On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with actor, David Arquette! We discuss David’s decades-long career in film and television, his family's entertainment legacy, and his recent projects...including the film “The Good Half”, as well as his acquisition of the rights to Bozo the Clown. Arquette shares anecdotes about his love for wrestling, his experience as a certified Bob Ross painting instructor, and his family's move to a farm in Nashville. This was an insightful look into David’s multifaceted life, career and passions.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
02:10 David Arquette's Life in Nashville
03:31 Family Life on the Farm
04:45 Bozo the Clown and Music Projects
08:13 Bob Ross Certification and Painting
10:47 Early Life and Acting Career
21:42 The Realities of Indie Wrestling
23:08 Wrestling Aspirations and Action Figures
23:36 Voiceover and Video Game Roles
24:29 Family and Wrestling
29:11 Arquette Family's Entertainment Roots
34:00 Balancing Multiple Ventures
37:02 Upcoming Projects
37:53 The Seven Questions
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I always sort of have to have something going on, and I typically
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look for that to be something that I love.
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When you can do something you love
as a work, that's really where you
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find the special elements of life.
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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.
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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: Alright, here we are back
again on another episode of Story Craft.
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Thank you for stopping back by.
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If this is your first episode,
my name is Marc Preston.
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Glad to have you here.
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Uh, today David Arquette, uh, an actor
who's been on the scene for a long time.
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A lot of folks know him initially from his
work in the Scream franchise of movies.
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Uh, he's, uh, done a lot
of TV, done a lot of film.
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Comes from a very talented family going
back a couple generations, I think.
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But, of course, his sisters,
uh, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis,
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very, uh, talented family.
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Great conversation, really enjoyed it.
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He's got a new film out.
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It is called The Good Half.
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It is with Elizabeth Shue,
Nick Jonas, Brittany Snow.
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Watched it with my daughter Lily.
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Really enjoyed the film.
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Something kind of different than you're
probably used to from David Arquette.
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But, uh, it's a good film.
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You should check it out.
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Also, this is my first episode
and an official empty nest home.
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My youngest daughter, Emma, off
to school this past Saturday.
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She's the third one out of
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Here with our four month old
Golden Retriever, Ranger, who
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you might hear banging around
in the background, actually.
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He's quite rambunctious.
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And hey, I got you here with me,
keeping me company, so thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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Alright, so let's get after it.
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Today is David Arquette Day,
right here on Story Craft.
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So you're in Nashville, isn't Jack White
up there in Nashville, I think, uh,
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David Arquette: Yeah,
Jack White is out here.
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He's incredible.
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So stuff he does to conserve music.
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It's just his, his, his
like collection of stuff.
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I just, I haven't, I've met him before.
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I met him with Paul Rubens.
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Dear friend who we just recently lost.
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Oh, I am so envious that you had
a chance to hang with Paul Rubens.
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He was the best.
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Yeah, he was the best.
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He turned me into a vampire.
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Turned me into a vampire on,
uh, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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So we'd been friends ever since.
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He was just one of my
dearest, closest friends.
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Marc Preston: He seemed
like a real mensch.
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Yeah.
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Seemed like a real, real solid citizen.
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Yeah.
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But how long you been in Nashville for?
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Is this a new thing for you?
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Have you been out there for a while?
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David Arquette: Uh, four years
we've came out here and started
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a farm, a farm and a garden.
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Really?
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Really.
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Uh, yeah.
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My wife's from Arkansas originally.
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So she wanted to raise our
kids outside of Los Angeles.
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But that's cool.
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Marc Preston: How much
land do you have up there?
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David Arquette: Uh, it's
just, it's a nice farm.
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Uh, just, we have a bunch of animals.
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We have, uh, uh, many cows, too many cows.
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Too many horses, many
donkey, ducks, a garden.
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It's just really beautiful.
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That
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Marc Preston: is awesome.
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Now, you have one
daughter, is that correct?
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I have one daughter and two sons.
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What are, what are they thinking
about the, the farm situation?
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Are they down with it or are they kind of
like, Oh geez, here's dad doing something?
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No,
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David Arquette: no.
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Oh, it's my wife too.
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She really is crazy about the animals.
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But um, no, they like it.
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They like it a lot.
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It's a, it's a new experience for them.
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Um, you know.
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My, uh, 10 year old, he was really
fond of Los Angeles, just in
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general, and, uh, you know, coming
out is a bit of a change for him.
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The 7 year old wasn't as aware.
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Um, but my daughter, she
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She loves it here.
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It's really peaceful.
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So she's still in L.
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A.?
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My daughter's
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Marc Preston: going to school in New York.
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Is she just started or is this, or is she
going to be going into her second year?
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David Arquette: Yeah, she's
going into her second year.
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She's really enjoying it.
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Loving school.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, my
mind's doing the same thing.
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She's doing her gap year down here with
me, bartending at a big, big beach bar.
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That's cool.
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So she, she graduated a year
early, so she decided to do
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her gap year down here with me.
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That's good.
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Yeah.
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But she's starting in Florida.
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So, you know, all of my kids
will be in college, which is,
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you know, holding the tears back.
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Yeah, yeah, for sure.
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Now, uh, being in Nashville was the,
um, didn't you, weren't you in a band
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or didn't you do, was it music part
of your ecosystem for a while or is it
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still kind of something you're doing?
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David Arquette: No, I was in
a band for a little while.
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Um, but it is something I'm still doing.
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We're working on music
for Bose of the clown.
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Uh, I have a wonderful
songwriting partner.
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Graham Wheeler and we're, uh, making some
incredible music, some really fun stuff.
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We're going to debut it very soon,
but, uh, yeah, it's been, I love music.
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I mean, even in filmmaking,
didn't you purchase the rights to
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Marc Preston: Bozo?
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Am I correct?
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Yeah.
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Isn't that
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David Arquette: what you did?
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Yeah.
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I purchased the rights to Bozo the clown.
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I'd always loved the character
and spent 15 years trying to
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acquire the rights, finally got it.
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And now we're developing, uh,
We're doing a documentary about
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sort of bringing that clown back.
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We're, uh, developing a
feature film for Tubi.
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Uh, we're working, we're
completing an album that we've,
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we've completed the album.
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We're just doing the final
processes to get it released.
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Yeah, it's been really
fun to, to experience it.
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We introduced Jozo Bozo, the
first female Bozo the Clown.
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So
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Marc Preston: what was the impetus
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David Arquette: for that?
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What was,
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Marc Preston: was beyond
just Really enjoying Bozo.
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Was there, was there something
like you wanted to kind of keep it,
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keep Bozo alive as far as a, you
know, for kids or what was the idea
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behind, you know, getting the rights?
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David Arquette: uh, the idea was
just, it was always a dream of
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mine to keep that character alive.
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That's really important.
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Uh, there's so much history about Bozo
that we explore in the documentary and,
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and just, you know, a lot of people have
a real fondness toward that character.
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Especially in Chicago and, and sort of
the Midwest and, um, really all, uh,
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you know, for certain generation, it
was a really important thing, but, you
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know, we found that we've kind of lost
that sort of happy, silly clown, so
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we're going to try to You know, do our
part in bringing that kind of joy back.
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And, um, we're doing a huge
charity event here in Nashville.
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That's a citywide baby shower.
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So we're, we've, uh, done all these,
gotten all these donations for, uh,
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expecting mothers and we're going
to be giving them these diaper
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bags and some, some strollers and.
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Uh, we're just really excited about the
opportunity to sort of celebrate, you
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know, the experience that they're going
through and, and, uh, Uh, Jozo Bozo will
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be there and his royal highness, who's
another character we've introduced from my
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friend Kenan Walker, who's really great.
