WEBVTT - One on One: Colin Egglesfield 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:17.520 I am all In. Let's kiss you, I Am all 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:21.400 in with Scott Patterson and I Heart Radio podcast. Hey 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.880 Everybody's Scott Patterson. I Am all In Podcast one on 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:29.400 one interview. We have a very special cast. Colin eggles Field. 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:34.519 He was uh in one of his only appearances in 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:41.800 season four, episode seventeen, Girls in Bikini's Boys Doing the Twist. Uh. 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:47.120 He played Sean Um And a little bit about Colin. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.120 He's an actor, is known for his roles in All 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:53.519 My Children, Melrose Place, Where's Olian Aisles? And The Client List, 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:58.200 Chicago Fireplus, starring alongside Kate Hudson and Jennifer Goodwin, and 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:02.280 Something Borrow Doesn't There's a sequel something about a sequel 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.240 to that that you can tell some were supposed to 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.959 the book has a sequel to it, but we never 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:14.560 actually got to filming that second. Oh man, Yeah, it's 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.600 I know, right, you get to work with Kate Hudson again. Well, 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:22.199 once it's good enough maybe right. Um, all right, let's 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.479 jump into it. You you played shown in spring Break 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.000 episodes He's four episode seventeen. How did you get the role? 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:31.640 The audition for it for so yes, I did um 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.680 and that one was the first time that I actually 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.039 had to. My agent called me off the morning of 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.800 and I was like ten o'clock in the morning, got 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:44.039 an email, um, and then a phone call saying, hey, 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.000 uh gil More girls, they're doing this audition down in 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.720 Marina del Rey and if you book the role, you're 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.520 gonna be working today. So, I mean, I don't know 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.880 how this business works sometimes where it's like all right, 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.280 you know, it's like we're My dad was an obstetrician, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:01.680 like he would have to get called in the middle 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:05.400 of the night. But you know, with Hollywood, it's very 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.040 similar in the sense that like you just got to 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.000 be on call. And uh So I went down there 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:12.880 and there was probably like fifteen other guys that were 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:18.000 at this motel um and one by one they had 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.120 us go in audition, and then it was that magical 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.400 moment where the casting director comes out and says, all right, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.120 everyone can leave except for Colin. I was like, right, 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.280 got this role, and then she says, Okay, we just 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.440 need you to wait here. We're waiting for one other 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:38.160 actor to come by audition, Like crap. So I'm sitting 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.840 there literally for like an hour, and then finally this 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.200 kid walks in and it was actually this guy from 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:47.000 my acting class, and um, I was brand new to 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:50.040 acting and he was like the more experienced actor in 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.040 my our acting class. He was the guy that like 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.960 everyone looked up to for advice and stuff. And I 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.160 was like, oh, he's wanting you know. So I was like, oh, then, 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.600 you know, obviously I'm not gonna get this. And shure enough, 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:03.680 he went in an audition and then she came out 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:04.960 and said, all right, call him he can you come 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.840 back in here and audition again. And so I went 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.440 back into the audition and then she came back out 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.560 and she was like, all right, to the other guy, 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:19.040 you can you can take off Colin to go to wardrobe. 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:24.120 So you're working that day? Yeah, wow, how exciting. So 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.760 so what was that like you tell us about you know, 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.040 you get the wardrobe. Did you go to Brendan mabn 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.200 and she fitted you with the wardrobe and then you 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.480 went to set? Tell us about what that was like? Yeah, 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.280 just you know, it was a pretty quick wardrobe fitting. 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.839 I think I had like two or three outfits and uh, 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:46.160 you know, my character plays a spring breaker, and um, 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:51.000 the girls come and they see they check into a 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.600 hotel the world of the motel rooms, and I walked 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.080 by with my friends and I kind of like take 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.240 a glance, and I'm kind of like smiling and flirting. 