October 14, 2024 • 39 mins
We’re proud to share a handful of recent interviews from our guests. The Grind is dedicated to exceptional conversation, and will always go above and beyond to make sure you have a platform to tell your story. If you’ve had experience you want to share with with us, please get in touch - we’d love to hear it. This is a throwback interview from 2015 when Dominique Nicole graciously provided an interview when I was getting started as Preface Media back then. This interview holds a great memory for me and thank you.
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Song Credit: Jawz Of Life "Oh Lawd"
Guest: Actress, Dominique Nicole
Website: www.dominiquenicole.com
Socials: www.instagram.com/dominiquenicoletv/
Dominique Nicole Film Actress Producer originated from St Louis Missouri and currently resides in Beverly Hill California. Modeling was Dominique Nicole's first opportunity in the Entertainment Industry which lead to the recruitment of being a NFL Professional Cheerleader and Dancer until the TV Film Producer Tyler Perry noticed Dominique Nicole for the role of a bridesmaid in the feature film Madea Goes To Jail the doors open with TV ONE episodic roles in Fatal Attraction, National Commercials and a myriad of opportunities with countless TV FILM networks.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: DOMINIQUE NICOLE
Retro interview from DJ Retro (AKA JD and James Parriett) just got started in podcasting in 2015, whe nodbody was doing it. Just started interviews with the podcast formerly known as Preface Media to be later rebranded to The Grind under PCG, LLC.
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Host: DJ Retro
Instagram: @DJRETRO1990
Instagram: @THEGRINDLV
Website: www.thegrind.online (AD Space Available)
Song Credit: Jawz Of Life "Oh Lawd"
Guest: Actress, Dominique Nicole
Website: www.dominiquenicole.com
Socials: www.instagram.com/dominiquenicoletv/
Dominique Nicole Film Actress Producer originated from St Louis Missouri and currently resides in Beverly Hill California. Modeling was Dominique Nicole's first opportunity in the Entertainment Industry which lead to the recruitment of being a NFL Professional Cheerleader and Dancer until the TV Film Producer Tyler Perry noticed Dominique Nicole for the role of a bridesmaid in the feature film Madea Goes To Jail the doors open with TV ONE episodic roles in Fatal Attraction, National Commercials and a myriad of opportunities with countless TV FILM networks.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: DOMINIQUE NICOLE
Retro interview from DJ Retro (AKA JD and James Parriett) just got started in podcasting in 2015, whe nodbody was doing it. Just started interviews with the podcast formerly known as Preface Media to be later rebranded to The Grind under PCG, LLC.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-grind-podcast-w-host-dj-retro--3511504/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 4 (00:58):
It's it's life on your line.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I like to introduce everybody to the one and only
actress Dominique. Nicole Dominique, go ahead, you got to say
hi to everybody.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
Oh hello everybody. I hope everyone is having a beautiful
day out there. And I just want to say thank
you to JDA pre Face Media because a refence media.
It is one of those situations where You've built a
platform for people like me, so I'm very thankful to
have this opportunity to be on your show today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, thank you very much. I really appreciate that. We
just try to find that medium where everybody has a voice.
Everybody can, you know, push and let everybody know what
their dreams are, how they got started in a business,
no matter if they're doing acting, or you have a
multi million dollar company you want everybody to know about,
or you got a web design company. We just try
to be that voice for the community. Now, please tell
(01:52):
us how the weather is out in La. I know
we were just talking about this pre show. I'm just
kind of jealous. So I used to live out in
San Diego and everything. But is it beautiful out there?
The sunshine? That what's going on?
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Oh my goodness, it's beautiful every day in sunny California.
I mean it's absolutely And I'm a palm tree girl,
so I love the streets that just have like the
palm trees that just line all the way up all
the way up the street. So as you drive down
the streets and the sun is shining, and I mean
it's gorgeous, It's gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
That is one thing I miss. I mean being a marine,
United States Marine. I'm a veteran, so just being stationed
at MCASO Toro all the way up and down North Island,
so I mean it was a beautiful, beautiful place to
be stationed at. So soak up some sign for me.
Without further ado, we're gonna jump into the interview. You've
taken time to sit down with us this evening, so
(02:45):
we don't want to take up too much of your time, Dominique,
Can you please let us know. Introduce everybody. Introduce yourself
to everybody. Let us know where you're from. You're a
Missouri girl right next to me, from Chicago, is that correct?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Absolutely originally from Saint Louis, Missouri. And we love Chicago.
I mean everybody from Saint Louis loves to take a
trip up too Shy Town and have some good food.
And the arts are all over Shy Town. So we
we we are the lights neighbors.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I know we have to have every time I go home,
I gotta grab some Harold's Chicken and make sure I
sit down and enjoy it. Now getting into your acting,
I know you're from Saint Louis, Missouri, you're very humble.
I want to let everybody know she's an actress of
stage and screens. She's a designer, she's a philanthropist and
(03:39):
a dedicated businesswoman. So Dominique pretty much covers all genres
of her profession. Can you please let us know how
it was growing up and when was the first spark
introduced to you? As far as getting the acting bug,
how was that?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Well, growing up in Saint Louis, you know, it seemed
to me that, like the arts was always an outlet
for me. I've been in you know, arts and dancing
as far as performing ballet, tapjeb all that since I
was like three years old, since I was a little baby,
and I was so blessed to have a parent that
(04:20):
like always kept me into a lot of different activities.
So I started dancing for the NFL, and I think
that was my entry way more so into modeling. So
the acting bugs didn't really come in until I got
more so into college and went into theater. It's interesting
(04:42):
the way things happened, because I really thought modeling was
going to be enough for me, but it seemed that
God had another plan.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
And so God, he always does, He always take takes
us down another road.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Yeah, every time, every time, and it's kind of unseen.
It's a road that's least followed what I tell most people,
because I was very intimidated by acting. I mean, I thought,
you know, you get that script, it's one hundred and
something pages, Like, how am I going to do this?
Like I'm gonna get this to my memory, I'm so
memorize all that, you know. I had this preconceived mindset
about it until I got into it. Really, when I
(05:17):
was in school, I started realizing that I was embodying
experience and seeing life through different perspectives, and I thought, wow,
like this is a whole new level of of seeing light.
And so I still was pretty intimidated as far as like,
you know, the scripts and this kind of thing. But
(05:38):
it seemed to me that I had to take on
entrepreneurial mindset and take it on as a business, not
just as an art And I think that's when I
started to get a hold of the fact that, Okay,
I'm not just an actress memorizing this for this this
(06:00):
play or this cause I'm someone who is a voice
for many people for them to experience something that can
be life changing. To tell a story that can impact
people's lives and that I should only attach myself to
projects that will do that. And so I developed my
nonprofit which is called Life and Love Foundation, to help
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children develop their skill in arts and entertainment and to
also help them set up their gift as an entrepreneur,
as a business so that they function as an entity. Also, yeah,
you know, I set up my own LLC to set
myself up as an entity so that now I realize
(06:44):
that Dominique Nicole, you know, is an entrepreneur. She is
a businesswoman as well as my talent, so that I
have full control over my business and we make more
business minded you know, decisions as actors or entertainers period.
So that's kind of where I am, you know, how
I got to where I am in a short synopsis
(07:04):
that you know, it's really a totally like a diversion
and where I thought I would be in my life.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Now. It's very interesting that you outlined a couple of
things that you know, we need to learn starting out
in life that in ourselves just dominating Nicole, just everything
that you have mentioned, you have to You're keeping in
mind that you are a brand and your image and
what you're putting out there is very valuable to you
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and the perception that you're giving everybody else. And I
like the way that you take pride in that, and
then with your foundation, your life and love foundation, I
can see that you're passing on those principles to the
young kids, teenagers and young adults that are still coming up.
