1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,720 Hey, everyone. 2 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:28,720 Thanks for joining us this week. 3 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,160 I want to give you a little background. 4 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:36,120 Ed has hurt his shoulder in the World Karate Championships. 5 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,600 Someone did a crane kick on him and took him out of the tournament. 6 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:46,520 However, this week I was able to secure a wonderful interview with Jessica DiGiovanni. 7 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,360 I won't get that right during the interview, so enjoy that. 8 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:58,000 She was very engaging, very nice to talk to, and very passionate about her voice work and 9 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,200 work with Transformers. 10 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:06,920 So I hope you will all enjoy Jessica DiGiovanni, also known as Windblade from Transformers 11 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:07,920 Cyberverse. 12 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,880 Thanks so much for joining me. 13 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:10,880 Have a great week. 14 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:11,880 Hi, everyone. 15 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:12,880 Sorry. 16 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:13,880 Okay. 17 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,440 I turned on Do Not Disturb. 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:16,440 Okay, sorry. 19 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Go ahead. 20 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,440 That's okay. 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,440 So welcome, everyone. 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,320 Today I have a very special episode. 23 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:29,760 I have star of such shows as The Narcissus, Forever Split, The Other Two, and many more, 24 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,200 including starring as Windblade on Transformers Cyberverse. 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,200 So welcome, Jessica DiGiovanni. 26 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,200 Excuse me. 27 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,200 You did it. 28 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,200 When? 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,200 When it been? 30 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,200 Yeah, yes. 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,240 My Welsh doesn't do that that well, but... 32 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,360 Well, you did fantastic. 33 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,360 Thank you very much. 34 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:48,680 It's so hard to meet you, Evan. 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,160 Thank you so much for having me. 36 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:55,000 We've been interacting over email here and there while you've been doing projects. 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,240 So I'm glad we finally got this chance. 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,240 Yeah. 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,240 Yeah. 40 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,160 So really, I mean, you know, we're gonna have a conversation today and we'll kind of start 41 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:03,320 at the beginning here. 42 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,320 So how did you get into acting and do you have particular actors, actresses you look 43 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,920 up to? 44 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,520 Yes. 45 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,480 So how did I get into acting? 46 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,840 I think... 47 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:21,040 So for me, it's always been, and I don't know, I think this might be true for most people, 48 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:28,240 is that I really love feeling a part of something and I really love community. 49 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:36,760 And so I was being bullied in middle school and I found theater at that time. 50 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,240 I mean, I had been doing it before. 51 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,480 I had been doing musicals in elementary school and I loved it. 52 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:48,880 But I really... so I had been doing it when I was younger, but I really feel like I was 53 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:55,560 like, oh, this feeds me in a way that's bigger than just having fun performing in middle 54 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,000 school. 55 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,520 And I just really found an outlet where I felt like I belonged and I felt like I love 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,480 collaborating with other people and being creative and playful. 57 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,080 And so that's pretty much how that started. 58 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,040 And I forgot the second part of it. 59 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,040 No drama. 60 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,040 I'm so sorry. 61 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,040 No, no, you're fine. 62 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,040 It's like comedy season to like everything. 63 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,840 It's just, I don't know, I feel like my brain is overloaded. 64 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:21,840 Okay, go ahead. 65 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,800 I've been reading these over and over, should I get them right? 66 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,920 So no, actually, to kind of go off what you said there, I mean, I think a lot of people 67 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:33,720 get into acting and drama, they look for a place to belong and that actually usually 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,560 develops some sort of, I don't know, a place or a family or a community. 69 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,360 So I was the same way in high school, so I get it completely. 70 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,640 Oh, what did you get involved in? 71 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,840 Oh, I just did drama, theater. 72 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:46,840 Oh my gosh, you did? 73 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,080 I've never really had the voice for musicals besides chorus. 74 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,640 But yeah, I mean, I enjoyed it. 75 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,160 It was kind of nice being part of something and just, I don't know, kind of almost not 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,760 really supposed to be, but kind of flying by the seat of your pants because you're up 77 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,160 there interacting with other people in real time. 78 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,960 So that was always kind of fun to me, but I never pursued it past high school and things 79 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:06,960 like that. 80 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:12,680 But I took that year off from school, which came back like 20 years later. 