Over the past few weeks, you’ve read some awesome interviews about actors and filmmakers who have used their other passions to capitalize on a fulfilling side hustle. These folks no longer or have never had to do serving work that drained their energy and made them miserable. Here is another installment of Side Hustle Spotlight, where I interview a personal trainer in Manhattan. He started his own small business and makes his own schedule!
Name: Joe Feldman-Barros
Side hustle: personal trainer (four years)
Years acting: 7
Favorite acting credits/opportunities: “Gotham,” “Blue Bloods,” “Trailer Park Princess,” “With Hidden Noise” (Hudson Theatre), “Virus Attacks Heart” (Venus Theatre), “Caesar and Dada” (WSC Avant Bard)
What do you do when an audition or shoot comes up?The great thing about personal training is that people like to work out either before or after work, so it is pretty rare that it would conflict with an audition.That was one of the many reasons I decided to go into personal training. I am part of both major unions and the vast majority of those auditions happen during regular work hours. I wanted to set myself up to be
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