Los Angeles actor/writer, Tim Coyne, records a Q&A with two-time Oscar nominated film editor Paul Rubell. Running time 52:17
HOLLYWOOD PODCAST #40 – MIAMI SPLICE – PT.2
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Hey! I don’t know if this is a pinging issue but I saw that you posted this last night but Itunes doesn’t register it yet. Thanks for the access to this valuable material especially as many of us aren’t even close to the industry and it is always awesome to get snippets of what happens behind the scenes!
Yo Paul!
Thanks man. I messed up when I was posting the show. It should be on Itunes now.
Happy Holidays Paul!
Tim
Very interesting ‘cast. Thanks, Tim!
Thanks Margaret!!
Hey Tim.
Very nice show. I actually went out and rented Miami Vice and bought Collateral. Miami Vice was ok, but I enjoyed Collateral.
If you ever meet Paul again, tell him that his editing is phenomenal. And that I noticed one editing mistake in Collateral – when Vincent (Cruise) and Max (Foxx) are on the top of the bridge, laying on top of each-other (right after throwing the briefcase) there’s a jump cut. Two takes edited together
Take care!
Daniel
Great stuff again. Paul can tell a funny story. Less Tim this time though!
What were all the noises in the background? It sounded like someone playing table tennis.
Hey Daniel!
Are you telling me that you noticed an editing error in Collateral? Bold statement my friend! If I get a chance, I’ll bounce it off of him.
Andrew,
Actually, that audio file was my back-up file. Somehow I lost my good file so I had to use the back-up. It sounds like crap but I was lucky I had a back-up recorder going. Quite depressing though. Thanks for the compliment re: the “less Tim time”. Much appreciated!
Tim
Glad you took it as a complement, as it was meant as such. The students asked good questions, but I wonder how a Paul/Tim interview would have been.
I am writing a book about working in the UK TV industry. The Hollywood Podcast has been useful regarding certain aspects of the industry, especially your ‘Charmed’ audition.
Don’t worry about the audio-file. The important thing is that you HAD a back-up! It’s the most important lesson I’ve learned doing interviews! (That and that I’m not that good at them…)
You know what. I actually had been trying to get a one on one interview with Paul for two years but he was very uncomfortable talking about himself. He enjoys classes because he is teaching. He feels as though he is actually giving something back – not just blabbing about himself. So, I took what I could get. But like I said, thanks for wanting more of me.
Conversely, I can never hear enough about myself and will talk about myself all day to anybody.
Tim
That stands you in good stead for your job as writer and actor! However, one reads a few interviews with actors saying “I’m not comfortable talking about myself. I prefer reading other people’s words.” This is no slight to them – Robert de Niro says this and he’s no slouch! Most actors seem to enjoy talking about themselves though, perhaps that’s why so many go into therapy. That and the fact that the job drives you nuts. Even the successful ones seem to have trouble dealing with the fact that they made it when so many others didn’t.
Anyway, kudos to Paul for being so self-effacing. I felt bad for him when the student said to him “you’re right, you WERE just lucky.” I mean, he also had the advantage of putting himself out there so that the ‘luck’ things were more likely to happen. Plus the luck wouldn’t have helped him if he hadn’t been so good at his job.
So how do YOU, Tim, make contact with all these connected people? You do a good job of finding interesting people from both sides of the success coin.
Also, where do you see your own career going? Would you abandon acting if the Hollywood Podcast became, say, a TV show that you presented?