We recently connected with Jimmy Star and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Jimmy thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Looking back, do you think you started your business at the right time? Do you wish you had started sooner or later?
I would have loved to start my three main businesses much earlier in life. I am a publicist, have been working as a publicist for the past 7 years, and wish I had the idea to become one in my twenties instead of my fifties. Having been named the best entertainment publicist in the United States, I am very happy with my success but would have loved to have done it many years ago….
This also goes for my webshow, The Jimmy Star Show With Ron Russell….we are currently in our 17th year, we were doing our show before the term podcast existed. We recently broke 1 billion streams, and are fortunate to be able to interview the coolest celebrities on the planet in music, film and television.
I have been producing movies regularly for the last 20 years, but would have loved to start in my 20’s as it is an amazing career with tons of highs and lows, but super exciting and I started doing it at the end of my career as a celebrity clothing designer.
Jimmy , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Jimmy Star has 44 years experience working in the TV/Film industry in many capacities including actor, director, producer, writer, costume designer and publicist. He has worked on 245 titles, 43 of them as producer/associate producer and 160 as an actor.
He is #5 on the lists of actors who have been in the most billion dollar movies.
Jimmy Star is a publicist at World Star PR, and was named the Best Entertainment Publicist in the United States, working with filmmakers, actors, writers, musicians, singers, directors, authors and bands, many of which are extremely well known in the entertainment industry.
Jimmy Star is a social media expert, with a following over 1,200,000 followers strong, as well as an entertainment blogger, whose website https://www.jimmystarsworld.com is ranked #39 of the top 100 entertainment websites in the world.
He also hosts The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell, the top webshow in the world, interviewing celebrity guests in all areas of entertainment. The show just broke 1 Billion Streams, and is popular all around the world. The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell was named the 10th Best Celebrity Interview Show in the World.
Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?
In the 90’s and early 2000’s I was a celebrity clothing designer with two showrooms in South Florida. I did costume design for films, and dressed rock stars and tv/movie stars. The government illegally took over my showroom through Eminent Domain, which is the process where the government can take your property for the public good and they are supposed to pay you for you property and the money invested in it. I lost over $4 million dollars through the crooked transaction and had to give up being a clothing designer and turned to hosting a podcast/webshow that is the #1 webshow in the world and I became a publicist and movie producer. I love what I am doing now, but miss being a clothing designer as I was really good at it….
How’d you meet your business partner?
I met NY Times Best-Selling Author Eileen Shapiro when she was a guest on The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell. She was promoting a new book she had written. We went on a ghost hunt at an abandoned Psychiatric Hospital with a pop star and a medium. We all met through a publicist, and had a great time. When the day was over she called me and asked if other publicists contact me for help getting press for their clients. I said everyday….we decided to start our own PR Firm and within a week we had 10 clients. It has been an amazing journey and we are growing every year. I love it.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.jimmystarsworld.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmystar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimmystar
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmystar/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJimmyStar
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4YHf0F7e1oRiqhJCl3uDkg
- Other: Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@jimmystaristheshit