Somewhere in the Skies - Brian Huskey: X-Files, People of Earth, and the Lost Art of Forehead Sweat

Episode Date: February 5, 2018

On episode 42 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan speaks with actor, Brian Huskey, about his recent appearance on the stand-out episode of The X-Files, "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat", written and directed by beloved fan-favorite, Darin Morgan, best known for his meta comedic episodes of the hit series. While exploring the idea of the Mandela Effect, in which groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully discover how the X-Files may have originated. Huskey plays the role of "Reggie Something", a peculiar stranger who confronts Mulder and Scully, explaining that he may, in fact, be no stranger, but their third partner. Not only that, but Reggie may have been the originator of the X-Files, and may hold the key to finding the Truth to what is, and always has, been out there. Huskey navigates us through his experiences on the episode, his thoughts on what the episode meant both on the surface and the bigger picture, and then he gives his personal thoughts on UFOs, alien abductions, and the great debate of facts v.s. proof in today's truth-malleable world. It was a funny, fascinating, and refreshing journey to find answers by one of today's most talented performers and newfound X-Files favorite! Guest Bio: Brian Huskey was an original member of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), having been featured early on in Late Night with Conan O'Brien and VH1's Best Week Ever.  He's also made many guest appearances on comedy programs including Community, Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings, Animal Practice, The Inbetweeners, Workaholics, Veep, and most recently, The X-Files. He appeared in films such as Superbad, Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, and Meet Dave. In 2014, Huskey co-wrote the film, A Better You, with UCB co-founder, Matt Walsh. Currently, he stars as Richard on the TBS alien abduction comedy, People of Earth. He most recently co-created and starred in the Adult Swim TV special, Mr. Neighbor's House. His can be found on Twitter @thebrianhuskey Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies Official Store: CLICK HERE Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com Order Ryan's Book by CLICKING HERE Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Instagram: @SomewhereSkiesPod Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte        Closing Song, "Wars Among Galaxies" by Caleb Hanks SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is produced by Third Kind Productions, in association with eOne Entertainment Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is somewhere in the skies with Ryan Sprague. This is actually evidence of a parallel universe. Wait, what? So maybe these differences in collective memories are actually evidence of our universe somehow becoming intertwined with another, if not identical, and very similar universe. So people's memories are correct.

They're just remembering something that happened in another dimension. Hence the discrepancy is that science, Scully. Theoretical science, at best, Mulder. Yeah. We're not gonna do this parallel universe, sci-fi, gobbly, Gook, nerd boy. Okay, so just please drop it, because that crap gets me a headache.

It's a lot better than some evil entities zapping people's brains with a hypnoregone. I never mentioned a hypno-ray gun. Guys, it's faulty memory, because... Occam's Razor. That's Ozzy's razor, not Occam's. It's always been Ozzie's razor. Maybe in a parallel universe it is,

but in still yet another universe is perhaps known as Occam's axe. It's not parallel universes! Welcome to Somewhere in the Skies. I'm your host, Ryan Sprick. So, I know you are expecting part two of the series I conducted with Peter Robbins this week, but things aren't always as they seem. Or perhaps you're remembering things differently.

Or, even more out there, maybe, just maybe, you're suffering from the Mandela Effect, something that was covered quite heavily in the recent X-Files episode title, the lost art of forehead sweat. You may know him from his role as Richard, the paranoid alien abductee on the TBS hit comedy, People of Earth. Or you might recognize him most recently because he was featured on the latest Darren Morgan episode of The X-Files.

Today I am speaking with Brian Husky. In this standout episode of The X-Files, a stranger known only as Reggie something, approaches Malter, claiming that he was, was once Mulder and Scully's third partner, but why don't they remember him? The episode dives deep into the Mandela effect, in which large groups of people remember history or events a different way, pondering the elusive question of alternate realities and alternate truths.

As Mulder and Scully dig deeper into Reggie's claims, they soon realize that things may not be as they seem, and they even may finally find the truth that they've been searching for all along. Brian joins me to discuss his experiences on the show, his thoughts on the big and small picture of truth in today's world, and then we dive deep into UFOs and alien abductions. It was a funny and fascinating journey through the career and mind of one of today's most popular character actors. In an interview, I won't soon forget.

