Actor Sam Valentine (AP Bio, Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television) stops by Studio 309 and discusses her 1 Broke Actress, being a shy kid, and more!

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- Box rants third emails.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up around the Midwest and being shy.
- Getting into acting and wanting to go to Illinois.
- Attending Missouri St, considering teaching and moving to LA at 22.
- Getting a (bad) commercial agent right away and booking some.
- Day jobs and starting a blog and later podcast 1 Broke Actress.

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Actor Stefanie Black (This Is Us, Casual) stops by Studio 309 and discusses her love of The Bachelor, teaching at John Rosenfeld Studios, and more!

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- Box rants batteries.
- Drinking and rituals and traveling for a freakout.
- Growing up in Allentown PA and performing from the age of 3.
- Getting embarrassed easy and briefly attending George Washington before NYU.
- In Playwrights Horizon school learning everything and auditioning for Broadway.
- Working for some casting companies, studying plays in Cape Cod and moving to LA.
- Starting a theatre company, booking the first guest star and steadily working.
- Odd jobs like babysitting to network and starting teaching at John Rosenfeld Studios.

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Actor Elizabeth Schmidt (American Sniper, Grey's Anatomy) stops by Studio 309 and discusses her fabulous Northwestern Mutual commercial, working at a casting office, and more!

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- Box rants car repairs.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in the Bay area and doing Children's theatre.
- Being in an all girls school and moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern.
- Moving to NYC, living next to MSG and doing regional theatre.
- Working jobs like a paralegal and standardized patient work.
- Coming to LA, joining the Actor's Network and taking classes a Lesly Kahn, Groundlings.
- Getting reps thru Talent Link and working at a casting director office.
- Joining the union, the issues with less union commercials and creating a theatre company.

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Writer Andy St. Clair (The Kids Are Alright, Dr. Ken) stops by Studio 309 and discusses taking an acting class in college because of his mom, stumbling on iO in Chicago, and more!

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- Box rants recycling electronics.
- Drinking and rituals and spots.
- Growing up in Missouri and attending Missouri St. studying acting.
- Taking an acting class cause of mom and joining a fraternity.
- Moving to Chicago, stumbling on iO and being bad right away.
- Odd job selling insurance and doing the Second City Tour Co.
- Performing in Vegas for Second City and then landing the ETC stage.
- Hosting Treasure Hunters Roadshow before moving to LA and doing a showcase for manager Naomi Odenkirk.
- Landing Brickleberry because of a pilot, selling that pilot and getting Ken Jeong involved.

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Writer Max Borenstein (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Kong: Skull Island) stops by Studio 309 and discusses his writing process, growing up in Los Angeles, and more!

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- Box rants emailing in Hollywood.
- Drinking and rituals and process.
- Growingup in LA around enertainment and watching tons of movie.
- Cold calling Oliver Stone's production company and starting to write scripts.
- Attending Yale and moving back to LA with a short film made.
- Getting into to doors thanks to Ron Meyers and selling scripts.
- Getting representation via lawyer and working on monster movies.

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