Dana Delany: How to Trust Your Instincts In a Tough Industry
Dana Delaney has built a career around following her instincts, embracing meaningful roles, and allowing her personal values to shape the choices she makes professionally. In this deeply personal conversation, John Frank Levey reconnects with his longtime friend to explore where Dana’s creative drive began, from childhood trips to the theater in Connecticut to her early experiences on Broadway and the realization that acting was a calling she had felt since she was three years old.
Richard Lawson: Never Fear Forging Your Own Path
Richard Lawson has built a career that spans decades, yet his passion for acting, teaching, writing, and mentoring continues to evolve with purpose. In this conversation with John Frank Levey, he reflects on the experiences that shaped his creative life, from serving in Vietnam as a medic to discovering acting as his life's calling and developing the resilience that has carried him through thousands of auditions, setbacks, and successes.
Susan Rovner: How Resilience, Change, and Independence Lead to Growth & Success
On this episode of Right For The Role, John Frank Levey is joined by Susan Rovner to talk about the moments that shaped her path from a determined young woman navigating her parents' divorce to one of the most respected television executives in Hollywood. Together, they explore how listening before speaking, trusting your instincts, and embracing calculated risks can open doors to opportunities that may never have been part of your original plan.
Ming-Na Wen: How Authenticity & Gratitude Can Shape a Career
Some careers last because of talent, while others endure because of the character, resilience, and perspective behind that talent. Ming-Na Wen joins John Frank Levey to reflect on the experiences that have shaped her remarkable journey, sharing how authenticity, gratitude, and a commitment to lifelong growth have guided every stage of her career.
Lisa Edelstein: Embracing Growth, Change, and Reinvention Personally & Professionally
There comes a point in everyone's life and career where choosing a new path is the only way to move forward. Lisa Edelstein joins John Frank Levey for a thoughtful conversation about creative reinvention, personal identity, and the choices that help shape a meaningful life on this episode of Right For The Role. Drawing from her experiences as an actor, writer, and artist, she explains how pursuing creative work for the joy of the process can provide clarity and fulfillment.
John Stamos: The Role That Changed Everything (and How The Beach Boys Discovered Him)
It's the Season 2 Premiere of Right For The Role and, in this episode, John Frank Levey sits down with John Stamos for a conversation about the moments that shaped his career long before audiences knew his name.