
How long will you wait to live your dreams? Maybe you're just starting out and are unsure where to invest your time and energy. Maybe you've started and stopped so much already that your fallback plan has become the only plan. Maybe you've simply lost touch with your creative self. In Hollywood Confidential, Steve Jones shares his twelve secrets to success he's gathered from some of today's most powerful voices in entertainment. Known for production successes such as Jennifer Lopez's first holiday visual and the Oprah Winfrey Network's record-breaking #1 docuseries Black Love, Steve knows the endurance and optimism it takes to pursue your passion. In Hollywood Confidential, he dishes out inspiration from his two-decade L.A. career and what he has learned from the megastars he's worked with and admired. Inside you'll Motivating ideas to help you live out your purpose, from twelve of Hollywood’s top actors and personalities including Issa Rae, Tabitha Brown, Regina King, and moreStrategies for anyone dreaming of a career in entertainment or the creative artsAffirmations?to keep you going as you cast a vision for who you want to becomeQuestions for reflection at the end of every chapterPractical suggestions for silencing your inner critic, making the most of failures, and giving yourself permission to shine Full of unforgettable wisdom and powerful perspective from industry leaders, Hollywood Confidential is the perfect gift The self-made creative looking to make their mark on the worldAnyone eager to break into the entertainment or music industriesFans of Steve Jones’s popular Hollywood Confidential interviewsReaders who enjoy anecdotes and advice from today’s top Black creators It's time to take your place at the center of your life's stage. Hollywood Confidential is the jolt of encouragement you need to embrace your creative self, your biggest dreams, and your innate desire to live a fulfilled, satisfying life.
Author

Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. John Stephen Jones is a Welsh geneticist and from 1995 to 1999 and 2008 to June 2010 was Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. His studies are conducted in the Galton Laboratory. He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. He is one of the contemporary popular writers on evolution. In 1996 his writing won him the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize "for his numerous, wide ranging contributions to the public understanding of science in areas such as human evolution and variation, race, sex, inherited disease and genetic manipulation through his many broadcasts on radio and television, his lectures, popular science books, and his regular science column in The Daily Telegraph and contributions to other newspaper media".