You're Fired
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Season 2 Finale! YOU PEOPLE. Thank YOU so much for sticking with me through this journey. I don't have plans to do much on this platform after this episode, but who knows! You never know... This is my real, real real-time story. Coming to you from something that only just recently happened to me. A real dump in the mud story, turned into, "Hey, well, I'm an actor, and the world is only telling me that more and more as my life goes on." This is for your inspo Wednesday, and although I don't have an "end" to this story just yet (as it's only still just happening), it goes to show you proof...
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Ooh La La, to Uh NO NO
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Second to last episode and this one does not disappoint! A GIANT welcome to fellow actor/podcaster Sam Valentine of One Broke Actress. I truly am so grateful to Sam for all she does for her fellow actors and the platform she has created, and for coming on my show! If you don't know her, this is the perfect place to start, as she tells the story of booking (what anyone would think would be) her "big break" and filming a movie, as the lead - - in France no less!...And then coming back home to find the true reality of the situation, which unfortunately is the reality for so many actors, even big...
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Influencing the World
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We are already coming to a close on this season of the podcast. This season is shorter than the first, I know, but much longer in time altogether. Let me introduce you to Instagram-er, You Tube-er, video and graphic creator, as well as now Podcaster Murs Alison! I love this episode because Murs really breaks down that word we all love, "Influencer," and opens up about the actual human behind the profile. He opens up about how challenging it was being a young person in that very new industry that has now skyrocketed so many people's lives, and how much work and personal growth went into...
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Casting Turned Matching
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Amy De Souza and I met when she had a clients that she thought would be interested in going on a date with me. And although the date didn't turn into a second or third, Amy and I have been a 'match made in heaven' ever since. She is, like most CD's, obsessed with actors and respect the hell out of the craft and the life we live. Coming from an entertainment family and a background in acting herself, she has had every type of job in this industry. From actor to PA for a costumer to working for breakdowns to casting to nannying... her career has now taken her into matching not actors, but real...
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Stop, Drop and Rolll with the Punches
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Cheers to the 4th episode of Before You Know My Name - Tales from the Middle of an Actor's Success... turned Before You Know Our Names - Tales from the Middle of Success. With the tale of all tales coming at you here from the one and only Colleen Foy of many many TV shows and movies and head coach of Stan Kirsch Studios. Colleen so generously opens up about being dropped by ALL of her reps within a week, but how letting go of what apparently wasn't meant for her, allowed her to bring in what she really wanted and was truly meant for her, get this.... in the same week! If you're at all...
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Negotiate Your Way
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I'm so excited to share with you my new version of season 2 of Before You Know My Name - Tales from the Middle of an Actor's Success... Before You Know Our Names - Tales from the Middle of Success. This episode I talk to the host of the incredible podcast Interstates and Heartbreak, Leslie Grant, has a great career in marketing in Hollywood. Here, we talk about the challenges that came along with starting to work in Hollywood (which she never planned to do) at a "real job" and how she learned to negotiate for what she really wants in a career, even if that means walking away. Are we...
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Foster Your Way to the Top!
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Welcome back to Before You Know My Name - Tales from the Middle of an Actor's Success... turned Before You Know Our Names - Tales from the Middle of Success. Get ready to laugh. Griffin has so much goodness to share with you here, and the world in general, but basically I would want to have him around ALL OF THE TIME because he's just that funny ALL OF THE TIME. Griffin and I met on the set of Dear White People and became instant friends, due to our sassy nature, Pittsburgh and musical theatre background. Griffin is currently a regular on The Flight Attendant (HBO Max, CHECK IT OUT - SOOO...
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Good is the Enemy of Great
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WELCOME BACK!! I'm so excited to share with you my new version of season 2 of Before You Know My Name - Tales from the Middle of an Actor's Success... Before You Know Our Names - Tales from the Middle of Success. This episode I talk to ager/dyer expert, currently on Seal Team, Sweta and I talk about her choice to dream big and not to settle, even when she had it "all good." Now, no one dreams bigger than Sweta, and she is here to stand on the shoulders of her immigrant parents, and ready to shoulder the other people that are coming up behind her in the arts as well. She tells the story...
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Final Episode of Season 1: A Surprise!
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Welcome to your final episode of this season! Listen in for a sneak peek into what's to come for season 2 (YES! You heard that right, season 2!!), where you can find me in the meantime, how you could possibly be involved in Before You Know My Name and for the last story for now. This story is a full circle moment for all of you from the first story, and I know you'll be glad you made it all the way through to the end. Download and follow me @ClassCity verified on the Stereo App now, to hear my content created specifically for this new app, in the form of talks with other cool creatives...
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How I Turned a Bad Breakup, into My 1st Film
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Ok, I know I talk about breakups on here A LOT, but unfortunately they've hit me hard over the past few years. I had a lot to learn, and the other person had A LOT to learn too (lol! :D). However fortunately, specifically with this story, something I've ALWAYS done is turn lemons into lemonade. Listen to how I turned a really sad, humiliating and just down-right unfair situation, into one of my greatest strengths. #levelup These are my last few episodes for this season, but in the meantime, download and follow me @ClassCity verified on the Stereo App now, to hear my content created...
info_outlineI thought it wise to add in my story here, during this movement, of how race was introduced to me at ten years old as an actor. This story features a moment where I was told I didn't receive something because a person of color did instead, and how damaging that can be to our society as a whole; no one wins with that mentality.
Easy links to some resources I've used/taken action on, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement:
Graphic artist, Jessika Savage is donating all proceeds for this shirt/sticker design to the ACLU:
https://jessikasavage.threadless.com/designs/united-we-skate
Louisville, KY major's e-mail:
*demand justice for Breonna Taylor's murderers
Phone numbers and e-mail addresses for Los Angeles City Council members:
https://www.lacity.org/government/popular-information/elected-officials/city-council
*demand they work with the mayor to defund the LAPD (this doesn't mean take away their money in it's entirety)
Make art, because the people who died can't anymore. My example has some names of people of color, who identified as members of the LGBTQA+ group, who were murdered, simply for being themselves:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBq8KvQpTet/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Sign (+ donate) to help this campaign that reinstates laws that protect LGBT people's right to healthcare, super quick!
#takeactiontoday