We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Giulia Zeta a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Giulia, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?
I’ve been part of a few very fun projects ever since graduating from Acting School. I’ve always been a big theater kid and my passion for performing in front of a live audience will never end. Therefore, me and a few other of my fellow acting film friends recently started a theater troupe focused on the theater style of Commedia Dell’Arte and we performed, a few weeks ago, at a local LA theater called The Victory Theater. We’re planning to bring our group outside of the school and expand it to perform in more Los Angeles small theaters.
With that troupe we also do charity/fund raising events to help the many people in need and we recently just hosted one where we were able to raise a lot of goods to be given out to families!
Other fun projects include modeling. I’ve been published on a couple of magazines. The first one is called Moevir. They featured me on their cover as a the June 2022 up and coming faces.
Recently I was featured on the online magazine Poze Magazine, which decided to write a three page article about me and feature me on the cover of their last volume in August.
Giulia, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Of course, I’m Giulia Zeta and I’m an actor and model. I started my acting journey when I was nine. I was the type of kid who wouldn’t like any sport. My family decided to try an artistic approach and, no need to say, it was definitely the right move.
I did mostly theater acting during my time in Italy. I performed for small theaters, such as the “Armadillo” and “Empact, Studio Frigia 5” in Milan. At the age of 17 I came closer to knowing more about Acting for Film through one of my acting coaches. I attended several workshops with NY Actors Studio alumn Dominique De Fazio, which opened up my mind about the complexity and beauty of Acting for Film.
When I graduated high school I started searching for colleges that could give me a bachelor in acting and the first one that popped up in my research was the New York Film Academy.
Three years later I got my Bachelor degree and a few months later it’s today. I’ve recently signed with an talent manager and I work every day towards achieving that childhood dream that has always made me happy.
I’m a strong believer of “we’re more than one thing” and that is why between my passions I’ve also included modeling. I started when I 17 and I still enjoy it like the first day. I’ve modeled for many Italian stylists and brands (such as Aveda) and ever since moving to Los Angeles I’ve been working with many local photographers.
I like expanding my crafts and being a creative artists all around.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding aspect of being an artist or creative for me I would say is being able to use my imagination to create something unique and to express myself freely. I’ve always being the kid who would sit on her bed and stare at a white ceiling imagining all the things I could’ve been or pretended to be; I would let my mind create scenarios in my head in which I would play to be a teacher, or a spy or even an animal and it was all possible and real in my head. So when I grew up and I understood I wanted to be an actor, my biggest motivation was to finally be able to create those scenarios; make them real and express myself in any way I wished to because that’s what acting is about. When I’m on set or on stage I could be playing a wife, a guitar player or a dancer and for each one of them I would let my imagination bring me to the world of that character and find myself in them so that I can let my creativity live through those characters and create something unique with them. To me that is the most rewarding aspect of being an artist.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
I had to unlearn the negative denotation that society assigned to the word “failing.” As an artist I failed a lot and I know I’ll keep failing in the future, that is just part of an artist’s life. However, taking failure as a defeat or as a “I’m not good enough” will most likely tear you down as a person and creative and won’t allow you to see that failing is just part of learning and growing. When I was still in college and I was part of a play I couldn’t understand how to deeply connect to my character. I wasn’t able to make sense of their world and I felt stuck in one spot. I thought I failed and I took that failure as a loss or as a “I just can’t do it, I’m not good enough.” However, when I talked to one of my teachers and explained my situation to them, they said “you didn’t fail, you just haven’t found a way to make it work yet.” That phrase made me realize how much failure is just a part of reaching success. I won’t do it on the first trial, and maybe not the second either, but that doesn’t mean I’m not good enough, it just means I’m learning and I’ll eventually find the right answer. Taking failure in a positive way for me now is one od the biggest lessons I’ve learned as an artist.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://gzucchetti1.wixsite.com/my-site-1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giulia_zucchetti_/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giulia-zeta-781807263/
- Other: link tree: https://linktr.ee/giulia.zeta
Image Credits
The photo named G7110: by Mendy Cole-Wash The photo named G7577: by Mendy Cole-Wash The photo named IMG_1933: by Dilpreet Shah The photo named IMG_9229: by Dilpreet Shah