Interview · moment 4 of 31
Knowing Your Worth in LA vs New York
from Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show #307 · #307
4 min
Guest
They discuss how LA appraises people's dollar value instantly while New York values art and coolness, and how people who dismissed Andrew before he was successful later became friendly, tying into loyalty, security versus freedom, and letting people convert.
- Mike Lawrence's observation: Los Angeles appraises your worth immediately in dollars and cents, while New York values talent and artistic merit.
- Tim describes the shift when he became successful in LA—everything changed, but it made him resentful knowing people's values had simply been financial all along.
- Accepting that LA operates on a singular focus of making it; the game was decided for those people, not something they chose.
- People were dismissive when Tim had nothing, then friendly when he had success—that's just how the town works.
- You don't have to help build someone who ignored your messages when you were struggling, if they don't share your code.
- People who treat others poorly fear that one day it'll turn on them—and in the entertainment industry, it sometimes does.
- Tim attributes his resilience partly to not being as emotional as others; people who get hurt by dismissal are often already insecure.
- His approach during rejection: assume the person is busy or has their own life, don't take it personally—make it about yourself, not them.
- It's hard not to personalize rejection, but you have to catch yourself and move on.
- You have to let people who hate on you come around eventually, because they're just trying to survive like everyone else.