WEBVTT - One on One: Devon Sorvari 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.080 I Am all In. 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:19.000 Oh, Let's kiss you. I Am all in with Scott Patterson, 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.160 an iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.799 Everybody, Scott Patterson I Am all In podcast, one on 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:31.120 one interview with Devin Servari. She first appeared as Honor 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.320 Huntsburger for four episodes two thousand and five two thousand 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:38.199 and six. First appearance season five, episode nineteen, But I'm 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:42.320 a Gilmour. Last appearance season six, episode twenty, Super Cool 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:46.640 Party People. Her character is Logan Huntsburger's sister. She's first 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.000 seen waiting in Logan's Sweet at Yale to be announced 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.600 that she's gonna marry Josh and that Logan needs to 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.360 come home for dinner so that the parents will be 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.480 in a good mood. She meets Rory for the first 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:00.840 time here too, and proceeds to spill and Garrison childhood 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:05.320 secrets about her brother Logan. Her bio very impressive by 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.840 the way. She was born in Ontario, Canada, to American parents. 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.160 Her family soon moved to New Mexico to be near 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:16.760 a very large Array Astronomical Radio Observatory, and then to Massachusetts. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:22.040 She earned her equity card at age of eleven and 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.840 acted in productions in Boston, include many at Wheelock Family Theater. 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.880 She also danced leading roles at the Acting School of Ballet. 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.360 She graduated from Acton Boxboro Regional High School, moved to 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.120 New York City on her eighteenth birthday. She graduated from 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.720 the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:44.640 studied at Circle and Square Theater School and the Classical Studio. 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.319 She worked for many years in regional theater before touring 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:52.360 the country as Elaine Robinson in the first national tour 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:57.000 of the Graduate Wow. Missus Robinson was played on the 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:02.040 tour by Jerry Hall, Linda Gray, Lorraine Broco, Kelly Megillis 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:06.640 at separate times. They didn't play at all together at once, obviously. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.560 Her subsequent move to Los Angeles introduced her to both 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:13.400 the Antist Theater Company, which became her theatrical home base, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:17.840 and to her husband, actor Stephen Brand. In addition to 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.440 her work in theater, film and TV. Devon is an 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:26.200 audiobook narrator specializing in young adult fiction Ladies and Gentlemen. 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:33.639 The One and the Only Honor Huntsberger Devon Sarvari Hi, Devin, Hi, 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:34.920 how you doing. 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:36.160 I'm good? 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:36.640 How are you? 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:41.680 I'm fine? In dandy, and thanks for coming on, very 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:47.200 very excited to talk to you. Your resume is very impressive, 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.200 and I want to get into all of that, but 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.120 let's get into this. How'd you start your career? 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:57.000 I guess technically, when I was eleven, I was taking 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.400 singing and acting classes at the Center for Performing Arts 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.600 in Maynard, Massachusetts. And the guy that was teaching the 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:10.280 drama class new people, and they were doing Brighton Beach 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:16.120 Memoirs in Stoughton, Massachusetts. And I was obviously right for 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:22.640 a Jewish character, of course, but I got the job. 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.880 I dyed my hair brown. I got my equity card 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:25.760 when I was eleven. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:27.760 But I. 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:31.760 I was born like this, like I always wanted to 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.240 do that, So I did school plays beforehand. I always 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.760 loved it. So I was just really, really lucky that 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:40.000 that opportunity came along. 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:44.680 What was it about acting that grabbed you that's on 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.960 such a deep level at such a young age. 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.680 You know, I think about that a lot, because I 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:57.080 would say, now, it's that my fundamental shyness makes it 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:01.040 easier to be someone else than myself. But when I 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:03.160 was little, that wasn't true. I was not shy when 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:08.000 I was little so I don't know. Maybe maybe I 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.120 just liked the attention when I was little, and now 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:14.520 it's the only way I can, I don't know, feel 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:20.160 as free to play or something. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:23.000 I just I put on really Rosie in the backyard 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.680 with the other neighborhood kids, but I made them let 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:31.240 me sing all the parts, like yeah, how is that kid? 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.080 It's always always a fascinating answer that I get when 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:39.479 I ask people that, because because I can't answer what 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:44.480 possessed me to do this crazy job, or except for 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.200 the love of exploring characters, the love of doing research 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.719 and knowing full well, I'm not going to get the 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.080 psychology of any character one hundred percent, or even fifty percent, 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.080 or maybe even twenty five percent. You're lucky if you 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:00.360 get ten percent, or you know, you get you get 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:04.240 some portals, You open some portals into a personality, and 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.880 something clicks, and then that's there's your performance. And it 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.000 could be such a little thing. It could be the shoes, 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.520 a piece of wardrobe, it could be a mannerism, it 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.400 could be something. Then then the whole flood, the floodgates 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.080 open up. That's what fascinated me about it. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:21.480 And then and then once you once you know how 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:25.240 to get into another character, you just have you now 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.000 know what that kind of person is like you you 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:31.120 just broaden your empathy across the board. The more the 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.960 more kinds of people you figure out how to get into, 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.240 the more you're like, oh right, okay, I recognize you. 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.040 I recognize you, you know, m m yeah. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:44.200 And also you learn when you have your process, you 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.320 learn what you know. It could still fascinates you, but 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.400 there's no you know, there's no way you could play 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.960 that role or do it justice. And you have to 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.160 be honest with yourself. There's you can't play everything. And 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.120 if you're one of those people that can, you know, 0:05:56.120 --> 0:06:00.760 there are those people. But you know, it always gave 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:05.279 me this this reality smacking me in the face. Ay, Scott, 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.520 you're not going to do this role. But there's you 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.000 can still be fascinated with the character, you. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:18.600 Know, Yeah, yeah, I mean at n YU, we played 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:21.760 all the roles. We played old men and like, and 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:23.920 that was great and all, but then you get out 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.360 of school and it's like, well, no, here's who you're 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.440 going to play. And if you're if you're lucky, if 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.640 you're lucky, you get to play the your type of parts. 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.840 So did you do a lot of Shakespeare at the 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:36.400 n YU? 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:41.200 I did. My third year I did Shakespeare Intensive. But 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:42.719 the first two years I was at Circle in the 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:46.040 Square Theater school, which is great because they do it's 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.960 like a Schmortes board of all sorts of techniques, which 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.640 I really liked. And then for the third year it 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:52.880 was a Shakespeare intensive. 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.400 Did you know I did a I did a. I 0:06:55.440 --> 0:07:00.159 actually saw Diane Veanora at the Public Theater doing the 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.080 lead role in Hamlet, and then I did a film 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.039 with her. So I just I mean, I was just like, 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.679 I was so annoying. I just hammered her with questions 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:11.200 every day at lunch. She's like Scott really again? But 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.000 she fascinated me. And did you ever get to play 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:19.120 a male Shakespeare role in college? 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.120 I did. I played Prince hal in Henry the Fourth 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:27.600 Part one in college and it was really fun. I mean, 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.960 who knows what it was like, but as an experience, 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:32.559 a growth experience, it was great. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.480 And what do you think it gave you over people 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:39.560 that hasn't have not studied classical theater? You think it 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:40.680 gave you a leg up? 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:48.360 Well, certainly it's difficult for me not to segue into 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.000 audio books, which is my that's my main gig these 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.200 days and has been for a while, so I'm going 0:07:55.280 --> 0:08:00.400 to do it. When I first started, I was doing 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.560 this twenty four hour science fiction book and I it 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.320 was really hard, and it was long nights, and I 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.760 at one point I was like, oh my god, I wouldn't. 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.560 I could not do this. If I hadn't been to 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:18.200 NYU and specifically the classical studio, I couldn't do it. 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.160 I just wouldn't. My mouth wouldn't be able to do it. 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:25.040 My endurance, my focus, No way would I've been able 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.960 to do that. And I felt really grateful for that. 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:32.400 And I also felt like having done Shakespeare gave me 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:36.600 a lot of confidence just in general, like, well, if 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.560 I can do that, I can probably play nervous shy 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:45.520 Girl number two. You know. So it works. It suited me. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.559 I loved it, and it also was like the right 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:51.719 path for me, right. 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:56.280 Yeah. Every young actor that approaches me, whether I'm interviewing 0:08:56.280 --> 0:09:00.120 somebody or they asked me, how do I embark on 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.760 her career? I said just I said, just study your 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.959 Shakespeare said, just nail it and own it and know 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.200 that if you go to London they're gonna mock you. 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:13.959 And just fight the good fight and. 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:17.120 Us anyway, I have a go study with the best 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.800 and don't settle for less. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:23.600 And really own that stuff and then let the business 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:28.360 chase you. You know, we just saw your character on Her 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:32.080 and you came on like a tornado onto the screen. 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.280 And as soon as I saw this episode, I I 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.800 I called my executive producer. I said, get her on 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.079 the show. She's she's something, She's she's one of these 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:47.000 great actresses that got a small role on a great 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.400 show and I want to talk to her. And I 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:53.840 didn't know your resume, but I wasn't surprised when I 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:58.280 when I read off the list. But anyway, let's talk 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:02.280 about the dinner scene, the class dinner scene. It's probably 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:07.600 my favorite scene in all of Gilmour Girls. And there's 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.880 only well there's Logan and Rory in the scene, but 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.800 the woman who played your mother or the grandfather, I 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:19.520 mean the dialogue. It was hysterical. Yes, it was just 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.960 the funniest. What do you remember about filming that? 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.800 Oh, well, it was the first. I'm sure you've done 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.160 many a dinner scene. It was my first time doing 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.720 a dinner scene on camera, and man's that slow. 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.360 Yeah, since endless, those days are endless. 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:40.680 There's just so much coverage. It's just unbelievable. It just 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:45.439 takes forever, just a scene that just zips by so delightfully. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.400 I was like, oh boy, wow, this. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:50.000 This took all day. 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.360 But it was yeah. I mean, other than that, it 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:57.439 was it was I forget I should remember where we were. 0:10:57.520 --> 0:10:59.319 It was in a gorgeous place. It was just kind 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:03.160 of nice to be and because I think there were 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.040 so many people at the table, it was a nice 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.520 opportunity for me to get to watch people working. There 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.920 was so much that was that I was not in, 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.920 but I was still there, so it was like a 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.880 little mini workshop. How does she make that look so easy? 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:19.439 How she make that look so funny? 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:24.320 You know exactly? Yeah, it really was a case. It 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.440 was like a masterclass of acting. That whole thing. That 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:33.319 scene was just amazing. I rewatched it many times. First 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.680 down set. You remember your first down set? 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:42.160 Tell us what it's like, Well, it's a blur, it was. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.040 It was well. First of all, I was a huge 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:49.000 fan of the show before getting the job, and I 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.120 had almost no on camera experience. So I was both 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:59.319 a fangirl and a nervous wreck, so I was amped up. 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:05.640 But what I remember people being extremely kind, maybe because 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.000 they were like, oh my god, this girl needs help, 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:12.280 but I remember everyone being really gentle and kind and supportive. 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:19.080 So yeah, it's a blur. It is a blur. Though. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.439 What about meeting Matt Zuger for the first time? Tell 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:22.200 us about that. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:28.080 He was great? He wasn't We didn't like hang out 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:34.960 much beforehand, but but again, he seemed he I could 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.360 tell that he could tell that I was nervous, so 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.440 he was like making sure. I was like, okay, you 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:41.960 got it, you got it. He was taking care of 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:42.559 me a little bit. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:48.160 But yeah, yeah that's Maddie. That sounds like Maddie. Yeah. 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.679 It was great, It was It was a really it 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.120 was the scene the first time you see me is 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:58.160 when I'm going to the dorm and yeah, so that 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:02.560 was my first scene, you know, the way we shot it, 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:03.200 that was the first one. 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:11.800 Right. We have some questions as to why Logan didn't 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:19.160 have a key to the house. Oh god, right, why 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.720 did he have to knock or ring the bell? It's 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.640 his home, that's right. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.880 I never thought of that. That's such a good idea. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.960 I mean, obviously, so I could have an. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:34.839 Entrance, right exactly. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:36.920 That's the real reason. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:40.439 That's the real reason, and that is that's the conclusion 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.280 we all came to. Finally we had to get her 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:43.520 into the scene. How are we going to do it? 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:47.160 Yeah, that's also just one little anecdote about the coming 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:51.240 to the door scene. Yeah. I was really excited to 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.920 have gotten this job because I speak very quickly naturally, 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.040 and I was like, yeah, I was finally the show 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.199 for me where I can speak as fast as I want. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.680 That scene where I opened the door, first note, I 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:03.840 get slow down. 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.760 No, that's the first person we have ever interviewed that 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:09.400 got a note to slow down. 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.480 I was talking too fast for the Gilmore girl. I 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:13.200 couldn't believe it. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:14.240 Are you kidding me? 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:19.320 I mean I do believe it, because listen, but it 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:20.200 was a bit of a shock. 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.120 I'm telling you. We got to call the Guinness Book 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.160 of World Records because that's got to be a land 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:29.479 speed record on talking speed. You might be the fastest 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:30.880 talker in the world. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.000 Where do I get my prize? 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.520 We'll be in touch. Okay, good, We're going to we're 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:40.160 going to get on this man. Maybe we'll just have 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.120 you back on do the ceremony and present you with 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:43.720 the plaque and the check and the whole. 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:47.240 Deal, and I'll have a ten thousand word acceptance speech. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:48.760 It'll be over in two minutes. 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.280 And if you don't, they'll take everything away from you. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:01.640 So did you know when you booked the job initially 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.720 how long you were going to have the job for 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.680 or did you feel pressure to do a good job 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.760 so they'd bring your character back? 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:15.000 I did not. I think it was like possible recurring, 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:22.600 it said on the breakdown. So I didn't know, and 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.960 it was it was a while. I think maybe there 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.520 was a season break. Anyway, it was a while between 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:32.840 the first one and getting the call for the second one. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.400 So I did. I didn't know what to expect. I mean, 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.480 I'd never done anything like this before. I didn't like 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.160 when I didn't immediately have all the episodes and all 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:44.240 the dates. When I showed up on day one, I 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.040 was like, well, I don't know, maybe it'll never happen. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.440 Maybe it's just the one who knows. So each each 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.360 I did four, and so each time the next episode 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.720 came along, it was an extremely welcome call for me, 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.520 especially episode the second one I did the second episode. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.120 That call came at an excellent time, so I was 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:07.000 very grateful. 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.880 I'm glad they took good carry. Everybody took good carrier. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.560 That's great. Your husband's and actor. Did you two meet 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.600 on the set of a show or movie you did together, 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:17.680 or how'd you guys meet? 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:23.200 We met doing a play. I'm a member of the 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:27.240 NTS Theater Company classical theater company out here in LA 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.880 and we were doing Noel Coward's Tonight at eight thirty, 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:34.960 which is actually a collection of short plays. We did 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.200 eight of them and rep over two different nights, so 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.560 it was this big, whole complicated thing. And ants used 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:44.560 to do double casting all the time, so we needed 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.400 twice the actors, and we needed more people who could 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.480 do English accents. And the autistic director at the time 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.560 had coached him separately. She asked him to come in 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:55.360 as a guest star, and I. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:17:00.280 Kept him and you cast him as the lead. 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:02.320 I cast him as Ma Lee. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.840 In the movie of Your Life. Yeah, and I you 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:13.919 know you talked about your audio books, uh at the 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.320 top of this, tell us a little bit about that. 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:24.160 So that came about also through my theater company audiobook 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:28.040 one one producer in particular was like, I bet if 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.280 people can do Shakespeare, they can do audio books. And 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.960 so he would call the theater asking for people to 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:37.560 audition for various projects. And he called and I answered 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.399 the phone one day and he was calling for another 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.200 woman's number, and I was like, yes, I will give 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:49.359 that to you if you let me audition too, which 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:55.159 was uncharacteristically cheeky of me, but I did it anyway. 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.680 He got that one, but I got the next one, 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.840 and so yeah, So it was just it was because 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.080 of theater company that I got introduced to the first 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:09.119 the first company, and then another another actor at the 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:14.040 company introduced me to a really big producer in town. 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.439 And then it was like a slow build for a 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:21.560 long time until a couple of years ago when I 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.200 picked up a new client that allowed me to quit 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:25.480 my day job. 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:30.879 There you go, good, good, good good. You played Elaine 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:34.040 Robinson in a stage version of The Graduate, one of 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:36.560 my favorite old time movies, one of my favorite all 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:42.000 time lead characters. Tell us what that was like. Did 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:46.159 you see the movie first you? Did you avoid the 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.160 movie or did you did you want to see. 