Meet Max Beasley

We recently connected with Max Beasley and have shared our conversation below.

Max, sincerely appreciate your selflessness in agreeing to discuss your mental health journey and how you overcame and persisted despite the challenges. Please share with our readers how you overcame. For readers, please note this is not medical advice, we are not doctors, you should always consult professionals for advice and that this is merely one person sharing their story and experience.

Although I have struggled a great deal with depression and anxiety in my life, I also know that these things fuel my creativity. There have been times where I have felt so low I wasn’t sure if I could continue, and Art has always pulled me out. Whether it’s listening to music or coming up with an exciting idea for myself, creativity and expression has always been the best way for me to get what I need to say off my chest.

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

I have been a standup comedian, podcast personality, and live producer of comedy shows for over ten years. I have also written many pieces of prose, as well as multiple scripts for film and TV.

I started standup and video production in Denver then moved to LA in 2018 to chase my dream. I have been featured on many of your favorite podcasts, as well as on Adult Swim and MAX.

I have produced a series of live shows titled “Max Beasley Presents”, which have showcased comics like Kevin Nealon and Guy Branum.

I also got to be a part of MGMT’s music video for “Bubblegum Dog”.

Currently, I am working on my first novel, a road trip across a bizarro America in the style of Vonnegut, John Kennedy Toole, and Pynchon.

I am also looking to make another film sooner than later.

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

The three most important things in this business are to be nice, to make friends, and to have a modicum of talent. If you are nice and cool to be around, that will do much of the heavy lifting for you. I think my empathy, observance of society and people, and my drive to express myself and my own slanted view of the world are what drives me to continue creating.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?

One book that has been very influential to me would be “It Never Ends” by Tom Scharpling. As a fellow outcasted nerd who went to a commuter school, this book describes perfectly the urge to create and express when things at home or in your head may not be so pleasant. And while suffering may never end, there is also never an end to what is inside of you, and what you are capable of, no matter your background.

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