The Global Actor | Motivational Business Strategy for Actors + Multi-Hyphenate Creatives
Aug 11, 2026 · 56 min · 13 segments
This wraps up our Reachout series in a big way. I sat on an email for five years. When I finally sent it, it led to a booking, new relationships, and opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise. In…
Ajarae ColemanGuestElise ArsenaultHost
And when I went to college, I decided to major or concentrate, as we call it at Harvard, in biological anthropology because it was kind of a more holistic science.

You know, there was the science-y parts, the organic chemistry, the bio and all that.

but I could also take classes on like the biology of aggression and human sexuality and things.

And I feel like while there doesn't seem to be a super direct connection to what I do now, I think there is because as an actor, we are constantly studying humanity and why we do what we do.

And, you know, anthropology is really all about, especially bioanthropo, about the evolutionary basis for why we do what we do.

example, we as humans eat a lot more sugar now than we did in the environment where we evolved.

And while I didn't go into research or teaching in that area, I do feel like I still use it today indirectly.

finches and various animals that led to his theory of natural selection and evolution.

And when I went to college, I decided to major or concentrate, as we call it at Harvard, in biological anthropology because it was kind of a more holistic science.

You know, there was the science-y parts, the organic chemistry, the bio and all that.

but I could also take classes on like the biology of aggression and human sexuality and things.

And I feel like while there doesn't seem to be a super direct connection to what I do now, I think there is because as an actor, we are constantly studying humanity and why we do what we do.

And, you know, anthropology is really all about, especially bioanthropo, about the evolutionary basis for why we do what we do.

example, we as humans eat a lot more sugar now than we did in the environment where we evolved.

And while I didn't go into research or teaching in that area, I do feel like I still use it today indirectly.

finches and various animals that led to his theory of natural selection and evolution.
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