Dropping Character

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.