August 2, 2021 • 48 mins
It usually takes an actor 4 to 5 years to scratch the surface and make a mark in Hollywood. Maya Stojan was told she had literally one year to make it as an actor, or get deported. As an immigrant without the proper credentials, she tells America's Podcaster, Kurt Caceres, how she kept losing jobs she was chosen for, because she didn't yet have the proper work papers. But she hustled, found creative and bold ways to get seen, crashed auditions, and was downright relentless. She is the perfect example of a child who was extremely shy and introverted, who used the craft of acting to break free from those constraints and find confidence in herself. As a recurring character on shows like CASTLE and AGENTS of SHIELD, she tells us that it's integral to love the audition process. It must be seen as a chance to perform, have fun, explore and create. Those who look at the audition process as a chore or a nuisance, most often will never find success in the business.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please take yourseats. The show is about to begin.
Going into the pod. We're doingthis. Oh my gosh, we're
right in here. Alright, alright, alright, three two one. Welcome
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to What's Your Name Again? Thepodcast. This is America's podcaster Kirkus Sarah's
coming at you. This is amazing. We've been sitting here for a while,
this kind of yapping with people talking. We have some people's show up
late, so we had a lotof efforts. Yeah, if you're if
you're only listening, Jeremy's pointing athimself. Oh and I just said so.
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Speaking of which, we have oneof my co hosts today, we
have Jeremy Gobra. What's that game? Oh my god, you guys are
killing my soundboard over here, blowingthat green up to the raid. But
yeah, look at that all theway. So then we got Jeremy here.
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Of course, everybody who's a fanof both shows will calling this one
knows Jeremy because he's one of myfavorites. Got such amazing energy. He
always comes in making people laugh.Everyone loves in. His energy is infects
us Man just loved him having here, So do it's a pleasure once again.
Jeremy Gobreath and next to him comingin and one hundred and twenty pounds
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from the Caribbean in the middle ofthe ocean. Now, this guy,
I've known him since the nineties.Man, he's one of the few last
remaining people in the city of LosAngeles who is still here being an artist
that hasn't moved away to do somethingnormal in life, still doing it,
still fighting, still hustling. Hisname is Lauren Hughes, but most people
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know him as Lonnie. I foundout because I guess all that go as
far back, because I do stillcall mourn, but he goes by Son.
So he is an amazing actor anddancer and artist. He's one of
the most like this guy. He'sone of those guys that thinks so far
outside the box creatively, whether it'sdance or doing a scene on stage anything.
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He's got that physique to him though. I immediately he had to be
in the dancing Yeah, yeah,like the way you hold yourself. I'm
all slouched over, like molded intothe mic. He's over here like yeah,
look at his posture, and Jeremy'slike, I'm like, I'm ready
for the barbecue. But Lauren here, so we don't we don't talk that
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much every once while on the phoneand everything. But I ran into him
on a hike the other day andwe stopped for like two minutes and talked,
and I thought, oh my gosh, perfect coast. He's intelligent,
he's artistic, he's got a greatpersonality, and he's perfect for the camera.
So welcome Lauren. It's It's andcoming in from Geneva, Switzerland,
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our guest today. Look at that. Look at the camera just shaken again
then again check it out. Youlook at that. He's smart because now
he's gonna have the SHOT's gonna beon you. You know, that's a
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little hint for everybody listening for actors, and you probably know this, like
I'll always mess up my master shotsand my father shots. I won't do
them as good. So that myclose up you get if you do your
best take on your close up,that's the one that wink, wink and
hint for everybody. Speaking of actors, we have here in the studio pleasantly
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introduced and referred by Jeremy over here. And she got here early, which
was amazing because so like the doorbellsringing, and there's a pounding on the
front door, and I'm like,what the hell's going on over here?
And I'm like, I'm still likewith my shorts on, shirts off,
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I'm like mopping the floor, cleaningup because I don't have a crew that
professional here. And I opened thedoor and this beautiful one I'm staying there
with this orange dress. I'm like, can I help you? Um,
she's a high I'm here for thepodcast. Oh, yes you are.
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We don't do a podcast here,but you can come on in. And
she says, can I help youclean? She starts offering to help clean?
Yet we have from Geneva, Switzerland, Maya st Yeah, I forgot
to ask you ahead of time.Can you put you the first Maya?
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But now Maya's and Clever? Myhusband will tell me if I don't know.
I always told that his name wasClever. No clever, Yeah,
I know. I got a littlebit clever, and honestly the early I
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happened to be early everywhere I go. And it's just the Swiss girl in
me. You know, Swiss watches. We're always on top. We can't
help it. We're so so Swissgirls for that. Yeah, always on
top. Early. She was sokindness. She comes in, say she
puts her clean, but I'm justrelax. It's cool seeing me many times
running around when jeans, trying topick the right shirt because she got early.
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I thought we said three dirty,Okay, give me five timid.
Yeah, why's not even dressed yet? Yeah, she's like, didn't Jeremy
tell you? I'm like nothing,So maya welcome, thank you? So
this is this is incredible. She'sgot great energy, she's super beautiful.
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For those of you who are listening, you're going to definitely want to watch
this episode because I think, like, honestly, I'm not even going to
edit our angles. The whole showis going to be on her Like this
the easiest editing job ever. Oneshot, Yeah, one shot, Just
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turn off the other camera. Youcan't tell who we are by our voices.
Yeah, yeah you're watching so umso you your father was from the
Czech Republic, yes, and thenyour mother is Sri Lanka from that.
That is first of all, themost I thought I was from a crazy
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como because my dad's German and mymom was Mexican and my dad's like six
four my mom's like four or four. Wow, she's not that short,
but like it's like when they togetherand look, it looks like that.
So and he's super he looks likeEric Clapton, and then my mom is
super dark. It's just totally likeyours. Yeah, very similar. I
mean I saw a picture that youposted of your mom younger with wearing a
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y Now I know where you gotyour looks. She'll have to listen to
this. Yeah, yeah, mama, the cussing comes later, so she
probably turn it off forgive me anadvance, Yeah, Texas guy. So,
um, so, how did theymeet? That's a oh my goodness.
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My parents they met in Switzerland andthey my dad saw her from across
the room, and I'm pretty surethat's how it happened. They both have
different stories, but you know,there's there's the truth somewhere out there.
But anyway, saw her from acrossthe room. They played squash that day,
and little did my dad know isthat my mom is actually a squash
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player, Like she's an expert.She's so good. And my dad thought,
this little not going to be ableto U. But anyway, just
like, my mom just beat himcompletely, like yeah, and then she
went back for a second date.Well, she felt kind of bad.
So my dad was like, well, you can make it up to me,
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and you know, I can takeyou out to dinner. And then
something like two weeks later, heproposed and she said no, and she
said no, and she said noa few times. But then he came
back from a trip I can't rememberexactly what trip, but wrote down inside
this coat that he was going togive to her his first name and sorry,
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her first name and his last name, and he was like, if
you want the code, you're gonnahave to marry me. She said yes,
She said yes to the coach.They I think she just gave it
away, which I was so mad, but they they've been married for now
close to forty years, so freakingcool. Man, Yeah, that's awesome.
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And my parents have been married fiftythree and like, yeah, well
that's I've never been married because andI'm like, I'm not gonna just try
divorce, try divorce. It's likeright. So that is fantastic that they
met like that, because I havea story similar. I met this girl
all years ago and and and weI found out she played tennis and I'm
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pretty good at it, and she'son I played tennis too, and that
was our first day, so weshould go play tennis. And she was
a member of this country club andwe go up there and she whooped my
ass. I was running around likeand then no jokes. She never called
me again. What I wasn't Ireally think that a lot of day that
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was our day. We didn't geta chance to really talk outside there.
She's the one who was there,was in traction at first, but literally
because the tennis for it was greatto hear this story that because the cricket,
it's still worked out. Yeah,I guess, I guess he likes
a strong squash. They love cricket. I was thinking, like I was
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thinking out there, they love crickettoo, So yeah, but he got
squashed. Okay. So anyway,so you're an actor, and that's this
show for everybody who's listening, it'sit's it's about the entertainment business, but
it's about helping people understand the businesswho are not in it, for people
who are trying to get in itor just starting to understand how to get
and have fine success. So Ilike to bring people on who have had
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success, and you have now.So you recurred on Castle many many,
many episodes. You recurred on Agentsof Shield and on Castle. We have
a very close well, you workedwith somebody who's one of my really close
friends, John Hortas, and soyeah, and John is awesome. He
was on the show such a funnydude. Did you guys do a lot
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of scene together? Ever? Wedid? We did. He there was
one episode actually where I just couldnot look at him because he made me
laugh. Him and Nathan Nathan's theyea Nathan Yeah, and also seems shamous.
Yeah, a little. Well.I had a few scenes, but
I had a lot of scenes withJohn. There was like kind of some
to me, yeah, maybe wewere gonna end up. But I could
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barely look at John because he justwould it would be my take and he
just like, you know, crosshis eyes or that's him. Hilarious because
he told me. Because they didso many years, and when you're on
the show for so long, that'sgreat because some actors that you work across
can be so serious and you're like, oh my gosh, this person's no
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they were hilarious, and my characterwas so serious. I had to you
know, I was a lot Therewas a lot of exposition, like talking
about you know, the IP ofthis station and all tech like tech.
Yeah, yea in their headquarters techright, Like what was my title?
