My inner child always wanted to be on the big screen.I grew up in Austria and Germany.I haven't really seen Asian representation in German and Austrian TV.
Andrea Gore is an Austrian actor whose talent and dedication have propelled her to success across German and international film and television.
She studied at the Film Acting School in Germany, then at Warner Chubbuck Studios in Los Angeles, known for training some of Hollywood's finest actors.
Andrea made her screen debut in the German TV series We Are the Wave, and her breakout role was Jess in The Swarm, followed by German Genius and the upcoming Maxton Hall, The World Between Us.
Known for her versatility and commitment to her craft, Andrea continues to make her mark in the entertainment industry, seamlessly bridging German and international markets with her compelling performances.Welcome to The We Audition Show.
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Welcome to The We Audition Show, Andrea.How are you doing?You are one of our first, I think, international European interviewees that's not in either LA or England right now.
Thank you, guys.I'm really excited.
I'm in Germany right now.I'm in Berlin.
And that's because you've been shooting a bunch of stuff there, right?
Uh, yeah, I'm still shooting another project in Berlin.So yeah.And also based.
Yeah.Oh, is this project Hush Hush?Are we allowed to talk about it?
Oh, it's a German TV show.Actually.It's, uh, it's a series, which is airing in PDF.It's a German show.
It's probably like absolutely massive and she's just keeping it quiet.She's quite humble is Andrea, isn't she?I know, massive.I think you've just finished the second season of Maxton Hall, haven't you?How does that feel to be part of that?
That's really crazy because this year the first season of Maximum came out and then we had premiere and then it aired on Amazon Prime and then I don't know I think it's been two weeks after that we got a green light for a second season and then suddenly we were shooting the second season and now we're back for a second season it's crazy like the time fly flew so much like so quick and I still haven't really reflected and
So they gave you the green light.You didn't know that you were going for a second season until it aired on the TV for real?
Yeah, so it's actually always like that.We have to wait until the final green light and they always do that to see if it really works. And apparently it did.
That's good.So you're in hold, you're like, sort of, I don't know how it's structured.You booked for the time just in case?Or what if you're doing something else?Are you allowed to do something else?
I wasn't doing something else.But I think they, they talked with my agent about that option.I honestly, I didn't know how they managed that.
You're someone that's like, as long as I've known you, which is I think about five or six years, you've never stopped working.
It seems you are back to back on projects like so much so that you, you know, sometimes something comes up and you can't do it because you're too busy working.How's that feel?
Yeah, it happened like this year.There were some projects I couldn't do because of the second season when we were shooting.But I don't know.I feel like such an active person.You guys know me.I'm always on the run.I'm always doing something.
But I think like this year, my mind really changed.Like I really figured out that I need to rest.I need to take those. those times where I'm not shooting and just do absolutely nothing.
Because although I didn't want to rest, I wanted to do more things.I wanted to go to all those events and to meet all those people, to connect and inspire and to talk about the business and stuff.But
This year is the year where I really stuck myself and I'm like, okay, that's my limit.I really did too much.
What a nice place to be in.That's really lucky.
It's aspirational in many ways. Is that because you have FOMO?I mean, are all these other things important or is it really all about the work?Do you like doing the red carpets and the parties and the events?
And more to the point, do you find that that's been helpful to getting the jobs or is it just fluff?
It's crazy because in the past, I really enjoyed going to all those events and talking to all the people.Because talking to everyone also gets me inspired to do hours.And it also makes me want to do more and more ambitious about stuff.
Also, it gives me the feeling I'm not alone in the business.Everyone feels kind of like the same.But yeah, I did because it was fun.And I hoped, of course, it could give me like opportunities to work.But
I feel like right now, I don't feel like it would help me to go on those events.It would rather make it more difficult for me to be me again.
I'm struggling to find my normal habit, to find my Andrea who's waking up and not a character that's waking up because I'm still shooting for another project that's not done yet. I'm really struggling to find like a real time to like just be me.
Do you think you get into your character and then does that absorb into what you think your real character is when you're doing a long series regular or you're doing a character for a while or is it very separate in your mind?
I think definitely every character I play, I get so inspired from every character.And also it gets into my real life.And it's not a bad thing.
I just get inspired from the characters and it gives me more opportunities to look at different perspectives. But, I don't know, it's just maybe we're all actors so we're very sensitive.
We talk to so many people and there's so many stories and it's just so loud.It's just, I can't even... just be calm in my brain for one second.And it doesn't help if I go to like those events and socialize more and talk more and it's getting louder.