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So, uh, yeah, we're gonna put
on a big show and free popcorn
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and cotton candy and balloons.
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Marc Preston: There's something I,
like I grew up in Dallas and we had
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somebody, uh, it wasn't a clown,
but it was the same kind of thing.
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It's a Saturday mornings or whatever.
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It was called Mr.
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Peppermint.
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It was the thing.
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And he had like this red and white
striped suit and a little cane.
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And it was the same kind of ideas.
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It was sort of in the ecosystem of Mr.
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Rogers.
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And it's funny because his son is
Gibby from the butthole surfers,
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which is kind of a contrast.
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Um, yeah,
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David Arquette: he, he kind of
had a, A complicated story, right?
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That guy.
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Marc Preston: Yeah.
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I think that would be a
diplomatic way of putting it.
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David Arquette: Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Marc Preston: I heard stories.
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Didn't you also, uh, there, I seem to
remember there's a Bob Ross connection.
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Didn't you either, aren't you
teaching Bob Ross painting or
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you certified or something?
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Please pardon me if
I'm getting this wrong.
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No,
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David Arquette: I'm a
certified Bob Ross instructor.
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Typically use it for charity events.
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Uh, but yeah, I can teach people
how to paint like Bob Ross.
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I can teach you how to paint happy
little trees in his same style.
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Marc Preston: Now does painting
something you do is kind of a cathartic
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thing to relax or, uh, or is it just
something you, you know, is it just
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a skill you wanted to pick up or is
it something you still do regularly?
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David Arquette: Yeah.
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I first started painting doing sort of.
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Graffiti mural, murals, graffiti art,
uh, so lettering and sort of characters.
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And then that evolved into
taking art classes at school.
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And then, um, and then I, uh, I
do the Bob Ross stuff because I
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always loved his style of painting.
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I was always fascinated by how he
could complete a painting so quickly.
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And then I went down and I studied,
uh, In New Smyrna Beach, Florida,
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I took a course, a three week
course, where I got certified.
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And then I worked with the Bob
Ross company quite a bit in just
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going around doing charities,
uh, doing different events.
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I've done like, uh, corporation
team building exercises.
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It's really fun, because a lot of
people think that that they can't
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paint, but Bob Ross's whole style and
the kits that he puts together are all
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designed for anyone to be able to do it.
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So if you can explain it to
people, you know, my, my, when
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I do it, it's not as sort of
soothing and kind of mellow as him.
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I really want people to pick up the style.
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So I always tell them like,
don't, don't overwork it.
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Cause Bob Ross never overworked it.
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He'd just do these kinds of things
and, you know, you'd use the.
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Paintbrush in a certain way.
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And it would just create
this beautiful picture.
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Marc Preston: His story is really
interesting to me because like everybody,
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he's known for kind of having that big
perm and it was, it was not as much a
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style choice from what I understand is
more of an economic choice because when
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he was in the air force or something,
he was trying to save money and he
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figured, well, this means I have to
go to the barber less or something.
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That's a true story.
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Yeah, that is.
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I don't know what kids now are watching.
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You know, I know my kids were all
Disney channel and noggin and all
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that, you know, uh, but I don't know.
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I don't know if there's
anything out there like that.
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They're
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David Arquette: watching a lot of YouTube.
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That's pretty much
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Marc Preston: what my kids
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David Arquette: watch
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Marc Preston: entirely.
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I know you probably every, every
time you sit down and talk with
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folks, just like, yes, I know.
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I've got a very talented family.
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I know that.
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But, uh, but I'm kind of curious about
more of the origin, like how you, in
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growing up, how did you, how did you land?
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Was it, was, was it, Performance always
something on the, on the horizon for
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you, uh, or is it something you kind
of like, eh, I'll give it a swing,
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you know, and going back to junior
high, high school, whatever have you.
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David Arquette: Uh, I always loved it.
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Like a lot of my father was an
improv, improvisational actor.
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So that sort of was in
our blood really early.
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And we do little skits and stuff.
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And then I remember.
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playing a game called freeze, like,
you know, where people would be doing
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a scene and then you'd say freeze
and then you'd come in and take
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over the scene and like change it.
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And, um, so that I just always loved that,
that kind of process and that experience.
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So I remembered loving it, but then
when I was sort of a teenager, I
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was kind of rebellious and didn't
want anything to do with it.
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My sisters were making a name for
themselves and I had a really amazing.
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drama teacher named Ben Debaldo,
who, who was doing a play at my
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school at Fairfax high school.
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And he really inspired me.
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I got to do the play there.
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And he really gave me confidence that,
uh, I did have a talent that I should
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explore and that, uh, you know, and
then I got more comfortable with it
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and just sort of built off of that.
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And just being able to work in
this business for 30 plus years
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has been really, uh, an honor and
something I've really enjoyed.
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Marc Preston: Now you grew
up in Virginia, correct?
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David Arquette: Uh, yeah,
I was born in Virginia.
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I only lived there for a few years.
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Then we moved to Evanston, Illinois,
where I fell in love with Bozo the clown.
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And then, uh, then we
moved out to Los Angeles.
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Where, uh, where I was pretty much
raised since I was five in Los Angeles.
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Marc Preston: Okay, okay.
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So you're, you're really young.
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I gotcha.
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Uh, yeah.
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So in the birth order, you're,
you're the third or fourth kid?
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I'm the youngest.
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You're, oh, you're the baby.
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Okay.
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David Arquette: I'm,
I'm, yeah, I'm the fifth.
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I'm the fifth youngest.
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Yeah.
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Marc Preston: One of the things
I've always appreciated about you,
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there's never been one thing you do.
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You know, you're, as far as genre and
like the side, well, not side projects,
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but the other things that kind of, that
you enjoy doing, are you more of a, uh,
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restless type, you know, or is there's
always, you're always kind of looking
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for something that grabs your attention
or kind of how do you go from acting
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and to everything else you're up to?
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Is it something that's
just kind of like organic?
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You just, that's who you are.
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David Arquette: Yeah.
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I try to find things that I love.
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Like, uh, I love Bob Ross.
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I love, uh, graffiti art.
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So I do stuff like with
art in that direction.
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I love, you know, celebrating and
having parties and having fun.
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So I, you know, worked with H Wood
Group and opened Bootsy Bellows,
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a nightclub in Los Angeles.
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And I love, um, uh, you know, Bozo.
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So I, I would focus on that.
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I love wrestling.
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So I would take, you know, wrestling.
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It's also a, um, Uh, you know, self
preservation element to it as an actor.
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It's, if you're waiting around for your
next job, unless you're writing a script
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or, you know, a filmmaker on your own
part, it kind of can be really tedious
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and kind of, uh, really hard on my type
of personality to be waiting around
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and just not know what happens next.
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So I always sort of have
to have something going on.
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And I typically look for that
to be something that I love.
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I think, uh, when you can do something you
love as a work, that's really where you
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find the special, uh, elements of life.
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Marc Preston: Do you have more of a
carpe diem, you know, disposition, it
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seems like, you know, towards what it
is you're up to, you know, and I really
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appreciate that because, um, like, God, I
remember as 2021, I interviewed, uh, uh,
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John Favreau and he, and the first time
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You know, you have that valley of time
between gigs, you know, you've, you're
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filling it with things that bring you joy,
which I probably make you a better actor.
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I'm assuming, you know, absolutely.
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You know, last night I checked
out the good half and What I
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like about what I enjoyed it.
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I think it's unique.
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It's, uh, it's sweet, but you're,
you're not the most pleasant guy that
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you're always like the friendly fun guy.
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You're not really the, you know,
you're, you're not very much.
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You're not a match.
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So no, no.
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Do you like the, that eclectic vibe?
