Friday, June 6

Our Cover Model: Collin Pelton



Collin served "the Free World" in the United States Air Force as a computer systems operator.  Now he works as a "filmmaker hybrid."  His filmography on IMDb credits him not only as an actor, but as an executive producer, co-producer, and production assistant, as well.

WMV:  First of all, Mr. Pelton, thank you very much for your military service.

Your bios indicate that you were born in Santa Rosa, California, November 3, 1979, but have studied from Hawaii to Massachusetts, and served overseas, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as well as Stateside, in Texas and Massachusetts.  What are your favorite and least favorite places?

Collin:  It was my honor to serve, and same to you.

Every place I have lived completed me as a person.  I believe growth comes from expanding outside your comfort zone, and I lived a full life of that.  Being a resident of Hawai'i, I was surrounded with a culture invaded by another nation and the effects that has on its people.  Hawai’i is a magic and mystical place, beautiful and growing.  It was also very isolating, living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  Living in Texas was fun, but I had to be closer to an Ocean.  The Gulf just wasn’t the same.  I found the same to be true for Turkey.  Ironically though, Incirlik, Turkey; San Antonio, Texas; and Los Angeles, California have almost identical climate regions, so it was no surprise how at home I felt when I arrived in Los Angeles in 2006, continuing my path in the film industry.  Was not a fan of my time in Keesler A.F.B. [Air Force Base], Mississippi.  Weather was way too dangerous, and a few years after my stay, almost every place I frequented was wiped of the Earth.  That’s a little too intense for me.

WMV:  Why did you decide to come back to California?

Collin:  California called to me when I decided that acting in film and television was the next stage of my life.  New York was on the list, and I considered staying in Boston with a budding film community.  Growing up in Hawaii, my body handles heat better than cold.  I’d spent almost a decade in Boston, experiencing the seasons, and I liked the idea of nearly Hawaiian weather all year round, in a city where I could continue to grow as an artist and entertainment professional.

WMV:  In what city do you live now?

Collin:  I’ve lived in the San Fernando Valley for almost seven years.  I’ve been studying film and screenwriting at California State University at Northridge (C.S.U.N.) since 2006, and I was always close enough to school, except for 2013.  Last year, I  spent the majority of the year floating from couch to couch, on the most reliable set of friends a man can ask for.  I was homeless.  I was a disabled, homeless, military veteran, and it was the most eye-opening experience I’ve ever had, even over service to my country – something that felt more like my path than a conscious decision to protect freedoms.  I was lucky to call all of Los Angeles my home, like some Red Hot Chili Peppers song.  My residences included but were not limited to:  West Hollywood, Hollywood, Gardena, Santa Monica, California; and Kurtistown and Kalapana, Hawaii.  And I feel like I’m forgetting some because some cities I stayed in multiple times with multiple friends.

WMV:  What else, if anything, would you like to tell our readers about your family or friends?

Collin:  Aside that my friends are the best family I could have requested if someone were taking orders, I can’t list them all, but I can tell a select few how amazing they are publicly, right?  In alphabetical order, Aaron, Aldo, Anna, Adrienne, Calvin, Christin, Daniel, Geoff, Hiram, Jacqui, Jay, Jason, Jerry, Joe, Joel, Jim, Jonathan, Jeff, Kat, Kai, Leah, Marc, Matt, Matt, Mel, Michael, Mike, Murphy, Nick, Preston, Sia, Steve, Sheena, Travis, Rosie, and Zak.

There are more; these guys in particular made last year tolerable.

WMV:  www.CollinPelton.com [down, as of June 5, 2014] indicates that you are a "Balancing Act(or)" "hard at work" on your next feature length film, Charlie Mike.  Is that a nod to continuing where your military missions left off?

Collin:  Boy, I hope not!


Charlie Mike is written by Jim Hanks, consulted and led by Discovery Channel’s Joel Lambert of "Lone Target" ("Manhunt," internationally), from a story conceived by friend and producer Michael D. Preston and myself.  We all birthed an idea that became a thing of its own that Jim reeled in, and will be really fun to make.  I hope we can shoot in Ojai, California.  The setting is amazing, and I’d like to provide work for our local crews, if we can.  It’s all about tax incentives with production these days.

