Still, the process of breaking into the industry in a real way proved a challenge.
Stand-up, he says, is the thing Ive loved the most in the world.
Its all I ever wanted to do.
Stavros Halkias in Netflix special ‘Fat Rascal’Netflix
Every single [clip] was going viral.
I was like, What the f**k?’
And I was confused, more than anything.
He attributes part of his success online to good timing.
The extent of Halkiass success, he says, is almost, at this point, to his chagrin.
Theyre some of my best friends; I trust them completely.
I love the art form; I dont love the business aspect.
This has been a year where I lost to all my vices.
Its not even close.
One major difference in subject matter this time around is that theres less of a focus on family.
I really wasnt around my family this year.
I wasnt thinking about them this year, Halkias says.
This was a year of pure survival.
This was a year of traveling, and I tried to put that forward.
I still have to work on that, Halkias acknowledges.
Im still pretty rigid on stage.
Somehow, around the time of shooting his special, he co-wrote and starred in an indie calledExit Statement.