And of course, yeah, in the beginning, there was FOMO.There was definitely fear of missing out.And when I see all my colleagues there and I'm like, oh, shit, I might miss something.I might miss the next opportunity.But it's not that.
And you guys know, I really believe in, you know, be in the right time at the right place and
It's like I really believe in that and also I figured it's also a right place and right time when I just do absolutely nothing at home in peace with no voice.
If those balls are coming to you, I suppose it's time to catch those balls and not try to go out and find where they're coming from.It's a different place, I imagine, and good for you for doing that.
I always think it's like when you see people at events handing out a bunch of business cards and taking a bunch of business cards, there's only so many you can follow up on.We all only have 24 hours in a day.
And I think you've done really well to recognize that that when you are in a mode of work and a job, that's it.That's okay for that bit.Focus on that.And then when you need to go out and drum up some new business, that's when you do it.Right.
But take care of your health.
Definitely and also it's not like I'm never gonna go out again and I'm never gonna go to those events because like those events also gives me the opportunity to meet like amazing people from all over the world like you guys, right?
We met at Berlinale, didn't we?At the film festival?
I know exactly when we met because it's going to be exactly 20 months ago because we met in Dubai, didn't we?Darren said, you got to meet this person.Oh, yeah.We met in person in Dubai.
I was shooting movie there and you happened to be on vacation now.I don't know.Yeah.And we were trying to meet up and it's like, oh, we're in the same place.We're in Dubai.Let's meet up.That's so true.
And that was 20 months ago because I had a baby the week before.So I know it's that long ago.
Talking about FOMO, I had the worst FOMO then because I was You're in Dubai, Rich, shooting Gran Turismo, Andrea's like jumping around the world, and I'm like, oh yeah, I guess I'll just look at your— I was hate-liking all the Instagram pictures.
We met up in this mall, which was so big, it had like, it ran out of shops.It was so, but wasn't it massive in Dubai?
So there's like an ice rink, and like an aquarium, and like all these basketball courts, because they've run out of, and they've done every single shop in the world in there, so it's so massive.
And they can't do anymore, so they have to start— Do you love traveling, Andrea?
Do you love travelling with work or do you like to be closer to home?
Yes.Travelling with work is really, really nice.But sometimes I really enjoy just working from home.
Where's home now?Is it Austria or is it Germany or is it Berlin?
it's just nice sometimes to wake up in your own bed and then get your pickup time and then just just wake up and then go to work and then come back home and then just lay on your own and bed and yeah it's it's something it gives me a little comfort but some of course like traveling is really really nice and also it's really
I mean the swarm we were shooting in Italy and that was really nice like it was kind of like vacation with your cast members who are not shooting at the same time you just go you know through Rome and then you watch the sunset and it's it's really nice.
Now that was the Frank Dolger project right?Who also did Game of Thrones yeah?
Was that your first big epic kind of Hollywood style production?Or had you done some before?
How did that feel when you got that call?
It was crazy.It's also actually my first English project.
I've never had a role where I was playing in English and that was the first English book role and that was also crazy because you know I've never played in English and that was a big step for me definitely and it was just crazy and I felt
so grateful to work with those huge people and they have so much experience in everything and they picked me and I just felt really honored to be part of it.
And for anyone that hasn't seen the show, are you speaking your own accent in English language or are you doing a different accent as well?
No, I think.Well, actually, they never really said this is the accent, but in the table read, I practiced my accent.So it was kind of like American.And after we met in Rome, like cast members came to me and they're like, you're American, right?
And I'm like, no, actually, I'm German. The part was not that big so I think you can't really figure my German accent in it.
How do you prepare for something like that?
just, I just read through it a lot and that we, we have like the table reads and yeah, you know, costume and makeup and everything that makes a really big difference when I, once I have my costume on, I'm like, okay, this is it.This is the role.
And then you meet like your cast member.It really, it's really about the whole package.
Yeah.Do you find that as costume when you're doing self tapes or auditions, are you someone that likes to get in the, in the character of costume as well?
Actually I did like in the past, but then I got the feedback from a director. And he said, I think you're too worried about the look.And then I was like, oh, gosh, no, this is actually not what I was about to do.
I just felt like the character would maybe need that.And then ever since, I don't know, I just I didn't really mind of the look no more.
I've got a question just a little bit about the accent thing.Just picking up on what you said about, not accent, sorry, language.
If you're doing something in an English language, I talk to myself in my head, do you talk to yourself in your native, do you speak to yourself in German or do you speak to yourself in English?
If you're doing a character that's thinking, I'm going to kill that person over there, how do you manage that?How does your brain, it must be huge.What, what, how?