Yeah? I just uh, Iwas a detective, but I was all
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about the tech. Oh wow.But it was amazing for me to be
scrolling through the TV and now Iknow Sissy is not my little sister.
I like no. And then theCEO TV was she did so well?
It's like, I don't recognize that. Who is that? That was?
How well she was? Like,I didn't see herror, I saw the
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toll of the character. And tome, that's powerful. To actor,
that's proba. And I agree becauseI watched your real and I watched a
bunch of clips that I found online, and you are really good, which
is great because some people I justcan't even say anything, you know,
right, You can't. You can'tlie to somebody and say they're good when
they're not. You just don't sayanything. Yeah. Cool, Um,
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Well thanks, Your work is soyour works really like, you're really good
at it. So everybody always wantsto know this question, and we're gonna
we're gonna ask it because it's justthe question. Everyone always wants to know.
How'd you fall into acting? Doyou always get that how'd you fall
into acting? So how the becauseeveryone's got a different story, So how
did you? How did it happenfor you? You know, I was
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I was extremely shy, and Isuffered from OCD. Different type of your
OCD, terremy, his phone ison the table. Different. It's strange.
No, I'm I'm I had severeOCD being younger, and and um
also anxiety and just just yeah,it was pretty shy and my mom thought
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it would be a good idea forme to go into theater. And I
was like, oh god, yeah, well just to open me up and
to like, you know, justjust I was maybe thirteen years old,
so just obviously not high stakes.But um, I remember playing this bird
that was my first role, andI had a mask on. I was
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this giant green bird and everyone elsehad lines and they were seen and I
remember being underneath this bird mask andit was you know, we ended up
doing a performance in front of parentsand everything, and then I just thought
to myself, I was like,I couldn't do this, and and yeah,
like I wanted to be seen somehowwhile I was on stage, and
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I you know, I was justa bird. I didn't have any lines
or I like that you're saying this. And I know we were joking about
it, but this is actually importantpeople listening, because there's a lot of
kids out there who were super shy. I honestly was one of them,
believe it or not. I wasthe way the same way because of what
I grew up around the neighborhood.I was very introverted, super shy like
you. And then the same thinghappened. I got into the arts,
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but it was an accident, butthen all of a sudden busted me out.
Yeah, and the same thing itwas like and but a funny thing
instead of a bird. My firstjob was a dead body something. And
how do you do this? Youjust hold? Do you take short little
breaths? Do you guys know thatI hold my stomach? Do you guys
know the technique stomach? There's somany different techniques. It just depends on
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you basically. If it's really hard, yes, it's And the worst thing
was I've done a show. Idid a show one time where I do
a fight scene for like fifteen minutesand then I die after fifty minutes of
cardio. You know, hard,It was like hold it like it was
so hard. I'm like this,but but don't you have more respect for
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Broadway with there running and dancing andsinging like a like at the amazing to
me listen, it's you have tobe so meditative. Oh yeah as an
actor. Yeah, and I meanI danced professionally, so it was constantly
like you know, you have tolook make it look like it was easy,
and some things are not easy whenyou like when you open your toe,
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when you when you're jumping around,when you're throwing someone, lifting someone
off your back, you know.And it's the same thing with acting.
You know, I have about abird? How about a bird? I
mean I was sweating, I stillremember, but yeah, I mean and
absolutely. I think a lot ofpeople have this misconception that actors are really
outgoing and loud and they have toget attention all of that, But it's
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also an opportunity to create something otherthan yourself. So if you are extremely
shy, then you get to sortof step out of your own obstacles and
your own boundaries and just do somethingthat's saying, that's outside of the norm.
That'll make you feel more alive.Thank you, because I wonder if
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I bet there's a lot of youngpeople out there who think I can never
do them too shy, but yourproof that gives them a chance to come
out of that box. Yes,And so so take the leap, those
of you listening or you know,somebody, because it actually could get rid
of the shyness, pull away thatveil on that blanket, and open up
a whole new thing. What Ifind interesting, though, is that you
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will under this shell sort of speak. So you're on stage, no one
really did anyone get to see yourface now never? And so what I
wonder if that had something to dowith it in some sense? You're there,
You're like, wow, I'm abird. No one can see who
I am? Right, I wonderif I could do it again? Yea,
and for them to get to seewho I am, you know what
I'm saying. So I wonder ifthat had something absolutely And I think,
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you know, I mean, maybesome kids can relate, but we're braver
than we think. I think.And you know, I would have never
imagined in a million years that alittle girl from Switzerland would come to Hollywood.
But he was a dream of mine, and especially with OCD, with
anxiety and and all those things,but at the end of the day,
it's just one step in front ofthe other and somehow it just it can
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fall into place if you just dowhat you love. So so starting from
the bird, and then you kindof knew follow that I'm here exactly the
bluebird flew, then what it wasa greenbird? Is that? Is that
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a password or something? Is that? Liked? There you go? And
so then you went to college zonedid theater right? Yes? So that
I still I still don't know howmy mom knew. So I, you
know, only spoke French. Imean, my mom spoke to us in
English, me and my sister,but I didn't study in English until I
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was fifteen, and my mom justhad this sixth sense of just putting me
into international school. My sister didn't, but she just knew that I had.
I was more of an art maybebecause I didn't get the best grades.
I don't know, but I did. I did get good grades,
but she just she just somehow knewthat I was going to do something sort
of out of the norm. Soshe just put me in this school.
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And then she was the one thateven wrote my applications for college. I
don't yeah, I don't even knowif I'm supposed to say this, because
who knows a kind of trouble.But but I didn't, you know,
I didn't have the writing skills yetin English to be able to submit myself.
But she just she worked so hardto put me, like to just
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submit me to all these different collegesand and somehow you're supposed to do is
like help us. I mean,yeah, yeah, parent, like there's
nothing you want to do for yourkids, so like they'll go overboard.
But what I'm amazed by is thatyou didn't really start studying in this fully
until fifteen. Yeah. No,I have no accent. I mean,
that's that's what we do, right, I mean, my real accent is
probably more British or French or Andit's amazing when you meet her parents.
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Her mom still has her accent.My FaceTime, my mom, I go
full British and her dad still hashis too, So it's amazing like she
she doesn't have it because they hardcorestill have theirs. Now, can you
do both their accents if you hadto play a role. I could do
my mom for sure. My dadhas an accent that even the best voiceover
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actors couldn't do it. And I'veasked, I've asked like really good actors
to try and mimic my dad,but they cannot. Very unique. It's
a mix of check, German,French. I mean, he speaks a
bunch of different Yeah, but yeah, it's it's I remember when we would
go out to dinner when they wouldcome to town, and we'd always have
a dinner when they would come intown, was like, all right,
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we're gonna go out with the dinnerwith the one night, no matter when
they came, we always had dinneror mom bops and her dad. When
he would talk, you just likeit was so unique that you you never
heard it Australia's talking. It's verycalming or or you're like, oh it's
very captivating. But it was veryunique that you just count you listen to
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everywhere they to say because it wasjust like, yeah, I also to
understand him, I'm sure, buthe Yeah, he's a very special individual
and he too is like a fullon artist, very you know. Oh
great. Yeah. So that's whyyou have your essence as per se and
your look. It's because you've agreat mix. I mean, you really
have a great mix there of youknow, culture and you know, I
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diverse. Look, you know,because they look they look different, totally
opposites. I've seen pictures of both, and but put that together and out
came the bird too. I reallyhope that's the future though. I really
hope that the more people blend,the more they unity. Yeah, you
know, you came to Hollywood.I came to Hollywood and then and so
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I that's another thing. I wouldlike to think, when was that moment
then you were like, I'm goingto hollywoods I'm going. I don't even
know that. I had a momentbecause I was going to get deported.
So I seriously I had a yearto make my mark, and then I
had to go home and everyone,you know, back home, they were
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like, it's just a phase.She wants to be an actress, YadA
YadA, um, and I sortof, I don't know, Like I'm
very driven, like seely driven.I don't let it show, but I
work harder than anyone and I knowthat. Um. But I just figured,
Okay, I have a year.What am I going to do?
And I I don't know. Istill don't know till this day how I'm
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still here because every year was justagonizing pain, in my stomach, thinking
I was going to get deported,getting denied old one visas, then trying
an E two visa, then anotherold one then and so for whoever that's
crazy, is like Hollywood's hard enoughas it is. I don't have all
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my papers, but I'm trying tohide while trying to like be an actor.
But I want to hear from peoplelistening. Yeah, no, where
was your hustle when you got toLA. Since you're such a hard worker,
what what did you do? Idid a lot of crazy things,
but like one of them was usedto aren't crazy, don't make it right,
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you gotta be. I used togo sit at the LA Film School
in the hallways where they were auditioningfor student films, and they still need
you still required an appointment and agents. But I would just sit there and
see like girls looking like me,and then I would learn the script on
the spot and then go in thereand I booked maybe two or three jobs
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like that. But appointment, no, they were like, oh, we
don't see you on the Yeah,don't do it these days these days it's
just problem. But but it wasalso student films, it was short films,
and they probably you know, Ishowed up prepared and looking good,
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and then you know, I lovethat brought up because that's an old term
that doesn't really exist anymore. Iused to crash commercial auditions all the time
because there were so many people,Right, you can't theatrical you can as
much because you know, if youfit the bill, you could do anything.
Yeah, but now it's harder becausenow but even student film, maybe
there's there's always a way, AndI really do believe that, and you
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have to. Even just recently,there was a movie that I auditioned for
and after auditioning, I was like, I don't look up the director.
