drive drive driving drive drive good evening believe nation today I’m gonna
evening believe nation today I’m gonna
evening believe nation today I’m gonna show you 10 ways that you can stay
show you 10 ways that you can stay
show you 10 ways that you can stay driven being an actor is the first thing
driven being an actor is the first thing
driven being an actor is the first thing that I remember wanting to do in life
that I remember wanting to do in life
that I remember wanting to do in life I remember 1415 years old watching some
I remember 1415 years old watching some
I remember 1415 years old watching some classic films not while spending months
classic films not while spending months
classic films not while spending months and months watching all the great
and months watching all the great
and months watching all the great classics all the great performers of the
classics all the great performers of the
classics all the great performers of the past and being so incredibly inspired by
past and being so incredibly inspired by
past and being so incredibly inspired by them and saying to myself one day I want
them and saying to myself one day I want
them and saying to myself one day I want to come close to doing something that
to come close to doing something that
to come close to doing something that good so that I think that that thirst or
good so that I think that that thirst or
good so that I think that that thirst or that drive to just achieve what I
that drive to just achieve what I
that drive to just achieve what I believe is something as good as you know
believe is something as good as you know
believe is something as good as you know those heroes that I have is what
those heroes that I have is what
those heroes that I have is what continues to make me want to want to do
continues to make me want to want to do
continues to make me want to want to do this and the people that I see utilize
this and the people that I see utilize
this and the people that I see utilize the power broke more than anybody at all
the power broke more than anybody at all
the power broke more than anybody at all all the people that when they reach a
all the people that when they reach a
all the people that when they reach a level of success they still use and
level of success they still use and
level of success they still use and that’s how they maintain this success
that’s how they maintain this success
that’s how they maintain this success that hunger and drive and and and we
that hunger and drive and and and we
that hunger and drive and and and we grew up at a time and age where it was
grew up at a time and age where it was
grew up at a time and age where it was you need money to make money you got to
you need money to make money you got to
you need money to make money you got to know somebody mm-hmm well I mean you
know somebody mm-hmm well I mean you
know somebody mm-hmm well I mean you know look at me look at half this room
know look at me look at half this room
know look at me look at half this room you know I grew up a you know
you know I grew up a you know
you know I grew up a you know african-american short dyslexic got left
african-american short dyslexic got left
african-american short dyslexic got left back one time almost got left back the
back one time almost got left back the
back one time almost got left back the second time can can’t dribble the
second time can can’t dribble the
second time can can’t dribble the basketball can’t sink and draw didn’t
basketball can’t sink and draw didn’t
basketball can’t sink and draw didn’t know anybody didn’t go to college I
know anybody didn’t go to college I
know anybody didn’t go to college I didn’t stop me at all
didn’t stop me at all
didn’t stop me at all yeah right yeah I had a I had a mother
yeah right yeah I had a I had a mother
yeah right yeah I had a I had a mother that really loved me dearly and I had
that really loved me dearly and I had
that really loved me dearly and I had some like minded fool partners and
some like minded fool partners and
some like minded fool partners and friends who would never let me stop and
friends who would never let me stop and
friends who would never let me stop and I never let them stop and I had a will
I never let them stop and I had a will
I never let them stop and I had a will and a drive and and and I still have all
and a drive and and and I still have all
and a drive and and and I still have all those same things I still rise and grind
those same things I still rise and grind
those same things I still rise and grind every single morning the resistance to
every single morning the resistance to
every single morning the resistance to your idea should do nothing but drive
your idea should do nothing but drive
your idea should do nothing but drive you forward and and force you to really
you forward and and force you to really
you forward and and force you to really hone in on your idea and give you energy
hone in on your idea and give you energy
hone in on your idea and give you energy and if it actually holds you back and
and if it actually holds you back and
and if it actually holds you back and makes you second-guess yourself then
makes you second-guess yourself then
makes you second-guess yourself then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it creating
maybe you shouldn’t be doing it creating
maybe you shouldn’t be doing it creating a business is impossible at times it
a business is impossible at times it
a business is impossible at times it feels impossible and so you really have
feels impossible and so you really have
feels impossible and so you really have to be just so passionate about it
to be just so passionate about it
to be just so passionate about it and you know really don’t take no for an
and you know really don’t take no for an
and you know really don’t take no for an answer if anything can like deviate you
answer if anything can like deviate you
answer if anything can like deviate you from your patch then maybe it’s it’s not
