Chapter 5Elijah loved his job. Since he’d played Joseph in his church’s nativity pageant at the age of eight, he’d wanted to be an actor. He’d had a part in every single school play, and had done shows in the community theater. When he’d finally left for Hollywood, he hadn’t had big dreams of success. He hadn’t wanted to make millions of dollars and attract the adoration of the world—not that he would have turned it all down—but he just wanted to act. He wanted to make movies.
He hadn’t been prepared for the fact that acting was only a small part of being successful in Hollywood. One of the most key elements was promotion—not promoting himself. Promoting the image that didn’t match any reality he knew. Somehow, it was more difficult to play a part in real life than it was to play a part f
