E30: Your Uniqueness Is Your Biggest Creative Asset - Anastasia Washington
There’s a lot you can’t control in the comedy world as a comic, but the aspects you can control, should be prioritized.
These are fixed opportunities for success that can help propel your career forward, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first. Like showing up on time, or even early, and dressing appropriately, not like you just rolled out of bed like many comics do.
Setting a standard of excellence puts you into a different category and can be a few of the factors why you are chosen to be booked over another comic.
To speak on this we have invited Anastasia Washington. She is an award-winning biracial actress, comedian, podcaster, and filmmaker. She has set a standard for herself in the industry where she has been determined to break the barriers between what it means to be a comic.
Pretty women can be funny, and you don't have to look like you just rolled out of bed to be funny either. Anastasia talks to us about how she has reframed her mindset about what it means to bomb a show or if that is even a real thing, and how she embraced being biracial and made it work for her
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Anastasia got into comedy and jump started her career
- The standard of performance set by ‘Pretty Funny Women’
- Importance of being early to a gig for your mental state
- What about comedy that Anastasia loves and respects so much
- How Anastasia veers away from the shock factor
- The importance of standing in your truth in comedy and life
- Do we really know if we’ve bombed?
- The idea of reframing your mindset
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