Jeremy Luke chats Mob Cops, Starring Along David Arquette & Humble Beginnings!

Jeremy Luke, the star of Mob Cops, directed by Danny A. stops by Chanel in the City to chat with host, Chanel Omari all things regarding his new movie: Mob Cops, starring along side David Arquette, Montana Tucker, Danny A, Kevin Connolly and more! 

Jeremy chats how he got his start in acting, what it takes to become a successful actor, the inspiration behind his character in MOB COPS, which is out now on all streaming platforms! 

Jeremy also opens up about the difference between being a social media influencer and an actual working actor and what helps with longevity when it comes to acting and producing. 

Jeremy aslo shares the importance of being a good human all around no matter how famous you get from the acting and or entertainment profession and how important it is to be humble. 

Make sure to follow @jeremyluke323  for all updates. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Jeremy Luke and you're listening to me on
Chanel in the City.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of Chanelle in
the City on iHeartRadio. I'm your host, shanell O Mari
and I have such an amazing guest here today. He's
actually one of my favorite actors and is up to
so much and he's a dear friend of mine and
a dear friend of the show. He has been in
a lot of films and movies and shows that you
probably are familiar with, like Avid Elementary right Ghosts. Uh, yeah,

(00:34):
this is us and he's starring in a new hit
film with one of our dear friends, danny A Abi
Kazar Danny a who's the director of Mob Cops, and
he's starring alongside David Arquette and a lot of big actors.
Please help me welcome our dear friend Jeremy Luke. Everybody,
what's up?

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Thank you? No, thanks for that was really nice.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
I mean we have more to I mean you have
more though you've been a writer, a producer and executive producer.
You've been in this business for such a long time.
I have mad respect for you. I think everybody should
know who you are, especially after this film that you've
I mean, you did a phenomenal performance. Phenomenal Okay, I
have to see it.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
I'll take it. Thank you.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Let's talk about mob Cops. It's uh. I had the
privilege of, what you know, being invited to the premiere.
We saw it last year. Danny a who's a good
friend of ours, that's how we met. Love him, shout
out to him. He's brilliant, He's talented. I say it
all the time. He's like, how many times are you
gonna tell everybody? He's so humble. I love him. But

(01:41):
how was it like working with him directing acting? Talk
to us a little bit about this film, Like what
is this film about?

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, so the film is about these two police officers
who went rogue and they were detectives in the seventies, sixties, seventies,
eighties and nineties and like early two thousand, I think
they they retired and they started working for the Gambino
crime family.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
It's a true story, and they.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Were doing hits for one of the members of the
Gambino crime family called his name was Anthony gaspyed Casso,
who actually my friend Joe Joey Russo, Joseph Russo plays
that character, and you know they got found out I
think around two thousand and six, and it's just it's

(02:34):
a story about them, and you know, Pas officer, it's
a real it's a real person who who uncovered all
this and started investigating these tool officers and then they
were rested and they were put on trial. It was
it was a really big thing in the news in
the early two thousands. But it's kind of a should

(02:56):
be crazy, amazing story.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
And you play one of the mob the actual I.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Do I play I play one of the mob, one of.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
The lead, one of the leads, which is also pretty
huge and amazing. And you're fantastic in it, which I
always say, why you're fantastic, And we're going to get
into your method you're acting like how you like to act,
and is it method acting? Is it just you know
you'll take us through. But you can tell someone such
a great actor when because I know you in real
life and you're an amazing guy on the but in
this movie you're supposed to be somewhat of a villain

(03:26):
and it's very hard to play. And I think that's
when you know somebody can be a really good actor
when they can go in and out of life real life,
or even relate to some other character in real life,
you know, get into their head, get into there. So
talk to us a little bit about that, like why
why that character? And how you how'd you get ready
for it?

Speaker 1 (03:43):
But here's the thing, like I really wasn't supposed to.
Danny really liked me. I put an audition tape. There
was somebody else was supposed to play the role, a
really a really really good actor who I actually admire,
was supposed to play the role.

Speaker 3 (03:56):
But I made an audition. I didn't know that.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
And then I made an audition tap like eight months
earlier for Danny, just to show him that I think
I can play this role. Because his character is a
lot heavier, a lot bigger, a lot rougher and tougher
than who I am. So I don't think he really
saw it yet. But I had a really good idea
of who this guy was, you know, with preparation for
the role, I read a couple of books about who

(04:22):
they were. It was very he was actually an actor.
He started acting, he started acting during during all this
whole time, and his acting was actually and his his
his the reason why his acting and his vanity actually

(04:42):
was the reason why they got caught because he was
on Sally Jesse Raphael and somebody who a mother who
her son disappeared, saw that episode and was like, those
that was the guy who picked up my son and
then I never saw my son again. So that's really
started unraveling the whole thing.

Speaker 4 (05:05):
You know, as far as what I did, Like, you know,
you hear people always say, like, you know, we hear
other actors say, like if I had to play Hitler
or whatever, I have to find a human in that.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
So I had to find the human in who this
guy was, because you know, the truth of the matter
is like, yeah, he did some really terrible, terrible things,
but he was also you know, he's also a family man,
a father, a partner to you know, David R. Kett's character.
So you had to find the human, the human underneath.

(05:38):
And I actually there's a guy who was in the movie,
also named Graham Sibley who's a phenomenal actor, and he
was he was actually the guy that we kidnapped, the
first guy in the film that we kidnapped. Me and
him worked on it for a month and we just
kind of he just kind of brought me through how

(06:00):
he did this movie call he did this series mini
series which is great on the History Channel called Lincoln.
And he just brought me through like how how he
did Lincoln, like what his process was in Lincoln.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
So we did that every day for.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
About a month. Like he helped me out with it.
I went to his house. There was a lot of
writing and notes, and it was just a very different
approach than than I've ever done before with anything.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
And it was to the point where, you know, you start.

Speaker 1 (06:29):
Shooting and you just feel really relaxed in the role,
like you don't really have to do much.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
It wasn't you know, I wasn't bugging out.

Speaker 1 (06:37):
I was like, oh my god, I got you know,
where am I going to get this from? And I
kind of just knew. I had like a map and everything,
and I just kind of knew it was a phenomenal
way to work.

Speaker 3 (06:46):
Like, you know, you don't really usually you usually don't
get to do that.

Speaker 1 (06:50):
When you're doing films, right, Like you don't really get
the comfortability of doing that.

Speaker 3 (06:55):
And David Arquette was great. We met a bunch.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
How how is that like working with him? Which is
so cool too, because he's been such a big actor
and an impact, you know, on pop culture.

Speaker 3 (07:08):
He's great.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
I mean, he's had he's had such a career, and
I was excited to work with him, and he just
jumped right in and we were like seeing partners right
off the jump. We got to we got together a
bunch of times, we rehearsed, a bunch of times, we
talked things out. You know, we're still we're still in touch,
we're still friends. So that's pretty cool. He's he's a
good Hollywood friend. He returns my text messages. Some people

(07:32):
don't do that kind of thing. But but David's a really,
really nice, humble artist. You know, he's definitely he's definitely
an artist.

Speaker 2 (07:40):
Well, yeah, because a lot of people, you guys are
such professional actors. You've been doing for so long. You know,
whether like you get to act with a famous celebrity
at some point in your career, you don't, right, you
consider yourself this professional actor and I know that. And
you also you do classes, you give classes, you teach
classes correct as.

Speaker 3 (07:57):
Well, Yeah, toy classes. I do that times too.

Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, Because I was gonna say, are there different? Like
so many people also ask I've had a background in acting.
I still act or try to act, and yeah, I
think a lot of people ask me like how do
you do it? Like are there different methods? Do you
think there's like they say, method acting. Do you feel
like you're a method actor since you can change so much?
Or is that like talk to us about approaches?

Speaker 3 (08:22):
No, I don't have. I mean my approach has changed
over the years. I mean I don't. I don't think
any one way to get to Rome works.

Speaker 1 (08:30):
I mean I know people like old school like and
some people still are. I do the method, I do
the miser I only study Strasbourg and.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
All that kind of things.

Speaker 1 (08:38):
Yeah, I think there's so many ways to take in art.
I personally, what we did for this for this role
was Graham brought me through Larry Moss's technique. And that's
kind of like how I because if he coached with
Larry Moss and then he read the book and Larry

(08:59):
Moss kind of just worked with Graham for the for
the for the Abraham Lincoln Project for a while and
Graham just pretty much passed that on to me. But
from what I understand, Larry Moss he's got like kind
of like a whatever kind of thing.

Speaker 2 (09:15):
Works, you know, right, what works for you, what's what
works makes it comfortable? Like you said that he.

Speaker 1 (09:23):
Sometimes as an actor, things is so close to you
that you're like, I don't really have to do anything,
like you know, I was in Don John and I
played a kid who went out to nightclubs and uh
and and partied and stuff. And there's a reason why
I got that because I did go out to nightclubs.
I did party, I did woman eyes, I did all
that kind of thing.

Speaker 5 (09:41):
You know.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
By the way, you were fantastic one of my favorite
you were fantastic in that and one. It's also one
of my favorite movies with Joseph Gordon Levit, right.

Speaker 3 (09:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Johansson. But I don't have to do much,
you know, something like this.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
I've never killed anybody or done any of these kind
of things, so I, you know, I had to do
work and get behind behind what was going on with
this guy.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
What would you say the human you talk about the
human character of like, you know, getting relating to a villain.
Why do you think the human character without giving too
much away of this of this guy in mod Cops
that you play is like, what did you find human
about him.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
I mean, I found he was He was definitely a
family man, I felt. And I don't know the personal
relationship of him as wife.

Speaker 3 (10:29):
I really don't, but I think, you know, in a lot.

Speaker 1 (10:32):
Of Italian households, like the wife kind of runs the
house and he's kind of his boss. And I do
feel like he had that that humanness about him of
having his wife, you know, run his life and his child, and.

Speaker 3 (10:49):
You know, he went home and he was like everybody else.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
You know, he was a really good father from what
I understand that, a really good husband up to a
certain point from what I understand, and a provider. I
mean he also he was also striving to be an actor, right,
and striving for vanity and to be seen. And yeah,
I can understand. I can understand that. That's like, you

(11:15):
know what, that's why everybody starts in LA. I mean,
things change as you go along in your career. But
you know, I can understand wanting to be seen.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
Oh yeah, of course, ask you what do you think?
I think the audience wants to know what made you
want to become an actor in the first place. Right,
That's a good I.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
Just honestly, I'll be honest, like I wanted to do it.

Speaker 1 (11:37):
When I was ten and my mother brought me to
an acting class and it was all girls. And I
was small. First of all, I'm not just I'm not
a big guy. I'm like five to five. But they
were all girls in the class.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
I was ten. These girls are like twelve thirteen, so
they would giants.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
It was also a musical theater class, and I was like,
I did not sign up for this, mom.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
I want to do like Platoon, I want to do
Back to the Future.

Speaker 1 (12:02):
Those were the kind of things that I wanted to do,
and then I started doing it a night at nineteen.
I was like promoting nightclubs and stuff, and I just
didn't really have a way out. You know, my mother
and my family. I come from a family of artists.
My mom's a painter and when she draws. She went
to school of visual arts and stuff. So for me,

(12:23):
it was like I found that that was like my
art and I was like, wow, this is a this.

Speaker 3 (12:27):
Is I really love doing this.

Speaker 1 (12:29):
In college and then you know, I had a friend
moved to la and I was studying theater, and I
was like this is something, and I was like making
movies with my friends when I was younger, when I
was like eighteen, nineteen years old and twenty, and I
really got a kick out of Well. Originally I wanted
to be like I wanted to work in like B movies,

(12:50):
you know, like trauma movies. That was like, I don't
know if you guys are a toxic avenger. I wanted
to be like.

Speaker 3 (12:56):
Yeah, the action star. That was my that was that
was my thing.

Speaker 1 (13:01):
But then I got bored serious with you know, learning
and the craft, and you know, I just got deeper
into it.

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Speaker 1 (16:34):
It's taught me how to do you know, mob cops.
It's taught me how to do some of the other
stuff that I've done.

Speaker 2 (16:41):
You know, do you think that using social media to
your advantage or like standing out nowadays? How would you
say or what's one tip you would get people listening?
How to stand out as an actor up and coming
actor if you really want to get, like you said,
serious roles and or anyone, here's the thing.

Speaker 1 (17:01):
Right, like immerse yourself in this world if you really
want to be an actor and you really want to
like work as an actor. Immerse yourself in it. Say
yes to everything, do things differently. You don't have to
do things in a box. Take I know it sounds
cliche because you hear it. Take classes, do theater. You know,
get in front of people, go to workshops where you

(17:22):
meet writers and you get to perform on stage.

Speaker 3 (17:25):
Just be seen.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
You know, that could be social media too. There's there's
great ways for actors to be seen on social media.
You know, you could do monologues, scenes. Me and my
friends started we started something during but I mean me
and Joseph Russo who is he was? He was in

(17:48):
He's in Bob Cops also, but we started a show
on our phones and which turned into Small Shots, which
went on Netflix.

Speaker 3 (17:55):
But so many people saw the show. We were making.

Speaker 1 (17:58):
Short films for a couple of years just off a phone,
like and we had no money.

Speaker 3 (18:05):
We didn't have anything.

Speaker 1 (18:06):
It was costing us one hundred dollars to make short
films and we would you know, have a writer and
acting and you know, you do.

Speaker 3 (18:12):
What you can in the beginning, especially.

Speaker 2 (18:15):
Right, what I love about you, We're going to gas
you up a little now. What I love about you
is that you're humble with your work, but you're not
You're not like rushing to this finish line like a
lot of people want to. I think when there's goals
like fame, listen, we all want fame, we all want
to be heard, we all want to be seen with
whatever art form we want to do, whether even you know,
some people will like haters will be like I love

(18:35):
Kim Kardashian, but let's say they'll say she got to
the top without any talent, which you can either dispute
or not, because there's certain things. The point with you is,
I feel like with your work, you take it really seriously,
you put your heart into it, but you're not like
rushing to this finish line. You're actually enjoying the craft,
which then in turn gets you certain roles that are
big roles right there. I mean these movies and shows

(18:56):
you've done, they're pretty popular where they were good at
enough for society and pop culture to like latch onto it,
and then you become this character, even if it's a
small role or a big role where you're part of
the movement.

Speaker 3 (19:08):
I should say, yeah, yeah, where.

Speaker 2 (19:11):
Did you I guess did you always have liked you?
Did you compare yourself to the peers or no, were
you like I need to get famous? I when is
this going to happen for me? Or was like a
small role the success for you?

