E1111 - Paul Walter Hauser – Balls Up!
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What is the main theme of Paul Walter Hauser's new movie, Balls Up?
Paul, welcome to the show, man.
It's good to be here. Am I pronouncing this right? Vile Files?
Vile Files, that's it.
Most people get it wrong. I get it wrong.
If it were Veal Files, it doesn't have the same ring. Yeah, it doesn't roll off the tongue. You need something that rhymes with Veal. The real veal. The real veal. The real veal.
Oh, we're very excited to have you, Paul. I'm a huge fan of yours.
Oh, thanks, man.
So I hope that's okay to say. Sometimes it feels weird when you kind of out yourself.
Kind of indifferent. It's nice to hear that from people, but I also try not to place my value on that. That's tricky in this industry.
It is, yeah.
Am I popular? Am I doing well? Do you know me? What's my tomato meter? Do you like me?
I mean, yeah, I mean, in this industry, it's really tough to... Going deep, going deep right out the gate.
No, it's tricky. It's tricky. And in any facet of occupation, that can be a temptation, but it certainly doesn't wield very good results, probably.
Have you always been kind of cognizant of that or did you have to learn about that self-awareness at some point in your career?
I think I was aware of it, but I think you become better at it the older you get, the more you mature. You don't flip out over the things you used to be so kind of hyper-focused on.
I feel like, did it change more for you once you had kids and you were like, oh, now I'm really excited.
Well, that too, right? Definitely kids help. And I think the other thing is like, I've been very lucky, too. It's easier to let go of that stuff after you've had some success than if you've never had some. But as you learn in our industry, it's really weird where so many things are out of your control. Maybe the company that funded your movie went bankrupt. Maybe it got acquired in some merger acquisition thing. Mm-hmm. Maybe they switched editors midway through. You can only control what you can control, which is your performance and how you treat people on the day when you make it.
I mean, again, I've been such a big fan of yours for a long time, like Richard Jewell, Blackbird, I, Tonya.
Once again, you don't have those auspices unless you're handed those scripts. A lot of it, people think I'm being faux humble when I say like, oh, it's God's grace or it's happenstance, but I mean, that is what that is. You either get those emails and phone calls and divine appointments at a random party or outing, or you don't.
Because you started in comedy, right?
Yeah, I did stand-up off and on for like 12 years, and then I did improv at UCB in LA. I did one level of the four, and I did two levels at the IO Theater in Chicago. That's where Tina Fey and Chris Farley and all these people came out of.
And do you remember like the, as I know, like Richard Jewell, I think a lot of people think that's like, was your big breakout role where it felt like things really changed for you. But like from your perspective in your career, was that like the moment where you kind of had like a pinch me moment where you thought like, I have like a future in this business or was there another role that you had that made you, that gave you that feeling?
I mean, you always are somewhat correct slash delusional in thinking you have a place in this business or that it can happen. You have to be to move to LA and do all the things. But I think the first thing that made me think, oh, this is becoming real was I did a show called Kingdom with Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas back in the day.
How does Paul Walter Hauser balance his faith and acting career?
Okay, yeah, yeah.
And I did like 24 out of 40 episodes. And that was like, oh, I got to quit my... waitering job like i quit my day job in 2015 for that and that was like a big like oh this is like real and then itania was the first time i was a part of something that was more um in the public consciousness and and kind of on a microscope level where people went oh we're actually everyone's gonna see this movie you know itania got me in the door for hollywood I think Richard Jewell is where they shut the door and locked it and said, you can stay. And then Blackbird was like, hey, we have this whole other part of the house.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main theme of Paul Walter Hauser's new movie, Balls Up?
0:13–3:37
2
How does Paul Walter Hauser balance his faith and acting career?
3:37–9:16
3
What insights does Paul share about fatherhood and parenting?
9:16–12:39
4
How did Paul Walter Hauser's early career shape his acting journey?
12:39–15:30
5
What challenges did Paul face in his breakthrough roles?
15:30–19:07
6
How does Paul Walter Hauser approach improvisation in comedy and drama?
19:07–22:40
7
What lessons does Paul share about maintaining relationships in the entertainment industry?
22:40–26:48
8
How does Paul envision his future in directing and producing?
26:48–46:35
Speakers
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