Acting : Can You Relate? by Anne Alexander-Sieder

Hey Actors,

I’m looking to interview other actors who have taken a long break from acting and are now returning to it later in life. Lemme explain. I'm an actor who returned to the business after almost a 16-year hiatus to raise my son and had to start all over again from scratch (in another country where I didn’t speak the language - but that's another story). I've managed to get to a place where I make my living as an actor again and, I don’t know if it’s because I’m older and supposedly wiser, or I just have less time on this earth to do what I want to do, but I'm wondering if there’s a roadmap to follow here. Basically, I’ve reverse-engineered what I’ve done to get to this point and am trying to figure out what was helpful and what wasn’t so I can skip what didn’t work and get straight to what works. I have to admit, I am extremely ambitious, and making a living just isn’t good enough. Now that I’m older, I only want to do what works so I can get to the level where I have my choice of high-caliber roles. If you can relate, I’d love to talk to you.

This is purely for my own research. I’d like to hear what’s working for you and what’s not working. I’ll be 100%, as I said above, I’m putting something together but I DON’T technically have a business (just yet) — I do have an idea but I’m just getting started.

It would truly mean the world to me if we could hop on a quick Zoom call so I could ask you a few questions. OR, if you know of someone who fits this description, please tag them below.

One more thing, someone asked me if the was a sales call and, well— I have nothing to sell at this point. I just want to take the guesswork out of the business side of acting to decipher what are the things we need most to accelerate our careers by ASKING what other actors are currently doing to get more work and auditions and what would be a helpful resource to create in the future!

If you’re open to a conversation, leave a comment or DM me directly.

Thanks so much!