Tell that to every unemployed actor in Los Angeles.
Doing what you love helps with success, but it's not a panacea - you're still subject to the same constraints as everybody else.
Doing what you love helps with success, but it's not a panacea - you're still subject to the same constraints as everybody else.
Besides, I don't know what things are like in your neck of the woods, but around here, I don't know too many starving PhDs.
Hollywood is still largely an exploitative, winner-take-all system but there are some built-in protections in the system to make it more sustainable. Academia seems to be on the verge of coming undone if they don't do something to keep the exploited class from revolting or just quitting en-masse.