An Actor Despairs
Hosted by Ryan M Perez · Ryan M. Perez
4.8from 151 ratings
- 275
- Episodes
- 63
- Transcribed
- 151
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About An Actor Despairs
An inside look at life in the television and film industry. Join your host Ryan M. Perez as he speaks with actors, directors, and artists more about how the industry works and how to not only survive but to thrive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Ryan M. Perez
- Category
- arts · tv & film · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Sept 2019
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
63 of 275 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ever Carradine
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MIDDLE DISAPPEARS? | Daniel Bessner on Hollywood & AI
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
CAN HOLLYWOOD SURVIVE THE DEATH OF MASS CULTURE? | Daniel Bessner & Neal Bledsoe
Inside a recent episode
Ever Carradine
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I somehow, I can't even, like, do you remember how you got an agent? I didn't get, it took me forever. Did it? Yeah. I just, it all feels like, I don't know how anyone starts now is my point. Yeah. But back then I was in college and I, I think they maybe put a bulletin up. Or reached out to the theater department to get kids to come and audition. There was a film called Foxfire, which was starring Angelina Jolie and Jenny Shimizu and Jenny Lewis, based on a Joyce Carol Oates book. And I went in and I auditioned and I got a small role in this movie. And then that Taft Hart lead me. Right. Yeah, of course. […]
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- Ever Carradine
- Daniel Bessner
- Neal Bledsoe
- Jefferson White
- Theo Rossi
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,151,646
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 128 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100
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- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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