How do you navigate that?That's actually a really good question.I think I never thought of that before, because when I play, when I act, I'm not thinking about the language, I'm just listening in my head, right?
So I'm just playing my part, but I think I am thinking in the language which what I'm speaking in the moment.Because since I also speak Mandarin with my parents, I do catch myself dream or like think in Chinese and Mandarin.
So I guess I guess it's same thing for English.
Have you ever worked on any Chinese projects speaking Mandarin?
No, actually it's just a self-made tutorial and there are just... I didn't know you spoke Mandarin.
I don't know why.We've never mentioned that.We've never said that.Yeah, I don't know.I just presumed you speak German at home.I don't know why.
Because I always introduce myself that I'm an Austrian actress and living in Germany, probably that way.But yeah, I do.So actually, Chinese Mandarin is my first language.And then in kindergarten, I learned German.
Wow, what a skill, what a brain.
Yeah.Yeah.I mean, I think if you look at the international, um, shows that are coming out now more and more, you know, I think there's more of an appetite in Western countries for international shows.
You've had massive success for Korean shows and films and now, you know, the crossovers with things like Shogun and things like that.It's, it's going to be a really good skill.I think, uh, having multiple languages going forward as an actor.Yeah.
I hope so for you.Yeah.It makes me remember this thing I actually saw, uh, talk about AI.
There was this incredible technology I saw called Flawless, which actually, you know, when you dub, when you, when your shows get released in different countries, they are dubbed usually in a local language, but the mouth doesn't match up.
So the people watching in that country, they're getting their own language, but they're kind of not, it's not really cohesive.And this technology actually, AI moves your mouth. Yeah.
So it matches your acting to, you know, 20 different languages around the world, but it looks like you're natively speaking.How do you feel about that as an actor?Would you, are you okay with AI doing something like that?
I don't know.I, well, at Maxon Hall, um, I get so many messages from all over the world.Like people really think that we were shooting this show in English. Even my brother, even my brother, he was like, but you guys were shooting in English, right?
And I'm like, how?No, you know my voice.So that's like a really great job to the dubs in English from us.
Do you know who did your voice in English?
Actually, I haven't looked it up, but...
I had a movie that was, um, done in lots of different languages long time ago.And, uh, yeah, long, long time ago.And it was done in Thailand.And I got loads of fan mail back in the day from Thailand.And I was like, this is strange.
You know, this like coming of age story I did in Thai.I've got a copy somewhere in Thai.
And you're speaking in Thai in it?I am.Yeah.All of us.
The whole thing was revoiced.Yeah.Cause the director lived there.So he clearly got a deal there and it went in cinemas, I think.
Amazing.We never know what's going to happen with our projects, do we?That's the thing.Yeah.
Yeah, it's really true.With Maxton Hall, I could never believe that it's like this huge, for real.It's amazing how much love we get from like all the fans because since the book is already like this successful and the fan base was already there, but
still you never know how like things turns out because there's so many series like nowadays they're producing and producing that it's just so much like how do you know that people that people really want to see that especially like this thing yeah tell us more about lynn then the character i've not seen it and if anyone who hasn't seen it what what who's who is she so lynn wasn't a
So Bexton Hall is a high society school, like a high school, and Lynn was in that high society with those people.So she got to know her best friend and it's Ruby.
So yeah she learned to be loyal and to find like real friendship and in the show it's actually the show is not that special.We don't have like special effects and I don't know vampires or anything.It's just a simple love story.
But I think maybe that's why people are watching it so much because nowadays it's there's so much going on like so much tragic and all over the world and we just maybe like the fans are just about to watch the love story which is simple which doesn't
make something up in your brain you just know okay it's just a simple love story it's nice it's comfortable.
I thought that with normal people actually it was really basic and it's execution was flawless and it really pulled me in and massive audiences around the world with Paul Mascar and yeah it was brilliant.
Yeah well Past Lives is another one that comes to mind that was a beautiful film and it's you know, three people in a love situation.That's it.It was a remarkable script, remarkable performances, but it was really what it was.
It's about two people falling in love, right?I personally, these days, I get overwhelmed a lot with the big kind of flashy, you know, the Marvel and the
There's very cinematic things going off everywhere just it's too much sometimes you want to bring bring stuff down.
I think those are going to go to AI actually and the sort of projects that actors are going to want to do and be able to do in person are going to be these real people projects where you can take that human
spirit and yeah very difficult for AI to do that isn't it that spark of love or attraction or that little eyebrow that can be um could do it like physically but there's other stuff going on in the human condition that we celebrate in film which is what kind of film festival films do really well.
