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<v Speaker 3>are now available, with episode four dropping tomorrow. Is my

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<v Speaker 3>pleasure to welcome Merrick MacArthur to the show right now, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing this evening? Great? Great? Really have pleasure

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<v Speaker 2>to be here, Monk.

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<v Speaker 3>I have to tell you because whenever I run into

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<v Speaker 3>someone from Detroit, there's this almost like this secret handshake

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<v Speaker 3>where they ask, like, what high school did you go to? Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not from Detroit, but my mother's family's from Detroit

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<v Speaker 3>and she went to cast Tech. She's watching right now

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<v Speaker 3>on YouTube. Great, So what why high school did you

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<v Speaker 2>Detroit? I went to cast Tech?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, of one of the best science schools in America.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and now a prominent football school. Is that right?

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know that. Yeah, oh yeah, they're producing

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<v Speaker 2>them in cast Tech.

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<v Speaker 3>I got to ask, though, because given you your math

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<v Speaker 3>and science inclination, you came from a household of not one,

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<v Speaker 3>but two Detroit police officers.

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<v Speaker 2>What was that like growing up? So? What strict? They

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<v Speaker 2>were already strict, but then making them cops? It was

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<v Speaker 2>just they ain't set a lot of great values to me,

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<v Speaker 2>being honest, good, hardworking police officers in town. So they

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<v Speaker 2>were known. They graduated the same night at the police

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<v Speaker 2>Academy and at the time they got in amongst a

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<v Speaker 2>wave of new black police officers in Detroit after the

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<v Speaker 2>riots had happened, you know, maybe a decade before that.

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<v Speaker 2>They came in and they were part of this new

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<v Speaker 2>wave of let's really have the police represent more of

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<v Speaker 2>the community. And yeah, they they they applied at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time and they graduated the academy of I think

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<v Speaker 2>they were the first married couple to ever graduate the

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<v Speaker 2>academy together. Aren't there rules against that? They never worked

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<v Speaker 2>in the same precinct Okay, yeah, they never They never

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<v Speaker 2>worked together in it, and they were they were always separate, separate,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, separate groups SEFN precincts all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>What type of wisdom, what type of advice were they

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<v Speaker 3>imparting to you? Do you have any siblings?

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<v Speaker 2>I do, Yeah, I have three sisters, and they're all younger.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the oldest. My father was a very strong, you know, masculine,

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<v Speaker 2>masculine you know protective instincts in me about my family,

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<v Speaker 2>it's particularly my sisters. And what about your mother? Given

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<v Speaker 2>have sisters, three sisters. I think my mother was stronger

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<v Speaker 2>will than my father.

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<v Speaker 3>So who was the who was who wielded the hand

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<v Speaker 2>As all they both were, they were both a very

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<v Speaker 2>well coordinated disciplinary parent group. They had it together. They

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<v Speaker 3>I set that up because you went to CAST Tech

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<v Speaker 3>and you go on to college I believe it was

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<v Speaker 3>the University of Michigan. Yes, and then you go to

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<v Speaker 3>work as an engineer and you're working on space satellites

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<v Speaker 3>as an electrical design engineer after you graduated college.

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<v Speaker 2>Did I get all that right? That's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm waiting for how the hell does you don't see

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<v Speaker 3>the logical progressions? It is scientifically sensible way through the

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<v Speaker 2>It's obvious. Next step is to be a struggling actor

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<v Speaker 2>for three or four years after the age of thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>After the after the age of thirty, after it, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know anything. So I studied engineering and electronics in

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<v Speaker 2>stuff was there, so I kind of got into the

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<v Speaker 2>theater stuff when I was at CAST and I loved it.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved it, but I also knew that I had

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<v Speaker 2>a strong propensity from math, and I just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, my parents, my family. It's like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Detroit, you get a job. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>have a steady job. There was no risk involved in

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<v Speaker 2>a thinking about a job, so acting was out. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was fine, blah gah. But later, like after

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<v Speaker 2>I just felt like I'd never want to go through

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<v Speaker 2>life and wonder what if But you were an engineer

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<v Speaker 2>in California? Right? Yes, where were you working? If you're

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to tell us? The original was a company called

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<v Speaker 2>Space Electronics, and then it went to a company called

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<v Speaker 2>Maxwell Technologies, and we designed computer systems for South Lights.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel inadequate. So I was a design engineer for

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<v Speaker 2>this building computer systems that were specifically designed to survive

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<v Speaker 2>the space environment.

