“You can cry, you can cry all you want. By the way, it's great to cry; but we're going to do it anyway.”

Today’s special episode is a sit down with my old friend, colleague, & Oscar winner, Will McCormack. Will, a talented actor/writer/director, shares with us the details of his latest short film doc, that he directed alongside his long time friend, Rashida Jones, A Swim Lesson (on the shortlist for an Academy Award). Will's 2020 short film, If Anything Happens I Love You (which you can stream on Netflix), earned him the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He is also known for writing the screenplay for Celeste and Jesse Forever and the story for Toy Story 4, the former of which earned him nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original. He appeared in the television series The Sopranos, Brothers & Sisters, and In Plain Sight, as well as the films American Outlaws, Syriana, and A Wrinkle in Time. He won a Lucille Lortel Award for his role in the off-Broadway one-act play The Long Christmas Ride Home.

In this episode, Will gets vulnerable and shares lots of wisdom around staying in the fight, not giving up, and forging on even when facing struggle. From being a parent; to losing his parents; to learning to parent himself-- Will's story is powerful and one you won't want to miss.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

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Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“And that's what I want you to do in 2025: Build trust in yourself that when you say you're going to show up, you show up. When you say you're going to go work on your lines, or work on the character, do some research, or go to the gym, or do whatever-- you actually do it.”

Today’s episode is a direct address to you, our viewers and listeners, to hopefully inspire you to kick off the new year on the right note. Today, we talk about laying the foundation to have a successful and fulfilling year. We go into creating consistent habits and patterns that will lead us towards our goals. There will be ups and downs along the way, but you never know when your next "win" is coming. Keep chipping away, keep putting in the work, and good things will eventually come your way. As Matt says, "Why not me?".

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

So, if you’re an actor, writer or filmmaker and you like what you hear in the snippets from our Insiders Acting Community zooms enough to want to be a part of it, CLICK HERE.

Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“You may have something that’s hurtling through the universe on its way to you right now and you don’t know it, so don’t assume the worst. Don’t assume the best either, you know, you’ve still got to keep working, no matter what. Whether the jobs come to you or they don’t.”

Today’s episode is a direct address to you, our viewers and listeners, to thank you not so much for watching and listening as much as for being the kind of person who is looking to learn, expand, grow and figure out a way to hone your own unique gifts so you can serve the world with them. It ain’t always easy, but you should be proud you’re on the path, taking your shot and being willing to put up with rejection, failure and embarrassment over and over again as you pursue your goals. We’ll pick it up again next week in 2025. Happy New Year and thank you.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

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Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“The people that have shaped history… they weren’t lucky. They were willing to go through way more sh#t than you and I.”

Today’s episode was ripped directly from one of our 10,000 NOs Insiders Acting Community weekly zooms where Matt addresses the challenges that face our members. Today, we talk about perseverance and drive and the willingness of people that have achieved great things to put up with failure for decades in a row before “stumbling upon” the success that they were eventually known for. Shout out to Founders podcast which was incredibly influential on this conversation.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

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Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“Make it your own: trust your instinct, trust your intuition and take a chance that they may cringe.”

Today’s episode is a rare straight-to-video solo rant, unlike our normal “ripped directly from one of our 10,000 NOs Insiders Acting Community zooms”. Matt shares a tape he made exclusively for one of his private clients about how to approach your audition with truth, honesty and your own unique interpretation of the material.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

So, if you’re an actor, writer or filmmaker and you like what you hear in the snippets from our Insiders Acting Community zooms enough to want to be a part of it, CLICK HERE.

Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“Can you deal with it? You should talk to that person and confront that person, but was it too much of a breach of your trust that now you feel like you can’t do your work with that person anymore because now you feel like, ‘do they have an ulterior motive?’.”

Today’s episode was ripped directly from one of our 10,000 NOs Insiders Acting Community weekly zooms where Matt addresses the challenges that face our members. Today, in this shorter than usual episode, we get into the minutiae of one of our member’s recent experience with an acting coach who may have shattered his trust to the point of no return. We ask ourselves, and you, how much are you willing to put up with before you need to make a change in the people you hire to help you?

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

So, if you’re an actor, writer or filmmaker and you like what you hear in the snippets from our Insiders Acting Community zooms enough to want to be a part of it, CLICK HERE.

Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“How can we take these things that are in our head that we want to do , not beat ourselves up for not being there yet, but just meet ourselves right where we are and say, ‘hey, it would be really cool if, in a year from now, you’ve done this thing.’?”

Today’s episode was ripped directly from one of our 10,000 NOs Insiders Acting Community weekly zooms where Matt addresses the challenges that face our members. Today, we look back to our first zoom from January 2024, just as we were coming out of the historic and brutal dual strikes of 2023, figuring out where we wanted to go and how we were going to get there. In preparation of the coming New Year, we figured we’d help you start to gear up for it with some of the tactics discussed.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

So, if you’re an actor, writer or filmmaker and you like what you hear in the snippets from our Insiders Acting Community zooms enough to want to be a part of it, CLICK HERE.

Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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“I had to start asking myself how could I get more intentional about where I show up, where I give my energy? And now, let me restructure how this is going to go, moving forward in my life.”

Today’s episode was ripped directly from one of our 10,000 NOs Insiders Acting Community monthly VIP zooms with industry insider, Ali Levine. Ali brings her experience as a certified breath coach and celebrity stylist to our group to discuss the importance of slowing down, breathing and realigning with our highest self.

10,000 NOs is here to inspire you and help you realize you are not alone if you’re battling to overcome rejection in your career or life.

So, if you’re an actor, writer or filmmaker and you like what you hear in the snippets from our Insiders Acting Community zooms enough to want to be a part of it, CLICK HERE.

Remember, “failure” is just opportunity in disguise, and you can flip the script to make your setbacks serve you.

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10,000 NOs: THE BOOK

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