To keep that in mind, especially now in a very
social media society, how do you balance that You're when
(08:00):
you're talking to these young kids and letting them know
how important it is to set themselves up as a
good brain and a good name, well.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
I really try to influence them to utilize their imagination,
but then also come up with an action plan based
on what they see in their imagination, because it's all
outside of the box thinking. Everyone I believe in life
moves in different motion and in different rhythms, and sometimes
we get so caught up trying to be in this
(08:32):
cookie cutter motion where we think that we do one, two, three,
four or five six seven, and that's how it's supposed
to go. But life doesn't always go that way, right,
And the way that you function may be different in
the way, So what else functions? And you cannot be
you can't be intimidated by that. You have to trust
your instincts and trust yourself, but you also have to
(08:52):
come up with a plan for you. So I always
tell them you have to be willing to keep going
when nobody else will. You have to be willing to
do things outside of the box and trust yourself before
anyone else does it. And you have to be able
to have a true belief in who you are because
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what the differences are withinside of you is really what
is going to move or drive someone to want to
follow you is because you're doing it a different way.
So never lose sight of those differences. I think that's
the power, because a lot of times I see a
lot of kids get lost or they get a little
bit weary in their well doing because they feel like,
(09:36):
you know, they're the black sheep, or they feel like
they're the ugly duckling because they're not doing what everyone
else is doing. Those are the kids that I like
to grab a hold of because usually those are the
most passionate children. They will change lives if they can it.
Get someone to support them in that space.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
You know, how I got introduced to business was very
early on in high school. So I can agree with
a lot of things you're saying, and I'm glad that
you're being a mentor right now. When I was in
high school, you know, I had aspirations of owning my
own business or doing something different. We didn't have social
media like we have now and ways to access different things.
But I just remember the president of the Second National
(10:16):
Bank up in Sagonaw, Michigan, coming by talking about junior achievement.
I don't know if you've ever heard of that before,
but it's pretty much taken. You know, young kids who
have dreams and aspirations, and I'll tell you what from
that moment on. I mean, you know, we were a
little challenge growing up. You know, Mom didn't have a
lot of money to take care of this, to take
(10:37):
care of that. First thing he said was hey, if
you have a hope and a dream, I'll take care
of you. He paid for all my things to get
into He was that role model what I needed in business,
and that applies to me now. So anytime that I
do anything now, I think about the teachings that he,
you know, took time to come talk to me when
(10:58):
I was at home or picked me up up and
take me out to dinner or take me to big
functions when I was just a teenager in high school.
And and then he exposed me to giving back. We're
doing toys for tots way back then for kids that
were underprivileged and stuff like that. So you know, it's
very very appreciated.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Now.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I do notice that when you're talking about transitions and
the way your life doesn't go. I noticed that you
were in the biotechnical industry, technology industry. Is that correct
out in corporate America? If you worked with everybody, she's
a she's a brain y'all dominique as a brain. So
she worked in biotechnology. Tell us when you were in
the biotechnology field, how how did things change for you?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
So?
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Was it something that you really wanted to do, something
you tried, or something you had a passion for and
it just really went't a different way? How did that go? Oh?
Speaker 5 (11:47):
God? I think corporate America finds us all at some
point in our life. You know, we all at some
point probably have had an experience in corporate America's aspect, way, shape,
or form. I think that corporate America is absolutely a
great process for people to learn sales and marketing. I
think that they have the best training programs out there.
(12:09):
I was really blessed. I definitely got an opportunity to
work with breast and colon and melanoma cancers through genetic testing.
Preventing cancer is a huge is a huge thing. I
mean it's huge, and to be a part of a
team that's doing that, I felt like, oh man, it
was the best feeling ever in my life that I've
(12:31):
ever had to be a part of a team that
was helping prevent something that is, you know, is just
life threatening. And it really moved me to be in
that space when I had the opportunity. I learned a
lot through that because it showed me how to set
myself up as a business. And it was all of
the cancer patients that drove me because they would smile
(12:53):
at me and say, baby, you should be all tippy,
and I would be like, yeah, yeah, that sounds great,
but I have no idea how I'm going to get there.
You know, I'm I'm okay with being right here. And
I started just seeing you know, this little girl inside
of them and the little boys inside of them men,
(13:14):
And I start seeing these people and I start trying
I'm not gonna let my dream die. And me like,
I'm not gonna do that, and I said, but at
this time, being out there helping present cancer, I'm gonna
give it all that I got. And when it's time
for me to get out of this and to go
into my next realm, I'm gonna give that all I got.
(13:35):
And not too far after that, I got a call
from Tyler Perry to be in Uh, you know, media
goes to jail, and and that's what pulled me out,
is like shift here, I am now here, I'm now
this actress. And it was one of those things where
if you're gonna focus on acting, or you're gonna focus
on anything, you're gonna have to put one hundred percent
(13:57):
focus onto it. So I shifted all the logistics and
all of the business acumens that I learned from genetic
testing and I put it into Dominique Nicole and Life
and Love Foundation.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Wow, that's an awesome story, I mean, just to see
how the transition happened for you, and then to call
from Tyler Perry, I mean, and then the things that
you learned from Corporate America. And I have to agree
with you, even with my roots, you know, coming up
through Corporate America and with the Marine Corps. I can
relate to everything you're saying. They teach you certain things
(14:32):
that help you function in life and to help you
look after yourself and make smart decisions to the best
of your ability at the time. So I mean, I
really applaud you for that. Now, for your first acting
acting job, how was that?
Speaker 4 (14:49):
So?
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Can you tell us how you felt when you went
for you very very first acting job to audition or
how'd you feel? How did that work for you?
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Well?
Speaker 5 (15:00):
You know what's funny is it like I have to
say this, Okay, So Tyler Perry wasn't my first acting job.
I have to say I was in theater. So I
was performing, you know, I performed at Fourteenth Street Playhouse.
I did place I do have. You know, I had
an agent in Atlanta, and I was getting called for
commercials and things like that. But when Tyler Perry studios,
(15:23):
When Tyler Perry calls, you feel like you're on top
of the world. And no matter how big or small
that part is, you feel like you're the biggest thing
you know ever, you know about to enter the zone
of fame and fortune, and you know, you get all
this like, you know, exciting to his spirit, you know,
and your person, and then you know, I was excited.
(15:47):
I mean, you know, I had my own trailer and
I had my day, you know, and I was like, yeah,
I made it, I made it, you know, and I
get there and it's just like two lines. But it's fine,
you know, because I'm saying I'm with Tyler Sean. So
it was great. But let me tell you, Oh, after
I got that, I thought that my career was going
to catapult to the you know, the next level. But
(16:09):
oh no, after that one movie, Oh my god, and
I got one hundred percent out of corporate America and
I was in the acting. Oh my goodness. I went
through a shift, a shift.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Shift did you go through?
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Not knowing when you're gonna have a check to pay
the rent, not knowing when the next acting job is
going to come, not knowing you know. But see the
way that it was set up, it was set up
to pull me out. So it looked like I was
about to go into a realm of just constant prosperity
all over the roads.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Right.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
I'm so happy that shift happened to me because it
made me so much stronger, and it made me more
of a stronger entrepreneur because then I realized that you
had to get different streamlines of income coming in and
that you had to build yourself from a whole different perspective,
you know, because in corporate America, you get direct deposit okay,
(17:06):
and fill the TV. They still mail out checks. So
it's a totally different process that you go through, you know.
And it's funny because you go from direct deposit to
looking at the mailbox, whateter wondering how long? Yeah, yeah,
it's so you really have to build a strong funnel
(17:27):
of projects so that you're consistently having those checks coming in,
you know, and then you have to do other things
in between so that you make sure that you know,
your foundation is always covered until you get to a
space where your projects are just big enough and your
projects are you know, one hundred percent taking care of you,
and it will happen. But it takes time to get there.
