Performers
- Talent alone is no guarantee of success: many people start out to become musicians or singers but leave the profession because they find the work difficult, the discipline demanding, and the long periods of intermittent unemployment a hardship.
- Dancers and choreographers face intense competition; only the most talented find regular work.
- Actors endure long periods of unemployment, intense competition for roles, and frequent
rejections in auditions.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics