Tom Cruise is getting to go to outer space, Elon Musk and Space X are sending Tom to the International Space Station. If you succeed in the entertainment industry then the whole world is yours, Tom gets money, fame, hot women, he eats at all of the best restaurants, he is invited to all of the best parties and events, the whole world belongs to Tom Cruise, he is living a great life, if you succeed as an actor then you get the best of everything.
I at least had to try to be an actor, if I would have succeeded then I could be living in Malibu with a rich hot wife, with all of the best of everything, with a home and winery in Italy, and whatever else I want. Success is great, it is worth the hard work and sacrifice if you make it. I had to try. I put everything I had into it.
But I still have my movie script and my poetry book that maybe I can make money on, and then I can invest in a night club in Rome and a vineyard, etc. I still might be able to make some money and enjoy the rest of my life. And I have ideas for a couple of television shows that maybe I can sell, or produce, we will see. And I can produce movies, etc. We will see what happens.
And I knew when I started studying and training that the entertainment industry was a hard industry and that I might not succeed, or that it might take 20 years to become an over-night success.
Tom Cruise just has that special gift, and you either have it or you don't, and if you have that gift then the whole world is yours.
Salute,
Tony V.