(17:50):
It takes time. But Tyler Perry like my carrot, I
call it, like I like carrot to like go ahead,
do it, like take that plunge, take the leap of faith, you.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Know, And speaking of that, Okay, in the industry, right,
So like you're saying, you got to be on your grind,
you got to make sure you have your check coming
in and things like. People just don't understand that. On
the other side, you know, we see how you look
on the big screen and oh, that's Dominique Nikolech He's
really doing it big And people need to understand. I mean,
that's your lifestyle, that's your job, that's you know, you
(18:22):
have to really put a lot into it and bring
a lot to the table every day. Now around you,
are there anybody that really influenced you, that had told
you some things that really stuck to you, that helped you,
that contributed to your success just by being there and
being a support system for you.
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Wow, I wish it. I wish it was that that way.
Like I wish it was like set up in that
way where you know, I did seek mentors, you know,
but sometimes the people that you think that are going
to be your mentors don't always end up being your mentors.
And I would have to say that for me, it
was people along the way. It was almost like people
(19:06):
would appear, you know, when I would go through a
certain point or time in my life, and they would
be like, I'm glad you got that work ethics, because
your work ethic is what's going to make you successful.
Like your work ethic. If you keep that work ethics,
then you just keep going because you're working when other
people are out to dinner, You're working when other people
are sleeping, You're working when other people are doing other things,
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and that is what's going to make you successful. So
it was people along the way that would come. And
then I also did a lot of self work. I
mean stay I stay online with spiritual leaders, Bill Winston,
Joyce Myers, you know. I mean I just TD Jakes.
I mean I stay online with these I have it
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playing in the background the whole time I work it.
I mean I even go into more leadership kind of
a teachers like John Maxwell and Tony Robbins, Like whenever
I'm going through a challenge, I get on YouTube and
I'm like, let me put the challenge in that I'm
going through, like you know, if it's you know what
(20:10):
the issue it is. And then it comes up with
the different teachers that are teaching on that, and I
look for you know, I got my top twenty spiritual
leaders and business leaders that I listen to especially like
less ground. I mean, I go through those kind of
teachers and listen to different you know, different talks that
they've done that strategically can put me in the right space.
(20:34):
But I say it, I'm sorry, no go.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Ahead, no, no, go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
Oh I was gonna say, I have to say that.
You know, my mother, you know she's not she's a nurse,
so my mom's not in this industry. But she believes
in me. No matter what I did. She told me, baby,
give it all you got, like she didn't care what
I did. You know, Mom, I'm doing genetic testing. Oh
maybe that's great, give it all you got. I'm going
to be an actress. Oh that's great, baby, go give
(21:03):
it all you got. Like my mother, no matter what
I did, like she would always you know, she may
not have had the money to give me to help
me with it. She may not have been able to
tell me strategically how to logistically lay it out to
make it prosperous. She believed in me. She believed in
me no matter what I did, And whenever I felt discouraged,
I would call her up and she would say, baby,
(21:24):
you know I went online to day and I just
watched that. I watched one of your commercials and wow,
you're great, baby, You're great, you know, and yeah, so yeah, yeah,
So it takes someone who believes me. It's just one person.
And for me, it was that one person with my mother,
who you know, she would always just be there encouraging
me and telling me to keep going no matter what
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I was doing.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
You know, my mom was there too. You know, she
would she would you know, like I said, she may
not have the money to, you know, take care of
a lot of things, but she one thing she strived
usual ingenuity. You know, we put your ingenuity and attitude
and hard work with what I got. We're gonna make
something out of it. And I can definitely say that
my mom did make that. She did have that recipe
(22:11):
in mind every time she wanted to teach us a lesson. Now,
one thing that really stuck out I was going to
say is that when you sent over your press packet.
Remember you were sending it over and I said, hey, Dominique,
you send this over so I can look at it.
When I was reading it, one thing jumped off the page.
And I quote the governing principles Dominique n Cole lives
by are having objectives and goals, engaging in hard work,
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believing in oneself, keeping a focus, and most important, possessing
possessing and uncompromising integrity. I was like, that's a strong statement,
and that pretty much covers a lot of things that
you were talking about on the show up until now,
possessing an uncompromising integrity. On that note, is there anything
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in the business that you turned down where you were like, no,
I can't do that. That's just just just against my principles.
I know you can't go probably into detail about it,
but has there any been Has there been anything where
you just turned down because you just didn't feel comfortable
about it?
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (23:11):
Yeah. You always have to walk. You have to be
fearless in walking away, and you have to know how
to bow out gracefully with a healthy boundary. You have
to know your boundary. You have to know your I
really your limitations. Everyone limitations are different. Every project you
(23:35):
go into is going to be different. And I've learned
to always say yes in the beginning. You never just
say no in the very beginning. When you meet a
director of producers, you tell them I don't care what
they ask you to do. You'd never say no right away.
As a talent, you have to always stay submissive to
the process. So I believe you go all the way
(24:01):
in and you do as much as you can until
you get to a space where it's uncomfortable and then
you say no, I'm sorry. You know, actually I'm uncomfortable
with this at this time. And that is much better
than just blocking them out because you will not be
able to get even in to build a relationship if
you block someone out as soon as they meet you
(24:23):
and you say no, oh no, I'm not doing that.
Oh no, I'm not doing this right, bro.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I've you know.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
You got to have a team of people to help
you be able to determine what is best for your
brand and what is really going to catapult you to
the next level. You got to have someone looking from
a logistical standpoint, and you have to have someone looking
from a marketing standpoint. Because of the talent, we get
attached sometimes to the character and experience instead of the
(24:55):
overall picture. So that's just my you know, because I
want to develop relationships because people are going to call
on It's not always about the audition. Sometimes it's about
the last time they worked with you. They absolutely enjoyed it,
and they're going to be on set with you now
for four or five weeks, for fourteen hours, and they
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want to be on set with you because you're a
joy to work with. That's what the industry works.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
You know, And it may seem like a big industry,
but right it's a small industry. Right, It's very tight.
It's a tight knit industry. Is that is that fair
to say?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
Well, I would say that it's the people that are
really working. That's where it gets really small. You know,
it's big in the mindset that you know, there's a
lot of projects out here and it's a lot of
people auditioning for them. So when you're in that realm,
when you're in that realm of you know, I'm auditioning
a lot, I'm going out here. You know, entertainment industry
(25:55):
goes through many after you got music, you got tent,
TV and film, you know, you got all these different Okay,
but when you get into that circle of us, all
that are really making that money, You're gonna run to
the same people because you got to believe in that
one percent, you know, that is that one percent of
people in the world that are really making the money,
and I really just think it's just how people think,
(26:17):
you know, It's it's how people think. So you gotta
get around like minded people.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Okay, Now with that, Dominique, we're gonna gotta take time
out for two sponsors that we have on the show
of Miracle Marketing and Jaws of Life out of actually Atlanta.
He's great artists, upcoming artists. He's actually doing a discography
on the show next month, so maybe you can tune
in on that one. But we're just gonna take a
two and a half minute time out. That sound good
for you, absolutely, all right, we'll be right back everybody.
(26:47):
Well a million dollars to that tally on the verge.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
I'll be bitch and tell.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Them gone pay that house off and do some with
that kitchen.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
God bless God, bless.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
This by your one.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Oh yeah, well, oh yeah, all right, welcome back to
the show. We are here on Preface Media Channel on
blog talk radio dot com with the one and only
(27:29):
actress Dominique Nicole, who has blessed us this evening taking
time out. She's out in La She took a block
of time out of her days just to sit down
and talk to us. Dominique.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
Are you there, Yes, I'm here.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
All right, we're coming into the last segment of the show.
