Judy Reyes is best known for playing Carla on the TV series “Scrubs,” but her nearly three-decades-long career is packed with roles on long-running shows like “Devious Maids,” and in movies like “Birth/Rebirth,” for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress. Her latest is Hannah Marx’s highly anticipated screen version of John Green’s celebrated novel “Turtles All The Way Down” (coming to MAX on May 2nd). On this episode, she takes us back to the beginning—her “dramatic” childhood household serving as a form of acting training, defying her mother when she wanted to actually be an actor, and the support she found at the legendary LAByrinth Theater. She tells us why journaling as the character is her first step inside, how one recent role allowed her to show the fullness of her range, why simply being a latino artist is not enough, and much much more. Back To One is the in-depth, no-nonsense, actors-on-acting podcast from Filmmaker Magazine. In each episode, host Peter Rinaldi invites one working actor to do a deep dive into their unique process, psychology, and approach to the craft. Follow Back To One on Instagram
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