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Character Actor Extraordinaire: Comedian Adam Ray On The Origins Of His Viral Digital Series ‘Dr. Phil LIVE!’
Comedian Adam Ray discusses the origins of his live show 'Dr. Phil LIVE!', his film and TV ambitions and more in a new interview with Deadline.
represented a valuable opportunity — a chance “to play around, flex all the muscles and be entertaining for people.” Word about the show quickly circulated in comedy circles, with such friends of Ray as Adam DeVine, Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino going on to appear in future episodes. In his early years, he would do open mics at night and shoot YouTube videos on the weekend, filling weekdays with unpaid work at McCarthy/Abellera Casting and performer gigs at Universal Studios, whether wandering the park dressed as Wolverine or appearing as part of Fear Factor Live. “We’re in a really interesting club of, people know that you’re hustling, and if you keep it clean and you’re not doing shady s**t and you’re not a d*ckhead, it’s really a pretty simple formula to follow, to give yourself a chance to get something cool to happen.” In entertainment on the heels of both a pandemic and a double strike, building a career on screen is perhaps more of a “crapshoot” than it’s ever been, he says, which furthers the importance of being creatively self-sufficient.
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