If you've tried your hand at networking or been to a film-focused event, you've probably gotten that age-old question eventually. "What do you do?" In the past, I've hemmed and hawed about how to answer this. Am I a writer? What do I actually do? It felt false when I hadn't "done anything" to claim I was in film. I needed to build my confidence.Veteran character actor Larry Hankin once sat down with Film Courage to talk about those kinds of nerves.Creative confidence is about moving forward despite self-doubt and in the face of frequent setbacks. Working in filmmaking involves creative input from all sides, and you'll hear a lot of "nos." It can be dehumanizing. So how do you keep going?Hankin speaks from his experience, and recent psychological research backs up his perspective, showing confidence is a skill you can actually develop.Check out that interview here. - YouTube www.youtube.com Trust Your Artistic Instincts"I've always been right, artistically," Hankin says.Not by other people's standards necessarily, but according to his own creative compass. Every successful person he's observed shares this quality.This lines up with research from psychologist and Stanford professor Albert Bandura on something called self-efficacy. According to studies on creative confidence and research on leadership and creativity, your belief in your own capabilities directly determines whether you succeed at challenges. When you trust your judgment, you're more likely to finish projects and push through when things get hard.Just Keep SwimmingHankin references a metaphor for creative work. Think of yourself as...
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