I wrote this in response to someone asking career advice regarding having a hard time being hired. It may sound like hippie dippy mystic crap, but it’s the truth. The path of least resistance to getting paid is to be a good human to your fellow humans. You know, the people with the power to pay you:

At the end of the day, nobody cares about your talent. The only thing people really care about is the experience of working with you, and if you’re worth the investment of time and energy.

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Here’s an email I received from a friend who’s just completed coursework with Richard Horvitz:

“Hey Fryda — I finished up classes from Richard (he says hi by the way and bragged about you to the whole class) and was going to be setting up one-on-one classes with him I preparation of a demo video down the line. He said we should figure out my determination and that since my end goal is animation VO that I should do a commercial demo first. Is this the direction you took, a commercial focus first before looking at other forms of VO? I’d never given commercial much thought before since I’d much rather work in video games and animation, but I’d like your input on what you did for your own career goals.”

Here’s my response:

If you insist on only auditioning for games and animation, you’re not going to make a living in VO. You’re going to have to take a night job working at a bar like every other actor.

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