from your patch then maybe it’s it’s not
from your patch then maybe it’s it’s not necessarily the right one so make sure
necessarily the right one so make sure
necessarily the right one so make sure it is what you want it to be stay
it is what you want it to be stay
it is what you want it to be stay focused and and allow all that
focused and and allow all that
focused and and allow all that resistance along the way to really give
resistance along the way to really give
resistance along the way to really give you energy and fuel your engine to move
you energy and fuel your engine to move
you energy and fuel your engine to move forward I feel like I love the process
forward I feel like I love the process
forward I feel like I love the process of learning and discovering new things
of learning and discovering new things
of learning and discovering new things so much and I love seeing other people
so much and I love seeing other people
so much and I love seeing other people win so like learning these new ideas and
win so like learning these new ideas and
win so like learning these new ideas and new skills that I never been exposed to
new skills that I never been exposed to
new skills that I never been exposed to before and then being able to teach them
before and then being able to teach them
before and then being able to teach them to other people and watch the aha
to other people and watch the aha
to other people and watch the aha moments or the breakthroughs or the
moments or the breakthroughs or the
moments or the breakthroughs or the progress happen for them I love seeing
progress happen for them I love seeing
progress happen for them I love seeing other people win so that’s what kept
other people win so that’s what kept
other people win so that’s what kept driving me and I was like wow if I could
driving me and I was like wow if I could
driving me and I was like wow if I could do this with five people I could do this
do this with five people I could do this
do this with five people I could do this with like 20 people or a hundred people
with like 20 people or a hundred people
with like 20 people or a hundred people or a thousand people then it was really
or a thousand people then it was really
or a thousand people then it was really who’s exciting are you money driven no
who’s exciting are you money driven no
who’s exciting are you money driven no not at all used to be though because
not at all used to be though because
not at all used to be though because used to be now I’m not what’s the drug
used to be now I’m not what’s the drug
used to be now I’m not what’s the drug now you want to get over how does a lot
now you want to get over how does a lot
now you want to get over how does a lot of legacy now it’s about what did I do
of legacy now it’s about what did I do
of legacy now it’s about what did I do and how will I be remembered when it’s
and how will I be remembered when it’s
and how will I be remembered when it’s over what does it take coming out of you
over what does it take coming out of you
over what does it take coming out of you what’s inside you that enables you or
what’s inside you that enables you or
what’s inside you that enables you or compels you to make films with such
compels you to make films with such
compels you to make films with such relentless drive where in the world does
relentless drive where in the world does
relentless drive where in the world does that come from it’s I don’t know it’s
that come from it’s I don’t know it’s
that come from it’s I don’t know it’s hard to say it’s it’s it comes from from
hard to say it’s it’s it comes from from
hard to say it’s it’s it comes from from unready normal yeah well you never know
unready normal yeah well you never know
unready normal yeah well you never know I mean if the demons weren’t unleashed
I mean if the demons weren’t unleashed
I mean if the demons weren’t unleashed through film I’d probably going be Leah
through film I’d probably going be Leah
through film I’d probably going be Leah you know somewhere and there’s a theory
you know somewhere and there’s a theory
you know somewhere and there’s a theory on Thorazine you know know that I don’t
on Thorazine you know know that I don’t
on Thorazine you know know that I don’t think that’s true I think it just has to
think that’s true I think it just has to
think that’s true I think it just has to do with with how films that I liked it
do with with how films that I liked it
do with with how films that I liked it and I remembered you know enjoying and
and I remembered you know enjoying and
and I remembered you know enjoying and having that exhilaration hit me and I
having that exhilaration hit me and I
having that exhilaration hit me and I want to transfer that back to other
want to transfer that back to other
want to transfer that back to other people and just studying the craft and
people and just studying the craft and
people and just studying the craft and learning how to do it and and the
learning how to do it and and the
learning how to do it and and the special thrill as a filmmaker comes from
special thrill as a filmmaker comes from
special thrill as a filmmaker comes from seeing an immediate audience response
seeing an immediate audience response
seeing an immediate audience response now the only the only other thing the
now the only the only other thing the
now the only the only other thing the only other sort of a genre or if it’s
only other sort of a genre or if it’s
only other sort of a genre or if it’s not even a genre but the only the only
not even a genre but the only the only
not even a genre but the only the only other thing that has that effect in
other thing that has that effect in
other thing that has that effect in films is comedy
films is comedy
films is comedy and comedy is not my forte demonstrably
and comedy is not my forte demonstrably
and comedy is not my forte demonstrably yet it innate earth and and there’s some
yet it innate earth and and there’s some
