Prologue Profiles

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Liridona, writer & poet, at 5th Ave & 9th St, NYC. "How is your English so good?" "I watched a lot of American television in Norway. 'One Tree Hill' was a big hit."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Andrew, actor, on the 33rd St PATH train, Jersey City. "I remember watching Batman - the Michael Keaton Batman - when I was really little, and I was at that I age where I was realizing that what you're seeing on TV isn't real, it's people pretending, and I realized there's a job where you can get paid to be Batman! And I think that's when I decided to be an actor."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Jamar, beat maker (@jamarjacobs | Bandcamp), on Newark Ave & Grove St, Jersey City. "What keeps you motivated?" "Life man... circumstances... my family... things that I go through... because I have faith, I'm optimistic about what's going on with myself."

"Keep people around you who believe in you more than you believe in you." - Amanda Seales Amanda (@amandaseales) is an all-around creative talent. Follow me now: She grew up as a child actor on Nickelodeon, became a spoken word poet in college, then a Sirius Radio host, then an MTV VJ, then a solo recording artist, and is now a comedian & writer performing around the country and on TV.  You'll hear Amanda discuss the ups and downs of the creative journey, the importance of sticking to your strengths, and that to get to where you want to go you gotta get out of your own way.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Ural, actor & writer, on Grove St, Jersey City. "How'd you get an agent?""I Googled."  

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Kile, dancer with Keigwin + Company, at 36th St and 8th Ave, NYC "Have a plan but realize that you can't just go through that plan with blinders on, there are opportunities that will present themselves along the way."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Adrian, speech therapist turned fashion designer, at 6th Ave and 36th St, NYC "I realized I don't want to die doing something I don't really want to be."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Reuben, tech entrepreneur (@reubendoetsch), at 6th Ave and 36th St, NYC "My dream is to wake up every day and be excited about what I'm gonna go do."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Lamar, model and host (@lamarslife), at Greenley Sq, NYC. "I live in a rejection type of world, 90% of the auditions I go to I get rejected from, but if I audition enough and get rejected enough someone has to like me at some point, right? [Laughs]"

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Tawny, model (tawnynoel.com), at Greenley Sq, NYC. "Believe in yourself."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Mardi, film student and musician (@MardiG_ | SoundCloud), at Greeley Sq, NYC "My goal is to make at least 15 fans a day until I make a million."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Chance, personal shopper, at 6th Ave and 32nd St, NYC "I look up to my brother, he's a political activist and a teacher."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Julius, skate photographer (@gnaragram), at the Grove St PATH, Jersey City. "I want to get a complete project into something tangible."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Nia, digital marketer (niafields.com), on the 33rd St PATH train, Jersey City. "I don't do anything anymore that doesn't fulfill me." photo via Melanie Gonzalez

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Paul, business school sophomore, on Marin Blvd, Jersey City. "I'm going for it right now not really knowing what failure's really like."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Garon, rapper (stage name: SINS), while serving at The Kitchen at Grove Station, Jersey City. "My brother went to jail and finding his notebook inspired me to write my own rhymes."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Brittany, model (@b_de), on the Journal Sq PATH Train, Jersey City. "My dream is just to figure out what makes me happy and just do that."

"You want to have that first class of thinking. If you say it, even if you're not doing it, you believe in it, and you gotta go work for it." - Carson Yiu Through high school Carson (@carsonyiu) was unsure of his path in life, but had acquired a love for food and cooking. Carson is now the founder of Outer Borough which sells its signature beef rolls at the Smorgasburg Food Market in Brooklyn. You'll hear Carson discuss his path from passion to creation, the importance of authenticity, and that the best way to be ready for opportunities is to be making the most of the ones right in front of you.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Tiffany, graphic design student, on the Journal Sq PATH Train, Jersey City. "I want to make a different variety of princesses because I feel like all the princesses are kind of the same. I want to make one that has cancer, one that doesn't have parents, different ones like that so everybody can feel like a princess."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Gustavo, graphic designer (@greyoriginal), on the 33rd St PATH Train, Jersey City. "You gotta find your way in and what you're best at."