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:13,680 Okay, cool. 82 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,320 Yeah, it actually went into science instead. 83 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,320 So we all have our different paths in life, but I kind of like it. 84 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,320 Science is still creative. 85 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Well, yeah. 86 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,580 Oh, I want to get back to you though. 87 00:04:24,580 --> 00:04:30,800 So I know as an actor, you probably have looked up to different actors and actresses over 88 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:31,800 time. 89 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,840 So yeah, there you go, back on. 90 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,920 So we kind of wanted a good idea of who is the people who really inspired you? 91 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:39,920 Robin Williams. 92 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:40,920 Oh yeah. 93 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:41,920 Jim Carrey. 94 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:47,760 There's other artists that inspire me. 95 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:53,920 Like I just watched this documentary about John Baptiste, who's the, he played the piano, 96 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,240 he was the band leader on the Colbert show. 97 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,800 Or sorry, his late night show. 98 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,160 The late night with Stephen Colbert. 99 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:09,040 But he really inspires me. 100 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:14,560 You know, Lucille Ball, Catherine O'Hara. 101 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:22,440 That whole Christopher Guest crew. 102 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,440 I loved those movies growing up. 103 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:32,240 And yeah, just like it's always been people who can bring joy to the world and like make 104 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,360 people laugh. 105 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,200 But also, you know, someone like Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, you know, like they also can 106 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,840 like really elicit emotional, like they, they, they're able to find the humor in like the 107 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:47,200 dark areas in life. 108 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,680 You know, I guess I'm talking more about like the later Jim Carrey stuff. 109 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,800 I mean, his like earlier stuff was pretty like physical comedy, obviously like goofy. 110 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,960 I loved goofy when I was little, you know, so people like that. 111 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,960 Yeah. 112 00:05:58,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Yeah. 113 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:05,240 I definitely think his, his portrayal as a Andy Kaufman kind of got into that darker 114 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:11,440 idea of, of excellence, which yeah, he, it was great seeing him in a role like that because 115 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,280 he just became Andy Kaufman in Man of the Moon. 116 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,760 So yeah, I definitely get that. 117 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,880 And Robin Williams, yes, I grew up listening to his comedy, which probably was a little 118 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,160 young to be listening to some of the comedy. 119 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:27,120 I was, you know, watched some of the special, some of the movies, you know, they were, yeah, 120 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:32,600 I definitely feel that a lot, you know, so, but this, you know, your acting brought you 121 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,280 into something that, you know, myself and others know you from now. 122 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:39,920 It's also nice to you walking into the Transformers fandom. 123 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,120 It seemed like you got, been getting really nice responses from fans. 124 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,120 So it's really cool. 125 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,360 And out of that role for a Windblade come up for you. 126 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,320 I, it was just an audition that my agent sent to me. 127 00:06:52,320 --> 00:07:01,920 I was packing for, I was packing for Burning Man and I was, you know, I was leaving the 128 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,960 next day and I got this last minute audition. 129 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:12,320 And so I like recorded it with a towel over my head on my phone, like, like super, you 130 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,640 know, because, because this was, you know, now everybody has a setup in their house with 131 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,000 voiceover equipment, but this was like pre that. 132 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,080 So most people would, I would, I would go into my agent's office to audition or I would 133 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,840 go to a casting director, their office and like audition there. 134 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,320 So I didn't have the setup. 135 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,000 And so it was, I was just like, all right, well, I'll just turn it in like this, you 136 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,160 know. 137 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,600 And then I went to Burning Man and I didn't have cell phone service there. 138 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,600 So, which is one of the reasons why I love going. 139 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,000 And I got back and I had this email that was like, you booked this job. 140 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 And I was like, what? 141 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,720 And it just kind of like propelled me into this universe. 142 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,720 And I was like, I had to like read up all on like the history of Transformers and like 143 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,680 what the off spark is and like all of the, you know, the terminology and who these characters 144 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:57,680 are. 145 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,680 And like, you know, you could go, you could spend years reading all of the literature 146 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,120 on it because it's just like, there's so many spinoff universes and you know, different, 147 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,920 you know, Windblade has different storylines depending on which one you read. 148 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:14,200 So it's like, you know, it was a lot, but I, I have loved being a part of this universe 149 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,960 because the fans are amazing. 