A fresh creative force has recently emerged in New York City and his name is link. As an actor, writer and producer, Chris is out to bring his brand of entertainment to the screen and stage.

Chris recently premiered the comedy feature film BRUCE at the NYC Independent Film Festival, right after giving a sneak-peek 预览 of the new Jazz stage musical FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH.

In between, Chris Bayon took time to answer a few questions.

Tell us about your new comedy film BRUCE.

CHRIS: Bruce is a lot of fun. It centers around making life 更多 enjoyable 由 doing things 你 love. There are a ton of funny people in the movie, so that was fun 由 itself, but the message of the film is to follow your passion, and along the way we have this free spirit, Bruce, who keeps pointing 你 in that direction.

What would 你 consider your characters ‘best’ quality? And their ‘worst’?

CHRIS: I think my characters best quality would be his 爱情 for his art. The worst quality is that he tries to appease people and tries to become someone he's not.

Any interesting stories from the set 你 can share with us?

CHRIS: We have a few. On Memorial 日 weekend, we found out that a specific 面包车, 范 that we were going to use for the shoot that got totaled so were scrambling for another car. I was driving around like crazy, everything was closed for the holiday, and I saw this crazy artistic car outside of Sesame Place. After some recon, and running through a theme park, I found the car owner and she was nice enough to help us out and spent the rest of the holiday with the crew at our barbecue.

That same weekend, Erica, who plays Ali in the film, ended up sharing a 床, 床上 one of our crew members and apparently, according to one of our sound women, she's a cuddler.

So we are certainly an interesting bunch!

What’s the biggest lesson 你 learned from working on this project?

CHRIS: Be prepared and find people that will also be prepared, and make sure that 你 find professionals for key roles. We had a lot of unnecessary hiccups because of just lack of preparation and lack of time spent.

You also recently debuted the stage production FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH; what can 你 tell us about that project?

CHRIS: For What It's Worth is very different from Bruce. Going from independent comedy, to an off-Broadway dance/jazz 显示 is a completely different beast. The concept is based on Strings and Brass not getting along, so being able to perform and play is a lot of fun. Don't think I've ever seen anything like that before, and I certainly have never done it before.

Do 你 have a preference as a creator – screen 或者 stage?

CHRIS: I like both, but they are very different. Film is the long haul, and stage is a sprint in terms of performance. For film, we have to be on point steadily for 12 hours a 日 17 days straight so that takes it's toll. With the play, its like 3 months of rehearsals for a few hours, and then the performance. The 蝴蝶 before going on stage are still the best though.

And, now just for fun:

Who’s your 最喜爱的 actor/actress?
CHRIS: Will Smith - his versatility is awesome. Grammys, Oscar noms. Not sure if he does stage though.

What role from the past do 你 wish 你 could have played?
CHRIS: Butch Cassidy

Favorite movie 或者 TV 显示 from your childhood.
CHRIS: A League of Their Own

Tell us one thing that would surprise our readers to learn about you.
CHRIS: I'm the father of a 4 年 old, I work full-time in Time Square as a technical recruiter from 8:30-5:30, I'm enrolled at CUNY Law School from 6-10pm and I rehearse For What It's Worth from 10-Midnight. Pretty crazy.

How can 粉丝 keep up with you?
CHRIS: I've got a few websites that people can check out for 更新 on all my projects: link / link / link