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.360 And then, um, we see each other again at the 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.640 pool and I'm just trying to like play Mr. Cool 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.840 and so yeah, I think I had like three different 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.960 or two different wardrobe changes. Um. And then you know 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:15.040 a lot of acting is just sitting around waiting, So 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.640 just kind of sat around waiting for a while and 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:21.080 then uh, and then just got to it. Um. So 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.120 we shot one day there and then we shot another 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:27.320 day at the nightclub scene where the girls. Um, I 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:32.640 think Paris sees two girls making out, so no, no, no, 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:36.480 no, no no, Paris makes out with Rory. Yes, well you 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.080 see you see Paris kiss Rory and then you go 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:43.440 up to Rory finally, Yes, but it was I don't 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.480 know where Paris got the idea, but she was like 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.320 she kisses Rory to try to like spice things up 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.680 because they're like on spring break and right there they 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.680 feel like they're boring. And of course Rory is like 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:58.320 gob smacked. She's like what are you doing? And I 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.400 see this and I'm like, oh, these girls are like 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.279 into this kicky stuff. So I walk over to Rory 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.720 and she's like, oh hey, and I'm like, hey, how 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:12.159 you doing? Maybe your friend wants to come to She 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.800 was like you gross and she like hence hence the 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:21.960 one episode on a family friendly show. Um, but hey, 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.320 at least you got to play right, Uh And what 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.720 a great credit the head of on the resume. Did 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.479 it help your career and all? Getting a Gilmore Girls 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.240 because Gilmore Girls is sort of a stamp of approval 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:37.200 the way Seinfeld was absolutely absolutely Yeah, having a credit 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.400 like that on my resume definitely, Uh makes casting directors 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.279 and directors and producers, you know, taking more seriously and 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.719 you're not just uh, you know, a newbie and that 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.360 you've actually you know, proven that you've gone through the 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.320 audition process and you know, because it's it's definitely not easy, 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.359 like I just described. You know, there's a lot of 0:05:55.360 --> 0:06:00.800 competition when it comes to acting. You know, sometimes there's 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.080 some luck involved, but a lot of the times it 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:08.000 does come down to uh, you know, just um proving 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.480 to the casting that you know that they usually want 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.200 to see you like four or five six times, the 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.159 trust you enough to you know, see what you're capable 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:21.000 of doing, you'll actually pull the trigger to to cast. 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:26.560 So before you Gilmore, you've done a few TV episodes. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.840 When your first gig, you've done Law and Order, s V. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.400 You you did SWAT. Were you familiar with Gilmore Girls 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:37.120 before you joined the show? Were how did you discover 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:40.919 the show? It was just you know, it's, um, just 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:48.280 just popular show. I mean, you know back then when 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.359 the ratings were like, you know massive, there was only 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:58.240 what maybe six networks or seven networks instead of like 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:02.800 the two thousand networks that they're UM. So, I you know, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.800 I'd always heard that it was, you know, a really 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:09.360 popular show. I never actually watched an episode, but I 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:13.840 always thought Alexis was cute and uh I was like yeah, 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.280 and you know, you see her in like the Red 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.680 Carpet and magazines and stuff, So I mean I knew 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:21.880 who she was and I was like, yeah, this this 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.080 would be cool. What did you think of her? Would you? 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.200 Did you like working with her? Oh? Yeah she was 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.280 so everyone was so sweet, so cool, so down to 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.760 um and uh yeah it was it was great to 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:40.000 work with her. Then, um, I saw her, Um, one 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:41.960 of my favorite shows is Madman. So when I saw 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.960 her on that. Um, I was like, good on. Yeah. 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.560 It was like and she doesn't age. I mean, it's crazy, 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:53.520 like she still looks the same. Yeah. Um so. Uh. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.600 The band The Shins performed at that club in that scene. 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:01.080 Were you excited to see him on stage during the filming? Yeah? 