Funny In Failure

Amy Aquino is an actor, who over her forty-plus year career, has recurred in numerous television series, including Bosch, Glee, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Falcon and the Winter Solider, Being Human, ER, The Practice, Judging Amy, Everybody Loves Raymond, Felicity, The Good Fight, The Mentalist, Brothers and Sisters, Prison Break, Picket Fences, Monk & Freaks and Geeks to name a few. Her films include Working Girl, Moonstruck, Boys on the Side, The Singing Detective, White Oleander, A Lot Like Love, In Good Company, The Lazarus Effect and Beautiful Boy. Plus, she’s also a theatre guru. And that’s just scratching the surface! As you can imagine, we dive deep and cover a lot such the beauty of gardens, needing to fix things, picking a career that is worthy of you, making positive change, Jewish lizards, being rejected from Yale 3 times and taking risks. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Amy out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram

Josh Zuckerman is an award winning actor as well as a writer, & director. You might recognize him from his many roles such as Sex Drive, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Feast, CBGB, Oppenheimer (coming soon), The Offer, It’s Pony, A real Adventure, The Big Bang Theory, 90210, Desperate Housewives, Kyle XY, Boston Legal, CSI: Miami, Significant Mother, Adventure Beast, The West Wing & The Amanda Show to name a few! In this wide-ranging chat we talk about googling your net worth, playing the Banjo, the hardships of being a child actor, shows that get cancelled, the hype of being the leading man, self-worth and bitterness, resilience, regrets & letting go, playfulness and “hard work”. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Josh out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zuckermanjosh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/illbezucked ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook ht

Laila Robins is an actor who’s pretty much done it all in both theatre and on screen. On Screen you may recognize her from her many roles such as in Homeland, The Blacklist, The Boys, Walking Dead, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Eye in the Sky, True Crime, An Innocent Man, Dr Death, The Equalizer, Bull, Law and Order: Special Victims & Bored to Death.  She’s also a veteran in the theatre and has appeared in many productions, including as Blanche Dubois in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Alma in SUMMER AND SMOKE, Annie in THE REAL THING, Mellita in MRS.KLEIN, Masha in THREE SISTERS, Ranyevskaya in CHERRY ORCHARD, Nina in THE SEAGULL, Carrie Nye in HEDDA GABLER, Olympia Dukakis in LION IN WINTER, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS, THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE to name a few. As you can imagine we dive deep and cover a lot such as chatting about confidence, teaching, scenes being cut from films, regrets, looking after her voice, growth, magic, vibration, being in the moment and her fear of public speaking. T

Leven Rambin is an Award-winning actor & director as well as a writer & singer. You might recognize her from her many roles such as Hunger Games, The Path, True Detective, The Forever Purge, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Gone, Grey’s Anatomy, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Tomorrow People, One Tree Hill, Lipstick Jungle, The Big Ugly, Lost Child, Wizards of Waverly Place, All My Children, Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Two Night Stand, Red Giant, The Dirt, Walter, Mank & Tatterdemalion. We chat about about creating new pathways towards success, not taking no for answer, vision boards, personal power & resilience, her abundant mindset, the negative systemic issues of Hollywood, Hunger Games, going back to study, “fitting in”, proving the world and others wrong. Her new album Leven is now out/ will be out in the coming days so check out her socials for more info! The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Le

Navid Negahban is an award winning actor and producer known for his roles as The Shadow King/ Farouk in Legion, Abu Nazir in Homeland, Sultan in Aladdin, General Dostum in 12 Strong, plus he’s been in Charlie Wilson’s War, Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Snipper, American Assassin, Damascus Cover, Baba Joon, Law & Order: SVU, Veep, CSI:NY, The Closer, The West Wing, The Cleaning Lady, The Mentalist, Arrow, 24, Without a Trace, JAG & The Shield to name a few. As you can imagine, we dive deep and cover a lot, such as lack of expectations, fear, living in a refugee camp, Legion, living your day as if it’s your last, teachers and mentors, being kicked out of acting school, playing “villains”, creating a scene at a funeral, and making the world a better place. This is very true story of resilience and empowerment. You’’ll leave this chat feeling inspired and motivated; knowing that you can do anything. Anyway, sit back and enjoy, I know you’ll love it! The video footage of this entire chat is now out as we

