{"id":345,"date":"2015-05-08T04:44:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickfabian.com\/news\/?p=345"},"modified":"2015-05-08T04:44:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:44:03","slug":"patrick-fabian-on-landing-the-perfect-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patrickfabian.com\/news\/patrick-fabian-on-landing-the-perfect-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Fabian on Landing the Perfect Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is amply demonstrated in the scene where Jimmy bursts into the quiet of the conference room and Howard simply notes, \u201cWhat can we do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

While Howard might prefer not to have to deal with someone like Jimmy, at the heart of that moment in the conference room is the reality of the debt Howard owes Chuck. Howard\u2019s unflappable response is born of his life experience. He amply reflects Fabian\u2019s approach to his own successful career. Recalling his early days in the business, he notes, \u201cIn the beginning of this work you start out showing up for auditions and you find all these guys who look like you and you wonder what are they doing there? Over time you find some of those fellows are still there; you\u2019ve become compatriots of a kind. We\u2019re the guys still standing!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fabian also spoke of how his attitude towards the process has evolved. \u201cNow, I give them the best five minutes I can. If it doesn\u2019t work out, I\u2019m not Teflon, of course, but by this time, I\u2019m better able to handle the inevitable rejection. It\u2019s easier to rebound.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s learned not to become emotional on the jobs that got away and to relish the challenge of what opportunities he does have. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean there are no disappointments, but experience provides away of keeping one\u2019s perspective.\u201d While Fabian\u2019s career is rich in the variety afforded by episodic television, he welcomes the challenges of live theater that come his way.<\/p>\n

\u201cTouring with a play like Six Degrees of Separation provides a real creative recharge. This gives you the opportunity to work with actors you might not otherwise encounter and also that one of a kind reward from the live audience.\u201d Fabian spoke warmly about the enrichment of personal encounters on location for film projects. While working on the tv film Shenandoah, he remembered how actors were wearing costumes made of authentic Civil War materials weighing about sixteen pounds.<\/p>\n

Since the project employed Civil War re-enactors, he and a fellow actor, both of them still in full costume as officers, walked over to their campsite, expecting to learn something about how the re-enactments take place. Instead, the Officer In Charge ordered his men to stand up for inspection.<\/p>\n

Fabian and his fellow actor immediately entered into the situation. As they carried out their \u201cinspection of the rank and file\u201d men before them, something quite memorable took place. As the inspection concluded with proper salutes, Fabian recalled that the re-enactment officer ordered his men to break out their instruments. They started playing Dixie, \u201cThere in that cold November night, listening to that old old song the depth of the men\u2019s quest for verisimilitude was revealed to us in a very touching way.\u201d
\nAs Fabian shared his memory of that night, he also revealed his gift as an actor, because this interviewer could almost feel the chill of that Stone Mountain moonlit night and to almost hear the the faint twang of a banjo and the reedy lilt of a southern harmonica.<\/p>\n

If he could have his dream role, he says it would be Billy Flynn in the musical \u201cChicago.\u201d The most exotic location he\u2019d ever experienced was shooting a movie in Calgary, Canada. \u201cThat\u2019s where celsius and fahrenheit meet. It was 45 degrees below I had to be the guy out hunting Santas reindeer. My co-stars eyelashes would freeze the minute we jumped out of the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

We wondered if the experience of a role ever brings enlightenment to ones personal life. \u201cA staple of drama is the unforeseen consequence of ignoring small things. This is a good lesson for life. Pay attention. Be aware when things are small, so they don\u2019t escalate. As an actor you are always aware of how you speak as you deliver your lines. Now that I\u2019m a father, a relatively new experience for me, I have to pay attention to the way I am speaking to a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Returning to the subject of Better Call Saul, Fabian declined to provide hints as to how his encounter with Jimmy will play out in future episodes. He\u2019s looking forward to finding out where Better Call Saul takes Howard Hamlin.<\/p>\n

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See all the photos from this photoshoot here: www.FelixMag.co
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