The story is quite unusual, set on a familiar apocalyptic backdrop, only you get to see the curtain fall, and what a team of Scientists and Spec Operators must do to complete their world saving mission in face of humanity’s end.  It’s quite intense.  I’m very proud to be involved, especially with a lead role, opposite Joel Lambert, Michael Papajohn (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, "True Blood," Transformers), and a few talented actors with parts we literally wrote for them.  I’m not sure I can reveal that though, oh, Hollywood...

WMV:  What are your previous, feature length films?

Collin:  That’s a pretty short list.  I had a lead role in an independent feature called Remedial Attraction, and a played a wicked villain in the soon to be released Samuel Adams.  I had the smallest role in an Emma Roberts film, Wild Child.  I stood next to her with my shirt off.  Not too sure that counts as acting, but it did get my S.A.G. [Screen Actors Guild] eligibility, and fans somehow.


WMV:  You played the role of Duke in "Murphy's Law."  Do you believe in the Laws of Murphy, such as, "If anything can go wrong, it will"?

Collin:  I believe in being as prepared as you can be - expect novel situations, adapt, and overcome.  I actually like chaos.  Freedom from unnecessary thought...

WMV:  While in San Antonio, Texas, how much time did you spend on the River Walk and/or at the Alamo?

Collin:  I went once fresh out of Air Force Basic Military Training.  Being stationed there, I was required to visit the River Walk with friends from out of town.  I was only just involved with the community as I was on night shifts for almost a year before being stationed in Turkey.
 
WMV:  Your Facebook indicates you speak American English.  Did you not pick up any Spanish in Texas and California, or Turkish in Turkey?

Collin:  I studied Spanish in High School, starting in Hawaii and again in Somerville, Massachusetts.  Boston had a large Latin community, so I got to practice a lot at Circuit City as a Sales Associate.  I would pick it up again at Tender Greens in West Hollywood, while I worked there.
 
Yes, I picked up some Turkish in Turkey.  I got to a point where I could understand a lot more than anyone expected me to during a three-week venture in a wood working shop, while I reverse engineered a Cryptex from Dan Brown’s book The Da Vinci Code.

To me, languages are like accents on your resumé when acting; if I can’t start speaking in an accent or language with little-to-no delay, I’m not listing that I can.  I can do about nineteen different characters and accents, and I only list my strongest four or five, because what I can do does not match what I look like.

WMV:  What are your favorite travel destinations?

Collin:  I loved traveling to the Cook Islands.  It was so peaceful, just hidden away from the world.  I like those kinds of destinations.  Especially in the tropics, as long as I don’t have to work out a lot.  Turkey was amazing.  Just the history and the Geek/Roman Temples...  So amazing!
 
WMV:  Where would you like to go, that you haven't visited yet?

Collin:  On my list are Bora Bora, Ibiza, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, India, France, Spain, Turkey (again), U.K., Germany, Sweden, parts of Russia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Egypt, Chile, Peru, Columbia, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, more of Hawaii, Iceland, Alaska, Delaware, and Iowa (only States I haven’t covered), Jamaica, Costa Rica, Italy, anywhere with Castles and ancient architecture, really, but I’d really love to do Tai Chi in China.  It’s just a thing.


WMV:  Your Facebook indicates that you studied at California State University in Northridge, and graduated from the Community College of the Air Force.  What degrees, diplomas, and certificates have you earned?

Collin:  Community College of the Air Force awarded me an Associate of Applied Sciences Degree in Information Systems.  In 2014, I apply for graduation from C.S.U.N., with a Bachelor’s in Cinema and Television Arts in Screenwriting.
 
WMV:  What decorations did you receive in the military?

Collin:  I had a few achievement medals/clusters, and operation-oriented service medals.  Nothing fancy...  I was proud to be Honor Guard for a year in Turkey.

WMV:  What conflicts did you serve in, while in the U.S. Air Force?

Collin:   Operation Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom...

WMV:  You recently mentioned on Facebook that you know people in Venezuela.  Who are they?

Collin:  They are fans of mine that have become friends.  We used to have to translate with Google Translator; now one of them is an English Teacher because of our talks.  A special hello to Lupita!

WMV:  Among the quotations on your Facebook is the famous line from Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled."  Aside from, in general, your military and acting careers, what paths less traveled have you specifically taken?

Collin:  Taking on Producing, Directing, and Writing, and continuing acting is one example; living an alternative lifestyle and very much “off the grid” as an adolescent; repeated exposure to racism as a white kid; working with lava; growing up on an island; serving as a youth legislator; volunteering countless hours because it’s just the right thing to do; giving money to those less fortunate than I - even when I’m not fortunate at all; saying yes to friends before I know what they need; playing [an] eleven on eleven on eleven, three-way Capture the Flag paintball game in Turkey and winning; driving across the U.S. four times; almost one hundred thousand frequent flier miles by sixteen...


