BA #321: Ryan Gaul

January 22, 2024

 

Actor Ryan Gaul stops by the bungalow and discusses getting less confident as he’s gotten older, working consistently sincing moving to Los Angeles, never wanting to do Saturday Night Live, and more!

 

 

00:00 – Introduction.
01:50 – Ryan slates his name.
03:14 – Getting asked to do a lot of podcasts.
08:25 – Booking House of Lies the day his son was born.
09:55 – Thoughts on working consistently the last ten years.
14:31 – Getting less confident getting older.
18:08 – Never thinking he will book again.
18:43 – Booking The Last OG because Ryan didn’t care.
21:45 – Bad advice from an acting coach.
28:55 – Ryan’s not great experience with a casting workskop.
34:23 – Having one day job in LA for two weeks and then never again.
38:08 – Not being great at theartical auditions to start.
40:00 – Getting representation from The Groundlings.
41:50 – Never wanting to do SNL.
44:48 – Worries about saying no.
47:49 – Being in rooms full of agents.
49:20 – Allison Jones.
52:10 – Actors wanting feedback and reps keeping things from clients.
55:45 – How much is Ryan auditioning.
1:03:37 – Who took a chance on Ryan.

 

Ryan’s IMDb and Instagram @rygaul.

 

Ryan Gaul and Mike Elder