Meet Kerwin Gonzalez

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

Hi Kerwin , appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I have a powerful motto that I repeat daily, “no excuses just results”. I can live with the results at the end of the day if I know I gave 110 percent, I don’t stop when I’m tired I stop when I’m done. I want to cultivate a certain life for myself, I have a concrete vision and goals and remember a time where I wasn’t getting many auditions a month, I got tired of waiting for the phone to ring and now I tell myself to not let anyone outwork you. I’m the hardest worker in the room at all times, I average about 25 auditions a week and constantly browse the latest casting calls, I’m hungry for success I crave it, I need it and will not be denied!

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I am a professional actor for 10 years now and have amassed 40 leading roles and over 80 credits. In the past month I have had 8 bookings including vertical series, music videos, commercials, an episodic series for HBO/Discovery, a youtube series that has 60 million subscribers and my video has accumulated 10 million views. I am very fortunate to be at a point in my career where I can be selective about the work I choose to be apart of. The most exciting aspect of what I do is meeting new people that end up becoming close friends and family, the collaboration of it all, it’s truly special!

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Confidence, tenacity, and discipline. I think early on you just have to do it, take that leap of faith. The only way you’re going to learn and grow and get better is to constantly put something to practice. Being on set will teach you how to hit your marks, where to get your best eye line, and how to be a giving scene partner as well as someone that people want to work with again and again. You have to be comfortable with hearing no a ton, or even hearing nothing at all and not letting it bother you. Not getting the job is just the universe redirecting you to the role that is right for you. Build a foundation that is so strong, a brand, a mental fortitude that you can take hits and keep on going because it truly is a marathon not a sprint. In closing, make progress, no matter how small every day end it being able to look back and say you gave it a shot and improved. Put in the work everyday and don’t get complacent, treat it like a business, I work at this 25 hours a day 8 days a week, there is no other option.

Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?

Hunker down and chip away. Take a big deep breath and let the air out. Think about the biggest fears and obstacles you’ve had in the past and how you managed to take care of it then. There was a day I had 17 auditions to do, and looking at all the self tape directions that everyone wanted and the mountains of dialogue would be easy to get bogged down, but I focused on one at a time and worked my way through it. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to, just get rid of all distractions and get to it. Just start.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://imdb.me/kerwin
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerwinacts/
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/wVYRV9D2g2I?si=TmVjEG30b4AjUQmT

Image Credits

Christopher Matthew Spencer