In the short film I recently produced, No Day at the Spa, I actually used part of the quote by screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who wrote,“Don’t give up. You’re going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.” It’s from an article she wrote for MovieMaker magazine called My Golden Rules: The do’s and don’ts of screenwriting.
It’s a quote I just posted earlier this month, but I feel the urge to post it again because I think it’s true and helpful. In fact, it just may be my favorite quote I’ve found in the two and a half years I’ve been doing this blog. What Rosenberg didn’t have time to mention in the article is just in fact who had kicked her in the teeth.
Perhaps it doesn’t matter, but I imagine if she was asked which kicks hurt the most it would be from the ones closest to her. The ones perhaps where she has helped their career only to have them turn on her and watch them do things she didn’t think their worst enemy would do.
Whoever it was, I’m sure it hurt the most when she was kicked in the teeth when her guard was down. When she least expected it. But perhaps the two key words not to miss in the quote are: “A Lot.” You’re not going to just get kicked in the teeth once or twice, but “a lot.”
Read any book on the film industry and you find that conflict is not limited to the big screen. So watch your back, develop a thick skin, and memorize that Rosenberg quote, “Don’t give up. You’re going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.”
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