Edward Burns and Making It Happen
I like to listen to podcasts. I listen on my phone when I’m driving or exercising or shopping at Wal-mart. I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten several extra college degrees just from what I’ve learned in the abundance of great material available through podcasts.
My most recent find is Brian Koppleman’s The Moment. Brian is a screenwriter and novelist. Among his notable films are Solitary Man, Rounders and Ocean’s Thirteen. He’s a busy guy with majorly impressive writing credits who has added podcasting to his list of accomplishments.
Yesterday, I went for a run on the Roanoke Greenway and listened to his interview with Edward Burns, also a screenwriter, actor and director. Burns first became known with The Brothers McMullen, a great story about three brothers trying to find their way in life that brought the then unknown actor/director to the attention of many. If you haven’t seen the film, you can watch it on iTunes here.
I’ve watched most of Burns’ work over the years, always liked his stories and his acting. So it was interesting to hear him talk about his career journey. We make assumptions about the ease of other people’s success, and it often doesn’t happen as we might think.
Burns has definitely had his share of ups and downs. He described himself as having been put in “director’s jail” after some not so successful films and discussed how he basically lost all of his track record clout, essentially starting over.
But he never gave up. And the main thing I took from his descriptions of several low career points is that it’s easy to get lost in trying to be what we think the world wants us to be. Going back to our own creative vision and applying the same hard work to sharing it is how we’re most likely to succeed. When others stop believing in us, we have to put on the blinders and forge ahead.
Here are a few key takeaways from Burns’ interview:
1. Sometimes, you have to get out of the pack and chart your own course.
2. When the path becomes unclear, go back to what originally made you want to do what you love to do. Start from there.
3. Nothing is ever wasted. Things that we spend time learning or creating almost always eventually find their purpose in our lives.
4. Haters gonna hate. Move on.
Check out The Moment with Brian Koppleman here. Listen to the interview with Edward Burns here.
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