
Sobriety and the Business of Acting with Leslie Jordan
07/13/22 • 37 min
If you know my story of sobriety, you know that Leslie Jordan was one of the first fellow southerners I met when moving to Los Angeles and had a key influence on me getting sober. Join Leslie and I as we reflect on our stories of sobriety and how it has elevated everything in our life including our careers. We also spend a bit of the conversation talking about our craft and ways he's influenced my own take on acting. Head over to youtube.com/imagineparadise to subscribe and see video of this episode.
If you know my story of sobriety, you know that Leslie Jordan was one of the first fellow southerners I met when moving to Los Angeles and had a key influence on me getting sober. Join Leslie and I as we reflect on our stories of sobriety and how it has elevated everything in our life including our careers. We also spend a bit of the conversation talking about our craft and ways he's influenced my own take on acting. Head over to youtube.com/imagineparadise to subscribe and see video of this episode.
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