What Denzel Washington, Billy Bob Thornton and Sandra Bullock Are Really Like On Set | John Lee Hancock

How movies are made, what it’s really like working with actors like Denzel Washington and Sandra Bullock, and the truth about screenwriting and directing in Hollywood.

Oscar winning films. A list actors. Real Hollywood behind the scenes.

Hollywood director and screenwriter John Lee Hancock, known for The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Rookie, sits down with Aimee Mayo to talk about filmmaking, the screenwriting process, and what actually happens on a movie set.

From Sandra Bullock’s Academy Award winning performance in The Blind Side to directing multiple Oscar winning actors like Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek, John Lee shares how movies are made, how actors really work on set, and why some of the best scenes come from unexpected mistakes.

They break down the filmmaking process, working with actors, Hollywood storytelling, and how scripts turn into movies people connect with.

In this episode you’ll hear

How movies are made and what directors actually do on set
What it’s like working with Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock, and Billy Bob Thornton
Screenwriting tips and how to write a screenplay that gets made
The truth about directing actors with different styles
Why most movies never get made and what separates great scripts
Behind the scenes stories from The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks
The impact of AI and algorithms on Hollywood and creativity

If you’re interested in filmmaking, screenwriting, Hollywood behind the scenes, or the movie making process, this episode gives you a real look inside the industry.

Wait. What?! with Aimee Mayo is a podcast featuring real conversations about music, movies, storytelling, and the creative process.

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Ketamine therapy. Magic mushrooms. Psychedelics. Treatment resistant depression. Matthew Perry. And a mushroom that naturally produces ketamine. This episode covers all of it.

Dr. Amy Price Neff is a Nashville physician, founder of MindStream Integrative Medicine, trained at the University of Virginia and University of Arizona, and certified in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

We go deep on what ketamine therapy actually feels like, how it rewires the brain, why it works two to three times better than antidepressants for most people, and how psilocybin mushrooms compare. We also cover what really happened to Matthew Perry, whether mushrooms can help with grief, why cannabis is Schedule 1 while opioids are Schedule 2, and what to say when someone you love makes comments about not wanting to be here.

Aimee also shares something she has never said publicly before. That she attempted suicide at 19 while on antidepressants that were later pulled from the market because of exactly what they did to her.

This episode is for anyone who has tried everything and still feels hopeless. For anyone who lost someone to mental illness. For anyone who is just trying to feel better and keeps hitting a wall.

Not medical advice. Always talk to your own doctor. But this conversation might change how you think about what healing actually looks like.

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Parkinson's disease. Taylor Swift. Nashville hit songs. Shocking true story. The night we found my dad dead at his own birthday party.

Nashville songwriter. Country music. Songwriting deal. Music Row. Grief. Keith Urban. Tim McGraw. Reba McEntire. Garth Brooks. Ashley Gorley. Taylor Swift changed Nashville forever.

Bob Regan joins Aimee Mayo on Wait. What?! — the Nashville country music podcast. Bob was Danny Mayo's best friend. He was there that night. They are talking about it together for the very first time.

New episodes every Thursday at 5AM ET.

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