So growing up in Queens, New York, which is not that far from where we are right now in Manhattan at the age of about 13, my guest today, David Krumholtz, literally stumbled into the world of acting on a lark when he followed friends of his to an open audition, having never acted before, and landed the role soon after, found himself on a Broadway stage alongside Judd Hirsch, Tony Shalhoub and incredible cast that launched a decades long now career in acting and eventually also writing in tv and film with credits that include a five year run as a lead on the tv show numbers.
So many different appearances on shows like the Good Wife, Law and Order, more recently, HBO's show the Deuce, movies like Adam's Family Values, the Santa Claus series of movies, slums of Beverly Hills, and now in his newest role, he plays a police officer in a really deeply provocative movie called Crown Vic, which we circle around and talk to.
So in todays conversation, we dive into this incredible journey, but also zoom the lens quickly out and explore more broadly his love of music and culture and family, his feelings about the acting life and the role of work, and his work in his bigger mix of what makes him come alive, the importance of humility and kindness.
And then we dive into this really gritty and provocative story behind his new film, Crown Vic and the tough questions that it asks viewers to consider while kind of leaving no pad answers along the way.
Super excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
It sounds like you get into music at a pretty young age also.
I'm kind of fascinated by the musical side of you as well.
You know, I love music and always have.
And I'm, you know, I love all kinds of music except for, like, emo.
Like, you know, early two thousands emo.
But the look on your face is.
Like, yeah, that's the one.
It makes me want to puke listening to it, but.
But I can see why people love it.
But, yeah, I only recently got asked to be in a Grateful Dead cover band in New Jersey, which really is a highly acute representation of my midlife crisis.
But it's been really fun.
And yeah, I play bongos and congas and I sing.
It's just been crazy fun.
I love the Grateful Dead.