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Like, do you like to do
things that you haven't done?
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Or do you like to, you know, if you
have a choice of, of a character
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type, do you like Or does it
even make a difference to you?
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Like, is it just a great, I
mean, what, what is magnetic
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for you when it comes to a role?
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David Arquette: Let me
see, uh, I, I don't know.
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I really, uh, I don't know.
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He was really just a funny character.
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You know, Brett wrote a script that was
based on true events of his experience
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in going through this in Cleveland.
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And, you know, Cleveland gets a really
bad rap in this film, but it's an amazing
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town and everyone should visit it.
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I love Cleveland.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, I remember him
coming out of the airport and that
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one scene it's like he's speaking to
the early men on the plane It's like
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yeah, Cleveland great weather and all
you just immediately was no love for
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Cleveland and right then but it's you know
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David Arquette: I think that was
from the Writer's personal experience
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of this time in his life, but um
aside from that Playing a character
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like this is really kind of fun.
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I mean, he was a, he's
a complete narcissist.
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So he, he looked at everything in a sort
of different disposition than I did.
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I, I would, I, you know, and I have
to hold back laughter at some point.
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And, and sometimes they, you know, he
would always be in his head thinking about
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how it affected him or like his take on
it, or, you know, worried about like, you
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know, You know, how much money is this
going to cost, and how can we get out of
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here sooner, and you know, if you come
from that point of view, it informs a lot
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of your decision making, and like, there's
one scene at the end of the movie where
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I get upset with Nick Jonas character,
or he gets upset with my character, but
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I get really angry, and I'm, You know,
I say some really hurtful things to him.
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But what the audience doesn't know, and
nobody really knows, is that my acting
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sort of, uh, You know, my source for that
anger was funny because in the script
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I'm written in to be part of this drive
from the characters take a limousine
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from the funeral to the, to the party
afterwards or the memorial service.
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But, uh, Robert said he
was making this decision.
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He said, you know, listen, David, I'm not
going to have you in the limousine ride.
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And he was just like, I
was like, okay, no problem.
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I, you know, I have another two hours
off before I have to go to work.
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But what he didn't know was that Rick,
the character was really upset about that.
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Rick was like, how, how dare
you not have me in that car?
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I paid for this limousine.
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Oh, I'm not going to be
riding in this limousine.
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Like you guys are all riding and I'm not
allowed to like, that's what made Rick
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so mad about And it wasn't even about
him being mad at me for telling a joke.
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He was like, just angry about this
limousine ride, to be honest with you.
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So that's where
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Marc Preston: my drive came from.
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That was my, one of my favorite scenes
in the movie, because That what I
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like is that tension, you know, and
I don't want to give too much away.
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I don't want to give anything away.
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The movie actually, I really enjoyed it,
but you just kind of felt like there was
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something simmering under the surface.
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You weren't fully freeing the beast,
but you had some things you had to say.
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And in that time, honestly, in that
moment, there was, there was probably
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the most empathy you had for the
character in the whole film right
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then, you know, like, okay, I kind
of get where this guy's coming from.
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Don't necessarily agree, but
I see where he's coming from.
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He's made his
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David Arquette: case.
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Marc Preston: You know, it was
fun because Matt Walsh, I spoke
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with him a little while back.
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He's such a talented dude.
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I always love watching him show up and he
was kind of a fun counterpoint as a dad,
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you know, to, to who you, who you are.
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Kind of go back.
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You
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mentioned the wrestling thing.
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I am so curious.
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I grew up in Dallas where the Von
Erich family was like really big.
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In fact, we're watching, my son and
I were watching iron claw and we
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haven't made it all the way through,
but what was your draw to wrestling?
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Is it the theater of it?
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What, what was it that pulled you in that
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direction?
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David Arquette: I just
loved it so much as a kid.
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I loved the theatrics of it.
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I loved the like.
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extreme characters.
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I love the humor of it.
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You know, when I was growing up, it was
Junkyard Dog and Hulk Hogan and Rowdy,
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Rowdy Piper, and Jimmy Snuka and like
all these kind of really larger than
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life characters and Andre the Giant.
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And, Macho man, man, Savage.
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Oh yeah.
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And I just, I love Miss Elizabeth.
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I'd like, like I was
head over heels for her.
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So, um, I don't know.
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I always just sort of loved that world.
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I got re sort of, uh, energized by
it when I watched Ready to Rumble.
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I mean, when I was part of Ready
to Rumble and then I went on a.
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tour to promote the film and I
toured with WCW and they ended
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up making me the champion.
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So the fans got really upset at the
fact that an actor was the champion.
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I was looking at it as like, I'm the,
one of the first like fan champions,
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but people got really, really upset.
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So I went back, I went back
and I did the documentary.
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette to sort
of explore why they got so upset at me.
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And, uh, through that process, we kind of
discovered like, Oh, it's, you know, you
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know, people dedicate their lives to it.
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It's like generational.
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It's really, you know, it's, it's a lot
deeper than a lot of people understand.
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And a lot more goes into and it's really
grueling work and, and, uh, you have
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to really put your body on the line.
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So I have the utmost respect
for wrestlers and just having to
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go through that, you have this.
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Marc Preston: I liked it.
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Kind of like when the movie of
the wrestler with, yeah, but yeah,
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the wrestler for me was just like.
453
00:21:31,864 --> 00:21:35,465
That was, that was, it was intense, but
you realize there's this fun theater
454
00:21:35,465 --> 00:21:39,605
and all that, but behind the scenes
is just the, the, the, the taxation
455
00:21:39,605 --> 00:21:42,624
on somebody's body that they put
themselves through to, to do this thing.
456
00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:44,555
David Arquette: Yeah, it's, it's real.
457
00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:51,175
And there's so many elements of that,
that, that, uh, film that are real that
458
00:21:51,175 --> 00:21:55,685
you kind of experience and when you're
going and You're doing the Indies lurk
459
00:21:55,685 --> 00:22:00,455
and you show up, your hotel's not there
because they got it from some kind
460
00:22:00,455 --> 00:22:02,895
of website that did, they overbooked.
461
00:22:02,895 --> 00:22:05,635
So you have to like figure out where
you're going to sleep that night.
462
00:22:05,665 --> 00:22:06,335
Kind of thing.
463
00:22:06,484 --> 00:22:08,154
Marc Preston: I'm not a
big fan of wrestling, quote
464
00:22:08,154 --> 00:22:09,114
unquote, fan of wrestling.
465
00:22:09,114 --> 00:22:11,844
I appreciate it as you know, but
it seems like there's, there's
466
00:22:11,844 --> 00:22:15,425
storylines and that seems to be the
thing that people kind of get what's.
467
00:22:16,010 --> 00:22:20,050
You know, it is theater to a great degree,
but there's, there's reality built in.
468
00:22:20,050 --> 00:22:22,790
Cause it's really your body
doing it, but it's the storyline.
469
00:22:22,790 --> 00:22:26,409
So I think people kind of, you
know, it's, it's, it's almost like,
470
00:22:26,409 --> 00:22:27,389
you know what it feels like to me.
471
00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:29,990
It's almost like soap opera for dudes.
472
00:22:31,820 --> 00:22:32,969
David Arquette: That's a funny way.
473
00:22:33,509 --> 00:22:34,390
Yeah, for sure.
474
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,110
It's when you, when you really
like one of those characters.
475
00:22:37,315 --> 00:22:39,315
Marc Preston: When I was, I don't
know, as I was a little kid, I remember
476
00:22:39,545 --> 00:22:43,685
hearing about the Vaughn Erics and they
would always show up on commercials
477
00:22:43,685 --> 00:22:46,324
in Dallas and I, you know, you didn't
have to be in a wrestling to know
478
00:22:46,325 --> 00:22:47,935
who the Vaughn Erics were, you know?
