All right, it's celebrity access with one of my favorite actresses. I mean,
from Done to The Walking Dead, all the Hallmark movies and all the
incredible stuff she's done, and of course music. Alicia Witt, it's so
nice to have you on our show today. Hey, thank you for having
me. Renee, it's good to be here. Yeah. You know,
I've been following you for a long time, and of course your journey through
cancer and everything you've gone through, and of course you know, I know
you've had some you know, as with life, we've had some tragedies,
but you always seem to prevail with such positivity. So I just want to
start by asking you how are you? How are you doing today? Oh,
I'm fantastic. Yeah, I think you know, as you said,
so many of us have come through you so many challenges. This life is
tricky, and I think if there's one thing that's a blessing of how you
know, any small platform, is just that perhaps through being a positive light
and helping to show people that I've come through this and you can too,
Maybe maybe that's some little little way that I can help. It's been wonderful
to just to just have that form of connection. And reminds me a little
bit as well as what we all went through in the pandemic and the kind
of community that we're all formed drew a lot of us closer together, and
I think music has just that any way to get you through everything. I
can't think of a time in my life where music hasn't connected to every single
moment I've been and obviously that is something that is so important to you.
So tell me about music in your life, and of course Witness. I
cannot even imagine my life without not only music that I listened to, but
also connecting to people through creating music and performing it. I started doing this.
I mean I started playing music when I was seven, studying classical piano
and competing, and about fifteen years ago the lifelong pull to write my own
songs and perform them for people, whether that was going to be ten people
or a lot more than that, I just knew it was something I had
to do, and it's become as big a part of my life as the
acting, and especially now given what I went through two years ago. It
really the music that appears on this new EP, Witness. The six songs
on it were almost all written within the last few months, right before the
EP was even recorded, And they are all different facets of my experience at
this very moment being a witness or getting to have people be witnessed to me.
But most of all, I can't wait to hear what it means to
the listeners and how it hopefully helps bring people together even more. Yeah,
you've created a nice little community with your followers, your fans, the music
community that seemed to support you. I mean, you have people that like
you for all different reasons, so you have this great outreach and it seems
like from an outsider looking in that all people want to do is lift you
up and enjoy your music and your spirit, which I think also comes through
on what I've been sent anyways, which I think is lovely. And I'm
going to put a link up for everybody to get into contact with you,
well not you know what I mean, to get your album or to listen
to that. That sounded as a little creepy and I didn't mean for it
the way he came out, but you know what I mean, like to
get connected with everything you do. I don't have a lot of time with
you, as we all have to share you today, but I wanted to
just bull and point a couple of little things. I know you love animals
and animal advocacy and pups and stuff, So I know music is important,
acting is important, your health too, But how important are animals in your
world? Crucially important? For the last twenty, well the last thirty years,
I've had a rescue animal brunt and center in my life, starting with
my rescue cat Jesse, who was found wandering down the street by a friend
of mine. And right now I have my beloved Earn is to standing you're
looking at me working. He's a rescue from the West La shelter. He
had a rusco of it kind of shuttled all over the place not wanted,
which is unbelievable to me, for the first year of his life. So
he was an adult dog that I've rescued nine and a half years ago,
and he just I cannot imagine my life without him. He traveled almost everywhere
with me, and he really he's actually started making debuts on stage, coming
out for encores when I play a show, because he truly helps me to
just feel centered. And he was right there with me on the Masked Singer
that on the episode where I ended up getting on mask. They did a
little piece on earnest and might personallydia blew up because it was like that was
the final clue giveaway. If you know me, you probably know where it.
Yes, yes, we do. That's why I had to bring it
up. Because I'm known as the dog Lady of Connecticut. I do segments
on both radio and TV Lost and Found. I've got my puppets turning one
this Sunday proud mom moment. He's on the cover of Connecticut Dog Magazine for
the fall issue. But anyways, you know how to throw it in there.
And his name is Wolfe Wolfgang. But I also need to tell you
one last quick thing as we wrap up. So I'm from Connecticut and the
town that you filmed one of your movies in was an old weathersfield where I
grew up on in the street, and you went into one of the houses
that I grew up playing in and my one of the it was just so
cool and I remember seeing you there and I didn't say hello because I don't.
I never like to be, you know, insinuate myself into someone.
But I had my poor Luke, who's not with us anymore. But he's
a black shepherd. I dressed him up in a scarf, and I'm like,
oh, he's totally getting discovered. And so he did the whole casting,
not cast, I should say, the whole crew of your movie took
like photos with him, and I put them up there and I thought for
sure, and I was like so devastated. I was actually weirdly angry at
Hallmark. I'm like, how dare you not notice my son, my black
German shepherd to be in one of your night But I was he didn't get
discovered. It was very upsetting to me. I think I get discovered.
Dang it, it's not okay. It wasn't okay. I remember so fondly
filming that movie, and most particularly of all the I can't I can't really
talk about movies because of my strike right right right, and just telling you
how much I loved filming in old Weathersfield. And it's because of the people.
I remember distinctly all the different experiences I had, and they came out.
The folks who lived there just came out and lined the streets and really
us feel like superstars, and we invited us into their homes. I remember,
I was still drinking at the time, and on a Sunday we had
to film something and a very nice group of neighbors made some bloody marries and
so just so kind. I loved it there. I loved it. I
hope, I hope I'll get to work there again. Well, I wish
you nothing but continued success. I love the dynamics of your personality, your
love of animals, the movies you make, the music you make, and
the fact that you love the Walking Dead and Dune and You've got that part
of you that I love as well. So I'm a huge fian girl here
in Connecticut. I wish you just love and success and great vibes for all
your tours, all your music, and give an extra treat to Ernest from
me and Wolfie today. I sure will. Thanks for Rene. Have a
great day. By Alisha