out of your project to take another job. Passion toughens up your skin against criticism. Passion connects you to other passionate people.

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Thousands of people move to Los Angeles each and every month to chase the dream of “making it” in Hollywood. Millions more around the world fill their idle daydreams with thoughts of walking the red carpet with cameras flashing at them from every conceivable direction, or throwing lavish parties in their mid-century masterpiece house with an infinity pool overlooking the concrete jungle of the city far below. How do you really get there?

I took the opportunity to listen to some exceptional Hollywood producers recently at the Produced By Conference.  I returned with a spiral bound notebook now teeming with the hard-earned wisdom of some of the most successful people in Hollywood.

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