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Hi guys, my name is R.J. Mitty and this
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is five question interview. What quote
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do fans ask you to do the most when
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signing autographs? Uh, that usually
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have an A1 day and uh
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that you you might have to believe that
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one, but but that that's that's what
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that's one of those are the two most
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popular. What was it like working
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alongside Brian Cranston on Breaking
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Bad? Uh, amazing. Brian was such a a
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father figure. Anna was was such a
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mother figure as well. We had such a
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great cast and crew of people, but
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Brian, dude, Brian's a star, man. He
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such a funny dude and you know, people
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are always like, "Was it serious on
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set?" And, you know, there were serious
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moments, but for the most part,
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everything was super light-hearted. Was
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there a particular project where
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chemistry on set was especially good uh
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that made going to work enjoyable for
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you? Yeah, I mean Breaking Bad number
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one was the most enjoyable set that I
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ever worked on. Uh the quality of work,
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the writing, the team, like from from
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cast to crew, we had we had a team of
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over 500 people that worked in
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Albuquerque, New Mexico. And uh and we
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loved it so much. It was it was Yeah.
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And you know Swiss of birth too. Swish
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of birth was a great set to work on. How
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much did the director look to you guys
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as someone living with cerebral pausy to
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inform the characters of Junior who
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share uh your condition? So Walt Jr. was
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actually based on a real person uh Vince
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knew in college a friend of his and that
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that I think really helped Vince
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understand true poly and the role. And
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out of all the roles I played characters
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with disabilities from cerebral policy
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to muscular distrophe um and and you
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for me when it comes to a role that is
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portraying someone with a disability
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um it's really important to understand
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on and off the screen the importance of
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these types of roles and the messages
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that you bring. And I really try to
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focus on creating characters that are
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based in reality and and that come from
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reality. And most of my characters that
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I've I've done have always been based on
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a real person, someone who had the
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disability, someone that lived with a
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disability. And more often than not, I
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got to meet those people and work with
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them and talk to them to really help
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create my characters so the
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representation is factual and accurate
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and that people can learn from it and
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grow with it. But I I I think it's
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utmost important when a director or a
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writer that writes a writes a role from
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someone with a disability that they
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understand that disability
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wholeheartedly and um and and I'm very
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lucky for Junior that that he's a real
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person. What upcoming pro projects are
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you looking forward to most? Uh actually
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I have two projects that are coming out
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this year. One's called West Hampton. I
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actually leave uh we're in Corpus
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Christie at the Corpus Christie ComicCon
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and I literally leave this week to go
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back to New York for a movie I did
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called West Hampton. Uh we filmed in
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West Hampton, locally shot, local crew.
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Um the the guy that wrote it, directed
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it is from there and uh and I'm very
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excited for that. I also have another
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movie coming out this year called Love
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Me Dead with Dove Cameron and Pameia. Uh
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we were originally supposed to release
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uh that movie in August, but I believe
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it got pushed to October and uh that's
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going to be a fun project as well. You
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can find me on social media, Instagram,
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Twitter, Facebook, RJ Mitti. Um also you
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can check out the Mid Cultural District,
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an organization I work with, and I'm
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pretty easy to find if you look for me
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uh on socials. But um very happy to be
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here at the Corpus Christie ComicCon. I
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I'm a I'm a big believer of
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organizations like this and being able
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to bring the community together and have
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a place where artists, merchandising,
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and fans can really come together. Uh,
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you know, social media is great and all,
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but this is really the last
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opportunities here at conventions to
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meet your fans in person. And I really
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believe it's so important. So, I'm very
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happy to be here, and I hope everyone
