We recently connected with Brian M. Wixson and have shared our conversation below.

Brian M., thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What was the most important lesson/experience you had in a job that has helped you in your creative career?

The most important lesson I learned from a prior job is how to be a team player and putting the project ahead of my own self-interest. I passionately throw myself into a project, making sure it’s the best it possibly can be. Because if the project doesn’t succeed, no one succeeds. It doesn’t matter whether I’m excellent in it or not, or if it ends up being horrible. The result is the same. So, being a team player is important for everyone’s benefit.

Brian M., 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?

As an actor, I started in Junior High school with school plays and such. But I stopped as I focused on music. I was in marching band and concert band all through High School into college. I got back into acting starting in 2004. I saw a post for a small low budget Hospital type comedy looking for background actors and people to work behind the scenes. I signed up and the bug bit me again and I’ve been acting ever since. Over the last 20 years I’ve played a variety of characters. I’ve been a down on his luck dad trying to help his family. I’ve been a caveman. I’ve been a ghost of a civil war lieutenant. I’ve been a police officer. I’ve been a killer a few times. Every role has been different, and every role has been fun and exciting to portray.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

The goal or mission driving my creative journey is to make a successful living as an actor and a script editor and script writer. Super stardom and fame may sound nice and winning awards would look cool on a shelf or on the mantle. But in the end, I would just like to be working these jobs, and only these jobs, instead of having to have a job 9-5 to support myself. And that’s something a lot of people don’t realize by not being in the acting world. They think of the superstars like Denzel, Tom, Meryl, Angelina and so forth. They don’t realize that for every one of them that have made it to that level, there’s at least 1000 people at the next tier down that are successful enough to make a living just at this. But then for every one of them there’s at least 1000 actors trying to make a living or working a second job just so they can pay their rent. It is a very brutal business full of rejection and misconceptions. But it is still a wonderful field to be in.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

For me, the most rewarding aspect of being an actor and a writer is seeing the script transformed into a film. When it plays in the theater, and you can see the crowd totally getting immersed in what’s been created and hearing the applause at the end. It’s just so thrilling. From writing that first word to writing The End. Then being on set, filming day after day. And then finally seeing it on the screen, sharing it with the world. It truly is a magical thing to be a part of.

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• Website: www.brianmwixson.com
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