You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
Bryan CranstonRead
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.
Interpretation
Success in the arts is not solely dependent on talent and hard work; luck plays a crucial role.
Bryan Cranston emphasizes that while talent, perseverance, and patience are important for a successful career in the arts, one cannot overlook the element of luck. It suggests that despite one's efforts and abilities, external factors can significantly influence outcomes, making luck an essential, albeit often unacknowledged, aspect of success.
In practice
During a motivational speech about success in the creative industry.
You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.
I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.
Be willing to use yourself to get out there and put the company on the market. If you have to make a fool of yourself, make a fool of yourself, but make sure that you end up on the front pages, not the back pages. In time, it's possible that your company will stand out from the crowd, and you'll be successful.
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