150 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:17,960 They're just like the sweetest. 151 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,360 I have so many fans that come up to me like during the conventions. 152 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:21,360 They're like, are you okay? 153 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,360 Do you need water? 154 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,360 How are you doing? 155 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,360 That's nice though. 156 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,360 They're so sweet. 157 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:27,600 And they're like, are you having a good time? 158 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:32,240 And just, it's never anything that I ever expected. 159 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,600 You know, I, I don't know. 160 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:41,440 I just, I just never was like, oh, I'm not cool enough to be like a part, you know, but 161 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,040 that's, that's how it has happened and it's been just so great. 162 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,040 And I think it's also great, you know, she's fan made. 163 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:57,360 So I think there might be some people who feel connected to her because they helped, 164 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,080 you know, come up with her. 165 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,440 They birthed her in a way, you know? 166 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,880 Yeah, I totally get that. 167 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,920 I mean, I've done some moderation work at conventions around the Pensacola, Florida 168 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:14,240 area and people always assume that the, that the celebrity is okay. 169 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,520 And I'm over there looking at you. 170 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:17,520 I totally get that. 171 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,040 That's, that's inherent in our nature. 172 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,800 We want to make you as comfortable as possible. 173 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,800 So I love that. 174 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:22,800 That's really nice. 175 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,800 Yeah. 176 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,360 And were you able to, I don't know, with the reading of the lower and things, were you 177 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,920 able to bring in anything, I guess, your own personality, your own take on the character 178 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:37,440 at all, or did we had a very, or did you have a very centered focus about how she was supposed 179 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:38,440 to be as a character? 180 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,120 Before I booked the job or after? 181 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,120 After. 182 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:50,960 So after I was able to get an image of, of Windblade, because that really helps me as 183 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,440 an actor to have some sort of visual to go off of. 184 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,600 And so they sent me, you know, what they were going to use for her. 185 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,000 And they had mentioned that they were getting rid of like the high heel aspect of it. 186 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,960 So her feet were like more on the ground and they were trying to like, I guess, in a way 187 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,800 like desexualize her a little bit, you know, because I feel like a lot of times the Autobots 188 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:17,560 or really any of the female bots can be kind of, you know, a little bit, not sexed up, 189 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:22,760 but like there is an aspect to them that's like, okay, this is a very feminine aspect. 190 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,020 So I, I, I really liked that. 191 00:10:26,020 --> 00:10:29,840 So there was a stance I kind of took with her where, you know, so my feet were flat 192 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:35,520 on the ground and really, I really just kind of felt that the power of like a warrior a 193 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,320 little bit and then the wings, right? 194 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:42,640 So like her wings are so like, there's like a back and your chest is forward. 195 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,520 And so just kind of coming from that strength, like that place physically also, it all informs 196 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,120 your voice, like how you're holding your body informs how your voice sounds. 197 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,800 So yeah, that's kind of that's, that's how I got into her. 198 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:01,900 I didn't really have any preconceived notions except that I knew that she was tough and 199 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:08,280 she had her conviction in her purpose, which is to, you know, protect the Allspark and 200 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:15,320 protect the, their civilization, you know, is so strong. 201 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,160 And also in, in, in our series, as you know, like her and Bumblebee are like brother and 202 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:25,880 sister and like, so they really, to me, emphasize that, that they were really for this series, 203 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:31,560 they really wanted to show the beauty of their like, and the love and their like brother, 204 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,440 sister relationship and how much they care about each other. 205 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:39,360 So I really focused on those aspects and that's kind of how she came to be. 206 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,360 Thanks. 207 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:41,360 Yeah, actually. 208 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,720 And I know a lot of that early part of the show, you pretty much carried it, you know, 209 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,640 there's a little lures with him and little flashbacks, but I mean, was there any pressure 210 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,120 from you having to like, you know, carry a lot of the early episodes? 211 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,520 Did you feel pressure from that? 212 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,800 No, you know, it's so funny. 213 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,720 I just wrapped a feature film where I was the lead and I had people, you know, cause 214 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,280 when you're the lead, you're like there all the time and people come, other actors come 215 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,880 in and out and they were asking me, they're like, God, you know, this whole thing's on 216 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:08,880 your shoulders. 217 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Are you, how are you feeling? 