#zackbraff

Dear World, If you’re listening

  I could probably do a lot of things well, but the only thing I really want is to be a filmmaker. I didn’t find this out when I was only 8 years old, sorry, I realized my dream when I was a junior in high school…so 17 years old, but that shouldn’t make any difference.

  So many people are like, “I knew I wanted this since I was 6 years old”…and when I read that kind of quote from someone famous I get down on myself, thinking, “Gosh I’m always gonna be behind”

  When I found myself in my junior year of high school I also found everyone around me asking, “what do you want to do with your life?” “Where you going to go to college?” I was just trying to get through high school. Those are really big questions!

  You mean I have to do homework, all my extra curricular, and make a plan for the rest of my life? So when I was being asked by everyone what I wanted to do, I truly had no ideas. For a while when I was younger I wanted to be a professional dancer but as I got older I saw how much my dance teachers struggled to make money and I knew I didn’t love it enough to struggle for it.

  I pride myself on being realistic at the same time as I dream big. I’ll never be someone who does things the easy way or will be ok with a mundane life.

  So to try and answer people’s questions and try to think about a college to go to I asked myself, “What do I like to do that I can turn into a carrier?” 

My answer to myself was…daydream….so filmmaker…it made sense to me.

  A few years later I would realize that I’ve always been a great storyteller. When I tell anyone a story I have lots of details and can create a visual for them. Also, I hated to admit it but I “played” with Barbies until I was into my teen years…it was the story telling and creating characters and dialog I loved…I just eventually started doing it all in my head and didn’t need dolls anymore. So when I think back, I probably always wanted to be a filmmaker, I just didn’t consciously know it until junior year of high school.