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<v Speaker 3>I say all that to say, and I want to

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<v Speaker 3>hear about your background. Of course I've read up on it,

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<v Speaker 3>but I wanted other people to hear it because you

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<v Speaker 3>seem like you would come from this very regimented, segmented,

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<v Speaker 3>directed background, which doesn't allow for the realm of creativity

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<v Speaker 3>and free expression to grow. Yes, you might have taken

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<v Speaker 3>some acting in theater in high school, but what was

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<v Speaker 3>it always pulling at you along the way, like, look,

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<v Speaker 3>I have this.

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<v Speaker 2>Itch I just need to scratch. It was because the

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<v Speaker 2>first inkling I had was in elementary school. Actually went

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<v Speaker 2>to a place called Quarters Elementary which is no longer there,

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<v Speaker 2>and one class, the teacher had all of us come

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<v Speaker 2>up one by one and do what I now know

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<v Speaker 2>to be an improv Skit just individual come up and

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<v Speaker 2>just say anything. And I was petrified because I was

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<v Speaker 2>always shy and a bookworming kid. And I get up

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<v Speaker 2>there and it just something happened. It just clicked. The

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<v Speaker 2>class is going nuts laughing at whatever I was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, you know, putting. I was on a

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<v Speaker 2>the spot, and that gave me the knowledge that, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I have something else. It's not just the books for me.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something else there. And so when I got the cast,

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<v Speaker 2>it continued on and I knew I had this love

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<v Speaker 2>for it, but I didn't pursue it because the risk factor,

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, when you grew up in Detroit, you're

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<v Speaker 2>being a black manatory you don't there's the risk factor.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to have something that's going to be more

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<v Speaker 3>Well I understand that, and maybe that was the function

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<v Speaker 3>of my mother and her Detroit roots, because the whole idea.

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<v Speaker 3>I went to Georgetown University and then I wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>work in the in the music industry, and they're like,

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<v Speaker 3>what the what you trying to do?

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<v Speaker 2>What? Yeah, the uncertainty of entertainment.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you came to California, was it ever in

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<v Speaker 3>the back of your mind that I'm in quote unquote La.

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<v Speaker 3>Why do I just maybe send up some smoke signals

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that kind of happened a little bit because I

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<v Speaker 2>was in San Diego, which isn't the big LA market,

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<v Speaker 2>but they were filming some TV shows in San Diego

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<v Speaker 2>at the time, and I was like, you know, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I got an agent right away. I met a couple actors.

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<v Speaker 2>They are like, yeah, Mick, you could you could really

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<v Speaker 2>study and improve and grow in this. And so I started,

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<v Speaker 2>that was it was easy. I mean, maybe it's maybe

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<v Speaker 2>me finding out and realizing this is something that I

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<v Speaker 2>me to figure out about myself. But I think the

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<v Speaker 2>row was hard, you know, from from the beginning for

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<v Speaker 2>me because I, you know, you you learning. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>were you taking acting classes? I hadn't started that yet.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't start until you had an agent before you

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<v Speaker 2>started acting classes. I did not. Well, it was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of at the same time, okay, yeah, it was kind

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<v Speaker 2>oft the same time. I was. I had a friend

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<v Speaker 2>like the first acting class I did, they did a

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<v Speaker 2>showcase and the agent games, yes, I definitely want to

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<v Speaker 2>sign Merek for my agency. So that was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the first showcase. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>happen like that. Well, I feel like in a pool

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<v Speaker 2>as small as San Diego maybe, but yeah, I get that,

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<v Speaker 2>that's okay. I hadn't thought of that before.

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<v Speaker 3>But then outside of looking in you know, I know

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<v Speaker 3>you're not an overnight sensation, but there's some things which

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<v Speaker 3>happened starting later in the game, in your thirties, it's

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<v Speaker 2>Again, I didn't know about the business well and to

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<v Speaker 2>know that would be a major factor. And looking back,

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<v Speaker 2>people are like, wow, you started when because aidents stop

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<v Speaker 2>signing people at twenty five. Oh yeah, so I and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess maybe that sort of helping with that. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know that I was supposed to not make it

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<v Speaker 2>after I started thirty, but I did. I felt like

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to go forward to something I truly love,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what really kept me moving throughout this whole journey.

