A THESPIAN Ft. Reece Feldman ｜ Episode 178
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1 hour and 15 minutes
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204.63022
Summary
Reese Feldman joins Jemele to talk about her love of Stanley Kubrick and his influence in the film industry. She also talks about her experience working on the biggest carpets in the world and what it's like being on them.
Transcript
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Conservatives are obsessed with like actors that play military men. I'm like, these are theater kids and they're wearing
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Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring me, your fave. Everybody knows me who cares about me.
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On to the guests. Today, we have the iconic, the legendary, the cinephile himself, guy with a movie camera, aka Reese Feldman.
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I was really debating up until this point whether or not to keep staring in the camera.
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That's all I wanted to talk about was the Kubrick stare.
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I was going to say, it feels weird when people ask, like, how are you?
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Yeah, it feels like a very double-edged question to answer nowadays, especially.
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Yeah, it's been like that now for like a decade.
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So look, everyone's hair is doing its own thing.
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Curls, coils, color damage, frizz that has a mind of its own.
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they've got the products to treat it, tame it, or turn heads.
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We're talking shampoos, deep treatments, hair tools, masks, the works,
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We have Amika, Kerastase, K18, Day, all the heavy hitters.
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Me and Reese, we see each other all the time at work stuff.
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So it's really nice to actually sit down and chat.
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We have so, like, we've crossed paths many times,
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Yeah, never without, like, many sets of eyes around.
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I would love to know, like, how has your experience on carpets been?
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And then what will happen is, like, someone will, like, tag me in a video, and they're
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And then I, like, see myself, like, twitching or something or, like, talking to myself.
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Because I'm like, that's usually, like, that's what you get.
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But, like, no, I'm like, I'm kind of okay with it.
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Everyone's just there to, like, support and uplift whatever work of art you're there for.
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So, that kind of takes pressure off a little bit.
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You know so many people now, especially on those carpets, I feel like a lot of times they're
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Yeah, so that tends to be, like, an actual question.
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They would shoot me dead if I started wandering.
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I just, I'm like, I need to go to the bathroom.
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There's, yeah, there's doors that say do not open.
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Well, obviously, I'm very familiar with your lore.
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But I know, obviously, how you started growing on TikTok.
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But, like, what was your plan initially when you were going to school?
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So I started, after college, I started working in reality TV in the summer of 2020.
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Yeah, I was working on, yeah, do you watch reality TV?
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I'm not, like, a real housewives kind of girl, but I-
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I'm not really a housewives girl, but I do love-
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But I worked in reality TV for a bit, and then I worked on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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And then made a video there, which, in retrospect, should have got me fired, but didn't.
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For me, yeah, thankfully, but yeah, should have got me fired, didn't.
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And then from there, yeah, just started working in film, doing social in the film world.
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Was that, like, the strangest pivot ever for you, or were you-
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So, when it became my job and my life, then it was like, oh, I guess that's, like, a thing.
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But, like, I'm sure it's the same with you, where it's, like-
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Yeah, it was just, like, a true 90-degree pivot.
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Well, actually, I know a lot of the shit you've done, but I'd love to know what's been the coolest thing you've gotten to do.
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Because you've done some pretty sick shit over the past, like, what, three years, three, four years?
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But, like, personally, I think the coolest stuff I've done is the sets I get to work on.
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Like, I worked on the last Hunger Games set that was really fun.
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Yeah, there's been, like, a bunch of, like, I worked on the set of Scream 6, and I'm a big horror fan as The Exorcist.
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I wore this in honor of Rhys, because I knew he would dig it.
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But, yeah, I think, like, working on sets like that have been really fun, just because I get to watch people that I grew up watching their movies work, which is kind of crazy.
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And, like, getting to see filmmakers and actors that I admire work and, like, see their process in, like, not, in, like, as, not as equals, but, like, in the same plateau.
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But, like, then there's other things that, like, when people find out I worked on Housewives, they're like, are you serious?
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I was going to talk about your fits, because you are fitted all the time.
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Like, if I'm not wearing a black suit, people think I'm, like, really doing something.
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No, I'm, like, it is literally just whatever designer being, like, no one's worn this.
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I think that's what's so cool about it, though, is that you don't really, you're not sticking
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to any sort of gender norms when it comes to carpets, and I think that's fun.
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There's a lot of things I don't get, or I'm, like, why does it matter?
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And I'm, like, this fits better than this, and this, like, looks nicer.
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Well, when it comes to working on the sets and everything, like, what would you say is,
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like, your favorite genre to work in, if you could pick horror?
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So, it's really fun watching how they shoot death scenes and stuff like that.
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Because although it seems really cool in movies, it's just a very methodical process.
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Where it's, like, if someone gets stabbed and blood comes out, you have to reset.
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And the blood, like, pattern, the splatter on the shirt, then has to be matched for continuity
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So, it's, like, it is a very technical process and not very, like, scary or horrific.
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It is actually, like, you have to be very anal about every single thing.
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And I really, and, yeah, that's, I choose the most boring part of horror films.
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The most fascinating thing is, like, how lame it is.
