Conversations with Ross

Tweet Celeste Thorson is an actress and filmmaker. She answered some of my questions about her life and career. What initially attracted you to acting in the first place? When I was a child, I saw my mother play Mae West and it blew me away. She was so spot on and such a different person than the woman I knew, it was ridiculously cool. She enrolled me in community theater and I played Peter in ...

Tweet Ana Isabelle is an actress and singer. Her latest project is the Lifetime movie Seasons of Love. She answered some of my questions about her life and career. – Ana, what initially attracted you to singing and acting in the first place? Ana Isabelle Well I think I have that in my veins. My parents are musicians so I grew up with music as part of my life. Since I was 5 years old I was te...

Tweet Nicholas Gyeney is a writer/director/producer. His latest film is Matt’s Chance. He answered some of my questions about his life and career.   –          Tell me what initially attracted you to writing & filmmaking in the first place. Nicholas Gyeney   My father. He introduced me to movies as a kid. After he died, I dove head first into movies, and never lo...

Tweet Jean Brassard is an actor who is currently co-starring in The Fault In Our Stars. He answered some of my questions about his life and career. Q: What initially attracted you to acting in the first place? Jean Brassard A: As a kid I loved to make up stories and escape through my imagination. I had puppets as a child and I used to make scenes between them, sometimes performing for my neighbors...

Tweet Joan Ryan is an actress and singer who was named 2013 top female cabaret performer of the year by Broadway World. She answered some questions about her life and career. Q: What initially attracted you to acting & singing in the first place?  Joan Ryan A: I have known that this was my calling from the time I was four years old. I am the youngest of four, and everything else  was taken....

Tweet Eric Nelsen is an actor currently starring on All My Children. He answered some of my questions about his life and career. Q: What initially attracted you to acting in the first place? A: Initially, it was dancing. I was a competition dancer at a young age (I couldn’t get enough of tap). Eventually some friends at my dance studio said I should try out the acting classes…I did and lov...

Tweet Sainty Nelsen is an actress who just finished filming the pilot Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. She joined me to answer some questions about her life and career. Q: What initially attracted you to acting in the first place? Sainty Nelsen A: I would ALWAYS put on “major productions” around the house, so at the age of 3 my mom took me to see a professional show at Casa Manana Playhouse in...

Tweet Bo Keister is an actor currently starring in Killing  Kennedy, and House of Good and Evil.  He was kind enough to answer some of my questions about his life and career. Bo, tell me what initially attracted you to acting in the first place? I’m absolutely a product of the 80’s, and I honestly put all the blame on my parents. It’s 100% their fault. They just insisted on taking me to s...

Tweet Joseph & Peter Saroufim are the writers & filmmakers behind D-TEC. They both were kind enough to answers some of my questions about D-TEC and their careers. Q: Tell me what initially attracted you to writing and filmmaking in the first place. Stephen Interrante, Joseph Saroufim, Peter Saroufim A: As brothers, we shared a similarly unique childhood. We grew up in a house full of class...

Tweet Kenny Doughty is an actor currently starring in the West End production of The Full Monty. He was kind enough to answer some of my questions about his life and career.   Kenny, tell me what attracted you to acting in the first place? KD: I was 11 years old and was asked to take part in a school play called “Children Of The Dark”. It was a local drama about a mining disaster in the V...