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<v Speaker 3>My guest right now in studio is Merk MacArthur. He

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<v Speaker 3>is playing da Grayson Valwell on the new Prime video

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<v Speaker 2>Three episodes are available right now. Episode four drops tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>More with Merrick MacArthur in Just a Moment It's later

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<v Speaker 3>It's really good, full of action and adventure from all

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<v Speaker 3>around the world. It's a lot of intrigue. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>And Marck MacArthur, I'm still trying to figure you out.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the DA of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh so being the DA of Los Angeles means you're

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<v Speaker 3>of your family in any way influence your character?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure? Sure, but also the political of their politicians in

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<v Speaker 2>Detroit when I was growing up, and I'll talk about

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<v Speaker 2>it's something that just comes across from me. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>Acting isn't all pretending you're someone else. Acting is finding

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<v Speaker 3>the parts of the character that are are authentically you.

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<v Speaker 3>Acting isn't lying, it's telling the truth, Oh, Kelly, doing

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, yes, that's why I asked the question.

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<v Speaker 3>We played some of the trailer at the beginning of

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, sure, there there just seems to be a lot

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<v Speaker 2>And uh yeah, we're we're on the ride. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that first episode, you're on the right.

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<v Speaker 3>To ride on the right and they don't tell like

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's a recurring theme. Eric Dane is

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<v Speaker 3>You see him in a thousand things, and every time

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<v Speaker 3>he has that screen presence. But I'm not so sure

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<v Speaker 2>That he's on the up and up. Not only three episodes. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying I trust no one. Yeah, he's got that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got the element when you really aren't sure. What

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<v Speaker 2>and that's just part of this ride that the show

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<v Speaker 3>I saw him more recently as Soldier Boy in The Boys,

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<v Speaker 3>lot of ry, dry humor. You know, he says all

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<v Speaker 3>that to say how much improv is going on?

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<v Speaker 2>it's funny too. About the show is when I finally

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<v Speaker 2>was able to tell people I'm on this show. Usually

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, hey, getting the congratulations on that show. This time,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's like, Jensen Ackles.

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<v Speaker 1>That was it.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like Jensen Ackles exclamating boy x mex boy

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<v Speaker 3>What is what are some of the fun parts of

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<v Speaker 3>doing a series like this that people like me and

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<v Speaker 3>everyone else who's never done a TV show would want

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<v Speaker 2>Fun parts about? You mean, actually, this work, but.

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<v Speaker 3>At the same time, you probably have some fun in

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<v Speaker 2>Else you do you do? I mean, Derek hass is

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<v Speaker 2>the start gave me a lot of freedom to kind

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<v Speaker 2>don't wear the jacket here or something, but the acting notes. No,

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<v Speaker 2>to that fun. A lot of the guys did. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the guys did a lot of stuff. A

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<v Speaker 2>fair amount was not scripted. Scripted, but yeah, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>I changed up a few things too, and they were fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I added some things, they were fine, Okay, Yeah, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's one of the experiences as an actor

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<v Speaker 2>and it still it still tells the story the right way.

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<v Speaker 2>My guest in studio right now is actor Merick MacArthur.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking about Countdown, the hit series, which is available

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<v Speaker 3>right now on Prime Video. Three episodes have dropped. Episode

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<v Speaker 3>number four drops is at midnight. I know it's tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 3>it's midnight. It's midnight, so I'll have something to watch

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<v Speaker 3>as soon as I get home tonight and before I forget.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, people are know more about you now than

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<v Speaker 3>before when we started. But how can they get in

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<v Speaker 3>touch with you? How can they reach out with you?

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<v Speaker 3>How can they go on this journey with you?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I'm on social media. I'm on Instagram at the

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<v Speaker 2>real Marck MacArthur and so on Instagram on Facebook also.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's kind of you know, family, close friends,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm certainly you know, put things out there as well,

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<v Speaker 2>and Blue Sky as well.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Yeah, we'll have more in just a moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Kaf I Am six forty It's Later with mo Kelly.

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<v Speaker 3>We're live everywhere on YouTube, Instagram and the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 3>Kf I AM six forty It's Later with mo Kelly

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<v Speaker 3>Live on YouTube, Instagram and the iHeartRadio app. At my

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<v Speaker 3>guest and studio is Marck MacArthur. We've been talking about

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<v Speaker 3>the new Prime video show. It's really good. Countdown and

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<v Speaker 3>three episodes have been released. Episode four. We've been going

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<v Speaker 2>But it'll be available by tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so watch the first three episodes if you have

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<v Speaker 3>it already, and then you'll be ready for episode four.

