BA #281: Lisa Zambetti
On the two-hundred and eighty-first Box Angeles casting director Lisa Zambetti (Criminal Minds, The New Normal) stops by Studio 309. She discusses how actors shouldn’t hold the sides, her true crime podcast hobby, realizing she wasn’t meant to act after getting on Broadway, and more!
the BA #281 breakdown
– Box talks about the $5 he lost.
– Drinking and rituals and what actors do to book and winning the room.
– The lack of an Oscar for casting and the hobby of Real Crime Profile podcast.
– Growing up in Los Gatos and being a shy actor in regional theatre.
– Attending the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver and moving to NYC.
– Getting an agent via a play, day jobs and getting on Broadway.
– Realizing performing wasn’t the thing and stopping after 9/11.
– Getting a casting internship w/ Billy Hopkins and teaching viewpoints.
– Moving back to NorCal, taking time to be a mom, moving to LA and interning again in casting.
STUDIO BEER – Reel Brewery, Helles Pilot Pilsner
