Reinventing yourself is the fifth lesson that I would like to share.
I am always impressed by actors and actresses that are continuously reinventing themselves. They don’t want to play the same role for the rest of their career. These actors and actresses challenge and stretch their own limits to take on different and often time difficult roles.
A contemporary example came to my mind is Daniel Radcliffe who is best known for his role as Harry Potter. After Harry Potter, he took a wide variety of roles which to me is simply mind-bubbling. Those roles include a medical doctor encountering a ghost in the Woman in Black, a gay writer in Kill Your Darlings, an eccentric man in Swiss Army Man that includes nudity and a FBI undercover in Imperium. Convincing the director and producer that you can play a new role and draw audience to the cinema is no easy job. Not to mention you actually need to do a good job once you are chosen for the role.
I think we can learn from these successful actors and actress like Daniel Radcliffe who actively seek new challenges and not settled for status quo.