Rising Star Eric Ladin On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Entertainment Industry

First, prepare yourself for the downtimes.

Next, save your money. I cannot stress this enough.

Third, find something else that you love to do, and continue working on honing that skill.

Fourth, find a partner who will stand by you, and who will support you.

Last, learn that life is just a delicate balance of the good vs. bad days. One day might be high, the next, not so much. But as my father-in-law says, “one day you’ll be drinking wine, the next, you’re the one stomping the grapes.” In the end, life is simply about riding those waves.

We had the pleasure to interview Eric Ladin. Eric is a streaming and cable TV commodity and he transitions from the final season of Netflix’s “Ozark” into Sony’s anticipated feature “Where the Crawdads Sing” (July 15th) based upon the best-selling novel. His breakout role in HBO’s “Generation Kill”…