The Acting Podcast

Ep. 35: Is It Time To Give Up Acting?

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Every actor will inevitably find themselves in the desert, struggling to make it all work.  At many points along the way, you will look at yourself in the mirror and wonder if it's time to step away from your passion, your pursuit. Is it time to give up acting?  Risa and Steve discuss this important… and scary question.  Listen in- we invite you to ask the question and find some answers in this episode!

"What we found at the studio when we kicked back some of these limiting notions of what actor means, we start finding that people are writing [...] and they write something that is stunning, and it makes them a better actor and fills up their artistic tank."

- Steve Braun

“I just grew up at a time where I couldn’t name one female director…or not a single woman would get on stage to accept a producer award at the Oscars…representation matters because if you don’t see it, you don’t know that you can do it. Being a woman on the other side of the camera was not something that I ever saw.”
-Ellyn Jameson

“Then the desperation went away and I had an ease in audition rooms that I’d never had before because I had a life outside of wanting someone to pick me.”
-Dominic Burgess

“It happened entirely because I was following the path that was put in front of me without a tremendous amount of judgment around it. And I’m a judgy motherfucker…if I can do this, anyone can.”
-Johnathan McClain

“Walk into every room, and everything you ever write, and everything you create, and just make it you, just authentically you. And most of the time, the people who’ll respond to it will love it because you’re being yourself and there’s only one of you in the world. And it feels amazing when you put yourself forward and people reward you for it.”
-Caroline Lindy

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Producer:
Steven Kovacs
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Steven Kovacs
Music:
Sam Dewees + Andy Abelow
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