Joe Morton, From Stage To Screen And Back Again

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🗓️ 26 June 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

It's Tuesday: Joe Morton is now starring in the title role of the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles production of Henry IV, and is known for his Emmy-award winning role as Eli Pope in Scandal. He talks to Sam about dropping out of college after being told his race would "color" a production, and making it in theater, film, and television. Tickets and information on Henry IV at shakespearecenter.org.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Santers, it's been a minute.
0:08.1	Today on the show, Joe Morton.
0:10.0	He's an actor who has gone from Broadway to TV to film and back again.
0:15.4	He is now appearing on stage here in Los Angeles in the title role in Henry IV.
0:20.3	He's doing this alongside Tom Hanks from the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles.
0:25.6	If you like me are a fan of the political drama Scandal, then you know Joe is Rowan, a K.A.
0:32.0	Eli Pope, a K.A. Papa Pope.
0:34.6	He plays the father of Washington DC, Crisis Manager Olivia Pope.
0:38.7	That character of course played by Carrie Washington.
0:41.2	In this chat, we talk about Scandal and why Joe calls that show a gift.
0:45.6	We talk about how he fell in love with theater.
0:47.6	We talk about how he has faced discrimination in the acting world.
0:51.4	And as you'll hear, we'll talk about what's been kind of a threat throughout Joe's story.
0:56.2	It's summed up in this line that he delivers in one of his infamous monologues and Scandal.
1:01.0	You know, he's speaking as a black father to Olivia Pope and he says, you have to be twice
1:05.2	as good to get half of what they have.
1:08.0	All right, here's me talking to Joe Morton in our studio's in Culver City.
1:12.1	Enjoy.
1:21.7	This is so cool.
1:22.6	I've watched you on TV basically my entire life.
1:25.6	Is that right?
1:26.6	Well, because I remember I was thinking today, you were Whitley Gilbert's fiance.
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