Debra Jo Rupp
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203 appearances
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1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
Debra Jo Rupp’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And... to see Becca's work. And Dan came up and said, I'm going to find something for you on This Is Us.
He did. And then this is what it was. Wow. This is what it was. I was no one. No one usually will hire me for drama. I usually do comedy. I'm fine. I'll do anything. But it was so nice to have that opportunity. And to have it come from a play, because theater is... My love, you know, I love a live audience. So, uh, it was just really nice. And then I got to work with the Emmy award winner.
We're just talking about the scene in the prison where we find out that Shawna was not going to come see Deja, that she's opting out of that whole thing. And then Randall sort of indicts you as like, is anybody looking out for this kid? And you give me a look like, excuse me, sir? You think I don't understand what's going on here? Do you know what I have to deal with on a daily basis?
Yeah. You want to talk a little bit about how you read me for points and sort of destroyed me in my own show? Is that cool?
Yeah. I just remember I had never been in a prison or a jail. I've just never been in there. And there was... There was like a door and it was closed, but you could hear commotion behind it. Yeah. Do you remember that?
And there were inmates on the other side of that door.
And I just remember looking up and seeing things that I've seen in movies.
You know, but I was actually standing in the space and it just really, really hit me. That scene was... So easy to do because of where it was and because of Hugh Sterling. But it was really quite something.
Mandy's pretty awesome.
Mandy's awesome. Chris is awesome. Yeah, and me.
And me, Debra?
I was saying to Chris at the beginning of the podcast too, that being in that space, like I was immediately felt with like, I don't like this being here. Like this is not a place that is pleasant to be. Like the vibe is such that like, oh, I feel like I want to get out of here as soon as possible. And sort of even shielding her from it. Like Sterling's shielding Lyric and Randall's shielding Deja.
It's a weird spot to be in.
I remember that really clearly.
Talk to us. Okay, so you don't often get a chance to do drama. Obviously, you did something that took place in the 60s or the 80s, some show. I can't remember what it was.
some show like that or whatnot. Do you have an equal enjoyment in both environs? Does it matter to you in terms of which you enjoy the most? I know you can do it all. Do you enjoy one more than the other?
Well, I think that the more instant gratification is the comedy. Because it's kind of instant. You know if you're succeeding or failing, like right there. Drama, you don't so much know. Plus, drama, you have to really follow the through line. Like, you have to really read the script. Because you shoot it out of order, so you really have to kind of know where you are all the time.
Sitcom, you know, sitcom is like doing a little one-act play every week, and it's easy and it's fun. And either one is fine for me, as long as I understand the character and, and I understand the through line. Um, It's very hard for me to play characters that are close to who I am. Okay. I recede. Oh, interesting. I fall back.
The further away, like neurotic people, crazy people, even though I can be that, I'm a little more down to earth than that. But those people are so fun for me because they're a character to me. I can just be them. When they're close to me, like this was a little bit, I feel like, this is how Deborah Jo would have said all of this. It's harder for me.
So I don't know if you remember Sterling, but the first time I did it, you know, Becca came out and talked to me, the writer came out and talked to me and I was working a little too hard. And then Becca said, just you, just you. And that's what I did the second time. I'm going to cry. That's what I did the second time. And I remember Sterling, you went, That was amazing. I have to get out of here.
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