10,000 NOs
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10,000 NOs
Actor Matthew Del Negro (The Sopranos, The West Wing, Scandal) describes his career as being told "No" for a living. Here, he gets up close and personal with top-shelf folks from all walks of life about the 10,000 "No" s they've had to endure and struggles they've had to over...
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Give Them A Show
"The other thing he said that I thought was interesting, because I don't do this, and I have prided myself on not doing this. They said he see's sales...
How To Have More Fun
"And then I kind of thought, huh, that's just the initial overwhelm when someone comes at you with a new bag of tools. There could be stuff that I bri...
When To Share Your Ideas
"I try and do my work behind closed doors. I think I used to show my work, but now I try and do my work behind closed doors. And then be like, 'Yeahhh...
Be Your Own Cheerleader
"I may as well be my best cheerleader, because the world's not gonna. It's not like the world is out to get you, it's just, as we say, there's so many...
Be A Self Starter
"But if you have stuff that's the self starting stuff on the side, when you are in those periods of no work from the outside, you're not bummed about...
How To Organize Your Creativity
"I'm talking about theories and mindsets, and that's awesome, but what about tactical? How do you translate that to stuff that's in the real world tha...
Celebrate Your Wins!
"It's better to share the good than to not celebrate the win because I don't want to make it seem like this is really great; It really is great. It's...
How Perspective Changes Your Life
"It's kind of like being an actor. That's what we do. You can play someone who is considered a monster, but you are not looking at them with the same...
How To Be A Professional Creative
"How to we go from just being someone who occasionally feels things and sporadically creates them to someone who can do this on a professional level?...
How To Get in a Peak State
"It's like a made up goal. But I'm going, I'm giving myself two hours. I'm putting the timer on. All of a sudden, it does force you, kind of in the wa...
Are You Creating For Yourself?
"Write for yourself. Make the art for yourself. And in doing that, you will be making the art for others. But you can't really make it for the audienc...
Don't Listen To The Doubt
"You plant the seeds, you don't go look at them every day. Because if you looked at them every day, you'd be like, 'They are not growing. It's just di...
How To Get Out Of Your Own Way
"Remember that for the next time. It's easier said than done, but you really should own that. When I got out of my way, not only did everybody really...
Are You Allowing The Success?
"In some ways we don't have to earn it. It's so against my nature to even say that. But, I always think I've got to earn it before I can get it. And t...
How To Follow Your Instincts
"No, follow my instinct. Like I'm old enough to know how I work and where I'm going to be in my sweet spot. Sometimes that might involve coaching, som...
It's on YOU!
"Look at what you actually do; Not what you say you do; Not what you think you do; Not what you tell others you do; What you actually do. And you're l...
Keep Showing Up
"And then all of a sudden then you get jobs, then you meet other people on those jobs, and if you are showing up all those times, all of those people...
How To Enjoy The Ride
"I'm enjoying the ride. Even when the wave knocks me down. I'm enjoying the fact that I'm in the ocean getting knocked down, and I'm alive, and I'm ac...
How To Overcome Fear
"I could embarrass the hell out of myself. And that's a fear. I'm just not going to give into it. It's like Apollo 13; failure is not an option. What...
It is Going to Work Out
"This idea of faith and believing before seeing. And I think that's what it's about. It's having this unshakable belief that it is going to work out."...
Start Planting The Seeds
"You don't know where you're going to end up. But if you have this vision for it, and you do the work, you can get there."
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How To Get Out of a Funk
"When you're getting to that period of feeling like it's slipping away; it feels like it's crumbling; it's just a terrible feeling and I don't wish it...
When You Feel Like Quitting
"But if you get into that mode you will not be as powerful as if you get into the mode where you're like, 'OK, sucks right now, but I'm coming for 'em...
Will AI Replace Actors? Hollywood on the Cusp of Change
"Digital did not ruin filmmaking. Digital gave us the Duplass brothers. Digital democratized it and then people were like, 'Oh well, it's not digital...
How To Weather The Storm
"It's a never ending challenge to stay in the right head and continue to believe that whatever is next is on its way. There are good things on their w...
How To Get In The Driver's Seat
"This business crushes you down so much that you think you can't get in the driver's seat. Oh, thank you so much for letting me hang on to your bumper...
Was it a Mistake? Or an Opportunity?
"It's always the things that everybody else thinks are mistakes that are actually advantages if we look at them that way."
Today’s episode was r...
Prepare Yourself For Success
"You have to make a decision when you're clear and sober; and you have to go, this is what I want. And then if you really think that, then you have to...
You're Great... And You Can Be Better!
"I think we need to do a better job of assessing our pros and cons. Sure, you have cons. Sure, maybe you were too big on that one tape. And you did th...
Dare To Show People Your Mess
"It used to be I'm good over here and I'm not telling you what I suck about because I don't want you to know that I suck-- Because I'm too embarrassed...
Give Yourself Something to Focus On
"When you create your own, there's something about the fact that you're in the driver's seat. And then if auditions come in you're already driving and...
Michael Beach: There's No Such Thing As A Perfect Actor
“You can never be the perfect actor; it's never going to happen; but that is the search!"
Today’s episode is a sit down with Matt's fellow Mayor...
How to Bounce Back Quickly
“I was in such a groove. I played volleyball Thursday night; I played the best I played all summer-- and then wham!"
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How to Get Better Results!
"What did I do that worked? And what did I do that didn't work? And apply that knowledge to the next situation.”
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Visualizing Your Goals
“If we have a vision that's pretty specific, but then we are loose enough with it to be open to what happens or what doesn't happen, I think that's a...
Surrender To The Moment
“This moment you have, right now, whatever it is, things are happening-- it has nothing to do with you. But it's all you have; is the present moment.”...
Preparing For The Part
“Running through all these scenarios and being super prepared allows you to get there and be relaxed. And when you're relaxed you bring your best work...
Chazz Palminteri: The Saddest Thing in Life is Wasted Talent
“The decision I'm about to make-- Is this bringing me closer to my goal? Or farther away from my goal? And if your decision is farther away, don't do...
Why Writing Makes You A Better Actor
“And when he did that, that was what the casting director responded to in his audition... Oh, I like that improv.”
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How To Reframe Struggle
“When you watch a movie, you don't watch the part where they get everything they want. The part of the movie, or the roles we want to play, are the pa...