"7 Random Questions": Conversations with Actors

Years ago, when I lived in Los Angeles, I had an old review blog on which I decided to include interviews with actors (though other writing, eventually, got in the way, time-wise).  If I learned one thing from living in the bizarre circus of La La Land, it was to nurture my love of actors; whether a seasoned, award-winning vet or someone who's just landed his/her first speaking role on a primetime series, my deepest respect for what actors (especially the "struggling actor") go through, having seen it first hand - giving up decent food and clothing and even living out of a car to pursue "the dream" - is unmatched.  I often think I should have been an agent; truly think I'd fight for my actors like a mama bear fighting for her children, with 150% conviction of their talent and the daily act of imparting that conviction into the heart of any casting directors who would listen (think Beverly Goldberg sharing her schmoopies with the world).

I MISS doing those phone interviews, and seek to start them up again, here, with a slightly different format called "7 Random Questions" that, basically, works like this:

For an approximate ten-minute phone interview, there would be a total of nine questions.  The first of which will be a version of "Why acting?" (or writing, or directing, or music - depending on the subject) - establishing what turned the person to the industry or that profession in the first place. And in the end question 9, to wind things up, would be a variation on the age-old "Where would you like to be in five years?" theme, to establish the subject matter's hopes or plans for the future; where they'd like to be then, especially in their professional lives.

It's the seven questions in between the actor won't know, going in.  I have a list (so far) of nearly thirty questions (could be anything from "Dogs or cats?" to "Who are your heroes?"), seven of which I would pull from to ask the interview subject.  Nothing controversial, by any means - the point of the interview is to spotlight the actor to the public, particularly for those who might not yet know their work (see "ARCHIVED INTERVIEWS" on the right column of this blog, where you can read a couple of the old sample interviews I've done to get an idea) ... but should know their work, at least in my opinion because each professional interviewed here will be a personal favorite of mine.  Granted, I have lofty ambitions - you can see, here, images of some of the actors I'd give anything to interview/include on this page (and even all this is just a small sampling) - but either way, please do bookmark this page, and keep checking back for interviews of some genuinely talented individuals here; actors and artists you should be paying some HUGE attention to, if you aren't already!

And if you are an actor open to a lively, fun 9-question interview - 7 of those questions random, just to get you thinking - please, by all means, I am hoping to talk with YOU!