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Posted by: Admin on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 12:29 AM
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An actor's work on a movie doesn't always end with the filming. Often times he'll be asked to do publicity for the movie right before it comes out. It's called a press junket and I've just finished one in New York for the movie "Showtime." |
 An actor's work on a movie doesn't always end with the filming. Often times he'll be asked to do publicity for the movie right before it comes out. It's called a press junket and I've just finished one in New York for the movie "Showtime."
The schedule went something like this: The Howard Stern Show first thing in the morning (for the sake of any children reading this, I won't describe what happened. Trust me, it was wild). Then off to Good Morning America for an eight am interview. After GMA, I was interviewed by Jeffrey Lyons (a great guy with an amazing capacity for trivia - he even quoted me lines from The Andersonville Trials). By lunchtime, I was at a production company, doing over 15 satellite interviews for various stations across the nation. In the afternoon, I worked on Priceline radio spots (that's right, I'm baaaack! Television segments will happen later this year).
And that was just the first day! By the end of two days, I had done 45 interviews. The real trick is to make each one sound fresh and new. I had three years on Broadway doing eight shows a week, so I learned how to make something you've said dozens and dozens of times sound like something you've said for the first time.
Of course, it helps if your interviewer is charming and has a point of view of his or her own. I was lucky enough to have several wonderful hosts. Probably my most unusual moment came when I took my video camera onstage with me on The Conan O'Brien show.
Conan had no idea what I was doing with a camera, until I explained to him that I was going to use the footage on my website! I thought it might be a kick for all of you to see a talk show from my perspective. Being the hysterically funny guy that he is, he played right along.
 
In the end, it's really important to know that each segment you are doing is really just a way to communicate with the public.
After all, if they don't know about the movie, how can they go and see it? As always, it's the fans that are going to determine what happens. And that, my friends, is the true meaning of showbiz.
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