A VETERAN celebrity consultant who has worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to George Clooney has revealed what all A-listers have in common.
Scott Savlov began his career in the 1960s as a 16-year-old interviewing NBA players for a local radio station near his home in New Jersey.
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The 60-year-old later struck up a fruitful partnership with Hollywood legend Milton Berle – which put him in touch with Frank Sinatra and other members of the Rat Pack.
Scott went on to work as a TV producer on various sports and entertainment shows, creating more than 275 hours of television, including Celebrity Bucket List.
This work brought him into contact with stars including George Clooney, One Direction’s Niall Horan, and former England rugby star Mike Tindall through his work on the Ryder Cup Celebrity Matches.
He has since used his illustrious contact book to create the podcast The Path Here, where he grills A-listers on their lives and what motivates them.
“When you see the talent you know it,” he explained.
“And there is an ever-present supply of talent that is constantly being refreshed.
“It’s fantastic when you see these people and they are nice and polite and have this thirst to push themselves and achieve the most they can in their chosen field.
“That is what keeps me coming back and has kept me working for all these years.
“There are some tremendously talented artists out there – I’m thinking the likes of Harry Styles – who have this aura around them.
“They are a joy to be around and make you want to do your best and try and emulate them.
“They are what makes me want to fade in rather than fade out.”
Recent interviews that Scott has conducted on his podcast include Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham, Jamie Dornan – who played Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey – and Malcolm in the Middle actor Frankie Muniz.
Speaking to him, Graham – who shot to fame playing the role of Bonnie Bennett in Vampire Diaries – disclosed that she had been a victim of racism during her acting career.
Despite this, she has always “focused on the positive” and taken everything she could from her time on the show, which was broadcast on The CW and produced by Warner Bros.
“With any big company and any big machine there are great people and there are crappy people,” she explained.
“This idea that I am going to take down the entire thing that has brought me so much closer to who I am through the good and the bad is just silly.
“And anyone who has wronged me, or treated me a certain way or has behaved a certain way publicly it has also come back to bite them – I don’t need to teach anyone a lesson publicly.”
She said that there were people who worked there who “championed” her while others “weren’t interested in what the Black voice has to say.”
Since the show finished in 2017, Graham has “just focused on the positive” and used the experience – both good and bad – to grow.
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