Yeah I think we'll look more towards authenticity because you know like you say AI can easily make a spaceship go across the screen and then blow up but can it at some point it will do the nuance of human performance I'm sure but then there'll be a thirst I think for like real real connection right.
Yeah, but I think AI will never, never step in our way because actors in the end, we're also like, we're still humans and I don't think that AI can reproduce it like we do.I hope at least.
Theatres still exist.Horse racing still exists.People still ride horses and they drive cars.That's the old, you know.
Yeah.Well, I mean, like I say, when NFTs were a thing, people still buy Picassos.In fact, they're worth more and more as time goes on.So just because you can create something digitally doesn't mean that art isn't still valued, you know. Yeah.
Um, Andrea, thinking back to a couple of years ago.So when, with, with the, uh, the premiere of The Swarm, you got to walk that big red carpet in Berlin.I know because you, you kindly co-hosted the We All Audition party right before it.
Testament to, listen, this is how hard you work, a testament to you.You literally co-hosted our party, then rushed off to the red carpet.I don't know many people that would do that.
Yeah, I'm honored to have you do that because that's a big night for you.But talk to us about that feeling of like, you know, it's a huge, massive film festival.
It's in your hometown, where you probably grew up looking at that being like, I want to be on there one day.And look how young you are and look how quickly you achieved it.
I don't know.I'm just so full of gratitude.I think in the moment, there's not a lot of time to like really feel like to really, really feel the moment.
Looking back on it, I wish I had a little more time to like just breathe and just be like really in the moment because you're rushing so much.Rush, as you said, from the... Guilty, we made you rush. No, it's a good thing.
And then next to the premiere and then you see all the people, you're just, you work with those people and then you try to like get in touch again, update each other.And then you're on the red carpet, you make the pictures and you sign like cards.
That's like also crazy for me because I haven't experienced that so much.And yeah, it's really nice.But looking back on it, I wish I really had more time to like breathe. and exactly those moments, because I was dreaming about those moments, right?
So I wish I just would have taken it more like, or maybe I would just like, give myself like a hug or something.It's just, yeah.
What do you do to wind down?I mean, you said you're getting better at finding the balance in your life.What some things that you find enjoyable to, to relax?
That's important.Underrated.
Very underrated.Lots of sleep.And then once I feel like I had enough sleep, like I covered all the sleep I needed to.I covered all that.I wake up and then I go off to martial arts.
I've been to a couple of classes in the last few days, Taekwondo and kickboxing and stuff.Not really, I don't know, just That's like Andrea habit.That's what I do.And try to wake up early, eat healthy and just to get back into routine.And yeah.
Are you good at delegating tasks to other people?Because one of the things I noticed that I was really like both proud of you and inspired by you is when we were organizing this podcast chat with you.
your team were getting back to us with all your times and dates.And, and I was like, oh, how lovely that you're at a stage where there's someone else handling all that business for you.Are you, are you good at it?
They put it in the diary in the wrong time though, because it was 10 a.m.Berlin time.
We're not going to throw shade here.Come on.I'm joking.I'm joking.
But, but no, it's, it's sort of, it's an inspiring level to see as an actor, because I think every actor out there, we start out in a place where we're doing everything ourself, and then we get an agent, a manager, and still the agent, the manager's not doing loads for us, and they're not handling our stuff.
What was the moment when your team starts handling all these little bits of admin and starts really advocating on your behalf?Has it always been like that for you?
Definitely not.I started off with doing everything by myself like I think lots of actors do, right?So in the beginning, I was even shooting shorts with my phone and everything by myself.But after a time, like finding my agent.
She would help me a lot.And then also like this year, I think this year is really like the most, like the year that changed the most.
It's where I got my manager and she just really tries to organize everything and to really just give me like my time slots and stuff.Because I, she knows that
I also have personal stuff that's been going on through my head and I really need to figure that out.She covers my business and everything and that's really, really nice.I'm really grateful for my team and for my agent and for
Like my friends as well.My friends are such a big stone in my life.They make me humble, they make me feel like myself again.
The people around me are very, very important and I think for everyone it's really important to have the people at a young age to not get lost.
You talked about them before when we've met up and then that stability that that's, and that's a wonderful thing because some people don't have that.How do they feel about your success?Has anyone changed?Has anyone dropped off?
I was going to ask the same question, Rich, yeah.
Because it's weird, right?You're in a different place maybe to them, I don't know, but how's that dynamic feel?
It is a little weird sometimes, but I think in the end of the day, the real friends, the real people, they know that I'm going through a lot right now and they just give me space.And once I'm back, they're like, hey, I'm still welcoming you.
