Yes, yes, and yes! You kept it real and people need to hear the real. A lot of people just think about the glamour of our industry. We really do work our butts off.

You put 👏🏾 in 👏🏾 work !! Hungry!! Thanks for the inspo ☺️

Thank you so much for your insights. Non artistic people have the tendencies to advice on "normal" jobs, which almost made me forget what I truly want, which is exactly what you said: working as an actor! You're so inspirational!

background work is very flexible and gives you some on set experience. substitute teaching too. and finally, babysitting, especially for those in the industry who get it!! lol!

As an aspiring performer in college, I love your videos and this channel as a whole. You and Austin are both really giving golden advice and it feels great to learn what to expect when I step out into the industry. I would love to have insight into what it was like paying off student loans, if you had any, as a performer staring out. Especially since you accomplished receiving your master's degree. I'm going to have loans coming out of college as I couldn't afford to pay my way through school myself and would love to know what to expect with that.

I just love this whole series! We need info like this for all industries. Thank you for sharing your information that’s going to help someone chase their dreams!

Thank you for sharing your story! Youuuu are the best ❤️

Thank you for this! Videos like these help put us young artists and our visions in perspective, these visions cost money lol

As a patron (and someone who maybe would like to have done this 50 years ago) I appreciate your sharing this for others. I think some people have elevated views that are not realistic. We in the theater audience appreciate what you go through to do what you do. Hugs.

Hi, thanks for the video, a lot of valuable information. My daughter graduated from the UK Performing Arts University, but she is first and foremost a singer and currently works 2 or 3 jobs to survive because in addition to living expenses, she also needs to pay for dance lessons, etc. in order to develop in her profession. The most difficult thing is to find a good agency at the beginning, because all the better agencies take mostly performers with experience. Your channel is a revelation to us..thanks for all the information, advice and selfless effort.

Thank you

Thank you very much for this video and it's great to see a successful actress such as yourself. I'm an actor who has recruiting experience. With recruiting, I was fortunate to find a RPO company in 2014 that was flexible at one time. After working for over a year with the company, I fell victim to the changing needs of the business and found myself putting the 9-5 before acting because former coworkers got other jobs and more work was piled onto current employees. I don't know if you told an employer during the interview specifically that you're an actor? With my knowledge of recruiting, there are flexible jobs (like grocery stores, some restaurant jobs, etc.) that don't mind if you're very up front during the interview. I also don't know if you've ever ran into this yourself and just got lucky? In other situations and no matter what, I stopped mentioning acting during interviews and wait around a couple months or so to say something after getting a job. I believe in being honest, but I also know the interview is the time to sell yourself showing without question that you're the best fit for the particular job. In some employers' minds, they may think, "Wait, if this person really wants to be an actor, why would I want to invest my time and resources (background check, possible benefits, etc.) hiring when I could hire the next person who has a passion for this specific industry and a proven work history/track record to back it up?" At this point, I'm on the fence of looking at recruiting (steady/nice income; can be flexible) or just going for absolute certainty with a flexible job and earning potential (restaurant job, real estate, etc), but it will be figured out. Excuse the paragraphs lol. And once more, great to see you have a platform and you've been successful in my hometown.