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In my first interview episode, I sat down with Danika Frederick. An aspiring actress, her life was on one course, and one year ago that course completely derailed when she started to pursue acting. This episode is filled with wisdom, laughs, riske conversations, and of course, truth, optimism, and vulnerability. If you’re someone who felt like you took the “comfort” route, Danika’s words and story will inspire you to believe that it’s never too late to pursue what your heart was made for.

Key Points:

• Always been into the arts, been dancing since three, professional at 21

• Decided at six to follow father’s footsteps and pursue chiropractic

• Started finding excuses to not go to school

• Getting ready to move to Atlanta for school with current boyfriend, and the fear of depending on someone else started to halt the breaks on the plan

• If guaranteed success, would 100% pursue make-up artistry, or something in the arts

• Signed up to be a photo double

• Checked junk mail one day, and had an audition booked for a feature film

• Switched from chiropractic to acting

• Acting agent approached to work with

• Dad went back to school in his 30s to go to chiropractic school

• Grew up in a trailer park, and didn’t have a lot of money so dance technique wasn’t that great - so negative feedback was a tough obstacle to overcome

• A lot of non-traditional careers are self-made, and it’s the fear of failure that prevents us from going forward with them, but a degree doesn’t guarantee a job either

• Loving something and being passionate about something are very different

• Be open to the possibility that what you want isn’t going to go exactly the way you expect it to, or look like you imagined

• People are so out of touch with their emotions, and are so afraid to be vulnerable, that it’s so easy to be cruel to other people because everything is superficial

• Work part-time on your passion, until your passion surpasses your income

• Comfort and happiness are not the same thing

• An actor’s job is to audition

• Learning what new boundaries are, and where morals stand

• When you go to an audition, the director’s already made a visual in their mind they’re looking for - and it has nothing to do with you not being good enough

• For anyone else on this path - just do it. Take that first step, send that one email, you will regret it if you don’t

• School will always be there, but the arts take time to develop; don’t wait - pursue it

• Biggest learning experience was not to confine, be open to opportunities, and look for them

Mentioned in this Episode:

• University of Manitoba

• Atlanta

• Stella’s

• Patrick Ta

• Los Angeles

• Venice Beach

• Ghostland

• Break My Heart 1000 Times

• Bella Thorne

• Dermot Mulroney

• Richard Harmon

• IMDB

• Paul Christie

• Roman Catholic

• Harry Potter

• Contact: @danikafrederick - danika.frederick@hotmail.com - IMDB

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