Kristian Schmidt! @talkingkrit offers a valuable paragraph for my thesis exploring why and how creatives organise their ideas and achieve success. This Fulbright Scholar, former MTV VJ and now LA-based actor not only talks the talk but walks the walk: we discuss depression experienced as a form of childhood inhibition, his reading recommendations, an odd series of Facebook exchanges with a famous actor (yes, we reveal who it is) that was decidedly honest, comparing his experience as a Samoan in the entertainment industry to (well. a surprising metaphor you should hear for yourselves), how he won the Fulbright Scholarship and his tips for hustling (preview: he was child entrepreneur, so start young). Twitter & Instagram: @talkingkrit!