Peter Lawson Jones of ‘My Name Is Otto’ On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Entertainment Industry

Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine
Published in
14 min readMar 3, 2023

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… Learn from, but don’t dwell on your auditions and performances. Although it is critically important that, whatever the endeavor, we take a moment to assess our performance and identify any mistakes we may have made so as not to repeat them, it is counterproductive to agonize or obsess over whatever errors were committed. We’re all fallible. Even the most successful actors have their audition and performance horror stories.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Lawson Jones. Peter Lawson Jones is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor and master of ceremonies, dramatist and former elected official and is currently starring opposite Tom Hanks as Reuben in the critically acclaimed feature Film from Columbia Pictures titled A Man Called Otto.

From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its

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Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine

A “Positive” Influencer, Founder & Editor of Authority Magazine, CEO of Thought Leader Incubator