218 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,320 I'm just like, I love it. 219 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:16,960 Like if I could be, if I could be there every day, all day, all the time, like I love it. 220 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:17,960 So I don't feel pressure. 221 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:23,440 I feel more like exhilarated and excited, you know, where some people might, you know, 222 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,360 but I also, you know, it's not like I show up and I'm like, Hey, I'm here. 223 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,640 I'm like, Hey, you know, like I definitely do the work and I make sure I know what I'm 224 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,120 doing and what's going on and what I can add. 225 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,320 And I'm creative and I love bouncing ideas off of other people and working together. 226 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,000 So that's something I definitely bring, but it just, I don't know. 227 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,920 I think leadership has something that's always come very naturally to me. 228 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,600 So I thrive when I'm like the lead. 229 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:49,600 Yeah. 230 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,520 I personally love it. 231 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:53,520 Yeah. 232 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,520 That's awesome. 233 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:55,520 Oh yeah. 234 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:56,520 I just want to go outside real quick on it. 235 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,520 You said you love going to Burning Man. 236 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,520 Were you trapped out there this year? 237 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,000 I didn't go this year. 238 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Oh, you lucked out. 239 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I had a job. 240 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Yeah. 241 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Yeah. 242 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Yeah. 243 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000 I did luck out. 244 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,520 That was, that would have been, I mean, but the nature of Burning Man is that like you 245 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,480 just make the best of whatever happens. 246 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,640 So I'm sure it was still fun no matter what. 247 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,480 I just, I would imagine that like getting out of there was a little bit of a nightmare. 248 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,480 Yeah. 249 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,160 I mean, obviously they didn't have like water, food and so, I mean, but there, you know, 250 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,720 there's people out there that are, that stay extra. 251 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,840 So they were probably people that had enough. 252 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,840 Yeah. 253 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,920 It seemed like everyone kind of worked together to make the best of it. 254 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:31,920 Like you said. 255 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:32,920 Yeah. 256 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,080 I mean, that's the, that is kind of what it's like out there. 257 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,320 You just, gifting economy. 258 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,680 It's not a barter trade. 259 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:41,120 It's just like people support each other. 260 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,120 It's cool. 261 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,120 Yeah. 262 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,320 They're all there, all there for their sort of the same purpose. 263 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:46,320 But yeah. 264 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:52,880 So when you recorded your lines for, for Windblade, was it a singles, like a, like a studio, 265 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,800 a setup where you're in a, in a sound booth or did you do any ensemble recording? 266 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:01,840 I would have loved to do ensemble recording, but no, we were, it was what we would each 267 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,080 come in one at a time and like do our lines and leave. 268 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:12,080 I actually never met, I just met Jeremy, like a couple months ago, actually at a convention 269 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:17,580 in person, I had never met him in person before I had spoken to on the phone. 270 00:14:17,580 --> 00:14:19,720 So yeah, we all recorded separate. 271 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:25,960 So it's basically like, you would, you just record your line and we'll go to the next 272 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:30,640 line and the next thing, you know, like, so if my line was like, you know, Evan get back, 273 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,680 I would do that like three different ways. 274 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,280 And then if the director Lauren was happy with one of those, we would move on. 275 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:41,680 And if she wanted to direct me, we would do another series of three. 276 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,920 And then, you know, she would, we would move forward and she'd be like, okay, this is what 277 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:45,920 just happened. 278 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,040 You know, cause sometimes I would get the scripts and sometimes I wouldn't get them 279 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,040 before. 280 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,440 So sometimes I'd be able to read through them and other times it would just be like too 281 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,220 much and I wouldn't, I wasn't able to get to them in time. 282 00:14:56,220 --> 00:15:01,120 So sometimes she'd just be like, okay, so, you know, Megatron just shot this person with 283 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,400 their, you know, like this is what's happening. 284 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:05,400 Go. 285 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,560 So, you know, you just kind of have to be like, okay, use my imagination, pretend like 286 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,200 these right in front of me. 287 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,840 And, you know, yeah, I almost feel like there's a, there's good and bad sides of that. 288 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:20,560 You know, I talked to David Cabe a little while back and when they did Beast Wars Transformers, 289 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:21,920 they did a ensemble room. 290 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,440 Like they basically set up a U like a horse. 291 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,760 And they all have jabs at each other. 292 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,120 People, you know, they almost, they'll just come out kind of camaraderie. 