Meet Scott Stewart | Actor & Media Specialist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Scott Stewart and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Scott, why did you decide to pursue a creative path?
I’ve always felt drawn the creative side. When I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an actor, but you tend to temper your dreams to please your parents, which is what I did. So, I tried doing something more practical like broadcasting. I even considered architecture for a brief period, which has its own creative elements. Over time I found myself in graduate school and decided on going the route of corporate communications. While these were still creative pursuits on some level, they were all a means toward being more sensible. However, the call to acting was always there in the background. At some point, I knew I needed to answer that call!

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
At this point, I’d have to say that what sets me apart from most, if not many, is that I don’t give up! I had my first film role in 1994, but I didn’t really start to pursue film acting until 2003. I was sitting in a cubicle in snowy Denver, looking out the window, wondering what I was doing there? I still knew I wanted to be an actor, but I was living in Colorado at the time. So, I realized I had to start where I was, even if I weren’t in Hollywood. As a result, I put together a headshot and resume with anything I could list, and then I started going to auditions at the local film school programs. I connected with other creatives at the Colorado Film School and the University of Colorado at Denver. I met some very talented students learning to be directors, writers, and photographers, and I was all too happy to help them do their short films, while I received screen time and credits, as well as the occasional bagel or burrito.

Eventually, this period of working for free had run its course, so I signed up with a couple of talent agencies, acting in public service announcements and training videos. However, there just wasn’t enough of this, and I knew I needed to move back to Los Angeles to give acting a real effort, so in 2018 I sold my home, packed my bags, and I’ve been here ever since. It’s been difficult with what has happened since Covid, then the back-to-back industry strikes, but I’m still here!

And, lest I forget, I play a pretty mean bad guy.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Well, we’d probably spend a bit of time at the beach down in the South Bay, hanging out around Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and the Riviera section of Redondo Beach. Maybe stops at some of the vintage hangouts like Ye Olde King’s Head pub in Santa Monica, or Chateau Marmont for breakfast. Perhaps a late night out in WeHo. A drive up to Santa Barbara to visit the Four Seasons, or a lovely dinner overlooking the Pacific at Geoffrey’s in Malibu. I always enjoy looking at Allison Martino’s ‘Vintage Los Angeles’ social media pages for great suggestions on what do and where to go!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Without doubt, I’d have to say my high school drama teacher, Sharon Montgomery. She cast me in my first stage role as Simon Stimson, the town drunk in Our Town. That year I won the first (and probably only) “Acting While Intoxicated Award”! While that was a joke with my ‘Best Actor’ award, it demonstrated that a teacher could see something in a very shy young man, and help draw him out of his shell. She was a teacher, a mentor, and a friend to all of us in her drama program. It certainly made a huge impact on me!

I’d also have to give a shoutout to the executive producers of the TV series ‘Designing Women’, Harry Thomason and his wife, the ever-creative writer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. They gave me my first ever real job after college, working as a production assistant on several of their network shows. Being in that environment was a great learning experience. It taught me a lot about what goes into the day-to-day of a weekly television series. The planning. The various jobs. The long hours. The not so glamorous work behind the scenes. The people that make it all come together. It is a professional family of sorts, while it lasts.

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Image Credits
Vito Gesualdi; GungHo Online Entertainment
Denise Ferrari; Ferrari Films