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Justify This: A Career Without Compromise
“I’ve played serial killers, rapists, racists, Klansmen, sexual harassers, thieves—I mean, let’s face it. I’ve played a LOT of Democrats.” —Nick Searcy
In Justify This, veteran character actor Nick Searcy takes you through his wide-ranging career, from both sides of the camera as an actor and director, to guest-hosting for Rush Limbaugh, managing a professional wrestler, co-starring in the hit show Justified—and somehow continuing to work in Hollywood even AFTER he went to Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
Director of The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer and producer/star of the seminal documentary about January 6, Capitol Punishment, Nick’s story of following his heart to become a professional actor and following his conscience and faith to stand up for what he believed—even though it might have cost him the career he built—will be an inspiration to you—and make you laugh along the way.
Actor, director, producer, writer, wrestling manager, guest columnist, stand-up comic, filmmaker, and one of the meanest Twitter people ever, Nick Searcy is a unique voice of common sense in today’s culture.
In Justify This, veteran character actor Nick Searcy takes you through his wide-ranging career, from both sides of the camera as an actor and director, to guest-hosting for Rush Limbaugh, managing a professional wrestler, co-starring in the hit show Justified—and somehow continuing to work in Hollywood even AFTER he went to Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
Director of The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer and producer/star of the seminal documentary about January 6, Capitol Punishment, Nick’s story of following his heart to become a professional actor and following his conscience and faith to stand up for what he believed—even though it might have cost him the career he built—will be an inspiration to you—and make you laugh along the way.
Actor, director, producer, writer, wrestling manager, guest columnist, stand-up comic, filmmaker, and one of the meanest Twitter people ever, Nick Searcy is a unique voice of common sense in today’s culture.
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Published May 28, 2024
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August 16, 2024
The author's bravery and sense of humor in expressing his beliefs is awesome. The writer's experiences in entetainment industry revealed much about those involved in show business. Found out about this book on the Sebastian Gorka talk radio show.
June 7, 2024
Fantastic biography of a Peabody award winner seldom seen in our time
One little known secret I took away from this book: Nick actually sat in for Rush Limbaugh December 27, 2017.
One little known secret I took away from this book: Nick actually sat in for Rush Limbaugh December 27, 2017.
March 31, 2025
Closer to a 3.5 than a 3. I assume 90% of the people who pick this book up are fans of the tv show Justified. That's me, also. Aside from that, though I've seen Searcy in about a dozen movies he didn't really leave an impact on me in any of them. He's great in Justified though (everybody on that show is fantastic).
So what you get here is probably 65% his career, family, and work. The other 35% was a surprise to me, but Searcy is a hard core Pro-Trump Republican. He writes a lot about that, including his evidence that the January 6th folks were basically framed by the left and are being held by political prisoners and that Hollywood is basically in a new McCarthyism where it's open season on all Republicans. Depending on if you're willing to listen to somebody talk about Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and others with affection will determine how much you can enjoy this book.
For me, I didn't have much of a problem with it as with anything there's two sides to a story and there's always some gray area in between. His January 6th theories definitely made him lose some credibility in my eyes though, if only because of his limited understanding of the criminal justice system which he shared with the confidence of an expert on the subject (sorry Mr. Searcy... let's just say your view from the outside is not entirely accurate).
So what you get here is probably 65% his career, family, and work. The other 35% was a surprise to me, but Searcy is a hard core Pro-Trump Republican. He writes a lot about that, including his evidence that the January 6th folks were basically framed by the left and are being held by political prisoners and that Hollywood is basically in a new McCarthyism where it's open season on all Republicans. Depending on if you're willing to listen to somebody talk about Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and others with affection will determine how much you can enjoy this book.
For me, I didn't have much of a problem with it as with anything there's two sides to a story and there's always some gray area in between. His January 6th theories definitely made him lose some credibility in my eyes though, if only because of his limited understanding of the criminal justice system which he shared with the confidence of an expert on the subject (sorry Mr. Searcy... let's just say your view from the outside is not entirely accurate).
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