Mike Cabellon is an actor, producer, comedian, writer & director. From performing on stages across the country to starring in some of television’s most exciting sitcoms, and creating, writing, and producing award-winning digital content, Mike Cabellon is quickly cementing his name as one to watch in Hollywood. Currently he’s starring as Chief Strategist Tommy Tomás in season two of NBC's hit comedy series, "Mr. Mayor," opposite Ted Danson and Holly Hunter; created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, so check it out. He’s also been in Orange Is the New Black, High Maintenance, Crashing, New Amsterdam, Luke Cage and is an active performer, director, producer, and writer for the award-winning Story Pirates - a nationally renowned group of top comedians, musicians, best-selling authors, and incredible teachers who create exciting content that celebrates the imaginations of children. Their marquee program, the “Story Pirates Podcast” has been downloaded over 35 million times and consistently ranks in the top thre

Beth Lapides is a comedian, writer, producer and the Host of UnCabaret. UnCabaret is a legendary alternative comedy show which has helped define the genre over 25 years ago. In short, it’s a progressive storytelling show where comedians tell true stories they've never told on stage before. (No rehearsed bits, no derogatory jokes.), a real game changer in the industry. For more than 25 years, UnCabaret has been the un-homophobic, un-xenophobic, un-misogynistic and un-hacky place for comedy luminaries to tell stories ripped from the headlines of their lives. UnCabaret has been adapted into an Amazon Prime series, a Comedy Central special, and five critically acclaimed albums. Its notable guest list includes Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Margaret Cho, Sandra Bernhard, Kathy Griffin, Maria Bamford, Julia Sweeney, Tig Notaro, Jon Stewart, Jennifer Coolidge, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, Sam Jay, Ali Wong and countless more. Her new book So You Need to Decide, features conversations with comedians, writers and

Geneva Carr is a Tony nominated actor for her performance as Margery in the original Broadway cast of Hand to God. You may also recognize her from her many roles such as Marissa Morgan in Bull - she has also recently directed an episode as well! Plus, she’s been in, It’s Complicated, Love & Other Drugs, Wonder Wheel, Ava’s Possessions, Law & Order, Younger, Deadbeat, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Spin City, Royal Pains, Sex and the City. Some of her theatre credits include: Trevor, Just Sex, I Wanna Destroy You, Finding Claire, Rose’s Dilemma, Clash by Night and Betty’s Summer Vacation. As you can imagine we cover a lot and chat about mentors and teachers, people pleasing, tough love, directing, Bull, Michael Weatherly, releasing and letting go, her tony nomination, Helen Mirren, confrontation, working as a banker, rejection & resilience. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Geneva out on: I

Lee Majdoub is an award-winning actor who you might recognise from his many roles such as Agent Stone in both Sonic the Hedgehog movies - working directly with Jim Carrey as his assistant, Silas on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, plus the 100, You Me Her, Travelers, Zoo, Prison Break, Supernatural, Arrow, StarBeam and the Magicians to name a few! As you can imagine we cover a lot and talk about nerves, being a guest star, people pleasing, Jim Carrey, addictions & recovery, negative self-talk, bullying, searching for happiness, the drive to be better, playing a prince, streaming and gratitude. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Lee out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leemajdoub/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeMajdoub Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/leemajdoub ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https:

Samm Levine is an actor, comedian, producer & writer who you may recognize from his many roles in Freaks & Geeks, Inglourious Basterds, Not Another Teen Movie, Wet Hot American Summer, Modern Family, Club Dread, That 70s Show, Entourage, Drunk History, Kevin Pollak’s Chat show, Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy, NCIS, Family Guy, Veronica Mars and How I Met Your Mother. As you can imagine we dive deep and cover a lot - such as conflict, performing stand up from the age of 12, being cut from inglourious basterds, money advice, getting Lisa Kudrow’s blessing, the levels of success, changing mindsets, perception, his ‘baby face’ & how Adam Brody ruined the Jewish look. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Samm out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sammlevine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammlevine Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/sammlevine Drop Girl Music video ft Samm Levine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeUPi

Jon Barinholtz is an actor, writer & producer. He is currently starring as Payne Motors heir and executive Wesley Payne on NBC’s brand-new comedy series “American Auto”. In animation, Jon is the Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and lends his voice to Netflix’s “Chicago Party Aunt,”. The adult animated comedy series follows Diane Dunbrowski, a party animal who is idolized for her troublemaking and talent for avoiding adulthood by her soul-searching nephew.   You might also recognise Jon from his many other roles such as Marcus in Superstore, Solar Opposites, Veep, With Bob and David, The Mindy Project, MADtv, New Girl, Parks and Recreation, Key and Peele, Happy Endings and The Oath. In this wide ranging chat, we talk about ordering pizza while your wife is giving birth, NFTs, working with bad people, the wonders of improv, the Hollywood roller-coaster experience, fear, hustling, his running mindset and creating his own path to success. Stick around till the end where Jon answers all of your Superstore

Lochlyn Munro is an actor and producer and has appeared in many films and TV shows such as Riverdale, Peacemaker, White Chicks, Unforgiven, Scary Movie, A Night at the Roxbury, Freddy vs Jason, Cosmic Sin, Dead Man on Campus, The Magicians, Beyond, Lucifer, 21 Jump Street, Hawkeye, NorthWood, Charmed, CSI, Monk, Smallville, Castle, Psych, Arrow Supernatural & Blacktop. As you can imagine we dive deep and chat about Peacemaker and the opening dance, glass half full mindset, playing elite sports, Riverdale, Arrow, Resilience, gratitude, White chicks, insecurities and fears, collaboration & being the best version of yourself. Check Lochlyn out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lochlynmunro/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lochlynmunro TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lochlynmunro Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/lochlynmunro/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyi

Stacy Keach is an Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Author, Teacher & Composer. He’s won pretty much every award to date such as Best Actor Golden Globe, 3 Obies, 3 Vernon Rice Awards, 2 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Helen Hayes Awards, the Millennium Recognition Award, the Shakespeare Will Award, nominations for Emmy and Tony Awards, and most recently, the International Satellite Mary Pickford Lifetime Achievement Award.  In 2015, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and in 2019 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Stacy is also, as he defines himself, an American interpreter of Shakespeare, with notable performances as Hamlet, Henry V, Coriolanus, Falstaff, Macbeth, Richard III and King Lear. He also started Zoom theatre during Covid which is really enterprising. Some of his many TV credits include Mike Hammer, Titus, Two and a Half Men, Blue Bloods, Prison Break, NCIS: New Orleans, The Blacklist, Man with a Plan, American Greed and his Filmography credits include Gotti, Truth,

Reggie Lee is an actor and producer who has a wealthy list of credits such as Grimm, Prison Break, All Rise, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Fast and The Furious, The Dark Night Rises, Tropic Thunder, American Dad, Brooklyn Nine- Nine, Sweet Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, NCIS: New Orleans to name a few. We chat about having a doughnut and ice cream flavour named after him, sensitivity, "doing the work” mentality, moving beyond adversity, Grimm, big boxed in, spirituality and mental health, energy, stillness, racism and bullying plus self-care. Check Reggie out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrreggielee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrReggieLee Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrReggieLee ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ htt

Welcome back to the new season! Paget Brewster is an actor who starred as Special Agent Emily Prentiss in CRIMINAL MINDS. She has also starred in ANOTHER PERIOD, opposite John Stamos in, GRANDFATHERED, and played Frankie on COMMUNITY. In addition to starring in two Emmy Award-winning series –HUFF and ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. Plus she’s also been in FRIENDS, 2 ½ MEN, LAW & ORDER: SVU, KEY & PEELE, MODERN FAMILY and has also voiced the roles of various characters on FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD, BOJACK HORSEMAN, HARVEY BIRDMAN and BIRD GIRL, and was nominated for an Emmy for her voice work in DUCKTALES. Her voice will next be heard on the Netflix series, CAPTAIN FALL. Among her feature film credits are WELCOME TO HAPPINESS, MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE, THE SPECIALS, THE BIG BAD SWIM, THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, DESPERATE BUT NOT SERIOUS and MAN OF THE HOUSE. Paget will next be seen in HOW I MET YOUR FATHER on Hulu. She can recently be seen in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series HOLLYWOOD a