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Where I'm, like, it truly, there's nothing is left, like, things are left to chance.
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And it is, like, the stunt performers are, like, doing it, like, dance choreography.
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Which asks the question, what if there was a thing?
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Which, I'm like, oh, man, that's freaking brilliant.
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No, it's just about, it's about a bunch of guys that are paranoid.
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Yeah, all these guys are like, wait a minute, you could be The Thing.
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And I'm like, oh, man, like, that's just cinema.
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But it's great, because it literally, I genuinely think, and, like, people are like, it is a movie
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And I'm like, it actually makes perfect sense that a movie with, like, 15 guys, spoiler
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That, like, there's not a single person there that is able to, like, calm everyone down
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And it's like, it really is a great, like, I, like, yes, it was, like, people hated it
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One that was, like, hated when it first came out.
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Most of my favorite movies tend to have not been liked when they were released.
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I actually, I think when I got older, I was, like, I was more appreciative of horror.
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Because I was just, I'm just a huge scaredy cat.
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And then, like, has to, like, pull up the Wikipedia.
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Like, we, I was like, we should start with, like, a fun one.
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And, like, which is, like, a comedy more than it is a horror film.
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When she gets scared, she's not, like, cowering.
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So, like, someone, like, pops down and she goes, ugh.
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I watched Scream for the first time, I think, when I started doing this.
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I got invited to something with Captain Morgan in, like, the Hollywood Cemetery.
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And so we watched it on, like, a wall and everything there.
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I would say my favorite movie, one of my favorite movies of all time is Stand By Me.
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I'm currently reading It, which I've never read.
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That's probably one of my favorite movies of all time.
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In horror, even though it scared the fuck out of me for real, for real, I really loved
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I haven't felt like that in a movie, oh my god, ever.
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Because normally I have a lot of fun with horror.
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But, like, after watching that, I turned it off and I was like, man, I don't feel good.
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And it's also just such a credit to that movie that, like, triggers something in me.
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Or, like, make a chill go down my spine when I hear it.
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And also just Toni Collette yelling at her son.
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Honestly, and I think we've kind of talked about this, because I truly believe you'll be
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But I think it would be wonderful for horror to make its way into the Academy too.
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I would love, like, the goal in life is a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award.
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So that I don't have to go on stage or do anything.
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And, like, people in the crowd are like, oh, that's, oh, yeah.
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Oh, they're like, oh, that was a few months ago.
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When I was in college, I took a film class, because I had to for one of my communications,
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And I think my teacher had a, like, a favorite in horror, because all we watched was horror.
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And I was like, I felt like I was, like, almost practicing, like, getting over my fear of scary movies.
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And, like, it is, I think, the best genre to talk about what is going on in the world.
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Like, it is the best genre to comment on whatever.
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And it could be enjoyed through that lens, or it doesn't have to be.
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Like, you can watch whatever horror, like, hereditary.
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You could watch hereditary and be like, this is scary.
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Or you could be like, oh, like, familial trauma is real.
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And, like, for the thing, my favorite, it's, like, paranoia.
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And, like, I view it in terms of, like, watching the thing after COVID and seeing, like, people being, like, where were you?
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But you could also just enjoy it as, like, oh, these guys suck.
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Well, and speaking of, we'll pivot back to your short film, which I'm super excited and honored that you sent it to me.
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And my whole, my team, my friends, well, Amanda and Carrie and my sister also partook.
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Also, we have to say collectively as a group, visually stunning.
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That would have been so awkward if you were like, it was cool.
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It's a story about four girls, and one of them thinks that her car is trying to kill her.
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I like the way cars look, but I don't like them.
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But for me, it was just the thinking of, like, what's the craziest thing someone could tell
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me that I probably wouldn't believe, which is, like, if someone told me their car was
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I wanted to make a story about someone that has trouble believing her friend.
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Not so much about, because to be honest, I don't really care if the car is alive.
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Like, people are like, what is the motivation of this car?
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Like, it's, why are we asking the perpetrator what, like, why?
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And it's like, no, it makes no difference why the car is a killer car or not.
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And also just to make something that's kind of fun.
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We were also theorizing, too, on allegories, weren't we, Amanda?
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We were like, maybe it's an allegory on whether or not you believe victims.
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It was perfect, because, yeah, there were people who were like, is this a commentary
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But no, it is exactly that, where it's just like.
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Sometimes, like, if your friend who is a pretty sane person comes to you with a story that
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And that's the thing that I was talking about, like, with horror.
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So I'm like, no, I just wanted it to be, like, yeah, you could enjoy it as, like, oh,
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this is silly, this is campy, and it's fun, and the cast is, like, cool and stuff.
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I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but I do know quite a bit.
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But the annoying thing about the cancer sign is you can't.
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I got Aaliyah a patch, which just said cancer on it.
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I was, like, they were, like, do you need a receipt?
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Actually, I should get a gift receipt, probably.
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Well, you're, back to our theories about your film.
