We were lucky to catch up with Griffin Marc recently and have shared our conversation below.

Griffin, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I knew from when I was a little kid that I wanted to be on TV. I didn’t know why or how, it was just this instinct I had. I remember watching a late night talk show with my grandma, who raised me and thinking “I’m going to be on that one day.” I must have been 10 years old. I would always come alive when my family would bring out the handheld camcorder.  I would always want to perform and entertain people. I was drawn to the camera. I would even recreate some scenes from my favorite horror movies and have friends/ family record me as I made my own little movies. I’ll never forget the first play I did in elementary school. I played “King Backwards,” in Snow White. I had to say all of my lines backyards. I’ll never forget hearing people laugh and that stuck with me. I remember loving whatever was happening on that stage and I continued on to more school plays and comedy skits in assemblies. Laughter was my medicine, still is.

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?

When I was 17 years old I worked at Walmart in my hometown of WA state and I was approached by a modeling scout. I ended up getting signed to an acting agency called “Dramatic Artist,” they represented people like Hilary Swank and Jim Caviezel to name a few. My dad was very adamant about my acting career then. I got headshots, started classes and commercial auditions. I eventually moved to Los Angeles at 20 years old. The first night I got here I put on a wig, leather jacket, cowboy boots, sunglasses and went to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and pretended I was some famous rockstar, I think it might have worked. I then started doing extra work to become SAG eligible, I got my required vouchers, studied at Stella Adler in Hollywood and did participated in “Adlerfest,” where I got to perform in on stage in a play the school put on. Although I ultimately ended up stopping acting for about 10 years. I wasn’t ready. Now, at 38, I am currently with an incredible talent agency whom I am forever grateful for (Stone Talent Agency) and because of those amazing ladies I’ve gotten the chance to work on some amazing commercials, and even booked a cool gig on the soap opera General Hospital, my grandma would have been proud of that one! She loved soap operas.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn that things don’t happen as quickly as you might expect, nothing worth while is an overnight success. Things take time and my god I am the most impatient person (thanks dad) it’s something I have to work on constantly. Patience is my biggest lesson and learning to TRUST THE PROCESS. The entertainment industry doesn’t care about your timeline, it has no rules. All we can do is be the best version of ourselves and show up. The rest is out of our control. I’m also learning to let go of attachment to outcome and just experiencing my own journey. Whatever rollercoaster the universe has me on I just have to trust and believe.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

This industry is full of rejection, that was the hardest part for me. I was naive and fragile in the beginning of the auditioning process. (Still a work in progress) and once I put my ego aside and detached my worthiness to booking jobs I realized that this doesn’t define me. All the NOs we face do not make us any less of a deserving or worthy human being let alone me as an actor. It’s just part of this business and we are all equally worthy, each and everyone of us. If I have a good day I tell myself “nothing lasts forever” and if I have a bad day I tell myself “nothing last forever,” so I just stay present and we only have 24 hours in a day and tomorrow is always a a bran new one. Always.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm5283067?s=0cc6e90f-e2df-72d4-57a5-6f27aa04be74&site_preference=normal
• Instagram: Griffinmarc_

Image Credits
Jonny Marlowe