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.359 The movie, and oh I had seen it. 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.080 You had already seen multiple. 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.040 Times before, and I agree that it's a brilliant thing. 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.960 I didn't rewatch it when I got the job. I 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:04.120 didn't rewatch it because the play is based more closely 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:08.920 upon the book. The film has a different tone than 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:15.679 the book, particularly in the main character of Benjamin. In 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:22.080 the book, he's a golden boy, you know, whatever your 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:23.800 image of a California golden boy. 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.080 Mike Nichols wanted Dustin Hoffman, right, yes. 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.320 So, and I and I think that was a great choice. 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:33.800 The movies, absolutely, but the so the play is a 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:34.560 little but. 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:36.359 It's a whole different film. I mean, it's just a 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.679 completely different Dustin took it into areas that it couldn't 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:41.840 possibly have been taken into totally. 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:46.040 Yeah. So so no, I didn't rewatch it for that reason, 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.720 and I didn't want to. I think I'm susceptible to 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.720 copying performances that I like, so I didn't want to 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:57.400 do that. So yeah, but it was amazing. We were 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.400 on It was a year. We got toured all around 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:03.880 the country. I had four different missus Robinson's, the first 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:05.040 of whom was Jerry Hall. 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:09.280 What was she likes she's not an actor, but did 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:10.119 she pull it off? 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.880 She yes, anything, anything she did would have been right 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:21.600 because she's this crazy. She was like London and Texas, 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:27.840 shake and bake. She's amazing. She It was a lot 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:30.760 of fun, just sort of standing in awe watching her 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:32.399 stride through the world. 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:37.560 Linda Gray, Lorraine broco Kelly McGillis. Wow, what was Lorraine 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:43.719 brocco Is? Died in the World New York Actors Studio. Badass. 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.119 You know, tell us, tell us what she was like 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:47.840 to work with. 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:51.600 You know that she was such a because I think 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:57.520 she came right after Jerry, just such a such a change, 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:01.240 you know, she was basically I remember she was super cool. 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.360 She wasn't with us too long. I think maybe two 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:07.800 months or something. She was just so cool. I remember 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.600 we were on we were heading to the theater one 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:13.639 day and I was like, oh my god, those are 0:21:13.720 --> 0:21:17.000 such cool sunglasses. Her jacket is so cool. And I 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:18.840 was like, oh my god, I'm picking this woman apart 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:21.560 and just making notes like I'm going to be her. 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:22.960 Yeah. 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:25.959 Sure, she gave a she was she was ferocious as 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:26.800 Miss Robinson. 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:33.919 Wow, what a role. Yeah, who played Benjamin in your version. 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:40.040 It started with Rider Strong, right Strong was our first 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:42.920 Benjamin for the first three months for all of rehearsal 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:49.119 tech Uh, San Francisco, La San Diego. I think he 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.480 so he was. He was our first one, and then John, 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:54.480 but he was only scheduled to do a certain amount 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:57.520 of time, and then Jonathan, an actor named Jonathan Kaplan 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:01.480 came in and took over for the the other eight 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:02.160 months or something. 0:22:07.960 --> 0:22:10.080 So we're gonna play a little game called rapid Fire, 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:13.040 which is not necessarily rapid it all. I'm just going 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:17.000 to ask you some questions related to that thing we're 0:22:17.040 --> 0:22:20.240 not supposed to be talking about Gilmore Sure, okay, all right? 0:22:20.280 --> 0:22:21.040 You ready? Here we go. 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:24.280 I hope I know any of the answers. We'll see. 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:26.879 If you don't know, I'll give you the answers no worse. 0:22:27.520 --> 0:22:29.200 How do you like your coffee. 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:30.560 Black? 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:35.080 There you go? Have you binged the entire Gilmore Girls series? 0:22:35.640 --> 0:22:36.040 I have not? 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:42.080 Are your team Logan Team Jess or Team Dean Team Logan? 0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:46.000 There you go? We love Logan on the podcast, We 0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:51.680 love Logan. Uh. What would you order at Luke Steiner? 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:57.280 Uh? Coffee coffee, coffee, coffee. 0:22:56.880 --> 0:22:59.520 Coffee Harvard or Yale. 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:05.920 Oh what what did you think? You thought I was 0:23:05.920 --> 0:23:08.040 gonna say Yale? Didn't I did? Yeah? 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:08.960 Because a Yale rap. 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:11.199 No, I should have said Yale. That would have been 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:12.359 more in line. It would have been more on. 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:13.520 Said Harvard? 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:17.240 Why? Because I grew up in Massachusetts and like that 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:19.840 was the fanciest one. There you go, and I have 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:21.960 like a little bit of a snob, even though I 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:23.000 couldn't have gone to Harvard. 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:28.080 A lot of people, a lot of people that have 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:31.480