So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.
I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.
One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.