Scratch The Surface With Ej Scott

Amelia Rose Blaire plays Vampire Willa on HBO's True Blood for the last two seasons. Bailey Noble plays Faerie Adilyn also on True Blood and also for two seasons. We talk about the audition process to get on the show, their experiences on the show, what keepsakes from the set they kept, nudity, working with Alex Skarsgaard, Deborah Ann Woll, Chris Bauer and others, BOYS, their different high school experiences (Bailey prom queen, Amelia an outcast), their past and future projects and so much more!!! Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!  Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My Website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Dale Raoul and Patricia Bethune come on and talk about their many years in the indusrty. We go over many of their credits such as True Blood, Seinfeld, Under the Dome, Angel, Buffy, Friends, Six Feet Under, The Office, NYPD Blue, Out to Sea, Max Headroom, Who's the BossMike and Molly, Mad Men, Boston Legal, Norm, 3rd Rock From the Sun and more!! We also talk about their marriages, their upbringing, auditioning, men, Patricia was a Care Giver and wrote about Care Giving. Lots of stuff got covered. Please Listen, Please Share, Please Enjoy!!! Follow me on Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website  www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Carrie Preston is an EMMY winner for her guest starring role on The Good Wife, she has been playing Arlene Fowler on TRUE BLOOD for the past 7 years, she is married to Michale Emmerson from Lost and Person of Interest, we talk about all of that, plus working with Cameron Diaz, Julia Robertys, what she is hoping to get from the True Blood set as a souvenir, working with Alan Ball on the movie Towelhead first before True Blood, what shes like as a director, how she started as young as age 8 in acting because she looked up to her older brother who started acting, being hire for an episode of Spin CIty on the day of the taping, we talk about her father Parkinson's and how amazing Michael J Fox is, how she got to play her husbands mother in Lost, what is was like to actually win an EMMY and so much more!!! Please LISTEN!! Please SHARE!! Please ENJOY!! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Angela Robinson and Kate Barnow are writers for the hit HBO show TRUE BLOOD!! They have written the first two episodes of the final season as well as other beloved episodes. SPOILER ALERT!!! If you have not seen the first two episodes please do not listen until you do. We talk about writing those first tw episodes, Alan Ball, putting themselves out there creatively for others to critique, and so much more!! Please ENJOY!! Please SHARE! Please LISTEN!!!   Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com The CHoroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Lauren Bowles plays a witch / wiccan on HBO's TRUE BLOOD. She is marred to Patrick Fischler an actor with 100 IMDB credits to his name including Idiocracy, Mad Men, Lost, Southland. Lauren and Patrick met in college and spent several years developing a friendship that eventually lead to romance. We talk about Laurens relationship with sister Julia Louis-Dreyfuss. How Lauren got to work on Seinfeld, Watching Ellie and New Adventures of Old Christine, How she got the part on True Blood, getting married, having a daughter, their health and food ways, growing up in Washington DC (Lauren), growing up in Los Angeles (Patrick) and so much more!!   Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Howie Deutch is currently a very important producer and director on TRUE BLOOD!! We talk about S7 E2 opening scene with Alex Skarsgaard and Ryan Kwanten, how he met and fell in love with his now wid=fe Lea Thhompson, working with John Hughes on 3 films, his father who was involved in the music industry and who got involved with the mob, Alzheimer's, Joel Silver, Back to the Future and so much more!! Please SHARE, Please LISTEN, Please ENJOY!! Twitter @ejscott #EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Stephen Moyer plays Bill Compton the 100 + year old vampire that ages gracefully. Stephen and I talk about kids, the origin of his stage name and what his birth name originally was, he tells a great sweet story about a mentor of his and when he found out about his passing, why he had the nickname "Dick" as a youth, Deborah Ann Woll joins us to talk about the Bill and Jessica relationship and much more!! Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please ENJOY!!! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 My website... www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Ryan Kwanten plays Jason Stackhouse on HBO's TRUE BLOOD!! We talk about being the first person cast for the show, his audition, the amazing story of how he ended up promoting a film he did that shot in Australia in the states and how that changed everything for him, judgng on Iron Chef, growing up in Australia, Sports, family, being a shy kid, the Austarlian Soap Opera "Home and Away", wanting to be a great Human Resource worker, Godzilla, favorite moments filming on True Blood, why he adores L.A., his bond with Chris Bauer, was hired as an American and freaked out a producer after learning he was working illegally, the Jessica/ Jason relationship on True Blood, how the movie he did FLICKA got him his True Blood audition, his first day shooting True Blood, how Jason has made him a better person, doing karaoke in Amsterdam, drug use in Australia, Zack Snyder, Sylvester Stallone, working with Anthony Hopkins in an upcoming film and much much more!!! Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please ENJOY!! Twitter @ejscott @

