Alexandra Billings on trans actors turning down trans roles: “Dont spend a second doing anything that doesnt bring you joy” [Video]

I don’t know about ‘should’, but if there’s something in you, in your personal journey and artistic journey, that says, ‘I don’t think this is a great idea’, don’t do it.

I don’t care if you have to pay rent, or you don’t. Listen, write this down: Don’t spend a second doing anything that doesn’t bring you joy. Ever.

If it’s not filling you up – and I’m talking about service work, helping somebody across the street, buying a stranger lunch anonymously, having a McRib [the McDonald’s sandwich that is returning later this year] – whatever this thing is, feel your spirit filling up with joy.

If that’s not happening, stop.