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.760 Yeah yeah. And The Ships were actually one of my 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.760 favorite bands at the time. Um. I had first discovered 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.480 them in New York City before moving out to l A. 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.280 So that was an extra special treat to to be 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.480 able to see them. Dude, let me ask you this. 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:23.320 Do you do you get recognized from that episode? Um? 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:30.000 I have? I have, yes, Um, maybe once or twice. Uh. 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:35.040 You know, it's it's usually some I don't know, something, 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.080 just a random person like an airport or something, and 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.240 they'll come up and be like you wait you are 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.560 you an actor? I'm like yeah. Normally it's from All 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.480 my Children or something borrowed because those are some of 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:49.880 the bigger projects I've done. And I there was this 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.080 one person, um, and I was like, she was like, 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:54.600 you know, are you an actor? Was like, yeah, I 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.160 was on All My Children. She's like no. I was like, 0:08:57.760 --> 0:08:59.320 what else have you been on? And this is then 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.280 where it gets in of this like rabbit hole of 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:07.240 uh did something borrowed? No? No, that client, No, that 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:11.240 wasn't it. Give the whole resume to somebody. That wasn't it. 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:15.840 And then five minutes later she comes back that's me 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:20.080 gilbar Girls And I was like, oh, yes, that was 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:25.760 twenty something years ago. Y. Yeah, you're very patient just 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.280 to go through the entire list. That's it. Yeah, because 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:29.960 that's like if you if you say like, hey, listen, 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.080 I'm not gonna play this game, they're like, oh yeah, 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.720 we'ready a callin niggles Field. He's such But they don't 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:36.840 know who you are anyway. They didn't know who you were. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:41.480 Well they recognized you, but they didn't know why. And 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:48.680 you know, knew me from something. Wow. Um. So you 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:52.800 went on to start in several movies, uh, and TV 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:57.880 series mel Melrose Places, Client List, Razolian Isles um, and 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.959 you filmed Something Barroed, which kind of a big head right. 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.760 Oh yeah, yeah, So I mean, I know, we we 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.400 talked about a little bit in the beginning, but what 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.920 happened to the sequel? So there there's a sequel to 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.040 the there's it's a book series, something Borrowed, something Blue, 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:20.800 and in the end of Something Borrowed, they actually show 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:25.240 the preview for Something Blue, so left everyone thinking, all right, well, 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.959 this is going to happen. And it was right around 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:32.920 the time when romantic comedies at the box office we're 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:37.000 just kind of like curtailing and the traditional romantic comedy, 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.400 something like How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:45.200 or Pretty Woman, Something Borrowed. Um, what happened was two 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:52.200 weeks after Something Borrowed came out, Um, it was the 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:58.920 movie with Kristen Wig, Bridesmaids came and that movie, like 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:04.160 almost overnight kind of redefined what the romantic comedy was. 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:10.080 And so our movie kind of, I mean it did, 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:15.240 it did good, but Bride'smaids just exploded and within after 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.840 coming out after Something Borrowed, all the attention was on 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:23.400 bride'smaid So then the romantic comedy started to just kind 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:27.360 of it started to go a little more subversive and 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:31.679 a little more black comedy, kind of more realistic, more 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.480 of the non traditional boy needs girl and are they 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:39.079 going to get together? Um, it was kind of more 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:43.920 of the I don't know INDI version of romantic comedies. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:49.360 And then couple that with the explosion of Netflix, where 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:53.000 everyone started to get these gigantic TVs in their homes 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.560 and so people stopped going to the movie theater as much. 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:02.800 The largest demographic of movie goers is actually seventeen year 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.240 old boys. So that's why all of these tent pole 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:12.320 superhero movies do so well theaters, like Marvel and you know, 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:17.040 Superman and all this stuff, spider Man and the romantic 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:21.600 comedy as we know it has really kind of shifted 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:26.160 more over to like Hallmark and g a C. Where 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:32.360 there the traditional you know, boy meets girl kind of model. UM. 