Rutina Wesley is best known as playing Tara Thornton on HBO's True Blood  since 2008. We talk about her rise to the public spotlight, auditioning for True Blood, the advice Alan Ball gave her at the audition, what she has learned about herself from playing Tara, going to Juliard in New York City, meeting True Blood co-star Nelsan Ellis at Juliard, growing up in Las Vegas with performing parents, seeing her dad dance on Star Search when she was 6 years old, working with Patricia Clarkson, Julianne Moore, Bill Nighy, how she would love to be Julia Roberts in Notting Hill (acting wise) a new film she did 13 Sins, going to college in Indiana and being the only black girl at the school, and being close to a popular KKK town, her recent divorce, we talk about the first episode of True Blood season 7 ***Spoiler Alert*** do not listen to this podcast unless you have already seen the first episode. You have been warned. And we talk about so much more!!! Please SHARE, Please LISTEN, Please ENJOY!!! Twitter @ejscott @EJ

Chris Roach was in one of my favorite and most beloved improv teams at iO West in Hollywood called Streethawk! Since the break up of that team Chris has gone on to write for the WWE, became a producer on CBS's Big Brother, and co-write a huge blockbuster movie starrring Liam Neeson called Non-Stop (now on Blu-Ray and DVD). We talk about improv, how the idea for Non-Stop came about and the process of writing a film, selling it, getting it made and how hard that is to actually accomplish. We talk about Big Brother, the WWE, Tila Tequila and a whole lot more!! Please SHARE, please Listen and please ENJOY!!!   Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 my website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Tatia Pilieva may not yet be a house hold name but her viral video "First Kiss" probably is. It has over 85 million views in just 3 months. I talk with Tatis about how that idea of getting 20 strangers to kiss each other on camera came from, whats next for her, what her first kiss with her husband was like, filming an independant movie called FOREVER with Deborah Ann Woll and Luke Grimes for the Art of Elysium, her birth place the Republic of Georgis (its a country), living in New York City, being a hopeless romantic and so much more!! Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research FOundation www.curechm.org

Taran Killam is one of my favorite SNL cast members of all time! We have a great time talking about his marriage to actress Cobie Smulders, how they were able to do a long distance relationship for the last few years, his MADTV experience, his kidnapping role on 12 Years a Slave, how he lobbied hard for any kind of role in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and got it!, his recent visit to the AVENGERS 2 set in Europe, his experience at the Groundlings improv/ sketch thetaer in LA, what is Lorne Michales like, his viral YouTube video of him dancing like singer Robyn, comic books and his own comic book that he wrote, Game of Thrones, Amazing Spider-Man 2, his three auditions for SNL, his process to get a sketch on the air and so much more!! He even does his brilliant Brad Pitt impression for me!! It was awesome. Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!!   Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcst Instagram @ejscott1106 my website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Lucas Neff is best known for playing Jimmy for four seasons on FOX's RAISING HOPE. We had a really silly and often serious converstaion about how he was a fat kid, how he use to read 1,000 pages a week, memorized the first 300 numbers of PI, his new love/ girlfriend actress CAITLIN STASEY from CW's Reign and their matching tattoos, cannibalism, reality shows, Buffy Angel, his Dad the novelist, his mom helping troubled kids, running an ultra marathon without training, experimenting with blindness, growing up in Chicago, apologizing to his family for being a troubled kid, visiting a blind theater in Israel, drinking at age 13, being picked on as a kid, being awkward with girls, trying his hand at rap, politics, whats troubling the world these days, improv and so much more!!!! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 my website www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation www.curechm.org

Tim Bagley, maybe most recognizable from This is 40, Knocked Up, Web Therapy and Will and Grace, opens up to me about his life and career. We have a really hilarious and intense talk about growing up in Wisconsin and Michigan, being gay and trying to convert to straight through classes and programs, losng his partner of 10 years to HIV related illness, growing up one of 5 kids to a Republican father and a therapist mother, dating and having relations with women, his mother's review of 12 Years a Slave, online dating, The Groundlings, being a Butler at the Playboy Mansion and who ordered enigmas and douches to their room (yup), being a phone service operator to two pimps, finding out he was in the most dangerous shot director Roland Emmerich had ever shot, working with gay and lesbian teens that have been kicked out of their homes, OCD, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell and tons more!! Plus a special surprise appearance by my girlfriend, Deborah Ann Woll. Tim was especially open with me and honest. Im very appreciative