And for those of you who are waiting for the second part of the James Forrestall presentation with Peter Robbins, it's coming at you next week, I promise. So, without further ado, the truth is out there. Or somebody's truth is out there with Brian Husky. Brian, thank you so much for joining me today on Somewhere in the Skies. Oh, no problem. Thanks for having me. Of course. We were going to try to do this in person. We're both in the L.A. area, but, you know, circumstances permitting,

I had to make my way back to the East Coast. So Skype is always a great way to do this. Let's cross our fingers. The connection stays and we'll get through this together. Yeah, maybe you can get some sponsorship from Skype and just from now on. Even if you're in the same room with people, you guys can just Skype from different laptops. Exactly. There's so many times where I've been in the same room with my girlfriend and messaged her over Facebook.

It says a lot about where we are today in society, for sure. Or just your relationship. Or that too. Very good point. You've played some pretty recognizable roles that I'm sure most of our listeners are quite familiar with. Most notably for me is your reoccurring role as Leon West on VEP and also Richard on People of Earth, which is another show. We're going to touch on later. But I have to say, man, what are my favorites and my girlfriend's favorite is your character, regular-sized Rudy on Pop's burgers? Yeah, he's the other end of the spectrum from the visible versions I can, I do. Absolutely, and I'd love to hear later on about how it is to work, you know, in animation versus real life. But the real reason I wanted to have you on today was to talk about your role as Reggie something on the recent X-Files episode titled The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat. What a brilliant title.

Before we even get to the X-Files, though, Bride, I would love to just learn maybe a little about your training as an actor. You know, I myself, I studied acting in school. I paid my traveling actor troupe. dues on the road for a couple years. So getting to hear from other actors is very rewarding. And I know you worked with the Upright Citizens Brigade, which is incredible, but I would just love to hear how your interest in acting first began. And I guess sort of your path to brought you where you are today. Well, I, I've always wanted to do comedy in some way, shape, or form. And I, you know, if anybody's heard other podcasts, I feel like people are like, this guy has like one story and that's the only thing ever tells. But it is like, this is like my origin story. But like I have a, I have a framed speech

that I made in second grade about how when I was, when I grow up, I'm going to be an actor, or no, I'm going to be a comedian. And I've always been interested in it. But I was, I kind of talked myself out of it a lot of times. I would sort of dip my toe into it. And then something would scare me and I'd back off. And I thought maybe I'd be a comedy writer. But it wasn't until, so I went through college. And I sort of didn't join the acting program there. I was an English major. But I was interested in, you know, maybe doing like an improv group.

So I went to the theater department and asked the theater head of theater department, like, if he had any advice. And he basically said, like, unless you devote your life to acting, you have business, no business, you know, playing with its tools and stuff. And, you know, for a freshman in college, that was enough to be like, okay, I give up. Thank you. So I started a band. and I would do the band, and then that was sort of got my performing, you know, jollies out. And then I, and then I started, I got interested in photography. So up until probably about 28, that's what I was doing.

I was, I moved to New York to go to do photography, and I was assisting and doing my own work. And I became roommates through mutual friend with Rob Cordry, who's an actor. He used to be on the Daily Show, and he created Children's Hospital. And he's another UCB person. And he's honestly the person who got me into doing it because he just said, you're funnier than my sketch group I perform with. We should start to do stuff. He started to take some classes ahead of me at UCB.

And this was early, I mean, literally like maybe the first or second wave of classes that they were doing way back, like 20 years ago. And then once I started, I took the improv class. That was the thing that made sense. That was the thing that clicked for me. and was the vocabulary and the approach that I needed to sort of feel safe, I guess, or confident. And honestly, like, I've taken one acting class at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, but everything else has just been improv, just doing improv shows and just trial by error, you know. So, you know, my acting training is literally improv through and through.

And for a lot, you know, sometimes I did a show called selfie and we were discussing our respective training backgrounds. And a couple of the people on there were, you know, British Academy trained, just had like tools beyond what I could ever imagine. And everybody was just like, well, this is what works for me and this what has worked for me. But I will admit, and I've said it before, I'm like, I'm kind of terrified of backing classes. So I found my comfort zone and it seems to pay it off. I would say sober. I mean, again, like, your extensive resume shows that there's definitely a room for improv in television, especially nowadays. You hear so often that, you know, this wasn't scripted or we just let the camera roll and see what happens. And I think, honestly, that's when you get the best comedy, for sure. And then the other thing I think I've learned over the years in doing improv is that it is another approach to the text. Because for a long time I had a problem but a fear of sort of the written text was I felt very beholden to an exact idea that the writer or director had in mind.

