Reading the Room to Create | Jonathan Torrens – Actor, Director, Producer, Podcaster

Episode 145 – Reading the Room to Create | Jonathan Torrens

We chat with Jonathan, from his home in the state in Nova Scotia (Atlantic Canada). Jonathan is an accomplished comedic actor, writer, director and producer – having started in the entertainment business concern while still in high school.

past the time he starting developing his popular grapheme J-Roc on the Trailer Park Boys in the early 2000s, Jonathan had long been diligently edifice his “Swiss regular army knife” cache of skills in the business concern. And it’s from this well that we draw oodles of wisdom, wit and introspection from Jonathan with this conversation. We learn the grounding effects of starting your solar day with shovelling poop, owning the things you don’t know and taking criticism as teaching moments.

We discuss the universal magic of silly and its victimless crimes, the power of “chameleon” as a verb and the tight link betwixt joy and pain. We have a good time discussing funny and where his particular sweet spot of funny is – and why. We also hear about the literal (and metaphorical) selection he made while in Los Angeles betwixt a Swiss Casino commercial and a dentist visit that brought him dorsum to understanding what he was actually made of … a man living in the quiet, creating, and visiting the noise.

Jonathan: a “thank you”.

Production society: https://www.canadiancontentstudios.com/
Website: www.FilmPrints.ca
Podcast – Taggart & Torrens: https://www.taggartntorrens.ca/
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