479
00:22:48,344 --> 00:22:51,754
Um, I don't, I don't know how in the
overall world of wrestling, how many
480
00:22:51,754 --> 00:22:54,824
people knew about them, but I know in
Dallas there was a really big deal.
481
00:22:54,865 --> 00:22:56,435
Yeah, they were legendary.
482
00:22:56,555 --> 00:22:59,305
Is that something you
still have a passion for?
483
00:22:59,305 --> 00:23:01,685
Is like you want to be involved in,
or do you kind of want to kind of show
484
00:23:01,685 --> 00:23:04,485
up as a surprise, you know, like, or
is it kind of like, okay, I've done
485
00:23:04,485 --> 00:23:07,654
that thing or is it something you
still want to play with a little bit?
486
00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:11,630
David Arquette: Well, I've never
had a, um, an action figure.
487
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,970
It's one of the sort of wrestling,
you know, notches, you know,
488
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,200
plateaus you want to reach.
489
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,500
And, you know, I was a former
heavy, you know, world champion.
490
00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:30,680
So the fact that I'm, I don't have
a, Uh, you know, uh, uh, figure
491
00:23:30,750 --> 00:23:34,920
is kind of upsetting, but, uh, I'd
also like to be in a video game.
492
00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:36,650
I think that would be really fun.
493
00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:36,949
Marc Preston: Yeah.
494
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,020
Have you ever done voiceover or
anything for video games or, you know,
495
00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:43,879
I thought I'd seen something that
you'd done some video game stuff at
496
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,400
one point in time, not, not wrestling,
but have you done anything like that?
497
00:23:46,570 --> 00:23:47,809
David Arquette: Yeah, I've done a couple.
498
00:23:47,810 --> 00:23:48,470
I was, uh.
499
00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:48,497
Yeah.
500
00:23:48,497 --> 00:23:48,524
Yeah.
501
00:23:49,335 --> 00:23:52,195
Uh, early on I did SSX Tricky.
502
00:23:52,195 --> 00:23:55,845
I played a character named
Eddie in a snowboard video game.
503
00:23:55,845 --> 00:24:01,185
And then the next one I did
was an ESPN football game.
504
00:24:01,695 --> 00:24:06,714
And then I did, uh, recently I did The
Quarry, which was a horror sort of game.
505
00:24:06,890 --> 00:24:10,640
Video game where I played a character in
it and they scanned my body and all that.
506
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:11,600
I really enjoyed it.
507
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:13,580
Marc Preston: That seems
like it'd be so much fun.
508
00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:16,720
I, the voice, voiceover stuff
I do is completely unrelated to
509
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,820
that, but I've always wanted to
do the video game thing for fun.
510
00:24:18,830 --> 00:24:22,650
Like my son, uh, he was playing
was a red dead redemption.
511
00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,790
And I know like a bunch of the
guys that are in it, you know?
512
00:24:24,809 --> 00:24:25,579
So it's kind of weird.
513
00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:26,719
Like, well, doggone it.
514
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,080
I should have done that
when my kids were young.
515
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,070
They would have thought it was cool.
516
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,679
How did your kids perceive
you doing the wrestling thing?
517
00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:32,360
I'm kind of curious.
518
00:24:32,389 --> 00:24:33,689
What was, what was that like?
519
00:24:33,699 --> 00:24:34,659
Like that's uncalled for.
520
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,060
TV, but now he's doing
what's going on here.
521
00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:39,479
Well, how was that
received by the young folk?
522
00:24:39,709 --> 00:24:43,519
David Arquette: Well, we had a
Wrestling, uh ring in the backyard.
523
00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:45,120
So that part was really fun.
524
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:49,830
They love climbing on it running
around Wrestling and meeting all the
525
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:54,580
wrestlers and you know, there was
you know, some injuries involved So
526
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:58,590
they'd see dad come home all beat
up a lot of the times that was kind
527
00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:01,390
of tough But they uh, they liked it.
528
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,550
They they enjoyed it.
529
00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:06,765
It was a You It was a fun
period of time for sure.
530
00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:10,695
Marc Preston: Well, have they expressed
any interest in doing the acting thing?
531
00:25:10,765 --> 00:25:12,055
Now, what's your perception on that?
532
00:25:12,055 --> 00:25:13,164
Are you trying to encourage it?
533
00:25:13,164 --> 00:25:14,615
Are you like, yeah, I
don't know about that.
534
00:25:14,615 --> 00:25:16,305
Or is your daughter like, hell no.
535
00:25:17,225 --> 00:25:21,164
David Arquette: My daughter loves like
theater and singing and performing.
536
00:25:21,215 --> 00:25:22,895
She's a natural as well.
537
00:25:22,935 --> 00:25:24,655
She's just really great at it.
538
00:25:25,305 --> 00:25:29,465
And, uh, My two boys, yeah,
they, they love acting too.
539
00:25:29,465 --> 00:25:32,625
It's kind of like the thing, they
like it more than they like sports.
540
00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:35,584
So it's kind of interesting
to see that element.
541
00:25:36,185 --> 00:25:39,544
They love, yeah, they're
natural performers or jokers.
542
00:25:39,544 --> 00:25:44,904
And they like, you know, one of my
sons especially likes to clown, you
543
00:25:44,905 --> 00:25:49,855
know, like clown around and dress as a
clown and put on the shoes and follow
544
00:25:49,865 --> 00:25:52,175
do pratfalls and stuff like that.
545
00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:55,235
It's really funny to see
their personalities evolve.
546
00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:59,375
You know, see what they find
joy in and just really, that's
547
00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:01,254
really what it is all about.
548
00:26:01,295 --> 00:26:06,355
Like whatever you love, you
should pursue and, and, you
549
00:26:06,355 --> 00:26:08,124
know, not let anyone stop you.
550
00:26:08,435 --> 00:26:10,615
Marc Preston: Now your daughter's
kind of that age where she can,
551
00:26:10,645 --> 00:26:13,674
you know, if she, if she's into
it, she can move in that direction.
552
00:26:13,674 --> 00:26:17,815
But like, what pieces of advice are you
dropping for her to, you know, make sure
553
00:26:17,815 --> 00:26:19,435
she's kind of staying on a good path?
554
00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:22,190
David Arquette: Yeah, she's got
a wonderful head on her shoulders
555
00:26:22,220 --> 00:26:26,630
and, you know, we purposely, she'd
been doing plays all throughout,
556
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,830
you know, her childhood and all
these, you know, community theater.
557
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:37,660
So, um, you know, she'd done a ton of
stuff already by the time she had gotten
558
00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:42,369
to college and started studying with all
these incredible teachers at her school.
559
00:26:42,895 --> 00:26:48,945
But, uh, it was really kind of making
sure she didn't get in too early.
560
00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:54,265
It was part of our like protection,
just, you know, if you decide to do
561
00:26:54,265 --> 00:26:58,374
it later, like, you know, but as she
was growing up, there was always like
562
00:26:58,445 --> 00:27:02,625
little times where people kind of came
up and were like wanting her to audition
563
00:27:02,635 --> 00:27:07,295
for something or this or that, but we
just really kind of didn't want her to.
564
00:27:08,129 --> 00:27:12,679
Pursue it professionally until she was
old enough and, and, you know, sort
565
00:27:12,679 --> 00:27:15,080
of understood the world in general.
566
00:27:15,270 --> 00:27:18,949
It's a kind of complex world when you
get thrown into it at a young age.
567
00:27:18,989 --> 00:27:21,279
Marc Preston: Yeah, I think because you
don't really have as much to pull from and
568
00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,930
I think you probably don't have as much
kind of Kevlar built up to, you know, deal
569
00:27:24,930 --> 00:27:26,200
with some of the stuff that comes at you.