And if you can't execute that, then you won't be able to figure out how to. So as far as improv gave me, it diffused some of the fears I had around feeling. like the script was something that I had to execute in a very specific way. And I found that I sort of, in learning text and stuff, I will kind of improvise the scene. Like, I'll learn the text, and then I'll kind of make it fit for my mouth if I have there's some parts that I'm hung up on. And then once I feel comfortable getting the idea of the scene by roughly sort of approximating the text, then the text will sink in for me.

and I can sort of own the words and then stick to the script a little bit better. But yeah, improv is just always, and now I know that it is, it is my acting tool that is most comfortable for me. And even if I don't create something on, you know, if I don't come up with sort of like a line or improvise something, I know that I'm still, I'm still improvising the scene. And I just tell myself that. I was like, oh, I'm just improvising the scene, even though I might be doing it word for word. For me, it just kind of like takes away some of the scary burden that I kind of put on myself, you know. And I'm sure most actors feel that immense pressure.

Yeah. I mean, the first, like the first time I did a part on House, and I discovered pretty quickly that they wouldn't mean to say exactly what was on the page. And, you know, this was early on when I was just starting out, you know, getting big jobs, bigger jobs. And I was like, oh, my God, if I can't say this word, right, I'm going to mess up. And now I just like, now I realize like everybody is, you know, finding it in the moment. So you just want to sort of not hang up production and cost people a lot of money or time. Yeah, that's a good point. You know, you're on strict deadlines at some point.

You can only stumble through for so long. But yeah, I can imagine it's a very delicate balance from project to project. That's pretty cool. And improv is, improv is writing, you know. And so if he sort of think in terms of like, all right, well, somebody improvised this script. They wrote this script at the time. I like to kind of put myself in the room with the person while they're right in the scene. And that kind of helps me to approach it sometimes, too.

I imagine sometimes I'm a magical Pegasus that poops out dollar bills. And that makes me too. So there are different approaches for everybody. Yes, there are for sure. Yeah. Well, I mean, fast forwarding to this. past week, Brian, how did this opportunity to be cast in the X-Files come about? Everyone's dream as an X-Files fan is to get on this show.

So I got to ask, man, how did this happen? I just got the audition through my agent, and I will give a shout out to Kamail Nanjani, because he and I had done a show together, and then I guess shortly after that, he did his episode last year with Reese Darby, the one about, I think it was Mulder and Fox versus the Werewolf or something. Something like that. Yeah, yeah. One of the, again, one of the Darren Morgan comedy episodes.

Yeah. And Camille just put in a good word for me. He, you know, he was, Darren was like, who do you have any recommendations for this kind of part? And he was like, Brian Husky would be great. And so I wasn't right for that part. but I guess I, you know, stuck in Darren, or I was reminded that Darren, you know, Darren was like, oh, yeah, I know that guy. And so I guess he kept me in mind.

And so when I did the audition, he wanted me. And I didn't know this until I read an interview recently. And it's like he had to fight for me in the park, like, spot and stuff. And thank God he did, because it honestly is like one of the greatest work acting experiences ever had. It was so fun. That's awesome. man. And I mean, the reception to this episode has just been incredible. I mean, cool. Probably the standout of the season. We still have, what, another five to go, I think,

something like that. But, you know, Morgan's work has just always been the standout. And it paid off, man, for sure. I mean, your role in this episode was amazing. Yeah. And just as far as, like, the experience of it, I had no idea what the end result was going to be. And he told me as, like, Everyone comes into my thing, you know, if they're higher, they think that they have to sort of do the X-Files style of kind of like noir-esque gravitas or whatever. He's like, we're going to do a take like that, and then we're going to do a super goofy one. And then we're going to do one that just, just is a mixture of both. And I'm going to sort of choose what is what works for which part of it. And I'm not a big X-Files.

I watch a little bit when I first started, but I, you know, I'm not a big fan. I wasn't aware of his style or his approach and stuff. And then seeing the end result, I was like, oh, that's awesome. I love, he, he's like genre bending. You know, he's doing sort of multi-layered, like, satire politically, socially to the sci-fi genre. And just this far into the X-Files canon, he's sort of getting super meta about like, you know, and just the fact that they have all these flashbacks and references. and he's referencing himself.

