{"id":37255,"date":"2015-04-15T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=37255"},"modified":"2016-01-15T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:27:14","slug":"acting-is-like-a-vacation-for-conor-ofarrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2015\/04\/15\/acting-is-like-a-vacation-for-conor-ofarrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting is like a vacation for Conor O\u2019Farrell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conor O\u2019Farrell (right) discusses his trip to Atlanta, Georgia, to film the pilot episode of \u201cGame of Silence\u201d with J.P. Crumrine, Idyllwild Town Crier news editor. Photo by Samantha Hallburn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conor O\u2019Farrell, a member of the Idyllwild \u201cglitterati,\u201d is frequently expounding on his most recent idea at the Town Baker. The well-known stage and screen actor has just returned from Atlanta, where he was filming the pilot episode for \u201cGame of Silence.\u201d<\/p>\n

He spent three weeks in Georgia acting, visiting his like-named daughter, Georgia, and kayaking on the local river. If NBC picks up the pilot, he will have several months in Georgia.<\/p>\n

So if he has the opportunity to return, O\u2019Farrell plans to tie a kayak on his car roof so he can entertain himself during the long waits. When filming is away from Los Angeles and for several months, he described it this way: \u201cIt\u2019s like going on vacation by yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

While filming in Australia, he actually joined a local church to keep engaged. \u201cGuys like me who are social need these activities to do \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the time actors spend on the set is waiting,\u201d he said. Then he quoted actor Gene Hackman: \u201cThey don\u2019t pay me to act, they pay me to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Farrell\u2019s been a kayaker for years and is quite familiar with California\u2019s best white-water runs.<\/p>\n

Shooting this pilot was great fun for O\u2019Farrell. \u201cI really like the people \u2014 the producer and director,\u201d he said. The show\u2019s creator is David Hudgins who was responsible for \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d and \u201cParenthood.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was the opportunity to visit with Georgia, his daughter, that seemed to truly excite O\u2019Farrell. She had just returned from a week working in Haiti. They hiked and talked. He explained how she holds down three jobs \u2014 working a vineyard, helping at a family farm and teaching elementary school students about the value of community-grown vegetables, such as turnips.<\/p>\n

Just as the recent award-winning Town Crier columnist (\u201cOff the Leash\u201d) stands out in Idyllwild, he did also on the set. \u201cI was the oldest guy in the cast,\u201d he exclaimed, which led him to believe he was, de facto, the authority figure, since he plays a prison warden.<\/p>\n

During one scene, while the director was placing the actors and discussing the action, O\u2019Farrell offered his suggestion on how to improve it. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Conor, you can trust me, I\u2019ve done this before,\u201d said Director Niels Arden Oplev.<\/p>\n

The next day O\u2019Farrell wore the T-shirt he bought for his coffee club after some volatile sessions. It reads, \u201cI\u2019m loud, I\u2019m opinionated and I\u2019m always right \u2026 let\u2019s have coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Farrell has been an actor for many years; he has survived and found a place in a very difficult profession. Many more people come to Hollywood to be on the screen than the ones who actually are in film, either movies or television.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can\u2019t handle the lifestyle. It\u2019s a roller coaster. I try not to get prematurely too excited,\u201d he said, while discussing the pilot and its possibilities. \u201cEvery time they tell me, \u2018You got the job,\u2019 I\u2019m still amazed and ask \u2018Really?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those moments occurred as he was doing a production for the South Coast Repertory in Orange County. His co-star was a Yale theater graduate. But on opening night, just before they walked on stage in front of a sold-out house, she grabbed his shirt, pulled him close, lifted her head and asked, \u201cConor, are we going to be alright?\u201d<\/p>\n

Naturally empathic and supportive, O\u2019Farrell calmly replied, \u201cDon\u2019t worry. I went to community college and we\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, after all these years and about hundred shows, I\u2019m enjoying the process,\u201d he said with a smile. \u201cIt\u2019s not about anything but enjoying what you\u2019ve done and not taking yourself too seriously \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spend our time pretending to be someone else,\u201d O\u2019Farrell sighed. \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to be able to be with people in a child-like profession.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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