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TRAUMA's Taylor Kinney and MILLION DOLLAR LISTING's CHAD ROGERS!

Taylor Kinney stars as rookie EMT and aspiring novelist, Glenn Morris, in NBC’s new ensemble medical drama series, “Trauma.”

Born in Lancaster, Pa., Kinney got his big break as a series regular on the American telenovela “Fashion House” alongside Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild. He has also had guest-starring roles on “Bones” and “What About Brian.”

Kinney’s film credits include “Furnace” and “White Air.” He will next be seen in “Diary of a Champion,” a powerful drama that takes a look inside the lives of eight athletes selected for the 2004 Olympic Track & Field team.

Before appearing in television and films, Kinney began his career in the theatre where his credits include “Fallout” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

Kinney, an experienced surfer, currently resides in Los Angeles.

Chad Rogers is a prominent real estate agent based in Beverly Hills. He received his real estate license at the age of 18 before earning his business degree from the University of Denver. Chad has quickly risen the ranks as one of the most sought after agents in Los Angeles. Rogers works for the prestigious Hilton & Hyland firm, which is one of the preeminent residential and commercial real estate brokerages in Southern California's exclusive luxury market. Despite catering to numerous celebrity clients, Chad is adapting to selling high-end properties in the rapidly declining real estate market. In an effort to meet the demands of his clients in the turbulent economy, Rogers recently decided to expand his listing territory to include neighborhoods, such as Corona Del Mar in Orange County and the up-and-coming Mar Vista area near the beach. His personal life encounters its own new challenges as Chad is forced to focus more time on work and expanding his brand as a national authority, much to the dismay of girlfriend Victoria, who is tired of being put on the back burner while Chad focuses on his career.

Duration:: 1h 3m
Broadcast on:: 12 Oct 2009
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First up, we're going to have Taylor Kinney on for an NBC's trauma, and then coming up in the next half hour, we're going to be joined by millions of other listings, Chad Rogers from Bravo. So make sure you guys tune in for both of these guests. It's going to be a great hour because we're going to do some throwback interviews this hour. So make sure you guys check out for that. So in a few minutes, we're going to be joined by Taylor Kinney. But I also want to give you some updates as to some couple of upcoming guests we got coming on the show tomorrow at 10.50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. We're going to be joined by Lisa Los Cicero in plays role of Olivia on ABCA Times General Hospital. We're going to be joined by her tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that. I actually had a chance to speak to her when she was a guest on Joanne's show. I'll start this radio. So make sure you guys check it out tomorrow. But you know what? We got something very few for you today. Right now, we are joined by one of the stars, one of the hottest shows that is on NBC right now. It's called trauma. He plays role of Glenn Morris, the rookie EMT, an aspiring novelist. Get it up for Mr. Taylor Kinney. He's on the line with us right now. How are you, sir? One moment. All righty. That makes you guys check out Lisa Los Cicero. Taylor, can you join me? Hello? How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing very well, man. Thanks for stopping on over. Yeah. So let's talk about your part here on this show, which is pretty much one of my favorite shows right now on NBC. You play Glenn Morris. What's the deal with Glenn Morris? Let's talk about that. He's a, well, I play rookie EMT. He's new to the city. He's new to the job. Doesn't have the street, I guess, just on the job experience that the others have. So he's pretty green, but he's always, you know, he's always the first one to jump into things and he's a bit headstrong with that. Maybe overly ambitious in what he's doing. So he makes a lot of mistakes, but he has good intentions and he's learning in the process. So we'll see him, we'll see him take the brush of the jokes and of the, you know, whatever that entails being the new guy. He has to clean up after everybody. Kind of last in line, but he has a good heart and he means well. Absolutely. And besides being a rookie EMT, his character is also a aspiring novelist. Yeah, a big observer. He's well traveled just writes a lot. So it started off as more or less journaling. And then through his experiences and other places he's been, it's kind of taken new heights. So yeah, I think the novel is a lofty goal, but that's the idea. What's the main thing for you in your community that excites you most about when you do this show, when you do these episodes? Like what stands out for you when you go on to that? And it's just like, what causes the adrenaline rush? Because really, when you're watching this show, it's like pan. I can't believe real EMT and paramedics do this stuff all the time. It is a rush. Well, first off, to answer your question, is the people behind the show the pedigree of the people involved from Peter Berg, Jeffrey Reiners, and executive producer, who directed a good bit of our episodes. And I knew these people going in. I knew the work they've done. And that was exciting going into it. And then let alone to book the job, that's a dream job. But once I got up here to San Francisco, I had a bit of time. I had a good, maybe a good month before I started shooting. And I was able to do, I was lucky enough to do ride-alongs with some of the paramedics, EMTs in San Francisco, as well as the firemen. And that is kind of, well, that's the backbone of our show and what these people do for a living. And to be able to do that, that helped out exponentially. It was, I went on calls for seizures, for heart attacks, for drug overdoses, for fractured hips, for accidents, for, you know, respiratory failures, you know, just problems. And it is, you know, you'll be right around the city, you know, and you won't have a call. And then, you know, so dispatch comes over the radio and calls you to a call, and you flick those lights on and just start, you know, hauling asphalt through the city, and your blood gets going. It's really cool. And same with the firemen going on calls with those guys. And they are, they get a certain amount of respect just from, you know, civilians, people on the street with the knot of the head or whatever, it's pretty cool. I envy all those guys, and just by how you just described that, I envy all of them to what they do. Because that's kind of scary for me. Yeah, it's a certain breed of people. It's not everyone can do it, and I think one of the things that I didn't, I wasn't, like, astonished or anything. But, you know, if you put yourself in their