Interview with Zennie Trieu
I had the opportunity to interview Zennie Trieu, who is a friend of mine and loves living life to the fullest. Zennie is 100% behind the idea that whatever characters you're going to play should be characters you love and connect with on an emotional level. Her love of acting and passion for what she does, combined with her laid back approach that never leaves her feeling burnt out, and has led to her landing and agent and performing in many roles!
Key Takeaways:
I had the opportunity to interview Zennie Trieu, who is a friend of mine and loves living life to the fullest. Zennie is 100% behind the idea that whatever characters you're going to play should be characters you love and connect with on an emotional level. Her love of acting and passion for what she does, combined with her laid back approach that never leaves her feeling burnt out, and has led to her landing and agent and performing in many roles!
Key Takeaways:
- Think of networking as making friends. Zennie loves connecting with people, but explains how she is able to make it work for her career. As someone who doesn't enjoy "marketing," Zennie is all about having fun and making friends!
- Audition better by being yourself. We discuss how Zennie is able to get roles more easily by naturally being herself when she auditions. We talk about how some actors feel a need to fake it, and how to get past that.
- Test everything you can. Zennie has discovered that she really dislikes doing certain marketing, but really enjoys doing other marketing for her career! By testing social media and other ways to connect with people, she was easily able to learn exactly what worked best for her and felt most natural. Learn her testing process and how she's used it to make marketing and promoting feel natural and fun!
- And lots more...
To read a raw transcript of the interview, please click here.