293 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,640 So I kind of see both sides of how many work better in both ways, but still that's really 294 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,800 cool though. 295 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,160 But you also, you know, more efficient that way. 296 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,160 Sorry to interrupt. 297 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:40,240 No, no, no, please. 298 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,680 It's more efficient with one person. 299 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:49,000 However, I think you get, because if they want a different read of a line, you know, 300 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,280 they can just have you go back. 301 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,480 Whereas like the whole cast is there, you know, it's a lot more going on, a lot more 302 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,720 to record, but I think you get better. 303 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,320 I personally think you get better results when everyone's in the room together. 304 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,320 Yeah. 305 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:05,480 So you also did a recording for the Battlegrounds game. 306 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,480 I did. 307 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:07,480 Yeah. 308 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,160 I mean, I've heard people talk about, like other voice actors talk about doing lines 309 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:16,880 on video games or they'll work with, they'll work with say athletes on certain things and 310 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,880 the athletes are going there, they're trying their best and they're just takes it out of 311 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,800 them after like 10 minutes of, you know, doing these lines very ferociously. 312 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,880 Whereas they're just go like, oh, yes, this is what I do. 313 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,000 Like I can do this all day long. 314 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,920 So how is it, how is it doing video game voiceovers for you? 315 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,440 I mean, it was, it's basically kind of the same. 316 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,520 I think there were more effort noises. 317 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,320 That's what we call lala. 318 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,280 So it was just such a funny word for it. 319 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,120 I remember the first time I was like, what's wala? 320 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,120 I don't, what is that? 321 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,120 A dance? 322 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,120 I don't understand. 323 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:49,600 And they're like, no, it's like fight noises. 324 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,600 And I was like, well, that's a strange word to use. 325 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Yeah, really. 326 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,600 Yeah. 327 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:00,080 But so, yeah, so there were a lot more effort noises for the video game and stuff. 328 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:05,480 But that one, I think I recorded actually, did I record that one? 329 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:06,960 God, I don't know. 330 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,960 That was so long ago. 331 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,240 I can't, I think I recorded that one here in my studio at home. 332 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,240 Okay. 333 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:14,240 Oh no. 334 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,240 Yeah, no, that was in LA. 335 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Yeah. 336 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,240 I recorded that. 337 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,080 I recorded that in my studio when I was living in LA. 338 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,080 Yeah. 339 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,080 Okay. 340 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,080 Cool. 341 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,080 Nice. 342 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,080 And what other video games have you worked on? 343 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,360 I know you've worked on a few others doing voiceover work. 344 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:29,360 Oh God. 345 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:30,360 Exo's Heroes. 346 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:31,360 I worked on that. 347 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:34,840 I did a bunch of different voices for that. 348 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:35,840 Like I don't even know. 349 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:40,560 I think at least like five characters. 350 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:41,920 And I don't know. 351 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:42,920 Is that it? 352 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:43,920 God, I don't, I'm so sorry. 353 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,920 That's the only one I saw. 354 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:45,920 I wanted to make sure I wasn't listening. 355 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:46,920 Yeah. 356 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:47,920 Yeah. 357 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,200 Well, sometimes it feels like I am doing more video game voices because I'm auditioning 358 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,200 for video games all the time. 359 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,200 So it's like, you know, the amount that you book versus the amount that you audition for 360 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,600 is like exponential. 361 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,920 It's so diff, it's a huge difference, but yeah, no, those are the only two that I've 362 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,920 done. 363 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,920 Okay. 364 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:06,920 So far. 365 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:07,920 Yeah. 366 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,920 Nice. 367 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:09,920 Yeah. 368 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:10,920 So you also worked on some shorts. 369 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,640 I was looking at this, this one you did called Zen, which is like a 20, 90 cyberpunk setting, 370 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:16,960 which you were really excited about that. 371 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:22,200 So I look, the best thing about doing things like this is I start adding things to watch 372 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,200 to my list. 373 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,880 So it's all these things have kind of joined my list. 374 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,420 So I'll be checking them all out. 375 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:27,420 How was it doing that? 376 00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:30,240 I don't want to, I wouldn't list to it soon after we're done here, by the way. 377 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:35,480 So that's so Nick Snow is a friend of mine that I know from years ago, we used to do 378 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:41,320 sketch comedy together, like, and we filmed, we've done so many projects together. 