shoes and you have to deal with the things that they deal with on a daily basis, it's amazing the, just the poise that they have in their lives, these people, like the sense of humor that goes along with the job. And I think it's almost in order just to deal with it. So you're not just kind of bogged down. I mean, some of the things you see are, you know, it's tough to stomach. You know, you'll see whether it's, you know, a younger person in an auto accident or, you know, someone, you know, just really in a bad way. Not to be able to take that, not to be able to take that home. So they have a way of, I wouldn't say leaving at the door, but it's almost like a job. You know, well, it is a job, but you treat it as a job, not where you, not to get emotionally attached in the moment, because then, you know, you suffer, your work suffers. So I was amazed at that. They have this, the disability that I think most people don't have. Exactly, exactly. I mean, because you have, you have the real, you have the real empties on the set. You have the real fireman on the set. You have the real paramedics on the set. So, and it's just like, it's just like, it's head on with what you guys are doing. From what I'm hearing about how it's described when you film episodes, it's like, you're actually like right there in the moment. Like, you're really living the lives of all these guys, but what they do every day in and out every day. You know, you got to use signals to when you got to do lines. Because if you really write into it, you have no idea when they're going to, when your cue is to what they're saying, or when you have to speak up, because you're right, you're right there. So I think that's the most interesting about this, is that this show. It's like you're right there in it. You're right there, head on it. Yeah, it's great. The experience itself, and, you know, and I think we're doing, we're doing better. As we progress in the show and the episodes of mixing up the events with character stuff. And I know the, you know, I just hope we keep more eyes on it. The characters get, you know, they grow more and we'll be able to relate more, empathize more, and we still have some of the larger accidents and things we're responding to. But it's going to be more character based. Actually, the pilot was, the first episode was, you know, it was a bit much. There's so much, you know, so much chaos and explosions and all that. And I think people got a little overwhelmed. But it slows down and we get to the heart of these characters and what makes them tick. And I think people will respond to that. Absolutely, absolutely. You think we'll see more about what makes these characters tick as the show progresses, basically. Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, with the pilot, with what we saw, with what the viewers saw, it was a lot of, I mean, it was a glimpse, but it was, everything was so fast paced. It was like, okay, it was just, you know, a blip. And then it does, it slows down. We get to know, you know, Marisa's background and her experiences in Iraq. We get to know Boone, the family man, you know, his experiences and, you know, why he's in the situation he's in. And it's, and, and rabbit, like, not to just pinpoint him as like, oh, he's the bad guy. He's the bad man or like, you know, the, you know, the rebel. Like, you understand why they, they work like this and why they react to certain situations that you may have not known before, certainly to Nancy. And, and then myself with Glenn, with his character, I mean, you watch him of all. And it's, it's not just the medicine. We see people get better with the medicine or my character anyway, but it will have different storylines. So I think that, that excites me because I want people to, I want people to know that as well. That it's not just, you know, you do not, every week when you tune, and it's not just going to be, oh, what, what action is it going to be this week? And it's going to be the major theme of the show. I also want people to tune in for the characters to see, you know, where their lives are going or where they've been to learn more about that, you know, the human element. Absolutely, absolutely. Taylor Kennedy, everybody. Glenn Morris on NBC's trauma on tonight at nine p.m. Eastern on NBC. Make sure you catch the episodes. If you don't feel live, hoo.com and nbt.com. Thanks so much for stopping us over, sir. It was a pleasure. Thank you so much for having me. Absolutely. Come back any time, all right? All right, brother. All right. Thanks. All right, now, since we got like, oh, boy, my math, my math is kicking off on me again. 40 minutes. There we go. I got it. Got it. 40 minutes before we have on our next guest. What we're going to do is, how I said in the beginning, we're going to do some throwback interviews right now for back to back 10 minute interviews that we are going to be winding it down to until we get on to our next guest. So you're going to hear me, but you're not going to hear me live, but you're going to hear me talking to some other guests. And you know what? I decided since it was a trauma day, we're going to have some trauma throwback interviews. So we got four interviews, three out of the four are trauma guests. One of them is from Bravo to honor our Bravo guests from actually coming up at 1120. So yeah, first up, we got Amy Garcia, then we got Jeffrey Reiner, Derek Luke, and then Curtis, aka the dwarf, or love those shows. I love them. So I'm going to be throwing these back on right now. But first up, you got Amy Garcia. So enjoy. We'll see you back in a bit. Hello. Amy, are you with? I am. How are you? I'm great. How are you, Lee? I'm doing very well. Thanks so much for stopping on over here. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. So you are playing the helicopter pilot, Marissa Bennet, and trauma with airs tonight at nine on NBC. You want to describe your character for us a little bit? Sure. She is badass and cool as I love her. I mean, she's a, she rolls with the boys. She's fearless. She's an experienced army, Iraq veteran. She's used to find the coolest Black Hawk ever and being shot at and landing safely. And she gets to throw a white punch to her co-star, close Curtis. So I pretty much hope to one day be as cool as Marissa Bennet. Yeah, got a love flight, knows badass characters. I love it. And this show, as I was speaking with the executive producer, Jeff Reiner last week, I was talking about this show. And it's just like, it's so, it's so real that it's not fake, I think, when you watch it, you know? It is. So go ahead. No, I was, I was gonna say, it's so, it's so real. It's not fake because it's just like, you're actually seeing these guys go straight into the action. How can you fake that? And with everybody there, with all the EMTs and all that stuff, it is surrounding you, that it is helping you guys. And from what I understand, it is like, you guys are now getting it down, that exactly what these guys do. They in and they out