yet it innate earth and and there’s some comedy and in this film but for a film
comedy and in this film but for a film
comedy and in this film but for a film to function as a comedy I think there’s
to function as a comedy I think there’s
to function as a comedy I think there’s a special magic there and I’m you know
a special magic there and I’m you know
a special magic there and I’m you know I’m come creeping toward it but I’m not
I’m come creeping toward it but I’m not
I’m come creeping toward it but I’m not sure I can do that but that’s the that’s
sure I can do that but that’s the that’s
sure I can do that but that’s the that’s the other area where where you can look
the other area where where you can look
the other area where where you can look at it at a sea of 700 faces and see them
at it at a sea of 700 faces and see them
at it at a sea of 700 faces and see them all having the same reaction and you
all having the same reaction and you
all having the same reaction and you know you’re touching touching them
know you’re touching touching them
know you’re touching touching them that’s I mean I I’m not a performer I
that’s I mean I I’m not a performer I
that’s I mean I I’m not a performer I can’t stand up on a stage and tell jokes
can’t stand up on a stage and tell jokes
can’t stand up on a stage and tell jokes or sing or do something that that
or sing or do something that that
or sing or do something that that affects people directly
affects people directly
affects people directly the closest thing for me is being able
the closest thing for me is being able
the closest thing for me is being able to sit in the theatre and watch a
to sit in the theatre and watch a
to sit in the theatre and watch a reaction to something that I’ve put up
reaction to something that I’ve put up
reaction to something that I’ve put up on the screen so it’s at one remove but
on the screen so it’s at one remove but
on the screen so it’s at one remove but it’s the same sort of feeling that’s
it’s the same sort of feeling that’s
it’s the same sort of feeling that’s that’s where the the the drive and the
that’s where the the the drive and the
that’s where the the the drive and the desire to do that comes from do you
desire to do that comes from do you
desire to do that comes from do you think in order to succeed not just in
think in order to succeed not just in
think in order to succeed not just in the fashion business but just to succeed
the fashion business but just to succeed
the fashion business but just to succeed generally is is it talent or hard work
generally is is it talent or hard work
generally is is it talent or hard work it’s a combination of both but I would
it’s a combination of both but I would
it’s a combination of both but I would say it’s slanted towards hard work
say it’s slanted towards hard work
say it’s slanted towards hard work slanted towards obsession
slanted towards obsession
slanted towards obsession there are many designers who have much
there are many designers who have much
there are many designers who have much greater talent as a designer than I do
greater talent as a designer than I do
greater talent as a designer than I do but they may not have my drive they may
but they may not have my drive they may
but they may not have my drive they may not work as hard they may not have the
not work as hard they may not have the
not work as hard they may not have the focus the desire I mean you have to have
focus the desire I mean you have to have
focus the desire I mean you have to have a talent because in the end you can have
a talent because in the end you can have
a talent because in the end you can have all those things and if the pair of
all those things and if the pair of
all those things and if the pair of pants you make don’t make someone’s butt
pants you make don’t make someone’s butt
pants you make don’t make someone’s butt look good they’re not gonna buy them so
look good they’re not gonna buy them so
look good they’re not gonna buy them so you have to have the talent to be able
you have to have the talent to be able
you have to have the talent to be able to make something that people want but
to make something that people want but
to make something that people want but then you also have to have the drive and
then you also have to have the drive and
then you also have to have the drive and the desire to you know sometimes people
the desire to you know sometimes people
the desire to you know sometimes people are successful because maybe they don’t
are successful because maybe they don’t
are successful because maybe they don’t have that drive but they have someone
have that drive but they have someone
have that drive but they have someone around them who takes their raw talent
around them who takes their raw talent
around them who takes their raw talent and pushes them but what you often see
and pushes them but what you often see
and pushes them but what you often see is when not other person steps away
is when not other person steps away
is when not other person steps away their career can collapse even though
their career can collapse even though
their career can collapse even though their talent may be immense you said
their talent may be immense you said
their talent may be immense you said that when you’ve been trying to find a
that when you’ve been trying to find a
that when you’ve been trying to find a character you look for what comes out of
character you look for what comes out of
character you look for what comes out of VR eyes I think I meant that in in
VR eyes I think I meant that in in
VR eyes I think I meant that in in connection to working I don’t feel like
connection to working I don’t feel like
connection to working I don’t feel like I exist until I’m with someone
I exist until I’m with someone
I exist until I’m with someone arnelle’s yeah how important is
arnelle’s yeah how important is
arnelle’s yeah how important is listening it’s everything and it’s where
listening it’s everything and it’s where
