In my attempt to claw my way into the entertainment industry, I'm faced with this question a lot. It's exhausting, because I'm in an industry that requires that I be both--I have to be both mechanically disciplined and soulfully authentic. As an artist, I'm supposed to take risks, open my heart, create out of a desire to tell the truth and say what I think and feel. But as my personal agent, I have to think logically, keep in line, be polite, not speak out of turn or else I might burn bridges. That wouldn't be good for business. The nature of the industry itself requires that I be oxymoronic.
Even as I write this, I think...
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