In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Liz Rizzo, one of BlogHer’s Contributing Editors for Sex & Relationships. She also blogs at Everyday Goddess. Liz lives in Los Angeles, dates a hunky actor, and aims to direct television. She also has a great money story and like most Hollywood aspirants she’s trying to get by on a budget and pave her way to success in LA. Enjoy!
1. You moved to Los Angeles to direct films. Has the money followed?
Actually, if I had one adage for aspiring directors, it would be that it takes money to make money. I have accepted that my life goal of becoming a working director is going to take a very long time because I don’t have the time or the money to shoot regularly and build my reel. I suspect I will direct my first feature in my 40s, and I’ve accepted that I’m probably going to have to write something fabulous and fight to finance it. I’m dedicating 2008 to the “write your way in” theory, so we’ll see where that leads.