Opportunistic.

"I’ve always been opportunistic. I say that with a straight face because New York is the only place in the world where the word “opportunistic” doesn’t have such a negative connotation. When you’re young and trying to get noticed, you have to hustle. Put your best foot forward and always be ready for whatever opportunities may come. If you don’t, you’re wasting your time overpaying your landlord, and you might as well move to southern California and get a nice tan.

New York is a town full of hungry people, that are brilliantly talented, unique, and determined, who came here with voices that want to be heard, and you have to believe that they’re all working much harder than you are. My point is if I wasn’t hard working and ready for the opportunities I’ve been given, I’d have missed them, and I’d probably be waiting tables somewhere in order to pay my film processing bills. Regardless of where you are in the world, you can’t expect things to come to you, but when they do, you better pay attention and grab them because they don’t come often.

I’m blessed with amazing people surrounding me in every direction. I’ve got a support team that I couldn’t have put together better if I tried. I wouldn’t have made it six months in this town, or any other town, if I didn’t have my friends and my family’s support. That’s the biggest contribution to my “success.”'