Actor Alexander Ludwig on How Stoicism Helped Him Get Sober
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🗓️ 22 April 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ryan speaks with Alexander Ludwig about how studying Stoicism gave him the discipline to quit drinking, the power of surrendering to the moment, pursuing mastery of the crafts of acting and songwriting, the mindset he has maintained while navigating his career, and more.
Alexander Ludwig is a Canadian actor and country musician. He is most known for his starring and supporting roles in the History Channel series Vikings and the films Bad Boys for Life, Lone Survivor, The Hunger Games, and Race to Witch Mountain. He currently stars on the series Heels. He began his acting career in commercials at the age of nine and moved into movie work shortly thereafter. As a musician, Ludwig released his self-titled EP in 2021, and then his debut album Highway 99 in 2022 via BBR Music Group. Ludwig has also participated in competitive freestyle skiing.
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| 1:11.0 | Regrettfully we will never have the real Kato on this podcast. We won't have Kato the younger or his great great grandfather |
| 1:18.3 | Kato the elder the two towering still except our time |
| 1:22.0 | But we can have today a guy who played a guy named Kato a very talented and fascinating actor |
| 1:30.4 | Recommended to me by a previous guest Atticus the poet |
| 1:34.6 | Whose work I have been enjoying recently whose work I've actually apparently enjoyed for a long time |
| 1:39.0 | But wasn't always aware of it you may know him from the series |
| 1:44.9 | Vikings he currently stars in heels which my wife and I have been watching the fascinating show about |
| 1:51.0 | Professional wrestling in the deep south reminds me kind of of where we live |
| 1:56.2 | He's been in 23 movies and three television series |
| 2:00.0 | He was Kato in the Hunger Games. He was also in lone survivor and bad boys for life |
| 2:07.6 | He just released his first album highway 99 and |
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