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My Introduction to Hollyweird

My Introduction to Hollyweird

Everything I know about L.A. I learned from Jay Bernstein

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Apr 23, 2025
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In 2003, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were accepting screenplay submissions for a contest called Project Greenlight. The winner would have their film made by Miramax and the production would be filmed as a documentary series that aired on HBO. At the time, I was working as a server at Rock Bottom Brewery in the Cleveland flats and acting in a sketch comed…

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