EP. 55 CHRIS SCHELLENGER Actor | Model | Teacher | Drag QueenChris Schellenger is an actor, model and one of Margie's wonderful teachers.  He was a finalist on America’s Next Top Model and has acted in umpteen commercials and in such films as NY84, They Found Hell, Wineville and an upcoming feature (his first role in drag) which we can’t talk about since he signed an NDA.  Chris shares his experience of booking a self-tape with Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) /Lindsay Lohan - in 2013, way before...

EP. 54 SALLY STEWART Actor “Ever since I’ve worked with you, I’ve either gotten a callback or booked." Sally, on working with Margie Sally has been a professional actor for over 20 years.  She has guest-starred on such series as Bull, FBI Most Wanted, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, The Sopranos and New York Undercover.  With roles from a judge to a lawyer to a victim, she has lived them all.  Sally shares what it is like to be cast as a co-star supporting the story rather than being the...

EP. 53 Alexandra Paul Actress | Activist | Co-host of Switch4Good Podcast  There are so many layers to Alexandra Paul and Margie hits all of them on this podcast.  Firstly, her acting career.  What was it like to star on the iconic TV series, “Baywatch” for five years, as well as her 100 movies and other TV shows?  [Margie's wife is obsessed with Alexandra's Lifetime movies!] They discuss Alexandra’s dedication as an athlete and how that helped her find the discipline she needed to be a...

EP. 52 Kim Krejus  Artistic Director, 16th St Actors Studio Melbourne, Australia  Kim is the founder and artistic director of 16th St Actors Studio in Melbourne Australia.  It is a prestigious creative space for actors to train in all levels of their creative development and has a not-for-profit foundation that is opening up opportunities for emerging writers and directors. Kim started out as a film actor receiving an Australian Film Institute best actress nomination for the film, "Mouth to...

EP 51. FABRIZIO TRAVERSA, ITALIAN ACTOR In this podcast, Margie talks to her student and friend, Fabrizio, from Italy, about the challenges of being so handsome that people often don’t see past your looks.  In Hollywood, beauty is so important.  Margie and Fabrizio discuss how this phenomenon has affected his life and how therapy has helped him see who he is underneath the exterior, appreciate it and grow from the inside.  Fabrizio talks about his critical parent, a term from Margie's...

EP. 50 MARK MEASURES Talent Agent, President of KMR Talent Mark is president of Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin & Associates and has represented such stars as Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Chris Pratt, Jane Lynch, Terrance Howard and Margie's wonderful student, Melanie Nicholls-King.  Mark shares some intimate childhood memories of losing his parents at a young age and dropping out of high school. He began his career as a commercial agent in 1988.  (Ironically working for the same agencies that...

EP. 49 Jackson Kelly Actor For a young guy, Jackson has been very busy as a series regular in “Lucky Hank” with well-known actor Bob Odenkirk from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” and his new series for Disney, “Witch Mountain” starring Bryce Dallas Howard, as well as the Oscar-nominated short, “My Year of Dicks,” streaming on Hulu and many other productions soon to be released. Margie and Jackson talk about what it was like working with Bob Odenkirk and how he got the part, as well as...

EP. 48 Rabbi Denise Eger Spiritual Leader | Social Activist | Author In celebration of Pride Month, Margie talks with her longtime friend and rabbi, renowned activist and leader, Rabbi Denise L. Eger, who has been at the forefront of the fight for LGBTQ equality for decades. Rabbi Eger is the founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood's Reform Synagogue and was the first openly LGBTQ person to be President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. She was a founding President...

Sterling Hawkins is an entrepreneur, an investor, a keynote speaker and the author of a wonderful book called, “Hunting Discomfort.”  Margie talks to Sterling about their first encounter, ‘Strangers on a plane,’ where 12 years ago they spent 6 hours as strangers getting to know each other on a flight and formed an intimate friendship that has lasted all these years. Sterling shares his journey through his doubts, loss and enormous successes in the business world and his personal life.  Margie...

Margie talks with British Actor, Kris Saddler about his childhood and the challenges that led him to comedy.  Kris was recently a series regular on the UK sitcom, Kate and Koji, written by the brilliant Guy Jenkins and Andy Hamilton.  Kris has starred in such films as Spitfire over Berlin, a Netflix horror film called Await Further Instructions and the war film, Lancaster Skies.  He co-starred in a drama, now being acquired by Netflix called Adult Material where he plays a porn star.  Kris...

Margie catches up with her old student and friend, Tom Sawyer.  Tom has been an actor for 20 years.  In 2022, Tom won "Best Actor in a Drama Feature" at Kevin Smiths inaugural SmodacastleFilm Festival.  He has been featured in films selected for South by South West, Frightfest and New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.  Tom’s TV credits include The Bill, Casualty, Hollyoaks and Family Affairs as well as different theater productions throughout England. As a coach, Tom...

Margie talks with longtime friend and iconic culinarian, author, and entrepreneur Susan Feniger, best known for her Modern Mexican, Border Grill restaurants, trucks, and catering; BBQ Mexicana and Pacha Mamas, fast casual eateries in Las Vegas; and Socalo, a California canteen and Mexican pub in Santa Monica all created with her business partner Mary Sue Milliken. Susan has co-authored six cookbooks, starred on The Food Network’s popular “Too Hot Tamales” and competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef...

