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Episode 89: Vanessa Branch

Episode 89: Vanessa Branch

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Vanessa Branch. Vanessa is an actress who has appeared along side Johnny Depp as maiden Giselle in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Among the topics that Vanessa and I discussed are how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and how she transitioned from modeling to acting. Vanessa also spoke about her work as a judge on the VH1 r...

Episode 88: Kristin Lehman

Episode 88: Kristin Lehman

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Kristin Lehman. Kristin is an actress who is currently starring on Motive. Among the topics that Kristin and I discussed are how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and if being a working actress is what she expected it to be. In addition to discussing her role on Motive; Kristin also spoke about her past work on The Killing and her ...

Episode 87: Manny Montana

Episode 87: Manny Montana

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Manny Montana. Manny is an actor currently starring on USA’s Graceland. Manny discussed how he went from a college football player to an actor; how he overcame stereotype casting, and his worst audition experience. He also spoke about his role as Johnny Tuturro on Graceland. He offered some behind-the-scenes stories with regards to how ...

Episode 86: Valerie Azlynn

Episode 86: Valerie Azlynn

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Valerie Azlynn. Valerie is an actress currently starring on Sullivan & Son. Valerie and I discussed how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and how she has dealt with the “pretty blonde girl” casting stereotypes. She also spoke about her role as Melanie on Sullivan & Son. She offered some behind-the-scenes stories...

Episode 85: Judith Hoag

Episode 85: Judith Hoag

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Judith Hoag. Judith is an actress currently starring on Nashville. Judith and I discussed how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and what attracted her to acting in the first place . She also spoke about her role as Tandy on Nashville. She detailed how a typical show comes together from script-to-screen, and how Connie Britton (her ...

Episode 84: David Rodriguez

Episode 84: David Rodriguez

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features David Rodriguez. David is a screenwriter and director. His latest film Last I Heard stars Paul Sorvino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rapaport, and Renee Props.  David discussed how he made Last I Heard from script-to-screen. He also talked about his writing process and compared writing solo to writing with a partner. David also talked about how...

Episode 83: Harvey Guillen

Episode 83: Harvey Guillen

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Harvey Guillen. Harvey is an actor who has appeared on numerous shows including Huge, and Raising Hope. Among the topics that Harvey and I discussed are how he broke in, his worst audition experience, and overcoming stereotypes of being a big actor. Harvey also discussed his role in The Internship. Harvey spoke about how Shawn Levy  runs his...

Episode 82: Angeline-Rose Troy

Episode 82: Angeline-Rose Troy

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Angeline-Rose Troy. Angeline is an actress who is currently starring in the Lifetime movie The Good Mother. Among the topics that Angeline and I discussed are how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and how she transitioned from modeling to acting. Angeline is also a producer. She spoke about the challenges of getting  financing for...

Episode 81: Jackie Geary

Episode 81: Jackie Geary

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Jackie Geary. Jackie is an actress who has appeared on numerous shows including NCIS, Weeds, and Suburgatory. Among the topics that Jackie and I discussed are how she broke in, her worst audition experience, and what attracted her to acting in the first place. Jackie also discussed her role in the soon to be released film White House Down. Ja...

Episode 80: Joseph Gatt

Episode 80: Joseph Gatt

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features actor Joseph Gatt. Joe is currently appearing in Star Trek Into Darkness. He talked about how J.J. Abrams runs his set and gives notes, acting in a movie when the expectations are high, and the first time he stepped on the Enterprise Bridge. Joe is perhaps best known for his motion capture work as Kronos in the popular God of War video game s...