Right. Up in the episode is great. Yeah, absolutely. And I mean, now that the episode is aired and, you know, it's getting all this positive feedback, myself included, if that means anything, I think I've watched it at least five times now. But I'm sort of wondering, Brian, in your own words, would you mind kind of giving us the rundown of what this episode was about?

I mean, you did summarize some of the, you know, the themes that Morgan worked with. but for anyone who has either seen it or kind of wants the breakdown from somebody in the episode, would you mind giving that to us? Do you want the sort of synopsis or do you want sort of what may be the larger, I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do the larger picture, I guess. Yeah, I think the larger picture is this is a very apt and pointed criticism, maybe not even a criticism. I'd say it's sort of an identification of the polarization of our country and bipartisan politics.

And then it is a direct criticism of Trump's, I guess, spearheading of that or, you know, being the figurehead instigator of a lot of this tension. Because the episode talks about different perspectives of the exact same event, different perspectives on the exact same facts. And that's exactly what's going on now, you know, like facts. do not hold the same intrinsic sort of power that they once did. Facts are malleable at this point. Information is malleable. Truth is malleable. Which is interesting in terms of the X-Files, because there are, you know, it is the truth that is out there. It is two people trying to sway the society as a whole that there's more beyond just what they see in front of their face. And now that's gotten to sort of like a basic level of like there's more going on than you then you're being told

but you're being told to only accept what you're being told. So that's the that's the thinky version of it, I guess. Yeah, absolutely. And I mean, I guess the less thinky version, the sort of more on the surface level is you, your character in this episode is the third agent, as it were, you know, there's Reggie, there's Dana and there's Mulder. And we even got a new opening theme with you included in that. And this is sort of based around the idea of the Mandela effect, which plays a big part in this, which is kind of the, I would say, the catalyst for what you just mentioned with this big picture look at the episode. So I guess I'd love to hear kind of your idea of what you thought of when you read this script about this phenomenon known as the Mandela, or in this case,

the Mengel effect. When I did the audition, you're just given the sides for, I think I was given the sides for two scenes, maybe three scenes. And none of that information about the Mandela effect, the Mingla effect, none of the sort of Trump criticism was in there. So when I read the actual script, I was like, whoa, this is, this is far beyond what I imagine what would be going on. In addition, I was like, whoa, I have so many more words than I thought I would be having. This is great. But I thought it was great. I mean, like I said, I think it's a really, if it was just an episode that dealt with memory being sort of malleable and sort of people's perspective of the same event being, I guess, separated. I don't know.

If everyone, you know, it's like a Roshaman kind of thing. Like everyone has a different view of the same event. That, I think, would just be a fascinating episode unto itself, but having this sort of political content behind it. was really great as well. And I don't, you know, I, I think the Mandela effect is, is plausible just in that memory and perspective is fallible and malleable. And people are far more, I don't want to say self-centered, but your perspective on the universe is, is your perspective.

Yeah. You can only, your lens on what the world is and your experiences is always going to be yourself. So I think that's just inherently true. I heard recently somebody said like you it's impossible to have sort of objectivity about yourself and I think that's true. Because even if you're like, no, I know myself. It's like I know myself within the parameters of what I know about myself or I'm willing to admit about myself. I mean, that's a prime example of, you know, I've heard you in other interviews say like, oh, I went into an audition and I think I did horrible. And then, you know, once later you say you were perfect for the role. You got it. Like that's a good example.

of like looking outside of yourself. You know, we only see this 2D version of ourselves. So you do have to wonder. Yeah, totally. And I mean, even in this episode, it was so cool that, you know, supposedly your character created the X-Files. He got Molder, the I Want to Believe poster. These were really interesting.

Now, these are episodes that X-Files fans hold so close to their hearts, these Darren Morgan episodes, these, even the pilot, the pilot episode, you are now a part of in this reality. What was that like sort of going back and learning that you were going to be a part of classic X-Files? And I mean, even in the bigger picture, like being a part of a franchise that's been around for so long. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's sort of above and beyond anything I could hope for because it's, yeah, I sort of got like the episode buffet where they're like, have at it, you're going to get the B and this and this and reference this and it's funny like not that i looked at all but on twitter

there are a lot of people were just saying like you you know i got to sort of live the x-files dream of being in all these these episodes and commenting on them and yeah it's pretty phenomenal i remember just sitting back and being like oh ha you know just like screaming like i was watching the super bowl it was great to be like i went in for my costume fitting they're like okay so i think you have 32 looks I was like, what? Whoa. What's going on?

