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Jay Ellis
American
Actor
Born:
Dec 27
,
1981
Character
Every
Life
Love
People
You
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I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it's how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from those mistakes that sets us on the path that we're meant to be on.
Jay Ellis
Life
Journey
Path
Life Is A
Mistakes
Think
Sets
Our
Those
Life Is A Journey
Make
Learn
How
Us
Meant
Meant To Be
Rebound
I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and there is no jumping off at this point unless I just go nuclear. It's a really interesting part of the whole journey.
Jay Ellis
Journey
Roller Coaster
Settling
Unless
Exactly
Both
Point
Part
Feel
Like
Supposed
Terrifying
Go
Off
Jumping
Roller
Going
Just
Where
Which
Interesting
Really
Coaster
Whole
Nuclear
Dating, to people, can mean completely different things.
Jay Ellis
People
Dating
Different
Mean
Different Things
Things
A lot of what you're seeing these characters go through is something that either is a story one of the actors told in the writers' room or one of the writers themselves told in the writers' room.
Jay Ellis
You
Characters
Seeing
Something
Through
Writers
Go
Lot
Story
Either
Room
Themselves
Actor
Where I went to high school at was a predominantly white town, and I definitely got pulled over a number of times for driving in the wrong car on the wrong side of town. As you get older, you start to realize that at any moment, there could be a trigger, and that could be you in that situation.
Jay Ellis
You
School
Car
Situation
White
Older
Side
Definitely
High
Trigger
High School
Could
Driving
Wrong
Wrong Side
Over
Town
Got
Times
Get
Any
Where
Realize
Moment
Start
Number
Pulled
After the success of 'Empire' and 'How to Get Away with Murder' and 'Scandal' and 'Power' and 'Black-ish', which all had characters that were genuine, authentic, and had the language of real people, I found myself coming into pilot season and every network just wanted to have their version of one of those shows.
Jay Ellis
Success
Myself
People
Pilot
Language
Power
Every
Those
Characters
Scandal
Network
Had
Empire
Genuine
How
Real
Coming
Were
Version
Authentic
Real People
Get
Just
Wanted
After
Which
Shows
Found
Season
Away
I'm not a believer in 'what you don't know won't hurt you,' unless it's innocent.
Jay Ellis
You
Hurt
Innocent
Unless
Know
Believer
Young women who come to Rise every weekend range from ages 15-19 years if they're in school and 19-24 years if they're out of school. These empowered young women talk about protecting themselves, their friends and communities and how they can educate people to help break the stigma surrounding AIDS.
Jay Ellis
Women
People
School
Young
Every
AIDS
Range
Out
About
Rise
Weekend
Come
Talk
Protecting
Empowered
How
Stigma
Educate
Years
Surrounding
Friends
Break
Young Women
Themselves
Ages
Communities
Help
Who
There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don't get a chance to get into this system. I want to be a part of that. I want to help these young, diverse, unique voices tell stories.
Jay Ellis
People
Young
System
Out
Tell
Diverse
Voices
Part
Talented
Talented People
Get
Just
Want
Stories
Help
Unique
Chance
Tons
I want to create this pool of talent to draw from, and I hope that people get inspired to make more web series and bring them to me to help develop.
Jay Ellis
Hope
Me
People
Pool
Draw
Web
More
Inspired
Develop
Talent
Make
Get
Want
Them
Create
Help
Series
Bring
I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked about by other people or relates to other people; from there, I go into the sides.
Jay Ellis
Character
People
Writing
Perspective
First
Other
Relates
Sides
About
Talked
Read
How
Auditioning
Go
Get
Story
Script
Whole
I run the material, always with two people, sometimes three. We all see things so differently, so to get a couple of people's perspectives on what I'm doing and the material itself is insanely helpful for honing in on what to take into the audition room.
Jay Ellis
People
Sometimes
Three
Honing
Run
See
Take
Couple
Always
Material
Audition
Doing
Itself
Get
Room
Perspectives
Helpful
Differently
Things
Two
Two People
Agents run a business, and their business is their talent; some are more general and broad and can rep a little bit of everything; some are more niche. You have to be specific with who you approach and how.
Jay Ellis
You
Business
Approach
Broad
Everything
Bit
Run
Some
General
More
Talent
How
Rep
Little
Little Bit
Agents
Who
Niche
Specific
I auditioned for Lamorne Morris' part, Winston, on 'New Girl.' In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought, 'Nobody else is going to go into the audition eating, and this is how I'm gonna set myself apart.'
Jay Ellis
Myself
Character
Thought
Girl
Else
Eating
Scene
Winston
Part
Morris
Nobody
Nobody Else
New
How
Audition
Go
Going
Mayonnaise
Apart
Gonna
Sandwich
Set
Storytelling is always evolving, but if you allow people with new voices and perspectives to come in, you open audiences up to different walks of life.
Jay Ellis
Life
You
People
Walks
Evolving
Voices
Allow
Open
New
Come
Always
Audiences
Up
Different
Storytelling
Perspectives
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