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Yeah, I feel one of the most important things as actors, or anyone in the entertainment business, is to have an understanding amongst your friends and amongst people that you meet that life is going to get hectic, and we might see each other or not see each other.
And the friends that I certainly have kept, the ones that we just pick up where we left off.We understand if somebody's busy.And of course, everyone's busy, right?So I don't think we negate what other people's lives are like.
But I think what's interesting and different about an actor's life is if we go to work on set, we're around 40, 50 people learning all those new names, having all those conversations.We have to have so many niceties.
We have to have so many just because conversations.We're thinking of a bunch of stuff.So we're sort of socially and physically exhausted at the end of the day. Whereas if you go to your regular job, which is, is just as hard, right?
I'm not, I'm not sort of dumbing anything down, but you might have an interaction with your boss and a client.That's your job.So you come home and you want to speak to your friends.
I don't, I'm like, when I've had a busy day on set, I don't want to speak to anyone.You know, and I think we understand that as artists and that's probably why actors tend to gravitate towards each other as well.
Maybe.It's also a really special time, isn't it?You don't have all day every day.Well, Andrea does.I don't have all day every day on set.
Those days are really special.She does.
Those days are really special and they're very full days.You know, you're getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning and you're going to bed absolutely exhausted at the end of the day.
You might have shot a few scenes when you're at your absolute peak performance, when you're on screen being someone else.It is very difficult to keep your mental health.You know, it is.
Definitely.And also when real life kicks in, when you really have private stuff going on and then you have a shooting day where you need to play the happiest character ever.
For me, it's more exhausting to play happy when I'm sad than to play sad when I'm happy.
And that's it's just really confusing with the brain because you don't know what you're feeling in the moment because actually you're sad but right now I have to be like happy and then you you're actually just shutting down your real emotions and that's why I couldn't see my friends for a long time because I needed to find like my balance to find myself to talk with them because I don't want to meet my friends when I'm completely confused and
and probably saying things which I don't mean.Also, I have the pressure that I say something, for example, in interviews or something, and then the fans are like, oh, she said this and this.And so I caught myself
I'm not that good in socializing anymore.Really?
I think you're great in socializing.We had fun when we went out and real authentic, authentic.I thought Andrea was, you know, fantastic.We had a good time going out, meeting people in a real, I felt, not a superficial way, but in a real way.
And I felt that.People see that on screen.
I really think in the past I was really good at it, like you guys know.But right now I find myself having a hard time socializing.That's so weird.I don't know, maybe I'm just not in my real balance right now.
So that's why I probably need a lot of rest and stuff.
Well, do you think maybe you're changing, which is okay as well?Like we all go through an evolution, right?I know for me, it's funny, people look at me as this massive extrovert.
I'm quite as happy doing something chill with one person or on my own, but I do thrive off that as well.So I'm that kind of person that gets energized by lots of people and fun conversations, but then I get depleted.
But I have noticed that the older I get and the more I move into different areas of my life, it's, you know, different things you want, so maybe you're just changing.
Maybe yes, maybe you're right.Or maybe it's because I know that people from all over the world are watching.
Are you very conscious of that, of like being careful about what you say?
I think so.I think so.Since the first season was explosively great, like the feedback we got.And then, you know, Instagram was exploding and all the messages from all over the world.And it's so nice, really.
so loving to have all the messages but then I'm like I'm trying to respond to everyone and then I'm like okay shit I can't come up with like all the messages it keeps getting more and more and then I feel like oh my god everything I post right now everyone's watching kind of
You said the word noise before and do you think in your mind there's sort of noise when something's big?
Yeah maybe, yeah.Maybe I just I feel like I need to like put it down and just keep it casual and just to see
the series as a series i do as every series like you as an actor you just give your best right it doesn't matter what it is it doesn't matter if it's a student project or a hollywood project you just do your best maybe i should just
calm down for a second and just look at it like a very nice project which is actually in the second season it was kind of like a student project it doesn't mean like in a bad way it means like because it's so familiar everyone knows everyone knows each other and it's just like a very nice harmony
Was it all the same cast?It's set in a school, so was it all the same sort of students, all the same teachers?So there was just new storylines rather than new characters, right?
Yeah, exactly.And that's nice.We grow in the characters as well.So, yeah.
I was going to ask, I just watched a documentary last night, I think called Child Star, it's by Demi Lovato, where she interviews all the different child stars, you know, from the Miley Cyrus, talks about Hannah Montana and Christina Ricci and people like that.
Did you grow up wanting to be famous?