Yeah, there's so many, so many costume changes. That one, the run where I date sort of show the various jobs I've had in my past, that was just like, you know, go in the room, change, come back out, shoot it, go back in the room, change. Me and the costume department were like, go, go, go, go, move, move, move. Boot camp for, I can imagine. How long did it take to shoot your scenes? Well, it was a 10, I think it was, wait, no, it was an eight-day shoot, I'm pretty sure. Okay.

Either seven or eight day shoot. And I don't know. Each one was different. You know, some of them took a long time. Like a lot of the stuff that we did in the parking deck, those were like, you know, 12-hour days. Yeah, each one was different. Some were very quick, long, and involved. So I have no answer.

All over the map. All over the map, yeah. How was it working with Duke of Ney and Gillian Anderson on this? You know, again, you know, they've become so, the show is them. And then, you know, this person. And your role was very big in this, which is another thing. As, like, a featured role, you know, a lot of actors don't get that opportunity. You were, like, the bulk of this episode.

How is that filming with, like, the two main stars of a franchise? Well, at first, I made sure that I rubbed their nose in it. I was like, I'm getting more screen time than you guys. So just know that. You know, you're on your way out. I'm the new blood. No, they were great. They were really gracious.

And, you know, I think once they kind of discovered it, that I was funny and nice to chat with because I'm sure they've had you know in that in doing that you sort of a you have a cavalcade of just people who come through who can do their job but sometimes they're not the best to hang out with possibly once they kind of prove that I was not crazy they're like yeah you're cool we chat in between and but you know there are long days everybody needs to sort of like step aside and and and check their phone a bunch and I would definitely go off and can I run my lines if I have like a big soliloquy you know a few pages of dialogue to do and stuff but yeah They're really cool.

And then Gillian posted a picture on Twitter just the very first day that I quickly realized like, oh, she, okay, they're very famous because I just, that was like blew up my Twitter. And as a result, a friend of mine who works at Deadline Hollywood is like, do you want me write a story about you being on there? I was like, yeah. Yeah, I guess let's do it now. Yeah. All of a sudden you get, you know, 10,000 followers out of nowhere. Yeah, let's do it. Oh, that's pretty cool.

That's good to hear, you know, as fans, you know, who would never have access to information like that. It's cool to hear that, like, they're so down to earth, and they're there to do their job, and so are you. And I can imagine, like, vice versa. There are some people that you've probably worked with in Hollywood and whatnot who aren't that, you know, accessible or inviting. So that's cool.

Yeah, and I think it's also, you know, at this point, they've been doing it for a long time. Yeah. Breaking, coming back to it. So I don't know. I mean, I always appreciate working with people who do approach it as a job, you know, because ultimately,

if you think about what we're doing, it's definitely not brain surgery and we're not saving lives and all that, those kind of cliches. You know, if people do approach, do have that kind of air of, like, what they're doing is, or they are more important than anyone else because of it.

I'm always, it's a turn off, you know, because it's just like, yeah, everybody has weird jobs. If you think about everyone's job, everybody's job is weird. So, just like, we're unusual. That is a good point, for sure. Well, I mean, sort of, you know, wrapping up the X-Files, Talk, Brian. Another big part of the episode has to do with the final case that Reggie, Scully and Mulder supposedly solved together. And that was finally finding the truth. Wow.

Yeah. So we've got an alien that comes out on a segue. And this entire vignette was unbelievably ridiculous, hilarious. Very Darren Morgan. Let me tell you a great thing about the segue, the little, I guess what it was called hoverboards. Yeah, yeah. The actor who played the alien just brought that with him to him. And he was just riding in the parking lot.

And Darren was like, oh, that's great. I went shoot, I'm going to have you ride that over to them. He didn't tell us that he was going to do that. But I had seen him before riding it. So I was like, oh, I just figured that. that they knew about it. And after we did the tape, they, like, burst out laughing. It was like, we had no idea that was going to happen.

