4.8 • 946 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Talent manager Barry Katz sits down with esteemed writer Perry Rein for an insightful conversation. Rein shares his journey, working odd jobs such as Al Pacino’s driver to getting fired on his birthday from his first big PA gig to winning an Emmy. Rein found his way through a writing assistant job and with the help of long time collaborator and partner, Gigi McCreery. He imparts words of wisdom every young and aspiring writer who hopes to break into the industry should hear. Barry Katz Entertainmenthttps://www.barrykatz.comBlueprint for Successhttps://www.blueprint-for-success.comAre 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!#screenwriter #showbusiness #television #friendstvshow
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0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barry Cats. I hope you guys are doing |
0:07.5 | great. Hope you're having a wonderful year. I know there's been a lot of bad things happening, |
0:14.1 | but I hope you're surviving it, and I hope you're in a good place. Before I get started, if you need to reach me, |
0:22.1 | you can do so at Barrycats at Instagram or X or at Barrycats.com. |
0:30.0 | Or you can check out these episodes on my YouTube channel |
0:33.3 | and just subscribe and you'll get everything. |
0:36.1 | I'm really excited about this episode today |
0:38.9 | because it features an extraordinary Emmy Award-winning producer |
0:43.5 | and screenwriter and television producer Perry Rain, |
0:48.7 | and it was an honor to sit down with him. |
0:52.4 | A very unique man has been through a lot of authentic and original experiences that are very, very valuable. |
1:01.9 | And, you know, when I think about Perry, I think about a guy who has worked on everything from |
1:07.4 | friends to the Wizards of Waverly Place and is also somebody who works with a writing |
1:14.6 | partner for many, many, many years. And to me, that's something that's like a marriage. It's very |
1:24.0 | challenging because you need to be able to navigate through all of their experiences |
1:32.4 | and all of their issues that they're dealing with throughout their life personally and professionally, |
1:39.8 | as well as your own. |
1:42.0 | And it takes something very, very special to make that relationship work. |
1:48.3 | And he's somebody who made it work, his partner made it work. |
1:54.1 | And he just was able to be a part of so many great things from the television series, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, to the Wizards of Waverly Place, to friends. |
2:11.1 | And when you meet him, you realize that he's a really nice guy, soft-spoken, |
2:21.3 | knows how to talk to people, knows how to listen, |
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