and when all this stuff happens. So it's like, it's very, it's very exciting. And it has a rush to it. It does. I mean, in a pilot episode, we actually shut down a major freeway in San Francisco and staged a five-story tanker explosion. And that's what you usually see in big-budget movies. And that's what we're doing for a TV show. And if you see the characters, one from a huge fireball, it's actually the actors running away from a huge fireball, where we can steal the embers in the back of our neck. And yeah, it's pretty intense. I mean, it's like a war zone out there. And you're right, a lot of our paramedics on the show, which you'll see tonight are actual paramedics, or actual EMTs. The people who come play firefighters are actual firefighters. You know, we don't have computer-generated helicopter, production is actually bought. My 212 utility bell, and I'm sitting inside a helicopter cell. It's a very real, almost documentary-like show, which you're right. You can't fake. We don't even know where the cameras are half the time. Because most of the time, I'm hanging from a four-story crane inside our software. And the last thing on my mind is, where's the camera? And does my hair look good? I'm thinking, I really hope that this crane operator is professional, because he's not McConan. Right, exactly, exactly. And you just described me that to me. I'm like, oh my god, they actually get to do that. And you said, like, fireballs. I'm feeling all that stuff behind you. And I'm like, there's no stuntman or stunt woman that come in, and all that stuff. That's just all you guys at that. Yeah, I mean, we do have stunt people, but for the most part, I mean, I'm constantly looking for an olive skin stunt girl. And I don't see one. I'm like, where am I stuntable to do this car chasing team? Like, oh, no, no. You're going to be in the car. And I'm thinking, oh, OK, cool. Well, welcome to trauma. But I think that the audience will pick up on that. I mean, we're not diva actors asking for martinis, I'm sad. We're like, I mean, I have a bruise. It's the most unsexy thing on my leg, the size of a softball. And that's because I have an incident in the helicopter and the controls were hitting all over the place. So I think that the audience will pick up on that and think, like, we don't have time to ask, because we're too busy reacting. A lot of times, even when the helicopter rotors around, we can't hear each other. Right. So I'm literally giving hand signals to Derek Lue, who's giving hand signals to clips so that we can see each other's lines on time. And that's really what these paramedics have to deal with. They're now walking into a cushy operating room. They're walking into a game shooting. It's not pretty. I mean, it's always kind of raw. And you have to improvise. And as actors, we have to improvise as well. So there's a very kind of documentary kind of feel to it. But we're getting better and better with the medicine. And hopefully, the paramedics will serve that one on the right track. Absolutely. This sounds exciting. And a lot of the fans out there, we remember you best. I do specifically, obviously, because this was one of my favorite jokes, when you play Veronica on George Lopez loved that show, loved your character on there. Definitely, how you were just describing the diva actors and actresses. It just made me think of Veronica still watching. That'll be not in the bad way, obviously. But I just loved that character. And what was it like doing that show and working with George Lopez in the last season? Well, it was great. I mean, I played Andy Garcia's daughter and George Lopez's niece. And when you go to work, Andy Garcia is saying, I really think we should enter the scene with you piggybacking me. And I'm thinking, who am I to deny Andy Garcia and his wishes? He's busy with me on his back. So I mean, it was great. I'm in between Oscar nominated Andy Garcia and Andy nominated George Lopez. And for me, it was a dream come true, because there's not too many Latin characters who are millionaires, and here I am getting to play a set system where it's a resource who can immediately bond and be all about my clothes and all about my hair. And I just thought, this is a dream. So yeah, we just need signs of instantication. So George is feeling pretty cool right now. Nice. Would you say that being a part of that show and working with George Lopez and Andy Garcia, they helped you as far as a more in the acting field. Would you say your role now in trauma kind of helped your role on George Lopez and working with them helped with what you're doing right now? Did you attribute that to that? Absolutely 100%. In fact, the reason I got this role, according to the producers, is because of my comedic timing, which you wouldn't think of acting medical drama on NBC to be funny, but a lot of these projects have incredible sense of the humor, because they have to. I mean, every day they're dealing with severed body parts, every day they're dealing with death, every day they're dealing with people on a bad day, and some they can save and some they can't. And in order to get through the day, they have to release and their form of release is sense of humor. So I walked into the audition, and often my Navy feel buddies are some of the funniest people I know. They've been in the mud, they've been in the thick of it, so they have nothing that bad compared to being overseas and putting your life on the line every single day. So I kind of took that into the audition and they said, you know, everyone was telling the story, this work story, it's so seriously, but you walked in and just kind of threw it away. And it was so funny, and I think that that's what actually got me the role, and not to say that being a soldier, or being a paramedic is a funny matter, but they have a very macabre, morbid, dark sense of humor. They have, I mean, they can walk into the scene of a car accident, and you know, and you know, Lee's head is there, and Lee's foot is over there. And it's a little bit concerning, you know, for the average layperson, but that's what these people deal with every day. They see human bodies in their most distorted, awkward, you know, positions. And so they have to joke about it because they're not-- they're heroes, but they're humans. You know, and that's what the show is about. It's about the human behind the hero. So yeah, I definitely credit George Lopez and Annie Garcia for helping me get this Peter Berg dig. Absolutely, that's absolutely fantastic. So guys, make sure you guys check out Amy Garcia on trauma tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern time on NBC. You can catch us online at NBC.com or hula.com. If you do miss it live, Amy Garcia, thank you so much for joining us this morning. It was a pleasure. Thank you, Lee. All right, after Derek Luke, who stars as paramedic Cameron Boon on NBC's new hit, "Trauma." Trauma, gosh, I had to stop there for a minute. I had to stop there for a minute before I went on because I was like, did