David Arquette

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David Arquette:
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I always sort of have to have something going on, and I typically

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look for that to be something that I love.

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When you can do something you love

as a work, that's really where you

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find the special elements of life.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: Alright, here we are back

again on another episode of Story Craft.

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Thank you for stopping back by.

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If this is your first episode,

my name is Marc Preston.

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Glad to have you here.

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Uh, today David Arquette, uh, an actor

who's been on the scene for a long time.

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A lot of folks know him initially from his

work in the Scream franchise of movies.

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Uh, he's, uh, done a lot

of TV, done a lot of film.

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Comes from a very talented family going

back a couple generations, I think.

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But, of course, his sisters,

uh, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis,

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very, uh, talented family.

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Great conversation, really enjoyed it.

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He's got a new film out.

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It is called The Good Half.

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It is with Elizabeth Shue,

Nick Jonas, Brittany Snow.

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Watched it with my daughter Lily.

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Really enjoyed the film.

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Something kind of different than you're

probably used to from David Arquette.

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But, uh, it's a good film.

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You should check it out.

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Also, this is my first episode

and an official empty nest home.

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My youngest daughter, Emma, off

to school this past Saturday.

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She's the third one out of

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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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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And,

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David Arquette: uh, the idea was

just, it was always a dream of

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mine to keep that character alive.

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That's really important.

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Uh, there's so much history about Bozo

that we explore in the documentary and,

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and just, you know, a lot of people have

a real fondness toward that character.

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Especially in Chicago and, and sort of

the Midwest and, um, really all, uh,

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you know, for certain generation, it

was a really important thing, but, you

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know, we found that we've kind of lost

that sort of happy, silly clown, so

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we're going to try to You know, do our

part in bringing that kind of joy back.

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And, um, we're doing a huge

charity event here in Nashville.

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That's a citywide baby shower.

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So we're, we've, uh, done all these,

gotten all these donations for, uh,

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expecting mothers and we're going

to be giving them these diaper

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bags and some, some strollers and.

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Uh, we're just really excited about the

opportunity to sort of celebrate, you

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know, the experience that they're going

through and, and, uh, Uh, Jozo Bozo will

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be there and his royal highness, who's

another character we've introduced from my

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friend Kenan Walker, who's really great.

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So, uh, yeah, we're gonna put

on a big show and free popcorn

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and cotton candy and balloons.

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Marc Preston: There's something I,

like I grew up in Dallas and we had

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somebody, uh, it wasn't a clown,

but it was the same kind of thing.

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It's a Saturday mornings or whatever.

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It was called Mr.

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Peppermint.

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It was the thing.

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And he had like this red and white

striped suit and a little cane.

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And it was the same kind of ideas.

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It was sort of in the ecosystem of Mr.

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Rogers.

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And it's funny because his son is

Gibby from the butthole surfers,

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which is kind of a contrast.

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Um, yeah,

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David Arquette: he, he kind of

had a, A complicated story, right?

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That guy.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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I think that would be a

diplomatic way of putting it.

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David Arquette: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Marc Preston: I heard stories.

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Didn't you also, uh, there, I seem to

remember there's a Bob Ross connection.

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Didn't you either, aren't you

teaching Bob Ross painting or

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you certified or something?

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Please pardon me if

I'm getting this wrong.

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No,

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David Arquette: I'm a

certified Bob Ross instructor.

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Typically use it for charity events.

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Uh, but yeah, I can teach people

how to paint like Bob Ross.

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I can teach you how to paint happy

little trees in his same style.

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Marc Preston: Now does painting

something you do is kind of a cathartic

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thing to relax or, uh, or is it just

something you, you know, is it just

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a skill you wanted to pick up or is

it something you still do regularly?

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David Arquette: Yeah.

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I first started painting doing sort of.

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Graffiti mural, murals, graffiti art,

uh, so lettering and sort of characters.

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And then that evolved into

taking art classes at school.

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And then, um, and then I, uh, I

do the Bob Ross stuff because I

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always loved his style of painting.

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I was always fascinated by how he

could complete a painting so quickly.

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And then I went down and I studied,

uh, In New Smyrna Beach, Florida,

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I took a course, a three week

course, where I got certified.

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And then I worked with the Bob

Ross company quite a bit in just

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going around doing charities,

uh, doing different events.

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I've done like, uh, corporation

team building exercises.

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It's really fun, because a lot of

people think that that they can't

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paint, but Bob Ross's whole style and

the kits that he puts together are all

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designed for anyone to be able to do it.

