James Pratt Interviews Cindy Cowan on Winning an Emmy
Today at ShowBiz we feature an exclusive interview of Cindy Cowan by James Pratt on many topics such as Winning an Emmy, Robert De Niro and Networking.
Emmy Award-Winning producer, Cindy Cowan was recently featured on Mogul Live with James Pratt, and shared some outstanding advice for upcoming Hollywood actors. As a highly decorated producer, Cindy co-founded Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) in 1995.. IEG had many successes including an Emmy-nomination for Rent-A-Kid; Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice nominations for If These Walls Could Talk; the coveted United Nations Award for Savior; and four Oscar wins for Traffic.
Here are some key
takeaways from Cindy’s interview on Mogul Live with James.
On How to Be Successful in Hollywood?
CC : People say, You’re only as good as your last job or if you leave the industry for too long then no one remembers you, I didn’t find that at all. You need to have a balance in life no matter what, for me right now, My weekends are my weekends, and I don’t do back to back to back films, not anymore yet I find I’m achieving just as much as before.
Advice to those getting into the film industry?
CC : Find what you are the most passionate in, I find people are passionate about everything, however, Being in the film business you have to take baby steps, regardless if you are a writer, producer, actor etc., there is so many different avenues in the industry that you can take, however you need to identify your passion first in order to do those baby steps.
The other advice I
cannot say enough is… Network, Network, Network not in an obscure way, but if
two actors come into a casting room and I know one of them, I’ll cast the one I
know because I’ll be working with them onset for the next 2 months and I feel
more comfortable if I already have met them before. Treat everyone with respect
also.
Working with Robert DeNiro?
CC : He’s an actor that
stays in character offset most of the time.
CC : Producers like to see actors that come into an audition and are
themselves…. Master your craft, meaning, If you are an American playing a Brit have the
British accent really well down or if you are a Brit playing an American have
the specific American accent down. Make a note to communicate with the
producers also, don’t overstay your
welcome but if you act standoffish because producers
like to work with actors for months on projects they at least feel a
connection.
Best Advice for anyone moving to Los Angeles for a career in the entertainment industry?
CC : No job is too
small, the best way to approach it is whatever job
you have, and be the best at it. Another piece of advice I recommend is, Try to be nice to everyone, the person coming up is often overtaking the person coming
down. Be Social; Network, Read the trades and get to know what’s happening, what’s
working and what’s not working because the trends are ALWAYS changing, and
after Covid-19 there will be a lot more changes.
Why Mogul helps the film Industry?
CC : With a
platform like Mogul you will have someone like myself to at least oversee
(production) and pass on knowledge. This year, my experience
shooting under 2020 Covid-19 conditions will be valuable for those filmmakers
getting a project off the ground. Between the changes in Hollywood now and
coming up there needs to be platforms like Mogul to help indie films be made and distributed easier.
If you want to keep up with Cindy, her upcoming projects include True Haunting, a supernatural thriller with Screen Gems; a music-based project with TriStar loosely based on a true story involving ‘NSync; Eye in the Sky, an action thriller with Millennium films; Line of Control, a political thriller with the Exchange; and a female-empowerment story about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth starring Abigail Breslin. Additionally, Cindy is producing a faith-based film entitled Iron Will, as well as various TV shows including Ellis Island, a scripted series about immigration during the 1910’s. Unsurprisingly, Cindy is also venturing into unscripted television with Seekers, a reality format showing the various modalities people are choosing to seek enlightenment in this world of darkness, as well as a show documenting the rebranding of Maxim Magazine.
James Pratt https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3680341/
Cindy Cowan https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184546/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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