133: Mike Bertrando - actor / improvisor

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8年之前 1:45:45

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Mike Bertrando and I are friends from way back to 2003. We met through the improv community in Los Angles, but he now lives in Brooklyn, NY. We meet yup in Brooklyn to talk about lots of stuff including comedy, improv, Chicago, doing ayahuasca and how that changed his life, growing up in Pennsylvania, dating, not wanting children, traveling around the world, the ups and downs of being a struggling actor and so much more!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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133: Mike Bertrando - actor / improvisor

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Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast

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My website www.ejscott.com

Charities to donate to www.crowdrise.com/7on7

RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon

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183: Michael Keenan - teacher & actor USC, Picket Fences, Star Trek: Voyager, Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation 1:03:19

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Michael Keenan was my partners (Deborah Ann Woll) teacher at USC many years ago. Now Michael is retired and living outside Los Angeles in an assisted living facility. We talk about his life as a teacher, the decision to retire, having Parkinson's disease, eating issues, acting on television and film, being gay and Sao much more!!! Deborah Ann Woll is my co-interviewer. Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes and iheartradio! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes. Thank you! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play…

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182: Opus Moreschi returns - head writer Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert Report, Trophy Wife 1:22:57

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Opus Moreschi and I met up in Brooklyn, NY and talked about everything from getting appendicitis in another country, doing comedy bits with Bill Murray and Mark Hamill, Emmy wins and losses, I talk about my half marathon run on Antarctica, and so much more!!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy! Subscribe and review on iTunes! Website www.ejscott.com Twitter @ejscott @EJpodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 RUNNING BLIND Documentary on iTunes, google Play, Amazon…

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181: Jim Parrack - actor True Blood, Fury, Suicide Squad, The Deuce 2:47:32

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SCRATCH the SURFACE is BACK!! I took a very long hiatus. Thanks for checking back in! Jim Parrack had me over his apartment in Brooklyn where we caught up after not seeing each other for about 5 years. We talk about politics, religion, sobriety, addiction, highs, lows, family, childhood, therapy, True Blood, working with Ben Stiller and so much more! Please LISTEN! Please SHARE! Please ENJOY! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play…

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180: Joanne Whalley - actress Marvels Daredevil, Willow, The Borgias, Wolf Hall, Gossip Girl, The Man Who Knew Too Little, The Singing Detective 1:52:29

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Joanne Whalley sat with me to do her very first podcast ever! We talk about acting as a child, her parents divorce, meeting her husband Val Kilmer on the set of Willow, getting divorced several years later, their relationship today, having two children, finding new passions and hobbies, working with Bill Murray and being "kidnapped" by him, working with Anthony Hopkins, Mark Rylance, Sean Connery, Sir Ian McKellan, George C Scott, Jamie Lee Curtis, playing Scarlett O'Hara in the Gone With the Wind sequel, religion, being in a punk band early on, recording at Abbey Road Studios, growing up in Manchester, England, playing Sister Maggie in season 3 of Daredevil and much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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179: Matt Gerald - actor Marvels Daredevil, Avatar, Escape Plan, Rampage, San Andreas, The Shield 1:41:24

6 years之前1:41:24

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Matt Gerald is an actor who discovered what he wanted later than other actors, but he is still in the biggest movie of all time; Avatar! We talk about his shift of careers in his 20's, his parents divorce and how that affected him, his fathers passing, growing up in Miami, his history with fighting, getting in trouble in college, how therapy changed his life, meeting his wife and starting a family, playing Melvin Potter aka Gladiator in Marvels Daredevil on Netflix, working with icons like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Will Smith, Anthony Hopkins, Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise and more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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178: Ayelet Zurer - actress Marvels Daredevil, Munich, Angels and Demons, In Treatment 1:19:59

6 years之前1:19:59

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Ayelet Zurer plays Vanessa on Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. She talks with me about coming from Israel, having a mom that was on the run from Nazis and had to hide and live in a convent, working with Vincent D'Onofrio on Daredevil, getting to work for Steven Spielberg on Munich, working with Eric Bana, Working on Angles and Demons with Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, being in the Israeli armed forces, being a mom and wife and so much more!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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177: Deborah Ann Woll returns! actress Karen Page on Marvels Daredevil, Dungeons and Dragons, Escape Room 1:12:39