379 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:47,120 Like I don't even, I can't even remember all of them, but yeah, so he's been getting recently 380 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:50,280 into CGI and all of like creating these worlds. 381 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,960 And he reached out to me because he knows I do voiceover and he was like, Hey, would 382 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:54,960 you want to do this project? 383 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,520 And so I think I just recorded on my own, actually. 384 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,760 He sent me the lines and I recorded those on my own and sent him some options. 385 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,480 And he was like, these are great. 386 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,440 And then I kind of had like, I didn't really, did I know? 387 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,680 This is the problem. 388 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:10,680 So far back. 389 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:11,680 I don't know. 390 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:16,560 I don't remember if he's, no, I think he did send me the visual. 391 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,880 I think he did send me the visual. 392 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,720 So I had no, no, I don't think I had it. 393 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,100 I don't know. 394 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:26,480 Sometimes you get, sometimes you get to see what you're voicing and other times are just 395 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,800 like, okay, this is what the vibe we're going for. 396 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Yeah. 397 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,240 But when I saw the whole thing put together, I was like, this is sick. 398 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,240 Nice. 399 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,080 I was, he did such a good job with it. 400 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,920 I was, it was beyond like what I had to, I don't think I realized what it was, but it 401 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:41,920 was pretty cool. 402 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:42,920 Yeah. 403 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:43,920 Nice. 404 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:44,920 Excuse me. 405 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,240 I know you're also been working a lot on some podcasts, scripted podcast things. 406 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,560 Like you have a protocol Helix station. 407 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:52,560 That was impressive. 408 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:53,560 I cast with that also. 409 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,560 Gwendolyn. 410 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:55,560 Oh my gosh. 411 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:56,560 Yeah. 412 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,560 And it won a Webby. 413 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,560 It won some awards. 414 00:19:58,560 --> 00:19:59,560 Yeah. 415 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,560 I was going to bring that up, but that's fine. 416 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:03,560 No kidding. 417 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:04,560 No, no. 418 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:10,960 Well, so obviously another thing for the list for me, but yeah, how was that working on 419 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:11,960 that? 420 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,960 That's true. 421 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:13,960 That was cool. 422 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,200 That was pretty quick as well. 423 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,960 That was cause I had a couple of parts in that. 424 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,440 Yeah. 425 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:27,240 That one was also, I think recorded remotely from home. 426 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,240 Yeah. 427 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:29,560 In my studio here. 428 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,960 And yeah, they were super cool. 429 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:32,960 It was really quick. 430 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,880 They were very clear about what they wanted. 431 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,680 And we just did a couple of takes of things and that was that. 432 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:45,840 But yeah, I love doing scripted podcasts because I love, I love being able to act. 433 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:46,840 You know, 434 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,240 Well, yeah, it's almost like our modern version of radio shows. 435 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,320 Which I love that idea of having radio shows. 436 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:01,720 I've gotten involved in it, not involved personally, but following certain scripted podcasts. 437 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,600 And sometimes they don't always hit really well, but sometimes when they're hit, they're 438 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:05,600 just so good. 439 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,600 I love them. 440 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,040 So definitely it's like said, add to the list as well. 441 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,400 But he also did one about a year ago called the key of love, which is kind of cool. 442 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:19,320 It's a 1940s podcast scripted podcast where he played Moxie. 443 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,280 He told us about that. 444 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,280 I loved that. 445 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,280 That I love. 446 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:28,280 Because, you know, I kind of as an actor, I get cast a lot as like characters that are 447 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:29,280 similar to me. 448 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,880 I mean, not as I don't know, sometimes I get cast as like character stuff, but I have like 449 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,480 a lot of different characters in me. 450 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:41,360 So Moxie was like, she was like New York, right? 451 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360 Bostonian. 452 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,360 Yeah. 453 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,360 Bostonian. 454 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,360 Yeah. 455 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:46,360 She kind of had a Boston accent. 