It was really funny. Oh, that's really cool to know. Again, you know, just the idea that Morgan's willing to be, you know, open to whatever happens in the moment. I love it. I love it. Well, getting back to that, you know, that idea of the truth, I would not be doing my euphological work here, right? If I didn't ask you your personal thoughts about UFOs, man, the phenomenon.

on if there's aliens out there. What sort of stake do you put in these sort of things? You know, we talk about this every week on somewhere in the skies. But for you, someone coming in as an actor and doing this, I would love to hear if you did any sort of research into this stuff or what your personal take on all of it is. Well, you know, I got people of Earth. I did a little research on more, more so on people who believe in UFOs and in doing that just like I sort of learned about like oh yeah here's this is probable and this is this is possible but I was more interested in researching people that have that those beliefs and because that's what the show is about like people who believe in aliens but are sort of like have to have to have a therapy group

to through the day as a result but I I I've never been I here's my here's my stance if we are the only life forms out there, it's tragic, you know, because I don't think we're doing a good job of it right now. Yeah. But the probability of that is so small. But I don't, where I sort of like have a separation, I was like, I don't know if the technology exists where they could come to us. And I say that only because I think I have maybe in comparison to the technology that is out there or the, who knows, like celestial awareness that's out. there, I think I have a very caveman perspective and sort of limitation as to what I can imagine. That makes sense. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. It really is the lens you look through it.

Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, going back to the episode, it's the kind of the Darren Morgan episode is the kind of thing of like, I'm going to have, I have my perspective on that truth based on the truth I have for myself. And someone else might have a very different truth based on encounters. they might have had. And so it's bridging the willingness or the awareness, the openness, I don't know, what kind of nest is going to be to say like, oh, yeah, now that is true. Now I have sort of proof of that. And the thing, I guess in doing my research, the thing that was very solidifying for me

was, and I can't remember his name, but there was a Harvard professor who did a lot of profiling of people who said they were abductees. John Mac. Yes, John Mack. And for him to sort of put himself out there, you know, as this esteemed institution and say, like, I think it's true. I don't think these people are lying. I think there's a consistency in the narrative that they share and the sort of affect. And he's like, yeah, I'm a believer.

So, you know, that's that kind of thing. Like, well, science will prove it. And that helped it. Absolutely, man. And I think it's, you know, it's whenever that convergence of science and belief come together, when I think we'll finally know that truth that you guys discovered in your episode. But it is interesting when you have people like a Harvard, you know, a psychologist or astronauts coming forward saying they saw stuff when they were out there. And it really does make you wonder, like, how true is all of this?

And these people claiming to have been abducted by aliens or made contact, I consider myself a skeptic. believer. You know, I talk about this every week with people in all walks of life who have varying beliefs on it. So it's interesting. Have you spoken to people who feel that they've had encounters? Yes. I actually, I wrote an entire book where I interviewed hundreds of people about their encounters. And again, you know, I had David Jenkins on, the creator of your show People of Earth, who said he, you know, he went to these conferences. that they have are these support groups and talk to these people. And, you know, I sort of take the same approach of, yeah, I'm going to hear them out.

And what my personal beliefs are, I sometimes try to set that aside and just live in that moment and say, these people firmly believe something happened in them, whether or not it was visitors from another planet who, you know, communicated with them or took them up for experiments. I don't know. I was not there. So I try to keep the, the chance. open that that's what may have happened. But whatever is happening, it's affecting these people in many ways. And that's kind of more interesting to me, that sociological aspect to it all. Right. Right. Yeah, because it's, you know, I guess the comparison might be the Salem witch trial, you know, where within a community, it's sort of a mob mentality takes over and skews your interpretation of events to make a truth that's not there. But I don't know how that's, that's one of the

things that's interesting to me about the show is that each person has individual real-life personal issues going on behind this larger event. And at this point, it's been established that we have been, but we've all encountered these aliens and stuff. But, you know, initially you're like, we didn't know. So it could be, you know, like, for my character, it could be the result of, like, trauma of his divorce and his own sort of insecurity and difficulties with, like, authority. figures manifesting itself into a larger conspiracy, sort of like paranoia. So, yeah, I can see people having doubts, even if someone, like, has a lot of proof and sort of belief in what they're saying.

And again, that's because, I don't know, it is, I keep going back to the Darren Morgan thing, it's like, when the commonality between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, if you look at it is like everyone wants to be safe and happy and protected and feel like they belong. But there are two very different interpretations of what that means in execution. But it's the same truth, you know. And so I think for, you know, as far as like believing in aliens, people want to believe, I guess they want to believe that their experience of life is trustworthy and real. and kind of solid.

And when something like that happens, it's hard to make sense of it. And if you have the majority of people, I mean, like, no, that's crazy. It's very hard to be like, no, it's not crazy. And I'm having a very hard time convincing you otherwise. Yeah, I think that that would be kind of daunting. Absolutely.

