Paul Boland joins me on the podcast this week. Paul was interested in the theater as a young man and acted, sang and performed in plays and musicals during high school and later in college and community theater.
He grew up on the east coast but visited his Dad in Los Angeles when he was 22 and decided to just stay and see what he could do in the LA theater scene. From doing impressions and impersonations as a waiter he landed a role on Rick Dees late night talk show and everything kind of snowballed after that.
He worked hard and networked and he was getting announcing jobs and warm up comedy gigs for sitcoms and it all stemmed from his talent for using his voice and all the impersonations he was able to do which was just starting to become a real commodity in the business of entertainment.
He booked a number of jobs on television shows as a voice over actor or character part but he also started doing voice and singing impressions as a cruise ship entertainer and that has served him well for over thirty years. He met his wife, Marlise through his theater work and now, their daughter Juliette is a young woman and also doing well working behind the camera and editing booth in the technical aspects of the business.
Never one to sit around waiting for the phone to ring, Paul and Marlise have worked in tandem on many projects they have written and created themselves and they produce, edit and make them all happen right down to the red carpet and award shows for talent. Paul also works in collaboration with friends to write and produce entertainment for film and television. Just check out his IMDb page! I was quite inspired by all that Paul and his friends and family have created from starting out with no show biz connections or wealthy uncles in the biz. A great example of how anyone with the talent, desire and drive to take a shot can create whatever they want to be a success.
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