You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.
Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.
Talented men are not threatened by talented women. They welcome them. And same way with real men.
Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.
Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.
You aren't allowed to feel special, but no one knows the specific ways you are in pain.