I'm gonna leave him an insta videojust saying like, hey, thanks for
having me. And that's crazy.You don't do that? Yeah you know?
Or do you? I don't know, but it worked and I got
the job. But this is Ijust want to summing up for Sissy is
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when I met her. There's peopleyou meet in your life that you say,
this person's gonna pack up and gohome in two two years, they're
gonna say, oh I tried it, I go home. When I met
her and I saw her her dedication, her ambition, and I saw that
she had, she had a goal. She can't here for a reason.
She didn't just move here and justfor fun, just to play around for
two years, a goal. SheI just knew where she was going to
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end up. And then for meto see what I already knew that she
was working and got there, itwas like she it's it's a personality.
Either have it or you don't.She had, She had it and I
saw that, and I always toldyou, it's like Sizzy, you're gonna
just keep going. You're gonna andit's awesome to see and love that.
I just don't believe in. Ifyou really love what you do, then
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there's no giving up, right,you don't have to give up and saying
that. What was your biggest challenge? Honestly, probably the fact that I
was an immigrant? Um that wasthat was I lost many jobs. So
just the pain of that of knowingthat an American can get it because they
were born here, but I waschosen to get it and then they had
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to take it away. I couldn'thire you because you well and I thought
I did. So it wasn't likeI went there thinking like they're gonna make
give me my papers if I bookedthe job. I thought I had the
right paperwork, but it required justso much more than you can even imagine.
So whoever's out there that you know, just get informed, know exactly
(25:55):
what you need. But now Ihave my green card, thankfully. And
I didn't get it by getting marriedto an American. I gotta beforehand,
and that was the point. Ihad the option to get married for my
you know, like people do itall the time, but it wasn't the
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way I wanted to do it,to do it the right way, because
now you feel better about yourself becauseyou did it by hard work. If
you were just married some bloke,And yeah, I feel like that wasn't
her. It's not her style.She wanted to earn it and she did.
Yes. So so then so thenspeaking of that, you you came
here, and I want to goback to something you said. I don't
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want people to think, don't docrazy things, because what gets you ahead
in this business. The reason whyI made it is because I did crazy
things. I did. Think Iwas the work ethic thing. And I
still tell people today, you've gotto have it. You don't just sit
around. It doesn't happen. Isee it all the time is I would
be on a Saturday, Friday,Saturday nights, I would be at home
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studying doing something I think, figuringout ways to get hey while all my
friends were out. When I firststarted, I would always be thinking of
new ways to get indoors like youdid. That's sitting in the hallway thing.
That's not outlandish. You have todo those type of things to make
it in this town. You can'tjust sit here try to find an agent
and go audition. You've got todo the things that are outside the box,
(27:18):
because outside the box is what worksin the Hollywood. And so what
else did you do besides things likethat? Help let us know some other
things? Oh my gosh, Well, you know, I was lucky to
meet incredible people like Jeremy, mybrother, because it is unfortunately and unfortunately
who you know and how you areremembered by, you know, like you
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meeting me and saying that I amclassy, Like that's the biggest compliment.
I don't want to be remembered forbeing beautiful or for like I'd rather be
remembered for having your race and youknow, and and and those are the
things. If people remember me forbeing punctual, for working hard, for
being good on set. That's waymore important than you know, anything physical.
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And of course talent is a lot, but it's not everything. There
are a lot of talented people.Um And yes, I'm always in an
acting class, like I've never notbeen in one. And some people believe
in them, some people people don't. But I just think it's a gym.
Gotta do it. And I said, I love being of service.
I love people putting, putting otherpeople on tape, making sure that I'm
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also there for others that need tobook jobs, because that's just good karma
all around. Yeah, you're notjust being selfish, You're you're you're going
back and forth. Yeah, you'regiving, you're receiving, your giving and
receive. But she's a she's abig giver. And this is something as
we'll say to you, because whenyou watch someone elevating their career and in
their their life and their their famisup. Sometimes their career can suck them
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totally out so they don't have timefor their family. And I've seen it,
I've had you know, many forthe family have lost to that side
that they're too busy for you.And during her her steps of climbing and
getting to where she she wanted tobe. No matter where she was,
what she had going on, whethershe was doing a Castle, whether she
was doing Shield or all ther amazingother shows she's done, she always made
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time to come by and say hifor thirty minutes an hour check it on
us, even if it was likejust to sit down and say I love
you guys, I miss y'all.She never not never, never stopped by.
She always came by. And tome, that's big because I've been
here twenty years and I've seen theopposite side of that. Yes, but
that's who she is. She makestime for the one she loves. But
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but but it worked in reverse herebecause I heard too she was having enough
tough, tough day on set whenshe was doing background and you him,
being the empathetic guy, you werefine, and You're like, is there
anything wrong? Going to help youout? And saw you remind me of
my ex? Yeah, and Isaid the name, and I was like,
(30:02):
oh shit, yeah. But alsoI mean, and that being said,
that's a testament to who you are. Because I don't make time for
just anyone. I'm very precious withmy time, and I think that's important
in this town because we can justget so quick to just get wrapped out
their parties or even just social settings. That yeah, right out of clock.
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Yeah. And it's not about whatpeople can do for you, it's
what do people bring to you,Like what is the energy, what is
the energy behind it. I don'tneed to hang out with other actors or
directors or yeah, but people thatjust vibe with me, that are driven
that you are the five people youhang out and so I think that's super
important. And so so many peoplein this town spread themselves to things as
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they think they have to. Ihave to go to this party, have
to be friends with this person,I have to go to this club,
I have to go to this event. Oh my gods, I have to
call this person. They and allof a sudden they have no substance because
they've trying to be friends with everybodyinstead of finding a nice core group.
Totally. That that's what me toostrong. If you're surrounded by that,
you know when it's coming to um. I went to New York after I
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left the Virgin Islands, and mygrandmother said, I know you want to
go get something, Lonnie, butdon't forget you gotta go give something,
and you strike me as that typeof woman, you know, and ethics
and going back to that word,class does not come when you're like gimme,
gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, because eventually someone sees you come
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in and they walk to other way. So all the people out there,
the one thing that I that I'maware of, it's like you will only
get there when you show up withyou to give something. That's a squeaky
chair. That was it. Itadded to your words. I was like,
yes, well there you go.No, that's all I believe in.
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And now for eight years and I'mnot saying this to you know,
toot my own horn or whatever,but for eight or nine years now,
I've been working at the midnight missionvery closely with almost commune at ease,
and I think just giving back forno reason, for nothing in return like
that, I wake up every morningand I think, how can I serve?
I have a question about that becauseI saw somewhere that you said that
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you do do you teach them yogaor yeah? So basically actually show up.
I just did it today. Well, they're forced two in a sense
because they have certain hours that theyneed to do. But um so,
it's basically in the gym inside theMidnight Mission. And for you, those
of you who are interested in theMidnight Mission is an incredible recovery program.
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And so down there's one. Themain one is down downtown because I go
there once ver a few months.My buddy and I will load up the
back of his suv, will goto nine cent store and just fill it
with like everything, and then we'llpull up in front and they'll all gather
around us and they're like, andwe're handing it out and everyone is so
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sweet. They're waiting their turn.You get some toothbrushes shaving from them.
Blah blah blah. So it's downtownin skid Row and when I saw that,
was shocked. So please tell usthey take yoga from you. Well,
I don't really teach yoga. Ireally do more of like I do
meditations with them. I've been practicinggratitude every day for the last ten years
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now. Yeah, um so wedo a lot of gratitude practices. We
do a lot of it's it's morespiritual, but without ever telling them that
it is. But it's putting themin a better frame of mind. We
do a lot of balancing, alot of stretching. Um, yeah,
just just different things to keep youdo that because for those of you who
don't know, that's one of thedarkest places in LA When you go down
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there, these people are just struggling, having such a tough time, and
for you to go do that andgive back is beautiful. And I want
to say something, not because Iknow she's one of the most humblest persons
me and she won't toot her ownhorn, but I want to say,
for a second, I love youbecause you talk about that. There's you
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surround yourself with people that either inspireyou or you inspire them. And Cissy
has inspired me to do more thingsthan maybe I wouldn't have. But um,
every single holiday, I always askwhat do you do Thanksgiving? And
she's always down there feeding, yeah, homeless, and it's something that's just
given theirs. I always started toknow, oh, I know what she's
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doing. But to me, it'slike you would never hear her post at
brag about it was just something thatwas she just did because it was something
she wanted to do first. Sothat's the best type of person I love.
Yes, is the person like you. I can't say when people go
do stuff like that and they're takingselfist looking down here at the minute,
helping these people, like, that'snot service services when you do it and
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you don't need on the back.And I will say this though, I
I agree, but I also disagreein the sense that whatever it is you
do to bring awareness to that,I'm not opposed to people posting to post
to people taking the selfie if it'sinspiring someone else like, Hey, I
want to do that. I wantto post a selfie. You're still feeding
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people. We still need you,we still need you to So I'm not
a post tom it. And that'swhy I sometimes bring it up. It's
more to bring awareness that we doneed people we you know, it's never
enough. And the fact that weI get emotional, the fact that we
have so much homelessness and that peopleignore these people like they're not a part
of us. It's you know,it's pretty devastating. The most interesting thing
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those are the people we see thatare homeless. Yeah, there are a
lot of people for sure that livein homes that are homeless and you know,
homeless, and the fact that there'snot enough money there's not enough food.