That is a really good way to look at it. There's so many correlations between your episode of The X-Files and your character of Richard on People of Earth. I love it. I would love to see a crossover where Richard comes on the X-Files. That'd be one. I'm becoming very aware that I seem to be building a body of work of people who are maybe crazy or definitely have some serious issues going on. Because I do a, I just wrapped it last week, but I did a special last year and I'm doing another one this year for adult swim called Mr. Neighbor's House.

That's essentially like a kid show that plays in an insane person's head. and that's all about just someone sort of like trying to to wrestle with his demons through a certain kind of lens. But then, you know, this year I did it after doing the X-Files and I was like, oh, I play a lot crazy guys. This episode is brought to you by Netflix. Most valuable promotions in Netflix are hosting a blockbuster triple headliner Saturday, May 16th. Rhonda Rousey returns to face fellow woman's MMA pioneer Gina Carrano in the main event. Plus Comane's Nate Diaz versus Mike Perry And the best have you wait in the world

Francis Ngano versus Felipe Lins Watch Rhonda Rousey versus Gina Carrano Live only on Netflix Saturday, May 16th at 9 p.m. Eastern Center time 6 p.m. Pacific Time You're getting pigeonholed, man. Yeah, yeah, very limited. I went to just some sane guy who just wants a question.

That's when you hit us with like some huge, big budget biopic. Be like, oh, okay, okay. He's not just the crazy guy. Yeah, I'm just going to play a guy who serves coffee. Yeah. Very boring. After looking over your resume, right, I mean, it's amazing the amount of projects you've worked done.

If there was one thing you could tell actors or writers out there about how to navigate such a respected career, what would that be? Wow. I'm hitting you with a curveball. What advice would I give? I would say that you try to celebrate every job or victory that comes along, even if it feels like, you know, in comparison to someone else got a bigger job or whatever, it doesn't matter. Like,

doing this is very hard. And you really have to kind of, like, have your own back and be proud of any momentum you get. Because I think I spent a good portion of my career early on being like, this is great, but this is cool, but I went this.

And I wasn't able to sort of, like, really savor, you know, the opportunities and experiences I was getting to have. And then the other thing is just as much as you can be, be patient and know that even though something might not be happening now, everything is sort of footwork and your empire building a little bit. Even if you go for an audition, do great, you didn't get the part. If you make an impression on someone, that means something. And down the line, you know, hopefully the universal payoff. But I think, you know, if I used to teach improv, I would just now in teaching that, I would say, like, if any of you people want to do this as a job, just approach it in a very best you can in a very zen fashion and knowing that all you can do is go in, do what you can do, leave and keep living your life.

You have no effect on the huge, like, intricate web of people involved in a project who, make decisions on whether you're part of that project or not. And even if you're fantastic, there might be something involved that is beyond your power. Like, he's fantastic, but he doesn't look good standing next to this person. And we've already cast this person. So for that small reason, we can't use him or her. So don't take it personally. As much as you can, don't take it personally, which is one of the hardest things to learn in life in general. Absolutely. That's a brilliant outlook man again you know beyond being an actor i mean just in life in general just don't take it so personal and i think that's uh sort of a commentary on where we are at at least here in america right now

don't take everything so personally so i will leave that up to the listeners but um i have to ask before we go what else are you working on right now and uh where can we find out more about what you're up to well i i put a little plug in there for mr neighbor's house but i just wrapped mr neighbor's house two, which is hopefully going to come out sometime this year, but I'm not, adult swim has a rather whimsical programming approach, so I'm not sure. But if you want to see the first one, it's on all my social media in the bio area. I'm on Twitter and Instagram at The Brian Husky. And then I'm on Facebook. Oh, and I have a fan page on Facebook called The Brian Husky's Brian Husky's Brian Husky fan page.

And you can find out stuff there, but I'm not great at Facebooking. I tend to forget that it exists. Yeah, yeah, I think most of us have at this point, but we'll keep trudging on, Mr. Zuckerberg. Brian, this has been awesome, man. Thank you so much for joining me

today. Oh, I really appreciate it. It was really fun to try to babble my way through these big ideas because they were, yeah, there's a lot going on in the world right now, guys. Yeah. Hold on. Just hold on, please. We will get through this together. Get through this together.

Cool. Awesome, man. Take care. And thanks again for coming on Somewhere in the Skies. All right, man. Thanks for having me. Take care, Ryan. You too.

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