Whistling in the Dark

Emmy-nominated actor Clifton Collins Jr and I chill out on the floor of his San Fernando Valley house where we shoot the breeze about his 20-year plus decade in the movie/tv biz and a whole lot more. He shares personal anecdotes about the directing greats he’s worked with including JJ Abrams, Guillermo DelToro, and Steven Soderbergh and I get some very thought provoking insight into his Capote co-star, the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman. We discuss his recent bromance with Chewitel Ejiofor, Shia LeBeuf’s top notch work ethic, and what it’s like having Samuel Jackson as your mentor. But it’s not all shop talk. Cliff shares his experiences as a teen runaway and the surprising cast of characters who helped him through it, how he overcame a broken heart after the dissolution of his engagement, and the compelling rags to rices story of his grandfather Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, an Mexican-American character actor who broke barriers in the 50’s after appearing in a number of John Wayne movies and tv shows such as