It's not you know, mental health. You know. So the awareness
comes in so many different levels,you know, just being aware to bring
that in and just knowing that youknow, Okay, sure there are some
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people that are mentally ill you can'tsay high to them. But there are
some people that are that have allof their mental health and we just ignore
them and just a smile, justeven a look in their direction, just
yeah, just a smile. Justacknowledging them can be more than defeating them.
Yes, and yeah, I wantto go back to that what I
said earlier about the self decent things, because my point on that wasn't bank
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an awareness to it. It wasthe fact that you don't do it for
accolades. You don't do it tobe rewarded by people saying congratulations, pounding.
You do it simply because you wantto help. And that's what I'm
talking about is I'm not a bigfan of when people do good and need
hey look at me, look atme. I like when people do good
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and they don't even need to gotell anybody about it, because it's it's
about doing the service to the world, and we don't deserve accolades for helping
others. That's the thing, Likewe should be helping a person. I
mean, that's how I was raising, That's how I will raise my children.
We should be helping at least someonea day. Yes, you know,
yes, and you are a rarehuman being in this town. No,
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you really are that you it's hardto find people with such substance and
spirituality in this in the city.Am I am wrong? It's it's really
tough because you really are, Likeyou're shocking me right now. I'm not
shocked that Jeremy referred to you,but that it's like someone that is so
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grounded and connected and real and notfull of shit, like really like you
genuinely want good for everything and andyou genuinely make relationships with people, meet
people just to meet them, andthere's no agenda with you. And let's
that's such a fresh breath, Aaron, that's so hard to find. So
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congratulations and it's a pleasure to belike in your space here. Now let's
let's let's let's go back to someof the acting things. So we because
we can went off tangent on beautifulthings, you know, and mental health,
and we're gonna go back to butI don't want to go off tangent
on now you you you are anavid. We were talking about abvid.
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You know about mental health, physicalhealth, whatever, yoga, spirituality,
now that and gratitude. Yes,so if those are things that we all
do as a daily practice, ouryogas and our things are gyms, do
you agree and tell the audience.Isn't that the same for the craft of
acting. Isn't that something that weshould be practicing every day like we do
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the gym, like we do ouryoga, Like you practice gratitude something each
day because it's it's a muscle,it's a it's a it's a practice.
Now, please tell us, becauseyou said you go to classes. And
so one of my first jobs inI opened up a casting director workshop company
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a few years ago so that Iwas able to have basically actors meet casting
directors. Now they're shut down becausepeople thought they were terrible, that people
were paying. It was a wayto just have actors have a gym and
prepare and be able to meet castingdirectors that they never would. Now it's
it's really tough for actors, honestly, And I don't mean that to discourage
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anyone. Anyone can do what Ido, what we do, but maybe
not anyone, but who ever wantsto do it. I just I just
did a whole monologue to everybody.But anyone can be creative. It's my
point. But I think wherever.And that's why I always get confused sometimes
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when actors say I hate auditioning,like I hate going, and I'm like,
that's my favorite. You get toperform, you get to do what
you love, and you're gonna havejust as many people in the room on
set then you would write then youwould in an audition. So just prep
it like you would going to set. And and you know, my husband
(40:00):
said something to me the other dayand I was pretty devastated, but I
said, there's you know, onething that really was a pivotal decision in
my life is my dedication towards myacting. And he was like, yeah,
you always knew you'd be dealing withrejection. But he had a point.
Give your first sight, you know, he had a point. And
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and you know he's a brilliant man, and he always challenges me. And
that's what we do, as youknow, and I mean maybe you don't,
but but that's what we do inmarriage. That's a healthy marriage.
Yes, Yes, you'll never haveanother. Actors say it's because rejecting.
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It's only non actors that always youget rejected. And how are your rejections
this week? Right? Exactly?I've gotten rejected now probably two thousand,
three thousand times my career, moreto home and more to come. And
he's absolutely fend. Even the biggestA list celebrities get rejected. But but
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success does come. Yes. Themore rejected, the more redirection, the
more you are open to the yesthat is coming your way, the more
something that is right for you willcome your way. And it's it really
is just a no till it's ayes. Yeah, And you know I
trust now at this point in mycareer that a yes is coming. Does
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it make it any easier? Notnecessarily, but I still love You've had
yeses and you're gonna have more.Good. The thing is is that at
this point, as long as you'vebeen doing it, if you've never had
any yeses, then I'd say maybeyou have your gout right, but you've
already proven once you've already recurred onsome shows. You've basically already proven Oh
I can do it right. Okay, now I just gotta wait for the
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next one, because it's not anymoreabout your skills, it's about when is
the right one gonna come. You'vealready proven you can get it and do
it. When you do recurring ona show, that means you're like you're
doing something right. You know,if you do one episode and then you
get fired or killed off, thenmaybe you sucked. But you kept going.
That means you were professional, youwere a good actor. You happens
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some of shows up early like shedid today. Yeah, do they kick
you out now? I mean II honestly, I'm always an hour early.
Yes, always at least No,that's that's great. So you could
I want to say. I wantto say so the people listening out there
too. And this came from Dinzeland his speech to his class was if
you hang out in a barbershop longenough, you're going to get a haircut,
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and and that is the money ofthis industry. You have to just
stay in it, dedicated and justkeep You're gonna get You know, you're
not gonna land every role, yeah, but you just have to keep going
and trying, and eventually you're gonnahit those roles. And I want to.
I want to go back to somethingthat you said earlier about the auditioning
is that I can't believe that either. But those are people that aren't here
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to be actors. Is there hereto be celebrities? People that say I
hate auditioning, you're not an actorthen, because like you said, you
said it perfectly, like I've done, I auditioned. Tony over here takes
me things all the time. Hesee me do things like so Atlantis,
and when I get a role,that's that's so crazy. I'm like,
this is awesome. Like like justthe other day, I went outside in
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the backyard and grabbed dirt and rubbedall over my face. I'm like,
this is awesome. It's like weget to play. If you're not an
actor and you think that sucks itand theeties, but we get to perform.
I don't care I'm performing for acamera now, or if we perform
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for a room full of producers.You're getting to play and do what you
love. If you don't like thecraft of auditioning, you're never gonna work
because you've got to love the auditionto get the end results. But I
feel like that that's what makes youknow the Caprios out there and the other
the entry that made it at thatlevel is they're doing it for the passion
of it. They're doing it becausethey get to become these different people for
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you know, how many times canyou say you played the doctor? How
many times he could be a cop? How many times you could be something
you always wanted to be? Andyou put become this world and you are
that for that duration of time.Yes, whether it's method or not,
but you are that living that Andto me that was what I was drawn.
Yeah, I mean, how boringis life for you? People that
just have to be themselves? Everybody? I couldn't do it me, No,
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I want to be something else everyI will tell you this, I
do not like auditioning it, butI love them creating. It's totally different.
I do not like getting ready toaudition at all because I love it,
But I do love the minute Iget there. You know what I'm
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saying, because I know a lotof nerves. Yeah, every don't like
that. The minute this I havean audition, I swear, I go,
yes, that's it's not But it'snot the performing that you don't like.
But the minute I go okay,yeah, you're happy. Yeah,
yes, because you got an afteryou like I got to perform and the
only bring that well this I wasjust gonna say, if you tell me
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that, because I've been up formany roles that they were looking for a
black guy, and I go,when I leave here, you might not
choose me, but you're going tosecond guess and you will remember me.
Yes. And you know what,I've had people grocery stource your voice,
Um, did you try out forthat? They're like, I gotta tell
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you you didn't get it because ofthis, And I've had that happened.
And I was going to ask youin situations like that, where's your sweet
spot? Um? As an actress, do you have a spot that you
like to kind of ride in thatone down? That's a great question,
A great question. Well, heknows he's hiding in from you because it
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comes here with a notebook and helike steel Hill reader and a couple of
things with that. Yeah. AndI want to just refer back to what
you said, because I think that'simportant if if we are in fact trying
to help young actors, I thinkthat's where the mental side of things really
does come in and being clear withyourself of how to handle your anxiety,
whether it's meditation, whether it's goingfor a run, Like when you get
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an audition, can you just sayokay, thank you, like I'm glad
I'm going to get to do whatI love, versus like all of a
sudden, the panic of like I'mgoing to have to cancel this, I'm
gonna have to you know, geta dog, sit or whatever it is,
versus going towards the positive versus that. And that's why I stated it,
you know, I mean, listen, we're not home, you know,
um recording ourselves every day to doa part. We're like, we're
(46:52):
getting people. We have a life, yeah, and so when that life
gets interrupted, even if it's forthe best thing possible, sometimes it throws
us all off and I go,oh my god, well how am I
going to do this? Then Ihave to go, ah, this is
what you want. Yes, Andalso everyone else is thinking the same thing.
Absolutely, Yeah, we all havethat in unity. We all have
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a life hopefully. But to answeryour question about the sweet spot, I
love Yes, since she will answerthat question about her sweet spot, I'm
part two, but that was theend of part one. Yes with Maya
Stoclever, I'll watch your Name andget the podcast. This is America's podcaster
Kirkus Saras and speaking of the sweetspot. Every actor knows their strengths.
(47:36):
They know what roles they excel at, they know which roles they prefer deep
down inside. They may never reallytalk about it, but stoy On here
is gonna share that in part twowhen we come back to you, I
watch your Name and Get the podcastwith my co host Jeremy Gilbreath, Lauren
Hughes and of course the amazing asyou heard so far, Maya stoion Clever,
(47:57):
I watch your Name and get thepodcast. Because America's podcaster Kirkus serks
seeing the second part two, tho
Ladies and gentlemen, please take yourseats. The show is about to begin.
