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Throughout a stage and screen career spanning decades, Delroy Lindo has intentionally set out to play the widest possible variety of characters. \u201cI want to be able to encompass different human beings,\u201d explains the actor, detailing the ebbs and flows of his career on this week's episode of \u201cIn the Envelope.\u201d Delroy\u2019s advice is balanced between optimistic encouragement and no-nonsense realism. It is inevitable that a life in the arts will bring dry spells, he says, but \u201cdon\u2019t be dissuaded by the trauma of being told \u2018no.\u2019 Because at some point you will be told \u2018yes,\u2019 just as I was.\u201d\n\nBorn in London, raised in Canada and the U.S., and trained in San Francisco, New York City, and regional theaters, Delroy has pursued performing since his elementary school Nativity play. He\u2019s appeared onscreen in \u201cSoul of the Game,\u201d \u201cThe Cider House Rules,\u201d \u201cGet Shorty,\u201d and \u201cThe Chicago Code,\u201d earned a Tony nomination for \u201cJoe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone,\u201d and currently stars on CBS All Access\u2019 legal drama \u201cThe Good Fight.\u201d After working with Spike Lee in the 1990s in \u201cMalcolm X,\u201d \u201cCrooklyn,\u201d and \u201cClockers,\u201d Delroy reunited with the Oscar-winning writer-director in last year\u2019s Netflix hit \u201cDa 5 Bloods,\u201d earning him Critics\u2019 Choice Award and SAG ensemble nominations.\n\nThis episode also features an update from Backstage L.A. casting specialist Christina Kleppinger, as well as casting insider Christine McKenna-Tirella\u2019s advice on survival jobs: https://bit.ly/3bxJ12S\n---\nBackstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage\u2019s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today\u2019s most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. This is your guide to every aspect of acting, from voiceover and commercial work to casting directors, agents, and more. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the industry, to how your favorite projects are made, to personal stories of success and failure alike. Join host Jack Smart, Awards Editor at Backstage, for this guide on how to live the creative life from those who are doing it every day: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ\n\nFollow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media:\n- https://www.facebook.com/backstage\n- https://www.twitter.com/backstage\n- https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope\n- https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast\n\nLooking to get cast? Subscribe here: www.backstage.com/subscribe\nBrowse Backstage casting listings: https://bit.ly/3mth68e\nCheck out our community-driven virtual programming, The Slate: https://bit.ly/2WDNXf0\nBackstage stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: https://bit.ly/3cuMBt5\n\nSpecial thanks to...\n- Host: Jack Smart\n- Producer: Jamie Muffett\n- Social media: Katie Minard, Alysa Cirelli\n- Design: Mark Stinson, Caitlin Watkins\n- Additional support: Kasey Howe, Samantha Sherlock, Benjamin Lindsay, Oriella St. Louis