Several years ago, as I was transitioning from film finance to film production and writing again, someone asked me how long I would try to get back into filmmaking before I gave up? My response was "giving up" was not an option.

You have to be willing to give it your all and sacrifice to make your dreams come true.

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

Growing up in the 80's, I think a lot of us saw things that were "new," an experience we don't get too much of these days. We saw things that were never done before. When Star Wars first came out, no movie before that had ever looked that way.

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.