In show business especially, but also in other competitive fields like science, music, sports only the very best enjoy decent returns on investment. The majority are much more likely to not make it big and just be miserable, burned out and disillusioned.
It’s easy to say that everything is possible when you’re accepting an award. It takes much more guts to acknowledge you just got lucky, and for most people in your field no amount of hard work will ever pay off.
Most of us are mediocre. We need to acknowledge this more often.