Morning Goods: Robert Christopher Riley (VH1's Hit The Floor)
Your Morning Goods Robert Christopher Riley from Vh1's Hit The Floor. Here’s a little info on the actor. Before Hit The Floor Riley was Terrence Howard’s understudy in the all-Black Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In Howard’s absence, Riley worked alongside legendary actor James Earl Jones.
“I had many conversations with James,” Riley muses. “He told me to keep working as long as I can, whether it’s stage, TV, or film, because I’m supposed to be doing this.”
Lombardi recently celebrated its 200th performance and is generating plenty of Tony Awards buzz (nominations will be announced May 3). We caught up with the charismatic thespian somewhere between his morning guitar session and afternoon yoga class.
REFLECTIONS: Hometown: Brooklyn, NY * Creds: Graduated with an MFA in acting from Ohio University * First job: I played Cory in Fences for six months during a three-city tour. * Advice he would have given himself 10 years ago: Give ‘em no mercy. You are even better than they think. * What keeps him up at night: Fear of not doing everything I’m capable of. * Three people he’d have over to dinner: Lao Tse (author of Tao Te Ching) Muhammad Ali, and Jack Johnson.* Words to live by: Believe in yourself…why not you?
DIVERSIONS: Reading now: 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, for the second time. * Reading next: Satchel, Satchel Paige’s definitive biography. * Last fun purchase: A pair of classic white Mexico ’66 Onitsuka Tiger by Asics sneakers from Zappos.com. They’re sweet! * Recently discovered: Some new ab exercises courtesy of Mensfitness.com and my buddy Mike Fitch at Globalbodyweighttraining.com.
PLAYING FAVORITES: Hotel: Shore Club, Miami * Getaway: Somewhere sunny and quiet. * Entree: Chicken Roti from Topaze restaurant in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. * Drink: Ketel One with a couple of rocks and two slices of lime. *
Guilty pleasure: Women.
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