Bernardo Cubria – Acting, Staying ‘Real’ in Hollywood, and Brutal Honest Feedback! EP092

Welcome to 2019. A great way to start is by listening to this episode with Bernardo Cubria. He’s an Actor, Writer, Playwright, Podcast & Lover of Guacamole.

And I caught up with Bernardo a few weeks back. It was a bit of a unique recording as you’ll hear. It could even lead to a whole new podcast series where I interview guests while their driving. Who knows!

Note – we had planned to do this on live video, but the recording wasn’t great due to Bernardo being on the move. We might get together again in the future to do a live stream. It all depends on the demand. Let me know if you’d like to chat with Bernardo!

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Bernardo. The summary of the key points are outlined below:

1:00m – Getting last minute auditions!
2:00m – ‘Give us a call if you hear anything?’
3:00m – Nerves for larger roles v the lottery of small parts
5:00m – Early years & dreams: Soccer & Politics
7:00m – An early interest in Politics
8:00m – Working in Activism & Amnesty International – Where this passion came from?
11:00m – Creativity in Poetry and writing
12:00m – Paralyzed in self-doubt, fear and defeat!
14:00m – Learning to be ok with No, constantly failing!
16:00m – Losing trust in yourself from auditions & not letting the hope get you!
18:00m – Philosophy, History, and Acting Classes in College – Theatre becoming the passion and it feeling like home!
21:00m – The fulfilment of being a Playwright more than anything else!
22:00m – The Process of Playwrighting – Learning by Doing!
23:30m – Using Wine to Access the Pain Places when writing
24:00m – Perfection v Good Enough! – Leaning on what other people think
25:00m – The importance of trustworthy friends that give feedback!
28:00m – New York shows and writing plays in a weekend!
29:00m – Getting Readings & Getting Produced – The Redhead is coming!
31:00m – The world reacting when you’re not caring!
34:00m – The Soul, Morals & Fake Conversations - Putting the morals aside in the Industry – Sensing the pressure to be part of Hollywood and hating it but having to suck it up!
36:00m – Authentic & pretending to be Authentic & Actors/Activist!
39:00m – Understanding the desire of wanting to be part of something!
40:00m – Perusing the feeling of spending time with only people you like!
43:00m – The Giant Void of My Soul!
44:00m – An Idealist and a Dreamer or not?
45:00m – Resilient and What makes Bernardo bounce back!
47:00m – The Enjoyment of Podcasting – Off and On!

Book/Plays/Documentaries Recommendations:
•Another World – Documentary
•Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett

You can find more about Bernardo on the links below:

http://www.bernardocubria.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinchecubria/

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