They were all important learning experiences, though, and they forced Arnaud to not be so results- oriented in his choices and work pursuits. \u201c[The failed promise of these projects] taught me to enjoy the work of being an actor so much more,\u201d he says. \u201cBack then, there was a lot of excitement and projection; I\u2019d think, \u2018I\u2019m gonna be on the poster for this movie.\u2019 And that\u2019s really not what it\u2019s about\u2014 that\u2019s such a little part of it.\u201d Now, Arnaud loves preparing for a project, showing up on-set with a lived-in character and taking in the whole experience. \u201cIt taught me to be present\u2014the most important thing you can do as an actor,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Although Arnaud never moved back to Canada (he does own a place in the Laurentians, just north of Montreal), he continues to take on roles in Quebec films and television, including 2017\u2019s Origami, family dramedy Au revoir le bonheur (Goodbye Happiness), based- on-real-life financial drama Norbourg, holiday flick 23 de\u0301cembre and crime series Mr. Big. \u201cThere are great filmmakers in Quebec,\u201d he says. \u201cSome of them work internationally on a huge scale, and some of them are still making independent movies there, but I think they\u2019re all worthy of my time and of everyone\u2019s time, really.\u201d He has also starred in Canadian productions like CBC\u2019s X Company and Plan B as well as a single episode of Schitt\u2019s Creek. \u201cI get recognized just as often for that one episode as for my two and a half years on Midnight, Texas,\u201d he says with a laugh, referencing his 2017 supernatural drama, which aired on NBC. \u201cThat speaks to the power of the project itself, not just the role.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They were all important learning experiences, though, and they forced Arnaud to not be so results- oriented in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-467496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}