Acting lets you live multiple lives, but nobody owes you anything.

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Lydia Kapp Gutilla was a Theatre and Spanish double major at SMU in the class of 2008. Currently located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where she is studying for her private pilot's license, Lydia works as an actress, writer, and all around storyteller. She also does karate, sings like a boss, and is particularly good at being tall and proud of it.

00:00 Intro

01:37 Cobra Kai

03:44 Enjoying television more as an actress

06:01 Enchantment before analysis

09:11 Jeff Blair's framework of critically understanding a person's agenda

11:10 Who was Lydia at SMU?

14:01 Acting is practicing empathy through stories

17:39 President's Scholars are Renaissance people

18:39 What does a typical day for Lydia look like?

22:41 Hollywood's gatekeepers vs. not waiting for permission

29:42 How does Lydia balance energy between her own projects and the film industrial complex?

34:43 Acting is kinda like software development

39:10 Learning Karate as a Wonder Woman character study

44:21 Aquaman and enjoying bad art

47:12 Balancing predictability and surprises in scripts

48:30 Lydia's personal art and writing

50:59 Choosing instead of being chosen

53:15 No feedback is frustrating and unavoidable

58:46 Script Coverage

01:00:55 Find out more about Lydia

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🎥 Lydia's short film CLARENCE: https://youtu.be/l2SjnWWJuK0

🎤 Defying Government: https://www.facebook.com/lydia.kapp.7/posts/10158432054900589

🦇 Bat in the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/user/batinthesun

Follow Lydia on 📷 instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tallkapp/ or on 🐦 twitter at https://twitter.com/TallKapp