Mamet: I'm On The Corner

This chapter confused me a little; and frightened me, too. Sure, it's fun to think about how you'll live an adventurous life while following all of your dreams. But, I tend to be a realist and I do not think this is necessarily realistic. I think that sometimes people may need something to fall back on. But I also agree with Mamet when he says, "Those with 'something to fall back on' invariably fall back on it. They intended to all along." That may be true. Personally, I won't really have something to "fall back on" if my intended acting career fails. The only thing I can think of (and hope does not happen) is going back to working guest services at a hotel. But I don't consider that something to fall back on. I consider that a skill that I may need in times of struggle.
The theatre world is a uncertain one. It's hard to ever know in any job if you will have it in a year, in five, or in ten.