I just say this two-word place? And I was like, man, man, I thought she was a rapper, man. I like that. Yeah, you know that like that came right off the top of my head, man. I was no left or right. Wow, man. That's cool. What's going on, man? Thanks for stopping on over. Thank you very much, man. I'm just having fun, man. Hey, you're having the best way to do it, right? Yeah, yeah, always having a good time is being in a very vivacious, very character-driven city. And then on the top of that, you get to film and do a show that's just based on the lives of men and women every day that are doing due diligence that many people don't know about. Absolutely. And we just had on where your co-star, the half-hour girl, Amy Garcia, actually made this comment to her saying that this show is so real that it's not fake. Woo! Wow, man. You just made me sit down. I meant that, man. It's like it's so real, it's not fake. I mean, I'm dead serious. If you look at the rest of these kinds of shows that are out there, you can tell that this is fake. But you're watching this show. And we're watching all of you actors and actresses that are doing this show right now. It's so real, there's no way that this is fake, because it's so action-packed that you're right there in that moment. You're basically living the lives of paramedics and EMTs doing this day in the day out, which is, I think, is one of the most amazing things about this show. It's so real and so fresh that you don't have the moment to breathe. Yeah, wow. No, man, that was well-put. And I believe that, you know, Dario, you know, the writer, creator, and Peter Berg, that was the intentions. And that's what I love about working with this team, is that, you know, part of, along with our characters, what, you know, the actors of such a diverse cast bring to it is, you know, the realism of their work. And, you know, that's a compliment. We want people to feel like it's intense, and it's real, dealing with real-life, real situations. Yes, now, you know, there's something I did want to bring up. And this is actually something I am actually still calling about now. You, actually, were in Denzel Washington's direct little debut movie Antoine Fisher. Yeah, if you used young man in that movie. And what you lost, lots of acclaim from that film. What was it like working under Mr. Washington? I bet that was a thrill for you. You know, I would have loved, you know, I would have loved, you know, just, you know, watching him. But, you know, what was interesting about Antoine Fisher, it was a story about a coach and a player. Because, he encouraged me to rise up. He was like, "Dirt, you're the lead actor, I'm not." And I was like, "Whoa!" And he was just like, you know, and he just says, you know, he didn't tell me what and what not to do. He just said it without speaking. And, you know, that has always been the quiet mentorship that has, you know, always been a beacon in my career, is that, you know, I've learned from, you know, the best and his approach was very gentle. You know, and I saw you didn't have to be a Jack or a to be on top. So, I thought that was pretty cool. >> So, let me ask you, let me ask you this. Would you take it to effect with what you're doing now on, on trauma, would you say that working under Denzel Washington helped you grow as an actor into this part that you're playing right now? >> Yes, you know, working with Denzel Washington was, you know, an Antoine Fisher set the bar a quality for me. I saw what it took to make a script, you know. I saw, you know, the rewrites of over 130, 150 times. I saw, you know, the vulnerability of sometimes when we didn't know what we were going to say in the scene, trusting each other, not panicking out of anxiety, but just trusting on each other to say, hey, you know, let's work this out. I saw, you know, the nuts and bolts of how a project comes together. So, when you're on a show like trauma, which is a very high, intense, very real life, very big budget show, you know, the money, the budget, that stuff doesn't bother you, you just have your pace. And it's kind of like being a paramedic because the higher the intensity, the calmer a paramedic is. And, you know, that's how it's been. And, you know, Denzel is someone that I see, you know, the time to time, you know, based on both having busy schedule. And when I see him, it's just nothing but love. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. What have you learned most about doing this show, doing trauma right now? Because I think you're like, you are like eight episodes in filming already. What have you learned most about doing it? Because it's like, it just seems like there's so much that you've just experienced in just the amount, just in eight episodes time. >> Well, in comparison to movies is the fact that if you're not, if you're not writing it, they may be writing it. But what I mean is that, you know, weekly, there's a script comes out where in the movie, you study a script over a period of time. But on TV, you can have a new personality in just a week. >> Right. >> So you have to stay on top of communicating. It's almost like being a player on a star player on a franchise team, you have to talk to the general manager, your coach, your offense, and your defense, just to communicate where with my approach before as a film, I come out of the gate, you know, like a horse or animal. And you just say action and, you know, I just do my thing. Where on this it's much more of a communication. It's much more of a discussion. It's more of like, you know, you know, I saw this in my character, you know, how do we integrate this particular idea? So I love that about it because it makes you not just an actor but a producer. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I like that. I like that. I like that. >> Yeah, man. And it's just another point I wanted to bring up as well is that it seems like your acting child really will have to be put into play because when you're doing those action sequences, it seems like you're so in tune with what you're doing. You don't realize what others may be saying to keep in, you've got to say your line to keep in time with that. So you kind of maybe you have to do something outside so that, so that way you know it's time for you to speak, is that right? You are in my close, you know, the great thing about being in trauma is the different elements when you brought up the action. And what I'm thinking about action, a lot of times you can write the idea but the actual moment comes organic. And in many times you just have to be available for what's natural and what's real. And the writers do a great way of writing a runway but the take-off happens with the actor and the other actor that you're playing off. And you know, I love it because it's like, you know, when I first did Antoine Fisher I had nothing to compare it to and so is trauma. You know, it's a new landing, it's a new space and it's exciting. >> Absolutely, absolutely. So we are going to have