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We were also, another theory we were floating was that the car could have represented an
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abusive partner, right, or something, which I think is us maybe going in too far in the
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No, I gave, like, when I was, like, talking to the cast about this, I was, like, there's
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And, like, Minnie, who plays Lucy in the short, who is the quote-unquote victim in it, we discussed
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But, like, I won't confirm nor deny, but I'm, like, the car can represent many of things.
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This is a car that she knows, and they all know.
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We were saying, Carrie and Amanda were both saying the same thing, like, this is a car
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she's known, she trusts, has used for years, like, that kind of thing.
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More and more that I'm, like, I need to be careful.
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The other I get, I'm just, like, everyone's trying their best.
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I think that, too, about a lot of things that are in the art genre.
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It's very, like, I talk to my friends about it a lot.
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It's not for it to be, like, to give you anything.
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It's supposed to, the joy is in the making of it and putting art out in the world.
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So I totally get that vibe where you're kind of, like, well, people are trying their best.
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But also, like, if one person were to come up to you and be, like, I love this and it brings me a lot of joy when I'm done with work.
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If it doesn't have to change the world, it could change one person's world.
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I think that's so, how was it making the short film?
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It was the first time I was in charge, which was wonderful.
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I, like, I've always wanted to write and direct.
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And we had a screening in Cannes, which was fun.
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And now I'm submitting it to, like, the festival circuit.
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Like, because my whole thing is, like, I mean, I actually wanted to talk about this with you.
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Because I am, like, I think social is, it's so interesting because it's so ever-changing.
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But, like, I'm, like, in a perfect world, like, if I won half a billion dollars, I would just start making movies and that would be it.
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But I would never stop doing social because I enjoy it too much.
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And, like, it wouldn't, I wouldn't be reliant on it as income or business, but I would never want to stop.
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I was curious with that with you where it's, like.
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I feel the exact same way, to be honest with you.
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And I think the longer we do this and the more we kind of move into other, like, facets of entertainment that aren't solely reliant on social.
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And to be quite honest with you, that's kind of my goal is to not be 100% reliant on social.
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And then, but I've always said I'll never turn my back on the internet because it gave me everything I have today.
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It's fun to me in a way that's, like, when it does become, like, full-time other things for me, I'll be able to do it even more just for fun.
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I feel like the casting process is so different for so many different people.
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I feel like there's a thing where it's, like, some people have a very set idea of who they want.
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Like, which could be a shortcoming if it's, like, if it's not this exact type of person.
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They're just not going to think of anyone else.
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Yeah, no matter what you do, it's not going to shake the image they had, which I was, in a way, maybe it's weird in a way, but it makes me feel better about it.
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Because I'm like, okay, so then it's all kind of made up.
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Yeah, it's like, okay, well, then I'll just say catch someone on a good day.
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I'm getting an acting coach and everything, too, because I really want to, like, develop and hone skill and all of that.
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Yeah, I feel like that's something that a lot of people don't.
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Like, when there's, like, stories about, like, oh, they had to hire an acting coach for the actor.
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It's like, no, a lot of actors use acting coaches.
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Which I'm like, that's really nice that people try to, like, try.
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If I was doing, like, SAT prep, like, that's the kind of shit I'm doing.
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Like, it's I'm hiring someone to help me prepare better.
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But it's also, like, I'm not too arrogant to admit that maybe I don't know everything and maybe they can teach me things I don't know and maybe we can work on it together.
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Yeah, and it's also, like, once, like, you're casting something and get to set, there'll probably be hurdles that you haven't even.
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Yeah, that will just pop up and you're like, how do I say a line that I don't believe I should be saying?
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Like, which I imagine is the, like, probably going to happen.
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I'm curious to know, too, since you wrote and directed your short film, like, is there any one – well, first, which one do you like better?
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I think I'm – to my credit, I'm trying to get better about confidence.
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I could say that, like, I think I'm pretty good.
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I think as a director, it was nice because I was relying on people who were very good at their jobs.
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Which was, like, a very nice thing to have as a first-time director.
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And, like, I used to get her lunch and, like, she is – there was no reason she needed to be doing a short film.
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But she ran that thing, like, the goddamn army.
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Yeah, and, like, the producers, like, did not need to become – like, so it was really nice that I was able to, like, focus on the creative.
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But, like, I think as a director, I have room to improve.
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Sylvester Stallone did the same thing with Rocky.
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That's why I said Lin-Manuel is in all of his own projects, and he is so real for that.
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There is not a single human on this planet that sounds like him.
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Is there a role, either past or present, that you think you would have been perfect for?
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Honestly, I made this, like, I answered this question recently, but I said, I would love
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Yeah, it used to be kind of like, oh, only weird people like horror movies.
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I'll go wherever anyone wants to cast me, I'm in.
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I was going to say, you look straight at the camera.
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But I've also done, like, auditions for cartoons and stuff, like voiceovers.
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So that's why they're like, I think it would be great for voice acting.
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I'm like, I really want to try a Lin impression.
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I'm like, I've gone through as you were responding.
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I was listening, but I was like, what would I do for my Lin?
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Because I'm like, I don't, it depends on the project.
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I'm like, there's so many talented people that like.