WMV:  Another of your favorite quotes, which you attribute to Oriah Mountain Dreamer, states, "It doesn't interest me how old you are.  I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive."  Who, exactly, is Oriah Mountain Dreamer?

Collin:  I am afraid I can’t tell you, exactly, who Oriah is, or where I found the quote.  I simply love the quote because it expresses exactly my feelings towards life.  Whoever Oriah is, if they do nothing else right in this life, they got that idea right in my eyes.  It’s an idea worth sharing, so I did, and I lived by it before I read it.

WMV:  What are one or two examples of occasions when you looked like a fool, but for what you felt were good reasons?

Collin:  I’m constantly foolish.  I jump into bodies of water fully clothed.  I leap off cliffs, literal and figurative, just to see what the fall is like.  Experience and memory are all we can truly take away from this life.  Some of these bring us great joy, and some are pair with such unbearable pain we wonder why we’d ever made a choice that would place us under such a circumstance.
 
Joining the military was a foolish move in the eyes of some of my closest supporters, but I felt I never had a choice in the matter; it was just part of my path.  I volunteered for a tour in Turkey and Korea, and to many that was also considered foolish.  While serving in Turkey, I physically jumped off a seventy-five foot cliff twice.  I believe there is video floating around somewhere of it, shot and edited by my friend from A.F.N. [Armed Forces Network], David.  I liked watching us climb it first to the Queens of the Stone Age soundtrack he added.  The video felt very metaphorical; I wish I could find it.

WMV:  Some of your credits on IMDb are for serving as a "Key Set Production Assistant."  What exactly is a "Key Set Production Assistant"?

Collin:  That’s a good question.  Wikipedia, IMDb, or Mandy [www.mandy.com] might have a different answer, but this is my understanding:


Key Set Production Assistant or Key Set P.A.:

1.    King P.A. – In charge of all the P.A.'s, reports directly to A.D.[Assistant director]/Director/Producer/E.P. [Executive Producer]

2.    The Glue/The Oil – Handles the inter-department needs.  Your Gaffer needs water, or an extra hand, Key Set P.A.  Drives to get something for the producer, picks up talent, personal assistant to a busy crew member, problem solver, thing do-er extraordinaire.  Always ready; a Yes-Person.

3.    Future E.P. – Key Set P.A. is learning the ropes. They were part of development, pre-production, production, and post, likely a personal assistant to a Michael Bay, that will one day run their own production company, big or small.

I have been all of these to a variety of people, award winner to independent.  I’m better than I was, and a more well rounded professional for the experience, adoring the opportunities to grow, because film experience is the same.  Thank who or whatever you subscribe to for that.

WMV:  Besides acting, producing film, and engineering computer systems, what are your other talents and pastimes?

Collin:  Writing actually came before producing for me.  I learned quickly that people had their own stories to tell, so if I wanted to tell mine, I needed to learn how to write them.  Then I learned there was a very strict formula to writing for the screen.  And it makes sense, convincing a person to sit still and look forward for up to three hours at a time is a tricky talent to develop.  There’s no experience like doing it, so I’m now on my seventh feature-length screenplay, a few of them optioned to make into movies, and some very much under development.  I’m told I write fast though, so that makes it easier, just a matter of sitting down and actually doing the work [laughs] but isn’t that always the struggle?  How long did it take me to get this to you - two months?  My fastest attempt was a first draft in six sittings and under a month.  We’re half way through re-writes. I was too verbose.  Can you imagine?

I have a few other loves that take up my time.  A recent hobby turned passion is cosplay.  Having one of the most talented people I know in costumes as a dear friend - Michael Philpot, I embarked on a journey inspired by Wendy Pini to take on my favorite character Cutter from a graphic novel series called ElfQuest.  I had a chance meeting at The Geekie Awards, a.k.a. [also known as] "The Geekies," and was encouraged to join in the fun.  Partnered with a seasoned veteran cosplayer, Lady Mayhem (https://www.facebook.com/Jantics), I have since been featured in The Advocate for BentCon [http://www.advocate.com/bent-con] in Burbank in 2013 for that cosplay with cosplay god Jimmy Sherfy as the same character.