I mean, you're giving us a I mean, just a
good background about your life and where you're from Saint Louis, Missouri.
Told us about how you got into acting and modeling,
how you were exposed to your first josh job in
the industry, and the one thing that we really want
to focus on as well as your life and Love Foundation.
(28:05):
And the last part of the show for those who
are listening to the show, she's been she I mean,
she's got a tight resume. Media goes to jail, It's
Supernatural Psychology, A Secrets, or some of the films that
you could see her on and TV one. She had
an episodic role on Fatal Attractors and Fatal Attraction as well.
So I just want to make sure we get your
(28:25):
body of work out there now. The last part of
the show is all yours. I want to hear more
about your philanthropy, life and Love Foundation. What else would
you like to tell our listeners about your life and
Love Foundation?
Speaker 5 (28:39):
You know, I really believe that all of this really
comes down to your story, you know, and how you
got to be where you are today, and there's no
cookie cutter way that the story is going to happen.
You're going to go through different challenges. And one of
the challenges that I went through in the industry was
(29:03):
people being very misleading and people saying that they could
help you, but really couldn't help you at all. And
I wanted to know who was really true, who was
really real, Who's really going to be the one to help.
But I realized more and more that it was really
me helping myself to really uncover who was true in
the industry. So I created Life and Love Foundation so
(29:26):
that we can help all these children and adults excel
to their highest potential in the entertainment industry, connecting them
with real agents, connecting them with people who do headshots
and real you know, because what I find is a
lot of kids come with all these pictures and none
of the pictures are suitable for an audition. They're not
(29:49):
suitable to go in, you know, for an audition. They're
taking pictures leaning on the car, you know, they taking
picture in all these different ways, and it's like, none
of that is a headshot. None of that is a headshot,
you know, And so it's like to be connected to
people that are true in the industry, and so that's
what we do. We also raise money. We you know,
raise a scholarship to help send a child to a
(30:11):
performing arts school. One of my passions was to go
to the schools of performing out and performing arts, and
it never happened. I never went to a school to
performing arts, but I did. I was I should say
I was really blessed and put in front of people
that were really top notch coaches in the industry and
(30:34):
took lots of training. So I've had a lot of training,
and so I encourage people to get as much training
and coaching and workshops in schooling as possible in whatever
industry that it is that they're focusing on. But that's
what life and love does, and so we hope to help,
you know, even if it's one child at a time,
to help them propel to their highest potential in the
entertainment industry.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Now, please tell the listeners and everybody, even those we
wanted to listen to archives when we put pump to
show out, let us know plug your foundation. How can
they reach you? Are you restricted to just one city?
Are you nationwide? Please? Go into how we can reach
you and what's the best path that you'll take when
(31:17):
when they do contact you.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Oh god, no, yeah, you know, I travel a lot.
I mean next week I'll be in New York and
I'm in Atlanta, l A. I mean mostly it's the
Tri Cities, but I'm I'm all over and so I
really it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
You know.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
They can go to Life and Love Foundation dot org
and that's life like l I F E and A
N D. So we spell it out love l O
V foundation f O U N D A T I
O n dot org. So they go to Life and
Love Foundation dot org and you can fill out you know,
(31:57):
please contact me on there and you can put your request.
You can put what city and state you're in, and
one of our representatives will give you a callback. And
most of the time it is me. I mean, I
usually like try to stay highly connected even through all
my social media. You know, I'm doing it all myself.
I do all of my own social media. I get
(32:18):
every email that comes through Life and Love you know,
as well as the team.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
You know.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
What you know, what surprised me, Dominique is that when
I contacted reach out to you, I was like, well,
you know, we know each other on Facebook and we've
chatted back and forth stuff like that. But when I
actually reached out, I said, well, I'll probably get her
agent or I'll get When you responded directly back to me,
I was like, Wow, she's really in touch. That's the
first thing I said to myself. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
I think it's so important because you know, how are
we going to be a part of moving the people
if we're not a part of the people, Like how
does that work?
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You know?
Speaker 5 (32:54):
And I think it's so important to be connected. You know,
we are all moving. You know, forces that we are
all moving is one, you know. I just believe that
we are all connected. So yeah, all my social media
and everything, i'm you know, I keep a connection with
everyone on there. And it's really easy to do. It's
not hard. I mean, it's the way things are set
(33:16):
up now. It all comes to your phone. And I
don't know if the people that work with me like
that so much, but I do think, but I do
think that, you know, it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (33:31):
I can be a bit of a micro manager kind
of person. I have hands on everything. I want to
see everything, Like I don't want anything to go past
me without me seeing it.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
So you know.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
But but that's that's the thing. It's like you have
to own that you know, own it, own your differences,
own the things that you know in your heart that
you need to do to make you successful.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
And there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, I like
the way that you stay in touch and everything still
goes through you when you have your hands on your organization.
I think that's that's awesome.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
Oh well, thank you. Well, I appreciate the support.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
JD. I do.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
I do, man, But think about it. Think about it, DOMINICQ.
Because when the minute you lose touch with your audience
and the people that make you successful, I think sometimes
that does you know, doesn't keep you on the pulse
of society and things that's going on and things that
are important to you. So yeah, I really do applaud
you for that. Now, what can we see? What are
(34:31):
your next projects are you working on right now? What
can you tell us what other things are you working
on right now?
Speaker 4 (34:37):
Well?
Speaker 5 (34:37):
I can tell you that I do have some great
stuff coming. I can tell you that. I mean, I
can tell y'all.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
You can't let us in on it yet, huh.
Speaker 5 (34:46):
Well, I mean, no, but you know, I did. I
did it. Just a call from Ice Cube for Barbershop three.
So we're working out the pacifics for that, so hopefully
i'll be back. I was just in Atlanta auditioning for
a role there and they call me back, so we'll see,
(35:08):
we'll see if that happens. And so I can't let
that out and the TV, I can't let that out, yeah,
because there's all these contract coal Like you know, at first,
I used to think that was just like people saying
that kind of stuff, you know, like they don't want
to tell you. But really, like there's so many contractual
laws and logistics and boy, you can't talk about this
(35:31):
and you talk about that, you know, and all that
kind of stuffuff. Yeah, it's real, Like it's real, Like
you know, you have to be so careful before what
you put out there.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
And I do understand that too, because you know, I mean,
like you said, you're you're obligated legally. You just can't
go to a show and start spilling the beans and
you're ruining something that's a year down the line in
your livelihood, you know, so you got to get.
Speaker 5 (35:52):
Paid to do it what you do, that's right, that's right,
And I tell you commercials are the best thing, you
know for actors that are just starting. Now, get a
commercial agent and focus on commercials because that'll be your
bread and butter because they you shoot them fast and
you get paid quickly, and you know, until you hit
that major TV series or that film or you know
or whatever.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
So yeah, well, thank you for sharing all the information
that you have for us to seeming I mean, I
mean I find it very useful. I find the information
very useful. And those that are out in blog talk
land preface media land, please know you're talking to I
mean an expert here that I consider you the expert.
(36:33):
She's in the fields, she knows what to look for.
She's giving you tips on how to polish up you know,
your image and how to present yourself in the industry.
And with the life and love foundation, she can take
you that extra step further to assist you professionally on
that end. But you got to bring the hard work
and determination to I assume you have to be coachable
(36:56):
as well, Is that correct, Dominique?
