Big bowl of doom and gloom for breakfast is it?
Most people who embark on this career option do so because it was a dream or maybe escapism from real life. I have no regrets. If I would'nt have done it the regret in later life would have been more painful. At least when I'm 80 and staring down at my slippers using the brain cells I have left I can say I tried. Maybe I will not get a break or maybe I will.
The old cliche, you only live once. Rings true.
And one more cliche!! You regret the things you don't do, not the things you do.
Go for it.
People do succeed in this industry.