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

Hi Alex, thanks for joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Trial and error. Constantly pushing. I wasn’t born with the talent I have now. I worked really freaking hard to get where I am. Constantly pushing means constantly growing. The craft is a never ending learning game. There will always be room for improvement, and experience plays a huge factor into it. I know in 5 years I’ll look back at where I am today laughing because I’ll have grown so much. I also credit a huge role to my acting coach Mari Ferguson, I would never be where I am today without her.

There’s no such thing as speeding up the learning process. I would’ve been easier on myself, and I wish I could’ve told my younger self it’ll take a lot of time, a lot of failure, and a whole lot of classes.

Resilience, discipline, and empathy. Those 3 were crucial in aiding towards learning the craft.

Obstacles did include failing. I hate it when I fail. When I couldn’t get to a point emotionally in an audition, or I didn’t like a take that was used in the film… it would drive me nuts. But I’m learning to let go and accept that I’m still growing.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Sure. I started off wanting to pursue modeling when I was 17 and somehow that led to me getting a commercial agent. I realized I wanted to start acting so I waited 365 days and if I didn’t wake up every day burning to do it, I wouldn’t have. I wanted to make sure I REALLY wanted it, because if there was a different career I was interested in- I would’ve done it instead… The thing about the show business, is you don’t necessarily get what you put in. You can be beaming with talent and not work. It’s tough. I booked a national commercial, did tons of print work and at that point I was about a year into my theatrical training.. which was vigorous. My coach pushes me immensely and I freaking love it. I was booking roles through self submissions and decided to submit for reps about 6 months after I started booking. Then I recently signed with Bankston talent and they rep me theatrically. Couldn’t have asked for a better agency, God really blessed me with them. Once I signed with them I started getting auditions that I needed to really establish myself in the industry.

What sets me apart from the others is that I’m pursuing this career not for myself, but for The Kingdom. Jesus Christ is my everything and all I do is for Him. I want everyone to know how much He means to me, because he turned my life around in ways that are unexplainable. Chasing a career in acting is one thing, but chasing it with God by your side everyday is so so beautiful, I don’t have words for it.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

This one is TOUGH, and I still struggle with it. I have a silly tendency to think that I know my best interest greater than God does. I mean come on… the creator of the universe and the one who called me by name has my best interest in mind. Greater than I could ever probably imagine. So I always catch myself pushing for a certain role or film and God is like.. nah. So I’m learning to trust Him more.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

This is a great question because there’s so much work that goes behind acting that isn’t rewarding in the slightest.. but when the rewarding aspects come it’s so much sweeter because you know how difficult it was to get to that point. Getting the call that you’re booked for a role is one of those feelings. But even better, getting to set and really getting to act with talented actors and a beautiful story is just unexplainable. It’s so rewarding that I’m willing to go through so much rejection, disappointment, and frustration just to feel that reward. Even better, when your role impacts the viewers and they relate to it… just the cherry on top. Those are the best rewards I’ve felt being an actor.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alex.mounir/
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@alex.mounir?si=RdEq-Q9FYZUGi3V1
• Other: IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm16219090/

Image Credits

Kristine Canterbury
Jessica Angulo