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.320 And it's it's a shame because I stn't think there's 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.520 there's definitely an audience for the kinds of romantic comedies 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:43.040 that you know, people we grew up watching. UM. And 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.840 not to say that you know, the new type of 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:50.680 romantic comedy is is not um, you know, not viable, 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:55.959 because obviously it is. It just definitely UM that they 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:59.960 were afraid with a huge budget like you kid Hudson 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:04.680 and John Krasinski's and like the salaries. I mean, it 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:09.319 almost became a question of, well, are we going to 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.439 make our money back because the amount of box office 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.480 scorers now is just not what it used to be 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.880 So now you have a series called Coffee with Colin 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.839 on Facebook or or is it YouTube? Tell us about that, 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.800 It's it's both. So I do a live talk show 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:34.439 on Monday nights where I interviewed my actor friends and 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:40.080 and influencers athletes essentially the platform. The whole theme of 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:44.440 the show is what what challenges have you faced in 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:50.120 life to overcome to be able to manifest your dreams 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.679 and create success in life. A lot of people look at, 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.760 you know, actors or athletes or whatever and think like, oh, well, 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.600 you know I could never do that, or there's no way, 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:04.240 like you know, that's Hollywood or you know, all that's 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:08.240 for other people, and uh, for full you know, for 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.280 a full hour, we delve into you know, why did 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.560 you want to become an actor or an athlete? Or 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.520 how did you write this book? Um? What were the 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.120 challenges you face? What would you tell your younger self? 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.960 What advice would you give to anyone who's pursuing a 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:26.880 career now in acting or whatever? Um? You know, because 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.120 on talk shows there's really not a whole lot of 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:30.960 time to really delve into this kind of stuff. On 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.920 talk shows, it's like five or ten minutes they you know, 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.080 people give a little sound bites, but I'm a coffee 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:40.520 with Colin. I try to show a side of people 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:46.160 that the general public maybe never knew about, or when 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:50.920 they watched the show, they're like you know what, wow, Like, Um, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.080 they're just like me. And you know, I always wanted 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.280 to be an actor, and I always like, it's good 0:14:55.400 --> 0:15:00.520 nice to hear that. You know that success of actors 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.440 or whatever have the same doubts and the same fears 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.720 and the same insecurities as everyone else. But this is 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.520 how we overcame all of that to get to where 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:14.440 we're at. Um. Interesting alright, Uh, coffee with Colin, Facebook, YouTube, 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.120 checking out everybody. You know. You you have a pretty 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:21.960 interesting background before acting, you were in the fashion world. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:29.120 You were, um, a very successful model. Uh, tell us 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.120 about a little bit about that journey. How did you 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.640 get discovered and what was that experience? Like, Yeah, I 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.440 was I was going to school at the University of Iowa. 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:41.400 I was a senior um and I was coming home 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.760 from my waitering job one night in the middle of 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.240 winter and I heard on the radio, come to the 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.240 Model Search of America the Davenport Holiday And next Tuesday 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.760 night you can travel the world, and I was like, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:59.840 why not? So I went to model agent. Scouts said, uh, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.920 we're doing this this model convention UM in Chicago, like 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:06.640 for you to come, and so I went to it, 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.880 got hooked up with an agent in Chicago and started 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.360 he started setting me on some of these auditions, and 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:18.160 then they randomly got selected for this Ralph Lauren campaign 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:23.000 and then Versace and you got a Ralph Lauren campaign. Yeah. 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:27.360 And as as as somebody who just coming into the business, Yeah, 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.720 I was twenty three years old years old and you're 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.800 shooting with Bruce Webber. There you go, because he shot 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:36.560 he shot those campaigns, right, yeah, and what year was that? 