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Celebrities I Interviewed and How I Did It
I wouldn’t call this bragging because 1) I’ve failed at this A LOT too, 2) my entire journalism goal isn’t to just interview hollywood talent (my friend Will Harris has built an entire career in journalism out of interviewing Hollywood talent, check him out https://substack.com/@thatthingtheydid!), 3) this has taken 14 years, at least, so there’s a decent amount of work involved, but then again, it’s not that much work compared to writing a story about the hardware store owner around the corner and is often easier once you jump through the bureaucratic hoops, so maybe be a little jealous?
Anyway, here’s a list of people I interviewed and the article explains how I did it.
https://fundsforwriters.com/how-to-book-hollywood-talent-for-interviews/
In no particular order:
Amber Nash and Lucky Yates (Pam and Krieger from Archer)
Two time Olympian steeplechase runner Hillary Bor and brother Emmanuel who held the #2 5K time in US history at the time
Sam Reich (CEO of College Humor/Dropout)
Elaine Carroll (Web comedian)
Oren Brimer (Director and Producer of the Pete Holmes show and partner of everything Pete Holmes has ever done)
Frank Calliendo (Mad TV/Dave Letterman)
Ron Funches (Trolls/Curb Your Enthusiasm/AP Bio)
Blair Tindall (inspiration for Mozart in the jungle, oboist for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X soundtrack among many…
