How They Started with Brandon Kamei

Misty Rosas is a creature performer, stunt performer, motion capture artist, and singer best known for bringing Kuiil and Frog Lady to life in *The Mandalorian*. In this episode, Misty shares what it was like stepping into the *Star Wars* universe, performing behind the mask, and creating characters fans connected with without ever seeing her face. We also talk about her journey from gymnastics an...

Taylor Gagliano is a professional dancer, choreographer, creative director and aerial performer best known for performing on 14 tours around the world with Lindsey Stirling. Throughout her career, Taylor has worked with artists and productions including Sabrina Carpenter, Katy Perry, Green Day, Tiësto, Disney Channel, ABC, CMA Country Christmas, and The Kelly Clarkson Show. Originally from Central...

Greg Dolph is an actor, stunt performer, sword combat instructor, and the original Deacon from the WaterWorld Stunt Show at Universal Studios Hollywood. Since opening day on October 21st, 1995, Greg has spent nearly 30 years bringing one of Universal’s most iconic live characters to life — combining comedy, improv, and stunt work in front of thousands of guests every week. Before becoming the face...

Jess Rowland is a restaurant coach, actor, and former server who spent 26 years working in upscale hospitality while training over 10,000 servers. In this episode, Jess breaks down what it actually takes to make great money as a server, how menu knowledge leads to better tips, and why the best servers treat hospitality like a real performance skill. We also talk about the difference between order...

Kenny “Unrooolie” is a Twitch streamer, content creator and former Halloween Horror Nights scare actor. In this episode, Kenny shares how his love for Mortal Kombat and fighting games helped shape his path into streaming, how he became part of YoVideogames, and what it was like going from local arcades to working with major gaming brands. We also talk about his years performing at Halloween Horror...

Armani Cuts is an 18-year-old barber, content creator, and entrepreneur who built a successful barbering brand from the ground up. After growing up in East LA, experiencing homelessness, and sleeping in cars with his mom, Armani used barbering as a way to change his life and create a future bigger than his circumstances. In this conversation, we cover: * How Armani built a barber business at 18 *...

Priya Mehta is a comedian, actress and content creator who left a 10-year career in finance to pursue entertainment. Since moving to LA, she’s built her own lane through stand-up, acting, wedding choreography, and sold-out comedy shows. In this episode, Priya shares how she found the courage to start over, create her own opportunities, build community, and even get Jay Shetty to show up to one of...

Jamad Mays’ journey started far from Hollywood. Before acting on shows, commercials and becoming part of NBA 2K23 history, he was graduating with a degree in accounting and figuring out a completely different path. Today, Jamad is an actor and model based in Los Angeles, known for his roles in All American: Homecoming , Wu-Tang: An American Saga , Chase Commercials, and his appearance alongside J....

Today’s guest has spent over a decade performing at Universal Studios Hollywood performing stunts and on stilts as characters such as Optimus Prime and Megatron to stilt walking creatures at Halloween Horror Nights… and he’s currently performing in the show WaterWorld. Enjoy this episode with Joey Wilson—aka Scarecrow Joe. New podcast every Tuesday! YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@howtheystartedpodc...

My guest today is a Tik Tok Creator with 3 million followers and counting. He is from Cleveland Ohio and recently moved here to Los Angeles California with the passion to become an actor. He promotes positivity and overall likes to have a great time. He also acts and directs all of his own skits and believes laughter is the best medicine. We dive into growth tactics for tik tok and the journey fro...

My guest today is a Professional stilt walker, Stunt performer, and parkour coach. He has been a stilt walker at Universal Studios Hollywood for 11 years as characters such as Megatron, Optimus Prime, A Dinosaur Raptor and basically every character at halloween horror nights that’s on stilts especially the four legged ring character from HHN 2019.   Welcome to the show Joey Wilson! Connect wi...

My guest today is an actress, model, dancer, singer, hair queen as I’ve mentioned, and halloween lover. She has worked at Universal Studios Hollywood for 10 years performing for shows such as Water World as Helen and Grinchmas as Martha May. Along with performing as Marilyn Monroe, Fiona from Shrek and as a gogo dancer for Universals Horror Nights. She also has a YouTube channel where she does vin...

My guest today is an actor, singer, author and comedian he has been on commercials and acted on television but the biggest role he’s played and the role that many of you would know him from is a character he played for 10 years who goes by the name of Genie from Aladdin: A musical Spectacular that once played at Disney’s California Adventure. He got the biggest laughs and the most claps every show...

My guest today is a Scareactor from Universal Studios Horror Nights who has worked the haunt season for 7 years. This guy has a love for halloween and creates some amazing cosplay costumes. He is also a YouTuber that goes by the name Unrooolie where he does reaction videos and gameplay of Mortal Kombat. In this episode we talk about his career with Universal Horror Nights, streaming on Twitch, Cos...

My guest today is a 15 year veteran Scare actor at Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach. He goes by the name Squeaks during haunt season and if you hear a whistle that’s most likely him. Overall he’s a great guy. He’s been around Queen Mary for some time and I want to know more. We discuss how he got into becoming a scare actor and his experience over his career. He also shares some ghost storie...

Greg is a great friend of mine who is very talented. In this episode he talks about getting lasik eye surgery, working as a scare actor at Knott's Scary Farm for 10 years, being an original member of decayed brigade and performing for Disneyland parades. We go into the details of how each of these experiences were and some behind the scenes of performing at events like Disneyland and Knott's Scary...