obsethed Podcast

A long time ago, my Mom talked to me about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist. The optimist wakes up, goes to the window and says:     "GOOD MORNING GOD."The pessimist wakes up, goes to the window and says:   "GOOD GOD. IT’S MORNING."Well, I used to be an optimist. Infact, I was like optimist prime.When I moved to LA, I was so sure I was destined to be a star. I spent my first two weeks on a bench at the Westside Pavilion Mall with my headshots on display, because I had just seen a report on Entertainment Tonight, that Steven Spielberg adopted a teenager, and I just KNEW he was going to have to go shopping for him at some point. I was not going to leave that mall until I had a deal to star in the next Jurassic Park movie.A few years later, when things were so clearly off course, I became a pessimist. I saw things in a different light and my humor changed. It was a bit more biting.I always created my own material, but I was never able to make my Mom laugh. I was too mean for her taste. When she passed away suddenly, I felt myself spiraling into a deep depression. And I needed to get out of it. I decided that I would make a comedy in her honor. Something that would make her laugh. And she used to love the stories I would tell her about the auditions I had when I first moved to LA. When I felt the world was my oyster. So my friend Bryan Burra and I set out to film a sketch about auditioning in Hollywood that guest starred a Casting Director friend of mine. That skit served to remind me of my innocence. And it was funny. Back in the day, when I first moved to Los Angeles, I was so unrealistic, and so far away from the reality of the entertainment business….but it was the time of my life. I would jump out of bed, and I just knew I was going to be star. And if it didn’t happen today, it was surely going to happen tomorrow. So ultimately, it was all about HOPE. And think that I think the secret to happiness. This series, obSETHed, is about the time in my life when hope was everything. And if you think about a time in your life, when you had so much hope that your dreams would come true, you will relate to Seth.I am grateful to all the cast and crew who have made this series possible, I am grateful to you for taking the time to watch it, and I am grateful that I still have HOPE that my dreams can come true!Best,Seth Coltan