27. Suzanne Schmidt: Loving the Work

Actress Suzanne Schmidt and I dive into how she aims for loving what she's doing 80% of the time.
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Suzanne on IG: @suzannejschmidt
Suzanne's Website
Suzanne on IMDB
Hey You, It's Me

Work with Jessica: On-Camera Coaching
Create on-camera and in-person confidence by learning techniques from Hollywood Acting Coach Jessica Payne.
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Creator's Challenge: Flip the Script
Take a recent situation that upset, baffled, or frustrated you, and write it as a comedy.
Keep the inciting incident real/grounded, but find any aspect that could be slightly humorous, and build on that.

Bio & Intro
Suzanne Schmidt is an actor, producer, writer, director, and professor, and a National Michael Chekhov Association instructor. You may recognize her face from Sons of Anarchy or Days of Our Lives as some of her TV and Film. work. You may recognize her voice from her audiobook recordings or her voice acting on the English dubbed version of many Netflix shows. Suzanne is the CEO of High Tide Films, where she writes, produces, and acts in award winning projects. Her webseries Hey You, It's Me won awards for Best Webseries, Best Comedy, and Best Webisode. She has won many Best Actress awards for her beautiful dramatic film Not Nothing. And Suzanne plays JoAnne Tenuta in the upcoming biopic It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story, directed by Taylor Blackwell. She is currently in preproduction for her upcoming project, Unboxing. She is a creative force of nature that I am proud to call my friend!

Mentioned
Not Nothing
Unboxing
From the Heart Productions
Christie Maturo
Drama 3/4 Productions
David Fickas
Brice Beckham
Scott Freeburg
Tom Irwin
Alexander Gelman
Blues for Mister Charlie
Digital Hollywood
Bennett Guillory
Stella Adler
Moscow Art Theatre
Anton & Michael Chekhov

Creator's Cafe with Jessica Payne of Kika Labs

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