Take #81 - Anna Lambe: North of North, TIFF and Almost Quitting

Anna Lambe, award-winning actor, filmmaker and star of CBC/ Netflix North of North, joins That Digital Take for an honest conversation about what a working acting career actually looks like. Anna opens up about wanting to give up "all the time," the black box of self-tapes and casting, and why the glitz and glamour people imagine around film and television doesn't match the job. She also gets into shooting North of North through three straight weeks of blizzards, working with Inuit showrunners from the North, how she memorizes a script, why Emma Stone is a guiding light, her first TIFF back since she was a newer actor, and the boundaries she keeps around social media. Chapters: 5:45 — Wanting to give up 8:33 — Auditioning before and after Covid 11:07 — The self-tape black box 12:22 — The Hollywood glitz myth 14:51 — Making North of North 20:34 — Blizzards and shooting in the cold 26:42 — Emma Stone and guiding lights 31:55 — How she memorizes 35:27 — Back at TIFF 41:40 — Social media and boundaries Follow That Digital Take for new episodes weekly.