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Oh yeah, you have to be welling. You have to
be welling, and you have to have a teachable spirit
for sure.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
That's you know, you have to have a teachable, teachable spirit,
have somebody impart something into you, so you just can't
come and say I know what I'm doing. You know
she's here to help you. So all those that tweet
me again, you can find me at preface M on
Twitter p r e f A c e M at
preface M. You can follow me on Instagram j D
(37:27):
j A y D five one five on Instagram. Of course,
YouTube channel preface Media is the channel there live stream
preface Media and also at blog talk dot com. It's
been awesome talking to you, Dominique Nicole. We're going to
make sure we exchange information again to make sure you
(37:47):
have all my other numbers, anything that you have. You're
more than welcome to come on the show. It's an
open invite and I would love to have you on
the show.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Oh I thank you so much for this opportunity. And
I just I just want to give a shout out
to everyone to follow you know, prefer Media and follow
JD with what he's doing. Listen to the shows. I
believe he said that. You know, we can go onto
blog talk radio dot com and just to do preface
Media and click the links and we're cooked up and
(38:17):
we're connected. So let's all stay connected and let's support
each other.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
All right, and with us with that deceiving, we're going
to start closing out the show. Thank you, dominiqu Nicole.
If you need anything, he got my information and we
look forward to talking to you in the future.
Speaker 5 (38:32):
Okay, absolutely, thank you. A hen JD. You have a
beautiful day, you too, and good luck to you all right,
take care, good.
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It's it's life on your line.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I like to introduce everybody to the one and only
actress Dominique. Nicole Dominique, go ahead, you got to say
hi to everybody.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
Oh hello everybody. I hope everyone is having a beautiful
day out there. And I just want to say thank
you to JDA pre Face Media because a refence media.
It is one of those situations where You've built a
platform for people like me, so I'm very thankful to
have this opportunity to be on your show today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, thank you very much. I really appreciate that. We
just try to find that medium where everybody has a voice.
Everybody can, you know, push and let everybody know what
their dreams are, how they got started in a business,
no matter if they're doing acting, or you have a
multi million dollar company you want everybody to know about,
or you got a web design company. We just try
to be that voice for the community. Now, please tell
(01:52):
us how the weather is out in La. I know
we were just talking about this pre show. I'm just
kind of jealous. So I used to live out in
San Diego and everything. But is it beautiful out there?
The sunshine? That what's going on?
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Oh my goodness, it's beautiful every day in sunny California.
I mean it's absolutely And I'm a palm tree girl,
so I love the streets that just have like the
palm trees that just line all the way up all
the way up the street. So as you drive down
the streets and the sun is shining, and I mean
it's gorgeous, It's gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
That is one thing I miss. I mean being a marine,
United States Marine. I'm a veteran, so just being stationed
at MCASO Toro all the way up and down North Island,
so I mean it was a beautiful, beautiful place to
be stationed at. So soak up some sign for me.
Without further ado, we're gonna jump into the interview. You've
taken time to sit down with us this evening, so
(02:45):
we don't want to take up too much of your time, Dominique,
Can you please let us know. Introduce everybody. Introduce yourself
to everybody. Let us know where you're from. You're a
Missouri girl right next to me, from Chicago, is that correct?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Absolutely originally from Saint Louis, Missouri. And we love Chicago.
I mean everybody from Saint Louis loves to take a
trip up too Shy Town and have some good food.
And the arts are all over Shy Town. So we
we we are the lights neighbors.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I know we have to have every time I go home,
I gotta grab some Harold's Chicken and make sure I
sit down and enjoy it. Now getting into your acting,
I know you're from Saint Louis, Missouri, you're very humble.
I want to let everybody know she's an actress of
stage and screens. She's a designer, she's a philanthropist and
(03:39):
a dedicated businesswoman. So Dominique pretty much covers all genres
of her profession. Can you please let us know how
it was growing up and when was the first spark
introduced to you? As far as getting the acting bug,
how was that?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Well, growing up in Saint Louis, you know, it seemed
to me that, like the arts was always an outlet
for me. I've been in you know, arts and dancing
as far as performing ballet, tapjeb all that since I
was like three years old, since I was a little baby,
and I was so blessed to have a parent that
(04:20):
like always kept me into a lot of different activities.
So I started dancing for the NFL, and I think
that was my entry way more so into modeling. So
the acting bugs didn't really come in until I got
more so into college and went into theater. It's interesting
(04:42):
the way things happened, because I really thought modeling was
going to be enough for me, but it seemed that
God had another plan.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
And so God, he always does, He always take takes
us down another road.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Yeah, every time, every time, and it's kind of unseen.
It's a road that's least followed what I tell most people,
because I was very intimidated by acting. I mean, I thought,
you know, you get that script, it's one hundred and
something pages, Like, how am I going to do this?
Like I'm gonna get this to my memory, I'm so
memorize all that, you know. I had this preconceived mindset
about it until I got into it. Really, when I
(05:17):
was in school, I started realizing that I was embodying
experience and seeing life through different perspectives, and I thought, wow,
like this is a whole new level of of seeing light.
And so I still was pretty intimidated as far as like,
you know, the scripts and this kind of thing. But
(05:38):
it seemed to me that I had to take on
entrepreneurial mindset and take it on as a business, not
just as an art And I think that's when I
started to get a hold of the fact that, Okay,
I'm not just an actress memorizing this for this this
(06:00):
play or this cause I'm someone who is a voice
for many people for them to experience something that can
be life changing. To tell a story that can impact
people's lives and that I should only attach myself to
projects that will do that. And so I developed my
nonprofit which is called Life and Love Foundation, to help
(06:23):
children develop their skill in arts and entertainment and to
also help them set up their gift as an entrepreneur,
as a business so that they function as an entity. Also, yeah,
you know, I set up my own LLC to set
myself up as an entity so that now I realize
(06:44):
that Dominique Nicole, you know, is an entrepreneur. She is
a businesswoman as well as my talent, so that I
have full control over my business and we make more
business minded you know, decisions as actors or entertainers period.
So that's kind of where I am, you know, how
I got to where I am in a short synopsis
(07:04):
that you know, it's really a totally like a diversion
and where I thought I would be in my life.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Now. It's very interesting that you outlined a couple of
things that you know, we need to learn starting out
in life that in ourselves just dominating Nicole, just everything
that you have mentioned, you have to You're keeping in
mind that you are a brand and your image and
what you're putting out there is very valuable to you
(07:36):
and the perception that you're giving everybody else. And I
like the way that you take pride in that, and
then with your foundation, your life and love foundation, I
can see that you're passing on those principles to the
young kids, teenagers and young adults that are still coming up.
To keep that in mind, especially now in a very
social media society, how do you balance that You're when
(08:00):
you're talking to these young kids and letting them know
how important it is to set themselves up as a
good brain and a good name, well.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
I really try to influence them to utilize their imagination,
but then also come up with an action plan based
on what they see in their imagination, because it's all
outside of the box thinking. Everyone I believe in life
moves in different motion and in different rhythms, and sometimes
we get so caught up trying to be in this
(08:32):
cookie cutter motion where we think that we do one, two, three,
four or five six seven, and that's how it's supposed
to go. But life doesn't always go that way, right,
And the way that you function may be different in
the way, So what else functions? And you cannot be
you can't be intimidated by that. You have to trust
your instincts and trust yourself, but you also have to
(08:52):
come up with a plan for you. So I always
tell them you have to be willing to keep going
when nobody else will. You have to be willing to
do things outside of the box and trust yourself before
anyone else does it. And you have to be able
to have a true belief in who you are because
(09:12):
what the differences are withinside of you is really what
is going to move or drive someone to want to
follow you is because you're doing it a different way.
So never lose sight of those differences. I think that's
the power, because a lot of times I see a
lot of kids get lost or they get a little
bit weary in their well doing because they feel like,
(09:36):
you know, they're the black sheep, or they feel like
they're the ugly duckling because they're not doing what everyone
else is doing. Those are the kids that I like
to grab a hold of because usually those are the
most passionate children. They will change lives if they can it.
