We’ve all watched that scene in a movie or a TV show in which someone asks a character, “What do you do?” and they respond by saying, “I’m an actor,” which is then followed by something like, “Oh, so you’re a waiter.” This has always irritated the crap out of me.
Yes, there are a lot of performers who take jobs in the restaurant industry in order to pay the bills while they are building their careers, but this doesn’t mean that they aren’t “real” actors, or that waiting tables is somehow a bad thing to do. There are a lot of people I know who are ashamed that they are waiting tables or are currently bartenders because they haven’t “made it yet.” I want to call BS to this thought pattern because it’s one that I’ve had myself in the past, and it has not served me at all (no pun intended).
Yes I’m an actor, I’m an indie producer, I am the founder and CEO of Ms. In The Biz, and I have also been a server since college in order to make sure the bills are paid each month. I’m mentioning this because I think that all too often the reality of the journey in this business isn’t spoken about as
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