Why are Artists Weird?

Many actors in Hollywood are creative. Navigating life differently than others, actors are neurodivergent. They have quirks that drove them to act. That itself is an anomaly. Most people want safety and stability; they chose anything but that. 

They must be creative with how they live. They are in acting for the love of it, not for the money. It's almost as if they had a burning desire to live the artist's lifestyle of hunger and isolated desolation.

Like Salvador Dali, artists don't do drugs, they are drugs.

There are some actors that went into this journey for money and fame. Most of the time, those people gave up. But the true artists stuck around. This is a story of an actor that wanted to make his mark in the world through a life of acting. 

A Young Chad Litt steps into his acting adventure with youthful zeal. With naive gusto, Chad steps headfirst into the thick of it. Though he's shed some blood, experiencing emotional highs and lows, Chad ultimately gets rejuvenated at some of the small successes he's had.

This elixir of youth lasts for 5 years though. Through the highs and lows of it all, the lifestyle is getting to Chad. The brutal lows of the business were beginning to take its toll. Facing constant rejections from the auditions have shattered his ego, giving him the message that he is not good enough. 

"We were expecting someone much taller to play this role".

"I'm sorry, but our character needs to be a certain race."

"I noticed that your previous roles all have to do with comedy."

"This role is for serious actors only."

It was all for naught, Chad thought. He was about to give up on his dreams.

Aging Chad has an existential crisis. He sacrificed so much of himself to his craft and learned so much about the business, but was it all for nothing? What marketable skills does he have now, and what can he do? Should he sacrifice this dream to pivot to another career path? He was at the lowest point yet. 

He was presented with two paths, but he had to walk through only one. He needed to make the right decision!

When a phoenix dies it turns into ashes. Through these ashes, it rebirths starting life over as a baby. This path requires Chad to make the biggest decision of his life. He needs to sacrifice his dream, and all that he has currently built up, to start over in a new career.

They say immortals never die. In this path, Chad must dig even deeper than he has before, to slave away at the craft he desperately loves. In his youth, he naively thought he wanted to live in artistic solace. Now an adult, he must steel himself for continued isolation. He must emphatically live this life that he already chose. 

Actors all over the world live under pressure to perform. This is similar for those in all professions. They want to live what they love doing and they want to be successful. Some are happy to live what they love doing, despite not having much wealth. But for others, they become jaded at the world they were consumed with, so they start all over in a brand-new career.

Whichever path they choose, they do so in the pursuit of happiness and fulfillment. But whether they choose the path of rebirth or immortals, it is with the idea that life is never predictable.

There are many reasons why people choose to rebirth themselves like a phoenix or choose to remain in their path like the immortalized Hollywood stars of lore. Watch the video below to understand those reasons.