We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tullia Ferraro a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Tullia, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I’ve always been fascinated with movies and tv shows ever since I was very little. My parents told me stories of how, as a child, I’d memorize the entire script of my favorite animated movie and ask them to act it out with me. I knew Every. Single. Line. and if they got anything wrong, I would ask them to start over from the beginning of the script. My parents were definitely very patient!! Growing up I’ve heard a lot of people telling me that I should take some acting classes or that I should try auditioning for parts, but it wasn’t until I was around 16 that I actually started considering acting as a future career. I would commute from Genova to Milan every weekend to attend acting classes, and later on to rehearse my first part in an Indie Feature Film called “Non Si Puó Morire Ballando”. After experiencing being on set for the first time, I realized that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
After graduating high school I decided to move from Italy to the United States to attend the New York Film Academy, where I obtained my BFA in Acting for Film. Ever since then, I’ve been living my dream and trying to make it in this fabulous industry!

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?

I’ve always been extremely humble. Despite my strong and at times sarcastic personalities, I believe that every day I get to learn something new from the people around me. And I believe that this particular quality has helped me tremendously when it comes to my craft. In school I always said that I wanted to be the second best student in the class. This is because, obviously I wanted to do good and feel proud of the work that I’d put in, but on the other hand, having someone to admire, to look up to, to learn from, and to be, in a friendly way, in competition with, has served as one of my strongest motivation to grow as an actress. There’s always going to be more to learn and there’s always going to be a different approach to the role; and this is one of the main reasons I love seeing other actors, my classmates or my peers, going through that process. Because ultimately, I’ll learn from them.
This network and support system has been one of the main reasons why I wake up every day excited to do more auditions, excited to see what’s new in the industry and excited about widening my craft and my knowledge as an actress. Despite booking the job or not.
A concept that always stuck with me is: there’s not such thing as a failed actor, there’s only actors that stopped trying.

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

The absolute most rewarding aspect of me being an artist is when I get to show my work to my fiends and family. Showing them a short or an episode that I was a part of and hearing them say they’re proud of me, or that they were moved by my performance, is what this is all about for me. Of course it’s always amazing to hear a teacher, a casting director or a movie critic applaud your work. But the feeling I get when I hear my parents say they’re proud of me, the people who believed in me since the very beginning, and who’ve been supporting me my entire life, is one of the best feelings in the world.

Have any books or other resources had a big impact on you?

One book that I would definitely recommend for any new and up-coming actors is “The Actor’s Life” by Jenna Fisher (who you might know as Pam from “The Office”). In the book she offers a very raw and honest take of what it means to become/be an actor. It teaches you to believe in yourself and to be resilient. This is a very hard industry and it might take some time for you to achieve your goals. Never lose focus on what you’re after, be consistent and don’t give up. Your time WILL come.

Contact Info:

• Website: tullia ferraro.com
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