Jake Epstein: How To Make Art By Embracing The Lessons Of Your Artistic Journey

Is doubt stopping you from starting a new project? Are you worried about the possible consequences to your career? Don’t ignore it! Doubt is normal; you can invite it as part of your creative process instead of wrestling with it.

This week, Actor/Singer/Writer Jake Epstein, shares his own discoveries made along his journey in relationship to doubt, fear, and anxiety. He has learned that welcoming fear in life can be helpful and humanizing if we accept it; instead of pretending to be confident and okay all the time. Confidence is not the absence of doubt; it’s loving yourself in the face of doubt.

In this episode:

Turn off that part of your brain that thinks your art isn’t worthy, just make it and you’ll have a lot of time to make it better.
The impact of consistently feeding your inner child to sustaining your creative spark.
How Jake learned the power of advocating for himself as an actor in his interactions with other artists in the Umbrella Academy.
What is the job of an artist.

by Chelsea Johnson | Cue to Cue

A little about Jake:

Jake Epstein is a well-known Canadian actor with over 40 film and TV credits to his name. He is best known for playing Craig in Degrassi: The Next Generation, a role that won him a Gemini Award. He is also widely recognized for playing Chuck in Designated Survivor, Brian Altman in Suits, and most recently, Alphonso in The Umbrella Academy. After graduating from The National Theatre School of Canada, he spent 5 years in New York starring on Broadway in the Tony-nominated hit Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, as well as Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. He also starred in the Off-Broadway play Straight, as well as the US National Tours of the Broadway hit shows Spring Awakening and Green Day’s American Idiot. Jake recently finished a 6 week run of his acclaimed solo show, Boy Falls From The Sky, at the legendary Royal Alexander Theatre in Toronto.

Follow Jake!
Instagram: @officialjakeepstein