Why 99% Of People Fail In Hollywood - Jason Park
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- Jason Park is an accomplished Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, and Cinematographer. Living in Atlanta, GA with a background in both acting and narrative filmmaking.
Jason was raised on the Big Island of Hawai'i. After finishing high school, he moved to Los Angeles California, where he found his passion for videography, acting, and filmmaking.
He began booking commercials and print work for companies like Apple, Samsung, McDonald's, Subway, and the list goes on. He's been in films with actors such as Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Ross Butler (Shazam) Christian Serratos (Selena), David Oyelowo (Gringo), and Evan Ross (The Hunger Games). After appearing in films, commercials, and print campaigns.
The actor decided to passionately work on breaking barriers for Asian-American actors, directors, writers, and creators in American Cinema. Leading him to create films with Asian leads in non Asian stereotypical roles.
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Lovely!! My wife gave me assistance and helped guide me to a better me. I’ve been living my plan B for years because of the money and age started to creep up on me so I just started doing it from where I was. Now I have three award winning shorts, 1 feature just picked up by Amazon Prime Video and a number of projects in development based on what I can handle myself. I love these interviews. I am where I am because of them!!
Great interview that couldn't have been posted at a better time! Half asian half dutchie here who also hopes to succeed as a filmmaker and wants to move to America. It's a huge step and brings a certain amount of anxiety with it, the more I learn in film school the more I realize I have still so much more to learn but I can't picture myself doing any other job.
I hate that you're right about the mixed race thing. The rest of the country is over it, but Hollywood still casts people based on skin color, and how many studio execs think of a guy from Georgia as half Polynesian when rehacking a story together.
have you lost it Race this that what the ...
I'm 36, have been living plan B (working in corporate America) the last 13 yrs to pay my off student loan debt, and even though I'm still in debt, I am now ready to pursue plan A which is acting and film treatment writing 😁
Good luck man...go get it!
and I'm 39😂
same find a production assistant job to get to those tips of people. im doing the same .
You're ready to start writing? Why haven't you BEEN writing?
@@maxsdad538 please don't ask a judgmental question like that when you don't know my story. It's because I spent the last decade pursuing a videogame dream which for now is a pipe dream that I didn't realize was a pipedream at the time I was pursuing it.
I like listening to this guy talk. He seems really chill.
That was an extremely powerful interview that every actor in the business needs to hear. Jason Park is sharing priceless wisdom about the acting business and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for posting Kent!
It takes great courage to be this transparent. There’s a mixture of faith and logic in his mindset. Great combo !
initially when he said he wanted to have the "Will Smith" career I brushed it off ....but after watching for ten or fifteen minutes it became so clear ...he speaks and moves his hands just like Will Smith ...
...and I don't know much about making a career as an actor ...but there has to be something genuine about the person ....there's has to be something truly "yours" that you bring to these auditions ..you gotta know who you are and be really "you" out there.
When I realized how closely he manages to speak and sound like Will Smith I couldn't help realize that maybe that was an obstacle for him in making it out there.
This guy seems like a great storyteller. Very entertaining and insightful interview.
Not being worried about the struggles of life is the key... That's the area of this journey that I'm currently crossing. Finances are finally getting better and with that happening, I'm able to be creative ... My journey is to be a martial arts / action actor. . . May those of you on your journey find a way to make your dreams happen... ✨️ .. I lost everything and I've bounced back .. So I know what it's like to have to figure things out. MAY YOU NEVER GIVE UP! I just turned 30years old and somehow managed to keep the dream alive. . . Never give up on yourself!
Fellow network engineer here moving into crewing up with the film industry. Glad to see a fellow router wrangler out there!
Thank you for sharing your experiences so candidly, which is truly inspirational because we all go through similar experiences.
I will pushback a 'little' on what he's saying about stability... as it breeds complacency. You get the steady job, the spouse... that's great for security but then you start having the mortgage payment due when you hear, "Wait, you want to use how much money for a film that you won't make money back on?" Then kids... and the money is tied-up in school. Before you know it, you went from an ambitious 23 year year old filmmaker arriving in LA... five years later directing music videos for major labels, selling TV shows... then... you're 46. Obviously, that's me. My 'day job' is at a 'major studio' but I can't pitch internally... I'm just an indie filmmaker still, trying to carve out time between the steady job and weekend schedule. I'm currently trying to get my first actual feature off the ground, I have a lot saved for it... but then you have to hire 'name' actors and get a business plan together to recoup that money or you're gonna hear about it from your spouse.
Great interview and insight. Keep up the great work.
More people should listen to this interview.
Thanks for this video. While thinking of plan B, I felt discouraged because I thought it wasn't possible to do A and B simultaneously, but now I'm more convinced it is possible.
If 99% of people fail in Hollywood, that would be because there are 100 times more people trying than Hollywood wants. Some of these people aren't really trying. Some really don't have what it takes. Mostly it is luck.
Well, luck or nepotism.
When I see an actor or actress I don’t know I’m a big roll I wiki them. MOST turn out to be there 100% from nepotism. And a huge portion of those that aren’t relatives of a famous person.. are the kids of bank presidents or hotel chain owners.
Almost none grew up poor
Most know other actors
Hard work has NOTHING to do with success, huh?
@@maxsdad538 Nobody said that. I don't know where you got that from.
@@maxsdad538 in acting .. it often doesn’t
So very good!! Thank you so much!!