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<v Speaker 2>But your backstory is just fascinating to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Not only did you arrive at this point later in life,

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<v Speaker 2>What is this this I'll say this. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to call it an obsession, but this fascination with kung fu?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, so you should know this. And Detroit growing

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<v Speaker 2>up when I was a little shoot, my cousins and

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<v Speaker 2>I we would take the bus to the Fox Theater

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<v Speaker 2>which is downtown Detroit. You have to tell me. And

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<v Speaker 2>they had like a yeah, yes, I had three pictures.

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<v Speaker 2>But you could be there all day. You bought you

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<v Speaker 2>comft movies if you wanted to. And so they had

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<v Speaker 2>like the Shaw Brothers movies and uh, you know you Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>where every year they would re show, like Game of

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<v Speaker 2>a thing to do to go see the Bruce Lee movie.

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<v Speaker 2>So from then I was hooked. So when I got

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<v Speaker 2>So I always wanted to study kung fu since I

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<v Speaker 2>And I started studying again as an old man, but

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<v Speaker 2>over you know, in my twenty somethings that you know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a beautiful thing, and I I want to live

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<v Speaker 3>my life in a way that when all of a

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<v Speaker 3>sudden done, I want to be able to say that

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have any what ifs, I wonder what if

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<v Speaker 3>or I wish I would have. I can say I've

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<v Speaker 3>done it, may not have even liked it, but I

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<v Speaker 3>can say that I've done it, I've experienced it, I've

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<v Speaker 3>pushed myself to it.

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<v Speaker 2>And martial arts has always been one of those things

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<v Speaker 2>for me. Yeah. Yeah, it's uh, you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>beauty to it, elegance, it's entertaining, but it's also it's

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<v Speaker 2>a it's a it's a life along to me as

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<v Speaker 2>well as I learned as I studied it. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I agree with you. I was. It's been a favorite life.

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<v Speaker 2>So that means we need to get a role for

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<v Speaker 2>you in which you're a detective or fight white, you

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<v Speaker 2>know the show we get on the Phone. Yes, okay, so.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's a part of your wish list. As far

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<v Speaker 3>as what possibly you would want to do in the future,

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<v Speaker 3>I would I would love to star in a major

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<v Speaker 3>production in a Marshall in some sense. Yeah, that I would.

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<v Speaker 2>I think for me my demeanor, it would be a

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<v Speaker 2>surprise that I knew come from. If you one of

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<v Speaker 2>those guys, Oh shoot, this dude knows come.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, can't you like just go up to the director

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<v Speaker 3>and say, hey, you know, is there any way that

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<v Speaker 3>you could just write in like a little choreography, kung

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<v Speaker 3>fu choreography where maybe Eric Dane comes here and he

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<v Speaker 3>tries to make a move with me and I kick

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<v Speaker 3>him in his face or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let me see how that was. Let me see.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean Eric's Eric's are pretty savvy, dude. I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't doubt he has the moves already, but it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't in the vein of the show for me to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. You've got you know, people like Uli and Yante,

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<v Speaker 2>those guys, and and and Jessica Camancho and uh, well

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<v Speaker 2>they can get down. Oh yeah, yeah, I agree. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean they they they know how to do it. So

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<v Speaker 2>but my character, I'm more of a I'm a I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a politician.

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<v Speaker 1>I use my my.

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<v Speaker 2>Words, my your wills of persuasion. Yeah, before we get

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<v Speaker 2>out of here, we close out this conversation.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you can't give away where the totality of

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<v Speaker 3>the countdown storyline goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Has there been any discussion of renewal. At this point,

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<v Speaker 2>there's been discussed. It's been discussed as to whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not there will be a season two. Absolutely, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>that Eric is down and and Derek Coss is down,

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<v Speaker 2>so and everyone else is down. I'm sure to do

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<v Speaker 2>the season two.

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<v Speaker 3>I know it could be hard, though, because you put

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<v Speaker 3>all the work into this season, and I know this

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<v Speaker 3>is more just emblematic of the landscape of streaming or

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<v Speaker 3>even broadcast television where tomorrow's not promised in a creative sense.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, I know when I watch a series,

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<v Speaker 3>I get emotionally attached to not only the characters, but

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<v Speaker 3>also the show, the storyline. You talk about the Chicago shows,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm emostally attached to all of them. But I've also

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<v Speaker 3>been lucky enough like all the other fans to know

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<v Speaker 3>that there's another season.

