Episodes
A special bonus episode of the podcast. Robby sits down with his podcast producer to talk about their favorite moments of the podcast and recap season 2.
Published 08/08/22
Published 08/08/22
Alex Tarrant is an actor currently playing Kai Holman on NCIS Hawaii. He sits down with Robby to discuss his humble upbringing in New Zealand, how acting helped him find community and purpose, making a living as an actor, booking The Lord of the Rings TV series and NCIS, and more!
Published 08/01/22
Laura Gómez is an actress best known for playing ‘Blanca Flores’ in the Netflix series Orange is The New Black. She sits down with Robby to discuss moving back to the Dominican Republic, her early acting training in New York, making her own work, how she booked OITNB, and more!
Published 07/25/22
Matthew Del Negro is an actor best known for his work on The Sopranos, The West Wing, Scandal, and City on a Hill. He sits down with Robby to discuss balancing work and family life, how he transitioned from Lacrosse to acting, booking the Sopranos and working with James Gandolfini, managing your money correctly as an actor, and more!
Published 07/18/22
Ruben Rabasa has been a working actor for over 5 decades. Best known for his work on the hit Netflix TV show ‘I Think You Should Leave’. He sits down with Robby to discuss working in NY theatre, how his relationship with his mother shaped his life, getting national attention for his role in ITYSL, his new One Man Show called Rubenology, and more!
Published 07/11/22
Larry Clarke is an actor, writer, and director. He sits down with Robby to discuss overcoming his early struggles in this business, why having awareness of who you are is so crucial as an actor, writing and directing his own film, working with Steven Soderbergh and Meryl Streep, and much more!
Published 07/04/22
Actor Allen Maldonado (Black-ish, The Last O.G., The Wonder Years, Heels) returns to the podcast! He sits down with Robby to discuss running your acting career like a small business, building your brand as an actor, overcoming mental health struggles, how to create meaningful relationships in this business, and more!
Published 06/27/22
Joel Murray is an actor who’s been in more than 250 TV sitcom episodes. Best known for his work on Mad Men, Shameless, Dharma and Greg, and the improv group Whose Live Anyway. We talk about growing up the youngest of nine in the Murray household, studying improv at Second City and with the legendary improv teacher Del Close, how he booked Mad Men, his audition for the film ‘The Artist’, and more!
Published 06/20/22
Actor Chris Bauer (The Wire, True Blood, Heels) returns to the podcast! He sits down with Robby to discuss his early years as a child actor, studying at Yale, moving to Chicago and working with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, working with Nicolas Cage on 8mm, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robert De Niro on Flawless, his thoughts on method acting and more!
Published 06/13/22
Luke Hawx is a professional wrestler, stunt man, and actor. He sits down with Robby to talk about how he became a pro wrestler, transitioning from stunt work to acting, and booking the role of Stone Cold Steve Austin on NBC’s Young Rock.
Published 06/06/22
Gary Weeks is an actor with over 100 credits in film and TV, best known for his work on Netflix’s Outer Banks. He sits down with Robby to talk about moving to LA to pursue acting, the challenges of balancing family and career, what he learned from working with Michael Keaton in Spider-Man and Tom Hanks in Sully, and booking the hit Netflix TV show Outer Banks.
Published 05/30/22
Marcia DeBonis is an actress and casting director with decades of experience in the business. She sits down with Robby to discuss what she learned about auditioning from working in casting, how she prepares for an emotional scene, the challenges of being a character actress, and her tips for making your audition stand out.
Published 05/23/22
Aleks Paunovic is an actor best known for his roles in Van Helsing, Hawkeye, and Snowpiercer. He sits down with Robby to discuss the major game changers in his career. Including turning down a big role on a tv show to do his first ever theatre gig, the acting coach Larry Moss calling him out in front of the entire class demanding that he bring out his full potential, and what he learned from working with Anthony Hopkins and the time he met his idol, Muhammad Ali.
Published 05/16/22
Michael Tow is an actor best known for his work on Lucky Grandma, Sound of Metal, and Blindspot. He sits down with Robby to talk about his late start in acting, treating an acting career like a business, having the Kobe mentality as an actor and his recent breakthrough in a new Apple TV+ series.
Published 05/09/22
Jason Canela is an actor best known for his work on The Rookie, Pitch, and The Young and The Restless on CBS. He sits down with Robby to talk about his beginnings working in Spanish soap operas, transitioning to the English market and moving to Hollywood, how he got his first agents, and preparing to work on stage in the Gloria Estefan musical "On Your Feet."
Published 05/02/22
Moe Jeudy-Lamour is an actor best known for his work on Ted Lasso. He sits down with Robby to discuss how he got his start in acting, his first on-stage theatre experience, booking the hit show Ted Lasso and more!
Published 04/25/22
Maurice Compte is an actor best known for his work on Narcos, Breaking Bad, and Den of Thieves. He sits down with Robby to discuss the unusual way he got into acting, navigating the ups and downs of the business, his process for creating characters, and more!
Published 04/18/22
Antonio Jaramillo is an actor best known for his roles in Mayans MC, Shades of Blue, and Savages. He sits down with Robby to discuss his early years growing up in an orphanage, how finding theatre and literature helped him become a better human being, working with Benicio Del Toro and Oliver Stone, and the other major breakthroughs of his 20+ year career!
Published 04/11/22
Sheaun McKinney is an actor currently working on the CBS sitcom ‘The Neighborhood’. He sits down with Robby to talk about his start doing theatre in Miami, moving to LA and almost quitting the acting game, to booking a role in HBO’s Vice Principals that changed the course of his career and more!
Published 04/04/22
Doug Ellin is a writer, director, and showrunner best known for creating the HBO show Entourage. He sits down with Robby to talk about getting his start in Hollywood, the pressure of being a showrunner on a hit tv show, his new project ‘Ramble On’ with Charlie Sheen, and more!
Published 03/28/22
A special bonus episode of the podcast. Robby sits down with producer Hector Zea to answer all listener questions and recap season one of the podcast!
Published 01/10/22
Kaz and Ryan Firpo are writers/directors best known for writing the Marvel movie Eternals. They sit down with Robby to talk about how their love for films at an early age turned into a career, their experiences in film schools, making documentaries and commercials, and how they landed a writing gig for Marvel Studios!
Published 12/27/21
David Zaldivar is a writer and actor. He sits down with Robby to talk about his acting hustle before he had agents, not making it into Julliard and how it ultimately was a good thing, why he almost quit acting before booking the movie ‘Ben is Back’ with Julia Roberts, and more!
Published 12/20/21
Jose Daniel Freixas is a director, writer, and producer. He co-wrote and produced the feature film MAGIC CITY MEMOIRS, which was executive produced by Academy Award-nominated actor Andy Garcia. In 2016, Freixas partnered with Paramount Pictures, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way on a film entitled THE CORPORATION starring Benicio Del Toro. Freixas sits down with Robby to discuss his hustler's mentality, how meeting Benicio Del Toro at a party in LA led to the biggest...
Published 12/13/21