There are people in the entertainment industry who believe that you should "suffer for your art." They glorify the idea of an artist as a genius who is so broken and creative that they will stop at nothing to achieve success, no matter what the physical, mental, or emotional cost.
This is bullshit.
We do what we do because it's our dream, not a nightmare. It won't all be comfortable, of course. There are times when you have to push through crappy weather to get the shot, or hold an uncomfortable position for it to read on camera. There are times when we will all inevitably suffer for our art. But that should be the exception, not the rule.
Anna Akana, So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister
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