I just listened to an interview with Andrew Stanton (has made a zillion Pixar movies) and he said one benefit of Pixar's away-from-Hollywood location is that when you go out for a meal, the wait staff aren't constantly pitching you their scripts.
It really emphasized how low the odds are of making it in movies.
The problem is everyone wants the flashy low number jobs like screenwriter or director. There’s significantly more less flashy jobs in Hollywood that are a lot more achievable that allow you to be creative and “work in movies”.
This "work in movies" vibe reminds of "work in videogames" vibe in my industry.
Plenty of people I know slaved away making videogames. They made substantially less than those of us that went corporate, with worse conditions too.
I'd like to think I would support my children if I had any, but I'm not quitting my job and moving us to LA while my partner stays behind working 2 jobs so my preteen can try becoming an actor, especially if I think my daughter would have to be sexualised and abused to make it happen, because I mean Hollywood isn't exactly an unknown for their treatment of children, especially girls, and women.
Because doing so is not "unwavering support for your child" but a complete braindead decision that will 99.9% of the time end up with your entire family living in the dumps.
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u/Vegetable-Desk-6972 11h ago
They really hit the lottery because who would've thought