Mo Collins is most recognized by the dozens of characters she played on MADTV, but she also has a very long resume that ranges from Parks and Rec to Six Feet Under to 40 Year Old Virgin. We talk about her strict Catholic upbringing in Minnesota, feeling stifled by a controling mother, to spreading her wings in acting and comedy, getting kicked out of an all girls Catholic College that mother went to, being the "black sheep" in her family, the origin of her nickname "Mo", to getting "let go" from Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop where she was thriving, to working for Disney in Florida, she talks about and gets emotional about her "perfect sister" (the greatest person she knows), getting married and divorced, moving to LA, auditioning for MADTV with a killer Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer impression, having a son who now wants to be a fireman, wanting to be a grandmother, her belief in aliens and her alien sighting that she witnessed, getting a rare form of cancer called GIST, just a couple of years ago and how

Fortune Feimster was a writer and on camera personality on Chelsea Lately with Chelsea Handler. We talk about working with Chelsea, who really stuck out from the celebrity interactions on the show including Dave Grohl and Lindsay Lohan, we talk about her stint as a Semi Finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 7, growing up in North Carolina, realizing she's a lesbian in her 20's, dating in Los Angeles, her parents separating when she was 12 then dating each other, auditioning for SNL twice, going through the Groundlings progam and being on the Sunday Company there, the possibilty of having children or not, life on the road and meeting fans and getting in cars with them, her out look on her weight, doing fundraisers in her back yard, working with Tina Fey on her sitcom on Fox, going to Bob Odenkirk's birthday party, how she feels about guys who "slut-shame", going to an all womens's "liberal" college, and tons more!! Its a very honest, open, funny conversation. Give a listen, give a share. thanks!!   Follow me

Sam Trammell has been acting professionally for over 20 years. He comes from a New York City stage back ground and was even nominated for a Tony award. Sam plays Sam Merlotte  on HBO's hit show TRUE BLOOD. Sma comes on the podcast to talk about his Kickstarter to finsih the film he has a passion for called THE AFTERMATH. He also talks about being in an Alien/ Predator movie, living next to Nick Nolte in West Virginia, his worries as a father and as a human being, the universe, smoking "crack" for his latest role in the Aftermath, his upcoming Amazon Prime Pilot with Brian Bennehy, not getting married, being friends with guys from The State, working with Laura Dern, knowing Philip Seymour Hoffman, working with Shailene Woodley, hanging out with Winona Ryder, drugs, anxiety, how cold it gets being naked filming scenes in True Blood, he may even accidentally give some hints to what happens this final season for his charcter in True Blood and so much more!!! Follow me on Twitter... @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram..

The Soup is a show that has been on E! making fun of other shows for the last 10 years. Lee Farber and Nic DeLeo (Mankini) have been there from the beginning, pretty much. Nic talks about his 30 year friendship with Joel McHale, Lee talks about how Joel McHale married him and his wife, having input with The White House Correspondence Dinner, writing for The Soup, the fear of what happens when and if The Soup ends, how some celebs won't come back to guest on The Soup, Lee worked with Barry Sonnenfeld and almost met Steven Spielberg, Nic possibly got banned from the Arclight Cimemas here in LA, and so much more!!!   Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 Website.. www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation... www.curechm.org

Harrison Brown is riding a bicycle from Alaska to Florida (about a 6,000 mile trip). He will be video blogging or webisoding along the way. When I first met Harrison at UCB in LA about 7-8 years ago he was about 70lbs heavier. We talk about his life style change and what made him make such a change, we talk improv and how hosting the Cagematch at UCB got him a job on the Price is Right and how he now tours with Drew Carey, we talk about his biggest fears for his big adventure (bears), how some people are trying to convince him to carry a gun, what it was like growing up in a small town outside of Madison, Wisconsin, losing weight, biking, Costco and much more!!   Follow me on Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106 my website... www.ejscott.com The CHoroideremia Research Foundation  www.curechm.org

Heather Anne Campbell is currently on the new reboot of Whose Line is it Anyway? with Ryan Stiles, Waycne Brady and Colin Mochrie. Shes also worked as a writer on Saturday Night Live (she was nominated for an Emmy) and is currently working with the ADHD people at FOX. We talk about growing up in Chicago, lying about her age so she could take improv classes at iO Chicago, being rejected as an action screenwriter, and how a single note on a script turned her off to action screenwriting forever, moving to Amsterdam, doing improv at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, getting hired at Saturday Night Live and what it felt like not being asked back after one season, what the process is like there, her love of gaming, art, getting high for the first time and drawing cartoons, and much more!! Give a listen and give a share to your friends. Thanks!   Follow me on teitter... @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram... @ejscott1106 My website... www.ejscott.com The Choroideremia Research Foundation... www.curechm.org