I think, so that's a question I was asking myself too.I'm like, do I want to do the job or do I want to be seen?And I answered the question a couple weeks ago for myself.I was just writing it down.Why do I do what I do?
And I just caught myself, like, my inner child always wanted to be on the big screen.Why?Because I haven't seen, like, I grew up in Austria and Germany, right?And I haven't really seen
like my like Asian representation on TV in German and Austrian TV.And I told my parents, I want to do that.And they're like, do you have any example?Like, how do you want to do that?And that was a sentence that really hurt me.
I was like, at that moment, I felt like, OK, I want to be that person who inspires little girls and who also wanted to do that.And I think at that moment, I was like, OK.
no matter what, I'm going to find a way to get into the industry and to be the example for kids that were like me, who haven't seen themselves on screen.
And, and that's like, really, it's really actually gets me really emotional because I get like messages from people in Germany who are Asian, and they're like, hey, I saw your character in Maxon Hall, and you really gave me like, lots of inspiration.
I'm trying to do like acting now and like those messages, these are like it.That's why I'm doing what I'm doing.
That's everything right now.And that must have been tough though.Like what your parents said was hurtful, but also realistic, right?
And so what were the challenges for you to start when you, when you were that little girl, I don't know how old you are, but you said, no, I want to do that.Then talk to us about the challenges of actually doing that.
How did you, how did you pierce through?Because that was obviously what your parents' concern was, was obviously something that was very real.
Yeah, their concern was that I'm, I'm gonna, I'm not gonna get any jobs.I won't get any, like, I won't get a living from it and everything.I'm only gonna be in cliche roles and everything.That's what they were concerned about.
And it's totally valid, because it was like that.But I told them I want to go to an acting school in Cologne.And that was the first time that I met people who are
who were like, so my acting directors, so they were the directors of the school, they were like, Andrea, we really see your potential.And I think that was the first time I was like, oh, they see me, they see my potential.
And then I kind of like shined.And then they picked me, like they got me into the school.I was 17.And actually, they only get people inside over 18.
So I was the youngest in that school and yeah and ever since they really supported me and told me it's not gonna be easy and it wasn't easy like I
I had like some offers that were really cliche, which I turned down because it's not what I wanted to represent for like the kids, for like the little girls.And it was not easy because I had like four jobs at the same time, right?
And that's like acting school.Regular jobs.
regular jobs, like I was a waitress.So I did lots of waitress jobs.And yeah, and then I think 2019, I graduated from acting school.And that was the first role offer.And so yeah, I auditioned for it.
And then and then on my day of graduation from acting school, my parents were there and then I got the script from the series. And I think that was the most incredible moment in my life, because I just graduated.My parents are here.
Even though they said, you're not going to, you know, it's not going to be easy.And then I got my first role in a series for Sky Television.And so it's one of the main roles.Yeah, I don't know.Ever since, I was just doing my best.
I think be respectful with everyone, do my job, Yeah, manifesting it, kind of.
No, you certainly put the work in.I mean, that was clear from as long as we've known you.
Talk to us about manifesting it.Do you believe in that and how do you do that?
I make vision boards every year.
I make vision boards every year and I'm just asking myself, like in the beginning of the year, I'm asking myself, where do I want to stand in one year? what do I want to achieve and what do I need to be happy.
If it's only like, I don't know, if it's maybe just, you know, taking care of my friends or going on vacation or I don't know, like everything is so important and also like training and if it's acting or if it's like martial arts skills or I don't know, new language, I just want to learn and just, yeah, create and work.
And so you make these vision boards in a visual sense, you like cut pictures out and put them on.
Yeah, right.I have a thick piece of paper and then I cut and then in the end I have a big mess of everything.But it's... there for you to understand it.
It's for me to like vision it every day and then I hang it into my room and then I just wake up and then I see my vision board and then, I don't know, it kind of worked.
Are those things or are they colours or are they, what are the things?Where do you get them from?Magazines or where, what goes on that board?
Yeah.So I sit on my table, I have a big piece of paper and then I have lots of magazines and then I just, you know, go through magazines and I cut things out.
If it's maybe a number or if it's just the car, but the car stands for my driver's license, not a real car.And it's just there for me to remember why I'm waking up, why I'm doing And I think it's really beautiful and it kind of really worked for me.
I did it ever since I turned 16, so.
I had this thing which is a bit, a long time ago when I was probably at school, I cut out, bizarre, I've never done it before, I've never done it since, I cut out this Tommy Hilfiger advert, I think it was.
And it was these two race cars, and there was this guy with this girl.And it spoke to me.I'm not sure how.Anyway, I got these two pages, and I framed them.And that's come to every single house since I was a teenager, and it's been on the wall.
