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Film Courage: I believe you said you once had a job where you would read screenplays. How many screenplays did you read on that job?
Adam William Ward, Filmmaker/Actor: I used to work for Todd Phillips who’s doing the Joker 2 right now. He did The Hangover movies and he did Joker one.
They wanted me to read at least three a day. I’m a slow reader so I’d be lucky to get three done a day but you had to do notes. You had to do a one-page summary of the script to get to Todd Phillips. You’d have to read three a day and if you didn’t get through the three you almost had to make it up in a way. They expected you to get through three.
I was the first guy in the office that people would meet and if the script got through to me, the people above me would only read my summary (most of them). They wouldn’t read the actual scripts.
If it got through me and I thought it was great, then maybe they’d read it. Then up the ladder it would go from there.
I said this last time, but if you don’t get through the front desk guy you’re never getting to the people that actually make the decisions. Everybody in that office should like you. Everybody should like your art, your script or whatever. It’s very important that you’re never a jerk to anybody that you meet in this industry and that’s why this industry is…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
MORE VIDEOS WITH ADAM WILLIAM WARD
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WATCH ‘WALLY GOT WASTED’
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About:
Adam is a Jewish-American born in Abington, Pennsylvania who grew up in Bucks County, PA. At age twelve his family relocated to Roseburg, Oregon; a new and unfamiliar small town. As the middle child of three, Adam realized he had to stand out to gain any measure of attention, if he wanted his rightful place at the dinner table. His antics started purely as a way to amuse his family, but quickly blossomed into a desire to entertain a bigger audience. This desire, however, was abated by a nearly crippling case of stage fright that lasted until he joined his high school’s drama program as a teenager. Through his teacher and classmates’ encouragement, Adam gradually let go and confronted his fear. It seemed to work. After receiving much local acclaim in his first year on stage, his high school named the A-Ward Award after him and it is still given annually to the most outstanding newcomer. It was because of this success Ward pursued his love of film as an undergrad at Hawaii Pacific University where he graduated with a Communications Degree. After graduating from college, Ward made his way to Hollywood! During his first day in town, he used his charm to land a position in post production at Dreamworks. From there, he segued to a gig working for Todd Phillips at Warner Brothers. But pursuing a career made him temporarily lose sight of his dream (dream of what?) It wasn’t until Ward bumped into Jimmy Smits at LAX that he was convinced to go back and study acting again. At Smits’ recommendation, he began studying at the Joanne Baron DW School of Acting during which he found time to star in eleven short films. The following year ward was a lead in three independent features. But it wasn’t until the year 2011 Ward, took his destiny in his own hands and wrote, directed and starred in a tv comedy called, “Three Guys and a Couch” (On Amazon Prime). In 2013 wrote Directed and Starred in “Parole Officers” another tv pilot. (On Amazon Prime). Later in 2014 Ward co-wrote a feature film called, “Wally Got Wasted”. [See more of Adam’s bio on IMDB]
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