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Like, it's like, I, because I genuinely, I think people get stuck in their heads and
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And I'm like, I genuinely just want to make fun stuff that people watch and like,
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So there's not like, I, do you know what I, I, I will.
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I will say, I would love to work with an actor who is extremely seasoned.
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And I would also love to work with a first time actor.
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Because for the short that I did, like all the actresses in it had been in stuff and
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Then like all to like varying, like some had been in feature films, some have been in episodic
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And so it was like, it was really nice to have that, but I think it'd be cool for like someone
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who is like, like someone who has been on like 80 sets.
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They just get scripts and they're like, sure, why not?
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And then someone who's just like, maybe like a singer who's like, yeah, I'll try acting.
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I think you would lock in with someone like that.
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If it was someone brand new to the world and they were interested in it, that's so, that's
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so T because I saw a clip of Denzel Washington when he was doing Presser Gladiator, I think.
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And he was like, oh, how do you prepare for auditions?
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I'm like, Batman probably hasn't auditioned since like 89.
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You're like, oh God, Denzel Washington thinks I'm so weird.
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What's been like a really like surprising, like fun encounter with a celebrity?
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Oh, every now and then it's fun when someone who I'm like, they are not online.
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Where it's like, where I'm like, why does like, you should not be watching me.
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They, they showed me a video with, uh, with the, I can't do his accent with, uh, Chris
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And I was like, yeah, that's, uh, and I'm being super normal and not weird about it.
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No, but I rarely, I don't get starstruck every now and then.
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It happens very randomly with like people that I, not that I shouldn't be starstruck
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over, but like people that it's like, like, it's like surprising to others.
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Like I, I saw Hoyt Van Hoytema, uh, the cinematographer and right.
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Me and like 10 other people would have freaked out.
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And I don't think you can be honestly to do what we do.
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No, but it's also like, it's, it'll usually be people like that who also aren't used to
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But like, I, I respect their craft and what they do.
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But I'm like, at the end of the day, if they don't like me, it's, that's okay.
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I've said that to so many, cause people ask me all the time, especially about carpets.
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They honestly, they're so normal when you're around them.
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It's the one thing where I'm like, like, it's like, like conservatives are obsessed with
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I'm like, these are theater kids and they're wearing.
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And it's like, I, I, yeah, I, I need to finish this something.
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Cause I'm like, when you talk, like when people in office settings, like talk to their coworkers,
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Like you cannot just like pick fights with people.
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Like, that is not, yeah, it is, it's a, it's on different, like different settings, but
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Everyone wants to like take pride in their work.
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And everyone just wants to like uplift one another.
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And there's, I I've told people before to like, especially when you talk about interactions
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with fans and like celebrities, cause they would consider them real celebrities, which
00:34:48.040
And when you're in these work settings, like we're all being normal.
00:34:57.220
And I feel like most oftentimes too, like they really want to like have a good time.
00:35:01.940
Like they, when you're normal and cool with them, they're like, all right.
00:35:07.220
And it's like, I feel like with actors, they don't want to talk about acting or anything.
00:35:13.120
But then filmmakers, it's always fun to talk to because I'm asking them like stupid nerdy
00:35:20.700
And they're like, that's what you want to know.
00:35:22.780
So I met, um, uh, director James Cameron, like, you know, Oscar winning director, heavy
00:35:29.060
hitter, heavy hitter, uh, called Jim by some, not me.
00:35:36.820
Um, and the first thing I said, I was like, Oh, nice to meet you.
00:35:39.580
And I was like, what was it like working on as like a matte painter on escape from New
00:35:47.020
And he's like, the fuck are you talking about, he was like, I was working like, as
00:35:52.360
like an, like a matte, like, that's what you want to talk about.
00:35:57.360
And he's like, I would love to know the answer to that.
00:35:58.700
And then he like went in for like a five minute response was like, well, it's actually
00:36:03.100
But like, they're all just like film loving nerds.
00:36:09.320
And they're all, and everyone, like you said, for the most part is very nice.
00:36:13.020
And even like when I went to the SAG awards too, I remember I did, I did a lot of carpet
00:36:17.880
interviews at SAG, but, and everyone was so lovely.
00:36:20.620
And I was, I was telling everyone, I think the vibe here is awesome because they get to
00:36:29.500
And then they're all like relaxed when they're here.
00:36:32.180
Every other award show I was at, like there's a little bit of tension in the air because
00:36:35.920
everyone's a little nervous and they're all competing against each other to some extent,
00:36:39.320
even though they don't really care to see it that way.
00:36:41.260
I don't think, but everyone's vibe was so chill.
00:36:44.220
I can never tell if it feels like a competition or not.
00:36:47.880
Like, I can't tell, but the tension that I felt at the Oscars, at the Globes, like was
00:36:57.600
And you know, you see on carpets, like when like huge A-list talent walk, a lot of times
00:37:02.880
if they do stop for interviews, they'll do like maybe two.
00:37:07.080
Like they're like, no, no, no, not stopping for anyone.
00:37:10.980
People were just standing there chatting, keying with each other.
00:37:19.160
Cause I was like, everybody's letting their hair down at SAG.