And I had that on the wall.Darren, you've probably seen that.It's just inconspicuously on the wall.And I had a moment, actually, on a movie that, Grantrisma, that I did, and it was almost that moment.And I, oh, I'm going funny now.
And I didn't twig until I was in that moment with that car. And I've never talked about it before.I've never talked about it with anyone before.And actually, that was very strange.
And I'm not sure if I believe in manifestation, but that picture was very special to me for some weird reason.And it wasn't the same cars.It was all a bit weird.But I am a bit skeptical.There's something going on.
And I don't know what it is. You're skeptical because that sounds like you, that's the opposite, right?It works for you.I should be skeptical because as an eight-year-old boy, I have pictures of Kylie Minogue on my wall and I'm not married to her.
So vision boarding didn't work for me kids.I had Kylie Brooke I think on my wall back then.And Kylie maybe.Yeah.So Andrea, was Cannes Film Festival ever on your vision board?
Not Cannes, but there was a film festival on my vision board.
Well, there you go.And you managed to come to two with us, right?You came to Sundance and to Cannes, right?
And that's incredible because I don't, maybe Richard just put something else on your room and then just let's see in a couple of years.No, I really, really believe in that.And it really worked for me.
I don't know if it works for other people, but for me, I started it.And ever since I really, I could really check every year.And that's just amazing to see.
Well, I did a lot of research into this.Uh, when I first moved to LA, um, which was long time ago, you were way too young to remember this Andrea, but there was a big movie, a book called the secret.You probably know of it.
It's been around for years, but this, this was sort of popping off in the time when I moved to LA and everyone in LA was talking about manifesting.Oh, I just manifested that.
And I just manifested this and coming from England, I'm from a North London town.Like we're very, sort of the earth, we're like working class.I just thought it was LA woo-woo.
I just was like, Oh God, you know, Oh yeah, you just manifested this $50,000 check or you manifested this Lamborghini.And then one day a friend, a good friend of mine that seemed to be manifesting everything.
She gave me the book and she said, you got to read this book.And I read the book and I was like, okay, this is, this is cool.It's interesting. And as with most books, I took what I took from it and the bits I didn't like, I left.
But then I met an author at a book signing thing, some event in LA, and they gave me a copy of this book called The Answer.And The Answer is written by two writers that said they were not misquoted in The Secret, but they were
they were sort of primitively quoted.It took what their concept was and really simplified it, which works for The Secret.And this book, The Answer, talks about the science of the brain and how manifesting actually works in a scientific sense.
And I remember reading this example, and I thought, this is so, so true.So if in the book it says, I want a red Lamborghini, I want a red Lamborghini, I want a red Lamborghini,
One appears the universe gives it to you but what's really going on is if you think i want a red lamborghini you put the picture of the red lamborghini you're thinking every day you're speaking the affirmations your front brain which is like our ram on our computers the bit that does all the work is constantly thinking red lamborghini.
is where we store the memories and things like that.So we put, we file things away there.And so if what you're thinking of every day is, is at the top of your mind, what happens is you start to see red Lamborghinis everywhere.
You see the advert for it.You might, you might see, if you're looking through the breakdowns, the red Lamborghini commercial casting is going to stand out to you. more than something else, right?
So you are starting to direct your attention towards what you need.
And then the example in the book, which is great for actors, they said, imagine you're at a cocktail party, and you've been thinking, red Lamborghini, red Lamborghini, and your friend's an actor, and they've been thinking, oh, the industry's so tough, the industry's so tough, there's no auditions.
You two are talking amongst yourselves, but you're kind of hearing the conversation this side, and you're kind of hearing the conversation that side.
And naturally you, Andrea, that think in red Lamborghini, you're going to hear the guy that says, Hey, I'm going out of town.I need someone to look after my red Lamborghini for a year.Do you know anyone?You're going to be like, I'll do it.
Meanwhile, your friend that's moaning that there's no auditions and life is so tough.There's two actors in the corner being like, ah, auditions suck.And they'd be like, yeah, they do.Don't they?And they'll go and have that conversation.
and you'll gravitate to what's important in your mind, which is why I think when I sit at the coffee shop and I see actors in LA kind of gossiping and complaining about how bad the industry is amongst themselves, I'm like, you're just going to bring more of that to yourself.
The subtitle of The Secret is The Law of Attraction, isn't it?And actually that's what our brain are doing, that you're attracting things.So you're, you're consciously saying, I want to attract this.And then your mind, exactly as you say there.
Right, but thinking about what we've been looking and noticing all those things.
