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Aug. 8, 2024

David Arquette | Wrestling in Clown Shoes

David Arquette | Wrestling in Clown Shoes

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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Transcript
David Arquette:

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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Hey, uh, do me a favor real quick.



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show is at story and craft pod.



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show is on social media.



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You can send me a note.



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and emails and stuff.



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Also, you can find out about our


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everything about the show is right


there on the Webber nets for you.



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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


the gate, so it's just me.



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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


comes out to once in a while.



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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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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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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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Yeah.



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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.



451


00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:28,905


Kind of like when the movie of


the wrestler with, yeah, but yeah,



452


00:21:28,905 --> 00:21:30,785


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.



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He shot me a DM over the socials


and let me know that it was his in



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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


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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.



906


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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


conversation right here on story and



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of Marc Preston productions,



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LLC executive producer is Marc.



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And remember, keep telling your story.






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David Arquette

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