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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 258 - Nancy Cartwright: Becoming Bart Simpson... How to Find The Artist Inside of Yourself

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

To me, Nancy Cartwright is the most unknown famous person. She's the voice of Bart Simpson. "When I went in for "The Simpsons", the audition pieces of Bart and Lisa were sitting right next to each other. Hers said 8-year-old middle child. His a ten-year-old, school-hating underachiever, and proud of it." Nancy's instict kicked in. "I'm like 'Oh bam bam that's it.'" She tried out for Bart. And got it. Her whole career is based off of instinct. "I read this book about writing and producing," she said. "It was an awesome book written a number of years ago. It said, 'Ride the horse in the direction that it's going.'" Her career as a voice actor became real acting and she landed roles in "Cheers," "Richie Rich," "Twilight Zone." Now she has her own production company, "Spotted Cow." ANd just released "In Search of Fellini," a beautiful film about her search for the most influential artist in her heart. "This film was probably 75-85 percent true," she said. "It's mostly true." In this podcast, Nancy tells us how she traveled alone to Italy in her mid 20's. And followed her heart and instincts ever since. We speak about how this film really comes full circle for her and gives meaning to her life. This is the journey to find your authentic self.   Also thank you to Audible for supporting today's show. Audible content includes an unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows, news, comedy, and more from the leading publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, and business information providers. You can read my show notes here: https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/09/nancy-cartwright/ And don't forget to subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" on Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts! ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.0

Think out of the box, surprise yourself, do something.

0:18.0

You surprise yourself, you surprise everybody else.

0:20.0

But you're right about Bart Simpson and the journey.

0:23.0

I believe as an artist you have to do the work and then throw it away.

0:29.0

And then you have to just go in and be there in present time.

0:32.0

And just trust.

0:34.0

Trust that what I have done is going to serve me.

0:37.0

Serve me best.

0:39.0

I mean even when I went in for the Simpsons, I went in for Lisa.

0:43.0

And the audition piece is a Bart and Lisa were sitting right next to each other.

0:47.0

Her said eight-year-old middle child is a ten-year-old school-hating underachiever and proud of it.

0:52.0

I'm like, oh, bam, bam, that's it.

0:54.0

And that was my trusting my instincts.

0:57.0

Because I believe that's true, really true for all of us.

1:00.0

There was a book I read. Linda Oaps wrote this book called Hello He Lied.

1:05.0

And it was about writing and producing.

1:08.0

She says, ride the horse in the direction that it's going.

1:11.0

And I thought that was amazing. So okay.

1:14.0

Runt, runt, runt, runt.

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