Rising Star Leland B. Martin: “Never stop working on your craft”

Work on your craft — Whether you want to be on an excellent actor, or writer or producer, work on your craft. Even if you’re not in the industry you want to do a good job and be good at what you do.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Actor Leland B. Martin.

Born in Willingboro, New Jersey and raised outside of Philadelphia, Leland B. Martin graduated college with the intention of pursuing a career as a financial advisor. Shortly after graduation, he started selling insurance due to the peak of the financial crisis and also began studying to obtain his financial securities licenses. Eventually, a job opened up at Merrill Lynch and Leland thought his dreams were being fulfilled. Not long after, he ran into a casting director he knew and decided to begin taking acting lessons which led him to discover that the 9 to 5 life was not for him. While training and cultivating his talent, he was self-submitting for student films when he came across an indie film that he submitted himself for a role in titled “Alaskaland.” He booked the job and began rehearsals in Philadelphia before traveling to Alaska to film. It was such an incredible first acting experience for Leland and he enjoyed…