We recently connected with Quinlan Deakin and have shared our conversation below.

Quinlan, appreciate you joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

When I was young my mother could tell I was going to pursue something that was bigger then just a regular job. She put me into dancing as a young boy. I pursued dance for over 10 years and wanted to make it as a choreographer and filmographer for music videos. I started performing in music videos and fell in love with the camera and thought hey maybe I should try some screen acting. I went on to study at Screenwise film school in Sydney Australia where I developed my craft. After graduating and a few shorts I booked a massive commercial where I got to work with the Garth Davis. This experience really drived my love for being on set. I have now filmed a mini series and documentary on ABC. Now more than ever ready to face the industry head on and really go for it.

Quinlan, 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?

I got into this industry through the love of music. I was a performance kid who loved putting on Christmas shows for the family and creating my own dances. I studied performing arts at Hunter School Of Performing Arts. To get into this school you go through an audition process. I think it was one of the scariest but exhilarating experiences when you get up on a stage with a beam of light shining as you perform. After school I went on to study Acting on screen at Screenwise in Sydney Australia. This experience was amazing as I hadn’t had much experience in the field and wanted to learn more. From there I got with my agent and have booked some pretty cool roles in shorts, mini series manifesting movies haha. I think the actors world is so surreal as we are a reminder to humans that our emotions are real, we just express them through film allowing others to really feel how we feel.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

I just had to say that everyone supports the creative arts whether they realise it or not. Wether you are listening to music on the radio or streaming music on your phone to watching YouTube videos to sharing a video with your friends that you love to watching a ballet at the Sydney Opera house we really appreciate the support and there’s nothing more exhilarating as an artist to see a packed out cinema watching your movie or a packed out theatre watching you perform. Buy those concert tickets, stream local artists. It’s hard being an artist when you put your stuff out there hoping for the best, it’s a scary world. Artists and creatives are very brave.

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

As a male actor, I think we find it harder to open ourselves up to feeling, being able to access our emotions. The thing I had to unlearn is that in society we put up walls to block out any emotion we feel towards something instead of expressing it cause we feel we get judged for feeling. Emotions as an actor You are taught to know that it is right to express emotion and it is good and we should be constantly doing that even now in public. So one lesson I had to unlearn is that even outside of my acting studios and being on set being vulnerable and open is the best way to be. We shouldn’t be ashamed o how we feel when it is the most honest part of ourselves.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9071731/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quinlandeakin/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1kPbFnPOVc

Image Credits

Brooke Baxter in images