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For Max Flores, acting isn’t just a craft — it’s a way of truly living. Since his earliest days telling stories to any audience who would listen, the Mexico-born actor has pursued a life on stage and screen with unwavering passion, finding daily life dull compared to the vivid truths of theatre, film, and TV. His process is deeply immersive, approaching each role not as a “character” but as a fully human being, building their world through questions, improvisation, and lived-in exploration until they feel undeniably real. Sometimes that connection borders on the metaphysical. It’s that deep connection to his craft, paired with a commitment to showing audiences the raw complexity of the human spirit, that keeps him pushing forward despite the industry’s challenges.
In this edition of PROFILES, Max shares the artistry, process, and passion that fuel his work.
Since I was a kid I had some audience telling stories, then got into drama school and fell in love with the craft, this is a path I’m still waking. Theater, Film, Tv, to me this is living truly, this is life. “Daily life” is just dull.
Sometimes weird stuff happens, like in the metaphysics realm. Did a feature Film in AustinTx “Seahorse” (now streaming on Tubi) did a lot of prep. One day after shooting the Director asked me how I knew I had got into the soul of the character. My answer was for that character in specific, at some point of my prep I started to have dreams of me as the character himself, and told him that I dreamed of this character praying on his knees next to bed. The Dir. just got silent frozen. He told me “that’s not possible” that dream was a scene from the firsts draws of the script, so it’s impossible that you knew that! I replied I did dream of it. So I got connected to this character in a way I cannot explain, was sort of channeling.
Every single character is different. I don’t think is a character but is a person a human being. I read the script or play many times as I can so I understand intellectually, then I start to develop the imaginary conditions asking myself questions about him/me. Where I was born, what kind of music I hear, food I like, I’m shy? I’m brave or weak? Why? And so on. After that start to play some jazz improvisation with him/me and actually do the scenes and by doing the scenes is where the character, decisions directions start to emerge. That human being is appearing now and I have to hear him feel him living him incarnate him.
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My biggest challenge as an artist is not having a decent wealth and economic position to live according to the amount of all the work and effort I have done. I had to search for other income chances and business and I’m sick of that. I’m sick that the industry always choose the same people Film Theater Tv same people. There is a world of Artists wanting to work and many of us are better than the actual “groups of the chosen ones”. I’m really sick of it and that’s a challenge TO KEEP GOING.
Life it self, my beloved family, to be alive.
That I’m working as an Actor playing a interesting character in the Theatre, I’m thankful to be on stage right now cause not many of my fellow Actors are working right now.
Oh man, Ahh don’t get bitter, keep doing and creating, keep going.
As showing the audience the mirror of themselves, the complexities of the raw human spirit. That’s what we are.
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