But thinking about the noise, what Andrea was talking about earlier, the noise, you have to filter through the noise, right?So it's, it's less, I'm not saying it's not spiritual at all.I believe it is in the unit.
I'm very much into, you know, that kind of idea of the universe and, and stuff we don't understand.But equally, we can't think of everything all the time.We simply can't.And so our brain is choosing what to focus on.
And then they're the things that we, we find.
And I really sort of believe in positive outreach because actually thinking about the reason we're on this podcast now is because Andrea, when I came to Germany, you reached out to me on, I believe, Instagram or something.We met up in person, right?
And that is just a great example of good relationship building in film festivals.You saw that I was coming and you said, Hey, let's meet.And we did.And I'm fortunate now to have seen your career grow in the way it has because you're inspiring me.
That's my soap box over, sorry.I know that's a rant.
I wanted to say something.I think, yeah, on my vision board, I had like LA and Hollywood for a long time.And then I was there and I met a bunch of lovely people and stuff.But I came back to Europe for work every time.
And I don't know, for some reason, I feel like right now the industry has changed a little bit.You don't need to go to Hollywood to make incredible movies.You can also be in Europe.
And that's something that changed in my mind as well, as well as in my vision board.The Hollywood thing doesn't mean I want to be in Hollywood.It means I wanted to
to make like inspiring movies and that you can do from anywhere and that could change too I think.
I mean I love that you're saying that because I think a lot of people did feel like they needed to come to LA.
I certainly did when I came and I've seen what you're saying you don't need to be anywhere now with self-taping and virtual auditions but also just I think like Rich there's better production in Europe these days isn't there?
Awesome production in Europe and actually A lot of we had people doing courses on the platform when we did the courses and they were saying that massive productions were being shot, cast in America and cast in Europe, but shooting all around Europe.
So American actors from Hollywood, from Los Angeles, were coming over to Europe to shoot those projects.
but partly because they didn't need a visa, partly because those projects had tax incentives and lower production cost, but massive production value.We've seen a real big uptick in that.
And actually in the UK this year, they've announced a 40% UK tax break for people making stuff in the UK.And the idea with that is that productions, say US productions and international productions, can get 40% of their spend in the UK back in cash.
that's only going to drive more people, more big productions to shoot.That's free money, essentially.
And that'll, that'll spin off into other countries and they all have their own versions of that.Poland has a big one as well.And, and other countries have those.
Yeah.Where would you like to work, Andrea?
Where would you like to work out of anywhere?
It's still on my bucket list because I really want to do a movie where my parents are really understanding every word I'm saying.
I want to write something in for you.I've got a few things.I'm going to talk to Darren about this because maybe they can do a Mandarin Chinese character.I've got some for the future, not now.There's too much now.Not now.
So my parents are watching like everything I'm playing in, like everything.But they don't understand German so well, so they're just watching my face, but they don't know what I'm saying, basically.
So I really want to do some Chinese movies to just let them finally understand what I'm saying.
Have you ever been to Shanghai Film Festival or Hainan Film Festival?
Actually, I haven't.I haven't.
I mean, that would be my advice to you is go there, go to one of those two festivals.They're massive.
Also Busan in Korea, that's another one, which really serves the Asian market like Cannes Film Festival does for, you know, even though Cannes and Sundance is an international festival, when you go to those Asian-centric festivals, they really service the Asian market in the way that the others service the European.
Highland's bigger than Cannes in scale, isn't it?Not maybe in stature, but in scale.
It's new, but it's massive.Like the production is massive.Bigger than anything I've been to.
I've been to Heiland and I was co-directing a theatre play with kids. And I was there for two months and that was really, really nice with like the kids and, and I was also translating from German to Chinese with my school director.
He was also there and the teacher in Hainan, they told me Andrea, go back to Europe, do your thing, and then make a big name in Europe and then come back.We're going to welcome you with open arms.
Now's the time.Now's the time.Well, you know what?I know some of the liaisons, because they flew me out to Hainan Film Festival for the second year. And I was like a special guest, I had to present awards and things like that, walk the red carpet.
So I'll hook you up with the liaison that I had there and see if they can bring you for the next one.Because that film festival blew my mind.
Oh my god, yeah, that would be amazing.I also consider doing like just workshops in Beijing or something.
You know, get in touch with other creators.
You should, they'd love you.
Yeah, right.Well, listen, it's been amazing chatting to you.We're so excited to see where your show goes and where all your career goes and stuff.And like, hopefully we'll get to see each other in person somewhere around the world soon, you know?
Hopefully.Thank you guys so much.Thanks for chatting to us.
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