Today we’d like to introduce you to Lorenzo Pozzan.
Hi Lorenzo, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
Knowing what I know today, I’d have to say I started out by using the yard as a stage, putting on shows with my cousins where we played out caricatures of our grandparents’ “best/funniest” moments for the rest of the family. After all, I was born in the same place as Commedia dell’Arte: Venice. Though I continued to do some theater, it wasn’t until quite a few years later that I understood that me playing make believe could be more than, well, a game, prompting me to sign up for my first acting class.
Eventually, I took more acting classes, moved from Italy to New York City to pursue it full-time. In the meanwhile, I understood many more things about myself and being an artist discovered my passion for creativity, collaboration and community, and decided this was a good thing to dedicate my life to!
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I wouldn’t call it smooth, but then many of the best and most useful experiences of my life could be considered bumps and twists, and it is my road, so all in all, I am grateful for it. Dealing with rejection, judgement, the financial struggles of being an artist, having to learn a new culture, and overall maintaining my mental health have been the greatest challenges I have been faced with.
But these same struggles have also provided gateways to access the best lessons I have learned about life and myself, as well as being the ideal common ground upon which to build meaningful relationships with the extraordinary people I am blessed to call my friends.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I think my life and art are a beautiful, intertwined work in progress, where life experiences often inform and enrich my work and viceversa. After getting a character, project or script, I relish at the idea of collaging together nuggets of life that I can utilize to bring it to life.
I’ll let creativity guide me as I dig from my imagination, memory of people I’ve met, or stories from my past growing up across Europe— like my Corsican Grandmother or Venetian Great Uncle who was a hero of the revolution—The privilege of traveling and experiencing big cities like Bangkok, Cape Town, NYC, Rome and LA has given me access to collections of unique human textures.
For my last TV role, I play the role of a well-intentioned guy who does not realize how insensitive some of the things he says to his best friend and best friends’ new partner are. (It’s Netflix hit series “From Scratch”).
My own experience growing up in an international household (French-American mother, Italian Father), and living as an immigrant in four different continents was invaluable.
One of the projects I am currently working on, a euro-trip style comedy, is inspired by some sojourners I got to know while living off the beaten path in South East Asia.
What I am most proud of is the privilege of watching a long-cultivated work-life balance reflective of my own vision and integrity turn into both an exciting life and a prosperous career. I have an incredibly exciting, adventurous life, friends I admire, time to take care of my mental and physical health while hand-building the career of my dreams.
We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
I’m sensitive, love to collaborate and think a lot, probably too much…joking. I’m actually not, people would be surprised to see what’s behind the image. To realize how much happens behind the scenes of the often glamorized life of a working actor and artist.
There are often pragmatic issues to solve, life-work equilibrium to balance, relationships and a social life to cultivate while being available to handcraft the career of my dreams.
I often weigh out and think long and hard about every detail.
Taking care of my mental health and the people around me requires daily check-ins and conversations, a lot of my life has molded and shaped itself around the needs of this profession.
I do it all with profound gratitude and willingness.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @lorenzopozzan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lorenzopozzan
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lpozzan/
Image Credits
Giuseppe Vitariello, Rick Day
