When I first moved to L.A., my East Coast screenplays, short scripts, and short films had already earned 250 Awards on IMDb in just 9 years. My first L.A. meeting is with Max Timm of I.S.A. who says "Quit. Give up. Get out of the Business. No one will ever work with you." Why? "Because you have too many awards." Click. I sit in my 6' x 8' hut with no a/c or closet having its bathroom across the hall going "What was I thinking?" Three days later I conclude, "If he's this pissed about me having too many awards now, will he lose his mind if I double them?" So I buy RB's book and get him to autograph it to me for motivation. Three years and five films later, I hit my mark of 500 Awards on IMDb. Yep, puts me right up there with Spielberg, Scorsese, and Nolan. But none of them have 9 Best Actor Awards after working in 100 films with 22 of them streaming on Amazon. Will I ever sell a script to a studio? Probably not. I'm too old. Just ask Studio Execs, they'll tell you. All of them told me. Will I ever stop writing? Probably not. It's just too darn much fun. Will I keep making SAG short films? You betcha. Why? Because they keep winning awards which means I've found an audience. Will the Public ever know me? Probably not. Why? Because I'll never get my Big Break. So what's my End Game? Write all day everyday, make a SAG short once or twice a year and go for 1,000 Awards? Why not? Who can stop me? Only me.
