Today we’d like to introduce you to Gabriel Regojo.
Hi Gabriel, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I started acting as far back as Kindergarten, I was performing holiday plays that my cousins and I had written for our family during Christmas or in school plays. My sophomore year of high school though was when I began to seriously consider following acting as a profession. I had gotten the bug after a student-led ten-minute scene that would have me chasing that high until today.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It hasn’t been a walk in the park as I’ve found out. The industry is huge and vicious, and a lot of it is who you know, but I’ve found working on the craft incredibly rewarding. The feeling of making genuine discoveries in a scene or the elation of an audience in the palm of your hand, keeps me coming back, despite all the heartbreak. It took me all four years of college before I booked my first actual role on stage in Houston. 4 years of trial and error auditions, learning the do’s and dont’s of an actor. Even today I’m continuing to learn new things as the industry adapts to these extraordinary times we live.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
My work mostly consists of stage work, with some voice-over and film sprinkled throughout my resume. What I hope I bring to every project is consistency, focus, and a lack of ego. Art, and by extension acting, is a collaboration, that requires you to give yourself fully to something bigger than the individual, while at the same time never making anything too precious. Just like life, things are constantly moving around you in a state of unceasing chaos, and what I try to bring to my work, is that level of honesty in reacting to the circumstances that exist in the present moment.
What would you say has been one of the most important lessons you’ve learned?
One of the most important lessons I’ve taken over the years is repetition and consistency. Be it lines, choreography, or even a daily schedule. Precision is key, on stage my goal is to give the same show every night. of course with any live performance things need to have breathing room to change and grow, otherwise just put it on film. However, there is freedom in a rigid form. When you have a solid structure your ability to explore in a scene is enhanced. I think a great example of this is a very recent occurrence for me as an understudy at the Alley. Although I hadn’t been contracted to understudy a certain role, because the bones of the show were so strong and consistent and I knew the show forwards and backward, I was easily able to jump in and learn the new track without worry. When you can turn off that second voice, OR as one of my teachers called it, the chattering monkey, you can allow yourself to be present and able to play without fear of what comes next.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.pbtalent.com/
- Other: Represented by Pastorini and Bosby Talent
Image Credits:
Tasha Gorel
Pin Lim
