Instead of three guests, it will be just one -- Bryan Cranston. Many of you know Bryan from his role as Walter White in Breaking Bad. He also has a new filming coming out called The One and Only Ivan.
But Bryan is so much more. He is one of the greatest actors of our time. But he is also an entrepreneur with a new libation – a mezcal. Plus he is a huge sports fan – a Dodgers fan – who remembers the Dodgers playing in The Coliseum in the late 1950s -- all the way up to the Dodgers loss in the 2018 series.
For me, Bryan has been a good friend since 1983. Our mutual friend is John O’Hurley, my college roommate and longtime buddy. John O introduced Bryan and me when they were starring in the Soap Opera Loving – back in 1983.
Once we all ended up on the west coast, Bryan gave me two great tips. I was taking acting classes -- more for exploring screenwriting. But I was tempted to look at acting. Bryan asked me, “Do you wake every morning, thinking about acting?” I said, “No I don’t.” He said then don’t waste your time. And he was right.
Then in 2004, as I covered and deciphered the 2004 presidential election, Bryan said to me “Why don’t you write a book on this?” And I did. Thus my first book, TRUTH: the no BS guide to navigating a media biased world.
I am indebted to Bryan for both of those gems of advice.