Can clumsiness be forgiven?

[Zachadoodle]

Say for example you're someone who is a bit naïve but someone who is trying their best to do what is right. You're fresh for the job or fresh out of film school not used to the film set. When you are on set you are making rookie mistakes, and making odd socially awkward mistakes and mistakes that a 12 year old would not make. Probably also getting accidentally politically incorrect given a weird lightbulb moment on a gray area scene from the director. Given of how that happens in that it is not intentional, but coming from the fact the you didn't mean to do these accidentally rude things on a film set, can your clumsiness be forgiven given of how you can't help it or don't know how to help it given you could have this issue? Like you're a kid as an adult, hypothetically speaking.

 

[NorBro]

throughout life, with everything and with most people, only to a certain point until they've had enough.

[obviously critical errors via clumsiness in some jobs could never be forgiven.]

 

[Imamacuser]

Apologize when you do something wrong, even if it was inadvertent. Don't make excuses, own your mistakes, and don't make the same mistake twice. Try to learn from other peoples mistakes so that you don't make the same ones.

A really good work ethic might help people overlook idiosyncrasies.

Some people are more longsuffering than others, so there's no definitive answer.

 

[ahalpert]

if people know you have good intentions, they'll forgive you. and as long as you can do your job, nobody will care if you're a weirdo. I know that from my own experience

 

[Alex H.]

Zack, you can’t let hypotheticals paralyze you. None of this is real as it hasn’t happened. If you keep letting these things stand in your way, you’ll never move forward.

Get involved with some local/regional film groups. Get some experience and make some connections. Be aware of yourself and aware of the job you have to do. Stay focused on those things and see what transpires.

 

[cyvideo]

If it can't be forgiven, I'm totally screwed. Or should have been many years ago. As I'm still around, some people down the line must have forgiven me.

Chris Young