456 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,520 She was like totally like brash and like told you like told you like it was, you know, like 457 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,800 if you ever seen them Grease, she's kind of like a Frenchie in a way, but like a little 458 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,560 more edgy character with an accent. 459 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,280 And she was just so much fun to play. 460 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,320 And I had a blast and I did a couple other characters in that as well. 461 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,360 Different voices and accents and stuff. 462 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:07,120 And yeah, that was great. 463 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:12,400 That was I had fun because that one I actually did get to be opposite the other actress. 464 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,960 So we got we actually got to work off of each other, which is super helpful. 465 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,960 And we had the director there and that was that was in a booth that was in New York. 466 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:21,960 And that one was really fun. 467 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,680 I had I had fun with her. 468 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,320 I can imagine not being able to see the person you're interacting with just, you know, you 469 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,840 know, for for my show, I work with my friend, Ed, we usually do this together. 470 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:37,360 And before we had each other to look at, we missed all kinds of cues. 471 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:41,880 So I can't imagine trying to record a scripted podcast without those visual cues. 472 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,600 So that's going to be tough. 473 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,800 So it's going to activate your imagination. 474 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,120 You know, yeah. 475 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:52,160 But so also, we're going let's go to live action, though. 476 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:57,120 I know you have something coming out soon, like January 31st called Feud. 477 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,880 We played Kate Paley, daughter of a Paley, who's called the Queen of New York. 478 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,120 He tells a little bit of doubt or is it too soon to say anything about it? 479 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:07,160 No, you're the first person to ask me about it. 480 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,600 This is so exciting. 481 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,440 This is one of the bigger things I've I've booked. 482 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:21,840 This is a it's a story about Truman Capote and his drama with. 483 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,460 It's a Ryan Murphy project. 484 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:27,840 And it's about his drama with Truman Capote's drama with all these socialites like New York 485 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,680 socialites and L.A. socialites, upper class women. 486 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,140 And Naomi Watts is in it and I play her daughter. 487 00:23:36,140 --> 00:23:43,760 So we've got I've got I think it's one episode and there's a little bit of a a storyline 488 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,480 there with us, which is nice. 489 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:51,800 And I got to work with her and she was I have like only good things to say about her. 490 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,600 She's incredible as an actress. 491 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,340 Her endurance is mind blowing. 492 00:23:58,340 --> 00:24:06,920 And she's so incredibly giving and generous and supportive. 493 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,960 And like she really wants whatever she's in. 494 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,280 I mean, at least this project to be good and to work. 495 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,240 And so she works hard to make it that way. 496 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,440 And it's I was like so inspired working with her. 497 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:19,440 She was amazing. 498 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,640 And the sets were incredible. 499 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,440 And I'm excited for people to see it. 500 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:25,440 Nice. 501 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,520 And I know you're like pre-production for a project called Deep Fake 2023. 502 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:31,520 Yeah. 503 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,840 So that that's the feature we just finished. 504 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:34,840 OK. 505 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Yeah. 506 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:36,840 We just had a week ago. 507 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,840 Nice. 508 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:38,840 Yeah. 509 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,240 You're the lead in that. 510 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,240 I'm the lead in that. 511 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:42,240 Nice. 512 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,880 That I'm super excited about Deep Fake. 513 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,480 Thank you for asking about it. 514 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,600 Yeah, I'm really excited about Deep Fake. 515 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:54,520 Yeah, I want to talk to everyone to know more about you as an actress rather than just Transformers. 516 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,680 I think it's important to know that you have all these other gifts and abilities besides 517 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,480 just voicing a character we all know. 518 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,480 Thank you. 519 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:02,480 Yeah. 520 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:07,200 You know, it's kind of like as actors, we just kind of take what comes a lot of the 521 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,200 time. 522 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,920 And so it's it's it's you're lucky if it gets to be diverse like that, you know. 523 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:13,920 Yeah, definitely. 524 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:14,920 Definitely. 525 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,920 Deep Fake is really great. 526 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,280 It's going to be it's a it's a dark comedy. 527 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,120 It's a satire about social media. 528 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,920 And it's it's going to be really good. 529 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,920 I'm excited. 530 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:25,920 Nice. 531 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:26,920 OK, cool. 532 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:27,920 Well, I can't wait to see something about that. 533 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,200 And also, I want to like wrap up though today. 