Words of Wisdom: Tristan D. Lalla

Tristan D. Lalla is a multi-award winning actor, born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He caught the acting bug at the young age of six when he witnessed a young black actor in a play and recognized himself in him. Lalla has had roles on the stage and the silver screen, and you can now watch him in “Nurses” on Global, and soon see him in Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

College was this wild time in my life. Unlike many of the other programs at Dawson College, the Theatre Department is a 3+ year career program that pretty much takes over your life. We’re talking 17 classes a week in the first year/ semester, lots of late nights in rehearsals, and early mornings in theatre history or movement classes. It truly taught me that I am able to endure way more than I thought I was. This sounds odd, but it began my ability to fail “better”. Because I didn’t take my defeats as full failures in college, I started to understand that they would build my foundation for how I get to see my life.