Unveiling Jeffrey Lieber: The Untold Secrets Behind His Masterful Storytelling
Scott: One last question: What advice can you offer to an aspiring screenwriter or TV writer about learning the craft and breaking into Hollywood?
Jeff: I would say people like things you love, don’t chase the industry ever. If vampires get so hot and you write a vampire script, there’s someone bigger and more important than you that’s already on that project. Don’t chase it. To some level, you have to put your skin in the game, and come out here, and get a job close enough to somebody who you can impress with your calm, and your givingness, and your energy and all these sort of things. I think the stereotype of the terrified industry insider who is afraid of other people getting their job, that doesn’t exist. That person exists, but it’s not, at least in my experience, what most people are. I think most people are people that once they get to the other side of the fence, and have been let in and allowed to do this thing, if they feel any level of security, what they do is spend a little bit of time trying to find somebody else who they can help along the way.
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