Aug 4, 2026 · 57 min · 10 segments
Oliver Cooper has one of the greatest stories about breaking into Hollywood, landing his first role in "Project X." I'm grateful he takes his time telling it on this episode. It's a story about…
Oliver CooperGuest
Peter RinaldiHost
And how did you get into this line of work anyway in the beginning? I, I heard that, like, you, you landed Project X on your first audition.
So I started doing standup when I was a senior in high school, and I don't remember what the, like, you know, impetus was specifically.
I do remember reading an article about Adam Sandler or, or watching some video or something, and he was talking about how he started standup when he was in high school.
And I think, I th- I wanna say that was what, like, put it in my head, like, oh, like, I'm funny in my l- life, and like, and like everyone always laughs at me, and I was like, maybe that's, maybe there's something there.
Like, it wa- Like, I, I knew stand-up, obviously, but I wasn't, like, an obsessive stand-up comedian person, but I've, well, I watched Saturday Night Live, I watched...
And so I, when I decided I'm gonna do stand-up, it was like, I did it once and I was like, "This is it."
I had, like, a whole three-minute act, and I f- halfway through it, I got a laugh and it just, like, threw me off.
And how did you get into this line of work anyway in the beginning? I, I heard that, like, you, you landed Project X on your first audition.
So I started doing standup when I was a senior in high school, and I don't remember what the, like, you know, impetus was specifically.
I do remember reading an article about Adam Sandler or, or watching some video or something, and he was talking about how he started standup when he was in high school.
And I think, I th- I wanna say that was what, like, put it in my head, like, oh, like, I'm funny in my l- life, and like, and like everyone always laughs at me, and I was like, maybe that's, maybe there's something there.
Like, it wa- Like, I, I knew stand-up, obviously, but I wasn't, like, an obsessive stand-up comedian person, but I've, well, I watched Saturday Night Live, I watched...
And so I, when I decided I'm gonna do stand-up, it was like, I did it once and I was like, "This is it."
I had, like, a whole three-minute act, and I f- halfway through it, I got a laugh and it just, like, threw me off.
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