Acting

Says Steve….

I secretly wanted to be an actor or an astronaut. After a lot of years doing different things, I finally fulfilled my dream of becoming an actor. But I did a lot of things in between time. I had a bit of a misspent youth!

I was part of a military family so we moved around a lot. I was part of three different education systems. I did try in my HSC but I didn’t do that well. I don’t think that means you’re not an intelligent person.”

I worked on a carrot farm for about four hours after school. I did labouring and other things to make a living. I knew I wanted to work in TV or any acting. I went into radio announcing first of all after hearing an ad for radio school. I did a six month radio announcing course and got a job in the country on 3CV Bendigo doing the midnight to dawn shift.

I spent a lot of time in radio – Canberra KIX 106FM, Today FM, Sky Radio and 2UE. I worked on a whole stack of country stations. I found it a repetitive job after a while. The money kept me in and there was a certain amount of infamy attached to it. I won a number of radio awards but I really wanted to pursue acting. It was only after I started doing drop-in courses at The Actors Centre in Surry Hills that I started to fulfil my dream.

I acted in an episode of Water Rats and I was doing some commercial work. But it all came together after three years of intensive studying at university. I finally have a great agent and am getting regular work.

I do quite a bit of TV and voiceover work. I’ve acted in a couple of episodes of All Saints and White Collar Blue. I was on a nine-day shoot for Young Lions and I recently finished work on a telemovie. I still do some commercials and a bit of voiceover work. My stage work has included roles in The Removalist, Don’s Party, Othello, Comedy of Errors, Trumpets and Drums and The Castle.

Best Bit – When it’s good it’s fantastic. You get to do what you love and you get paid for it.

Worst Bit – When you aren’t working, it can be very difficult. There’s a lot of down time and it can be tough mentally.

The Future – I’d like a good role in a good Aussie film. I‘d like to make a living out of acting but not have it rule me. I’ve got a production company with some other actors which I would like to build up and do work which we want to do.

Education
Rosebud High School, Victoria. Finished Year 12. Bachelor of Arts in Performance, University of Western Sydney, Nepean.

STEVE’S SUCCESS TIPS
• Read the fine print first.
• Have a back up plan. Become master of your own mind.
• Success is about your relationships with others

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