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.080 This was nineties six, all right, so he was all 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.000 through the eighties too, so he was well established at 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.160 that point. Is as like the one of one of 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:50.600 the photographers. Yeah, Bruce Webber and I go down to 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.280 Florida to shoot this thing and I'm like, oh, yeah, 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.040 Like I didn't know who was I didn't like. I 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.480 was just saying I would stand here playing the beach 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:02.640 and like ball. Sure, And then he hired me two 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:07.240 weeks later for this Versace campaign and good lord, Yeah, 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:10.440 I got to go to the Versaccy Mansion for Bruce 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:15.919 Webber's birthday party and met Donna Tella and like supermodels. 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.000 And then they sent me to Milan, Italy and started 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:23.480 doing runaway shows for Versacey Armani and uh I wrote 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.439 a book four years ago and I write all about this, 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.439 just kind of like crazy journeys and stuff. And then 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.480 I lived in Milan for three months, and then I 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.320 moved to New York City and started doing the Calvin 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.840 Clan underwear box. So I was working with and pretty regularly. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.600 And uh then every six months Milan, London, Paris for 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.919 the fashion shows. Lived in Tokyo for like seven weeks 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.959 modeling stuff. And while I was in New York, my 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.800 agents started sending me on some commercial auditions for like 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.920 you know, no acting required, just basically you're driving a car, 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:05.399 or like Gillette. And I started booking some of these 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.560 commercials and my agency, have you ever thought about doing 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.400 TV or film? And I was like, God, now, I've 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.960 always been nervous in front of the camera. And it's like, 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:14.639 why don't you take an acting class see if you 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.520 like it, because you seem to have a knack for 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.560 booking these commercials. And I jumped into this acting class 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:24.640 and who just in New York. In New York, My, Yeah, 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.960 my first teacher, her name was Jackie Segal, and it 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:32.119 was just a private acting class in the East Village. Uh. 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.240 Studied there for a little bit, and then I studied 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:41.720 UM at the Bank Street Theater UM and then also 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:51.679 with Sheila Gray and Sam Batson UM and yeah, I 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:53.480 just I fell in love with it. And then I 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.520 was across the street for the World Trade Center. I 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.359 had done two acting roles, one Law and Order episode 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.840 SV and then uh, an episode of the show called 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.040 the Street Right to get into bed with Jenny Garth 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:10.520 in my underwear, and uh, you know, two small acting 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:14.240 credits to my name. And then those planes hit the 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:18.680 World Trade Center that morning. I I was living across 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.399 street from the Trade centers. I went to my window 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.600 because I could hear the syrens and the ambulances, and 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:28.680 I literally looked up and saw the flames and people 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.879 jumping out of the towers and it was horrendous. And 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:37.439 I took my video camera and I started video videoing everything. 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:40.159 And then the second plane hit and that's when I knew, like, 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:44.560 all right, something's not right. So I ran outside and um, 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.480 this tower fell down. I was running down the street 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:49.960 and it was two weeks before I could get back 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:52.560 into my apartment. And when I did, it looked like 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.119 a bomb had blown up. My windows were blown in 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.760 and there's all this debris everywhere, and I had ten 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.240 minutes to grab whenever I could, put it to a 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.399 suitcase and get out of there. And that's when I 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:05.920 decided to know what I'm gonna go to. I think 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.040 I'm gonna go to Hollywood to pursue this dream, you know, 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:14.480 this close to meeting my maker. And that was one 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:16.240 of the things that I write about in my book 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:20.000 about you know, I think we take life for granted, 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.760 and I think we let a lot of the our 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:26.479 own self doubts stop us from going after what we 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:29.760 really want to. And you know, I loved acting, but 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:32.159 