Going into the pod. We're doingthis. Oh my gosh, we're
right in here. Alright, alright, alright, three two one. Welcome
(00:24):
to What's Your Name Again? Thepodcast. This is America's podcaster Kirkus Sarah's
coming at you. This is amazing. We've been sitting here for a while,
this kind of yapping with people talking. We have some people's show up
late, so we had a lotof efforts. Yeah, if you're if
you're only listening, Jeremy's pointing athimself. Oh and I just said so.
(00:44):
Speaking of which, we have oneof my co hosts today, we
have Jeremy Gobra. What's that game? Oh my god, you guys are
killing my soundboard over here, blowingthat green up to the raid. But
yeah, look at that all theway. So then we got Jeremy here.
(01:07):
Of course, everybody who's a fanof both shows will calling this one
knows Jeremy because he's one of myfavorites. Got such amazing energy. He
always comes in making people laugh.Everyone loves in. His energy is infects
us Man just loved him having here, So do it's a pleasure once again.
Jeremy Gobreath and next to him comingin and one hundred and twenty pounds
(01:29):
from the Caribbean in the middle ofthe ocean. Now, this guy,
I've known him since the nineties.Man, he's one of the few last
remaining people in the city of LosAngeles who is still here being an artist
that hasn't moved away to do somethingnormal in life, still doing it,
still fighting, still hustling. Hisname is Lauren Hughes, but most people
(01:57):
know him as Lonnie. I foundout because I guess all that go as
far back, because I do stillcall mourn, but he goes by Son.
So he is an amazing actor anddancer and artist. He's one of
the most like this guy. He'sone of those guys that thinks so far
outside the box creatively, whether it'sdance or doing a scene on stage anything.
(02:21):
He's got that physique to him though. I immediately he had to be
in the dancing Yeah, yeah,like the way you hold yourself. I'm
all slouched over, like molded intothe mic. He's over here like yeah,
look at his posture, and Jeremy'slike, I'm like, I'm ready
for the barbecue. But Lauren here, so we don't we don't talk that
(02:43):
much every once while on the phoneand everything. But I ran into him
on a hike the other day andwe stopped for like two minutes and talked,
and I thought, oh my gosh, perfect coast. He's intelligent,
he's artistic, he's got a greatpersonality, and he's perfect for the camera.
So welcome Lauren. It's It's andcoming in from Geneva, Switzerland,
(03:04):
our guest today. Look at that. Look at the camera just shaken again
then again check it out. Youlook at that. He's smart because now
he's gonna have the SHOT's gonna beon you. You know, that's a
(03:28):
little hint for everybody listening for actors, and you probably know this, like
I'll always mess up my master shotsand my father shots. I won't do
them as good. So that myclose up you get if you do your
best take on your close up,that's the one that wink, wink and
hint for everybody. Speaking of actors, we have here in the studio pleasantly
(03:53):
introduced and referred by Jeremy over here. And she got here early, which
was amazing because so like the doorbellsringing, and there's a pounding on the
front door, and I'm like,what the hell's going on over here?
And I'm like, I'm still likewith my shorts on, shirts off,
(04:13):
I'm like mopping the floor, cleaningup because I don't have a crew that
professional here. And I opened thedoor and this beautiful one I'm staying there
with this orange dress. I'm like, can I help you? Um,
she's a high I'm here for thepodcast. Oh, yes you are.
(04:39):
We don't do a podcast here,but you can come on in. And
she says, can I help youclean? She starts offering to help clean?
Yet we have from Geneva, Switzerland, Maya st Yeah, I forgot
to ask you ahead of time.Can you put you the first Maya?
(04:59):
But now Maya's and Clever? Myhusband will tell me if I don't know.
I always told that his name wasClever. No clever, Yeah,
I know. I got a littlebit clever, and honestly the early I
(05:19):
happened to be early everywhere I go. And it's just the Swiss girl in
me. You know, Swiss watches. We're always on top. We can't
help it. We're so so Swissgirls for that. Yeah, always on
top. Early. She was sokindness. She comes in, say she
puts her clean, but I'm justrelax. It's cool seeing me many times
running around when jeans, trying topick the right shirt because she got early.
(05:44):
I thought we said three dirty,Okay, give me five timid.
Yeah, why's not even dressed yet? Yeah, she's like, didn't Jeremy
tell you? I'm like nothing,So maya welcome, thank you? So
this is this is incredible. She'sgot great energy, she's super beautiful.
(06:04):
For those of you who are listening, you're going to definitely want to watch
this episode because I think, like, honestly, I'm not even going to
edit our angles. The whole showis going to be on her Like this
the easiest editing job ever. Oneshot, Yeah, one shot, Just
(06:25):
turn off the other camera. Youcan't tell who we are by our voices.
Yeah, yeah you're watching so umso you your father was from the
Czech Republic, yes, and thenyour mother is Sri Lanka from that.
That is first of all, themost I thought I was from a crazy
(06:45):
como because my dad's German and mymom was Mexican and my dad's like six
four my mom's like four or four. Wow, she's not that short,
but like it's like when they togetherand look, it looks like that.
So and he's super he looks likeEric Clapton, and then my mom is
super dark. It's just totally likeyours. Yeah, very similar. I
mean I saw a picture that youposted of your mom younger with wearing a
(07:09):
y Now I know where you gotyour looks. She'll have to listen to
this. Yeah, yeah, mama, the cussing comes later, so she
probably turn it off forgive me anadvance, Yeah, Texas guy. So,
um, so, how did theymeet? That's a oh my goodness.
(07:30):
My parents they met in Switzerland andthey my dad saw her from across
the room, and I'm pretty surethat's how it happened. They both have
different stories, but you know,there's there's the truth somewhere out there.
But anyway, saw her from acrossthe room. They played squash that day,
and little did my dad know isthat my mom is actually a squash
(07:53):
player, Like she's an expert.She's so good. And my dad thought,
this little not going to be ableto U. But anyway, just
like, my mom just beat himcompletely, like yeah, and then she
went back for a second date.Well, she felt kind of bad.
So my dad was like, well, you can make it up to me,
(08:13):
and you know, I can takeyou out to dinner. And then
something like two weeks later, heproposed and she said no, and she
said no, and she said noa few times. But then he came
back from a trip I can't rememberexactly what trip, but wrote down inside
this coat that he was going togive to her his first name and sorry,
(08:35):
her first name and his last name, and he was like, if
you want the code, you're gonnahave to marry me. She said yes,
She said yes to the coach.They I think she just gave it
away, which I was so mad, but they they've been married for now
close to forty years, so freakingcool. Man, Yeah, that's awesome.
(08:58):
And my parents have been married fiftythree and like, yeah, well
that's I've never been married because andI'm like, I'm not gonna just try
divorce, try divorce. It's likeright. So that is fantastic that they
met like that, because I havea story similar. I met this girl
all years ago and and and weI found out she played tennis and I'm
(09:18):
pretty good at it, and she'son I played tennis too, and that
was our first day, so weshould go play tennis. And she was
a member of this country club andwe go up there and she whooped my
ass. I was running around likeand then no jokes. She never called
me again. What I wasn't Ireally think that a lot of day that
(09:45):
was our day. We didn't geta chance to really talk outside there.
She's the one who was there,was in traction at first, but literally
because the tennis for it was greatto hear this story that because the cricket,
it's still worked out. Yeah,I guess, I guess he likes
a strong squash. They love cricket. I was thinking, like I was
(10:13):
thinking out there, they love crickettoo, So yeah, but he got
squashed. Okay. So anyway,so you're an actor, and that's this
show for everybody who's listening, it'sit's it's about the entertainment business, but
it's about helping people understand the businesswho are not in it, for people
who are trying to get in itor just starting to understand how to get
and have fine success. So Ilike to bring people on who have had
(10:37):
success, and you have now.So you recurred on Castle many many,
many episodes. You recurred on Agentsof Shield and on Castle. We have
a very close well, you workedwith somebody who's one of my really close
friends, John Hortas, and soyeah, and John is awesome. He
was on the show such a funnydude. Did you guys do a lot
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of scene together? Ever? Wedid? We did. He there was
one episode actually where I just couldnot look at him because he made me
laugh. Him and Nathan Nathan's theyea Nathan Yeah, and also seems shamous.
Yeah, a little. Well.I had a few scenes, but
I had a lot of scenes withJohn. There was like kind of some
to me, yeah, maybe wewere gonna end up. But I could
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barely look at John because he justwould it would be my take and he
just like, you know, crosshis eyes or that's him. Hilarious because
he told me. Because they didso many years, and when you're on
the show for so long, that'sgreat because some actors that you work across
can be so serious and you're like, oh my gosh, this person's no
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they were hilarious, and my characterwas so serious. I had to you
know, I was a lot Therewas a lot of exposition, like talking
about you know, the IP ofthis station and all tech like tech.
Yeah, yea in their headquarters techright, Like what was my title?
Yeah? I just uh, Iwas a detective, but I was all
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about the tech. Oh wow.But it was amazing for me to be
scrolling through the TV and now Iknow Sissy is not my little sister.
I like no. And then theCEO TV was she did so well?
It's like, I don't recognize that. Who is that? That was?
