Meet Brittany Vadnais

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Brittany Vadnais. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Brittany below.

Hi Brittany, great to have you with us today and excited to have you share your wisdom with our readers. Over the years, after speaking with countless do-ers, makers, builders, entrepreneurs, artists and more we’ve noticed that the ability to take risks is central to almost all stories of triumph and so we’re really interested in hearing about your journey with risk and how you developed your risk-taking ability.

I don’t know. I just know I’m comfortable taking risks and putting myself out there. Of course, like everybody I have a comfort zone. I always ask myself before I close off any doors, how much can I push the comfort zone before I retreat into my shell? I find that I usually end up having a good time when I end up taking that risk, or finding out I’m capable of doing something I didn’t know I could do.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

First and foremost I’m an actress. I just shot a film “Happily Ever Never”, directed, and edited, by my good friend Amber Blake. I’m also a writer, and I just filmed a scene that I wrote about two sisters, and I am working on another one I wrote. I am also stepping outside of the land of just filming scenes to actually working with people around me and putting my own work out there. I am making a short! Creating content is fun and a way to act while auditioning for others projects as well.
Aside from acting I’ve started taking Taekwondo. I really like it and it allows me to have something to do outside of acting. I think it’s really great for people who are actors to have friends that aren’t actors. You need to get out of your head sometimes and that has really helped with not being stuck in my head. That and my family. Much love to my family.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

First and foremost, You have to have knowledge of the business. What kind of headshots you need, what classes to take, what your types are. There is so much more to it. When I first started acting, my headshot was a photograph my sister took. But you learn as you get older.

Then, You have to have a thick skin for sure. In this business there is going to be a lot of no’s. A. LOT OF NO’S . So you can’t be discouraged if you get a no on your first audition. Everyone probably got a no on their first audition…I did have a teacher who got a yes and went straight to Broadway. That RARELY happens.

I don’t know weather to say luck or talent for the third one. It depends on what you want. You definitely have to have talent, but luck plays such a factor too. I just know: if you don’t have a knowledge of the business or a thick skin then you might be talented, but you won’t be lucky and you’ll probably give up after the first no. It’s a tough business and we do it because we love it.

I’m going to add a fourth. Love. You have to love acting,

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

Always! I love working with people. New actors, new crew! I love working with coaches too. I have my go to coaches who I trust and I’m conformable with but I’m always willing to work with new people. I’m a people person, so anything new is exciting for me.

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