Speaker 1 (19:21):
Like, you know, when I was younger, When I was younger,
I thought the fame really kind of was like really
fun and cool, you know, when I was younger. But
as I as I got older, when I started coming,
when I came to LA and I started working and
I got a lot more serious with my work as
an actor, it became different. Right, fame and all that

(19:43):
kind of stuff. You know that and look, being on
television and all that, that should be a goal if
you're an actor in LA, it should be a goal
for you because and there's nothing wrong with that, because
that means that you're you're quote unquote successful and you know,
or you're you're working. And don't get me wrong, that
doesn't mean that you're successful only if you're on television,

(20:03):
because it's bullshit. But you know, that's like that's the
difference between you know, people that really want to do this,
really like acting and they enjoy the craft because I
enjoy it. And don't get me wrong, it's a love affair. Right,
I've been doing it for twenty five years. I've been
doing it for like thirty you know, no, no about
twenty seven, twenty eight years, but twenty five years in LA.

Speaker 3 (20:27):
But it's a love affair.

Speaker 1 (20:28):
If I were to say, you know, I'm always like
happy and I'm just grateful.

Speaker 3 (20:32):
All the time. I'm full of shit, you know.

Speaker 1 (20:34):
I do have my my times where I'm like, why
didn't I get that role?

Speaker 3 (20:38):
Of why am I not doing it?

Speaker 1 (20:40):
And I will say that stinking thinking happens when I'm
not working on anything.

Speaker 3 (20:45):
Oh that's about want.

Speaker 1 (20:47):
Yeah, that happens when I'm not working on stuff or
when I don't have anything to look forward to, and
working on stuff could be scenes with friends and plays.

Speaker 3 (20:57):
I mean, that's really how.

Speaker 1 (20:58):
I keep myself saying I mean is by doing plays
and just getting back to the back to the work
at least once a year.

Speaker 3 (21:05):
I try to I try to do.

Speaker 2 (21:07):
That's amazing. How was it? Also working with our beautiful,
amazing friend Danny A who was a great director but
also a great actor, and Kevin Connelly was also he
played a part in this movie as well.

Speaker 3 (21:20):
Right, yeah, yeah, Kevin was in. I didn't have scene.
I didn't I didn't have scenes with Kevin. Kevin.

Speaker 1 (21:27):
Kevin came in for a day and then it was
like ships in the nine. I know Kevin, uh, he
knows me, but but it was I just I didn't
see Kevin while I was on side. I saw the movie.
He did a really good job. Yeah we didn't we
didn't work together. But Danny. Danny was great. I mean
he's really really supportive. He's I mean he's been He's

(21:48):
just that guy's got some nice, nice energy. It's it's
it's not amazing that he's successful because he's really just
like a really genuine nice person and he really you know,
he's not a Hollywood friend at all, Like and I
say Hollywood friend, like you know somebody who who is

(22:09):
you know, loses your number after things go well or whatever.

Speaker 3 (22:12):
He's he's not like that.

Speaker 1 (22:14):
Like he's a true blue friend for me, and he's
he's been an advocate for me the whole time. I mean,
you know, I wasn't supposed to play this role, and
you know, they could have went with somebody who was
a who is a name for the role. So he
was like, no, I want I want Jeremy. And he's
going to be you know, he's going to play Leo Beneeddi.

(22:36):
So for that, I'm just eternally grateful. But he's he
told me a couple of times he was like, where's Leo.
Where's Leo? And he told me like it was. But
other than that, he was very you know, supportive and
and happy, and he gave me adjustments and stuff when
I asked.

Speaker 3 (22:55):
And you know, just easy, easy, easyre easy to work with.

Speaker 2 (22:59):
Yeah, what I love about Danny's he's always giving people
like opportunities like seeing beyond the box, seeing beyond like
the Hollywood or what the rules are, and will advocate
like he knows he can sell. What I love about
him is he knows he'll sell it in another way.
But if he needs to give a good actor or
a great actor a chance, he will or you know,
he's done it with me too, and we've worked together

(23:20):
and given me the opportunity with small roles even but
at least sorry, I just we just did something. It
was a movie in Israel that we worked, oh on
October seven, like about the war. Yeah, but it was
a it was a very small role. But he he
he knows like I've been doing it a long time.
I haven't had the opportunity as much as I'd like

(23:41):
to because it's such a competitive industry. And he knows,
like you go to him and you tell him as
a friend, as a professional, and he sees what you
can do, and then he puts you in that role.
So to me, I appreciate everything he does, you know,
for anybody. Or if he says I have a gig
you can host, I know that you've been hosting. He's
always like thinking of his friends instead of thinking of
like what what are like what I should do for

(24:03):
image or what I should not do? You know all
that like that's you know what I mean. And also
as a director, he trusts his actors I feel. I mean, yeah,
he worked on one movie, but I'm saying it seems
like he'll give you good feedback, but then he'll also
trust his actors and that want to give either improv
or certain performances and he'll accept it, which I think
makes a good director and a good actor.

Speaker 3 (24:26):
You know, yeah, absolutely, I mean he's you know, he
just gets it.

Speaker 1 (24:30):
He understands it, he gets it, gets it, and it's
funny I didn't even you or.

Speaker 2 (24:34):
I didn't I know. I feel like people I do
it all. I mean, I'm I I have to you know,
like I'm an actor, I'm an a host, I'm a
comedian because if I'm not getting acting gigs, then I
have to to me like practicing that muscle. I think
any actor can use comedy like stand up comedy very good, right, Like, yeah,

(24:56):
I don't know if you've done improv well it seems
like you have, because.

Speaker 1 (24:59):
I I don't.

Speaker 3 (25:00):
I'm not an improviser. I don't.

Speaker 1 (25:02):
I wouldn't say that, but like if I'm working on
scenes and stuff, I have, but like stand up comedy, that's.

Speaker 2 (25:07):
A but if you if you have no if you're acting,
you if you have that acting background, it will help
with stand up comedy. And then I think vice versa,
stand up comedy will help with acting. But the thing
is is like he could have been like, no, I'm
not going to take you because you haven't been in
bigger roles, right, because you need to have a certain resume.
I've done a lot of web stuff series or like

(25:27):
a lot of like Hulu stuff, you know, streaming stuff.
But that's my point is like it's nice when somebody
can can discover someone and actually advocate for them. And
keep you know, giving them.

Speaker 3 (25:38):
He did that for me. I mean, I wasn't supposed
to do this, but this was.

Speaker 2 (25:41):
The second time you guys work together, right or.

Speaker 3 (25:44):
No, Yeah, we did Inside Man. I'll tell you something
about it.

Speaker 2 (25:47):
Talk to us about Inside Man, right.

Speaker 1 (25:49):
Inside Man was that was a lot of fun. Emil
Persh and Lucy Hale were in that and James Russo.
But in Inside Man, this is actually funny.

Speaker 3 (25:59):
You're saying.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
There's a character of Josh. The character Josh Magdell. He
plays the like the Jewish guy with the big big
way fro and he's in the thing with Danny met
him from he was he was waiting tables Josh and
then him kidding me. Yeah, him and Danny just got
together and just started yapping and talking.

Speaker 3 (26:22):
The next thing you know, Josh was in the film
and he's like and.

Speaker 1 (26:24):
He's like, I want you to be in one of
my Dandy said, I want you to be in one
of my movies. And next you know, there's Josh in
the film. And I think he said that to him
like a couple of years before before even started, you know,
pre production or any of this stuff with Inside Man.

