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

Hi Kevin , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

Meaningful…I’d say the feature film “Road to Terzetto” was the first of a whole gang of meaningful projects that came my way in recent years, but “Terzetto” is the foundation of them all. The year before COVID brought the whole planet to a standstill. I had booked my first Co-Star on a tv show and I thought that this was it. I’m gonna pick up momentum, pile up credits along the way, and BOOM Hollywood, here I am. Of course that didn’t happen. So when COVID hit, I got to do some soul searching and really dig into the abyss of my subconscious garbage to figure out what I’m gonna do when the world reopens. It was a painful, lonely, and dark road I wandered on. A road I hated, but it was a road to salvation.

With no work, no auditions, and no idea of when we would be able to return to normalcy, the acting studio where I study became a lifeline for every artist who was there at the time, and WE WENT TO WORK. What happened outside didn’t belong to us. It was the worlds problem. We had shit to do. Week in and week out we showed up on ZOOM for scene study and put in the time, honed our craft, and sharpened our knifes. We became tight. We pushed each other harder than ever before, and when shit got tough and you needed someone to listen to, we heard each other out. We became more than family man. It was a sanctuary.

Then in 2021, class was still on ZOOM, I worked with two actors on Boondock Saints. That went on to become the beginning of a 2 1/2 year collaboration inside & outside the classroom. The guys, Sean McNabb, Eddie Vincent and myself had such incredible chemistry and fun together that we decided to create something outside the studio as soon as we had the opportunity. Fast forward to late summer, early fall of 2021. Eddie approached us (Sean McNabb, Brian Shakti and myself) about exactly that. “Let’s make a movie together!”, he said. We weren’t gonna wait for the industry any longer. We didn’t hope that our agents and managers were getting us auditions. We took matters into our own hands and created our own content. Fuck the industry! We went on and made the movie, and what began in a virtual classroom in 2021, ended with us releasing an award winning feature film we wrote, produced, and starred in. “Road to Terzetto” was released in April of this year and can now be streamed on Amazon Prime.

Don’t wait for someone else to give you your shot. Go and do it yourself. Give yourself a yes when everyone else says NO. Take the lead and create. You’ll be much happier for it and more fulfilled.
For me this film has been one of the most meaningful projects because we did it ourselves. I was there from beginning to end. We saw the whole thing through, we had complete creative control AND we got to work with our insanely talented friends on something that created memories and friendships that’ll last a lifetime! And there’s only one first, so this one is special to me!

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My name is Kevin Sinic, I was born and raised in Austria where I played soccer on a semi professional level. After High School, I attended the Austrian military for 9 months, only because it was mandatory. That was a different life though. Now, I’m a storyteller. More specifically, I’m an actor and poet.
When people ask me how I got into it I always tell them that I feel acting found me and not the other way around. For that story I’m gonna take you back to my college days in New Jersey. I believe it was my 2nd semester and I was looking for electives to round up my schedule. Me and one of my soccer teammates had a conversation about which classes to take and he suggested, that, if I wanted an easy A, to enroll in acting 101. It sounded interesting and I felt a slight excitement thinking about the idea. I also knew it would challenge me in a brand new way! So I enrolled. It was fun. It was exciting. I learned. I grew and I got to stretch my imagination beyond the mundane activities of a college kid. Acting and I connected immediately and I knew after a few weeks into it that this is not just for an easy A. There was something deeper there. Something profound. My major in college was communications, but I took every film and acting class my school had to offer. I was IN! Fast forward to my graduation, my acting teacher pulled me aside and told me that she thinks I should strongly consider giving acting a real shot. She saw something in me that came to life when I was on the stage and I’m forever grateful to her for sharing her thoughts.

I’ve now been in the film industry for a number of years and am deeply grateful for, and proud of, all the incredible projects I was able to work on. I’ve had the pleasures of meeting so many unique and generous human beings who share their gifts with the world. With most of them I built authentic relationships that last to this day. Some have become part of my closest confidants. I love connecting with people and I feel that people who hire me to come on board a project appreciate my sincere and dedicated approach as a storyteller. I dive in all the way. I marry a character until the project is wrapped. That comes at a great cost, but I strongly believe that for an actor to reach the deepest depths of a character, there’s no circumventing that. You have to be willing to dive into the abyss of that character. For me, I don’t know any other way! You hire me, Kevin disappears along the way to make space for whatever character he needs to bring to life.

