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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks with Noah Emmerich, otherwise known as Stan Beeman on The Americans, about his fascination with acting, chasing your fears, and what it feels like to finally be seen after more than 20 years in the business. Noah also tells the story of winning his role as Marlon, Truman’s best friend, in the 1998 film The Truman Show. Brian recalls the time he gently informed Noah why he’d never portray a catcher in the baseball film For Love of the Game.

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Mentioned this week:

• The Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, and Witness—Peter Weir films
• Pride & Glory, Warrior, and Miracle—Gavin O’Connor films
• The Americans
• Beautiful Girls and Monument Avenue—Ted “Teddy” Demme films
• Rounders
• Floyd Abrams
• @DanAbrams
• Paul Giamatti
• Ron Livingston
• @JoshMalina
• @WhitfordBradley
• @DuleHill
• A Few Good Men
• Atlantic Theater Company
• Things I Have Learned Playing Poker on the Hill, an essay by David Mamet
• Harold Evans
• Lincoln Center Library
• True West, a play by Sam Shepard
• Burn This, a play by Lanford Wilson
• The Qualms, a play by Bruce Norris
• Ron Stetson, Neighborhood Playhouse teacher
• Ed Harris
• Lee Krasner
• Kurt Russell
• Coach K
• Andrew Niccol, writer of Gattaca and The Truman Show
• Susan Smith, talent agent
• @JimCarrey
• Bulworth, a Warren Beatty film
• Cop Land, a James Mangold film
• Harvey Keitel
• @RayLiotta
• Arthur Nascarella
• For Love of the Game, a film starring Kevin Costner
• Scott Rosenberg, writer of Beautiful Girls
• @JoeWeisberg
• Making Movies, a book by Sidney Lumet

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