Chris Williams is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. Chris is known for his role in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley, Lottery Ticket, and hundreds of other roles in film, TV, videogames and more!
Chris in a scene from ‘Silicon Valley’
Chris Williams and Larry David in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
00:00 Intro
00:25 Inspiration to become an Actor
2:15 The “I made it” moment
4:10 Working with Anthony Hopkins
8:43 Not being nervous on set
13:20 The Science of Acting - Stage vs Film
17:00 Adjusting to script changes on the fly
22:25 The feeling of nailing a scene
23:00 Nerves vs Pressure
25:00 Shooting in front of a studio audience
26:00 Good and Bad directors
28:00 Chris’s first role was on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
28:57 Voice acting for animated movies and videogames
31:38 Acting in Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Batman’ and looping
39:29: Favorite people Chris has worked with
42:24 Most unique projects Chris has worked on
44:42 Curb Your Enthusiasm
48:10 Dodgeball
51:50 Career & Industry challenges
55:55 Leaving Los Angeles
56:33 Living in Italy
58:40 Auditioning for big roles
1:00:08: Is it healthy to have regrets as an actor?
1:01:15: Mount Rushmore of Comedy films
1:03:11: Mount Rushmore of films
1:04:31 Greatest Actors/Actresses
1:08:26 Ryan Gosling Story
1:11:35 How Hollywood has changed Chris’ worldview
1:14:00 Paranormal encounters
1:15:00 UFO story
1:16:44 Chris’ philosophy on the Supernatural
1:18:10 Oprah story
1:21:00 One question for God
1:22:45 Last piece of advice
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