13: Matthew Del Negro | Being Told No For A Living, And Getting To Yes

Matthew Del Negro is a celebrated actor credited for roles in some of TV's most-renowned and award-winning shows such as SOPRANOS, SCANDAL & WEST WING, and films HOT PURSUIT and WIND RIVER. He returns for SEASON 2 of his recurring role as Detective Caysen on the SHOWTIME series "City On A Hill" opposite Kevin Bacon that comes out in early 2021. In this episode with me he referenced talking with Kevin Bacon on set the day before, and I was admittedly honored he chose to spend time with me, a little bit lesser known Kevin, on this day. I had him on the show of course to talk about motives. As I quoted at the top of the show, Matt said being a professional actor is a career of being told no for a living, and three years ago he decided to give voice to this journey of overcoming rejection by starting a podcast called 10,000 NOs. From the success of that podcast he was offered a book deal and just came out with it, titled also, 10,000 NOs. That’s why he’s here. I was intrigued by his personal story of starting out as the peacekeeper in his family, being shattered by a breakup with his girlfriend and finally finding himself and taking up acting later in life. What were his motives? What drove him, good and bad? As you’ll hear, we really resonated as we got to the heart of...motives. You can connect with Matt at 10000nos.com/ and he said to please check out Season 2 City On A Hill, on Showtime.