Brett Goldstein Talks Writing Acting on Ted Lasso In The Envelope: The Actors Podcast

Actor, writer, and comedian Brett Goldstein has made, by his own admission, loads of stuff that no ones watched. As he explains to Backstage, breakthrough successes in the biz are always the result of unseen projects, rejections, and persistent hard work. Now that his latest, ,TedLasso, is an Emmydominating hit, Brett is reminding himself of what truly matters and passing that onto his fellow artists. The fame and success and awards should never be the aim. The aim should be: Are you enjoying the making of the thing Brett got his start in fringe theater shows and standup stages in his native England, starring on Derek, Hoff the Record, and Adult Life Skills, for which he won a British Independent Film Award. He created shorts that became the film SuperBob, the AMC series Soulmates, and more, and ended up collaborating with Catherine Tate on Catherine Tates Nan and with Bill Lawrence on a pilot, the latter leading him to Ted Lasso. The hit Apple TV+ comedy, cocreated by and starr