one watching you tonight at NBC 9PM Eastern Standard Time everybody. And if you don't happen to see it live you can check out full episodes at NBC.com and at hulu.com. So make sure you guys check out Derek Luke on the show as Cameron Boone. Thanks so much for stopping on over here, it was great having you. >> Oh, thank you man, I wish I could run like you did in the beginning, so. >> I wouldn't call that skill at all. It was off the dome, it was unpredictable man, I like it. >> Thanks, thank you. Thank you very much man. >> Okay. >> Going by executive producer of the new medical drama series, trauma Mr. Jeffrey Reiner is with us right now. How are you? >> I'm good, thank you for having me. >> Absolutely sir, thanks for being here. So you also produced Friday Night Lights, which is another amazing show, by the way. >> Thank you very much, absolutely. Let's talk about this show trauma here, like what is so different about this trauma series that you will not expect from any other trauma series out there on TV? >> Well, I think what's exciting about this show is that first of all, I think we're dealing with everyday heroes who are taking on jobs that are really dangerous and really intense and deal with life and death situations and not in a controlled environment, in a very uncontrolled environment. Imagine anybody doing their job, imagine doing this interview in the middle of, you know, a crowded congested street in San Francisco, you know, it would make it harder, right? >> Absolutely. >> Yeah, and you know, imagine trying to save lives in the streets of San Francisco. It is, it's a hectic, you know, it's a hectic, dangerous job and the word trauma is, you know, obviously it works twofold, not only for the people who are there treating and the type of injuries, but also for how it affects their lives. And so, you know, these are people who are dealing with loss and life and death and, you know, how does it affect their lives, you know, how do they deal with it? And there's, you know, a lot of times it's humor, a lot of times, you know, you can't be, you know, you can't take your work on me, you got to take on almost a different life, you know, a different person, you know, you almost have taken a different personality. So it's, it's just, it's just a very immediate urgent show. >> Right. Because like I said before we were up to you on, you see them just running two, two trauma basically, pun intended, obviously, but they're running straight to it, you know, always when they're running straight to all the action and everything that's going on right, right then and there. And that really was appealed to me about this show. You see them go straight, straight at it. You don't see that, you don't see that on any other show really. >> Trust me, I've been on a ride along with these people. And the, you know, they get the call. And the anticipation, when I heard the call, it's like, oh God, I got to go see this, you know? And if, but even something as simple as getting going to a rehabilitation house where a guy's having heart palpitations, you know, and obviously he stuck out and did drugs. You know, the, the, where I was shocked was how much humanity people had, you know, how much patience they had for these people. And I kept on thinking, wow man, how much does this cost in our taxpayers? And, but these people had so much pesos for these people, and that made them, I don't know, it was very heroic, you know, my mom was a school teacher. And, you know, what she did on a daily basis for, you know, six graders just made her seem like a hero to me, and she wasn't being paid as much as a lot of people in our society. And these people aren't paid a lot, you know, but they choose this job for twofold. I think they, they, they liked the high octane, the urgency of it, but they also at the end of the day, like, fixing people and making them feel better. And I don't know, if that's not a hero, then you tell me what is. >> Exactly, absolutely true, right there. How much, how much did you have to learn for this show? The reason I have said it is because do you guys have like the special, do you have the special like EMTs that are there that help you out, right, yeah. >> Yeah, we probably have a route, we have a full time doctor on the set, and we have paramedics in the writer's room, and we have three paramedics on production. So at every given time, we usually have one to two paramedics on the set, and a lot of times, I just put them in the show and let them, well, really, yeah, it's kind of what we did in front of night life, you know, we would use real people. So, you know, why use a fake person when you can use a real person, and you know, everybody likes act. Don't, I can get any person, if they know what they're doing in the real job, I put them in front of the camera and they'll end up being really, really good. >> Right, that's pretty cool, to actually be able to see that real people in that kind of a situation because, you know, I think that makes it more, more exciting, because now you're seeing these real people go ahead and do these actions, it may not be like the real deal on the set, but you know what, that's something that they do every single day. I'm telling you, our actors know what they're doing now. Our actors, you know, they've ridden them long enough, they've, you know, after eight episodes that we've shot so far, they really know what they're doing, at first it was really hard, the medicine. >> Oh, I believe it. >> And now, they all know, you know, I don't have to, they don't have to tell them what they're doing, they know how to do it. >> Wow. >> Yeah, it's pretty great. >> That's amazing, that's amazing. >> Well, that's a beautiful thing about actors, you know, they take on their role and you can't fake it, you know, if people know, you know, can tell, so, you know, in all the great medical shows, at the end of the day, they know medicine better than, you know, any layman, and they certainly, all that's missing is their medical school. >> You know, they may go for that next, after what, how you're describing it to me, you never know, but that's really amazing, that's really awesome, I, again, I never heard any other show that is in it, like this show has been, and speaking personally, as an executive producer, you, besides producing on the small screen, you produced in the big screen and written and directed and for the big screen, what's the, is there like a major difference between the two when doing that? >> No, there really isn't anymore, you know, I vowed when I was a young filmmaker to never do television, and as television progressed and became more filmic, it really isn't that big of a difference, you know, I mean the big difference is you have more time on the big screen, and, but, you know, we have a lot of people who work in trauma, who work on big features, and, and our, you know, our special sex people, because we don't have a little less time to do it, a lot less time, but, you know, the great thing about