025 ACTORS TALK Interview with Kevin Sizemore – Behind the Scenes on the New Thriller – RedLine

Summary: Actor Kevin Sizemore takes us behind the scenes on his new film RedLine and on his journey as a professional actor. In the show opening I mention Producer-Director Ron Newcomb and his project THE FELLOWS HIP - RISE OF THE GAMERS. TFH has signed with distributor Highland Film Group. Highland Film Group is taking TFH to the American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA in October to acquire foreign distribution agreements. My interview with Ron Newcomb on Episode 4 of Actors Talk was my first interview and it's been really exciting to see how this project has progressed since that interview on January 16, 2012. Congratulations, Ron and all your team! I also mention the free audio book deal available only to podcast listeners through AUDIBLE.COM at this link - FREE AUDIO BOOK OFFER ACTOR KEVIN SIZEMORE Kevin Sizemore Demo I caught up with actor Kevin Sizemore at his home in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday evening October 2, 2012 to talk about his new film Red Line in which he stars with Nicole Gale Anderson, John Billingsley and Kunal Sharma. Kevin had just finished up with a coaching session with one of his acting students when I called and that's where we began our conversation about his actor's journey. Photo of Kevin, his wife Gina Lombardi and son, Gunnar Sizemore at the San Diego premiere of RedLine. We began our conversation talking briefly about Kevin's work as an acting coach; He teaches classes out of his house and limits his class size to no more than 12 student actors at any one time. According to Kevin, he limits his class size so " the actors have the opportunity to get up two or three times a night and we're going to rework these scenes so many different ways...because when you're going out for a real audition you can't just prep it one way because you're going to get redirected. And when you get redirected, if you've only learned it one way, you're stuck." GROWING UP IN WEST VIRGINIA We also talked about Kevin growing up Princeton, WVA, a town of about 3500 residents at that time, located on the border of West Virginia and Virginia. In high school, Kevin says he was more of a 'behind the scenes' tech guy. He admits that he didn't participate in any plays in high school because Drama was held in 7th period and he was through with school by 5th period and he didn't want to stay at school that long. Kevin says that was "the worst decision I could have ever made." As a high school senior, Kevin found out about a Maxwell House Coffee commercial that was casting in a nearby town. He convinced his father to take him to the audition and as fate would have it, he booked the job. Kevin says that experience gave him a taste of 'what it's like to get that energy when you're in front of the camera...from that point on I said okay this is what I'm going to do with the rest of my life.' EXTRA WORK IN PITTSBURGH From there Kevin went to Pittsburg and entered the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. While in school he began 'moonlighting' as an extra in films such as Innocent Blood and Hoffa and Bob Roberts...all film projects that came to the Pittsburg area to shoot. While working as an extra in the Tim Robbins film Bob Roberts, became disenchanted with extra work after working all night for "$35 and a half-way decent sandwich...I got so mad...I said, If I'm going to do this [be an actor] I'm not doing any more of this extra crap, I'm done...That's when I moved to New York City. That's when I started trying to get my career stated. That was in 1992-1993." WORKING HIS WAY TO HOLLYWOOD On transitioning from extra work to actor, Kevin said, "I do think there's a time if you're going to be an actor, this is what you're going to do for your career, you've got to lay it in the sand and say, Okay, I'm done here...you've got to know when you've got to cut it off, because if you don't you're always going to be known as an 'extra actor' and you're