DeepSummary
In this episode, Vinny Potestivo interviews Mandy Moore about her career journey, character development process, and experiences working on long-running projects like Disney's Tangled and the TV show This Is Us. Mandy shares insights into creating memorable characters like Rapunzel and Rebecca Pearson, and the challenges of portraying a role over multiple seasons.
Mandy discusses the power of creative collaboration and synchronicity, emphasizing how working as a team with different departments contributes to the overall success of a production. She also expresses her desire to try her hand at directing in the upcoming final season of This Is Us, seeing it as an opportunity to explore a new creative role within a familiar and supportive environment.
The conversation also touches on Mandy's growth as an artist, embracing the intimidation and challenges that come with taking on new projects and characters. She values the longevity of her roles, which have allowed her to create rich, multi-layered characters over an extended period, and she looks forward to future opportunities to continue growing as a creative force.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Mandy Moore values the longevity of her roles, which have allowed her to create rich, multi-layered characters over an extended period.
- She embraces the intimidation and challenges that come with taking on new projects and characters, seeing them as opportunities for creative growth.
- Mandy appreciates the power of creative collaboration and synchronicity, recognizing the importance of teamwork across various departments in successful productions.
- She is interested in exploring new creative roles, such as directing, and sees the final season of This Is Us as an opportunity to try her hand at it within a familiar and supportive environment.
- Mandy's early experiences, even challenging ones, equipped her with valuable lessons and skills that she carried into subsequent roles, contributing to her personal and professional growth.
- She finds fulfillment in creating characters that resonate with audiences, such as Rapunzel and Rebecca Pearson, and being part of the Disney Princess legacy was a dream come true for her as a child.
- Mandy values continuously challenging herself and avoiding complacency, embracing fear and intimidation as catalysts for creative growth.
- She recognizes the collaborative nature of her work and appreciates the collective effort required across various departments to create a successful production.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “It's beyond anything I ever could have fathomed. And it was intimidating initially thinking, oh, my gosh, I've never really done anything beyond an episode of television, like a guest star on a show here or there. What's it going to be like to do 13? Because that's what we were originally picked up for. Like, how. How am I going to do that? Like, I'm. I'm terrified at the prospect of, like, of carrying this person in their life, and. And we're also sort of jumping around in time.“ by Mandy Moore
- “All of the experiences I had with you and at MTV, I think definitely, like, were lessons that I brought with me into other aspects of my life and my career and even just, like, being more comfortable in my own skin, that was what I showed up with at the next job. Like, I had different, more fully realized tools in my tool belt that I hadn't had before.“ by Mandy Moore
- “It's beautiful to take that step back and go, like, wow, the camera department is firing on all cylinders and our sound and our post production team, and everybody has to collectively be at their best and doing their best for all to work. And I love that it's, again, like, goes back to that teamwork aspect of working on a production, whether it's on a movie or a television show, that I love.“ by Mandy Moore
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Episode Information
I Have A Podcast by Vinnie Potestivo
Vinnie Potestivo
11/1/23
We are thrilled to have Mandy Moore on I Have A Podcast®. In this special cut-down episode we focus on how she leveraged her uniqueness at the beginning of her career.
We dive into the power of creative collaboration and synchronicity, as well as her approach to character development and the process of creating characters like Rapunzel and Rebecca.
Recorded during her final production period for This Is Us, Mandy reveals interest in a potential new position on set as she shares the power of working in a collaborative environment.
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CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- Tapping Into Your Uniqueness at the Beginning of Your Career. Character Development
- Creating Rapunzel & Rebecca
- Creative Collaboration & the Process
- The Power of Creative Synchronicity
- Director Goals & New Job Opportunities
- Mandy Moore Shares Her Experience Working with Vinnie
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