00:37:22.740
I need to go to SAG so I could ask them really.
00:37:26.080
I genuinely use like the opportunities I get to ask what I wanted to know as a kid.
00:37:36.020
So it's like, like at a SAG, I'd be like, so when you made like this movie, which no one
00:37:40.480
likes and flopped, like I wouldn't say that to them.
00:37:43.080
I'd be like, but it's a very important text to me.
00:37:47.000
I was like, did they apply the hair before you had a ball?
00:37:50.080
Like, I need to know the, the hyper specifics that they're like, I don't know.
00:37:55.000
Oh, and I bet directors eat that up because they love that shit.
00:38:04.000
Is there a director you haven't gotten to key with that you would like to?
00:38:28.220
Um, a lot of the ones that like, I would want to meet her dead.
00:38:36.620
You got to go in the, in memoriam and then you'll meet them.
00:38:38.860
I was going to say, once you get there, play me in the in memoriam.
00:38:52.540
So when you put on the mask, so when you, when does it start?
00:38:59.340
I, and I think your point about how like actors don't want to really talk about acting.
00:39:04.000
A lot of times they want to talk about other stuff or other things they're into or whatever.
00:39:08.960
And I think, I think that's why they like us to be honest.
00:39:24.480
Cause they know that I'm not going to ask anything gossipy.
00:39:34.880
Like I need to know, I need to know about something else.
00:39:42.320
When I did the materialist carpet this weekend, I talked to Chris Evans for a bit.
00:39:46.720
And when I asked him, I don't even remember the question I asked him.
00:39:50.800
I just said like, Oh, I think I said something like, what do you hope people take away from
00:39:54.940
And he gave me this really long, like poignant, eloquent answer.
00:40:00.680
And I was listening to him and I was like, I think you fucking nailed that.
00:40:11.340
Leave it to an actor to have like a perfect response.
00:40:16.240
And I'm like, yeah, it's almost like they get paid to do that.
00:40:28.920
And then some dickhead online is going to do that to me.
00:40:53.820
Well, this one says you were a summer camp counselor at Camp Pointelle in Pennsylvania.
00:41:28.720
Everyone's like playing baseball and I'm like, no, like hit your mark.
00:41:39.020
I feel like in another life you would just absolutely run a summer camp like no other.
00:41:43.780
I mean, so I'm writing something and hoping to pitch it, which is a show that takes place at a summer camp.
00:41:49.900
So then I could like work at a summer camp, but then make some.
00:41:55.440
My excuse or it's like, we haven't shot a damn thing.
00:42:12.780
Then it eventually evolved into rock skipping because I was like, this is just a better excuse to sit at the lake.
00:42:24.180
I was going to say the I feel like the groups of I guess they're not people.
00:42:29.740
The groups of organisms that I appeal to most, I think, are animals and babies.
00:42:34.940
Well, I guess babies are people, but they are almost people.
00:42:39.640
But like, I feel like there's something that just.
00:42:45.960
They're like, like babies will see me and they're like, like, like perplexed, which I think is partially like the hair.
00:43:12.640
But yeah, it's like, yeah, I, I'm getting better with people, but like babies and babies
00:43:25.960
This next fun fact says that you originally started college at Tulane pre-med.
00:43:53.100
I have like my hands are constantly, I don't, I mean like, oh, geez.
00:44:00.460
Oh, you're just naturally jittery a little bit.
00:44:04.040
I drink, I consume a lot of coffee, which I'm sure doesn't help.
00:44:06.760
Every time I see Reese, he has a coffee cup in his hand.
00:44:13.120
When I saw you at the Wicked premiere, you had a coffee cup in your hand and it was like
00:44:22.940
They're like, oh, you're going to come to the after party.
00:44:37.600
It's the same thing where it's like a lot of times like I feel so privileged to get to
00:44:43.020
Like what I grew up wanting to just like see something like and just be there in a suit
00:44:56.440
Like there's so many people that would love to be here.
00:45:06.120
One thing I receive will not be at the after party.
00:45:10.860
Sometimes you're like, oh, no, I'm leaving after the.
00:45:14.140
I start saying goodbye the second evening starts.
00:45:24.560
No, I agree with you on that because it's not complaining because it's hard.
00:45:28.600
It's just I don't think people realize just how like long those can be like the premiere.
00:45:41.000
But I was there for 12 hours and it was insane.
00:45:49.120
The best part about a movie is talking about it afterwards.
00:46:02.340
In Prague, they have decibel readers on the streets.
00:46:12.980
Like, my neighbor is like, if they're just like playing music and it's like 6 p.m. on a Wednesday, I'm like, Jesus Christ.
00:46:21.560
So, I'm living next to a bunch of party animals.
00:46:29.540
Both me and my cat are just, like, side-eyeing.
00:46:33.920
Speaking of old man shit, I was, like, telling you I'm drinking, like, electrolytes.
00:46:37.900
The other, I think it was, like, a couple weeks ago, I was filming with someone and they were like, what's in there?
00:46:49.980
But we're, I feel like we're at a weird age because I no longer relate to the youth in the same way.