570
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,410
But, you know, one of the things
I, I always hear that I, you know,
571
00:27:29,410 --> 00:27:32,230
my son's girlfriend mentioned
something about Nepo baby and all
572
00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:33,610
that, which I think is just nonsense.
573
00:27:33,629 --> 00:27:36,130
Cause is you've worked in
the industry long enough.
574
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,629
It might get you one gig, but
unless you can perform and really
575
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,140
bring something you're, you're
not going to be hired, you know?
576
00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:46,420
So that's, that's one of the things
that I think, obviously based on her
577
00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:50,859
lineage, you know, people will look at
her, you know, is, is it something that,
578
00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:53,925
you know, That you want to encourage
or are you just going to let her kind
579
00:27:53,925 --> 00:27:55,485
of come by on your, uh, on her own?
580
00:27:55,485 --> 00:27:59,325
I mean, she's, she's got lots of people
in her family to ask questions of.
581
00:27:59,325 --> 00:28:00,415
I'm kind of envious of her.
582
00:28:02,364 --> 00:28:04,205
David Arquette: Yeah, I
think there's a lot to it.
583
00:28:04,205 --> 00:28:06,304
I mean, we're actually fourth generation.
584
00:28:06,305 --> 00:28:08,225
Our generation goes back to vaudeville.
585
00:28:08,235 --> 00:28:12,155
So, you know, it's Yeah, it's funny.
586
00:28:12,155 --> 00:28:14,794
I mean, it definitely, there
are elements that open the door.
587
00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:19,534
There's also elements that, you know,
make it harder to a certain extent.
588
00:28:19,574 --> 00:28:24,064
I mean, you know, I feel very blessed
to have the opportunities that I've had,
589
00:28:24,774 --> 00:28:27,004
but, um, you know, it's a complex world.
590
00:28:27,004 --> 00:28:31,815
It's a complex, uh, business to be a part
of and kind of try to even wrap your head
591
00:28:31,825 --> 00:28:38,175
around it, you know, to, to keep a, uh,
you know, a, a good attitude about it.
592
00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:43,870
You know, it's, it's a, it's a business
of like, When it rains it pours and when
593
00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:50,260
it's, uh, dry it's really dry and you
know it's really tough on your mental
594
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:57,839
state or like yourself, uh, your opinion
of yourself and sort of a, you know, it's
595
00:28:57,839 --> 00:28:59,709
hard like when you're just not working.
596
00:28:59,709 --> 00:29:05,930
That's always why I had different, you
know, business kind of opportunities going
597
00:29:05,930 --> 00:29:11,510
on at different times because to rely on
acting alone is really a difficult thing.
598
00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:11,939
Thing
599
00:29:11,939 --> 00:29:14,169
Marc Preston: I'm curious about though,
you mentioned vaudeville, that's
600
00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:15,540
kind of a cool lineage to have it.
601
00:29:15,550 --> 00:29:16,679
Like where are your folks from?
602
00:29:16,729 --> 00:29:20,000
Uh, are they from the Virginia
area originally or, you know, your
603
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,499
people, where do they emanate from?
604
00:29:21,530 --> 00:29:24,429
David Arquette: Uh, well, the
vaudeville, they did vaudeville
605
00:29:24,449 --> 00:29:26,860
in Toledo, Ohio, actually.
606
00:29:26,959 --> 00:29:30,550
So maybe that's why I have
such a soft spot, soft spot.
607
00:29:31,044 --> 00:29:32,405
spot for Cleveland.
608
00:29:32,915 --> 00:29:38,975
But, um, yeah, they originally, my, my
family line came through on my father's
609
00:29:38,975 --> 00:29:45,674
side, came through, um, uh, Canada
through Montreal and then they came down
610
00:29:45,675 --> 00:29:51,624
and they settled in Toledo and that's
where they did, uh, like a small kind
611
00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:57,885
of, my grandfather said like a rinky
dink kind of, uh, a vaudeville act.
612
00:29:58,715 --> 00:30:05,255
Uh, and then my grandfather picked
up the skills there and then toured
613
00:30:05,255 --> 00:30:11,425
as a piano player with, uh, and
did, did an act himself and, and
614
00:30:11,425 --> 00:30:15,840
then made from radio to television.
615
00:30:16,370 --> 00:30:22,070
And then my father was an actor
as well and studied in New York.
616
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,720
And my mother, that's where
he met my mother in New York.
617
00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,630
My mother was originally
from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
618
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:34,114
And then, uh, they both met and,
uh, they were both performers and.
619
00:30:34,995 --> 00:30:39,805
Uh, you kind of learn it as you're going
up, as if, you know, your father was a
620
00:30:39,825 --> 00:30:45,305
contractor, you'd probably learn how to
build a house better, or a gardener, you'd
621
00:30:45,505 --> 00:30:48,245
learn how to plant, you know, better.
622
00:30:48,355 --> 00:30:51,255
So it's all those kind of stuff.
623
00:30:51,335 --> 00:30:53,185
Marc Preston: Were they encouraging
you to go that direction or
624
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:53,925
were they like A little, I
625
00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:57,185
David Arquette: mean, you know, I, I
got rejected quite a bit, like trying
626
00:30:57,185 --> 00:30:59,095
to find an agent at a young age.
627
00:30:59,105 --> 00:31:03,945
You know, I did a play at a library when
I was really young, like a little, you
628
00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:07,110
know, little kind of But I loved it.
629
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:08,360
I remember loving it.
630
00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:12,940
And then, um, and then a lot, you
know, I did little, you know, Gilbert
631
00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:15,360
and Sullivan in elementary school.
632
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,070
And I always remember
enjoying the process.
633
00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:24,800
But, you know, it wasn't until I met my
teacher, Ben DiBaldo, in high school,
634
00:31:24,980 --> 00:31:30,255
uh, Fairfax High School, who really
inspired me to, you know, confidence
635
00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:32,025
to feel like I could actually do it.
636
00:31:32,035 --> 00:31:36,505
So as much as all that stuff, I mean,
when I was growing up, a lot of it.
637
00:31:37,190 --> 00:31:40,460
It was kind of intimidating, the
fact that my family was in it.
638
00:31:40,550 --> 00:31:46,100
My sisters were becoming famous and,
you know, people would want to be your
639
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:47,880
friends because of that certain thing.
640
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,050
So there's all kinds of
elements with the NEPO element.
641
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,650
It's kind of funny.
642
00:31:54,060 --> 00:31:56,000
I find it just sort of funny.
643
00:31:56,450 --> 00:32:00,190
But, uh, it's a hard business in
general, no matter how you are.
644
00:32:00,810 --> 00:32:03,180
Marc Preston: Yeah, I mean, I always
thought that whole NEPO thing was, it's,
645
00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:06,840
it's gotta be nonsensical because yeah,
it might get you, it may get, may open
646
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,460
a couple of doors, but certainly doesn't
necessarily consistently get you work.
647
00:32:10,890 --> 00:32:16,070
Um, what haven't you done that you can go,
you know, that, that would be fun to do.
648
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,380
That would be a good challenge.
649
00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:20,160
Is there something on the horizon you're
like, I want to, I want to do that.
650
00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:21,330
David Arquette: You know, it's real.
651
00:32:22,035 --> 00:32:26,325
The more older I get, the more it's
like working with the right people, the
652
00:32:26,325 --> 00:32:32,215
right, uh, you know, other cast members,
the right director, the right story.
653
00:32:32,885 --> 00:32:36,215
You know, you just have to be
pretty, really selective about that.
