Michael Rosenbaum, Actor, Producer, Comedian

Michael Rosenbaum (0:00)

And I go in my corner and I punch my fist into my hand, not like aggressively, like I'm an angry person, but just like, you got this, you're fucking good. It's like that Tim Roth moment in Reservoir Dogs where he's like, you're fucking great, they fucking don't know anything, you're fucking money, whatever he's saying, you know, and it's like in that mirror, because he's got to believe, they got to believe he's an undercover cop, they can't know he's an undercover cop.

And it's like that moment where I'm like, you're here for a reason, so you're going to either shit your pants and you're going to fall flat and you're going to look like an idiot and you're going to embarrass yourself and you're never going to work again. And all those are fantasy. They're bullshit. They're not going to happen. They've never happened. And you're going to go and do your fucking work.

Michael Gervais (0:41)

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Subscription required. Price varies based on product and subscription plan. Now this week's conversation is with Michael Rosenbaum, actor, producer, comedian. He's worked on over 20 films with a family favorite of ours, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, super fun movie.

And he's worked with legends, Christopher Walken, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Bradley Cooper. Like he's really been part of some really fun projects. And you also might recognize his work from TV. He's portrayed Lex Luthor on the TV show Smallville for seven years and he's voiced the Flash on the hit animated series, The Justice League Unlimited. So you'll hear his voice in this podcast. It's a great voice. And his range, his ability to do Lex Luthor, to do the comedian stuff, to be on the big stage if you will, like for sure he's got range. And in this conversation, he shares both the highs and the lows of being an actor in Hollywood and how he's had to work on flat out caring less about what others think of him and focusing on getting to the center of who he truly is and what matters most to him.