Thanks for watching Hannah!
Incredible interview
Thank you for sharing. I started following your channel because I'm working 2 jobs about to start school for web & mobile Development but why not try another task under my belt as a writer. I suffer from anxiety and depression also had a lot of manic episodes as I was younger & im so ready to tell my story & hopefully make the big screen one day!!!
He dropped a gem! Take your big check from a commercial and put it down on a mortgage and let people rent out rooms
Any advice can be opposed with an equaly valid counter advice. Just do what feels right to you, and have no regrets either way. For instance, one could argue that leaving option B and C open only strips you from a dose of pressure that is necessary to succeed...same with living with your parents, same with pursuing a money making career...Also if you want to take advice from anybody, always keep in mind that they might have an unconscious agenda: to justify and legitimize their own choices, mistaken or not.
5:45 that saying is so funny becuz in the south where I'm from (Charlotte 😎) we tryna get to Hawaii 😅💯
Born and raised in Hawaii - and your goal was always to get out ? For most people - Hawaii is the ultimate paradise that they aspire to be in.
Haha I was kind of thinking the same thing
There's a reason why wealthy artists and nepo babies do well. Many of them are incredibly talented. But they also have wealth and connections to fall back on and utilize while they work towards their dreams. We have to create our own versions of that situation. Whatever that looks like. Whether that's developing a skill outside of the business that pays well. Or some other formulation. Those that manage to do that, tend to make it.
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Here's the lesson
Here is the take away
Don't mess with Maui
When he's on the breakaway
What's that you say
Well hey
You're welcome!
Who else had this song playing while he's talking so quickly.
IMHO, he's 100% right about taking stepping stones and filling roles that others won't or can't fill.
Ralph’z Tenderz n’ Mac iz still such a ✨ combo lol…da Wedgez az well! 🤞🏾
Why 99% fail? Because, like this guy, they tell themselves they were not ready for it
What?
The way I see plan A. If a basketball player wants to play in the NBA and doesn’t make it. Take your plan B in the same industry you mastered your craft with plan A and turn it into a business which = that person is now making a full-time income being a basketball trainer. Not being a mechanic. Having the 2nd trophy is still winning in life🥈
Most people in Hollywood today Fail Upwards. Normies like me would be in a production assistant role.
I took a PA seminar back in 2012 and didn’t like it. The odds of moving up is slim. I decided to stick to freelancing. We got crowd funding now. You don’t have to wait for a studio’s approval.
What are your thoughts on having a back-up plan?
I don't agree with the idea of a backup plan as a what if it fails scenario, because that kills the fire within. But I 100% agree with the necessity of learning a skill or trade that can earn you money today, the more independent the better.
My back up plan is if I don't become a film producer or screenwriter I will be a police officer and I'm actually going to school for that right now. I study criminal justice, creative writing, screenwriting, and film producing. Now I can't make money from the creative occupations as fast as I can from the law enforcement occupation, but what I can say is even though the police is more realistic than the filmmaking at least filmmaking I will make more money but I love criminal justice I always wanted to be a cop since I was a kid, but they need to pay police officers more money because I can write a script and sell it to a producer for $5 million and police's is a great job and they risk there lives saving people and don't make no money. If I become a screenwriter and film producer I will make more money than with being a cop. I'm not being greedy, but they just need to pay cops more money because I want to see myself make my movies and see my movies on tv because being a cop is very dangerous most cops don't come back home to there families so God be with me so I can see my movies made and see it on tv. I don't want to get hurt in the line of duty.
This guy said nothing for 20 minutes. Dear God. How is anyone watching this and commenting positively.
What does he do? What is his advice to get there? We don’t even know what happened after acting? Also he quit acting based on “a sign” so we can’t expect him to say anything logical. He literally didn’t mention what he does now (after googling I figured it out). Jesus. You can see why people can’t make it in Hollywood. Frankly he seemed to be making up dates and timelines. Basically he got an independent movie made and is now BS’ing everyone trying to create a narrative and a brand.
Getting married was the best decision I made as a creative
Please elaborate. I've heard the opposite.
Fascinating but curiously not applied anywhere near the Rings of Power writing tomb, I mean room
He is the Asian Will Smith and I mean that in a good way :) Well said
16:00 Thank you!
Jason's expressions are legit like Will Smith. I totally see the connection. Great storyteller, too!
I noticed that as well. The cadence and accent. Does he know that he's been channeling him? Uncanny!
Wait did the girl become his wife ?
This guy talks like he’s auditioning for a role in a Key and Peele skit.
Funny how this all started from John Roberts Powers. Lol
nah, driver's license revocation😆
Why does he try so hard to talk like Will Smith?
keep my wife's name out your f*ckin mouf
I would love to interview to share information with your audience. I'm an award winning actor, writer and filmmaker.
I've written, directed, produced and started in my own films that I've self-financed. I've worked with name talent as well as recognizable face talent. I've filmed in Atlanta and Chicago my next film I'll be filming in LA.
I'm have 13 years in the industry and a very raw perspective. From all sides my films have been distributed and I've made money from acting and filmmaking.
My last film Good Intentions is on Tubi at the moment and it's a story about a Chicago cop. I shot the whole movie in 7 days with a total cast and crew of roughly 70 people grip trucks, Arri Alexa etc.
I disagree. If you are going to try and be an actor in L.A. you have to go for it. You can't have a plan B.
🤣 Hollywood ! 🤣