654
00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:39,355
A lot of the time I do
things for different reasons.
655
00:32:39,355 --> 00:32:43,365
I'll do a kids movie because I want,
you know, my kids to be able to see
656
00:32:43,365 --> 00:32:49,345
it and, you know, something that
super silly or Um, you don't do
657
00:32:49,345 --> 00:32:55,165
something dramatic just to show some
range, but, uh, it's really hard.
658
00:32:55,165 --> 00:33:00,245
Like sometimes you're doing, you sign up
for an independent film and it's just not
659
00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:04,885
as, uh, you know, once you get on the set,
they're like, listen, we can't have this.
660
00:33:05,290 --> 00:33:07,460
You know, we can't really
afford the car accident.
661
00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:11,130
I was like, well, the car accident's
a pretty major part of the thing,
662
00:33:11,130 --> 00:33:14,420
and if you kind of half ass a car
accident, it doesn't really play
663
00:33:14,420 --> 00:33:18,370
as much, and it doesn't give it
the weight that it was supposed to.
664
00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:21,730
So it's hard to kind of
judge a lot of those things.
665
00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:27,560
So being selective, but, uh, I don't
know, I, I love, uh, I don't know.
666
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,350
I love all kinds of different things.
667
00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:31,660
So it's just more the
quality of the story.
668
00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:36,540
I mean, I would love to do a series,
a really, really great series.
669
00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:37,160
Marc Preston: Yeah.
670
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,650
That's something that I've talked
to a couple of people lately.
671
00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:42,140
Like, I just want to get a good seer,
you know, because now you're, we're
672
00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:46,000
in an era where what's happening on
TV, but back in the eighties, early
673
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,740
nineties, you can't really bounce
back and forth from TV to film.
674
00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:52,595
It's like, once you've transitioned,
you know, uh, Um, but now it's like,
675
00:33:52,595 --> 00:33:55,605
seems like people want to get a,
take a good bite out of like a cool
676
00:33:55,605 --> 00:33:59,405
character for a Sierra, like a, like
multi season series or something.
677
00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:02,625
You know, one of, one of the note
I just, I just did the cursory.
678
00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:04,165
I don't do a lot of prep.
679
00:34:04,165 --> 00:34:06,735
I just kind of like to sit down
and chat with folks, but I did
680
00:34:06,735 --> 00:34:09,245
see a little note that you had
a clothing line with Ben Harper.
681
00:34:09,245 --> 00:34:10,115
Do you still do that?
682
00:34:10,345 --> 00:34:13,734
Is that still something
you're, uh, or am I, No,
683
00:34:13,735 --> 00:34:17,665
David Arquette: no, that, that was a three
year experience, which was really costly,
684
00:34:17,665 --> 00:34:20,645
but a great educational experience.
685
00:34:20,715 --> 00:34:23,755
That's another example
of like something I love.
686
00:34:23,765 --> 00:34:31,075
So me and Ben both had a love for, for,
uh, the garment industry and, and just,
687
00:34:31,075 --> 00:34:34,395
uh, Fabrics and clothing and design.
688
00:34:34,395 --> 00:34:39,105
And so it was a really wonderful learning
experience, but no, it doesn't exist
689
00:34:39,105 --> 00:34:44,315
anymore, but you know, we're producing
different t shirts and different,
690
00:34:44,505 --> 00:34:51,155
you know, bull heirs just made a Bozo
shoe, which is an amazing shoe company.
691
00:34:51,185 --> 00:34:56,025
So yeah, we're designing
some new Bozo, uh, products.
692
00:34:56,045 --> 00:35:00,645
So it goes into, you learn different
skills that then you can use in
693
00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:02,590
different, uh, Different departments.
694
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:05,640
Marc Preston: You must be a Jedi Knight
when it comes to time management.
695
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,350
I'm doing a few things, but I'm like,
how does he manage all this stuff?
696
00:35:08,380 --> 00:35:11,610
You must, you must have a good
team of people who give you a hand.
697
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:11,860
I have an
698
00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:12,840
David Arquette: incredible wife.
699
00:35:12,850 --> 00:35:14,880
She's really Christina Arquette.
700
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:23,040
It's the, really the, uh, the, the
secret, the ninja behind it all.
701
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:23,950
She's wonderful.
702
00:35:23,950 --> 00:35:29,590
I mean, she's, you know, she wasn't
around when I was doing the clothing
703
00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,740
line, but the, um, you know.
704
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:38,820
I don't know, you just focus the time on
the things you, it's getting harder, like.
705
00:35:39,205 --> 00:35:40,985
Bozo was a big undertaking.
706
00:35:40,985 --> 00:35:48,695
So this has been kind of a lot to, uh, to,
to juggle, no fun intended, but, uh, it's
707
00:35:48,725 --> 00:35:53,455
been really rewarding and you know, it,
it, you give it time and you just sort of
708
00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:59,145
work on it and, and, uh, you find time to
make meetings and, and make things happen.
709
00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:02,795
Marc Preston: Do you have a website
or do you have like a Bozo central
710
00:36:02,825 --> 00:36:04,645
where people can kind of find out?
711
00:36:05,230 --> 00:36:05,950
About that.
712
00:36:05,950 --> 00:36:08,710
I mean, or is there, have you gotten
that kind of far into the process?
713
00:36:08,770 --> 00:36:09,550
Bozo central.
714
00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:10,900
I never thought I'd say that phrase, but
715
00:36:11,230 --> 00:36:11,530
David Arquette: yeah.
716
00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:13,430
There's bozo.
717
00:36:13,770 --> 00:36:18,760
com, but it's still sort of, it's in
the, all the stuff that you see of Bozo
718
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,060
out there right now is connected to the
documentary that we're making, and there's
719
00:36:23,060 --> 00:36:27,650
a lot of sort of like crashing and burning
and kind of figuring out the process.
720
00:36:27,650 --> 00:36:30,770
So there's like little videos
and stuff out there, but they're
721
00:36:30,770 --> 00:36:32,880
all sort of geared toward that.
722
00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:39,370
So there'll be a bigger sort of
movement of the Bozo, uh, brand, uh, a
723
00:36:39,370 --> 00:36:44,260
bigger whole, uh, undertaking when the
film comes out, when the album comes
724
00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:45,730
out, when the documentary comes out.
725
00:36:45,730 --> 00:36:49,680
So that's all going to be, but
there's Bozo's Barnyard, which you
726
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,440
can check in on, uh, the farm we
have here on Instagram and just
727
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,340
follow me on, on Instagram as well.
728
00:36:57,380 --> 00:37:00,970
That, uh, sort of tell
you what I'm sort of.
729
00:37:01,530 --> 00:37:02,730
Been up to
730
00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:04,930
Marc Preston: you know, what
do you have on the horizon next
731
00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:06,690
anything TV film wise right now?
732
00:37:06,690 --> 00:37:09,830
Are you kind of taking a little break
or deciding on what the next thing is?
733
00:37:10,790 --> 00:37:15,050
David Arquette: Uh, I have little things
I mean not little things but I have
734
00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:18,490
projects that I've done that are coming
out I have a little role in a movie
735
00:37:18,490 --> 00:37:21,240
called Holy Trinity, that's a really
736
00:37:26,340 --> 00:37:28,050
Let's see, I have a few other things.
737
00:37:28,050 --> 00:37:31,580
I just completed a film
called The Perfect Gamble.
738
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:36,450
Just an amazing film with
an amazing group of people.
739
00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:42,020
I just did a smaller role in
a film called Stranglehold.
740
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,240
So I have a few things coming up.
741
00:37:45,110 --> 00:37:46,850
It's, uh, it's always kind of weird.
742
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,680
Marc Preston: I have a quick, uh, what
do you call them, like seven questions
743
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,630
before we kind of wrap things up here.
