Never wait for the phone to ring | with Nick Giannopoulos
6/24/202647 min
When nobody would give Nick Giannopoulos a role, he created his own. In this episode, he joins Sam and Sarah to talk about growing up above his parents’ milk bar, the unexpected rise of Wogs Out of Work, betting everything on The Wog Boy, and the moment he realised just how much of his success came from his father. It’s a conversation about backing yourself, finding your audience, and why waiting for permission rarely works.
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Nick Giannopoulos (Wogs Out of Work, Acropolis Now, The Wog Boy)
Insta @nick_giannopoulos
*Hosted by Sam Frost and Sarah Roberts, Cracking On is a podcast about the beautiful chaos of picking yourself up, resetting, and getting on with it. Each episode explores the funny, messy and inspiring ways people navigate change, whether that's a career curveball, a personal setback, or an unexpected new direction.
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First 90 secondsNick Giannopoulos· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] "We're very offended by Nick's jeans."
Sarah Roberts· Host0:05
[laughs] Oh.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest0:06
I was rocking up in my Celica- [laughs] ... you know, with the mag wheels. [laughs] I mean, we can see the outline of his penis. [laughs] In some kind of white supremacist mode. Mate, we've moved on. [laughs] Comedy only works when it goes there.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:20
I c- couldn't agree more.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest0:21
When it's honest to the core.
Sam Frost· Host0:22
Well, you've walked into the room like an absolute rock star. Nick, we are so excited- [laughs] ... to have you. We're gonna do a fancy intro. Don't worry about that. Um- [laughs] But we're so excited to have you here. Thanks for coming.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest0:32
I'm excited to be here. [laughs] And good luck with Cracking On.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:34
Oh, thank you so much.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest0:35
[laughs] I'll be a regular listener, I'm sure. [laughs] I'll add it to the list.
Sam Frost· Host0:38
Thank you. Well, you know what? Your career has just spanned over decades, which is pretty incredible. I wanna go all the way back to the beginning and talk about, you started your own comedy show, uh, stage show- Yeah ... Wogs Out of Work.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest0:53
Yeah, that's right. That's exactly right.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:55
Was that 'cause you were a wog out of work at the time? Is that why you started it, or- I'll give you the short version. Okay.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest1:00
Uh, so basically I went to VCA, Victorian College of the Arts. Before that I went to another school called Rusden State College. I left that after second year. Actually, I got kicked out, but that's a whole different story.
Sarah Roberts· Host1:10
[laughs] I wanna know.
Nick Giannopoulos· Guest1:11
Very disruptive. I learned a lot of film there at Rusden, but it was a wonderful, uh, experience for me because, um, the film classes I had were with established Australian directors. And in the space of two years, I made my own 16 mil films, and of course, that came into play later on in my career. So I was very lucky. The drama course was,