Gil Junger

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Barry Katz sits with film and television director, Gil Junger (10 Things I Hate About You, Ellen), for a deep conversation on the mental blocks that actors and artists face in the entertainment industry. Gil shares what he looks for in actors, as well as incredible stories about Heath Ledger's and Julia Stiles' auditions, working with Oprah, and directing Ellen's coming-out episode. He offers impactful insights on the creative mind and the struggels that creative people face, how he personally overcame those struggles and how he's now helping actors overcome them through his Breakthru Company workshops.Check out Gil Junger's audition workshops:The Breakthru Companyhttps://www.instagram.com/breakthrucompanyhttps://thebreakthruco.com/#director #audition #actor #interview #creativity Blueprint for Successhttps://barrykatz.com/blueprintAre you a comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, manager, host, podcaster or agent? Would you like personalized help to reach all of your goals in the entertainment business? Click the link to learn more & join our FREE industry networking group full of decades of experience!Barry Katz Entertainmenthttps://barrykatz.com

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barry Katz.
0:06.2	Hope you're having a great year so far.
0:08.1	I know I am.
0:08.9	I'm learning a lot.
0:10.1	I'm growing a lot.
0:12.3	And certainly this episode, I learned a tremendous amount from my guest, Gil Younger.
0:19.0	And you will too.
0:20.0	He's an extraordinary producer, director, writer,
0:23.9	artist, mentor, teacher, just somebody really, really, really, really special. Before I get
0:31.6	started, if you want to reach me, you can do so at Barry Katz at Instagram or on X or Twitter as they call it.
0:40.4	Or if you want to listen to these episodes while watching them, you can do so by subscribing
0:45.7	to the YouTube channel and you can watch all of these episodes as well as tons of
0:51.7	classic episodes from the past.
1:06.6	When I think of Gil Younger, I think of a guy who has been involved in two of the most extraordinary situations or projects in the entertainment business.
1:16.1	In film, he directed a movie that changed the face of, i don't know what you call it but the genre the teen genre the coming of age genre in ten things i hate about you just a tremendous tremendous
1:23.7	movie that everyone loves everyone remembers and has garnered so much respect
1:29.9	throughout the years. It's beyond belief. And in television, he was responsible for directing
1:36.8	the groundbreaking episode with the first lesbian kiss on network television with Ellen DeGeneres and Laura Dern.
1:48.0	An episode of television that's unfathomable garnered, I believe, 44, 45 million views.
1:58.0	Can you imagine a television show getting that kind of ratings these days? Never going to
2:04.8	happen again. And so Gil is a kind of guy who's been involved in some of the greatest
2:11.5	projects in the world, you know, a guy who's done everything there is to be done.
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