TINSELTOWN - A Zachary Raben Film

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:46][sighs] >> Sometimes I don't know why I do it.

[00:00:50]It's like an addiction.

[00:01:02]Acting.

[00:01:04]To me, it's lying your way through a job that pretends that you're a genius.

[00:01:10]>> Name and who you're reading for?

[00:01:12]>> Hi, I'm Mason Decoy and I'm reading for Casper.

[00:01:15]>> Mason Decoy, I'm auditioning for a pilot Baxter.

[00:01:18]>> Or more in my case, an apt.

[00:01:22]>> That's all.

[00:01:23]That's enough.

[00:01:24]We will be in touch.

[00:01:25]>> Sometimes it feels like the universe is is conspiring against me.

[00:01:30]But it's not, I know that.

[00:01:51]>> [sighs] >> Time, please.

[00:02:09]Okay.

[00:02:28]Holy [ __ ] you're You're Vincent D'Onofrio.

[00:02:33]>> Get lost, kid.

[00:02:46]>> I loved you in Dust Before Thunder.

[00:02:49]So did my mom.

[00:02:50]>> I get that a lot less than you'd think.

[00:02:54]>> Hardly.

[00:02:57]>> Rejections are often redirections.

[00:03:05]>> Excuse me.

[00:03:07]>> You're an actor, aren't you?

[00:03:10]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:03:13]Is that obvious?

[00:03:15]>> Usually no, but I used to be like that.

[00:03:19]I know that look when I see it.

[00:03:22]>> I don't book many roles.

[00:03:24]I mean I have in the past, but lately commercials is all I have been doing.

[00:03:35]>> Why is that?

[00:03:38]>> I don't know.

[00:03:40]I try.

[00:03:42]>> Try. [snorts] >> I'm not that lucky with roles.

[00:03:47]>> Luck is only a small part of it.

[00:03:51]Takes more than that.

[00:03:53]>> I guess you're right.

[00:03:57]I mean I have done a few bad auditions for some bad [ __ ] projects.

[00:04:04]They asked me to strip down and get naked for one of them.

[00:04:09]I'm not doing that one.

[00:04:11]>> I remember those days.

[00:04:14]For some it was weird not to.

[00:04:17]I mean I was 1985 People magazine's sexiest man alive.

[00:04:23]>> [laughter] >> Glad to see some things haven't changed.

[00:04:28]Tell me.

[00:04:30]What are you up to now?

[00:04:33]>> To work.

[00:04:36]I don't miss the glory days one bit.

[00:04:41]Although life was better when I was snorting snow off Barbara Streisand's knockers.

[00:04:48]>> [laughter] >> These days uh I'm also looking for my replacement.

[00:04:54]Some guy who can do what I do.

[00:04:56]>> That must be really hard.

[00:04:58]Your skill set and your filmography.

[00:05:01]It's big shoes to fill.

[00:05:06]Sorry.

[00:05:09]You know there is this one film.

[00:05:13]I'm not too sure about it. I I think it's a remake.

[00:05:21]I doubt I'm going to get it though.

[00:05:24]>> That's not the way to look at it.

[00:05:27]It's competitive, sure.

[00:05:30]But I don't know, this sounds like a bumper sticker.

[00:05:33]You got to believe.

[00:05:36]Got to believe you can do it. And no one other than you can do it.

[00:05:44]What's your approach?

[00:05:47]>> I want my struggles.

[00:05:50]I want them to be believable.

[00:05:53]I want them to come across, whether physical or mental. I want them to feel real.

[00:05:58]>> That's your problem.

[00:06:00]Wanting.

[00:06:02]Not being.

[00:06:05]Just be.

[00:06:07]And if you can manage that, you'll be okay.

[00:06:12]If you don't do this, you'll do the world a disservice.

[00:06:18]You've got nothing to lose, kid.

[00:06:21]And then it's off to Tinseltown.

[00:06:27]>> [laughter] >> To Tinseltown?

[00:06:35]>> To Tinseltown, [ __ ] town.

[00:06:40]>> They say things usually come in threes.

[00:06:43]I just struck out three times.

[00:06:45]So, I can't strike out again.

[00:07:04]Ever since I arrived to this godforsaken town, it's torn me apart limb from limb.

[00:07:12]When they threw me out of jail, when my time was up, I knew in the back of my mind that I would be back here.

[00:07:20]I just knew that I'd come back.

[00:07:23]I've wronged so many people.

[00:07:27]>> [snorts] >> But, even more people have wronged me.

[00:07:33]And I knew exactly why I would be back.

[00:07:37]Because unfortunately, there's some unfinished business in this town.

[00:07:41]And even more unfortunately, I have to be the one to clean it up.

[00:07:46]People that need to be seen.

[00:07:48]Money that needs to be collected.

[00:07:54]Graves that need to be visited.

[00:07:57]>> [snorts] >> And more importantly, [ __ ] that need to be killed.

[00:08:04]These punks, these thugs, they think they own the streets, but they don't.

[00:08:10]After what they did to my sister, well, I'm going to show them who really owns this town.

[00:08:16]I'm going to make them beg for a mercy that's not coming. I'm going to make them pray for a GOD WHO WILL NEVER ARRIVE OR HEAR THEIR CALLS.

[00:08:25]>> [sighs] >> I will tear them apart limb from limb.

[00:08:28]DO YOU HEAR ME?

[00:08:31]I will make them pay.

[00:08:40]>> [sighs] >> Thank you for your time.

[00:08:57]>> I think we found our man.

[00:09:12]>> [sighs] >> Mhm.