132 - Unreasonable Hope - Brad Greenquist and Sebastian Schier
Audrey Helps Actors Podcast
Jesse Lumen
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This week Audrey Moore talks to father and son actors Brad Greenquist and Sebastian Schier. They discuss how the industry has changed in 40 years, how casting works in a contraction, how to stay uncynical and nurture "Unreasonable Hope," and how to start enjoying your self tapes!
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Host: Audrey Moore
Producer and Editor: Jesse Lumen
Mixer: Thomas Snodgrass
Show Music: Ari de Niro
Special thanks to Thomas Snodgrass for assistance with microphones, Aalok Mehta and 108 Hill for help with the theme song.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. This is Audrey Moore with the Audrey Helps Actors podcast, and this is |
| 0:06.1 | episode 132. You cannot undo all the magic that I subdue into your heart to leave me a five-star |
| 0:18.0 | review. Today is the season 11 premiere, and we have Brad Greenquist and Sebastian |
| 0:25.2 | Shear. Brad is an actor who starred in the original Pet Cemetery and has 105 other IMDB credits to |
| 0:32.6 | his name. He also teaches acting on the west side. Sebastian is his son, his dear sweet son, who is also an actor and has been on Modern Family, |
| 0:42.8 | Criminal Minds, Ted and Young Sheldon to name a few. |
| 0:45.3 | Self-Tay-May is here! |
| 0:46.8 | It's that time of year again! |
| 0:48.3 | Self-Tape May starts Friday! |
| 0:50.3 | 16 tapes, one month, can you do it? |
| 0:52.3 | Yes, you can! This year we're focusing on procedural. If you want to, if you want to do |
| 0:59.4 | procedures, I always give a suggestion. I give like a little suggest. One year I suggested the |
| 1:04.4 | Witcher. One year I suggested Bridgeton. This year I'm suggesting procedurals. Why? Why procedurals, you ask? Because they are money makers and game changers. |
| 1:15.6 | The fastest way to build your credits and to earn that fast cash is actually a procedural. |
| 1:20.9 | And actors, we tend to not watch the procedurals. |
| 1:23.9 | We tend to like, we just like love like a one hour like streaming video on demand |
| 1:30.4 | limited series. It's like so moody. But you guys, you need to watch Chicago Met. It's a great show. |
| 1:39.8 | There is a lot of great roles for you on the Chicago franchise. If it is good enough for |
| 1:43.9 | Alfred Molina, it is good enough for you, ladies and gentlemen. Sign up for free on |
| 1:48.9 | self-tapeMay.com. If you finish 16 self-tapes in May, you will be eligible for the |
| 1:53.6 | amazing prize package, including a year of casting network's premium membership, a session |
| 1:59.7 | with acting coach Jeff Pride, Courtney |
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