SCRATCH the SURFACE with EJ Scott

Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the best and hardest working actors today. He was kind enough to meet up with me in Brooklyn, NY and talk with me about all aspects of his life and career. We talked about his upbringing and his difficult relationship with his father, what Vincent is like as a father, gaining 70lbs for the role of Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, working with Stanley Kubrick, working on Men In Black, Law & Order, playing Wilson Fisk on Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix, The Judge, working with Ethan Hawke, Will Smith, Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr, being a spoken word musician, doing theater, magic and so much more!!!

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Elden Henson kindly met up with me for a second interview in Brooklyn, NY. We talked Daredevil, being a kid actor, getting divorced, being a dad, the ups and downs of acting, and so much more!!!

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RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon

Emily Candini and I met in Chicago several years ago. Emily and I talk about her current health issues that are stumping doctors, losing her father to alcoholism, getting sober herself a few years ago, her love of dogs, dating, sexuality, her friendship with the late Jon Schnepp and much more!!!!

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Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon

Sarah Gee was one of my first improv coaches in Los Angeles. She's lived quite a life since she moved out of LA several years ago. We talk about her life and how she got started as a performer, her experience in Chicago, joining Second City tour company, dating other improvisors, moving to LA and trying to "break in", the decision to leave LA for Egypt, meeting her husband in Egypt, moving back to Chicago, becoming a mom, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast

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My website www.ejscott.com

Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon

Michael McCarthy was one of my first teachers in Los Angeles when I moved here in 2003. He taught Sitcom Writing. These days he is fighting a battle against cancer. He was kind enough to make some time to talk with me when I was visiting Chicago, where he lives now. We talked about alcoholism and being sober for 20 years, working on Sesame Street and Jim Henson, The Drew Carey show, how often he plays a priest on sitcoms, working on Saturday Night Live, marrying for a third time to past Scratch the Surface guest, Susan Messing, being a stepfather, how he discovered he has the same cancer that killed his father, and so much more. Please Listen. Please Share. Please Enjoy.

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My website www.ejscott.com

Charity www.curechm.org www.fightblindness.org

RUNNING BLIND documentary available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon

Tanya Wright and I had a great chat about a lot of very interesting topics such as creating her own hair care products, hosting her own podcast, working with Dave Chappelle before he was the juggernaut he is now, how Malcolm Jamal Warner got her cast as his girlfriend on the Cosby Show, her feelings about the whole Cosby situation, working on Orange is the New Black, 24, True Blood, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Charity www.curechm.org www.fightblindness.org

RUNNING BLIND available on iTunes, google play and Amazon.

Raelle Tucker joins me for an in-depth conversation about her fascinating life. We talk about being raised in Ibiza, doing drugs, the loss of her father, moving to the US by herself at a young age, being a stripper for several years, falling in love and getting married, her start in writing, working on Supernatural, working on True Blood and why she left, show running the remake of The Returned, working on Season 2 of Jessica Jones for Netflix, creating a 30 minute drama called Sacred Lies for Facebook Watch (available now), and so much more!!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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My website www.ejscott.com

Charity www.curech.org www.fightblindness.org

RUNNING BLIND documentary available on Itunes, Google Play and Amazon.

Ike Barinholtz and I met at iO West about 15 years ago. I was already a fan of his from MadTV and he was an incredible improviser. He was kind enough to come to the house and chat with me about comedy, improv, writing, directing, and starring in his new film The Oath in theaters October 12, 2018, we talk politics, Trump, being a family man, growing up in Chicago, getting kicked out of Boston University, playing basketball with Barack Obama, how he started smoking pot, losing a role to Seth Rogen, trying to be a game show contestant, his many appearances on the Howard Stern Show, we play The Movie Game and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy!

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Website www.ejscott.com

RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play

Fred Melamed has nearly 100 acting credits on IMDB and we talked about some of them when he came over to the house and sat at the kitchen table. We talk about sexual politics in Hollywood, working with Woody Allen and his thoughts about what happened to him, being a father of autistic twins, working with the Coen Brothers, finding love, being adopted, connecting with biological parent and so much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY!

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Jerry Minor has some fascinating stories from an amazing life. I was a fan of his comedy and didn't know the life he has lead before I invited him on the show. Jerry and I talk about his early life as a Jehovas witness, how is was shunned from that life and has spoken to his mother in 30 years, suicide attempts, drugs, finding comedy, working on SNL, doing improv, finding love, becoming a new father and so much more!!! PLEASE LISTEN! PLEASE SHARE! PLEASE ENJOY!

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