>> You certainly have to practice your craft.
So if you want to be a performer, you need to get what they call in football reps
where you're just doing it over and over and over again.
There's a lot of networking that's involved in terms of getting a job.
So having an internship, meeting people, making friends as I call it,
certainly all of that is very important as a prerequisite to lay the foundation.
Generating samples of your work because you need a demo eventually to show prospective employers.
But I think the number one thing is you have to believe in yourself because if you don't,
then everything else is a moot issue because you have to have the strength
and the tenacity to push forward.
And the way you end up believing in yourself is not only to start to accomplish things
that make you feel good about yourself but also to surround yourself with positive people --
people who are there to root you on and make you believe
that you can accomplish anything you want to accomplish.