1. COLIN MOCHRIE

2. CAREER AS ACTION (BAKAN1)
Communion
Agency
“I didn’t know anyone, so I thought…screw you.”2

3. Lots of
Luck
Dare =
First
Laugh
Years of
Improv
Whose
Line
auditions
x2
Charities
&
Current
Projects
CAREER AS STORIES
“There so many stories.”3

4. STRENGTHS
Individual Power
Tailoring The Story
What’s Important

5. “My career’s just been basically wandering into one
situation after another having no clear-cut idea.”4
WHAT’S MISSING
Relationships
Larger Forces
Unmentioned Projects

6. ANOTHER APPROACH:
CAREER AS RELATIONSHIPS
“One of the best things that ever happened to my
life was meeting Ryan Stiles.”5
“[Debra]’s the best thing that ever happened, next
to my son.”6
Colin
Mochrie
Debra
McGrath
Second City
Ryan Stiles
Whose Line
Vancouver
TheatreSports

7. QUESTIONS?

8. 1. Kerr Inkson, Understanding Careers. (Sage Publications,
2007), 79.
2. Colin Mochrie, “IAM Colin Mochrie AMA”. Reddit. Feb 13, 2012.
Accessed Nov 16, 2014.
http://www.reddit.com/comments/pntf9/iam_colin_mochrie_ama/
3. Guy Macpherson, “Colin Mochrie”. The Comedy Couch:
Interviews. Nov 27, 2007. Accessed on Nov 16, 2014
http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/cmochrie2.htm
4. Macpherson, “Colin Mochrie”.
5. “Second City: The First Family of Comedy”. Youtube. Posted by
Colin Mochrie Fan 4 Ever on Mar 21, 2011. Accessed Nov
16, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypc0nbUZPVY
6. “Colin Mochrie on Craig Ferguson”. Youtube. Posted by
SunnyAnni on Jul 25, 2012. Accessed Nov 16, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ090pEwfPg
WORKS CITED