listening it’s everything and it’s where you learn everything and and I always
you learn everything and and I always
you learn everything and and I always think of acting I mean when I was
think of acting I mean when I was
think of acting I mean when I was applying to law school and thinking well
applying to law school and thinking well
applying to law school and thinking well this is a stupid acting is a stupid way
this is a stupid acting is a stupid way
this is a stupid acting is a stupid way to make a living and it doesn’t do
to make a living and it doesn’t do
to make a living and it doesn’t do anything in the world but I think it
anything in the world but I think it
anything in the world but I think it does I think it does and I think it’s
does I think it does and I think it’s
does I think it does and I think it’s there’s a great worth in it and the
there’s a great worth in it and the
there’s a great worth in it and the worth is in listening to people who
worth is in listening to people who
worth is in listening to people who maybe don’t even exist or who are voices
maybe don’t even exist or who are voices
maybe don’t even exist or who are voices in your past and through you come
in your past and through you come
in your past and through you come through the work and you give them to
through the work and you give them to
through the work and you give them to other people and I think that giving
other people and I think that giving
other people and I think that giving voice to characters that have no other
voice to characters that have no other
voice to characters that have no other voice is that’s the great worth of what
voice is that’s the great worth of what
voice is that’s the great worth of what we do because so much of acting is
we do because so much of acting is
we do because so much of acting is vanity so much of this is I mean this
vanity so much of this is I mean this
vanity so much of this is I mean this feels so great to come out here and sit
feels so great to come out here and sit
feels so great to come out here and sit here and have everybody clap but I like
here and have everybody clap but I like
here and have everybody clap but I like the real thing that makes me feel so
the real thing that makes me feel so
the real thing that makes me feel so good is when I know I’ve said something
good is when I know I’ve said something
good is when I know I’ve said something for a soul you know I’ve presented a
for a soul you know I’ve presented a
for a soul you know I’ve presented a soul you know for me you know helping a
soul you know for me you know helping a
soul you know for me you know helping a child get healthcare whose insurance
child get healthcare whose insurance
child get healthcare whose insurance company has denied his parents the right
company has denied his parents the right
company has denied his parents the right to get the treatment that their doctors
to get the treatment that their doctors
to get the treatment that their doctors say he needs is incredibly important and
say he needs is incredibly important and
say he needs is incredibly important and it kind of keeps me going because
it kind of keeps me going because
it kind of keeps me going because sometimes the Bharati Oh on the
sometimes the Bharati Oh on the
sometimes the Bharati Oh on the bureaucracy and the political
bureaucracy and the political
bureaucracy and the political back-and-forth prevents positive things
back-and-forth prevents positive things
back-and-forth prevents positive things from happening but if you can even help
from happening but if you can even help
from happening but if you can even help one person you know it feels like it’s
one person you know it feels like it’s
one person you know it feels like it’s worthwhile how did you make this
worthwhile how did you make this
worthwhile how did you make this perseverance to push through all of this
perseverance to push through all of this
perseverance to push through all of this I don’t know man I just did you know I
I don’t know man I just did you know I
I don’t know man I just did you know I just that people man my grandma you know
just that people man my grandma you know
just that people man my grandma you know my grandma’s one of the biggest
my grandma’s one of the biggest
my grandma’s one of the biggest inspirations my mom you know my desire
inspirations my mom you know my desire
inspirations my mom you know my desire don’t want to give everybody around me a
don’t want to give everybody around me a
don’t want to give everybody around me a better life the desire to want to live a
better life the desire to want to live a
better life the desire to want to live a better life man that’s just that’s my
better life man that’s just that’s my
better life man that’s just that’s my whole motivation man coming from Detroit
whole motivation man coming from Detroit
whole motivation man coming from Detroit City people don’t make it out the west
City people don’t make it out the west
City people don’t make it out the west side of Detroit hey thank you guys so
side of Detroit hey thank you guys so
side of Detroit hey thank you guys so much for watching I’d love to know what
much for watching I’d love to know what
much for watching I’d love to know what you thought of the clips which one was
you thought of the clips which one was
you thought of the clips which one was your favorite what impact is it going to
your favorite what impact is it going to
your favorite what impact is it going to have on your life on your business leave
have on your life on your business leave
have on your life on your business leave it in the comments below and I’ll join
it in the comments below and I’ll join
it in the comments below and I’ll join in the discussion thank you again for
in the discussion thank you again for
in the discussion thank you again for watching continue to believe and I’ll
watching continue to believe and I’ll
watching continue to believe and I’ll see you soon
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