00:47:00.200
They might as well be speaking a different language to me.
00:47:02.800
I'm just, like, oh, I'm no longer, like, I don't think I was ever hip.
00:47:11.740
So I don't have, like, the same sort of, like, I'm not viewed as mature in, like, a certain weird liminal space where I feel like the fly.
00:47:37.460
Because you're, so if you're 29, that means you were born in 96?
00:47:45.500
So I don't really know which, like, side to, yeah.
00:47:50.360
That's why I'm excited to turn 30 because I'm turning 30 this year.
00:47:53.460
I'm so excited because now I'm, like, I'm sprinting out of my 20s, thank God.
00:47:57.660
But I also feel like I wish I skipped from 28 to 30 because 29 felt like I was just hanging
00:48:04.640
Like, I was, like, 29 and they're, like, yeah, exactly.
00:48:07.100
Nobody talks about how embarrassing it is to be 29.
00:48:08.620
No, we were talking about it before you walked in.
00:48:14.840
And I, now when I'm in my 30s, I can be, like, oh, my God, I'm only 30.
00:48:23.620
40-year-olds are going to be, like, oh, my God, you have so much time.
00:48:25.940
It's, like, yeah, it's, like, now when I go on sets, there are people, I used to be
00:48:41.400
I think once I start growing facial hair, I'll, that's going to be a big thing for me.
00:49:03.160
It truly came out of the, famously, during 2020, there was a virus going around.
00:49:35.800
This next fun fact says that you worked in casting on a show called Worst Cooks in America.
00:49:48.120
I have never, I'm telling you, there's, it's on my, I am.
00:49:56.060
Also, I was telling you, there's not a, you will not find a fun fact about me.
00:50:01.460
What you see is what you get, which is not that exciting.
00:50:05.000
That's the one thing I always do love for people who are like, I think what I do is cool, but like, that's the extent of it.
00:50:20.400
When you brought up cooking shows, I worked on that.
00:50:24.400
So that was like mostly just like taking out the trash.
00:50:28.000
I learned a lot because that was the first time I had worked in a studio setting.
00:50:38.280
It's the, I, being a PA was, I don't want to ever do it again.
00:50:46.900
And I think anyone that works in film should at some point just PA for a couple days just to understand.
00:50:55.880
Legitimately, just to be like, this is what it feels like to, to like, have to deal with that.
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For housewives, I would have to do a transcription.
00:52:16.660
So it's like when all the housewives are yelling, it's writing down what they're saying so that when we feed it to the editors, they can look through dialogue and be like, oh, this line was said.
00:52:27.480
But I was writing words that I haven't verbalized.
00:52:30.540
I was like, I don't even know if I should be writing that.
00:52:58.460
Yeah, where it's just like I throw on the Devil Wears Prada soundtrack.
00:53:14.760
But I imagine it must have been crazier in the 80s.
00:53:29.220
But I'm also like, when people are like, oh, I had it much worse.
00:53:44.500
And I've obviously never, I've never been a PA, but I did work like internships for like
00:53:51.240
And I worked for a publicist that worked for athletes exclusively.
00:53:54.140
Like she, she managed only professional NFL players.
00:53:58.780
So I remember some of the weirdest shit I had to do.
00:54:01.580
Like one time I had to watch a dog that was his girlfriend at the time's dog, but she
00:54:07.520
wanted the dog, but never wanted to take care of it.
00:54:09.780
So they dropped it off at the office and told me it was my job to watch it.
00:54:12.940
And so I just watched, I felt so bad for that little thing, but like, it was like a little
00:54:17.460
And so it was just me and him just hanging out in the office.
00:54:23.280
And then when I had to give him back, I was like, I'm so sorry.
00:54:27.400
That doesn't want you using you like an accessory.
00:54:31.340
One time I had to make a, at that same job, I had to make a PowerPoint of this guy and
00:54:38.320
And it was like, it was basically something like he was trying to pitch his wife.
00:54:42.220
That he wanted to go on like this specific vacation or something like that.
00:54:49.600
He wanted me like, she wanted me to make the pitch for him to give to his wife for reasons
00:54:57.820
They were like going to like Bermuda or something.
00:54:59.980
So I had to like look up places in Bermuda and be like, this place has.
00:55:12.980
There'd be days where I'd be tasked with like going to a different state to pick up a single
00:55:17.000
And then like getting called like on my way there and like four hour drive done.
00:55:36.700
It says famous Yankee player Yogi Berra signed a baseball for you in 2010.
00:55:45.120
Oh, that's definitely like, oh, that's definitely like on like my Facebook.
00:55:50.340
I was like, we have to get everyone at least once.
00:55:54.440
So, yes, famous Yankee athlete Yogi Berra did sign a baseball that I have.
00:56:11.640
I used to be a Yankees fan and then I grew up and I was like, I was like, they have too
00:56:20.740
I was like, one day I was like, it's too much money for one corporate.
