Who do you think you are?

Are You Here To Be In Show Business? 79

Paul Ryan

“I’d say that we are given the gift of life from God

and our gift to God is what we do with it”.

Paul’s acclaimed new book, The Art of Comedy...Getting Serious about
Being Funny was just published by Backstage Books, a division of
Watson-Guptill Publishing in New York. His new TV Talk show is Feel
Good TV with Paul Ryan & Friends, which focuses on optimum health
and the entire world of wellness and self-help for the entire family. His
speaking engagements on Hollywood, Health, & Humor have literally
taken him around the globe. Paul is known as Hollywood’s premier
comedy acting coach and teaches corporations and companies how to
bring humor into their presentations in the workplace. He is in his tenth
year conducting his very successful monthly TV Hosting Intensives,
where he hones the skills of TV hosts and those who want to be guest
experts in every area of the media.
He has hosted and interviewed over 2,000 celebrities
internationally as celebrity correspondent for Entertainment Tonight,
series co-host for Mid-Morning L.A., host/producer/owner of 675 in-depth
TV celebrity talk shows with guests including Robin Williams, Jerry
Seinfeld, and Sophia Loren, as well as legendary directors, writers and
producers. As an actor he’s co-starred in films with Michelle Pfeiffer,
Goldie Hawn, and Sir Peter Ustinov, movies directed by Sidney Pointier
and Gil Cates, guest starred on many TV shows. He is currently in pre-
production for a staged reading for his new comedy screenplay.
Find out more about Paul Ryan at: http://www.paulryanproductions.com

Who do think you are?

I am a child of God, made in the image and likeness of God, God loving
itself so much that it duplicated itself as me. And I feel that my purpose
is to accept fully who I am on the deepest possible level. If there were
one word that I hope described Paul Ryan, a.k.a. Bernard Paul Feldman,
it would be joy. My life is really about me being in my joy and sharing it
unconditionally with others. That’s the playing field I like to live in and
on. I’m very turned on to performing in the arts. I love the creativity of
the entertainment industry, the arena of laughter, making people laugh,
and spreading joy. I feel a sense of accomplishment from writing my