This union, combined with a recent partnership, embodied a new development just outside of entertainment that allows me to raise my Geek Flag high, and fill a much-needed void in the cosplay community, called Majik Mike Cosplay. (https://www.facebook.com/MajikMikeCosplay)

I love dressing up like super-heroes (or super villains in my case, as I’m often Loki of Asgard), but I had no skill to design, or build the costumes.  Since there are so many people like me that love Assassin’s Creed, Marvel, The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, Anime, Manga, D.C. [Detective Comics], and video game franchises, but can’t make these things, and don’t like the store-bought ones, because we’re not all one size, we came up with a solution for us. So we made a company for people like us.

Majik Mike is the Rolls Royce of cosplays.  And I can’t wait for our launch at Art Walk this fall, 2014, at The Brewery in Los Angeles.  We’ll have quite the display.

There will be a few appearances of our work around the web, at San Diego ComiCon, WonderCon, ComiKaze - at Anime Expo ’14 in Los Angeles, Fourth of July Weekend, A.L.A. [Anime of Los Angeles], and possibly a few other surprises - (https://www.facebook.com/majikmikecosplay - for following the cosplay progression).

My other “talent” is helping companies establish their web presence.  Either through my digital alliances, or by building a presence on various social media and digital content platforms, I help them create content that will reach their clients and customers.  I develop their voice, and connect them to their people.  Most companies that I speak with will increase their digital presence by one hundred fifty percent, and move from a national or local presence to an international presence, and become a reliable source of information about their respective industry.  I’m like the digital fishing teacher.  I have clients for days, weeks, months, and years.  Keeps me on my feet and always learning a new industry...  I love it.  I call it Stealth Marketing.

WMV:  What upcoming projects would you like to tell our readers about?

Collin:  Space Command (https://www.facebook.com/spacecommandmovie) is next. I’m an associate producer, and I helped develop costumes, implement some ideas practiced in the Air Force for authenticity within the franchise, and help connect the creator to military resources within Veterans in Film and Television [V.F.T.].  [Next announcements happen at the San Diego ComiCon in July. ]
 
A film I did in 2012, Coveting Roses, and another in 2013, Conspiracy Princess, are gaining some attention, thanks to composer Jonathan Levi Shanes, and director/writer Sia Abderezai.  Both were 48 Hour Film Project [https://www.48hourfilm.com] ventures, and my first experience running teams.

This year, I hope to make public two web-series that I have been working on, and move forward with Charlie Mike, the project with "Lone Target" ("Manhunt") star and personal friend Joel Lambert, Jim Hanks (who wrote, co-directed, and shot Coveting Roses), and Michael Papajohn.  I play a verbose Bioengineer trying to save the world.  Should be a stretch.

WMV:  What charities, if any, would you like to mention?

Collin:  I’m a big proponent of the Wounded Warriors Project.  I have walked thirty-two miles for them in twenty-two hours hours for a fundraiser (Hell Walk 2) and I’d do it again.

Got Your Six is doing some amazing things.  They could use more partnerships from companies that are going well and could offer services, or financial assistance.

WMV:  As an executive producer, you, presumably, have some influence on who gets roles in your productions or jobs on your sets.  What do you look for in applications for these roles and/or jobs?

Collin:  I actually like what friend and fellow filmmaker Kathi Carey had to say about the this very topic [LA Libertad, May 2014].  I actually worked with her on Dead Drop and Mr. Hopewell’s Remedy.  I was her Key Set P.A. on both films.  And, when working on films, you meet and get to know people and their work habits.  Generally, you want to work with people that contribute to how you work.  Having the most productive people on your team is not always the key because it becomes difficult to identify the leader in a room full of those that desire to be chief.

I try and hire motivated people that will work with me on a set, and keep the flow moving.  I have witnessed the kindest people become monsters when things felt out of their control, and they were hired to maintain control.  Hierarchy is important on a set, much like a ship.  Individual pieces of the puzzle may not understand the whole, and therefore make decisions based on their limited scope that feels like it’s in the best interest of the group, except it went outside the Captain’s knowledge, has dire consequences, even if it’s only time lost.

If there is someone I want to work with, or that wants to work with me, first step is to be clear about that. Second, is to find out how to test the waters.  Working as a P.A. for someone is a great start.  You can rise to any occasion and prove your work ethic. 

