MATT YOUNG | The Freelancer

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MATT YOUNG // ACTOR

I fell in love with acting, because I'm the youngest of 4 kids, and acting was the thing that was uniquely mine.

When I moved to New York City in 1990 to get my university degree in music, I was hired as a professional actor for a live stage show within 3 months, and haven't ever really looked back.

Freelancers live with the hope and knowledge that the next job is going to come along. There is no timeline for that now…

My creativity is my identity [and] has always lead to money, with some ease. [This] is challenging me everyday to diversify, and try not to get stuck on monetisation.

Now that I've lost contracts (about 3 or 4 gigs worth about $30,000-35,000), I'm searching for other kinds of value, until I can regularly earn again.

My husband and eldest son are overseas and we are not expecting to see each other until at least June. My elderly parents also live in the USA, so that worries me.

I feel like I am psychologically removed from my voice and my body at the moment, and I know that a physical discipline will bring me back to it. And then I will be open to my creativity.

Look within. Meditate. Dream. Sleep. Step away from those screens. And talk to your loved ones.

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