00:56:34.060
That was legitimately my thinking where I was like, the Yankees, like, they haven't worked
00:56:54.140
There's a lot of things where I'm like, nope, no longer like this because too much money
00:57:12.820
Okay, your last one says that two of your top four movies on Letterboxd are The Princess
00:57:40.300
He, I made my dad get me a fedora as a kid because I saw Indiana Jones had one.
00:59:00.320
Because it's another, it's, I, my favorite type of movie is Guy Has Bad Day, which is
00:59:09.320
And Eyes Wide Shut is about a guy who, like, you know, has a great life.
00:59:13.660
And then one day his wife is like, you know, I had a thought about another guy once.
00:59:27.420
And a lot of bad things ensue because he's just like, what do you mean?
00:59:37.340
It's a really, it's a really interesting movie.
00:59:42.600
And to watch it during, it's one of my favorite Christmas movies.
00:59:48.580
There's, like, a few Christmas movies in the background.
00:59:50.120
I was going to say, I'm pretty sure that's not a Christmas movie.
00:59:55.400
It's kind of like the movie, you know, the movie Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds?
01:00:00.460
Wait, wait, that's, that's Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, or is that?
01:00:07.640
Because there's a few of those movies that, like, get jumbled in my head.
01:00:12.540
Right, because they're all kind of the same movie.
01:00:17.340
But she's not the other, she's not the main girl.
01:00:19.840
Yeah, she's not the main, Amy Smart, is that her name?
01:00:25.360
Because there's, like, there was a lot of those where it's, like, white poster, guy and girl.
01:00:34.360
Where they're, like, back to back, and they're, like, this guy.
01:00:45.160
That movie is not a Christmas movie by any means.
01:00:50.580
But in my head, I'm like, Christmas movie, obviously.
01:00:52.240
If there is Christmas lights, if it is kind of chilly.
01:01:09.540
Do you think any of your listeners believe in Santa?
01:01:20.540
If they do believe in Santa still, I think they're too young to be listening to me.
01:01:24.320
Who's the youngest person, you think, that, like, has anyone, like,
01:01:29.760
I have had really young children with, like, their parents, like, come up and be like.
01:01:37.160
Which is, like, the max age is, like, maybe 19.
01:01:46.600
But that's just because they're on TikTok and they just think I'm funny.
01:01:58.000
And then I start talking about sucking my wiener and then all of a sudden nobody wants to hang out with me anymore.
01:02:06.320
I guess I'm not kid friendly, whatever that means.
01:02:20.620
Thank you so much for coming and hanging out with me.
01:02:22.180
What do you think this episode is going to be called?
01:02:38.220
And then he repeats it a few times jokingly, and I'm like, ah, fuck.
01:02:44.360
It's like, he's not going to remember the interaction.
01:02:46.580
Like, if I meet him again, I'll reintroduce myself.
01:03:13.100
There's like, what is, like, the inside out, what is going on inside that head?
01:03:33.240
Well, thank you so much for coming and hanging with me today.
01:03:41.100
I had, like, listened in the past, and, like, I feel like I'll usually listen based on who's,
01:03:49.580
And I was like, I just, I didn't want this to be one of the worst episodes.
01:03:56.380
I do have episodes that, in my head, where I'm like, that's the worst thing I've ever done,
01:04:25.740
No, I think this was really fun and sweet, and I think you're awesome.
01:04:30.840
We haven't really had anyone that's, like, filmmaker.
01:04:36.720
Whenever I show up somewhere, it's just an excuse for people to talk about movies.
01:04:43.020
Where it's, like, don't have to get into anything super dark.
01:04:48.620
I like picking your brain, because you have a different brain from mine.
01:05:03.900
I think you just have a completely different artist brain from me, which I love.
01:05:06.660
That's why I love talking to singers, too, like, people who are, like, singing for a living.
01:05:11.320
Like, even when I talk to Cynthia Erivo for a while, like, I love picking apart that little brain.
01:05:33.680
I could pick them both up by their ankles and be, like...
01:06:09.300
Really quick before we go, do you have any advice for any aspiring, like, filmmakers or
01:06:19.520
There is, like, this is not, like, something I came up with, but there are three movies
01:06:25.900
It's the one that you write, the one that you shoot, and the one that you edit.
01:06:31.360
So, when you make something, it's important to understand that what you set out to make
01:06:39.380
And I would also say, if you're going to make something, actually take the time to plan it.
01:06:44.600
Uh, because it's one thing to gather a large group of people to make something.
01:06:52.400
But it's on you as, like, the filmmaker to be the one to make sure that you have the answers.
01:06:59.400
So, if, like, my shoot was two and a half days, and we planned for a month, because
01:07:04.080
you need to do that, and you really can't leave anything up to chance.
01:07:09.380
Because Murphy's Law exists, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
01:07:12.660
It doesn't matter, like, I've worked on sets that are, like, $200 million budgets.
01:07:24.020
And I would say that for people who want to get into filmmaking, the visual look is important,
01:07:32.220
So, don't cut corners on things that you might just think are, like, oh, it's okay.