Get someone to support them in that space.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
You know, how I got introduced to business was very
early on in high school. So I can agree with
a lot of things you're saying, and I'm glad that
you're being a mentor right now. When I was in
high school, you know, I had aspirations of owning my
own business or doing something different. We didn't have social
media like we have now and ways to access different things.
But I just remember the president of the Second National
(10:16):
Bank up in Sagonaw, Michigan, coming by talking about junior achievement.
I don't know if you've ever heard of that before,
but it's pretty much taken. You know, young kids who
have dreams and aspirations, and I'll tell you what from
that moment on. I mean, you know, we were a
little challenge growing up. You know, Mom didn't have a
lot of money to take care of this, to take
(10:37):
care of that. First thing he said was hey, if
you have a hope and a dream, I'll take care
of you. He paid for all my things to get
into He was that role model what I needed in business,
and that applies to me now. So anytime that I
do anything now, I think about the teachings that he,
you know, took time to come talk to me when
(10:58):
I was at home or picked me up up and
take me out to dinner or take me to big
functions when I was just a teenager in high school.
And and then he exposed me to giving back. We're
doing toys for tots way back then for kids that
were underprivileged and stuff like that. So you know, it's
very very appreciated.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Now.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I do notice that when you're talking about transitions and
the way your life doesn't go. I noticed that you
were in the biotechnical industry, technology industry. Is that correct
out in corporate America? If you worked with everybody, she's
a she's a brain y'all dominique as a brain. So
she worked in biotechnology. Tell us when you were in
the biotechnology field, how how did things change for you?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
So?
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Was it something that you really wanted to do, something
you tried, or something you had a passion for and
it just really went't a different way? How did that go? Oh?
Speaker 5 (11:47):
God? I think corporate America finds us all at some
point in our life. You know, we all at some
point probably have had an experience in corporate America's aspect, way, shape,
or form. I think that corporate America is absolutely a
great process for people to learn sales and marketing. I
think that they have the best training programs out there.
(12:09):
I was really blessed. I definitely got an opportunity to
work with breast and colon and melanoma cancers through genetic testing.
Preventing cancer is a huge is a huge thing. I
mean it's huge, and to be a part of a
team that's doing that, I felt like, oh man, it
was the best feeling ever in my life that I've
(12:31):
ever had to be a part of a team that
was helping prevent something that is, you know, is just
life threatening. And it really moved me to be in
that space when I had the opportunity. I learned a
lot through that because it showed me how to set
myself up as a business. And it was all of
the cancer patients that drove me because they would smile
(12:53):
at me and say, baby, you should be all tippy,
and I would be like, yeah, yeah, that sounds great,
but I have no idea how I'm going to get there.
You know, I'm I'm okay with being right here. And
I started just seeing you know, this little girl inside
of them and the little boys inside of them men,
(13:14):
And I start seeing these people and I start trying
I'm not gonna let my dream die. And me like,
I'm not gonna do that, and I said, but at
this time, being out there helping present cancer, I'm gonna
give it all that I got. And when it's time
for me to get out of this and to go
into my next realm, I'm gonna give that all I got.
(13:35):
And not too far after that, I got a call
from Tyler Perry to be in Uh, you know, media
goes to jail, and and that's what pulled me out,
is like shift here, I am now here, I'm now
this actress. And it was one of those things where
if you're gonna focus on acting, or you're gonna focus
on anything, you're gonna have to put one hundred percent
(13:57):
focus onto it. So I shifted all the logistics and
all of the business acumens that I learned from genetic
testing and I put it into Dominique Nicole and Life
and Love Foundation.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Wow, that's an awesome story, I mean, just to see
how the transition happened for you, and then to call
from Tyler Perry, I mean, and then the things that
you learned from Corporate America. And I have to agree
with you, even with my roots, you know, coming up
through Corporate America and with the Marine Corps. I can
relate to everything you're saying. They teach you certain things
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that help you function in life and to help you
look after yourself and make smart decisions to the best
of your ability at the time. So I mean, I
really applaud you for that. Now, for your first acting
acting job, how was that?
Speaker 4 (14:49):
So?
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Can you tell us how you felt when you went
for you very very first acting job to audition or
how'd you feel? How did that work for you?
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Well?
Speaker 5 (15:00):
You know what's funny is it like I have to
say this, Okay, So Tyler Perry wasn't my first acting job.
I have to say I was in theater. So I
was performing, you know, I performed at Fourteenth Street Playhouse.
I did place I do have. You know, I had
an agent in Atlanta, and I was getting called for
commercials and things like that. But when Tyler Perry studios,
(15:23):
When Tyler Perry calls, you feel like you're on top
of the world. And no matter how big or small
that part is, you feel like you're the biggest thing
you know ever, you know about to enter the zone
of fame and fortune, and you know, you get all
this like, you know, exciting to his spirit, you know,
and your person, and then you know, I was excited.
(15:47):
I mean, you know, I had my own trailer and
I had my day, you know, and I was like, yeah,
I made it, I made it, you know, and I
get there and it's just like two lines. But it's fine,
you know, because I'm saying I'm with Tyler Sean. So
it was great. But let me tell you, Oh, after
I got that, I thought that my career was going
to catapult to the you know, the next level. But
(16:09):
oh no, after that one movie, Oh my god, and
I got one hundred percent out of corporate America and
I was in the acting. Oh my goodness. I went
through a shift, a shift.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Shift did you go through?
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Not knowing when you're gonna have a check to pay
the rent, not knowing when the next acting job is
going to come, not knowing you know. But see the
way that it was set up, it was set up
to pull me out. So it looked like I was
about to go into a realm of just constant prosperity
all over the roads.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Right.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
I'm so happy that shift happened to me because it
made me so much stronger, and it made me more
of a stronger entrepreneur because then I realized that you
had to get different streamlines of income coming in and
that you had to build yourself from a whole different perspective,
you know, because in corporate America, you get direct deposit okay,
(17:06):
and fill the TV. They still mail out checks. So
it's a totally different process that you go through, you know.
And it's funny because you go from direct deposit to
looking at the mailbox, whateter wondering how long? Yeah, yeah,
it's so you really have to build a strong funnel
(17:27):
of projects so that you're consistently having those checks coming in,
you know, and then you have to do other things
in between so that you make sure that you know,
your foundation is always covered until you get to a
space where your projects are just big enough and your
projects are you know, one hundred percent taking care of you,
and it will happen. But it takes time to get there.
(17:50):
It takes time. But Tyler Perry like my carrot, I
call it, like I like carrot to like go ahead,
do it, like take that plunge, take the leap of faith, you.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Know, And speaking of that, Okay, in the industry, right,
So like you're saying, you got to be on your grind,
you got to make sure you have your check coming
in and things like. People just don't understand that. On
the other side, you know, we see how you look
on the big screen and oh, that's Dominique Nikolech He's
really doing it big And people need to understand. I mean,
that's your lifestyle, that's your job, that's you know, you
(18:22):
have to really put a lot into it and bring
a lot to the table every day. Now around you,
are there anybody that really influenced you, that had told
you some things that really stuck to you, that helped you,
that contributed to your success just by being there and
being a support system for you.
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Wow, I wish it. I wish it was that that way.
Like I wish it was like set up in that
way where you know, I did seek mentors, you know,
but sometimes the people that you think that are going
to be your mentors don't always end up being your mentors.
And I would have to say that for me, it
was people along the way. It was almost like people
(19:06):
would appear, you know, when I would go through a
certain point or time in my life, and they would
be like, I'm glad you got that work ethics, because
your work ethic is what's going to make you successful.
