Losing Friends In Hollywood

You have no friends in Hollywood. Only people you use you for the purposes you allow them to use you. As cynical as it may sound, people in this business are gypies who aren't looking at your best interest. They are looking to move ahead, or survive. Sad as it may seem, the closer you get to someone, the more they can injure you deeply. You ever wonder why people keep a healthy distance between each other, it's because it's best not to know too much and best not to share too much. For the most part, everyone is also connected. So when you're this entwined into each others world, it's near impossible to get out of a "relationship" unscathed. A lot can pretend things don't bother them. But everyone will eventually bother you. I keep my distance where I can. Every once in a while you do get the person who can't help but integrate themselves into your life. A ball of energy. But then yank it away like they're a drug. Thing is, I get this now, when you have spent more life in this business than learning about the business, you develop an ego. You're experience in your field allows you to have a smidge of arrogance. When newbies don't listen or listen to others who have less experience. You tend to get defensive. Why engineers are so pissed off all the time. No one listens to them and everyone thinks they know better. This is the cycle of Hollywood. Hard to say if it exists in any other working relationship. I'm sure it does. Being dis-respected in this business is the worst. Being used is horrible as well. When all you want to do is make cool things. There are opportunists at every entry point. If you can endure people like that, you most likely have the ability to survive. If you don't, it will be an emotional roller coaster. To be slighted...some people don't realize it takes only one moment. Most people are dense.