'A Chance Encounter With a Hollywood Icon Saved My Career' Direct Deposit podcast host Chad_Sand said it was film director Spike_Lee_Joint who helped him realize his dream.
because it was destroying me, seeing Donald Glover and Issa Rae living my real dream. My jealousy burned. I wanted what they had: a voice.
But I couldn't survive long in New York without income. I lived in a 300 feet studio apartment and slept on my mattress on the floor. I wore all black to keep my wardrobe cheap. I became half-nocturnal like the cats that hide under double-parked cars in every Brooklyn neighborhood. I stayed up all night, thinking about how to get money.
While my friends earned promotions and fancy new LinkedIn titles, I missed weddings and birthday parties because travel was expensive and I was embarrassed by how I was falling behind. People shoved condescending advice at me.Meanwhile, I faced a flurry of slammed doors as I pitched myself to suits at shoddy industry networking events. Each rejection made me more sneering. I was like a New York stray. Skinny. Unclaimed. Always bracing for judgment.
I spewed. I told Spike I went to Morehouse College like he did. He directed me to sit and interrogated me for 20 minutes like a concerned uncle. He asked what I was doing in life and why I was dressed like I was going to rob a bank. I felt weightless. The car horns dulled in my ears.my TV pilot. I was used to rejection from suits but I couldn't face rejection from Spike Lee. Spike gave me his email address and released me.
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