Great Quote from a Great Comedian (Mike Myers)

Written by Brendan O’Meara

I got this quote via Austin Kleon’s website. If you’re not receiving his weekly newsletter and following his work, do it.

I never thought that I’d be discovered. I just thought I’d be somebody who was a hard worker. For me, things started to happen once I completely gave up the concept of being discovered. I discovered what I wanted to do. That would be my advice to young performers: don’t want to be famous. Want to be legendary. In many ways, fame is the industrial disease of creativity. It’s a sludgy byproduct of making things. —Mike Myers

This is a great quote. There’s no substitute for doing good work and trusting that the good work will take you where you want to go. It comes down to process. When you’re wed to the process and love the process, the work will take care of itself. People get lost when they’re outcome driven.

Process-driven people are the ones who make it.