00:00I'm Leah Lewis.
00:01Hi, I'm Johnny C. McGinley.
00:02My name is Charles Melton.
00:03Hi, I'm Michael Pena.
00:04Tom Pelfrey.
00:05Erica Alexander.
00:06Chris Perfetti.
00:07I'm Taylor Durden, and this is The Hollywood Reporter.
00:09The Hollywood Reporter.
00:102026 Supporting Class.
00:12Supporting Class.
00:17My character summed up in five words.
00:19Excited.
00:20Sincere.
00:20Sweet.
00:21Advocate.
00:23And...
00:24Spicy.
00:26Mel, you okay?
00:27If you're done fighting.
00:28Elegant, iconic, intelligent, mischievous, worldly.
00:34Morally ambiguous, but good dad.
00:39Deeply lonely, but delusionally optimistic.
00:43My gosh.
00:45I mean, my gosh.
00:47Just outstanding.
00:50Strong.
00:51Weed gummies.
00:53Mission impossible.
00:54Kind.
00:55Heartfelt.
00:56Goofy.
00:56Earnest.
00:57Confused.
00:58His students would sum him up as Huff Poe reading gay Pete Buttigieg.
01:03Real Housewives of New Jersey is also on in five, and I simply must watch it live.
01:08Happy, content, unflappable.
01:10She is everything in the world.
01:14She has the highest intelligence in the world.
01:16She can do anything, perform anything.
01:19That's more than five, but yeah.
01:22My dream guest star would be Laurie Metcalf in everything, always.
01:26I think she's one of the most amazing actors we have, and oh my God, if she was on the
01:31pit, I would probably stop acting.
01:34I would not know what to do.
01:35Viola Davis, we'd just stare at each other and the writers would have to catch up.
01:41Come on, V, give it to me.
01:43It's a win, win, win.
01:45Meryl Streep, Daniel Day-Lewis, I don't know, shoot for the stars.
01:49Honestly, I think Laura Dern would play the most dynamic, diabolical Abbott villain we've ever had.
01:58If Dolly Parton ever wants to come onto our show, you have a home here.
02:04My character would be most likely to excel in school.
02:09My character would be voted most likely to fail out of school.
02:14Be a great car salesman.
02:16Not to succeed, yes, but I think, I'm trying to think of the superlatives I had in my yearbook.
02:21Maybe best smile.
02:22I think Jacob would be voted probably most dramatic because, well, first of all, that superlative is, like, sort of
02:29queer-coded, and so he'd probably get it for that reason.
02:32But also, I mean, come on, the boy is a mess.
02:37If I could play any character, past or present, I would play Sweeney Todd, Benjamin Barker, the Demon Barber of
02:43Fleet Street.
02:44The Pink Panther, Inspector Clouseau.
02:46Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire.
02:48I don't think anyone's gotten it right yet.
02:50And I just, hear me out, give me a shot.
02:53I've always depended on the kindness of strangers.
02:58I would love to play Carol.
03:00I would love to play Ray Sehorne's character.
03:04I think it's such a great character.
03:06I love her journey.
03:08Basically, I would love to be Ray Sehorne.
03:10Please, Carol.
03:11Please, Carol.
03:13I mean, I would love to try something like Miranda Priestly.
03:16It would be really fun to see how well I could do it without them immediately apologizing.
03:23The one piece of early career advice that I still carry with me is not to take things personally
03:28and take every audition as an opportunity to play that character, no matter the outcome.
03:34To go in the room and truly have fun and play and give all that you can to that character
03:40and leave it in there.
03:41Be nice to the PAs because they're going to be your bosses someday.
03:46And they're going to remember if you were a dick to them on set.
03:50More good things can happen.
03:51Personally, I think sometimes when we reach certain goals, like we get scared and we wonder,
03:57like, will this ever happen again?
03:59And I think hearing that and leaning into abundance has really, really helped me stay
04:05in a really positive mindset and open for anything.
04:08Don't quit.
04:08You have to have perseverance.
04:09You don't know when it's coming.
04:11You know, sometimes we get so caught up in, especially when I was younger, I was so caught
04:15up in this, that the worthiness of the pursuit was equated to the result.
04:20So don't quit.
04:21You're learning.
04:22Every time you're learning.
04:23I guess if people don't know your value, then you've got to up the price.
04:28Boom.
04:32If I wasn't an actor, I'd be your worst employee.
04:35A botanist, a writer, or an English teacher.
04:39A therapist.
04:40General contractor.
04:41Oh, yes.
04:42HGTV rules.
04:43Are you kidding?
04:44Anything I know design.
04:46I feel like somewhere I'd probably design the pyramids.
04:50I love dogs.
04:51I have a dog.
04:51I would start some sort of dog walking business, but maybe like a dog hiking business.
04:57A stonemason, because I like to work with rock.
05:00Maybe an acting coach.
05:01I really like it.
05:02I like helping people and, you know, I like rehearsing.
05:06If I wasn't an actor, I'd be lost.
05:08There is no other option.
05:09If I wasn't an actor, there is no other plan.
05:12If all of entertainment didn't exist at all, I guess I'd be a lawyer, because there's
05:17a lot of acting in that.
05:19I'd be in trouble.
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