Speaker 2 (26:42):
Well, that's what I was gonna say to you. It
goes back to your full circle point where you're like,
you should be telling even if you don't have that.
Let's say, no one none of us had an acting
background like this waiter. But you tell somebody I want
to be this or I want to do this, you
never know somebody might say, like even you might say, oh,
I have a part. I might have a part down
the line for Chanel, or I might recommen and Jeremy.
That's what my point is is, like it's you're right,

(27:03):
it's okay to be upfront with people, tell them what
you want. But also like, of course, you got to
do the work. I believe in not always also getting
what you want just because somebody is a friend. Either.
I do think you have to study and do the
work and take and I don't think people realize that
you're right that I've taken classes, or I don't like
put it out there, you know, as much as now

(27:23):
I'm learning from this conversation that I should put it
out there more.

Speaker 3 (27:26):
Maybe yeah, you know.

Speaker 2 (27:28):
If I really want what people can't just give you
what you want. I learned just because you want what
you want doesn't.

Speaker 1 (27:33):
Like right, of course, and it's psych you know, you've
got to prove yourself, you know, with everything you do.

Speaker 3 (27:40):
Acting actor is.

Speaker 1 (27:45):
You don't have to go to you don't necessarily have
to go to school to be an actor, right, So
a lot of people kind of take take that, you know.

Speaker 3 (27:54):
Title, and like, I'm gonna use that title.

Speaker 1 (27:56):
And that's sure who I am and there's nothing really
of substance, and they take it for granted almost, Yeah,
like they're not studying, they're not doing it. But that
that happens, that's that's that happens a lot in this business,
you know. But the people that do do it and
the people that are doing it and you know, showing
up doing the work that's not necessarily sexy, you know,

(28:18):
sitting with the script for an hour that's not sexy
and not posting about it and like, hey, look at
what I'm doing like that, doing that kind of work
and stuff. That's what you got to do. That's you know,
that's practice. You know, you don't learn to play guitar
or the piano, you know by being on all the time.
You got to like sit there by yourself for hours

(28:39):
and days and that you know, and learn.

Speaker 2 (28:42):
Yeah, and if you do have it once in a while,
that opportunity with an amazing person like Danny, like a
friend or even you like picking out. Wow, I love you, guys.
I love that. I love That's why it's such a
big thing that you even help other people, like I
see on social media. You're always trying to help others
like you. I feel like that's a good thing. You're
there for other actors that want to really be in

(29:03):
the craft and really want to understand, you know, how
to be a good actor, not just how to be famous.

Speaker 3 (29:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (29:10):
Yeah, and like like Danny, you know, it's just like
like Danny, just you know, like, you know, if you're
not helping others and being a decent human, in my opinion,
like what are you doing?

Speaker 3 (29:21):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 1 (29:21):
If it's all about you, you you, that's a miserable life.
But if you help other people, you will feel you know,
you'll feel better. And I think energetically that kind of
stuff good stuff.

Speaker 3 (29:33):
Like Danny A.

Speaker 1 (29:34):
Is the perfect example of somebody who's very, very successful.
And there's the reason why Danny is very successful because
he's constantly aware of his friends and helping others out
and being a kind, generous person.

Speaker 3 (29:50):
Even when people are watching, you.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
Know, but you're with his also like his talent that
he did right, and he's confidence that because a lot
of people in this business it's all all competition. So
you're right, he sees beyond that, and that's why I
feel like it comes back to him the success.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (30:05):
I mean me and Danny have auditioned against each other
in the past or a different days.

Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, yeah, for different things over the years.

Speaker 1 (30:14):
I mean we're kind of the same in some way,
like the same type or whatever. But he could have
saw me as somebody who is competition and he saw
me as a friend, which you know, not a lot
of people do that.

Speaker 2 (30:25):
And that's really smart because now I believe this movie
is going to be Honestly, it's going to be in theaters.
I was gonna say it's going to probably be a
big hit, and I think it's going to be a
hit on streaming platforms as well. That's the smart part
of all of you guys. You guys are brilliant by
coming together with your talents and then you're gonna work
together and not work against each other. That's what I do. Yeah, yeah,
because this industry could be very, very selfish. And that's

(30:48):
that's a known thing, and that's okay, that's out of
people's control. So yeah, we're talking about like, yeah, how
Danny A one of our good friends. Shout out to
Danny A. We love you mob cops coming out by
the way, April twenty fourth, right, fifth fifth, Sorry, April
twenty fifth, by the way, God willing knock on what.
I'm gonna be there to support you guys at the
premiere in We got some friends. I'm bringing them so

(31:10):
they can support for the premiere. But that's they can
watch it now in theaters, right.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
Yeah, April twenty fifth. The premiere is April twenty third.
Then it's gonna come out in theaters, I believe April
twenty fifth.

Speaker 3 (31:24):
I don't know if it's gonna stream on April twenty fifth.

Speaker 2 (31:26):
Probably after, right, it seems like a stream after.

Speaker 3 (31:29):
I don't know how it works.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
I think it's one since in theaters then they stream.

Speaker 3 (31:33):
Oh okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (31:35):
That's amazing. So talk to us also a little bit
about Also, so you're talking about how you and Danny
would go for the same roles and now that you're
working together, it's obviously better. It's going to make the
movie more successful, which people should. That's what I want
my audience to understand is I come from more of
humble beginnings where you should want to work with people,
your peers, not compete against him, even though it's a

(31:55):
very competitive industry. So I think the moral of this
episode is like listening to yourself, taking the craft, in
learning the craft, being serious about it, not having to
race or compete with your peers, and knowing that you
might all come together like this story about you and
you know Danny, like, yeah, how is it? Talk to

(32:17):
us a little bit about like the Irishman you were
with you you did The Irishman as well with Robert
de Niro I did.

Speaker 1 (32:23):
I was in The Irishman. So, uh, that was like
a dream come true. So me and Joey Russo who
plays Joseph Russo, Joe called Joey Joey Russo who plays
uh gas pipe in Mob Cops. I don't know if
you know this story.

Speaker 3 (32:39):
You know the story.

Speaker 2 (32:40):
I don't know if I know it, but I just
wanted to Joey Russo because he was phenomenal. He really
was phenomenal in that character. Great, he was great, but
he was really.

Speaker 3 (32:48):
Good a nutjob. Me and Joey.

Speaker 1 (32:53):
We made a show called Small Shots that I was
kind of talking about earlier. We made a show called
small Shots. It was on Netflix. It was kind of
like a ground up show. We started on the phone whatever. Anyway,
part of our season that we part of our season
on Netflix, the first season, the only season. It was

(33:15):
a great show, by the way. It was about these
two actors. We kind of play ourselves, like a version
of ourselves or whatever, Turbo and Joey.

Speaker 2 (33:24):
It's a watch by the way, I gotta watch that
on Netflix myself. And it's not.

Speaker 1 (33:28):
On Netflix anymore. It was on Netflix for awhile, then
it was on Amazon. From what I understand, it might
come on Netflix again.

Speaker 3 (33:38):
I have no Hulu.

Speaker 1 (33:41):
But anyway, it's about these two actors from Staten Island
that are trying to get an audition for Martin Scorsese
for his new feature film with Joe Peshi. And they
can't get an audition, and they're working as caterers at
a bo mitzvah gig and the videographer at the at
the bob Mitz is really talented. So long story short,

(34:02):
we hired the videographer who who is nuts to make
our audition tape for Martin Scorsese. Now that was in
the show. We went out to the desert. We made
shot for shot the casino scene where Robert de Niro
and Joe Pesci meet. It was beautifully shot. Justin Shack

(34:25):
was the director and writer of that. It was beautifully,
beautifully shot, just like the movie. Shot for shot, just
like the movie. Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci were
cast Robert de Niro and Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese was
casting The Irishman. His casting director, Ellen knew about us

(34:45):
because a couple of years earlier, I met her at a.

