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Speaker 1: We're going to be talking with uh. Jim Jansen. He
Speaker 1: portrayed Reverend Artsy Skinner for seven episodes of Gilmore Girls.
Speaker 1: His first appearance was in season three, episode six, Take
Speaker 1: the Deviled Eggs. His last appearance was season six, episode
Speaker 1: twenty one, Driving Miss Gilmore. Also appeared in the fall
Speaker 1: episode of A Year in the Life A Little Bit
Speaker 1: About Jim. He's an actor from St. Salt Lake City.
Speaker 1: He's out of over a hundred and thirty four acting credits,
Speaker 1: including playing approximately thirteen minister religious characters, twenty law government characters,
Speaker 1: and twenty doctor characters for TV and film. You've had
Speaker 1: plenty of film and TV experience before Gilmore, with a
Speaker 1: few episodes of Murphy Brown, Fresh Prince of bel Air,
Speaker 1: Boy meets World Weird Weird, Science Star Trek, Deep Space nine,
Speaker 1: Who's the Boss, just to name a few. Tell us
Speaker 1: about being a part of so many iconic shows. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm amazed at the research you've done. It's been a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. You know, it's been a career, which
Speaker 1: is us been very pleasant. So I started in California
Speaker 1: about and retired like four years ago. So it's uh yeah, well,
Speaker 1: congratulations on a on a remarkable and very long career.
Speaker 1: Not very many actors get to hang in there for
Speaker 1: four decades, four and a half decades, seven years. Yeah,
Speaker 1: um uh well, okay, So now to Gilmore Girls as
Speaker 1: a Reverend Skinner. How did you get the role? Was
Speaker 1: it offered to Jeff to audition? I auditioned for it.
Speaker 1: Tell us about that. What do you remember? Well? I
Speaker 1: remember it well. It was at Warner Brothers and the
Speaker 1: casting agent who I'm sorry, I don't remember her name
Speaker 1: right now, but she came out into the waiting room
Speaker 1: and said, now, look, Amy likes everybody to talk as
Speaker 1: fast as possible and pick up your cues. And I said, well, okay,
Speaker 1: I've been doing Broadway New York theater for twelve years.
Speaker 1: We have to pick up our cues. So that was
Speaker 1: the only thing that was on my mind when I auditioned,
Speaker 1: to talk fast and pick up my cues. And then
Speaker 1: after doing a few episodes of Gilmore, I understand why
Speaker 1: that's where everybody talks fast. Um, yeah, the job. Well
Speaker 1: it was good, so you already had that training and
Speaker 1: then you went in there and lit up the room.
Speaker 1: Um yeah, Um, we found this trivia for you. You've
Speaker 1: played approximately, as I mentioned earlier, thirteen minister religious characters,
Speaker 1: twenty law government characters, and twenty doctor characters. How about that?
Speaker 1: Why is that? It must be because people trust you?
Speaker 1: I guess yeah. It surprises me too. I'll keep that
Speaker 1: statistic because I didn't know all those numbers. Why do
Speaker 1: you think people trust you so much? Because that's really
Speaker 1: what it is. It comes down man, that's a guy
Speaker 1: I trust. Let's give him the role. Yeah, Likable, trustable.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that I am either of those, but
Speaker 1: at least that's how I come off working. Well, that's
Speaker 1: the important part of well did you prefer one profession
Speaker 1: over the other? Two? Portrait? Uh huh? Now. I always
Speaker 1: like being a priest or whatever, priest pastor. I don't
Speaker 1: know why. I just enjoyed that a lot, especially on Gilmore.