534 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:38,400 I saw that you had worked with with Naya Brantley, the Thrive Artist group, and working with 535 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:43,600 working with mental health in acting and entertainment. 536 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,920 And I think it's important that we like when I was growing up myself, I'm obviously probably 537 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,240 a bit older than you are. 538 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,180 And when I was growing up, you didn't talk about mental health. 539 00:25:53,180 --> 00:25:55,320 It was a taboo subject. 540 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,880 So nowadays, people talking about it more freely and more openly is really a positive 541 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:00,880 thing. 542 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:05,260 And I think people should be more aware and open to the fact that we all have things going 543 00:26:05,260 --> 00:26:07,520 on and we all need to deal with things we have. 544 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,960 So can you tell me a little bit about that episode you recorded with her? 545 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,000 Yeah, that was a few years ago. 546 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,920 And I think we just talked about being an artist and and how I take care of my own mental 547 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:26,520 health in the process, because our our profession can be very that can be it is like hills and 548 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,680 valleys more like more than most careers. 549 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,120 You really have to make sure that you take care of yourself and you have really solid 550 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:40,760 foundation and, you know, self care and self love and like knowing yourself and in having 551 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,760 a good support system. 552 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:51,080 So yeah, she offered she was offering a platform for artists to be able to come to for resources 553 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,240 and things of that nature. 554 00:26:53,240 --> 00:27:00,800 I am I know a lot about holistic health and natural remedies and things. 555 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:07,040 And so I do a lot of my own research and studying. 556 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:11,640 I'm actually studying to be a functional medicine health coach as well so that I have that information 557 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,040 under my belt. 558 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:24,840 And so I have a lot of tools that I utilize as an artist to keep myself in check. 559 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:31,480 Like like when I was doing this feature, everybody on set got sick, except for me. 560 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,080 I think everyone got sick. 561 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,200 Yeah, like went around the whole cast and crew. 562 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,920 But I just I have this protocol that I know works for health and my immune system. 563 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,680 I was getting good sleep and I was making sure I was moving my body and like taking 564 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:46,680 the right stuff. 565 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:54,080 And so I mean, when you're when your physical body is in good shape, your your mental health, 566 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,080 it really does. 567 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,560 It's kind of a symbiotic relationship, you know, at least that I find for myself. 568 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,720 I mean, obviously not every case is like that. 569 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,120 But yeah, I think it's like it's you got to work on the. 570 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:09,240 The physical part and then. 571 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:15,040 The main foundation is is, you know, your your own self talk, how you feel about yourself, 572 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,000 your self love and the support system that you have around you. 573 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:25,200 So like having those foundational elements are so key, especially with with a career 574 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,720 that is just so incredibly unpredictable. 575 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,840 Yes, such, such highs and such, such lows. 576 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,680 Well, I'm really glad I got to talk to you today. 577 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,680 I'm sorry. 578 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,160 We had a little going back and forth and finally right time, but I'm glad we finally got a 579 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,480 chance to talk today for a short time. 580 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,520 I want to ask you, is there anything you want to talk about, like something coming up you 581 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,960 want to tell people about? 582 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,640 I think just deep fake. 583 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,200 I have just auditioned for a couple of things I'm waiting to hear back on, so I can't promote 584 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,200 those until I know. 585 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:59,400 Yeah, but yeah, deep fake is going to be hopefully doing the festival circuit. 586 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,440 And obviously when it comes out, I will be posting about it. 587 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,440 But stay tuned. 588 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:04,440 That film. 589 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:11,240 Yeah, and my social media is at the Jess DIGI, Jess DIGI. 590 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,720 So follow me and I'll keep you up to date on what I'm doing. 591 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:15,720 Awesome. 592 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,400 Thank you so much for being with me here today and talk with us. 593 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,400 I say us. 594 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:25,640 Well, whoever listens to this collective us, the collective us, we, the Royal. 595 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:26,640 Yeah. 596 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,640 So thank you so much. 597 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,640 I appreciate everything. 598 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,640 Have a fantastic day. 599 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:34,040 It was so nice chatting with you and all that stuff. 600 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,320 It's so fun to talk about it. 601 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,320 Yeah, definitely. 602 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,320 Have a great day. 603 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:38,320 You too. 604 00:29:38,320 --> 00:30:05,960 Bye bye.