Digital Social Hour
The Truth About Acting & Why It’s Harder Than Fighting | Sean Carrigan DSH #1253
Thu, 20 Mar 2025
🔥 Sean Carrigan on Acting, Boxing, and the Journey to Hollywood 🎬🥊 In this action-packed episode, we sit down with Sean Carrigan, a former professional boxer turned Hollywood actor. He shares his journey from the boxing ring to starring in hit films and TV shows, the grit required to succeed in entertainment, and how sports shaped his mindset for acting. We dive into: ✅ How boxing prepared him for the challenges of Hollywood ✅ His experience starring in The Young and the Restless ✅ Why mental toughness is key in both acting and fighting ✅ How he transitioned from the ring to the big screen ✅ His latest film Gracepoint and what’s next for him This episode is packed with incredible stories, career insights, and life lessons from one of Hollywood’s most versatile talents! 📲 Follow Sean Carrigan & Learn More: 🔗 Instagram: @TheRealSeanCarrigan 🔗 IMDb: Sean Carrigan IMDb 🔗 Latest Film: Gracepoint – Available on [Amazon & Apple TV] ⏱ CHAPTERS 📌 00:00 – Sean Carrigan’s Journey from Boxing to Hollywood 📌 05:10 – How Boxing Shaped His Mindset & Career 📌 11:25 – Landing a Role on The Young and the Restless 📌 17:40 – The Reality of Hollywood & Breaking Into Acting 📌 23:55 – The Grit Needed to Succeed in Acting & Sports 📌 30:20 – Why Mental Toughness is Everything in Entertainment 📌 36:45 – His Experience Working on Gracepoint & New Projects 📌 42:10 – The Best Advice for Aspiring Actors & Athletes 📌 49:00 – Closing Thoughts & What’s Next for Sean Carrigan 🔥 Apply to Be on the Podcast & Business Inquiries: 🎙 APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application 📩 BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] 🔥 Hashtags #SeanCarrigan #Boxing #Hollywood #Acting #YoungAndTheRestless #Gracepoint #MentalToughness #Motivation #DigitalSocialHour #Podcast #SuccessMindset #FromTheRingToHollywood
Chapter 1: How did Sean Carrigan transition from boxing to acting?
I would go up and visit my dad all the time up in D.C., live right outside D.C., Northern Virginia. And he'd start training fighters. And that's when, you know, I just kind of fell in love with it. Watched him, you know, training fighters. I was around a gym.
And, you know, being that I was little, you know, I just like, you know... I had moments when I was a kid where I felt, like, powerless and...
i wanted to have i wanted to have a sense of uh power and being able to defend myself and stand up to people and you know being around a boxing gym seemed like the way to go and so my dad my dad was all about you know being irish and you know boxer and fighting irish but yeah that's it and so my me and my brothers my dad trained me and my brothers and so i would spend all my summers and winters up there and and then uh you know eventually i lived up there after college
And that's when I had a lot of my amateur fights.
All right, guys. Fellow Sean here today. Got an actor and a new release, right? Grace Point? That's right. Grace Point. It's out already.
It's out on Amazon and Apple TV. I love it, man. Was that your most recent film? Yeah. Actually, I just shot something called Demonetized. It's coming out in April. But yeah, Grace Point. Rory Karp, the guy who directed it, he's been working on this film, getting this film together for a long time. Yeah. And we got a great cast, and we shot it a few years ago, and it's finally coming out. Yeah.
And we're happy it's getting the attention it deserves.
Yeah, it must be tough these days to make a top-selling movie, right?
You know, I think so. I mean, you know, it's a tough time. You know, a lot going on with, you know, streaming and, you know, movies. It's just, you know, and plus there's, like, so many distractions in the world. Yeah. You know what I mean? So it's hard to get people to sit down for... a whole film, but our, you know, our movie's good and, you know, hopefully people watch it. Yeah.
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Chapter 2: What is Sean Carrigan's latest film project?
And then you get in there and then you start mixing it up and you're like, all right, I can, I can do this. I can do this and conquering your fears. And I think that's what it is. It's, you know, the thing about boxing and wrestling is you learn to conquer your fears, learn to like, you know, to really like stand up and fight for yourself. And, um, you know,
There was an interesting thing that happened in that fight. It was my first fight. And between... So it was a three-rounder. And between rounds two and three, me and this guy had been going at it. We had been going at it, and I was doing really well. And Jim Ed Jones, who was my trainer at the time with my dad...
Jim Ed Jones said to me in the middle of round two and three, he goes, hey, this next round, this next round ain't about boxing.
This next round is about heart. It's about how much heart you've got. You go out there and you give it everything. This round is about heart. It's about what you've got inside. You get out there and you get it. You take it. You take it right now. And I've never forgotten that.
Wow. And I went out there and it's like, wow. You know, just, you know, put it on the guy. And it was one of the greatest moments of my life. And I'll never forget that advice. Wow. Go ahead.
No, it sounds like a really pivotal moment in your life. You remembered every single word in life.
Yeah, yeah. And I remember him, like, standing there looking at me. Because I was gassed. I was so gassed. I was, you know, I was exhausted. And you get, when you have your first fight, you know, in the amateurs, you're exhausted. Because you don't know how to pace yourself yet. Yeah, no. I mean, it's just, you know, it's exhausting.
And, you know, there's so much going, there's so much adrenaline pumping through you because you're all so nervous and scared. Right. And then you get in there and, you know, it's just, you know, you're probably going at a faster pace than you would, you know, as time goes on. I mean, as the years went on, you know, the fights got easier.
You know, you manage those emotions better, but nothing like that first match.
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