This episode we talk with actor Garret Dillahunt. A chameleon-like performer who has spent the last few decades not only working with some of the biggest names in the business, but also turning in phenomenal performances along the way. So we'll discuss his decision to get involved in acting as well as some key films along the way. All before we round things out with an examination of Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow. And while we make plans to hop a freight train and see America, we also cover… Deadwood, print journalism, Ride a Wild Pony, Gene Hackman, different approaches to acting for different people, The Last House on the Left, Tommy Lee Jones, being a trucker, Vilmos Zsigmond, a cartoonist, working with the Coen brothers, Eileen Brennan, Lou Grant, Army of the Dead, how to make your plays actor-proof, Roger Deakins, Ann Wedgeworth, Winter's Bone, Ryan Gosling, playing Jesus, Raising Hope, Al Pacino, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Any Day Now, Jerry Schatzberg, Badlands, Aaron Paul, a real calvinistic approach to acting, No Country for Old Men, reading, Alan Cumming, Disney animated movies, Ella Purnell, Oliver Sherman, Richard Lynch, comic books, Cormac McCarthy, and being a cork in the ocean.