Like your work ethic. If you keep that work ethics,
then you just keep going because you're working when other
people are out to dinner, You're working when other people
are sleeping, You're working when other people are doing other things,
(19:28):
and that is what's going to make you successful. So
it was people along the way that would come. And
then I also did a lot of self work. I
mean stay I stay online with spiritual leaders, Bill Winston,
Joyce Myers, you know. I mean I just TD Jakes.
I mean I stay online with these I have it
(19:49):
playing in the background the whole time I work it.
I mean I even go into more leadership kind of
a teachers like John Maxwell and Tony Robbins, Like whenever
I'm going through a challenge, I get on YouTube and
I'm like, let me put the challenge in that I'm
going through, like you know, if it's you know what
(20:10):
the issue it is. And then it comes up with
the different teachers that are teaching on that, and I
look for you know, I got my top twenty spiritual
leaders and business leaders that I listen to especially like
less ground. I mean, I go through those kind of
teachers and listen to different you know, different talks that
they've done that strategically can put me in the right space.
(20:34):
But I say it, I'm sorry, no go.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Ahead, no, no, go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
Oh I was gonna say, I have to say that.
You know, my mother, you know she's not she's a nurse,
so my mom's not in this industry. But she believes
in me. No matter what I did. She told me, baby,
give it all you got, like she didn't care what
I did. You know, Mom, I'm doing genetic testing. Oh
maybe that's great, give it all you got. I'm going
to be an actress. Oh that's great, baby, go give
(21:03):
it all you got. Like my mother, no matter what
I did, like she would always you know, she may
not have had the money to give me to help
me with it. She may not have been able to
tell me strategically how to logistically lay it out to
make it prosperous. She believed in me. She believed in
me no matter what I did, And whenever I felt discouraged,
I would call her up and she would say, baby,
(21:24):
you know I went online to day and I just
watched that. I watched one of your commercials and wow,
you're great, baby, You're great, you know, and yeah, so yeah, yeah,
So it takes someone who believes me. It's just one person.
And for me, it was that one person with my mother,
who you know, she would always just be there encouraging
me and telling me to keep going no matter what
(21:46):
I was doing.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
You know, my mom was there too. You know, she
would she would you know, like I said, she may
not have the money to, you know, take care of
a lot of things, but she one thing she strived
usual ingenuity. You know, we put your ingenuity and attitude
and hard work with what I got. We're gonna make
something out of it. And I can definitely say that
my mom did make that. She did have that recipe
(22:11):
in mind every time she wanted to teach us a lesson. Now,
one thing that really stuck out I was going to
say is that when you sent over your press packet.
Remember you were sending it over and I said, hey, Dominique,
you send this over so I can look at it.
When I was reading it, one thing jumped off the page.
And I quote the governing principles Dominique n Cole lives
by are having objectives and goals, engaging in hard work,
(22:33):
believing in oneself, keeping a focus, and most important, possessing
possessing and uncompromising integrity. I was like, that's a strong statement,
and that pretty much covers a lot of things that
you were talking about on the show up until now,
possessing an uncompromising integrity. On that note, is there anything
(22:54):
in the business that you turned down where you were like, no,
I can't do that. That's just just just against my principles.
I know you can't go probably into detail about it,
but has there any been Has there been anything where
you just turned down because you just didn't feel comfortable
about it?
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (23:11):
Yeah. You always have to walk. You have to be
fearless in walking away, and you have to know how
to bow out gracefully with a healthy boundary. You have
to know your boundary. You have to know your I
really your limitations. Everyone limitations are different. Every project you
(23:35):
go into is going to be different. And I've learned
to always say yes in the beginning. You never just
say no in the very beginning. When you meet a
director of producers, you tell them I don't care what
they ask you to do. You'd never say no right away.
As a talent, you have to always stay submissive to
the process. So I believe you go all the way
(24:01):
in and you do as much as you can until
you get to a space where it's uncomfortable and then
you say no, I'm sorry. You know, actually I'm uncomfortable
with this at this time. And that is much better
than just blocking them out because you will not be
able to get even in to build a relationship if
you block someone out as soon as they meet you
(24:23):
and you say no, oh no, I'm not doing that.
Oh no, I'm not doing this right, bro.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I've you know.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
You got to have a team of people to help
you be able to determine what is best for your
brand and what is really going to catapult you to
the next level. You got to have someone looking from
a logistical standpoint, and you have to have someone looking
from a marketing standpoint. Because of the talent, we get
attached sometimes to the character and experience instead of the
(24:55):
overall picture. So that's just my you know, because I
want to develop relationships because people are going to call
on It's not always about the audition. Sometimes it's about
the last time they worked with you. They absolutely enjoyed it,
and they're going to be on set with you now
for four or five weeks, for fourteen hours, and they
(25:18):
want to be on set with you because you're a
joy to work with. That's what the industry works.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
You know, And it may seem like a big industry,
but right it's a small industry. Right, It's very tight.
It's a tight knit industry. Is that is that fair
to say?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
Well, I would say that it's the people that are
really working. That's where it gets really small. You know,
it's big in the mindset that you know, there's a
lot of projects out here and it's a lot of
people auditioning for them. So when you're in that realm,
when you're in that realm of you know, I'm auditioning
a lot, I'm going out here. You know, entertainment industry
(25:55):
goes through many after you got music, you got tent,
TV and film, you know, you got all these different Okay,
but when you get into that circle of us, all
that are really making that money, You're gonna run to
the same people because you got to believe in that
one percent, you know, that is that one percent of
people in the world that are really making the money,
and I really just think it's just how people think,
(26:17):
you know, It's it's how people think. So you gotta
get around like minded people.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Okay, Now with that, Dominique, we're gonna gotta take time
out for two sponsors that we have on the show
of Miracle Marketing and Jaws of Life out of actually Atlanta.
He's great artists, upcoming artists. He's actually doing a discography
on the show next month, so maybe you can tune
in on that one. But we're just gonna take a
two and a half minute time out. That sound good
for you, absolutely, all right, we'll be right back everybody.
(26:47):
Well a million dollars to that tally on the verge.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
I'll be bitch and tell.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Them gone pay that house off and do some with
that kitchen.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
God bless God, bless.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
This by your one.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Oh yeah, well, oh yeah, all right, welcome back to
the show. We are here on Preface Media Channel on
blog talk radio dot com with the one and only
(27:29):
actress Dominique Nicole, who has blessed us this evening taking
time out. She's out in La She took a block
of time out of her days just to sit down
and talk to us. Dominique.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
Are you there, Yes, I'm here.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
All right, we're coming into the last segment of the show.
I mean, you're giving us a I mean, just a
good background about your life and where you're from Saint Louis, Missouri.
Told us about how you got into acting and modeling,
how you were exposed to your first josh job in
the industry, and the one thing that we really want
to focus on as well as your life and Love Foundation.
(28:05):
And the last part of the show for those who
are listening to the show, she's been she I mean,
she's got a tight resume. Media goes to jail, It's
Supernatural Psychology, A Secrets, or some of the films that
you could see her on and TV one. She had
an episodic role on Fatal Attractors and Fatal Attraction as well.
So I just want to make sure we get your
(28:25):
body of work out there now. The last part of
the show is all yours. I want to hear more
about your philanthropy, life and Love Foundation. What else would
you like to tell our listeners about your life and
Love Foundation?
Speaker 5 (28:39):
You know, I really believe that all of this really
comes down to your story, you know, and how you
got to be where you are today, and there's no
cookie cutter way that the story is going to happen.
You're going to go through different challenges. And one of
the challenges that I went through in the industry was
(29:03):
people being very misleading and people saying that they could
help you, but really couldn't help you at all. And
I wanted to know who was really true, who was
really real, Who's really going to be the one to help.
