The The Hello everyone and welcome to the Tobolowski files a series of stories about

life love and the entertainment industry as told by actor Stephen Tobolaski.

My name is David Chen, I'm the managing editor of slashfilm.com and the host of the slash filmcast

and joining me today, he is the man who played Donnie Rollins in the

NBC original series Las Vegas Stephen Tobolaski Stephen how are you doing today sir?

I was doing fine I was

until I mentioned Donnie Rollins.

Donnie Rollins. It was interesting.

I don't know how many credits I have on

IMDb, maybe 3 3 4,000 I don't know but when I arrived on the set of

Las Vegas in Las Vegas playing Donnie Rollins AD, the assistant director said, man, it's really cool when guys like

you have been extras their entire life get like a speaking part. And I said, well, I really haven't been an extra my entire

life. He says, no, no, you know what I mean? I mean, the parts you play, you know, you never kind

of get a line, you're in the background. These big, tall, goofy guys line you're in the background these big tall goofy guys bald guys in the

background it's really wonderful to see that you know eventually in your career you get to

I go like every every time this guy saw me, you know, he mentioned, oh, it's such a thrill to see a journeyman finally getting to step up at a plate.

And it was a real lesson in patience, in humility, and in homicide.

And in homicide.

Well, to be fair, Stephen, I do. and in homicide.

To be fair Stephen, I do think that that was the apex of your career, so...

I did get... you know I did get to dress up like Sunny and Cher. I did have the long wig and I got married in Vegas and I did,

and I did, hey, you know what? This you will appreciate because you are a film guy.

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