The Voices of SOUL ON FIRE: John Corbett (ep. 820)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

Self-improvement, Bestsellingauthor, Education, Dailyinspiration, Society & Culture, Liveinspired, Johnoleary, Inspiration, Joebuck, Inspiredliving, Onfire, Relationships

4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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This week, The Voices of SOUL ON FIRE series welcomes John Corbett, the beloved actor, musician, and storyteller who portrays my dad Denny O’Leary on the big screen. Long before he became known for his roles in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Northern Exposure, and Sex and the City, John was a kid from a small West Virginia town, whose path from humble beginnings to Hollywood success reads like a movie script itself.

Today, John shares the moments that shaped him from hydro-testing steel pipes to discovering his gift for storytelling in a college improv class. He opens up about humility in the spotlight, his deep love for his wife Bo Derek, and the raw emotion that came from portraying my father in SOUL ON FIRE.

My friends, if you need a reminder that it’s never too late for your life to take an unexpected turn, or that joy and kindness are what truly make a person shine, this conversation is for you. You’ll leave it reminded that our stories, no matter how ordinary they begin, can ignite something extraordinary when we choose to live with hope, humor, and heart.

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0:46.2	Welcome to the Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary. John is the two-time national bestselling
0:51.8	author of On Fire and In Aw.
0:55.1	He's a world-class inspirational speaker, the host of the Live Inspired podcast.
1:00.5	And he's the real-life inspiration behind the major motion picture, Soul On Fire.
1:05.7	Each week, John interviews extraordinary individuals about their life stories so you can more fully live your life story.
1:13.3	Here's your host, John O'Leary.
1:15.7	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast. Voices of Soul on Fire with
1:22.6	John O'Leary. I bring you now one of the not only great actors from our film and from the industry
1:29.4	itself, but as I learned over the last two and a half years of making the film So on Fire,
1:35.5	one of the greatest human beings I bet. This guy is a blast. He's humble. He's humorous. He does not
1:43.3	have an enemy. He does not know a stranger. And he loves
1:47.7	to make people feel as if they are the most important person in the world when they are in front of
1:52.1	him. And at that time, in his mind, they are. So who am I talking about? Well, let me give you some
1:59.0	background on this individual. This gentleman grew up in West Virginia and only met his father a couple times before he turned 20.
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