But I realized more and more that it was really
me helping myself to really uncover who was true in
the industry. So I created Life and Love Foundation so
(29:26):
that we can help all these children and adults excel
to their highest potential in the entertainment industry, connecting them
with real agents, connecting them with people who do headshots
and real you know, because what I find is a
lot of kids come with all these pictures and none
of the pictures are suitable for an audition. They're not
(29:49):
suitable to go in, you know, for an audition. They're
taking pictures leaning on the car, you know, they taking
picture in all these different ways, and it's like, none
of that is a headshot. None of that is a headshot,
you know, And so it's like to be connected to
people that are true in the industry, and so that's
what we do. We also raise money. We you know,
raise a scholarship to help send a child to a
(30:11):
performing arts school. One of my passions was to go
to the schools of performing out and performing arts, and
it never happened. I never went to a school to
performing arts, but I did. I was I should say
I was really blessed and put in front of people
that were really top notch coaches in the industry and
(30:34):
took lots of training. So I've had a lot of training,
and so I encourage people to get as much training
and coaching and workshops in schooling as possible in whatever
industry that it is that they're focusing on. But that's
what life and love does, and so we hope to help,
you know, even if it's one child at a time,
to help them propel to their highest potential in the
entertainment industry.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Now, please tell the listeners and everybody, even those we
wanted to listen to archives when we put pump to
show out, let us know plug your foundation. How can
they reach you? Are you restricted to just one city?
Are you nationwide? Please? Go into how we can reach
you and what's the best path that you'll take when
(31:17):
when they do contact you.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Oh god, no, yeah, you know, I travel a lot.
I mean next week I'll be in New York and
I'm in Atlanta, l A. I mean mostly it's the
Tri Cities, but I'm I'm all over and so I
really it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
You know.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
They can go to Life and Love Foundation dot org
and that's life like l I F E and A
N D. So we spell it out love l O
V foundation f O U N D A T I
O n dot org. So they go to Life and
Love Foundation dot org and you can fill out you know,
(31:57):
please contact me on there and you can put your request.
You can put what city and state you're in, and
one of our representatives will give you a callback. And
most of the time it is me. I mean, I
usually like try to stay highly connected even through all
my social media. You know, I'm doing it all myself.
I do all of my own social media. I get
(32:18):
every email that comes through Life and Love you know,
as well as the team.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
You know.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
What you know, what surprised me, Dominique is that when
I contacted reach out to you, I was like, well,
you know, we know each other on Facebook and we've
chatted back and forth stuff like that. But when I
actually reached out, I said, well, I'll probably get her
agent or I'll get When you responded directly back to me,
I was like, Wow, she's really in touch. That's the
first thing I said to myself. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
I think it's so important because you know, how are
we going to be a part of moving the people
if we're not a part of the people, Like how
does that work?
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You know?
Speaker 5 (32:54):
And I think it's so important to be connected. You know,
we are all moving. You know, forces that we are
all moving is one, you know. I just believe that
we are all connected. So yeah, all my social media
and everything, i'm you know, I keep a connection with
everyone on there. And it's really easy to do. It's
not hard. I mean, it's the way things are set
(33:16):
up now. It all comes to your phone. And I
don't know if the people that work with me like
that so much, but I do think, but I do
think that, you know, it's really cool.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (33:31):
I can be a bit of a micro manager kind
of person. I have hands on everything. I want to
see everything, Like I don't want anything to go past
me without me seeing it.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
So you know.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
But but that's that's the thing. It's like you have
to own that you know, own it, own your differences,
own the things that you know in your heart that
you need to do to make you successful.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
And there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, I like
the way that you stay in touch and everything still
goes through you when you have your hands on your organization.
I think that's that's awesome.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
Oh well, thank you. Well, I appreciate the support.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
JD. I do.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
I do, man, But think about it. Think about it, DOMINICQ.
Because when the minute you lose touch with your audience
and the people that make you successful, I think sometimes
that does you know, doesn't keep you on the pulse
of society and things that's going on and things that
are important to you. So yeah, I really do applaud
you for that. Now, what can we see? What are
(34:31):
your next projects are you working on right now? What
can you tell us what other things are you working
on right now?
Speaker 4 (34:37):
Well?
Speaker 5 (34:37):
I can tell you that I do have some great
stuff coming. I can tell you that. I mean, I
can tell y'all.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
You can't let us in on it yet, huh.
Speaker 5 (34:46):
Well, I mean, no, but you know, I did. I
did it. Just a call from Ice Cube for Barbershop three.
So we're working out the pacifics for that, so hopefully
i'll be back. I was just in Atlanta auditioning for
a role there and they call me back, so we'll see,
(35:08):
we'll see if that happens. And so I can't let
that out and the TV, I can't let that out, yeah,
because there's all these contract coal Like you know, at first,
I used to think that was just like people saying
that kind of stuff, you know, like they don't want
to tell you. But really, like there's so many contractual
laws and logistics and boy, you can't talk about this
(35:31):
and you talk about that, you know, and all that
kind of stuffuff. Yeah, it's real, Like it's real, Like
you know, you have to be so careful before what
you put out there.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
And I do understand that too, because you know, I mean,
like you said, you're you're obligated legally. You just can't
go to a show and start spilling the beans and
you're ruining something that's a year down the line in
your livelihood, you know, so you got to get.
Speaker 5 (35:52):
Paid to do it what you do, that's right, that's right,
And I tell you commercials are the best thing, you
know for actors that are just starting. Now, get a
commercial agent and focus on commercials because that'll be your
bread and butter because they you shoot them fast and
you get paid quickly, and you know, until you hit
that major TV series or that film or you know
or whatever.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
So yeah, well, thank you for sharing all the information
that you have for us to seeming I mean, I
mean I find it very useful. I find the information
very useful. And those that are out in blog talk
land preface media land, please know you're talking to I
mean an expert here that I consider you the expert.
(36:33):
She's in the fields, she knows what to look for.
She's giving you tips on how to polish up you know,
your image and how to present yourself in the industry.
And with the life and love foundation, she can take
you that extra step further to assist you professionally on
that end. But you got to bring the hard work
and determination to I assume you have to be coachable
(36:56):
as well, Is that correct, Dominique?
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Oh yeah, you have to be welling. You have to
be welling, and you have to have a teachable spirit
for sure.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
That's you know, you have to have a teachable, teachable spirit,
have somebody impart something into you, so you just can't
come and say I know what I'm doing. You know
she's here to help you. So all those that tweet
me again, you can find me at preface M on
Twitter p r e f A c e M at
preface M. You can follow me on Instagram j D
(37:27):
j A y D five one five on Instagram. Of course,
YouTube channel preface Media is the channel there live stream
preface Media and also at blog talk dot com. It's
been awesome talking to you, Dominique Nicole. We're going to
make sure we exchange information again to make sure you
(37:47):
have all my other numbers, anything that you have. You're
more than welcome to come on the show. It's an
open invite and I would love to have you on
the show.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Oh I thank you so much for this opportunity. And
I just I just want to give a shout out
to everyone to follow you know, prefer Media and follow
JD with what he's doing. Listen to the shows. I
believe he said that. You know, we can go onto
blog talk radio dot com and just to do preface
Media and click the links and we're cooked up and
(38:17):
we're connected. So let's all stay connected and let's support
each other.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
All right, and with us with that deceiving, we're going
to start closing out the show. Thank you, dominiqu Nicole.
If you need anything, he got my information and we
look forward to talking to you in the future.
Speaker 5 (38:32):
Okay, absolutely, thank you. A hen JD. You have a
beautiful day, you too, and good luck to you all right,
take care, good.
Speaker 4 (38:41):
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