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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Actor Jason Ritter Admits to the Immense Pressures He Faced in Auditions as John Ritter’s Son · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Actor Jason Ritter has carved out a solid career in
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  Speaker 2: TV and film with prominent roles in shows like Joan
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  Speaker 2: of Arcadia and Gravity Falls. And while he might not
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  Speaker 2: be a household name, that last name Ritter is because
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  Speaker 2: of his dad.
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  Speaker 3: The late, legendary, funny man John Ritter from Three's Company
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  Speaker 3: and Eight Simple Rules. And as proud as he is
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  Speaker 3: to be his son, he just admitted on the Brotherly
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  Speaker 3: Love podcast the pressure of living up to that name
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  Speaker 3: used to derail him in auditions.
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  Speaker 4: Comedy auditions specifically, he would already be nervous. And then
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  Speaker 4: the casting directors would mention something like, I just want
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  Speaker 4: to say before you start, your dad was so funny.
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  Speaker 2: Right before Jason had to actually be funny and it
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  Speaker 2: would terrify him. It would make him like freeze up.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, can you imagine?
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  Speaker 3: He says people would literally say your dad would have
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  Speaker 3: us all rolling on the floor and then he'd start
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  Speaker 3: looking around and nobody would even be laughing. And he
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  Speaker 3: feels so bad because he just wanted to be proud
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  Speaker 3: of his dad.
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  Speaker 4: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: In the beginning, Jason started booking dramatic work. That's what
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  Speaker 2: he did first because he didn't feel that same sort
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  Speaker 2: of pressure to be compared to his dad. He could
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  Speaker 2: just do it, just perform. And as those dramatic roles
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  Speaker 2: came in, he eventually found his confidence and the comedic
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  Speaker 2: roles started to come in as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.