We recently had the chance to connect with Tiffany Sebastian and have shared our conversation below.
Tiffany, we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: When have you felt most loved—and did you believe you deserved it?
My birthday recently came around again, and I planned on it being a “skip the birthday” year because I felt my list of goals-to-achieve took prevalence. When I say the amount of love my friends, family and coworkers showed me was insane! Just to be celebrated and loved so deeply by the people around me was so wonderful. I know I’m loved, but I spend so much time doing the giving of the love, it was beautiful to get to sit in receiver energy.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi! I’m Tiffany Sebastian. I’m currently an Orlando based actress. I’ve been acting since I was a kid, and there’s honestly nothing I love to do more! Through my acting there’s two things I get to do. Explore deep and meaningful stories and entertain others. Right now you can watch me as Jade in our staged reading of “Moth to a Flame” on All The Line Studio & Incubator’s YouTube channel and as Officer Williams in the upcoming comedy “Trivia Night”.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
I’ll never forget my English teacher Ms. Sechrist. For years I attended the FACCS competition to perform monologues. One year I just decided to not participate. I can’t even remember why. I just remembered feeling down and demotivated. I told her I wasn’t going and she did NOT let that fly. Haha. Not only did she sign me, pay my fee, but she also drove myself and a friend to the competition. I ended up placing 2nd in the state in my category that year. She always believed in me. Even when I went through periods of not believing in myself. And I’ll always be grateful to her for that!
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
When I realized that, as an actor, it was nothing short of a superpower. I was able to take pain and heartache I’ve experienced in the past and use it to make my performances more real. When I was younger I didn’t really cry. I had this idea in my head that crying equated to weakness. But really all I was doing was bottling my emotions up, unable to fully express myself. How can I play a character grappling with deep emotions if I’ve never allowed myself to experience deep emotions in my own life? I had no reference point to jump off of. Once I started letting those emotions come and go it was so much easier to tap into them when I needed. I happily let myself cry whenever I want to now. It’s raw and it’s who I am, and I’m so proud of that!
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. Is the public version of you the real you?
I think about this question a lot as I get older. Public me vs. private me. I think they’re pretty much the same thing. If anything public me is just a slightly heightened version of me. But I think the real me is built on dichotomy. When people first meet me the number one trait they mention is how bubbly and happy I am. That’s me most of the time. But I get sad every now and then. I’m also sweet, but tough. I try to remind people that above everything I’m just a human. A human who has good days and bad days. I like things and I dislike things. I’m good at this and bad at that. I don’t think there’s a heavy mask there. I’m just existing in the beautiful way people do and I try to keep a positive attitude (until I don’t. Haha).
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I hope that people will see the films I make and feel something after watching them. I hope it truly does entertain them in some way for the 90 minutes they’re sitting in the theater. I hope they walk out of my comedies feeling lighter. I hope they walk out of my dramas feeling thoughtful. And I hope they walk out my weird niche fantasy films with a new group of quirky niche friends they make in the fandom. I just want to make productions people enjoy seeing. I hope they know that myself and a group of highly talented creatives worked really hard to bring them something special.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @actingdarling