I believe that this kind of dedication to a story/character comes from my athletic and military background and proved to be insanely fruitful on one of my films. After I wrapped on “Road to Terzetto” I dove right into pre-production for my next feature film “Reveille”, a WWII story that focuses its attention on the raw drama of soldiers who are battered by moral dilemmas while enduring the traumas of war. It was to this day the most intense, raw, brutal, authentic and gratifying film I got to work on. Portraying a soldier during WWII is kind of a stereotype for anyone with a German or Austrian background. One I resented because I did not come to peace with Austria’s historic background for quite some time, but also, I’m so much more as an artist than a freaking Nazi in a Hollywood flick! “Reveille’ changed all that for me profoundly due to the fact that I got to play a human being, and not an ignorant stereotype. That character was so rich in pain, and guilt, and a longing for his home and family. Emotions were high during the entire time of production. We had a number of military veterans who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also military historians who made sure that every single detail was absolutely accurate to the history of the events. For the veterans on this project things came full circle and as you can imagine they sort of relived some of the trauma they experienced on the front line. For them, the film became cathartic and healing in a way they didn’t see coming. And for me as an artist, when you have someone who actually fought in war come up to you with tears in their eyes and say “thank you” because of the work I did…man it doesn’t get deeper than that! “Reveille” will be forever on top of my list of proudest accomplishments simply because of that. I was able to marry my personal with my countries historic background and find catharsis for myself. How serendipitous is that? It was healing for everyone. I hope that whoever watches the film sees the passion and dedication of everyone involved in this project, and appreciates the love independent filmmakers have for their craft. “Reveille” is streaming on Amazon Prime.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My goal as a storyteller is to connect with and touch people on an emotional level and take them on a ride. May that be personal, spiritual or one of catharsis. I personally love when a creative uses a lot of symbolism or metaphors. Then it’s not quite so obvious what they’re saying and there’s room for interpretation. It allows for a solid engagement of the audience. People want to connect, and if you allow them to, they will.
I like to read between the lines and find the subtext of what is said on the surface. I intend to achieve a little mystery and introduce the unknown with my own art. I firmly believe that that’s where the magic happens!
When you look at a mesmerizing piece of art, when you listen to a song that pulls on your heartstrings, when you watch an actor be so believable in their role that you completely forget the actor behind the character you have been transcended.
That is what I work towards achieving as an artist. I love people. I love this planet and I care about both deeply. As a collective we are in a state of almost absolute chaos and it’s not pleasant. That kind of energy is incredibly heavy, low frequency and can be burdensome, but I have to look beyond the pandemonium so I can find the harmony of this insane orchestra called life. As an artist I see it as my duty to take on this energy, transmute it and turn it into something people can relate to or find empathy within themselves. That is healing to me, that’s love, and that’s what keeps me going.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

To create. Period. Life is but a creation, an amalgamation of atoms floating in space. When you look at nature, the world of animals and flowers, the ocean, the sky and our planets, it is in complete symbiosis with one another. If mankind were to leave it alone and only take what they need, ALL OF IT would thrive and be in perfect balance at all times. That’s macro. Now, if you take that into the microcosm of a storyteller then I am nature. I am Adam & Eve. I am God’s creation & I am the creator. So, when I’m given a script and I get to break down a character to understand what this human being is going through, everything is in disarray until it all falls into place. Until I understand the characters motivation and connect with them on a very deep emotional level it’s all just shuffling things around. But when I do connect and I feel my heart flutter, I have literally given the character a heartbeat. From there I start to bring them to life and interact with other people. I take them for a walk. I go out and have dinner with my character. I get to figure out their likes and dislikes, what they hate, what they love, their believes, what they want to eat, who they’re into, what sexual preferences they have and so on. Now, all that is still chaos, because it’s out of context. Then the more refined aspect of it all starts to happen and I get to flesh out scenes with my scene partners. I get to rehearse or workshop a scene or even do it raw at times, which is my favorite. Here it becomes more of a dance, more harmonious. At that point I have to create a synergy with my opposite actor. I get to fall in love with them and all the magic they bring to the table. That is the harmonious symphony I’d die for. It’s very basic, because it is so innate to us. The human connection! That’s the ultimate reward, because without it, we would all go fucking insane!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.reveillefilm.com
• Instagram: kevinfsinic
• Facebook: Kevin Sinic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PH1iIsDzZM&t=451s
• Other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARRyHXPmPs

  (teaser trailer to my next project, “Jason Todd”)

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