01:07:42.260
Like, people could watch this, but if we didn't have mics and it was just in-room audio,
01:07:51.720
Like, all the things that are not actually shown on camera are usually the most important
01:07:58.240
Like, yes, actors are the ones that, like, you see, but, like, you'd rather have someone
01:08:04.000
that is a good actor that hasn't been in anything and be able to have a crew that is capable
01:08:09.980
than have one person that you think is, like, amazing and then chintz out on every other
01:08:15.560
aspect because then it's not even worth telling that story.
01:08:21.800
I think, yeah, if you're going to make something and people are going to commit time to whatever
01:08:27.720
It doesn't have to change the world, but, like, you should take your work seriously
01:08:32.380
and it's cool to care and it's nice to be sincere and it's not cool to waste people's
01:08:41.720
I feel like with access to things like social media where they get to see people like you,
01:08:46.120
a lot of people are like, oh, my God, I want to make movies, too, or I want to get
01:08:51.600
It's really easy to fall prey to, like, well, I'll just do it this way because that's what
01:08:57.280
I like to watch in movies, but instead of setting the whole, like, how important the
01:09:01.760
No, it's like, and it's also, it's important to trust people and to delegate and also, like,
01:09:05.800
you don't have to shoot on an $80,000 camera to make something.
01:09:11.240
Like, it's genuinely, like, I know people are like, oh, it's an iPhone.
01:09:14.740
If you get ambiance in the room, like fog in the room, haze, you have a good lighting
01:09:20.900
setup and you use your iPhone in a smart way and then are able to edit color and everything
01:09:26.700
in post, you could have something that looks incredible.
01:09:31.200
Like, there has never been a time where it used to be, I'm almost done, sorry.
01:09:37.220
It used to be that there were only so many people who were capable of shooting film.
01:09:43.220
Where there was only so many cameras, there was only so many people that could process
01:09:53.160
And digital cameras are so accessible that, like, anyone can.
01:09:57.260
And just because anyone can doesn't mean that you should just rush into things.
01:10:01.040
And it's like, it's smart to plan and it is cool to make things, but if you want to make
01:10:06.800
something that you're proud of and that matters, do the forethought to plan and not to waste
01:10:14.260
Because if people are showing up to help you and want to see you succeed, don't disappoint them.
01:10:19.980
Yeah, I thought what you said about, like, it's really, it's cool to care.
01:10:24.540
I think that's such a great way of putting it, too.
01:10:26.720
I don't, yeah, I don't think it's cool to show up late or to, like, it's really nice to take things
01:10:34.820
Not serious as in, like, you have to be, like, you can't joke around, but, like, no,
01:10:38.900
it's important to, like, take care of others and to, like, actually try with the things
01:10:44.340
that you care about and show up for others and it's, sincerity is wonderful and, like,
01:10:50.000
irony has a place in film and, like, it's fun to be ironic, but, like, when it comes to,
01:10:56.140
like, work-life balance and people's time, that's not something to cut corners or to
01:11:03.900
Especially when you say, like, it costs a lot of time and money, like, to make things,
01:11:07.820
to create art, like, it costs a lot of people's time, it costs money sometimes, like, so it's
01:11:17.160
Like, you could be working on a talking baby film and, like, that'll bring someone joy,
01:11:21.800
but that's not an excuse to be, like, ah, fuck this, it doesn't matter.
01:11:24.900
Like, no, everything should have thought put into it.
01:11:28.300
Just because it's not, even if you're just working on it, like, it doesn't have to be
01:11:31.800
your passion project, but I think it's nice to be proud of your work.
01:11:40.840
I, yeah, as much as, like, to joke around, I do, like, film is very important to me.
01:11:46.480
It's important to everyone and, like, even, like, Real Housewives, like, there are people
01:11:50.840
I've met who are, like, doctors who watch that and I'm, like,
01:11:54.900
just because Real Housewives doesn't win Emmys doesn't mean it doesn't have value to people
01:12:03.900
I think it's a beautiful way of looking at TV and film.
01:12:05.860
It's, like, it's an art form in many different, in very literal ways, but it's also so subjective.
01:12:12.800
Like, what art speaks to some people may not speak to others, but it doesn't lessen its value at all.
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And it could be yours and no one has to even see it as long as you've made something you're
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The crew, I was paid, which is not, you know what I mean?
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Like, what a- Yeah, I- It's really nice, because I've seen sets where I'm, like, I don't want
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And the story, I'm like, is this going to win an Oscar?
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Maybe not, but will people watch it and hopefully take something away and be like, wait, that
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And then you're going to kill in that in-memoriam.
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But if they share my in-memoriam slide with another person, I'm going to be pissed.
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If I'm sharing it with someone else, I don't want to share applause.
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That's why you've got to keep growing the hair out.
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Well, thank you so much for coming and hanging with us.
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For the maybe two people that don't know you, where can they find you?
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Well, and also, where can they watch your short film?
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I was going to say, it's making a festival run.
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But then whenever it finishes that run, which will be sometime early next year, so in a few
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And you can also, obviously, if you go follow Reese, you'll know where to find it.
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Thank you so much to my amazing guest, Reese, for joining us today.
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Thank you so much to my amazing guest, Reese Feldman.