How well she was? Like,I didn't see herror, I saw the
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toll of the character. And tome, that's powerful. To actor,
that's proba. And I agree becauseI watched your real and I watched a
bunch of clips that I found online, and you are really good, which
is great because some people I justcan't even say anything, you know,
right, You can't. You can'tlie to somebody and say they're good when
they're not. You just don't sayanything. Yeah. Cool, Um,
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Well thanks, Your work is soyour works really like, you're really good
at it. So everybody always wantsto know this question, and we're gonna
we're gonna ask it because it's justthe question. Everyone always wants to know.
How'd you fall into acting? Doyou always get that how'd you fall
into acting? So how the becauseeveryone's got a different story, So how
did you? How did it happenfor you? You know, I was
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I was extremely shy, and Isuffered from OCD. Different type of your
OCD, terremy, his phone ison the table. Different. It's strange.
No, I'm I'm I had severeOCD being younger, and and um
also anxiety and just just yeah,it was pretty shy and my mom thought
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it would be a good idea forme to go into theater. And I
was like, oh god, yeah, well just to open me up and
to like, you know, justjust I was maybe thirteen years old,
so just obviously not high stakes.But um, I remember playing this bird
that was my first role, andI had a mask on. I was
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this giant green bird and everyone elsehad lines and they were seen and I
remember being underneath this bird mask andit was you know, we ended up
doing a performance in front of parentsand everything, and then I just thought
to myself, I was like,I couldn't do this, and and yeah,
like I wanted to be seen somehowwhile I was on stage, and
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I you know, I was justa bird. I didn't have any lines
or I like that you're saying this. And I know we were joking about
it, but this is actually importantpeople listening, because there's a lot of
kids out there who were super shy. I honestly was one of them,
believe it or not. I wasthe way the same way because of what
I grew up around the neighborhood.I was very introverted, super shy like
you. And then the same thinghappened. I got into the arts,
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but it was an accident, butthen all of a sudden busted me out.
Yeah, and the same thing itwas like and but a funny thing
instead of a bird. My firstjob was a dead body something. And
how do you do this? Youjust hold? Do you take short little
breaths? Do you guys know thatI hold my stomach? Do you guys
know the technique stomach? There's somany different techniques. It just depends on
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you basically. If it's really hard, yes, it's And the worst thing
was I've done a show. Idid a show one time where I do
a fight scene for like fifteen minutesand then I die after fifty minutes of
cardio. You know, hard,It was like hold it like it was
so hard. I'm like this,but but don't you have more respect for
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Broadway with there running and dancing andsinging like a like at the amazing to
me listen, it's you have tobe so meditative. Oh yeah as an
actor. Yeah, and I meanI danced professionally, so it was constantly
like you know, you have tolook make it look like it was easy,
and some things are not easy whenyou like when you open your toe,
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when you when you're jumping around,when you're throwing someone, lifting someone
off your back, you know.And it's the same thing with acting.
You know, I have about abird? How about a bird? I
mean I was sweating, I stillremember, but yeah, I mean and
absolutely. I think a lot ofpeople have this misconception that actors are really
outgoing and loud and they have toget attention all of that, But it's
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also an opportunity to create something otherthan yourself. So if you are extremely
shy, then you get to sortof step out of your own obstacles and
your own boundaries and just do somethingthat's saying, that's outside of the norm.
That'll make you feel more alive.Thank you, because I wonder if
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I bet there's a lot of youngpeople out there who think I can never
do them too shy, but yourproof that gives them a chance to come
out of that box. Yes,And so so take the leap, those
of you listening or you know,somebody, because it actually could get rid
of the shyness, pull away thatveil on that blanket, and open up
a whole new thing. What Ifind interesting, though, is that you
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will under this shell sort of speak. So you're on stage, no one
really did anyone get to see yourface now never? And so what I
wonder if that had something to dowith it in some sense? You're there,
You're like, wow, I'm abird. No one can see who
I am? Right, I wonderif I could do it again? Yea,
and for them to get to seewho I am, you know what
I'm saying. So I wonder ifthat had something absolutely And I think,
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you know, I mean, maybesome kids can relate, but we're braver
than we think. I think.And you know, I would have never
imagined in a million years that alittle girl from Switzerland would come to Hollywood.
But he was a dream of mine, and especially with OCD, with
anxiety and and all those things,but at the end of the day,
it's just one step in front ofthe other and somehow it just it can
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fall into place if you just dowhat you love. So so starting from
the bird, and then you kindof knew follow that I'm here exactly the
bluebird flew, then what it wasa greenbird? Is that? Is that
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a password or something? Is that? Liked? There you go? And
so then you went to college zonedid theater right? Yes? So that
I still I still don't know howmy mom knew. So I, you
know, only spoke French. Imean, my mom spoke to us in
English, me and my sister,but I didn't study in English until I
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was fifteen, and my mom justhad this sixth sense of just putting me
into international school. My sister didn't, but she just knew that I had.
I was more of an art maybebecause I didn't get the best grades.
I don't know, but I did. I did get good grades,
but she just she just somehow knewthat I was going to do something sort
of out of the norm. Soshe just put me in this school.
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And then she was the one thateven wrote my applications for college. I
don't yeah, I don't even knowif I'm supposed to say this, because
who knows a kind of trouble.But but I didn't, you know,
I didn't have the writing skills yetin English to be able to submit myself.
But she just she worked so hardto put me, like to just
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submit me to all these different collegesand and somehow you're supposed to do is
like help us. I mean,yeah, yeah, parent, like there's
nothing you want to do for yourkids, so like they'll go overboard.
But what I'm amazed by is thatyou didn't really start studying in this fully
until fifteen. Yeah. No,I have no accent. I mean,
that's that's what we do, right, I mean, my real accent is
probably more British or French or Andit's amazing when you meet her parents.
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Her mom still has her accent.My FaceTime, my mom, I go
full British and her dad still hashis too, So it's amazing like she
she doesn't have it because they hardcorestill have theirs. Now, can you
do both their accents if you hadto play a role. I could do
my mom for sure. My dadhas an accent that even the best voiceover
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actors couldn't do it. And I'veasked, I've asked like really good actors
to try and mimic my dad,but they cannot. Very unique. It's
a mix of check, German,French. I mean, he speaks a
bunch of different Yeah, but yeah, it's it's I remember when we would
go out to dinner when they wouldcome to town, and we'd always have
a dinner when they would come intown, was like, all right,
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we're gonna go out with the dinnerwith the one night, no matter when
they came, we always had dinneror mom bops and her dad. When
he would talk, you just likeit was so unique that you you never
heard it Australia's talking. It's verycalming or or you're like, oh it's
very captivating. But it was veryunique that you just count you listen to
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everywhere they to say because it wasjust like, yeah, I also to
understand him, I'm sure, buthe Yeah, he's a very special individual
and he too is like a fullon artist, very you know. Oh
great. Yeah. So that's whyyou have your essence as per se and
your look. It's because you've agreat mix. I mean, you really
have a great mix there of youknow, culture and you know, I
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diverse. Look, you know,because they look they look different, totally
opposites. I've seen pictures of both, and but put that together and out
came the bird too. I reallyhope that's the future though. I really
hope that the more people blend,the more they unity. Yeah, you
know, you came to Hollywood.I came to Hollywood and then and so
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I that's another thing. I wouldlike to think, when was that moment
then you were like, I'm goingto hollywoods I'm going. I don't even
know that. I had a momentbecause I was going to get deported.
So I seriously I had a yearto make my mark, and then I
had to go home and everyone,you know, back home, they were
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like, it's just a phase.She wants to be an actress, YadA
YadA, um, and I sortof, I don't know, Like I'm
very driven, like seely driven.I don't let it show, but I
work harder than anyone and I knowthat. Um. But I just figured,
Okay, I have a year.What am I going to do?
And I I don't know. Istill don't know till this day how I'm
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still here because every year was justagonizing pain, in my stomach, thinking
I was going to get deported,getting denied old one visas, then trying
an E two visa, then anotherold one then and so for whoever that's
crazy, is like Hollywood's hard enoughas it is. I don't have all
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my papers, but I'm trying tohide while trying to like be an actor.
But I want to hear from peoplelistening. Yeah, no, where
was your hustle when you got toLA. Since you're such a hard worker,
what what did you do? Idid a lot of crazy things,
but like one of them was usedto aren't crazy, don't make it right,
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you gotta be. I used togo sit at the LA Film School
in the hallways where they were auditioningfor student films, and they still need
you still required an appointment and agents. But I would just sit there and
see like girls looking like me,and then I would learn the script on
the spot and then go in thereand I booked maybe two or three jobs
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like that. But appointment, no, they were like, oh, we
don't see you on the Yeah,don't do it these days these days it's
just problem. But but it wasalso student films, it was short films,
and they probably you know, Ishowed up prepared and looking good,
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and then you know, I lovethat brought up because that's an old term
that doesn't really exist anymore. Iused to crash commercial auditions all the time
because there were so many people,Right, you can't theatrical you can as
much because you know, if youfit the bill, you could do anything.
Yeah, but now it's harder becausenow but even student film, maybe
there's there's always a way, AndI really do believe that, and you
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have to. Even just recently,there was a movie that I auditioned for
and after auditioning, I was like, I don't look up the director.
I'm gonna leave him an insta videojust saying like, hey, thanks for
having me. And that's crazy.You don't do that? Yeah you know?
