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"As hard as it is to hear the word &amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; it&amp;#x27;s even harder to dust yourself off and try, try (and try!) again. Actresses are no different. In fact, they are some of the most driven people because they face more rejection than just about anyone. Take a note from these five powerful women in Hollywood, who I caught up with yesterday at The Hollywood Reporter&amp;#x27;s Women in Entertainment Breakfast presented by Lifetime at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Kerry Washington (Scandal) &amp;quot;I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s so important to have a group of women you can count on who understand the journey you&amp;#x27;re on. Faith is also very important. I believe in my own path and that rejection is God&amp;#x27;s projection. What is meant for you is meant for you.&amp;quot; Georgia King (The New Normal) &amp;quot;It takes a lot of strength to believe in yourself and be confident in who you are, especially in this industry where it&amp;amp;#8217;s so personal. But the minute you stop thinking about yourself, the less you panic about yourself. The more you do for other people, the better off you will be.&amp;quot; Ellie Kemper (The Office) &amp;quot;Accepting that there are going to be setbacks takes a lot of the frustration away. Because life, as we know, will always go up and down, no matter what field you&amp;amp;#8217;re in. Specifically in Hollywood, I think as an actress, it&amp;amp;#8217;s very important to create your own material. I think that helps so much and puts you in control. But when I get a rejection or a &amp;amp;#8216;no,&amp;amp;#8217; I cope with it by going for a run. I go running or eat ice-cream.&amp;quot; Anne Sweeney (Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks; President, Disney/ABC Television Group) &amp;quot;Sit back and think about what you gained from the setback. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t take it as a step backward but as a learning experience and just say, not &amp;amp;#8216;what could I have done differently?&amp;amp;#8217; but &amp;amp;#8216;what could I have learned from that?&amp;amp;#8217; And then figure out how to use that to propel you forward. We all fail all the time, but it&amp;amp;#8217;s really understanding the failure that I think propels us forward. I look at some very successful actors and actresses who have had a lifetime of &amp;amp;#8216;no you&amp;amp;#8217;re not right just because...&amp;amp;#8217; or &amp;amp;#8216;no you&amp;amp;#8217;re not right period.&amp;amp;#8217; I look at the strength they have just to go on to the next audition to have the next conversation, and I would take that as &amp;amp;#8216;they aren&amp;amp;#8217;t daunted by that. They are still pursuing their craft because they love it.&amp;amp;#8217; So my advice to those who have been disappointed along the way is just make sure you are pursuing something that you really love because that&amp;amp;#8217;s what will keep you going.&amp;quot; Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) &amp;quot;It can be difficult, but if you truly believe in your talent and your calling, then you keep showing up. I have learned a way to love the things that feel hard, like auditioning. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve really learned to love the process. For four minutes, or however long I&amp;amp;#8217;m in the room, the part is mine. So even if I don&amp;amp;#8217;t get the part, I got to play it [for those four minutes]. Just keep showing up.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, I absolutely love what Kerry and Jennifer had to say. It&amp;#x27;s true. Just keep showing up. Eventually--and I can speak for this--you&amp;#x27;ll get your turn. You just have to stay in the game. What&amp;#x27;s your best advice for bouncing back from a career setback? Photos: Courtesy of THR"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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