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<v Speaker 2>There are plenty of seasons.

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<v Speaker 3>And do you here's the question, do you, as an

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<v Speaker 3>actor get emotionally attached to the characters or is it

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<v Speaker 3>are they disposable to you? It's like, oh, it's just

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<v Speaker 3>a job, move on to the next world.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, No, I'm attached to the characters, yeah, because

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<v Speaker 2>when they're part of me, like really that's how acting works.

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<v Speaker 2>That you're giving. You're putting yourself into this, so you

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<v Speaker 2>can't really let it go. And if something that's been

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<v Speaker 2>moving you throughout the performance, whether it's on screen or

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<v Speaker 2>on stage, you take it with you. There's plays I've done, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>decade ago, that I still take with me. So you,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you could probably try to push it aside,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but there are things you're going to take

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<v Speaker 2>with you, and that's one of the beautiful things about

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<v Speaker 2>being an actor. That's one of the things that she

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<v Speaker 2>will take with you.

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<v Speaker 3>But I want you to leave something here because I

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<v Speaker 3>know someone is listening right now who's either at the

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<v Speaker 3>beginning of his or her career or maybe a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit later in their life, and thought about this as

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<v Speaker 3>a career as you did.

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<v Speaker 2>What would you recommend to him, her, they, them, whoever.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I always say to remember that this is

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<v Speaker 2>a journey and don't expect to come in, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>making a big splash where you're like the next Will

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<v Speaker 2>Smith all of a sudden. I think you gotta love

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<v Speaker 2>acting first. If this is what you want to do,

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<v Speaker 2>love that first, Know you love that first, and then

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<v Speaker 2>know that you're going to have to persevere to have,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, any kind of commercial success with it. But

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<v Speaker 2>as long as you have that love the acting, you'll

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<v Speaker 2>have the you'll have the motivation to keep going because

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to need that. You're gonna need that. And

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<v Speaker 2>also know the business. Acting schools are fantastic, fantastic, fantastic,

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<v Speaker 2>but very if you teach you the business and the

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<v Speaker 2>business is something different, it is something different, and you

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<v Speaker 2>got to know that going in. You want to know

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<v Speaker 2>that as soon as you can, rather because that will

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<v Speaker 2>help you knowing how the business works.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have one more question? Do you still have

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<v Speaker 3>pinch me moments? I can say this, even though I've

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<v Speaker 3>done this for many, many years. I get a kick

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<v Speaker 3>out of oh that's me on the radio, or if

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<v Speaker 3>I hear a commercial I've done, or if I see

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<v Speaker 3>something which may be replayed from a political commentary I've done.

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<v Speaker 3>I still have these pinch me moments, whereas like I'm

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<v Speaker 3>living the dream and I'm self aware that I'm in

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<v Speaker 3>the middle of living the dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have those moments? Oh? Absolutely, I think the

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<v Speaker 2>first time I saw myself on the big screen pinched me.

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<v Speaker 2>And even recently when my publicistm manager, my wife and

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<v Speaker 2>I went to the premiere and they just flashed me

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen. I was like, Oh, that's me, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of those things, you know, and that's part

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<v Speaker 2>of the love of it, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Maric MacArthur, I could speak to you all night, but

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<v Speaker 3>I know you got other stuff to do, and I

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<v Speaker 3>know that you have other work to do. Probably go

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<v Speaker 3>home so you can watch yourself an episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Four which I am in, which I am in. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a pleasure. Well, thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 2>having me. It's been, you know, so nice to be

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<v Speaker 2>invited out here to talk to you. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>you've had great guests on here before, and I'm happy

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<v Speaker 2>to be included in that history with your show. Whenever

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<v Speaker 2>you want to come back, if you have something that

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<v Speaker 2>you're working on, you are, Oh I do here, I do. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>That means we don't have to make it happen, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we could do that. Yeah, he is Mark MacArthur. I

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<v Speaker 3>have a pleasure speaking with him. The show is obviously countdown.

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<v Speaker 3>It's available right now on Prime Video. Three episodes are available.

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<v Speaker 3>Episode four is coming up. Let's say it just in

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<v Speaker 3>a few hours, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Bye. Bye tomorrow. It'll be there for you. Yes, midnight

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<v Speaker 2>on the West coast. We're confirmed. Yes, we're sure. We're

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<v Speaker 2>pretty sure. Oh okay, all right, good good see you, Sue,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend, Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 3>It's letter with Mokelly Kiff. I am six forty. We

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