For the actors that want to work with me, I usually have to know they want to work with me first.  If I can work with Doug Jones, or Chris Evans, I want to know they want to work with me too.  Otherwise, I feel like I would just be bothering them.  Everyone wants to work with them, so what am I offering that no one else isn’t? According to most of my staff, I offer a pretty awesome set and working environment.  You could say we’re pretty drama-free except that which we write and execute for the camera (or rehearsal).  The second part, I need to have parts to fill.  If I’m not shooting something in the next few months, or weeks, the idea of casting is far from my mind.  Since I’m the writer in most cases, I write for specific people, try and make it so good they can’t say no, and then pitch it to them.  Their involvement can change by the time we hit production.  There are no guarantees in film.

The last category of how I get my actors:  We need people today or tomorrow.  Someone dropped out last minute; we need more extras; we had to write in this part last night; or some kind of adaptation that always happens last minute.  How you get these roles is all timing.  You were available when I called, e-mailed, Facebook'd, Instagram’d an announcement, casting call, photo with not enough talent in it, status’d about working on set, or any other public announcement. If I need people, I reach out.  Best thing to do is be following me, or connected to me on one of my many forums, and let me know you want to be part of my company.  If you’re supporting my work, I’m more inclined to have you on my team because then I know you’ll share our work once we’re done.  People forget that sharing it is just as important as making it.

WMV:  How much weight do you give to actors' IMDbPro pages and StarMeter Ratings?

Collin:  IMDbPro is important if you have no representation and need to add credits where someone might actually see you.  If you’re adding your own credits, watch the production.  If you saw yourself, describe it the best way you can, like “Awkward Bar Guy” or “Trumpet Playing Pete,” but otherwise, leave it off.  I do like milestone credits, like where you earned your S.A.G./A.F.T.R.A. [Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists] status, or your first film ever.

For StarMeter, almost none and especially for new professionals.  Yes, the StarMeter shows who is looking at what, but because it’s just a database with web interface, it’s reading how many hits the page gets.  That is easily manipulated, so a no-name actor can force his way to the top, not for a notable performance, but because he was messing with the system.  Kind of like the Stock Market...

I feel it’s accurate show of who is on people’s minds, or what films are currently playing.  If  The Hunger Games and American Hustle are in theaters, of course, Jennifer Lawrence is going to be at the top of the list.  People want to know what she did before this, what she’s doing after, when her next movie comes out, if there’s a scandal they should talk about, or an award she might win.  It does not mean she’s the most popular, most talented, or highest paid.  Just means she’s on people’s minds right now.  Watching the trends over the years will indicate when she became part of their curiosity, and then became named talent.

By my research, most break-out stars hover around the ten to twenty thousand mark before getting a well-known part and becoming a named actor.  Bryan Cranston was working all the time, had his own show, and no one knew who he was before Breaking Bad.  Some do claim him from "Malcolm in the Middle," but do you remember him from Saving Private Ryan?  He’s actually a friend of Tom Hanks.  And Cranston’s struggle was just as real as anyone else's in the beginning.

WMV:  No, I don't remember him...

How should potential applicants and/or investors contact you?

Collin:  If I need someone, I tend to pull really amazing people from Veterans in Film and Television, or The Table.  I make announcements on Facebook and Twitter.  And I look into my messages of people that said they wanted to help me when I had no work, because those are the loyal ones.  Loyalty is huge with me.

For investors, LinkedIn is a great source.  I’ll have more of a presence on Kickstarter and Indiegogo later this year, but I am on there.  I’m very approachable over social media, and will be looking for funding in the coming months.

WMV:  Based on pictures of you available on the Internet, you seem unusually trim and fit.  What are your diet and exercise secrets?

Collin:  Dedication.  That’s my secret.  As long as you can get out the door to go training, or be active, that’s the biggest challenge for most people.  Even for me.

Couple of years ago, the very same Navy S.E.A.L. Joel Lambert, recommended a diet and exercise lifestyle that he felt would work for me.  Crossfit and Paleo lifestyle...  He recommended Valley Crossfit in Van Nuys and Coach Mike Latch.  My first attempt was in 2011, but I really took on more of the life in 2013, when I was homeless.  I had made the Paleolithic “diet” part of my eating habits, consuming almost purely meat, eggs, veggies, nuts, seeds, fruit, oats, and some dairy.  I began training at Valley Crossfit as much as I could.  Some weeks I would get there twice a week, and some months I could only get there twice.  I was willing to commute over an hour for the training and fifteen-thousand-square-foot facility. It’s like an adult playground with weights.  They have a gym in Reseda too; rock wall, that’s all I’m saying.  I found the community to be very supportive and reminded me of going to gym in High School.  You know, when you didn’t care if you were being judged, you just played dodge ball.  We, at Valley Crossfit, play dodge ball.