Speaker 1: We had a lot of fun with being a priest
Speaker 1: on that. What was your most memorable moment as for
Speaker 1: being a priest and any production? Well, I think in
Speaker 1: Gilmoura was I think I had the most fun. It
Speaker 1: was the most interesting to do. We were shooting in
Speaker 1: the church and I was in the pulpit giving a sermon,
Speaker 1: and and that particular part of it. We shared our
Speaker 1: church with a synagogue, and we were going, we were
Speaker 1: going within the story, we were going too long, so
Speaker 1: the Rabbi was in the back of the church going
Speaker 1: pointing at his watch. So I had to do the
Speaker 1: attitudes as fast as I could. Say that the attitudes,
Speaker 1: and I thought I get through this. But I thought
Speaker 1: that was really fun because he came in and put
Speaker 1: his startup David up and took the cross down. And
Speaker 1: that was a fun one. When you came in for
Speaker 1: or when the call came for you for a year
Speaker 1: in life? Which were you included an a pivotal scene
Speaker 1: for Luke and Laureli. What was what was your reaction? Well,
Speaker 1: I was delighted to be back. I was shot one
Speaker 1: scene that didn't make into the final but the shot
Speaker 1: I scene I shot with you is what I married
Speaker 1: you and Laureline. Oh that's right, yeah, theddle of the night.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's all such a blur. Oh my goodness. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that a very pivotal moment for the storyline, right sure, yeah. Um, well,
Speaker 1: when you saw the end of a year in the life,
Speaker 1: I'm assuming you saw it. What did you think the
Speaker 1: very end? Uh uh yeah, I thought it looked great
Speaker 1: and I thought, boy, they're the last line of that
Speaker 1: episode says we could do this all over again. M hmm, right, mom,
Speaker 1: I think I'm was the last line. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: I'm pregnant. Yeah, Mom, I think I'm I think I'm
Speaker 1: bringing Yeah, the last five words for words, yea, whatever
Speaker 1: it is, there's a there right there. Um uh, okay,
Speaker 1: that was the last role you did. What what are
Speaker 1: you up to now? What do you how's your retirement going? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm enjoying it a lot. I didn't think,
Speaker 1: I really what but I do. My neighbors say, how
Speaker 1: do you do that? You know, how do you retire?
Speaker 1: What do you do now? And I said, well, you know,
Speaker 1: I've been an actor for forty seven years and because
Speaker 1: I started in New York in nine, Um, I always
Speaker 1: had a lot of free time. Actors always have a
Speaker 1: lot of free time. You know. You you when you
Speaker 1: have a job, you're working intensely and you're working fast,
Speaker 1: and you're working a lot, and then suddenly you're you're
Speaker 1: not and you have a week or two or three
Speaker 1: where you don't have anything. So I've always had free time.
Speaker 1: I've always had ways of filling There have things to
Speaker 1: do and things I enjoy. So it just stretched a
Speaker 1: little longer than in the past. And what advice would
Speaker 1: you give young actors looking to get into the profession? Wow, Uh,
Speaker 1: get a good education. Yeah, that's good. I think finding
Speaker 1: a college program that gives you the opportunity to be
Speaker 1: on stage a lot, or nowadays you're in film a
Speaker 1: lot that you know they're shooting film all or digital
Speaker 1: all over the place. But I think, uh, having a
Speaker 1: good background in the literature of the theater is important
Speaker 1: and getting a lot of practice before you get out
Speaker 1: there and try to sell it. All. Right, We're gonna
Speaker 1: play a game called rapid Fire, So I'm gonna fire
Speaker 1: some questions at you and you answer them as quickly
Speaker 1: as you can. There's the thing again, right fast as
Speaker 1: how many cups of coffee do you have in a day? One?
Speaker 1: Are you team Logan, Team Jesser, team Dean? Who is
Speaker 1: your favorite Gilmore Girls character? Oh? God, Uh, everybody's strukes.
Speaker 1: I know everybody's druggles. Just throw one out, throw one
Speaker 1: out there, you go. What would you rather? Would you
Speaker 1: what would you order it? Luke's Diner? Uh, coffee and
Speaker 1: a slice of cake? Uh? Would you? Would you rather
Speaker 1: go on a road trip with Taylor or Michelle Taylor?
Speaker 1: But that's an easy answer. Uh, finish the lyric and
Speaker 1: where you lead. I will follow dot dot dot un
Speaker 1: till the end of my days anywhere that you tell
Speaker 1: me to. Um close Jackson's vegetables are Suki's baked goods? Goods?
Speaker 1: Would you rather listen to Drella's harp or The Troubadour's
Speaker 1: cover songs? Oh? Cover songs? Children? Prepper Stars, Hollow Hi Stars,
Speaker 1: Hollow Hi. Okay, So one last question before we let
Speaker 1: you go, Um, compare your experience on the set of
Speaker 1: Gilmore Girls to everything else that you ever did in
Speaker 1: your career? And where does it rank? Pretty high, pretty high,
Speaker 1: up to the top, because well, it's a happy set.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of great people to work with and
Speaker 1: that's the best part of it. Also, craft services was
Speaker 1: very good. It was very good. Wasn't it all right? Jim?
Speaker 1: Thanks for taking the time. I really appreciate it. Continued
Speaker 1: good wishes for your retirement. Um, we are the poor
Speaker 1: for it, but you are the richer for it. I
Speaker 1: am sure you you you deserved it. You deserve it.
Speaker 1: Uh and enjoy it and all the best to you. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's great to see your Scott. All right, buddy, take
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