Jaime Ray Newman can do It all. She’s an academy award winner, actor, director & producer, who’s been in too many things to name, such as Catch Me If You Can, The Punisher, Rumour Has it, Dopestick, Eureka, Midnight Texas, The Time Traveller’s Wife, Eastwick, Rubberneck, Bates Motel, Satisfaction, Grimm, The Magicians, Drop Dead Diva, Skin (won the Academy Award for best short film which she produced with her husband Guy Nattiv and he wrote and directed it), plus Imposters, Veronica Mars & Tarzan just to name a few. We chat about the truth behind her IMDB profile, not taking no for an answer, pivoting and her moving forward mindset, her love of acting, the no’s, producing, rejection, the highs and lows of birth, miscarriages, IVF, surrogacy, becoming a mother and her working relationship with her husband. Check Jaime out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeraynewman4real/ Instagram for Guy Nattiv: https://www.instagram.com/guy_nattiv/ ---------------------------------------------- Fol

Bryant Ellis is an entrepreneur, podcaster, adventurer and a Forbes 30 for under 30. He is a self-described, risk taker, rule-breaking high school dropout, entrepreneur, and newly-minted millionaire. He's the founder of the viral global success story, The Adventure Challenge which has captivated the world. Bryant also hosts the The Fail Journal podcast where he recounts the hard-knock lessons he learned turning a side hustle into a $100M empire. As you can imagine, this episode is super jam packed, we chat about achieving and pursuing our goals and dreams, having ADHD, getting kicked out of acting school, his abundance & service to others mentality, the concept of an overnight success, investing in yourself, people pleasing, making millions, leadership and dispelling a lot of the myths behind financial security, Check Bryant out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryant_s_ellis/ Podcast (The Fail Journal): https://www.thefailjournalpodcast.com/ The Adventure Challenge: https://www.theadventurec

Desmond Chiam is an actor and a writer who has played in many roles such as Dovich on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, General Riga on The Shannara Chronicles, Wyatt Cole on Reef Break, Magic Camp, With Love, Now Apocalypse, Bones, NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-O, Neighbours to name a few. We cover a lot in this chat such as wanting to be a cowboy, screen writing, being a high achiever, surround yourself with great empowering people, making space, authenticity, diversity, his aggressively kind approach and the path of least resistance. Check Desmond out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deschiam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/deschiam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deschiam ---------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ ht

Mo Collins is comedian, actor, writer, director and artist. She has a crazy amount of credits such as Fear The Walking Dead, Parks and Recreation, MAD TV, The 40 Year Old Virgin, F is For Family, Dirty Grandpa, Family Guy, Lady Dynamite, American Dad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Arrested Development, Knocked Up, According to Jim to name just a few. We really dive in and get real deep and chat about being shy and starting improv in grade 8… all by accident, her relationship with death and having had cancer, painting, as well as being kicked out of home and college, transitioning into dramas, victim mentalities, curiosity and the yes-and approach. Check Mo out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_mo_collins/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/THEMOCOLLINS TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mocollinsofficial ---------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ a

Martin Copping, is an actor, voice actor, writer, producer and director. Martin recently captured the lead role in the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Vanguard. The Melbourne-born star plays Lucas Riggs, a Special Forces operator and demolition expert during World War II. He has also been cast in numerous television and movies roles such as Zombie Hunter, The Dunes, Forbidden Ground, Mistress Hunter, NCIS, The Refuge, Elegy for a Revolutionary, A lesson in Cruelty, Hawaii Five-0, Neighbours, Blue Heelers and other video games such as Rainbow Six: Siege and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. In this wide-ranging chat, we talk about vegemite, letting go & walking away, winning a gold medal in Taekwondo, being bullied, intuition, spirituality, The challenges of making a film over 4, alcoholism, Steiner schools, victim mentality, living in his car and garages and his service to others mentality. Check Martin out on: his film - 'The Dunes' is coming out soon! Social Media - TikTok | Twitch | Instagram | YouTub