I am balancing Crossfit with trampoline work and flip training; I do Parkour classes when I can at Joining All Movement (J.A.M.), which I balance with Tai Chi with White Lotus Kung Fu at the same location.  I have training buddies that admittedly change throughout my life, but the support is key.  Having an active lifestyle has a lot of positive affects on your life, choosing stairs over an elevator, or hiking two miles to go to the grocery store, then hiking back with the extra weight.  As a culture, we are not as active as we should be.  We bury ourselves in work, entertainment, or other forms of escapism.  I’m guilty of it.  I’m a gamer.  I have lost countless hours to escapism, but we do need to recover and relax just as much as play and train.

The homelessness taught me that I truly only have one place to live, that is my body.  Though I could almost never sleep any more than seven hours, I ate well, lots of organic food, and a slightly altered paleo diet after getting a Reiki reading from a Master.  I know that may sound strange to some, but I was simply tired of everyone telling me that theirs was the end all be all in diet regime, and I needed their product to body level.  I wanted a natural solution.  I wanted my body to tell me what it needed, and according to my research that was a Reiki reading.  I have barely strayed from the guidance.  Avoiding flour and grain (except oats and quinoa) is the most challenging. Sugar too, because [of] coffee...

Short version:  Do stuff, and eat what your body needs.

WMV:  Most of your credits on IMDb are for projects released since 2005.  One (A Civil Action), was released in 1998.  How did you get that gig?

Collin:  Civil Action shot in Boston, and was a historical movie.  There was a scene in Fenway Park that was cut.  I was on the Casting Director’s radar at the time, and wound up doing background.  It was my first time on a movie set, and I got to walk on the field, and touch the Green Monster, with friend and Samuel Adams descendent, Nick.  I felt pretty connected to our American culture that day.

WMV:  What do you consider your biggest break in film and television?

Collin:  When people recognize me...  It’s happened a few times; randomly, I’ll get asked if I’m an actor, with an immediate follow up, “I thought I recognized you.”  I’m not sure what they’re referring to necessarily.  I got some fans from my tiny appearance in the movie Wild Child, which was unexpected and very cool.  Especially when my friends saw me back home, and let me know...
 
Getting featured in Activision’s Black Ops II commercial “Surprise” and making the B.T.S. [Behind the Scenes] featurette was amazing.  I mean, Guy Ritchie directed; Robert Downy Junior, iJustine [Justine Ezarik], and [YouTube sensation] K.G.B. starred, and I was called “Parkour” all day as my nickname.  Best day on set!   (Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wIZp_E2CxQ, featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73AlLOZu62Y)

WMV: Do you ride and/or own any motorcycles?

Collin:  I want to at some point in my life.  I like the freedom of it.  Around L.A. it’s almost too dangerous, though.  Not sure what kind I would get.  I love speed and agility, but I also like light weight, but dislike limitations.  Not sure where that puts me in owning one.

WMV:  What are some of your favorite restaurants and night clubs?

Collin:  I would eat at Tender Greens every day, up to three times a day if I could.  I worked there for several months, and they just do it right.

I don’t drink alcohol, so night clubs are difficult for me.  I love dancing, but it’s often so crowded, doing that is more like worm squirming between bodies. No thanks!  I was trained in Ballroom.  I like open floors, and a variety of music.

WMV:  What web links would you like to share?

Collin:

http://www.youtube.com/user/collinpelton

http://www.facebook.com/majikmikecosplay

https://www.facebook.com/chaosborne

http://instagram.com/collinpelton

http://twitter.com/collinpelton

https://www.facebook.com/collinpelton

http://www.imdb.me/collinpelton

http://www.collinpelton.com

WMV:  What are your plans for the Fourth of July?

Collin:  Anime Expo is Fourth of July weekend.  I will be cosplaying Cutter from ElfQuest, and Loki from Thor; I might have Edward Kenway from Assassin’s Creed, and hope to have a Captain America to rock.  I’m more of a cosplay model, and supporter.  My cosplays will be Majik Mike Cosplays, unless he’s too busy.

Interview by William Mortensen Vaughan

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