Or do you? I don't know, but it worked and I got
the job. But this is Ijust want to summing up for Sissy is
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when I met her. There's peopleyou meet in your life that you say,
this person's gonna pack up and gohome in two two years, they're
gonna say, oh I tried it, I go home. When I met
her and I saw her her dedication, her ambition, and I saw that
she had, she had a goal. She can't here for a reason.
She didn't just move here and justfor fun, just to play around for
two years, a goal. SheI just knew where she was going to
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end up. And then for meto see what I already knew that she
was working and got there, itwas like she it's it's a personality.
Either have it or you don't.She had, She had it and I
saw that, and I always toldyou, it's like Sizzy, you're gonna
just keep going. You're gonna andit's awesome to see and love that.
I just don't believe in. Ifyou really love what you do, then
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there's no giving up, right,you don't have to give up and saying
that. What was your biggest challenge? Honestly, probably the fact that I
was an immigrant? Um that wasthat was I lost many jobs. So
just the pain of that of knowingthat an American can get it because they
were born here, but I waschosen to get it and then they had
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to take it away. I couldn'thire you because you well and I thought
I did. So it wasn't likeI went there thinking like they're gonna make
give me my papers if I bookedthe job. I thought I had the
right paperwork, but it required justso much more than you can even imagine.
So whoever's out there that you know, just get informed, know exactly
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what you need. But now Ihave my green card, thankfully. And
I didn't get it by getting marriedto an American. I gotta beforehand,
and that was the point. Ihad the option to get married for my
you know, like people do itall the time, but it wasn't the
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way I wanted to do it,to do it the right way, because
now you feel better about yourself becauseyou did it by hard work. If
you were just married some bloke,And yeah, I feel like that wasn't
her. It's not her style.She wanted to earn it and she did.
Yes. So so then so thenspeaking of that, you you came
here, and I want to goback to something you said. I don't
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want people to think, don't docrazy things, because what gets you ahead
in this business. The reason whyI made it is because I did crazy
things. I did. Think Iwas the work ethic thing. And I
still tell people today, you've gotto have it. You don't just sit
around. It doesn't happen. Isee it all the time is I would
be on a Saturday, Friday,Saturday nights, I would be at home
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studying doing something I think, figuringout ways to get hey while all my
friends were out. When I firststarted, I would always be thinking of
new ways to get indoors like youdid. That's sitting in the hallway thing.
That's not outlandish. You have todo those type of things to make
it in this town. You can'tjust sit here try to find an agent
and go audition. You've got todo the things that are outside the box,
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because outside the box is what worksin the Hollywood. And so what
else did you do besides things likethat? Help let us know some other
things? Oh my gosh, Well, you know, I was lucky to
meet incredible people like Jeremy, mybrother, because it is unfortunately and unfortunately
who you know and how you areremembered by, you know, like you
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meeting me and saying that I amclassy, Like that's the biggest compliment.
I don't want to be remembered forbeing beautiful or for like I'd rather be
remembered for having your race and youknow, and and and those are the
things. If people remember me forbeing punctual, for working hard, for
being good on set. That's waymore important than you know, anything physical.
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And of course talent is a lot, but it's not everything. There
are a lot of talented people.Um And yes, I'm always in an
acting class, like I've never notbeen in one. And some people believe
in them, some people people don't. But I just think it's a gym.
Gotta do it. And I said, I love being of service.
I love people putting, putting otherpeople on tape, making sure that I'm
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also there for others that need tobook jobs, because that's just good karma
all around. Yeah, you're notjust being selfish, You're you're you're going
back and forth. Yeah, you'regiving, you're receiving, your giving and
receive. But she's a she's abig giver. And this is something as
we'll say to you, because whenyou watch someone elevating their career and in
their their life and their their famisup. Sometimes their career can suck them
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totally out so they don't have timefor their family. And I've seen it,
I've had you know, many forthe family have lost to that side
that they're too busy for you.And during her her steps of climbing and
getting to where she she wanted tobe. No matter where she was,
what she had going on, whethershe was doing a Castle, whether she
was doing Shield or all ther amazingother shows she's done, she always made
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time to come by and say hifor thirty minutes an hour check it on
us, even if it was likejust to sit down and say I love
you guys, I miss y'all.She never not never, never stopped by.
She always came by. And tome, that's big because I've been
here twenty years and I've seen theopposite side of that. Yes, but
that's who she is. She makestime for the one she loves. But
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but but it worked in reverse herebecause I heard too she was having enough
tough, tough day on set whenshe was doing background and you him,
being the empathetic guy, you werefine, and You're like, is there
anything wrong? Going to help youout? And saw you remind me of
my ex? Yeah, and Isaid the name, and I was like,
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oh shit, yeah. But alsoI mean, and that being said,
that's a testament to who you are. Because I don't make time for
just anyone. I'm very precious withmy time, and I think that's important
in this town because we can justget so quick to just get wrapped out
their parties or even just social settings. That yeah, right out of clock.
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Yeah. And it's not about whatpeople can do for you, it's
what do people bring to you,Like what is the energy, what is
the energy behind it. I don'tneed to hang out with other actors or
directors or yeah, but people thatjust vibe with me, that are driven
that you are the five people youhang out and so I think that's super
important. And so so many peoplein this town spread themselves to things as
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they think they have to. Ihave to go to this party, have
to be friends with this person,I have to go to this club,
I have to go to this event. Oh my gods, I have to
call this person. They and allof a sudden they have no substance because
they've trying to be friends with everybodyinstead of finding a nice core group.
Totally. That that's what me toostrong. If you're surrounded by that,
you know when it's coming to um. I went to New York after I
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left the Virgin Islands, and mygrandmother said, I know you want to
go get something, Lonnie, butdon't forget you gotta go give something,
and you strike me as that typeof woman, you know, and ethics
and going back to that word,class does not come when you're like gimme,
gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, because eventually someone sees you come
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in and they walk to other way. So all the people out there,
the one thing that I that I'maware of, it's like you will only
get there when you show up withyou to give something. That's a squeaky
chair. That was it. Itadded to your words. I was like,
yes, well there you go.No, that's all I believe in.
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And now for eight years and I'mnot saying this to you know,
toot my own horn or whatever,but for eight or nine years now,
I've been working at the midnight missionvery closely with almost commune at ease,
and I think just giving back forno reason, for nothing in return like
that, I wake up every morningand I think, how can I serve?
I have a question about that becauseI saw somewhere that you said that
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you do do you teach them yogaor yeah? So basically actually show up.
I just did it today. Well, they're forced two in a sense
because they have certain hours that theyneed to do. But um so,
it's basically in the gym inside theMidnight Mission. And for you, those
of you who are interested in theMidnight Mission is an incredible recovery program.
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And so down there's one. Themain one is down downtown because I go
there once ver a few months.My buddy and I will load up the
back of his suv, will goto nine cent store and just fill it
with like everything, and then we'llpull up in front and they'll all gather
around us and they're like, andwe're handing it out and everyone is so
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sweet. They're waiting their turn.You get some toothbrushes shaving from them.
Blah blah blah. So it's downtownin skid Row and when I saw that,
was shocked. So please tell usthey take yoga from you. Well,
I don't really teach yoga. Ireally do more of like I do
meditations with them. I've been practicinggratitude every day for the last ten years
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now. Yeah, um so wedo a lot of gratitude practices. We
do a lot of it's it's morespiritual, but without ever telling them that
it is. But it's putting themin a better frame of mind. We
do a lot of balancing, alot of stretching. Um, yeah,
just just different things to keep youdo that because for those of you who
don't know, that's one of thedarkest places in LA When you go down
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there, these people are just struggling, having such a tough time, and
for you to go do that andgive back is beautiful. And I want
to say something, not because Iknow she's one of the most humblest persons
me and she won't toot her ownhorn, but I want to say,
for a second, I love youbecause you talk about that. There's you
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surround yourself with people that either inspireyou or you inspire them. And Cissy
has inspired me to do more thingsthan maybe I wouldn't have. But um,
every single holiday, I always askwhat do you do Thanksgiving? And
she's always down there feeding, yeah, homeless, and it's something that's just
given theirs. I always started toknow, oh, I know what she's
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doing. But to me, it'slike you would never hear her post at
brag about it was just something thatwas she just did because it was something
she wanted to do first. Sothat's the best type of person I love.
Yes, is the person like you. I can't say when people go
do stuff like that and they're takingselfist looking down here at the minute,
helping these people, like, that'snot service services when you do it and
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you don't need on the back.And I will say this though, I
I agree, but I also disagreein the sense that whatever it is you
do to bring awareness to that,I'm not opposed to people posting to post
to people taking the selfie if it'sinspiring someone else like, Hey, I
want to do that. I wantto post a selfie. You're still feeding
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people. We still need you,we still need you to So I'm not
a post tom it. And that'swhy I sometimes bring it up. It's
more to bring awareness that we doneed people we you know, it's never
enough. And the fact that weI get emotional, the fact that we
have so much homelessness and that peopleignore these people like they're not a part
of us. It's you know,it's pretty devastating. The most interesting thing
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those are the people we see thatare homeless. Yeah, there are a
lot of people for sure that livein homes that are homeless and you know,
homeless, and the fact that there'snot enough money there's not enough food.
It's not you know, mental health. You know. So the awareness
comes in so many different levels,you know, just being aware to bring
that in and just knowing that youknow, Okay, sure there are some
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people that are mentally ill you can'tsay high to them. But there are
some people that are that have allof their mental health and we just ignore
them and just a smile, justeven a look in their direction, just
yeah, just a smile. Justacknowledging them can be more than defeating them.