television is that, you know, what we're shooting today is going to be in TV in a month, and the immediacy of, from what's shooting to screening is so quick, and in movies, it takes so long to get a movie off the ground, and, and the beautiful thing as well is that you really get to go back with the characters, and week it and week out, you get to tell the stories of these characters, and they become your friends, you know, and they become, like, yeah, and I think that's, I don't know, I think TV has become so great in our hearts, and actually, I think people, the, the average American, actually has a deeper, um, seated relationship with television they do, then they do with movies. Absolutely. All right, let's plug your, let's plug trauma again, it's on every Monday, at 9 Eastern, on NBC. If you miss it, on NBC, you can catch the full episodes at hulu.com, or on NBC.com, Jeff Reiner serves as, as executive producer of the Medical Ensemble Series. Thanks so much for stopping here this morning, it was a pleasure talking to you. Oh, thanks for having me. Curtis, how are you? Good. How are you? I'm doing very well, sir, as I, as I, as I'm going to introduce you, I'm introducing you as Curtis, aka the Special Arrangement Coordinator, since you don't want to be called the Dora whore. That's great. Correct. It's actually Spatial Arrangement Coordinator, and, um, Spatial, yeah, it's a very, it's a very, you know, serious title for a serious position. And I have to add before we, before we really get into it, I'm like, how, how did you get the Dora whore, and why, why would they call you that? I, I, honestly, I don't like it myself either, you know, I think it's actually like a restaurant term that's unused, you know, a while. I just don't think a lot of people knew about it, so as soon as I started working with, with Blithe, I actually worked with her at the restaurant before she went to Central 214. I, I was given that title, but if it goes to anyone who works, you know, the front door position at a restaurant, I think it's because, you know, your door is always open and you're constantly letting people in, if you know what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, I never do that. I never would have got, I never would have, seriously, I never would have got that. And now that you're telling me that, it makes sense, but still, it's like, really, well, I think you call them like a Dora specialist or something, or Dora facelift. Why Dora whore? It sounds derogatory. What is derogatory? And, you know, it's kind of like, you know, you're the lowest on the totem pole, and people like to walk on you and stuff, though. But you know, I take it and I own it, and I mean, you know, sure, I have a special title for myself, but I'm not afraid to be a whore. There you go. I like that. I like you already. So, let's describe this job here. You love working here. This is like a perfect summer job for you and everything, and you're doing the whole thing with school and wanting to start up your own company. How are you able to manage all this stuff in such a short span? Because that's amazing to me. Well, you know, it's actually quite simple. I just drink a lot. It's not it. I got to take your advice, man, and do that, and I don't know. You know, it solves almost every problem that I've ever had, so that's what I would recommend to people. Um, no, actually, you know, I have a lot of, you know, career ambitions, but I don't want to take, you know, everything too seriously, so I've got my eye on the prize and I'm working towards, you know, my goals and school and with my education, and I have a dream of opening a business one day, but I'm not ashamed that I'm a 25 working at a restaurant right now. I mean, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I think that people who want to hate on it are just, you know, covering up their own security for life. Do you have any idea exactly what kind of business you want to open or that's still up here? Well, ideally, I would open up a bar so I could drink for free all day. Oh, I like that. Yeah, exactly. So, you know, actually, I have a few different ideas, and actually, I believe next week on the show, you're going to get to see one of them. My friend and I make board games and some people from the restaurant are going to be trying out one of the games that we invented. It's called bar hopping, and it is, of course, a drinking game. Of course. Wow, great. That's how much I was going to sound like an alcoholic. I apologize. Oh, no. I'm 24 years old, really, this has no flaw to me. I mean, you're very much like, pretty much speaking to a party animal, as I was called by my mother. So, really, I'm all for it. Go big or go home is pretty much my statement to anybody that wants to do something like that. Right. Exactly. Go big or go home. So, that's it. And if this does happen, I would like to attend your opening night. This night. All right, well, I will definitely put out the invite, you know. Go big or go home is, you know, kind of the way I like to go in life, I mean, just look at my giant hair, you know? Yeah, exactly. It makes sense, no, as to why you cannot live without Tex-Mex and Margarita is now. Now that you're saying it. I get this. You know, I have tried Mexican food all over the place, and I know people are, like, really big on, like, authentic cuisine, but nothing beats a giant bowl of, like, steaming hot queso with chips and salsa and the hardcore frozen margarita. Nothing beats it. I love margaritas. I really do. But when I'm in Mexico drinking the stuff, I get knocked out after the first one, because they're so freaking strong. I could not ban Mexican margaritas. I was gone, even though I kept drinking it and drinking it and drinking it. I had, like, four tequila shots plus margarita drinks, like, three. I was toasted. Toasted. Just kind of build up here endurance, man, you need to keep working on it. Just don't give up. That's what I always tell everyone, I mean, it doesn't matter what you're doing. Just, you know, do what you can do to the fullest. So keep going, even though after you're already toasted. Exactly. So, basically, you have one of your friends keep waking you up when you're passed out to take another job. It's the way to go. Are you speaking from experience, or is this something that's coming off the cuff now? You know what? It's off the cuff, and I'm totally kidding, but, you know, we like to play around at the restaurant. I mean, that's what the naughty kitchen is all about is having fun with yourself and, you know, not being afraid to be who you are and be crazy and put yourself out there and get in trouble a little bit, you know, 'cause life's too short. Exactly. I like that. I like that. So, let me ask you this. I know I got to ask you this, as soon as I saw this about you, I had to ask you it. You are mistaken for Adam Lambert, really, really? When the finals were coming up on the show, and Adam Lambert was like everywhere, I couldn't really go anywhere without people