Speaker 3 (34:48):
General meeting and she brought us. She didn't bring us in.
She showed.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
Scorsese that piece from our small shots where Robert de
Niro and Joe Pesci. I'm playing Robert de Niro, jo
always playing Joe Pesci. They meet in the desert, and
they went They loved it. They loved it, and they
gave us rolls and in The Irishman.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
Wow, look at that. You see what I'm saying. I
didn't think was gonna go anywhere to like I want.
This is a passion project. I love acting to then
getting an actual role.

Speaker 3 (35:26):
Yeah, we had no idea that.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
That inspires me to create more. Honestly, that that should
inspire any artist to create more, even on social media
a sketch of this, It should inspire you to create
more and not being.

Speaker 3 (35:36):
Oh yeah yeah. Also it's like fun, you know what
I mean, Like, if you're doing it should be fun.

Speaker 1 (35:42):
I mean sometimes it's a struggle, right, but then at
the end of the day it should be enjoyable. I mean,
we had a great time. The memories, the friends, you know,
the whole thing. It kind of came together because we
were both in the same go back. We were both
in the same theater company. And then there was a
guy who had a camera and Matt was getting typhood

(36:03):
with us on Monday night after we were in the
theater company doing scenes and stuff, and he's like, I
have a camera.

Speaker 3 (36:09):
Let's like get serious, and I was like, cool, let's
do it. And then we just did the first one.

Speaker 2 (36:15):
That's amazing. And how was it working with Robert de
Niro in general, like with I.

Speaker 1 (36:20):
Mean, we did we had a we had a quick scene.
He comes into the kitchen. He he doesn't say anything
to me, but he gives me a look. But it
was really cool meeting them. You know, and Joey were
sitting at the table at the at the house, you know,
just getting ready, and then Scorsese comes along. He's like, hey,
what do you got to do with No, No, No,
with Danny's friends with him, with Danny's friends, with everybody.

Speaker 3 (36:42):
But he's like, hey, Danny was in The Irishman also,
which is so.

Speaker 2 (36:47):
Cool because you guys didn't really have scenes together, but
you were all in The Irishman. That's pretty Yeah, yeah,
it's cool.

Speaker 3 (36:52):
It's like the world gets a lot smaller.

Speaker 1 (36:56):
But he was really really nice, and I was just
like tripped out that I'm tall, kind of scarcesean. Then
all of a sudden, like this guy comes over over
his shoulder and he's like yeah, yeah, yeah, and he's
just got this energy and I was like, who is this?

Speaker 3 (37:10):
This is kind of scary.

Speaker 1 (37:11):
And I look up and I didn't realize it was
the neuro because he was wearing these he was like
baked and he was wearing these heels, but he was just.

Speaker 3 (37:18):
Like his hair was pushed back. He looked so intense.
He was so intense.

Speaker 1 (37:21):
He was just like he was working he was getting
ready to shoot this scene and machine was just the
scene was just walking into the house looking around. You know,
he's about to kill his friend for thirty years. So
I was like, who is this? And then I was
like oh, and he tried. He didn't really talk.

Speaker 2 (37:38):
He tried to me.

Speaker 3 (37:40):
He did like one of the giving and I was like,
this is my time. So I opened his hand it Bob,
that's so cool?

Speaker 2 (37:48):
Like do you feel like because you so do you
keep in touch in general as an actor with all
the producers and the directors like to keep you in
mind for other things like how does that usually go?
Is it an agent that books you? Do you get
like to next level? How do you want to explain
it to the audience? I guess I should say I don't.

Speaker 3 (38:06):
Know that there is the right way, you know. I
have two managers.

Speaker 1 (38:10):
And my manager again saw me, like my manager Danielle,
she saw me do this stuff a long time ago,
this Turbo and Joey stuff you know that we were
doing that was on YouTube or whatever. And my other manager, Ryan,
they're from two different companies. It just worked out like that.
But my other manager, Ryan, I've known him for twenty years.

(38:32):
One of my best friends. He was the guy who
was the assistant at an agency that I was with,
and he just just got along.

Speaker 3 (38:40):
He came into all my.

Speaker 2 (38:41):
Plays, right, and I look at that.

Speaker 1 (38:43):
It just came when we were younger and saw my silly,
stupid plays that I would do, that that I was doing,
and he liked what I was doing, and then it
came time and he was like, I want to be
your manager, you know. So, I mean that it all
comes back to that for me, is just like doing
the work.

Speaker 2 (39:01):
Doing the work. I agree.

Speaker 3 (39:03):
I think like as.

Speaker 1 (39:03):
Far as like producers and directors go, like, you know,
there's some people I keep in touch with, just like
any relationship. Some people you work with the friends for
the rest of your life, you know. Some people you
work with you don't, you know, then you never see
them again. I mean it's you know, I try not
to be like thirsty and hungry, like holding on to

(39:26):
something that's not there, because then people could smell that.

Speaker 3 (39:29):
I mean, I don't. I don't really do that.

Speaker 1 (39:32):
I did it a little bit when I was younger,
but it's never been my kind of myself.

Speaker 2 (39:36):
I was going to ask that, like, how persistent do
you think you should be in this business about asking?
How much should you be driven enough to be assertive
enough to ask, and how much should you lay back
also and not be so thirsty. I think I battle
through that sometimes, right, because this is why I started
writing and producing, honestly my own stuff. I used to
do that for other people, but I'm I think it's
better when you do your own stuff, because then you

(39:56):
can cast your own way, and then you can do
your I don't know, because I feel like asking everyone
for something has been a challenge for me and a
lot of people that have come to me. I don't
what do you say, Like, what do you suggest?

Speaker 1 (40:08):
Well, I mean asking if I could have a role.
So here, I mean, this is kind of this is how,
this is how the.

Speaker 2 (40:17):
Appropriate Yeah yeah, somebody, yeah, give us the appropriate.

Speaker 1 (40:21):
Asking somebody if I could have a role, it's like,
you know, you put somebody in a situation, but asking somebody.
I mean, Danny was a friend, so I told Danny
I read the script.

Speaker 3 (40:33):
Eight nine months I met that.

Speaker 1 (40:35):
I've actually met the writer when I was in Montreal
shooting ghosts. I met him up there Costa because he
already wrote inside Man. I read the script and I
was like, Danny, I really liked this. No, you're not right,
We're not going to do it.

Speaker 3 (40:47):
I was like, okay, I just said, I'm gonna put
myself on tape.

Speaker 2 (40:51):
Okay, just let me.

Speaker 1 (40:52):
I said, damn, just let me put myself on tape.
I'm just gonna put myself on tape. If you like it, great.
If you don't like it, that's okay too. I'm just
gonna do it. Because also I wanted something to work on.
I didn't have anything to work on, and I thought
this would be fun.

Speaker 3 (41:05):
So I made a tape.

Speaker 1 (41:07):
I gave it to Danny, and Danny, you know, he
liked it. Maybe he didn't. I didn't have I didn't
really have an expectation at all. I didn't have an expectation.
Like my only thing was like, let me just you know,
maybe something else will come up. I think asking somebody
for a role is different than saying, can I audition?

Speaker 3 (41:25):
You know? Can I can I audition for a role?

Speaker 1 (41:27):
Because if I want a role in somebody's film or something,
I usually say can I audition?