Yes, and yeah, I wantto go back to that what I
said earlier about the self decent things, because my point on that wasn't bank
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an awareness to it. It wasthe fact that you don't do it for
accolades. You don't do it tobe rewarded by people saying congratulations, pounding.
You do it simply because you wantto help. And that's what I'm
talking about is I'm not a bigfan of when people do good and need
hey look at me, look atme. I like when people do good
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and they don't even need to gotell anybody about it, because it's it's
about doing the service to the world, and we don't deserve accolades for helping
others. That's the thing, Likewe should be helping a person. I
mean, that's how I was raising, That's how I will raise my children.
We should be helping at least someonea day. Yes, you know,
yes, and you are a rarehuman being in this town. No,
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you really are that you it's hardto find people with such substance and
spirituality in this in the city.Am I am wrong? It's it's really
tough because you really are, Likeyou're shocking me right now. I'm not
shocked that Jeremy referred to you,but that it's like someone that is so
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grounded and connected and real and notfull of shit, like really like you
genuinely want good for everything and andyou genuinely make relationships with people, meet
people just to meet them, andthere's no agenda with you. And let's
that's such a fresh breath, Aaron, that's so hard to find. So
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congratulations and it's a pleasure to belike in your space here. Now let's
let's let's let's go back to someof the acting things. So we because
we can went off tangent on beautifulthings, you know, and mental health,
and we're gonna go back to butI don't want to go off tangent
on now you you you are anavid. We were talking about abvid.
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You know about mental health, physicalhealth, whatever, yoga, spirituality,
now that and gratitude. Yes,so if those are things that we all
do as a daily practice, ouryogas and our things are gyms, do
you agree and tell the audience.Isn't that the same for the craft of
acting. Isn't that something that weshould be practicing every day like we do
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the gym, like we do ouryoga, Like you practice gratitude something each
day because it's it's a muscle,it's a it's a it's a practice.
Now, please tell us, becauseyou said you go to classes. And
so one of my first jobs inI opened up a casting director workshop company
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a few years ago so that Iwas able to have basically actors meet casting
directors. Now they're shut down becausepeople thought they were terrible, that people
were paying. It was a wayto just have actors have a gym and
prepare and be able to meet castingdirectors that they never would. Now it's
it's really tough for actors, honestly, And I don't mean that to discourage
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anyone. Anyone can do what Ido, what we do, but maybe
not anyone, but who ever wantsto do it. I just I just
did a whole monologue to everybody.But anyone can be creative. It's my
point. But I think wherever.And that's why I always get confused sometimes
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when actors say I hate auditioning,like I hate going, and I'm like,
that's my favorite. You get toperform, you get to do what
you love, and you're gonna havejust as many people in the room on
set then you would write then youwould in an audition. So just prep
it like you would going to set. And and you know, my husband
(40:00):
said something to me the other dayand I was pretty devastated, but I
said, there's you know, onething that really was a pivotal decision in
my life is my dedication towards myacting. And he was like, yeah,
you always knew you'd be dealing withrejection. But he had a point.
Give your first sight, you know, he had a point. And
(40:23):
and you know he's a brilliant man, and he always challenges me. And
that's what we do, as youknow, and I mean maybe you don't,
but but that's what we do inmarriage. That's a healthy marriage.
Yes, Yes, you'll never haveanother. Actors say it's because rejecting.
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It's only non actors that always youget rejected. And how are your rejections
this week? Right? Exactly?I've gotten rejected now probably two thousand,
three thousand times my career, moreto home and more to come. And
he's absolutely fend. Even the biggestA list celebrities get rejected. But but
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success does come. Yes. Themore rejected, the more redirection, the
more you are open to the yesthat is coming your way, the more
something that is right for you willcome your way. And it's it really
is just a no till it's ayes. Yeah, And you know I
trust now at this point in mycareer that a yes is coming. Does
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it make it any easier? Notnecessarily, but I still love You've had
yeses and you're gonna have more.Good. The thing is is that at
this point, as long as you'vebeen doing it, if you've never had
any yeses, then I'd say maybeyou have your gout right, but you've
already proven once you've already recurred onsome shows. You've basically already proven Oh
I can do it right. Okay, now I just gotta wait for the
(41:49):
next one, because it's not anymoreabout your skills, it's about when is
the right one gonna come. You'vealready proven you can get it and do
it. When you do recurring ona show, that means you're like you're
doing something right. You know,if you do one episode and then you
get fired or killed off, thenmaybe you sucked. But you kept going.
That means you were professional, youwere a good actor. You happens
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some of shows up early like shedid today. Yeah, do they kick
you out now? I mean II honestly, I'm always an hour early.
Yes, always at least No,that's that's great. So you could
I want to say. I wantto say so the people listening out there
too. And this came from Dinzeland his speech to his class was if
you hang out in a barbershop longenough, you're going to get a haircut,
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and and that is the money ofthis industry. You have to just
stay in it, dedicated and justkeep You're gonna get You know, you're
not gonna land every role, yeah, but you just have to keep going
and trying, and eventually you're gonnahit those roles. And I want to.
I want to go back to somethingthat you said earlier about the auditioning
is that I can't believe that either. But those are people that aren't here
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to be actors. Is there hereto be celebrities? People that say I
hate auditioning, you're not an actorthen, because like you said, you
said it perfectly, like I've done, I auditioned. Tony over here takes
me things all the time. Hesee me do things like so Atlantis,
and when I get a role,that's that's so crazy. I'm like,
this is awesome. Like like justthe other day, I went outside in
(43:23):
the backyard and grabbed dirt and rubbedall over my face. I'm like,
this is awesome. It's like weget to play. If you're not an
actor and you think that sucks itand theeties, but we get to perform.
I don't care I'm performing for acamera now, or if we perform
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for a room full of producers.You're getting to play and do what you
love. If you don't like thecraft of auditioning, you're never gonna work
because you've got to love the auditionto get the end results. But I
feel like that that's what makes youknow the Caprios out there and the other
the entry that made it at thatlevel is they're doing it for the passion
of it. They're doing it becausethey get to become these different people for
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you know, how many times canyou say you played the doctor? How
many times he could be a cop? How many times you could be something
you always wanted to be? Andyou put become this world and you are
that for that duration of time.Yes, whether it's method or not,
but you are that living that Andto me that was what I was drawn.
Yeah, I mean, how boringis life for you? People that
just have to be themselves? Everybody? I couldn't do it me, No,
(44:31):
I want to be something else everyI will tell you this, I
do not like auditioning it, butI love them creating. It's totally different.
I do not like getting ready toaudition at all because I love it,
But I do love the minute Iget there. You know what I'm
(44:52):
saying, because I know a lotof nerves. Yeah, every don't like
that. The minute this I havean audition, I swear, I go,
yes, that's it's not But it'snot the performing that you don't like.
But the minute I go okay,yeah, you're happy. Yeah,
yes, because you got an afteryou like I got to perform and the
only bring that well this I wasjust gonna say, if you tell me
(45:16):
that, because I've been up formany roles that they were looking for a
black guy, and I go,when I leave here, you might not
choose me, but you're going tosecond guess and you will remember me.
Yes. And you know what,I've had people grocery stource your voice,
Um, did you try out forthat? They're like, I gotta tell
(45:37):
you you didn't get it because ofthis, And I've had that happened.
And I was going to ask youin situations like that, where's your sweet
spot? Um? As an actress, do you have a spot that you
like to kind of ride in thatone down? That's a great question,
A great question. Well, heknows he's hiding in from you because it
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comes here with a notebook and helike steel Hill reader and a couple of
things with that. Yeah. AndI want to just refer back to what
you said, because I think that'simportant if if we are in fact trying
to help young actors, I thinkthat's where the mental side of things really
does come in and being clear withyourself of how to handle your anxiety,
whether it's meditation, whether it's goingfor a run, Like when you get
(46:28):
an audition, can you just sayokay, thank you, like I'm glad
I'm going to get to do whatI love, versus like all of a
sudden, the panic of like I'mgoing to have to cancel this, I'm
gonna have to you know, geta dog, sit or whatever it is,
versus going towards the positive versus that. And that's why I stated it,
you know, I mean, listen, we're not home, you know,
um recording ourselves every day to doa part. We're like, we're
(46:52):
getting people. We have a life, yeah, and so when that life
gets interrupted, even if it's forthe best thing possible, sometimes it throws
us all off and I go,oh my god, well how am I
going to do this? Then Ihave to go, ah, this is
what you want. Yes, Andalso everyone else is thinking the same thing.
Absolutely, Yeah, we all havethat in unity. We all have
(47:12):
a life hopefully. But to answeryour question about the sweet spot, I
love Yes, since she will answerthat question about her sweet spot, I'm
part two, but that was theend of part one. Yes with Maya
Stoclever, I'll watch your Name andget the podcast. This is America's podcaster
Kirkus Saras and speaking of the sweetspot. Every actor knows their strengths.
(47:36):
They know what roles they excel at, they know which roles they prefer deep
down inside. They may never reallytalk about it, but stoy On here
is gonna share that in part twowhen we come back to you, I
watch your Name and Get the podcastwith my co host Jeremy Gilbreath, Lauren
Hughes and of course the amazing asyou heard so far, Maya stoion Clever,
(47:57):
I watch your Name and get thepodcast. Because America's podcaster Kirkus serks
seeing the second part two, tho
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