Casting Director Part 2 Margie continues her conversation with longtime friend and colleague, 4-time Emmy award-winning Casting Director, John Frank Levey.  John is best known for casting such iconic shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing, Third Watch and more recently, Shameless, SEAL Team and Animal Kingdom.  John and Margie discuss sex and casting, how the business of casting has changed over the years, self-tapes, the power of silence, the “IT” factor, charisma and more.  Don’t forget to...

Casting Director Margie talks with her longtime friend and colleague, 4-time Emmy award-winning Casting Director, John Frank Levey.  John is best known for casting such iconic shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing, Third Watch and more recently, Shameless, SEAL Team and Animal Kingdom.  John and Margie talk about how the business of casting has changed over the years, the “IT” factor, charisma and the early days of casting ER and working with heavyweight creators like John Wells from ER...

Aubrey Dollar is a Los Angeles based actor, who can be seen in Netflix's upcoming film "The Pain Hustlers" starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. She was recently a series regular on Fox's "Filthy Rich" opposite Kim Cattrall. Previously, she starred in Vince Gillian's "Battle Creek" for CBS with Margie’s student,  Josh Duhamel as well as the ABC drama, "Women's Murder Club" and Fox's "Point Pleasant."  Her feature credits include "See Girl Run" opposite Adam Scott and Sony’s "Hard Luck" with...

Margie talks with her former student, actor Alex Rich.  Alex was nominated for a 2019 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance alongside Antonio Banderas in the Fox 21 / Nat Geo limited series GENIUS: PICASSO (exec. produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer). Prior to GENIUS, Alex played a supporting lead role in the Lionsgate Digital feature film THE HONOR LIST and began his career in the second season of HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE. He is often recognized for his...

Actor | Director | Writer Margie talks with her client, Denim Richards, about his role as Colby on the popular Paramount+ series, Yellowstone.  He shares his experience working on a hit show and learning from the likes of Oscar winner, Kevin Costner.  He was in Freeform’s Good Trouble and more recently, the films County Line: All In and Chickasaw Rancher.  Denim wrote and directed the short, The Zoo.  Denim started out in musical theatre and is a classically-trained vocalist.  He and Margie...

CHARLES F. PORTER Actor/Producer/Author/Personal Coach   Charles and Margie discuss their longtime friendship and his many achievements from football star at Duke University to actor, model, producer, author, personal coach/trainer and his most important role in becoming a father of two adorable children.  Charles shares his incredible journey as a cancer survivor (or cancer destroyer as he calls it) over the past decade and how it has influenced his life.  Margie reads a poem from Charles’...

Actress/Writer Director Born in Jamaica, Kimberly and her family immigrated to Canada when she was 5.  All of a sudden, she was an outsider.  She struggled to find her voice, then claimed it by insisting on being called Kimberly instead of Kim.  She fell in love with the French language, which led her to Paris and a modeling career.  After a couple of years, she decided to f*ck her comfort zone, quit and auditioned for Circle in the Square Theatre School.  Within 3 years, she was a series...

Chris Boudreaux is well-acquainted with life outside of his comfort zone.  While homeless and living out of his car, Chris garnered a Division 1 full-ride scholarship to the Nevada Wolfpack and won a D1 Conference Championship with Colin Kaepernick as his QB.  He was picked up by the SF 49ers in 2012 after setting a bench press record that year.  Two years later, after “finding himself,” Chris was cast in Men of the Strip as a dancer with Michael Jackson’s choreographer, Glenn Douglas Packard...

Tiffany Haddish is an actress, comedian and producer best known for Girls Trip, Night School and Like a Boss.  She is also the author of the new children’s book, Layla, the Last Black Unicorn.  Here Margie and Tiffany talk nails and her audition for Girls Trip, which Margie helped her with.  Tiffany also discusses working with Billy Crystal on Here Today and becoming a Bat Mitzvah.  It’s a conversation that uncovers the depth of Margie and Tiffany’s long-standing working relationship.  Don’t...

David Sweeney and Margie share a lot in common.  David and Margie both come from Long Island.  They are both married [David, to his husband; Margie, to her wife.]  They both have sons.  And David manages Brandon Scott, who happens to be Margie’s fabulous student and who has also done this podcast.  David graduated NYU and moved to LA to be an agent trainee at the then powerhouse agency Triad Artists.  Triad was bought by William Morris and David became an assistant in the TV Talent...

Alice lives between London, Rome and Los Angeles. She graduated from The Paolo Grassi Drama Academy in Milan in 2007 and toured theatrically in Italy and Europe with established directors Alvis Hermanis, Massimo Castri, Romeo Castellucci and Franca Valeri amongts others. Her tv credits include the American-Canadian tv series Ransom3, and as lead in the Italian period drama The Ladies’ Paradise, season 1-2-3. She starred in the movie Lessons of Love, which was in the 76th Venice Film Festival...