Always max out your potential. Focus on what you are good at and make that your best skill. Try to be innovative instead of just technical and think out of the box.
Find something you really love doing. If you found it, stick to it no matter how crazy it might seem. Just do whatever makes you happy… Every second lost is lost forever, you never get it back.
You can never give up and you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. You can have all of the talent and chops in the world, but you have to be prepared to eat macaroni & cheese 3 times a day, live in a roach infested apt and accept rejection with dignity.
Work hard, never rest on your oars, listen, constantly work on your skills, never give up because sometimes opportunities arise by coincidence and always be your toughest critic.
Emmy winning composer Anton Sanko shares some insight behind his score for The Possession. The composer is no stranger to the genre with amazing work on film like The Last Winter. He shares his approach and we chat about the challenge of humanizing characters while still achieving the goal of thrilling the audience.
If you're going to do something, be passionate about it! Not only is life too short to do things that you're not passionate about, but the result will always be better if you really care.