Speaker 3 (41:32):
You know? Can I can I just make a tape
or something? You like it? Great? If not?

Speaker 1 (41:36):
I understand because sometimes it's not the right Yeah, it's
not personal, you know, it's it's easy not personal. It's
like it's not the right fit for what they might
be doing. But sometimes they don't see what you might
have inside of you, right, Well, you're capable.

Speaker 2 (41:52):
Of That's amazing though, That's very that's inspiring. It is
because I think it's the way you go about it
in a humble way. I think every time you come
from like real, genuine, genuine place, in a humble place
and you just kind of like instead of being like
you said, thirsty and demanding or entitled, that's when you
can because like what you said, that's crazy. Like he said,

(42:13):
he's your friend, and at first he didn't think you
were right for it, and then you changed his mind.
That's pretty inspiring.

Speaker 3 (42:18):
You know.

Speaker 2 (42:18):
That's a ya story.

Speaker 3 (42:20):
There was somebody else. What's that I'm saying?

Speaker 2 (42:22):
That's a pretty it's a pretty cool story because if
you didn't ask to audition, you wouldn't or sent it him.
You wouldn't have had the chance down to play one
of the greatest leads. And it's really a great movie.

Speaker 1 (42:33):
Yeah, and something interesting you know about that, And I'll
kind of share a little something for for for a
director or writer to see, you know, like pay oh shoot,
this is the first person that just took it off
the page, right, that just brought this character to life.
I've never seen this character to life, character come to

(42:53):
life before. I mean I kind of did that with
something else that I audition for actually, right after right
after the Mob Cops, I just I read a script
that this director and I just made a tape, and
I was like, I'm just gonna make a tape just
you know, fucking throw my name in the hat because
I know this person I made the tape, he was
happy to see like his his his vision.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
Coming to life, right. And also it's like he was like,
you know, you might not I really like you for
this role. We might have to go for a name
or something.

Speaker 1 (43:24):
But if not, there's another role that I really like
to cast you in two which is great. But also
you know, being zen down enough and having other things
going on that you're not like holding on to that
one thing, and that's going to change my life because
we see so many people, I mean, I see so
you know in Hollywood, you see so many people just

(43:45):
holding on like this person says, you know, like that,
and then just holding on and then energetically what happens.

Speaker 3 (43:51):
You know, it's like and I think that's something. Maybe
it's something that you have to like it's like a
rite of passage.

Speaker 1 (43:57):
Like I've been on up for a major move movies
and stuff like that and like just hanging on with
all of it. And I'd be lying if I said
I didn't still do that, and sometimes I do because
I'm not I'm a human being. But if you can
like let that shit go and have other stuff going on,

(44:18):
you know, as as an actor, as an artist, like great,
because life happens when you're.

Speaker 3 (44:23):
Busy, they say, or something like that. There's some quote, Yeah, true.

Speaker 2 (44:27):
Life happens when you're busy, And I think that's the
right and that's the best advice. No, it's amazing. Thank
you for sharing that. That's personal and very smart, very wise.
That's what we should all be doing. It's like just
keep busy. You know a lot of times I'd get
hard on myself with comedy and just like it's something's
not going anywhere, or something's not clicking, or I felt
like comedy wasn't getting me to acting, and it's like, well,

(44:48):
I didn't even try you know, you just start like
complaining and not realizing. You get lost, you get sad,
you get like you feel like you build up these
dreams and you and you compare, you also compare. I'm
not a jealous person, but sometimes you compare. That's human nature.
And then you're like, what am I doing all this for?
But I think taking your advice and kind of like
switching the mind frame of wanting to do it, getting

(45:10):
excited to do the work. Things will happen as you
stay busy.

Speaker 3 (45:15):
Yeah, I think so out.

Speaker 2 (45:16):
There, but not being so thirsty to the point where
obviously you're annoying people obviously, like you know, sharing good
ideas with people and saying, hey, look, I might have
a movie for you. You might want to be in it.
You can either say yes or no. You know, it's
not like yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:29):
Yeah, and being as also being that being being.

Speaker 1 (45:33):
The danny a person right that's always trying to help
others out, and being the person that's giving without getting
anything back in return. Right, I'm not going to need
something because I want something back, But you know that
kind of energy and stuff that will breed. I mean,
for me, it's you know, just helping others out when
I could. I think it breads good things happening to

(45:59):
you and.

Speaker 2 (46:00):
Having fun with it, like you said, with like your
friends like Joey Russo and yeah, having fun with it
I think is very important.

Speaker 1 (46:06):
Yeah, And I think that's where people lose it. And
I understand like if you're not working, if somebody's not
working for a few years, like you know, it's hard
because it's just like it's just you feel like you know,
you feel like a piece of shit.

Speaker 3 (46:19):
You're like, am I even worth is worth it?

Speaker 1 (46:22):
My family's looking at me like you know, but like
trying to get back into it for the love of it,
which is what you know. Again, I keep going back
to theater. I know it sounds stupid and cheesy, but
you know I directed a play this year and I
started acting because I really, like I really, I really
I just thought it was like so fun and cool. Right,

(46:45):
But for me going back to do it, to play
every year, or doing something that I'm not getting paid
for or you know, without any expectation, like that's fun
for me, and that's me getting back to my playful
younger self health that really came to love what I do, right,
So I think doing that will ironically, like doing stuff

(47:09):
like that will get you you know who knows on
a TV show and lead in a movie or you
know one line in the movie whatever, Like, we'll get
you further along.

Speaker 2 (47:20):
I think, can you No, I agree. I think that's
how you should. That's that's really the mentality. That's why
when we bring our guests on, it's nice when you
guys share these this advice because it helps the audience
when whatever they want to do, they can apply it
to their you know, career and have more hope. I
would say, yeah, what about mental health, Like, since it's

(47:41):
such a stressful industry, why don't you share with us
some tips that you you cope with, Like how do
you cope with your mental health if you don't get
an audition or rejection or coping with just like stress
of like a part and expectations from you as an
actor as a human.

Speaker 1 (47:58):
Yeah, I mean here's the thing I know mental health,
Like I used to drink a lot. I used to
drink a lot till I hadn't stopped drinking because I
drank so much. It was just it became a problem.

Speaker 3 (48:08):
Which happens.

Speaker 1 (48:08):
So yeah, it happens to a lot of actors and
people in the business and people that aren't in the business.

Speaker 3 (48:12):
Happens to a lot of people, so I had to
take care of that. Come back to one. For me,
I do pray. I you know, I practic.

Speaker 1 (48:22):
I don't talk about this, but I practice transcendental meditation.
Wow once or twice a day, so I'll sit down
and meditate. I'm not perfect. I have like a lot
of anxiety. It's like, you know, sometimes you can get
ahead of me and I just start worrying about shit
that I can't control. But for me, the big meditation is,

(48:42):
you know, for me is exercise. You know, I have
to go exercise. I have to exercise and get a
sweat on. Like I need to exercise hard and get
a good sweat on. I like to run a lot now,
but that helps me immensely. Remember when you were a kid,
Like when you were a kid and you went out

(49:03):
and and you played, and you were just like like
we used to play, like we used to play hard,
like man, hide and seek, football with a ball, streaking
all kinds of stuff. But we were like so exhausted
from playing so hard that you just go to sleep
and you're happy and your endorphins are good. You know,

(49:24):
after a while, you don't have that because you're not playing.
I mean I didn't have that because I was playing.
I wasn't playing hard, so I would just have all
this angst.

Speaker 3 (49:32):
And all this stuff. But then, you know, as.