744
00:37:57,630 --> 00:37:58,320
It's just kind of fun.
745
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,140
I always end up talking food
at least once during the show.
746
00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:05,490
Uh, but first question, what
is your favorite comfort food?
747
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:06,540
That one thing you dislike.
748
00:38:06,875 --> 00:38:09,935
When you're having a great day, a bad day,
but it's always a solid choice for you.
749
00:38:10,195 --> 00:38:10,965
David Arquette: Oh, man.
750
00:38:11,175 --> 00:38:16,655
Um, well, they have barbecue here in
Tennessee that's really exceptional.
751
00:38:16,655 --> 00:38:18,405
I love cooking barbecue.
752
00:38:18,865 --> 00:38:21,625
Homemade meals are really wonderful.
753
00:38:22,135 --> 00:38:25,560
And, um, A good chicken
pot pie, you can't beat.
754
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,220
Marc Preston: Oh, I love
a good chicken pot pie.
755
00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:30,480
Even a not good chicken
pot pie is still good.
756
00:38:30,650 --> 00:38:32,970
You know, but, uh, that
and chicken fried steak.
757
00:38:33,290 --> 00:38:33,570
Yeah.
758
00:38:33,830 --> 00:38:34,880
I love that too.
759
00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:37,260
Now, the next question I got for you,
if you're going to sit down three
760
00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:41,340
people, you're going to talk story
for a few hours, uh, living or not.
761
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:46,000
Who would three people be you'd like to
sit down with and just kind of share,
762
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,660
learn, just chat with for a while.
763
00:38:48,290 --> 00:38:48,990
David Arquette: Definitely.
764
00:38:48,990 --> 00:38:51,940
It would be Paul Reubens, Alexis Arquette.
765
00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:57,550
And Luke Perry, just get all my
dearest friends back together and
766
00:38:57,550 --> 00:39:01,090
just sit back and just hang out again.
767
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:01,860
Marc Preston: Paul Rubens.
768
00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:03,030
I am so envious.
769
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,980
Everybody I know that has
interacted with him was just like,
770
00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:08,280
he's just a sweetheart of a guy.
771
00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:10,330
Talent is super talented
and smart as well.
772
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,020
You know, that sounds like a
fun coffee without a doubt.
773
00:39:13,020 --> 00:39:16,390
But now the next question,
celebrity crush, who was your first
774
00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:18,100
celebrity crush when you were young?
775
00:39:18,355 --> 00:39:20,005
David Arquette: I think
it was Miss Elizabeth.
776
00:39:20,005 --> 00:39:20,745
I'm not kidding.
777
00:39:21,475 --> 00:39:26,675
I think it was Miss Elizabeth
from Macho Man just because, uh,
778
00:39:26,705 --> 00:39:28,535
my wife looks just like hers.
779
00:39:29,215 --> 00:39:31,295
Marc Preston: Now does your wife
know about this connection though?
780
00:39:31,325 --> 00:39:32,255
Did you explain to her?
781
00:39:32,255 --> 00:39:33,725
It's like, Hey, you look
like Miss Elizabeth.
782
00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:34,815
Have you ever mentioned that to her?
783
00:39:34,815 --> 00:39:35,085
Yes,
784
00:39:35,085 --> 00:39:35,495
David Arquette: she does.
785
00:39:35,495 --> 00:39:37,134
She does.
786
00:39:37,135 --> 00:39:41,035
There's a fun thing we do in, uh,
you cannot kill David Arquette,
787
00:39:41,035 --> 00:39:42,355
the documentary that you.
788
00:39:42,565 --> 00:39:43,915
We kind of explore that.
789
00:39:43,975 --> 00:39:44,565
Marc Preston: Awesome.
790
00:39:44,675 --> 00:39:45,335
I do want to watch.
791
00:39:45,345 --> 00:39:47,375
I tried to find, I can't find
where it's streaming right now.
792
00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:48,265
I wanted to watch it though.
793
00:39:48,265 --> 00:39:50,805
So I got to get onto Roku
and do some digging around.
794
00:39:51,345 --> 00:39:52,255
Now, next question.
795
00:39:52,255 --> 00:39:54,965
If you're going to be living
on an Island for a year, uh,
796
00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:55,775
it's somewhere you want to be.
797
00:39:55,775 --> 00:39:56,375
It's beautiful.
798
00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:56,915
It's exotic.
799
00:39:56,915 --> 00:39:58,395
It's spot on, but no internet.
800
00:39:58,545 --> 00:39:58,875
All right.
801
00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:03,385
So you got to bring a DVD of a
movie and you got to bring a CD.
802
00:40:03,415 --> 00:40:06,975
I'll even say box set if you want
to, what would that movie and what
803
00:40:06,975 --> 00:40:09,625
would that album be that you would
bring with you for that year?
804
00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:17,525
David Arquette: Um, I don't know, I
mean, I always say like Godfather 2 is
805
00:40:17,535 --> 00:40:19,835
like probably one of my favorite movies.
806
00:40:20,695 --> 00:40:25,735
But if I was just like having to sit
and watch it over and over again,
807
00:40:26,055 --> 00:40:27,555
I'm going to go back to Paul Rubens.
808
00:40:27,565 --> 00:40:31,455
He used to always play That's
Entertainment, which is like a box set.
809
00:40:32,015 --> 00:40:35,765
So you could kind of get all
these different experiences.
810
00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:37,075
I don't know.
811
00:40:37,075 --> 00:40:40,775
I know that sounds like a silly thing,
but Paul's on my mind a lot right now.
812
00:40:40,775 --> 00:40:41,264
You know
813
00:40:41,265 --> 00:40:43,405
Marc Preston: what just popped
into my mind just now is, uh,
814
00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:45,095
everybody remembers Pee wee.
815
00:40:45,265 --> 00:40:47,555
But my first experience was
a Cheech and Chong movie.
816
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:50,470
That was my first time ever seeing him.
817
00:40:50,470 --> 00:40:54,370
So seeing him as Pee wee was like,
wait, I was way too young to be watching
818
00:40:54,370 --> 00:40:55,820
Cheech and Chong movies, but I loved
819
00:40:55,820 --> 00:41:01,209
David Arquette: it.
820
00:41:01,570 --> 00:41:05,340
Just to give you a wild movie that people
should check out if they haven't seen.
821
00:41:05,970 --> 00:41:09,920
The world, according to Garp, really
like touched me, like when I was
822
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,710
younger and saw it, it was just like
a really impactful kind of movie.
823
00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:14,540
Robin Williams.
824
00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:15,030
Yeah.
825
00:41:15,030 --> 00:41:16,320
He was just so brilliant.
826
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,420
And John Lithgow's character as well.
827
00:41:18,780 --> 00:41:18,980
Marc Preston: Yeah.
828
00:41:18,980 --> 00:41:21,570
I kind of, I kind of identified
with him a little bit in that film.
829
00:41:21,750 --> 00:41:24,080
Cause as I was young, when I saw it,
I was like, this guy's, you know, he's
830
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,070
trying to figure life out basically,
you know, from his own perspective.
831
00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:27,740
David Arquette: Yeah.
832
00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:30,740
Marc Preston: Now, as far as album
music goes, what would that be for you?
833
00:41:31,010 --> 00:41:31,710
David Arquette: Oh, man.
834
00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:35,105
I, uh, Um, I've really been
into the Beatles lately.
835
00:41:35,335 --> 00:41:38,675
Marc Preston: I think, I think anything
box of Beatles would take care of it.
836
00:41:38,695 --> 00:41:40,285
That would square you
away for the whole year.
837
00:41:40,305 --> 00:41:41,515
Cause you could listen to
it over and over again.
