Roger Kabler

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

You may recognize actor, comedian, and celebrity impressionist Roger Kabler from his touring Robin Williams act, or possibly as the "Zima Guy" from the Zima beverage commercials back in the 90s. He's now written, directed, produced, and starring in a new film called "Being Robin" that explores themes of spiritual possession vs mental illness, as Roger presents his experience touring with his impression as Robin Williams after his death.

In this interview, Roger shares his process of using the Meisner acting technique for impressions of celebrities like Al Pacino, Robert Deniro and Marlon Brando, and reveals how it was to work with Meisner himself. He also recounts a funny early career story about how a lunch with Halle Berry went south, as well as more challenging failures such as his cancelled sitcom, and difficult yet powerful stories about battling addiction and how he finally got sober through painting.

BEING ROBIN premieres in the US on Sep 17th at the historic Landmark Theater in Westwood, and will be released on streaming platforms on Nov 5th

For more information visit: BeingRobinTheMovie.com

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me.
0:05.5	Barry Katz, hope you're doing well, hope you had a great summer, a great Labor Day weekend.
0:11.0	I'm so excited about the episode today with comedian actor, director, and
0:17.1	Celebrity Impressionist Roger Kavler. It's going to be great. You're going to be
0:21.8	really inspired by it.
0:23.7	Before I get started, I just want to let you know if you need to get in touch with me,
0:27.2	you can do so at Barry Cats at Twitter or Instagram or you can go to my website at Barrycats.com and if you want to watch these
0:36.1	episodes and many other great ones from the past, the present and the future just go to
0:42.4	my YouTube channel and press
0:43.9	subscribe and you'll have access to everything and I think you'll really really be
0:49.8	impacted by it. You know when I think about Roger Cabler I think about somebody who I've known for the majority of my career. I knew him from right before I was a manager through now. So we're talking about parts of three or four
1:09.3	decades and what I've always known about Roger is that he's an incredible talented guy, incredibly insightful,
1:19.0	has great instincts on stage, is a tremendous actor.
1:25.0	More importantly, one thing he shares with a lot of us out there is that he struggles. He struggles with doubt, he struggles with depression, and he struggles with a lot of different things that people in the entertainment business and who aren't in the
1:45.2	entertainment business deal with in terms of mental illness and how sometimes the mind isn't always wired the way it needs to be in your existence
2:01.6	to where you can function in a way where everything's calm,
2:06.7	everything's stress free, and everything you look through those glasses is sunny and Roger has really really struggled
2:17.3	throughout his whole career with this and I think that's one of the things I take from him ever since I met him.
2:25.0	I love what he does. I love everything about him. He's just got that energy and that excitement around every performance, yet he's the kind of
2:37.8	person who can make you cry, make you laugh, and make you cry again.
2:45.6	And it's not because he's not funny,
2:50.4	it's because he's so funny and so insightful and he's like all those brilliant artists that you always see
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