mentioning it. And I know it's like mainly the hair, but I'm a huge fan of his, so I mean, if anything, you know, came out, you know, with being on the show, I would hope that it would be that I'd get to hang out with Adam Lambert, you know, and get a singing lesson. I think it's a good thing, you know, Adam is extremely popular, so, I don't know. I think he got robbed, by the way. Let me just put that on the record. He got robbed. You're the one that's, you're another one I feel is that way that he got robbed. I actually thought he did too, to be quite honest with you, but I was the one that picked them. I wasn't the one that picked the actual one, I meant to say, but, you know, if I could, I would have picked Adam Lambert for sure, but the doctor, you should do the next time you walk into the restaurant, you should say you are Adam Lambert, and see exactly what people would say to you. Yeah, I'm going to try that, you know, I mean, it was in my fall that I happened to have a hairstyle before the show came on, it felt like, you know, I saw him on TV and was like, oh, I won't look like him. You know, someone just, you know, happened to have my giant hair. He doesn't happen to have, I'm dumbed at this, see, if you covered the cut into the restaurant, you just walk up to the table and say, I'm Lambert, I'd like to sit with you. See what they say. See what they say. See what they say. See, they buy you a free drink or buy you a free dinner or something, or like screaming girly fans, but like, when I get your autograph, I'm telling you, see if that works. I try to do it with me being Chris Rock. I almost got something. I don't know. But they didn't believe anything, maybe we'll feel sorry for you, you know. No, they kind of thought I was Chris Rock's brother, so I used that instead, and it did get better. Oh, nice. So, oh, I could be Adam Lambert's brother, I didn't even think about that. And then I could cry because, you know, I've been living my whole life in the shadows. There you go. There you go. I like that. Sorry. Let's plug the Savani kitchen right before you go, exactly where can I find it, when they can find it, all that good stuff. Okay. So, the Nani kitchen with Chef Biceback is on auction every Tuesday night at 10/9 central. It's about, you know, our Chef Biceback. She has a larger-than-life personality. She's fun, and she's crazy, and she makes some really delicious Nani food, and you get to see what goes on behind the walls of a restaurant inside the kitchen, and it's a lot of fun. It's a little bit of drama, but it kind of combines cooking show with, you know, a reality show, and it's a little bit of everything, so I hope everyone can tune in and see what it's all about. There you go. Straight for the man himself. Curtis, thank you so much, man. I'm going to have to check this restaurant out whenever I get a chance. Can we soon say hello when you get there? All right. Absolutely well. Thanks so much for calling in, man. Absolutely. Have a great day. All right. Wow. Four back-to-back, throwback interviews. Curtis, aka Dorehore, or a faceless coordinator, Derek Luke, Jeffrey Reiner, and Amy Garcia. Four throwback interviews right then and there, and also we also had our live one with Mr. Miller, Kenny, who plays the role of Glenn Morris on trauma as well, so yeah, so he had like what? We just gave you a little play-by-play of like five interviews and, you know, it was fun listening to them, and it makes me sad too, because when those are done like early in the morning, when they're done like early in the morning, I have my morning voice, which means it's a lot deeper and I make it seem like it's a lot to, yeah, I say it's a lot sexier. My last day at Alma Show is my last day at my voice is a lot sexier when I had my morning voice, and if I'm not allowed live, that's it anyway, so I do feel that way, I do feel that way, but, you know, what can you do? All right. We are joined by our second live guest of this morning, actually third, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, third live guest of the morning we're joined by Chad Rogers from the million dollar listing on the Bravo network, he lives right now, how are you, sir? Hey, I am good, it's early in the morning, and I'm ready to go. It is early in the morning, but you know what? It's Monday early morning, and you know what, if, you know, you just kind of sit back and realize when you're doing this stuff with me on this show, you forget that it's Monday, that's pretty much how I work it. Yeah, it's all good, but Monday is like a Saturday as far as I'm concerned, perception is reality. That's exactly right, and you know, I may be 24, but even I probably would not have used that statement, and it's nice to find someone younger than I am that's actually saying those words to me. No, that's awesome, so you're 24 on 32, so you know, it's all good, I love talking to you know, younger people, so have you seen the show? I have, and you know, all I can say is that how did you, how did you get into this business? That's the first thing I had to ask is how did you get into this, I mean you, you received your license at 18 before getting your business degree at the University of Denver, really, how were you able to do that at still young, and I just, I'm just amazed, I'm just amazed that you're just like, you're doing all this stuff and you probably have like, what, millions of dollars right now spewing right now out of your pockets, like, where did your initiative come from? Yeah, honestly I don't love bragging, but what I'll do is I'll just let you know I fell into the business, I had no idea what I was going to do in high school, like a lot of high school students, I don't know about you, but you know, I got to a crossroads where I'm like okay, I'm now going to have to finish up high school, what's next? So I had a meeting with my dad and yeah, we have lunch and I'm like dad, I think I want to work for you in your mobile home park business, my father owns trailer parks across the country. So my dad was like, hey Chad, there's no such thing as nepotism and you know, our family and if you really want to work with me, you're going to have to get your real estate license and I'm like, no problem, so that summer, you know, I don't know about you, but you know, you might have been like hanging out partying, you know, enjoying your graduating life after high school and I was studying to pass the real estate license exam that summer. So when I found out that I got the license, I was in Denver, the first day of starting college at the University of Denver and you know, I did the whole four year thing, took a lot of marketing and business classes and you know, at the end of college, I came to another, you know, crossroads, I was like, what am I going to do next? You know, I don't want to work for my dad anymore in his mobile home park business. So my parents were dear friends with a top producing agent in Beverly Hills and she's like, have Chad call me, I'd love to talk to