838
00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:45,405
Um, now the next question, if you
were to go from the time you get up
839
00:41:45,405 --> 00:41:48,945
in the morning, so the time you go
to sleep, what would be the component
840
00:41:48,995 --> 00:41:51,155
parts of a perfect day for you?
841
00:41:51,325 --> 00:41:54,185
You know, everything's just kind of
landed just the way you wanted it to.
842
00:41:54,655 --> 00:41:56,055
David Arquette: Um, I would.
843
00:41:56,925 --> 00:41:59,665
Um, I don't know.
844
00:41:59,665 --> 00:42:04,235
I'd sleep in, I'd wake up,
hang out with my family.
845
00:42:04,905 --> 00:42:12,205
No art, like, no like screaming, just
like laughing and having good times.
846
00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:14,735
Hang out with some animals.
847
00:42:15,215 --> 00:42:21,395
Uh, maybe play some golf,
uh, tend to a garden.
848
00:42:23,095 --> 00:42:25,515
Uh, meet some friends for lunch.
849
00:42:26,365 --> 00:42:32,095
Uh, you know, hang out with the
kids again and play some games.
850
00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:35,055
Maybe play some basketball
with some friends.
851
00:42:35,965 --> 00:42:40,325
You know, have a nice dinner,
spend some time with my wife.
852
00:42:42,455 --> 00:42:43,435
Get to bed early.
853
00:42:44,725 --> 00:42:46,475
Marc Preston: You know, I like
the idea when you get up, you
854
00:42:46,475 --> 00:42:48,505
don't have to immediately rush
and go get something done.
855
00:42:48,505 --> 00:42:49,835
You can kind of ease into your day.
856
00:42:49,835 --> 00:42:51,025
I've always liked that idea.
857
00:42:51,405 --> 00:42:56,255
Uh, it's a luxury a lot of times, you
know, now, if, if you weren't doing this
858
00:42:56,255 --> 00:42:58,135
for a living, what would bring you joy?
859
00:42:58,185 --> 00:43:00,295
What other vocation could
you find yourself down to?
860
00:43:00,295 --> 00:43:02,875
Granted, you're, you're, you're,
you're not just an actor.
861
00:43:02,875 --> 00:43:05,105
You've done a lot of different
things, but what could you find
862
00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:06,805
being, okay, this is my primary gig.
863
00:43:06,815 --> 00:43:09,145
This is, this is what
I'm going to be doing.
864
00:43:09,365 --> 00:43:10,755
What would it be besides this
865
00:43:10,805 --> 00:43:16,065
David Arquette: ideal of art and doing
art, like the act of painting or doing
866
00:43:16,065 --> 00:43:21,355
art is something I could get lost in and
just have fun to, I mean, if I'd have
867
00:43:21,355 --> 00:43:26,085
to make money from it, there's all those
elements of making money and having to,
868
00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:33,265
you know, play that game and, you know,
you know, put on a show and all that kind
869
00:43:33,265 --> 00:43:35,085
of stuff that goes into stuff like that.
870
00:43:36,125 --> 00:43:43,375
Uh, I guess I could play that game,
but probably art in some form or music.
871
00:43:43,805 --> 00:43:44,205
Yeah.
872
00:43:44,475 --> 00:43:45,765
Marc Preston: Now, last question.
873
00:43:45,765 --> 00:43:49,245
If you were to jump into the DeLorean
and do a little travel back in time,
874
00:43:49,245 --> 00:43:53,205
16 year old you, what would that one
piece of advice be that you would give
875
00:43:53,205 --> 00:43:58,425
you for that moment to make things a
little easier on you or to kind of set
876
00:43:58,425 --> 00:43:59,885
you up on a, on a little different path?
877
00:43:59,905 --> 00:44:01,835
Just a piece of advice to 16 year old you.
878
00:44:02,935 --> 00:44:03,515
David Arquette: Um,
879
00:44:06,465 --> 00:44:06,835
I don't know.
880
00:44:07,795 --> 00:44:12,755
I'd have a lot of advice if I could talk
to myself, just to believe in yourself,
881
00:44:12,765 --> 00:44:14,815
you know, don't be too hard on yourself.
882
00:44:15,470 --> 00:44:22,190
Um, really be in the moment, like, take
in the really wonderful moments in life.
883
00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:30,190
Uh, really cherish your friends and family
and, uh, respect, uh, the relationships.
884
00:44:30,190 --> 00:44:35,640
And, um, you know, spend time
on the things that you love.
885
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,374
You know, that's really what we do.
886
00:44:37,575 --> 00:44:41,875
It's really important because you
end up, uh, doing that for a living.
887
00:44:41,875 --> 00:44:45,845
You end up, you know, you know,
finding happiness and joy through that.
888
00:44:46,645 --> 00:44:50,175
So, uh, that's what I would
always tell my younger self.
889
00:44:51,915 --> 00:44:52,765
Marc Preston: All right, there you go.
890
00:44:52,775 --> 00:44:55,875
David Arquette really
enjoyed this conversation.
891
00:44:55,875 --> 00:44:57,025
Such a talented guy.
892
00:44:57,255 --> 00:44:59,965
Uh, by the way, we got to
the answer of the seventh.
893
00:45:00,055 --> 00:45:01,755
Question of my seven questions.
894
00:45:01,755 --> 00:45:03,985
Then click the connection just dropped.
895
00:45:04,005 --> 00:45:08,315
He shot me a DM over the socials
and let me know that it was his in
896
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that dropped and he felt bad and
I didn't see a reason to have him
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come back on just to say goodbye.
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So very gracious.
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Cool dude.
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Really enjoy the opportunity to
bring his story to you because it's
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one of the more unique ones I've
had the opportunity to bring you.
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So do me a quick favor, make sure
to follow Story and Craft no matter
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what podcast app you use or if
you're on YouTube make sure to
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follow the show so you get notified
every time we have a new episode, as
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well as drop a few stars, a little
review, a review would be very cool.
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Whatever you want to do,
I appreciate you so much.
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It just helps folks find the show
a little easier and gives them an
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opportunity to explore my mischief.
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Also,
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storyandcraftpod.
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com, the website, everything you could
possibly want to know about the show.
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It is right there.
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And that's all I got for you today.
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I'm going to run, uh, get this a
four month old little, uh, tornado
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of a golden retriever puppy out the
door to go take care of his business.
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And then a little, a little bite to eat.
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Have a great rest of your day.
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I appreciate you making our time together.
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Part of what you've got going on.
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So thank you.
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Okay.
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So we'll get together next time for
another episode of story and craft.
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Talk to you soon.
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Announcer: That's it for this
episode of story and craft.
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Join Marc next week for more
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LLC executive producer is Marc.
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And remember, keep telling your story.
Actor
The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family, whose work has spread over several generations. His parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette, and Alexis Arquette, all actors. His paternal grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was also an entertainer. David's mother was from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland and Russia), while David's father had French-Canadian, Swiss-German, and English ancestry.
Like his siblings, Arquette started working at an early age, and his first major role came as Luke Perry's character's best friend in the hit film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But his major break both personally and professionally didn't come until 1996 when he was cast in the slasher flick Scream starring opposite close friend Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and more importantly Friends, with Courteney Cox who he married in San Francisco in the summer of 1999. Scream earned worldwide success and acclaim as did Arquette for his role as lovable simple cop "Dewey". His role proved to be so popular that in the original script his character was meant to die, but due to test audiences response to Dewey the script was changed and he returned for both Scream 2 and Scream 3. Usually known for his goofiness in more mainstream roles, his greatest performances and reviews have come for his indie films such as Johns, Dream with the Fishes and The Grey Zo… Read More