Speaker 1 (49:34):
I got older, I realized, especially when I first moved
out to LA, I started exercising, running, lifting waves, just
going hard. You know, some people that's yoga, I do.
I do firmly believe in exercise.

Speaker 2 (49:47):
No, I'm starting to do that and like work on
my health and take care of it and NUTRICI I
think I think a balance lifestyle and exercising is very good. Yeah,
clere's your mind. It just does. It clears a clutter
and makes you more focused.

Speaker 1 (50:01):
Yeah, that's half my that's honestly, that's half my mental health,
just going and I when I run, I don't I'll
go on a treadmill. You know, I don't really go
outside because my knees hurt if I run on the
concrete or asphalt. But you know, I'll go for a
run without any headphone if headphones are your thing, by
all means, But I just like go for a run
on the treadmill and just like thinking and then you know,

(50:24):
just meditating on life and stuff and sometimes roles to
be honest and et cetera.

Speaker 2 (50:30):
You know, yeah, manifestation, maybe that's a powerful thing.

Speaker 3 (50:34):
Oh yeah, yeah, you know.

Speaker 1 (50:35):
And but you have to, like, especially in this basis,
you have to have something other than just like me, me, me,
me me.

Speaker 2 (50:43):
Yeah. I was gonna say, yeah, how do you stay humble?
I mean, and do you think that's important for the process, like,
you know, because a lot of this industries a right,
like there's a different there's a lot of this industries
about bragging to get the next role, right, So for me,
like it's hard for me like humble for a humble
bright So what do you do, like what's important? How

(51:04):
do you do it to say Hi, I've done this,
you know, but not be egotistical about it, but also
be humble, Like how important do you think that is?

Speaker 3 (51:11):
I'm not humble all the time.

Speaker 2 (51:13):
Really, you seem so humble to me.

Speaker 3 (51:17):
I think I'm humble, but I'm not like always humble.
Sometimes when I'm not humble, like I could be a dick,
you know.

Speaker 1 (51:24):
And I'm not saying I walk around like I was
in the I don't know, I just I honestly, you
know you might have heard this in other people's actors
interviews or whatever, but it's you know, it's just acting,
you know what I mean. Like I'm not fucking like
making rocket ships and shit. I know, like you know,
I might be on TV and all that kind of stuff,

(51:44):
but I'm not a rich guy. I'm not like you know,
I don't have all this power, you know. I'm just
I'm an actor, you know, just like like everybody else,
they have their thing that they do and I just
happen to be an actor and yeah I'm on TV
or movies or whatever. But it doesn't mean it doesn't really,

(52:05):
I don't know, it's not it's not I don't bet.

Speaker 3 (52:08):
It doesn't get in the way what You're.

Speaker 2 (52:11):
Just telling someone's story, right, It's not like about.

Speaker 1 (52:14):
Yeah, yeah I'm not ego, doesn't get in the way.
It's just like it's acting.

Speaker 3 (52:18):
It's not. You know.

Speaker 2 (52:20):
I love that talking about acting. Abbed Elementary you were,
I love that shows such a great show. Talk to
us a little bit about your character in that show
and how you got on that. You know, do you
feel like that came from other opportunities like one after
the other.

Speaker 1 (52:35):
I auditioned for that. I auditioned for it and my friend.
Here's what happened. I auditioned for my friend jane A
Lee Ortiz, who I did to play with. She's great,
She's a really good actress. We did a play together
called Mauritius two years ago. Her friend Eddie, his best friend,

(52:57):
was the showrunners assistance. I had an audition tape that
I had to make. She said, send me the I
don't know the nowadays, like having audition tapes watched with
casting directors. It seems really hard, but I know she
gave me that extra push, like see this tape kind
of thing. It doesn't mean that the casting director wasn't

(53:18):
going to see the tape, but she helped me out energetically.
She helped me out with that. And then also I
just had to make I had to make a tape.
I had to make a tape and just send it
into casting and it was kind of like it was
like an Italian guy. He was Lisa the woman on
Abbot Elementary. I'm blanket on the last name, Lisa, the

(53:41):
redhead woman. I play a brother. And Talia Shire who's
Joe Adrian. She plays our mother. So it was. It
was a lot of fun. I worked on it for
a week.

Speaker 5 (53:50):
It was.

Speaker 3 (53:51):
It was great. They were really really nice people.

Speaker 2 (53:54):
That's awesome. Anything else you want to share with us
before we wrap up on what you're working on. What
we could tune in into. Jeremy Luke, what a great
name too? I did.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
I did a uh well. I just got back from Utah.

Speaker 1 (54:07):
I did something I can't talk about for Angel Studios.
I'm not allowed to talk about it. But that was
actually really cool. Worked with some great people out there.
Frank Stallone was in it and this other guy, Joe Chambrello,
who I coincidentally worked. As you get older, you just
wind up working with everybody you were or having somebody.

(54:27):
It's like a small thing, like you know, having somebody
who knows somebody. It's your one degree, like less than
one person away from everybody you know.

Speaker 3 (54:35):
One degree. But that was a lot of fun.

Speaker 1 (54:38):
I just did this movie that came out in theaters,
an indie film called The Voytex. I think that's it's
it's streaming on Amazon Prime and a bunch.

Speaker 3 (54:49):
Of the streamers.

Speaker 1 (54:51):
And then I was in a movie that's coming out
I think next year with Lea Remedy and Lorraine Brocco.
I'm playing, I'm actually playing. I actually play somebody who's
not like a bad guy. I play a writer, an
intellectual while he's you know, he's kind of a nut writer,

(55:11):
eccentric guy. Uh so that's coming out like next year,
and then I don't know, there's yeah, this stuff coming up.
You know, you how it is like there's stuff always
kind of happening, but I come back to back unless
it's happening happening.

Speaker 3 (55:27):
I'm not really talking about say much.

Speaker 2 (55:30):
What would you say is your I guess who was
the fake your favorite actor that you worked with, and
or is there a person you haven't worked with you
that you want to work with? And maybe what was
your favorite show to throw in there for the audience
or movie that you worked on.

Speaker 1 (55:48):
I think this is going to sound stupid, but I
did so many. But that's again sound like a big shot.

Speaker 3 (55:55):
There's so many.

Speaker 1 (55:56):
But look, there was this movie that I did like
twelve thirteen years ago called shot Shark Attack, and actually
Joey Russo and I were the two leads and this
other guy, Daniel Bookoh and it was like an independent
sci fi movie. It was like it was like like
that be It was like a B movie and really
really silly. It's about widos fighting sharks on the Jersey

(56:19):
shore and they gotta fight the Preppy's and his machine guy.
It was so silly, but I had like it was
one of the some of the most fun I ever had.
My favorite person that I've ever worked with is my
levent Amelia. We worked on Mob City together, then we
were on This Is Us.

Speaker 3 (56:35):
Then I was on his shows.

Speaker 1 (56:37):
He's become a friend, a dear friend of mine over
the last You know, sometimes when your career is high,
you make friends with people and then you know that
a lot of that stuff goes away. But then make
your career is low, a lot of those people go
away or whatever. But he's one of those people that's
always just been a good friend to me throughout and

(57:00):
he's been like a scene partner of mine. Him and
Joey have been like Joey Russo have been like my
two scene partners that I always go back to.

Speaker 3 (57:10):
And Joey's great too. Joey.

Speaker 1 (57:12):
We've done so much stuff together. We've done like me
and Joey have done, you know, a bunch of things together.
And this is another one, which is great.

