

Me and Kurt, we were bagging on each other the whole time. So what was it like working with Kurt Yaeger in this episode? I know you guys have been friends for a while, so it had to be pretty cool. If something is going to trigger me to laugh, something is going to trigger me to cry. I love to joke and I love people and I love life. I know professionally it’s what I get paid to do and I love what I do. It’s not that I put myself there, but you wonder ‘is this a of emotion that I was holding onto that I didn’t realize?’. Right, and when I get into that it triggers something. This is a really traumatic moment in this guy’s life. I’m Patton and that’s my friend, so I go places.ĭid you have to put yourself in a different mindset entering this? I feel like in some of the other Patton spotlights we’ve seen stuff that’s a little bit more lighthearted. Then, you lose someone close and that emotion comes out.When I get into the script, bro, I get into it. You lose something and it’s probably lost for life. I wasn’t born like this and every day is a battle. It brings all the emotions out - it’s a battle. It’s a compound situation because I remember when I lost my nephew. I can’t even imagine how someone deals with a situation like that. When I first saw the synopsis for this episode, I saw that Patton was going to see his friend get shot right in front of him. We all come together, we’re still human, and we all have emotions - yet, we can get things done. You’re dealing with that, and we’re showing that you can’t do it by yourself - it doesn’t matter if you’re walking or if you’re rolling. I just got excited, because every time I get a spotlight, it’s about different things whether it be about gambling, or my relationship, and now it’s this whole story about a friendship and my support group and trying to feel whole. When you first got a chance to see the script, what did you think about it? They’re giving you a chance to do a lot of different things here. They know when that switch turns out and it’s a team effort. For the most part, man, the team is so tight all the way down to the crew - they’re going to make sure that I’m comfortable and they know my rhythm.
