Sterling K. Brown
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So the directors of our pilot, John Reckwood, Glenn Ficarra, directed me in a movie called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot that stars Tina Fey.
They also wrote Bad Santa, I want to add.
They also wrote Bad Santa.
They had me in that family and they knew my work from there.
I had heat from these directors that I just worked with.
The studio which is doing the show, 20th Century, was like, oh, we're seeing this guy, what he's doing in O.J.
And so I go into this meeting with Dan and I'm carrying a football.
It's like my Linus security blanket.
I almost brought it today, but I was like, all right, Brown, you're almost 50.
You don't have to carry the football everywhere.
He always talks about it.
He's like, who is this guy with this fucking football?
And he's like coming in here.
I have never felt more comfortable because this is the first time with Buzz.
On the set of People vs.
producers would come up to me and they would say, man, you're cutting together really well.
I say, thanks, man.