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"If you're on this path, this personal journey, you might as well experience some stuff and learn some stuff and grow and expand. There's no point in sitting in your comfort spot by yourself and just staying the same. That's not an adventure. This career promises an adventure and a community, and if you are a full participant, it's a hell of a good time." - John Frank Levey
JOHN'S INSTAGRAM
JOHN'S IMDB
PURCHASE JOHN'S BOOK RIGHT FOR THE ROLE
John Frank Levey is a four-time Emmy Award-winning casting director. He has cast such iconic television shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing and Shameless, as well as dozens of other television series, miniseries, TV movies, digital series, video games and feature films. Levey is also a five-time winner of the Casting Society of America’s Artios Award and the recipient of its prestigious Hoyt Bowers Award, given for excellence in casting and outstanding contributions to the casting profession. After decades at Warner Bros., Levey became Vice President of Casting for John Wells Productions before launching his own casting company. Right for the Role is his first book.
Elizabeth Boykewich is a Coach & Facilitator specializing in Transformation, Mindfulness & Leadership. She is a casting maven and served as the Head of Casting for ABC Family & Freeform at The Walt Disney Company for 17 years and now works as an independent casting director.
Giant THANK YOU to all of the actors who submitted questions. If you'd like to submit a Q to be answered on the podcast or tik tok please visit the "for actors" page on my website. Link below.
SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE
Elizabeth Boykewich IMDB
Get in touch with Elizabeth
WE DISCUSS:
+The journey of self discovery
+Why he wrote the book Right for the Role
+ What surprised him about looking back on his career
+ What he thinks helps him as a casting director
+ Where he found himself and his direction
+ How he started his casting career
+ The different languages one needs to speak as a casting director
+ Role of empathy in the process
+ What every actor needs to know
+ His proudest achievements
+ How John Wells changed his life.
+ Putting the cast or ER together
+ "Trampoline" roles
+ The delicacy and tenderness of the casting process
+ "The opportunity is the audition"
+ Where John learns a lot about the actor.
+ "The actor is a player and the instrument"
+ Why he misses being in the room for auditions
+ Being a "vibe-ist"
+ The gift & burden of being an empath
+ Looking at the "The thing under the thing"
+ Defining charisma
+ The gift & burden of being an empath
+ Looking at the "The thing under the thing"
+ Defining charisma
+ Take yourself not too seriously, but take your work seriously
+ What advice John has for actors
+ Advice for new showrunners
+ Casting against type
+ FR. GREG BOYLE https://homeboyindustries.org/our-story/father-greg/
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By Elizabeth Boykewich"If you're on this path, this personal journey, you might as well experience some stuff and learn some stuff and grow and expand. There's no point in sitting in your comfort spot by yourself and just staying the same. That's not an adventure. This career promises an adventure and a community, and if you are a full participant, it's a hell of a good time." - John Frank Levey
JOHN'S INSTAGRAM
JOHN'S IMDB
PURCHASE JOHN'S BOOK RIGHT FOR THE ROLE
John Frank Levey is a four-time Emmy Award-winning casting director. He has cast such iconic television shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing and Shameless, as well as dozens of other television series, miniseries, TV movies, digital series, video games and feature films. Levey is also a five-time winner of the Casting Society of America’s Artios Award and the recipient of its prestigious Hoyt Bowers Award, given for excellence in casting and outstanding contributions to the casting profession. After decades at Warner Bros., Levey became Vice President of Casting for John Wells Productions before launching his own casting company. Right for the Role is his first book.
Elizabeth Boykewich is a Coach & Facilitator specializing in Transformation, Mindfulness & Leadership. She is a casting maven and served as the Head of Casting for ABC Family & Freeform at The Walt Disney Company for 17 years and now works as an independent casting director.
Giant THANK YOU to all of the actors who submitted questions. If you'd like to submit a Q to be answered on the podcast or tik tok please visit the "for actors" page on my website. Link below.
SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE
Elizabeth Boykewich IMDB
Get in touch with Elizabeth
WE DISCUSS:
+The journey of self discovery
+Why he wrote the book Right for the Role
+ What surprised him about looking back on his career
+ What he thinks helps him as a casting director
+ Where he found himself and his direction
+ How he started his casting career
+ The different languages one needs to speak as a casting director
+ Role of empathy in the process
+ What every actor needs to know
+ His proudest achievements
+ How John Wells changed his life.
+ Putting the cast or ER together
+ "Trampoline" roles
+ The delicacy and tenderness of the casting process
+ "The opportunity is the audition"
+ Where John learns a lot about the actor.
+ "The actor is a player and the instrument"
+ Why he misses being in the room for auditions
+ Being a "vibe-ist"
+ The gift & burden of being an empath
+ Looking at the "The thing under the thing"
+ Defining charisma
+ The gift & burden of being an empath
+ Looking at the "The thing under the thing"
+ Defining charisma
+ Take yourself not too seriously, but take your work seriously
+ What advice John has for actors
+ Advice for new showrunners
+ Casting against type
+ FR. GREG BOYLE https://homeboyindustries.org/our-story/father-greg/