I think people kind of come up and go, "Why hasn't that person busted out?" Almost always at the end of career, what you find out is that either consciously or subconsciously success hasn't happened because that person hasn't chosen for it to happen. Either through walking away because it wasn't the life they wanted or through self-sabotaging because they weren't ready.
Chris GethardI just like testing myself. I just have that thing in me. Whatever it is that people tell me I can't do, I've gotta try it.
Chris GethardThe best advice I've gotten in terms of that was someone who said, "People will surprise you if you let them."
Chris GethardI'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock market, and he tries to explain it to me, and I find it terrifying.
Chris GethardYou need an immense amount of luck and perseverance to even be on the playing field for success on a grand scale.
Chris GethardBoth creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely. My career did not start until I was medicated. And then I can track - the years I was off medication, things dipped. And the years I went back on medication is when things started to get good for me again career wise. It is 100 percent in my case undeniable that being medicated helped my creativity.
Chris Gethard