6 years之前1:12:39

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Deborah Ann Woll is my favorite guest and my girlfriend! I asked her to return to the podcast to talk about the new season of Daredevil which is getting fantastic feedback and reviews, and this is probably her biggest season for her character. We talk in depth about Karen and her back story, going head to head with Wilson Fisk, how Karen feels about Matt being Daredevil, working with Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Smith killing Karen Page in the comics, being a Dungeon master for Dungeons and Dragons games, her new movie Escape Room that comes out in January and much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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176: Erik Oleson show runner of Marvels Daredevil, writer on Arrow, Man in the High Castle 2:01:22

6 years之前2:01:22

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Erik Oleson is the newest show runner of Marvels Daredevil on Netflix. We have a very in-depth talk about the new season, how he got the job, how he staffs a writers room, his challenges of talking three seasons of television and keeping it in context with the new season (I included The Defenders), growing up sneaking of film sets, having a father in the CIA, working for Hollywood heavyweights as a script reader, New York Comic Con and so much more!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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175: Jay Ali - actor Marvel's Daredevil, The Fosters 1:09:18

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Jay Ali is in the newest season of Daredevil and comes to the house to discuss being from England, having parents from Pakistan, moving to Los Angeles to be an actor with no training and no experience, having a son that lives in the UK, what he's like in a relationship, his experience at New York Comic Con, getting the job on Daredevil and his experience on the show and much more!!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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174: Jon Barinholtz - actor Superstore, The Oath, The Mindy Project 1:18:37

6 years之前1:18:37

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Jon Barinholtz came over to discuss being in the new film THE OATH directed and written by his brother Ike Barinholtz. We talk about working on the NBC show Superstore, being directed by his brother, working on the reboot of MadTV, his friendship with Rob Belushi (son of Jim and nephew of John), touring in an improv group with John Belushi and Rob, improv, meeting his wife and his proposal, moving from Chicago to Los Angles and the struggles of succeeding in Hollywood and much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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173: Vincent D'Onofrio - actor Full Metal Jacket, Marvel's Daredevil, The Judge, Men In Black, Jurassic World, Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2:22:02

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Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the best and hardest working actors today. He was kind enough to meet up with me in Brooklyn, NY and talk with me about all aspects of his life and career. We talked about his upbringing and his difficult relationship with his father, what Vincent is like as a father, gaining 70lbs for the role of Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, working with Stanley Kubrick, working on Men In Black, Law & Order, playing Wilson Fisk on Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix, The Judge, working with Ethan Hawke, Will Smith, Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr, being a spoken word musician, doing theater, magic and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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172: Elden Henson (second visit) - actor from Marvels Daredevil on Netflix 56:45

6 years之前56:45

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Elden Henson kindly met up with me for a second interview in Brooklyn, NY. We talked Daredevil, being a kid actor, getting divorced, being a dad, the ups and downs of acting, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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171: Emily Candini - improviser Annoyance Theater, iO Chicago 1:16:07

6 years之前1:16:07

1:16:07

Emily Candini and I met in Chicago several years ago. Emily and I talk about her current health issues that are stumping doctors, losing her father to alcoholism, getting sober herself a few years ago, her love of dogs, dating, sexuality, her friendship with the late Jon Schnepp and much more!!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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170: Sarah Gee - improvisor/teacher The Second City, iO Chicago and iO West 1:30:31

6 years之前1:30:31

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Sarah Gee was one of my first improv coaches in Los Angeles. She's lived quite a life since she moved out of LA several years ago. We talk about her life and how she got started as a performer, her experience in Chicago, joining Second City tour company, dating other improvisors, moving to LA and trying to "break in", the decision to leave LA for Egypt, meeting her husband in Egypt, moving back to Chicago, becoming a mom, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website www.ejscott.com Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon…

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169: Michael C. McCarthy writer/actor SNL, Sesame Street, Second City, The Drew Carey Show 1:51:37

7 years之前1:51:37