the idea of going out to Hollywood to be a 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:35.919 professional actor, that was just kind of like, it didn't 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:40.399 seem real. I was like, I mean Leonardo DiCaprio and 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.959 Ben Affleck and Matt Dame like I would love that, 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.240 but and Tom Cruise, I was like, I can never 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.480 do that. But after that day on nine eleven, I 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.959 was like, you know what if I was stuck up 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:56.199 at those in those towers, and you know, God or 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:58.880 someone said, hey, Colin from giving you a second chance 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:01.159 of life, what are you gonna do with it? And 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:04.440 just crystal clear, I was like, I want to act, 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:08.200 I want to go do this, and uh so I 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.080 went up to Hollywood and counted the pavement for three 0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:13.119 years and it was in that three year period that 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:17.440 I booked Stale Moore Girls Before All My Children, which 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:21.280 probably back to New York. What's the name of that book. 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:26.639 It's called Agile Artists Like Lessons from Hollywood and Beyond. 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:30.959 What a story? What a story? Um, all right, we're 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:33.720 gonna shift gears here and thank you for sharing that. 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:38.159 That is uh yeah wow. Um. You know, that's one 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:40.960 of those life changing moments, obviously for a lot of 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:43.960 people around the world, and especially for the families directly 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:46.040 affected by it. But you know, you were there, You 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:48.280 were at ground zero practically, and you you could have 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:50.640 lost your life had you not gotten out of there. 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:56.919 Sure have you ever got a life altering moment like that? Well? 0:21:57.040 --> 0:22:02.320 Uh yeah, uh huh A couple of them actually, Actually 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:04.720 the day that happened, that's you know, September eleventh, is 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:08.959 my birthday. So that altered my life, and that, you know, 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:14.480 should gives me an opportunity to show respect to the 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:18.359 fallen and the lives that were lost. I no longer 0:22:18.400 --> 0:22:21.919 celebrate my birthday on the eleventh. Um, it's not a 0:22:21.920 --> 0:22:24.320 time of celebration. But yeah, so that changed. But yes, 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:29.280 I've had I've had a several actually life changing Um 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:31.159 so I know I know what you mean, man, You 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:34.320 know it changes your perspective on everything, and you go, 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:37.639 you know what. And I've I've been in your shoes 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:41.879 where it was like, Okay, um now I'm gonna do 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:44.400 what I'm you know, if I had ten years to live, 0:22:44.480 --> 0:22:46.640 what am I gonna do? You know? If I had 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:58.600 really matters? Right right? Yeah, all right, We're gonna play 0:22:58.600 --> 0:23:04.240 a game called Rapid Fire, okay uh, and I'm gonna 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:06.159 ask you questions and you just you just answer his 0:23:06.240 --> 0:23:09.280 fast account. Okay if you wouldn't mind, all right, you 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.760 don't have to, but that's what we do, all right, Rabber. 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:14.879 How many coups of coffee do you have in a day? 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:20.920 Are you Team Logan, Team Jesser, Team Dean? I don't 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:26.120 know who's your favorite character on Gilmore Girls? What would 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.719 you what would you order at Luke's Diner a turkey 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.480 club sandwich? What would you rather go on a road 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:40.320 trip with Taylor or Michelle Taylor? Why? I don't know. 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:45.800 I like the name, finish the lyric and where you lead, 0:23:45.920 --> 0:23:49.679 I will follow dot dot dot to the ends of 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:53.200 the earth and make you the happiest woman in the world. Wow, 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:55.400 that's pretty good. We better call Carol King and say 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:57.359 we gotta we got a hot line coming in. We 0:23:57.400 --> 0:24:00.160 got a line coming in hot here, Carol. Now it's 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:02.800 anywhere that you lead me to. But we like your 0:24:02.880 --> 0:24:10.640 line as well. Jackson's Vegetables or Suki's baked Goods. Would 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:16.840 you rather listen to Drella's Harp or The Troubadour's cover songs, 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:23.840 Cover Songs, Children prep or Stars Hollow? Hi? There you go, Colin. 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:27.120 It has been a pleasure. Thank you for sharing your 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:32.000 story a little bit with us. Um And uh, you know, 0:24:32.040 --> 0:24:35.440 one thing I will note is that when you came 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:40.240 on screen the first time, and I watched this this morning, Um, 0:24:41.560 --> 0:24:45.200 I said to myself, boy, he looks you know, he's 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:48.720 got the same kind of spark as Milo vent Amelia. 0:24:48.800 --> 0:24:51.120 I mean, you really sort of reminded me him because 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:52.600 I saw you in a profile and then when you 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:57.200