him. So when my mom said, hey, Valerie wants to maybe hire you to work for her, I was like, there's no money in real estate and my mom was like, just talk to her. So I did and she's like, Chad, if you don't make at least $150,000 your first year after college, you're doing something wrong. And right when I heard that man, that was all I needed to hear. I was on the first plane to LA and the rest is history. That is too funny, you know, and if nobody heard of exactly where you work for, then they've been living under a rock, Hilton Highland, I mean, come on, come on. I love it. I work with some of the most incredibly talented people, Hilton Highland is such an amazing firm. I've been affiliated with Christie's, you know, the Christie's name, the auction house. Yes. Yes. Yeah. So it's definitely given me a huge edge when it comes to marketing these high end properties because as you see, you know, in that network, it's some of the wealthiest people in the world. Absolutely. And excuse me, and I got to, I got to ask this too, because you know, what you're doing now, you know, you're selling properties, in this state of the economy, does that make it harder for you to do that or, you know, how do you go about that because, again, this is a really bad time right now in the U.S. of A, and in California, it's not looking at any better or anything, and how are you able to muster that? Yeah, 100% man. I mean, I've heard a real estate agent in the high end say, "Oh, you know, the real estate market's not really affecting me." But I mean, that's a total why. The market correction has affected everyone, and we've all had to make changes. And you know, it's now time to step it up a notch. And now is the time where, and I say this on the show, this market is going to separate the pros from the amateurs, and the amateurs are going to get the hell out. And that's what I want to see. I don't want to see people selling houses that have no business selling houses. You know, a lot of agents don't end this business because they just wanted to make easy money. And it's not easy money, but if you really want me to do that, no, not at all. And if you love what you do, that's all that matters. You know, it's about taking care of your clients, and the commission is just icing on the cake. And I just love the fact that people actually, because, you know, I've heard people say that selling houses is like easy, but it's easy money. I'm like, "There's no way selling houses is easy money." You know, you really got to put yourself out there, not just yourself, but you know, you got to really give it to them if they really want to check out this money to buy a certain house. And what property is it on, land, what are the perks of not just outside the house, what's in the house, what are they getting inside the house. You know, I know some techniques where that people will try to get a house where nothing has been furnished because they want to do it up themselves because they find that that's cheaper. So there's a lot of stuff that you got to think about when you're doing all this stuff. And I don't think about it, there's a lot. There is. I don't think about that. Yes. But the bottom line is I'm going to simplify it for you right now. I'm just going to break it into layman's terms. You got to show buyers the value, the added value that they're going to get in the homes that they're purchasing. And as long as you could show them that, that's really all they want to know. They don't need to see every single clause that they don't need to hear everything under the sun. So as long as you could show them the value in this economy, that's it. That's all it takes. That's all it takes. That's it. If people want to know that they're not going to get into a situation where they're going to buy a house and next year it's going to be where it'd be 30% less. Like a lot of people have seen happen in the last year. So now the truth is out, I mean the secret's out of the bag. And the people want to know that they're working with agents that have their back. And I'm definitely an agent that doesn't think about the commission more than I think about just taking care of my clients. Right. Because again, like you said, if you love me, you do, that's it. That's this for you. And that's just, I think that's a bonus for you. Totally. Really, that will weed out the amateurs and the professionals of exactly what it is that you do. And it sounds like you're in it for the long haul, man. You're not in it for, I mean the money is the bonus. You're not in it for the money. It's basically what I want to say. You're not in it for the dollar signs and you're in it because you want to do it and you love to do it. I mean granted, it is my business, it's my livelihood, so of course I'm in it to make money. But the fact of the matter is I'm dealing with people and I'm taking care of them. And in doing that and making sure that I do the job the best of my ability, I'm making money and I'm able to support a pretty nice lifestyle. But if I didn't feel like I was completely honest and giving people everything I could, then I wouldn't feel happy and I wouldn't be smiling every day when I wake up and I look in the mayor getting ready. And I know a lot of agents will say whatever they have to say to make a deal, but not me. And every day that I wake up, I'm happy because I love what I do. Absolutely. Well, the third season of Bravo's Millions Out of Listing returns tonight at 11pm Eastern Standard Time ladies and gentlemen, Chad Rogers, thank you so much, man, for coming out. Yeah. Nice talking you, man. By the way, I'm having a premiere party tonight for the new season. And if any of your listeners wants to kind of get in on all the action, they could go to my blog site at ChadRodgersBlog.com. It's the first post. They'll click the stickcam.com link and they'll be right there with everyone at my party. So it's going to be a lot of fun. I will check that out myself, man. All right. Thanks so much for letting us know about that. Oh, for sure, man, it was nice talking to you. I was just talking to you. Talk back any time, all right? Oh, thank you again. Have a great day. You too. Okay. Nice guy. We've got some pretty hot people here on Buzzworthy this Monday morning, huh? I'm Taylor Kinney and Stasia Griffith and now Chad Rogers, three interviews and just a matter of a morning. I think I'm ready to continue the rest of the day. But I hope you guys are going to go out there and continue the rest of your day too as well. And we're going to sign off. And here we're going to be back on tomorrow at 10.30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 7.30 p.m. busy because time with Lisa Los Cicero from A.D.C.D. times in general hospital. So make sure you guys check us out tomorrow night. But for now, I am signing off on the Velljalee making sure you guys get the latest Buzzworthy video. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Take care. Hi. 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