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Colleen's thoughts on writing, directing and coaching, and her unique take on life itself!

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Superstar in Spanish speaking nations Kristina Lilley

She plays Detective Winslow in THE WHOLE TRUTH - talks about working with me as an acting coach!




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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Rick Overton and John Fuglesang can handle THE WHOLE TRUTH!

Two American comic geniuses in the cast of THE WHOLE TRUTH share what the film is about.

Rick ("Uri Standinoff") and John ("prosecutor Jordan Smith") are frequent guests on The Stephanie Miller Show and are in constant demand for their stand up performances. John recently completed the run of his acclaimed one man show, ALL THE WRONG REASONS, in London.



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Monday, June 29, 2009

Eric Roberts talks about playing his hil-arious role

In THE WHOLE TRUTH.

I love casting actors against type - but *only* if they're great actors.

And that certainly describes Eric!



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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Why Elisabeth Röhm identifies with her wacky character in THE WHOLE TRUTH

In THE WHOLE TRUTH, Elisabeth plays Angela Masters, a super acting coach who, instead of including Hollywood stars as clients, helps criminals with "character transformations" (personality transplants) so they'll appeal to juries just enough to be acquitted.

Life is good - she thinks she has all the answers - until karma steps up to collect for helping all those crooks avoid being accountable for their illegal indiscretions.

And Angela's karmic debt is large.

Terrifying.

And worst of all, publicly humiliating.



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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Sean Patrick Flanery: Why I wanted THE WHOLE TRUTH!

I can't explain his make-up and state of undress - you'll have to see the movie to understand the scene from which he emerged to talk with us behind the scenes!




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Friday, June 26, 2009

Elisabeth Rohm: why she wanted THE WHOLE TRUTH

As I've mentioned, Elisabeth had done no comedy - and she's incredible as Angela in THE WHOLE TRUTH. After studying the classics (Twentieth Century, His Girl Friday, Ball of Fire, so many more) and the comedic performances of the greats: Carole Lombard, Rosiland Russell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball and more, she developed her own classic character for which those women would give her (very) high fives!



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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

THE WHOLE TRUTH executive producer Gary Allen Tucci

He's also my business partner in Heart Break Productionz.

Gary's a self-made man who's been working at physical labor since he was 12 before becoming a captain of industry; he competes in Iron Man events just for fun, but his primary allegiance is to his family - he's a devoted dad and husband.

THE WHOLE TRUTH is his first venture into filmmaking, and his passion for film and the new chapter in his life as an independent film executive producer make him one of the happiest guys you'll meet!






And here is the new poster, thanks to photoshop whiz Josh Garretson, who came to us via photographer Adam Weintraub.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Jim Holmes talks about working on THE WHOLE TRUTH!

Jim Holmes, who plays "Brad Sanders" in THE WHOLE TRUTH, also did a comedy improv session with me on camera during our EPK (electronic press kit - backstage stuff) interview session -- that we're using for the bonus DVD! Editor Stephen Myers thought it too cruel to cut it up. I agree!




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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Rick Overton and John Fugelsang have their say!

Two American comic geniuses with whom I had the pleasure of working on THE WHOLE TRUTH talk about their experience!



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Friday, June 19, 2009

What Kristina Lilley says about my acting coaching!

For those who don't know, Kristina Lilley is a famous actress in Spanish-speaking nations and on Telemundo (NBC owned Spanish speaking network) in the US.

She's especially well-known for her roles as villains - bad bad sexy vixens - but in THE WHOLE TRUTH, she plays a good cop (a role she's always wanted to portray!). This is her first role in an English-speaking feature film!

I was her acting coach for two years when she lived in Seattle with her then husband, who was taking advanced studies at the University of Washington. At the end of his studies, they moved back to Colombia, South America, where she resumed her work in television and films.

Kristina got the role by auditioning. Me being her former acting coach did not play a part in her getting cast. But being familiar with her skills, background, dedication, non-diva attitude and how easy she is to work with definitely made me think of her when we were looking at actors to audition for the role.

Here she talks about how she found me through this website - and why it persuaded her to contact me!




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Thursday, June 18, 2009

What Eric Roberts says about working with me as a director!