Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Quentin Garzón. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Quentin, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

I think my parents knew that I was gonna be an artist before I did. So when I say 7 years old they took me to see my first Broadway show: Les Miserables. I remember that I basically had the whole show memorized and when we went to see the show (in orchestra seats numbered 2-4-6… coincidence?) my dad said to me you can’t sing along with the actor’s. Fast-forward to them, looking at me throughout the show, and seeing me move my lips along with the actors. They knew then and there they had an artist on their hands.

Quentin, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

It’s really hard for me to talk about myself in that way. But I guess the sort of simplified version is I did a couple of semesters at pace University, but then dropped out and moved to Los Angeles to train with late acting coach Marta DuBois. When I was out there, I did a bunch of theater but it eventually moved back to New York in my mid 20s and did the whole audition circuit and hated it. So I thought the best way to move forward in my career was to produce more so I produced a series at the green room 42 and through that met a bunch of up-and-coming and establish actors in the industry. Then when the pandemic hit, I thought well instead of sitting around and waiting for theater to open up again I did a series called virtual songs, where I had musicians and singers record to a click track. by doing that, I was able to meet a lot of Broadway veterans. Also, during the pandemic, I got the crazy idea to produce a cast album of the original musical Kalevala, written by Johanna Telander. That album, starred Ramin Karimloo, and Julia Murney, along with many others. That cast album, though it definitely had its drastic highs and lows is a big achievement under my belt and I am very proud of that. And that’s probably what I’m most proud of besides, my most recent project of this short film Gray Land that I produced wrote in star in..

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Unfortunately, I don’t think I have a profound answer to this question. I love the craft of acting and creating. I understand the business but I do not like it. Being a creative is just who I am and whenever I am able to do that, I feel the most like myself. my goal obviously is to be fulfilled but also I think I would be lying. If I said, I didn’t want to keep on doing bigger and better things, and being known for it on a larger scale.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

I think just realizing that there is more to life than acting is the most important lesson I’ve ever learned. So pivoting to really dive into my family business of Emerald Enhancement (really keeping with my Colombian roots), has not only allowed me to be financially stable but has allowed me to enjoy being a creative by only going out or doing things that I want to do.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.thequentingarzon.com
• Instagram: @quentingarzon
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/QuentinGarzon
• Other: Spotify: Quentin Garzón

Image Credits
Grace Copeland, Emily Croft