Speaker 2 (57:20):
That's awesome. It's so cool when you have Yeah, it's
great when you get to work with your scene partners
and just like friends that you trust over the years.
It's just that chemistry. It's more fun.

Speaker 3 (57:29):
And Mob Cops and Bob Cops was great. But the
thing Mob Cops is great.

Speaker 1 (57:34):
But I was like really like working the whole time,
Like I had a really like I had to.

Speaker 3 (57:39):
Really be on and focus. I couldn't mess.

Speaker 2 (57:42):
Around, you know, yeah, totally.

Speaker 3 (57:43):
It was just a different It was just a different thing.

Speaker 2 (57:46):
Is there someone you want to work with in your
career that you haven't yet that you're like dying to
or feel like, oh, we would be great together.

Speaker 1 (57:54):
Like everybody I would like to work with, Leo, I'd
like to work with out you know, Danny and deduced
me to Al al Pacino, Gino and Quentin Tarantino. I
was like, really, that was great, But I'd love to
work with all you know, the regulars ow you.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
Know, uh, Denzel, Leo.

Speaker 1 (58:15):
You know all of them, all of them, like the
ones that you would want to work with.

Speaker 3 (58:20):
I would want to work with.

Speaker 2 (58:21):
Right right, it's happening, we're manifesting it. Baby, we're going
to see you in the oscars. Well, tell us this,
what is the goal I guess for Jeremy Luke. Now
that you've accomplished a lot, which most actors, again, as
a working actor, you don't accomplish a lot, what would
you say is your next goal? Like, what would you
love to do?

Speaker 3 (58:40):
Honestly? Stability?

Speaker 1 (58:43):
Stability in the business, like you know, like just not
and this is probably for a lot of people and
a lot of different but not having to worry about
as far as roles go, or like.

Speaker 2 (58:55):
My in general, like in terms of like you're saying, like,
it's not about being the lead actor anymore. It's about
like getting roles constantly that wayeah.

Speaker 1 (59:02):
Like getting I mean, look like everybody else, right, I
want to work on I would love to work on
good material. I would love to work with, you know,
Christopher Nolan, these big you know, the a lot of
these big directors. I would love to be on a sitcom,
you know, like a series regular on a sitcom would
be like, oh, who's the boss.

Speaker 3 (59:20):
Kind of deal like or something like that. That's fun
for me.

Speaker 1 (59:23):
I did a sitcom and it was like it was
the best week of one of the best weeks I've
ever had performing. Like that's kind of like live audience.
That is something that I would like to do. I
like to have stability, you know, stability as an actor
and like having a series or or or a show
and that's everybody and that you absolutely love and coming

(59:44):
to work with people that you love, not like dealing
with you know, lunatics and egos and stuff like that,
because that.

Speaker 2 (59:51):
Sucks, Yeah, and it makes it harder correct and its.

Speaker 1 (59:54):
Harder, and it's not enjoyable even if you're on even
if you're on a you know, the biggest show and
the world, but and you're dealing with you know, egos
and all that, and like it's just like it's like
any other work environment, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:00:09):
Yeah, totally. In terms of Chanel in the City audience,
we want to know what's the favorite spot in LA
that you can suggest us to visit, Like where you
go to like clear your head or maybe read a
script or good food, good coffee that you can.

Speaker 1 (01:00:22):
Recom You want to know where and then I go
through like peaks and valleys and stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:00:27):
But I like mariet C in the valley. It's a
coffee shop.

Speaker 2 (01:00:30):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (01:00:31):
Also it's like this coffee shop and you know in
like a furniture store too.

Speaker 3 (01:00:37):
When they sell, it's pretty cool. It's really just like
easy going. They play like this French music and ship
like it's it's fun, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:00:46):
It's just it's just easy and chill awesome, not like
not like too sceni, but also like a cool place
to have a meeting with somebody or something.

Speaker 3 (01:00:54):
Will get lunch.

Speaker 1 (01:00:55):
Actually I was just there before getting a breakfast brito.

Speaker 2 (01:00:59):
I got to check that out. I come to led
Oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:01:01):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, we'll go to hit you up.

Speaker 2 (01:01:04):
Yeah for sure. By the way, our audience wants to know,
how was it working with Mandy Moore on This Is Us?

Speaker 3 (01:01:12):
Oh? I had that.

Speaker 1 (01:01:13):
I had a coupless I had. She was really sweet.
I had the scene with her when they meet they first.

Speaker 5 (01:01:21):
Meet you Jack and man. So I'm in the scene
where Jack and Mandy meet. Oh okay, so they're meeting. Uh,
Milo and Mandy meet, and I'm there.

Speaker 1 (01:01:32):
Me and Milo are about to rob a freaking a restaurant
bar and he goes in and then I'm like waiting there,
like what are you doing? And then he comes out
with a girlfriend and then he leaves and that's it
and then you never see me again. But Mandy was
really she was really gracious and sweet. You know, she's

(01:01:54):
that person that you see give any interviews and stuff.
It's not some you know, she's not like really nice
and then like, right, not a monster.

Speaker 3 (01:02:04):
She was really nice.

Speaker 1 (01:02:05):
She was she was the essence of who she was
and interviews and from what I knew of her, that's
who she.

Speaker 3 (01:02:13):
Was in real life.

Speaker 2 (01:02:14):
I think that also, Yeah, comes back, you.

Speaker 1 (01:02:16):
Feel comfortable because it was her show, right and I'm
just coming in like I'm a friend of Milo's. Yeah,
but I'm also coming in as a guy. She doesn't
know me, so she made me feel really at home
in her home.

Speaker 3 (01:02:27):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:02:28):
I love that that makes me feel. I love hearing
that it's a.

Speaker 3 (01:02:30):
Little chill, she's really chilli.

Speaker 2 (01:02:32):
Because you're right. A lot of times in this business
you're so you're one way on stage or in camera.
On camera, you're another off and that what I love
about you though. You're this like when I say same person, no,
because you're acting like different roles, but you can tell
with you like you don't think you're above like you're
still a good person off stage. And you're you know,
that's nice that you're nice to people. You have to
be nice to Yeah, I like.

Speaker 3 (01:02:55):
I'm a people person. I like people. Yeah, people don't.
I mean sometimes some people bother me. But I'm a
people person. I like people.

Speaker 1 (01:03:02):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:03:02):
That's well, that's amazing, Jeremy. Thank you so much for
being onched on the city. Where can people follow you?
Where can people tune in?

Speaker 3 (01:03:10):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:03:11):
I'm on Instagram, Jeremy Luke and there's three two three,
not a lot like three two three that the zip code,
the area code have three two three is my birthday.

Speaker 2 (01:03:20):
Watch twenty third March. Okay, amazing and at Jeremy Luke
three two three on Instagram. Make sure you follow him.
Make sure you go watch Mob Cops in theaters April
twenty fifth, all over everywhere. Tune into Jeremy Luke's Instagram
and mine as well, because we're going to take you
behind the scenes at the premiere, which is going to
be April twenty third. God willing in La and really,

(01:03:44):
thank you so much. I love your work, Jeremy. You're
a phenomenal actor. This is an amazing movie. People need
to come go check it out, especially based on true stories.
That's one of my favorite types of movies. You know,
based on true stories, so you can really like get
into the nitty gritty and see what where people were thinking.
But yeah, amazing, amazing stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:04:02):
Thank you, Shanel. I'm gonna go pay okay.

Speaker 2 (01:04:05):
Hold that thought, TEK. Great ending. Great ending.