Danner and I chatted out on the mansions drivewayduring the 12-hour shoot for the season 23 premiere.
And a show I was on was on hiatus, the UPN showAbbywith Sidney Poitiers daughter.
I have a bunch of old cars and my own tools.
Big Paulie FTW!.Credit: Paul Danner/Instagram
I started doing that and met some production managers and people who liked me.
The next show I did I met [producer] Monica Stock.
She got moved over here toThe Bachelor, and she brought me with her.
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I started as a PA [production assistant].
So producers would come up and say, Hey, were gonna do this date.
Do you mind being the butler?
Id be like, Yeah, itd be fun!
So theyd rent me a suit and Id come wait on people, open doors.
Or Do you want to be the bartender?
Well mix some martinis.
Hed tell me, You know, Paulie, you picked the one genre where we dont use actors!
I get more airtime being myself than I ever did when I was acting, which is amazing.
Ive seen you on TV!
She didnt want to leave.
She locked herself in the bathroom I heard that you actually had to kick the door in?Yes.
[Laughs] They told me, Go for it!
I got the door open and we walked her out.
With a few people weve done that.
That was the most serious at the time, where I feared for Chris [Harrison].
I was outside the door ready to go in.
[The contestants] know me now.
If [the producers] send me into a room, they instantly stop.
Once they see me, they mellow out.
I dont put anybody down or anything.
I just say, These are the facts, and this is how its going to happen.
If theyre yelling and swearing at you, you just take it and stay calm.
But serving as informal security is just a small fraction of your job as stage manager.Yeah.
Do you see any potential troublemakers in this group of women tonight?Well, not yet.
Its hard to tell on night one.