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So if you can explain it to

people, you know, my, my, when

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I do it, it's not as sort of

soothing and kind of mellow as him.

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I really want people to pick up the style.

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So I always tell them like,

don't, don't overwork it.

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Cause Bob Ross never overworked it.

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He'd just do these kinds of things

and, you know, you'd use the.

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Paintbrush in a certain way.

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And it would just create

this beautiful picture.

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Marc Preston: His story is really

interesting to me because like everybody,

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he's known for kind of having that big

perm and it was, it was not as much a

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style choice from what I understand is

more of an economic choice because when

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he was in the air force or something,

he was trying to save money and he

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figured, well, this means I have to

go to the barber less or something.

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That's a true story.

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Yeah, that is.

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I don't know what kids now are watching.

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You know, I know my kids were all

Disney channel and noggin and all

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that, you know, uh, but I don't know.

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I don't know if there's

anything out there like that.

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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.

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Kind of like when the movie of

the wrestler with, yeah, but yeah,

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the wrestler for me was just like.

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That was, that was, it was intense, but

you realize there's this fun theater

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and all that, but behind the scenes

is just the, the, the, the taxation

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on somebody's body that they put

themselves through to, to do this thing.

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David Arquette: Yeah, it's, it's real.

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And there's so many elements of that,

that, that, uh, film that are real that

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you kind of experience and when you're

going and You're doing the Indies lurk

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and you show up, your hotel's not there

because they got it from some kind

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of website that did, they overbooked.

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So you have to like figure out where

you're going to sleep that night.

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Kind of thing.

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Marc Preston: I'm not a

big fan of wrestling, quote

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unquote, fan of wrestling.

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I appreciate it as you know, but

it seems like there's, there's

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storylines and that seems to be the

thing that people kind of get what's.

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You know, it is theater to a great degree,

but there's, there's reality built in.

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Cause it's really your body

doing it, but it's the storyline.

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So I think people kind of, you

know, it's, it's, it's almost like,

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you know what it feels like to me.

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It's almost like soap opera for dudes.

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David Arquette: That's a funny way.

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Yeah, for sure.

474

00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,110

It's when you, when you really

like one of those characters.

475

00:22:37,315 --> 00:22:39,315

Marc Preston: When I was, I don't

know, as I was a little kid, I remember

476

00:22:39,545 --> 00:22:43,685

hearing about the Vaughn Erics and they

would always show up on commercials

477

00:22:43,685 --> 00:22:46,324

in Dallas and I, you know, you didn't

have to be in a wrestling to know

478

00:22:46,325 --> 00:22:47,935

who the Vaughn Erics were, you know?

479

00:22:48,344 --> 00:22:51,754

Um, I don't, I don't know how in the

overall world of wrestling, how many

480

00:22:51,754 --> 00:22:54,824

people knew about them, but I know in

Dallas there was a really big deal.

481

00:22:54,865 --> 00:22:56,435

Yeah, they were legendary.

482

00:22:56,555 --> 00:22:59,305

Is that something you

still have a passion for?

483

00:22:59,305 --> 00:23:01,685

Is like you want to be involved in,

or do you kind of want to kind of show

484

00:23:01,685 --> 00:23:04,485

up as a surprise, you know, like, or

is it kind of like, okay, I've done

485

00:23:04,485 --> 00:23:07,654

that thing or is it something you

still want to play with a little bit?

486

00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:11,630

David Arquette: Well, I've never

had a, um, an action figure.

487

00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,970

It's one of the sort of wrestling,

you know, notches, you know,

488

00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,200

plateaus you want to reach.

489

00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,500

And, you know, I was a former

heavy, you know, world champion.

490

00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:30,680

So the fact that I'm, I don't have

a, Uh, you know, uh, uh, figure

491

00:23:30,750 --> 00:23:34,920

is kind of upsetting, but, uh, I'd

also like to be in a video game.

492

00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:36,650

I think that would be really fun.

493

00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:36,949

Marc Preston: Yeah.

494

00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,020

Have you ever done voiceover or

anything for video games or, you know,

495

00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:43,879

I thought I'd seen something that

you'd done some video game stuff at

496

00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,400

one point in time, not, not wrestling,

but have you done anything like that?

497

00:23:46,570 --> 00:23:47,809

David Arquette: Yeah, I've done a couple.

498

00:23:47,810 --> 00:23:48,470

I was, uh.

499

00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:48,497

Yeah.

500

00:23:48,497 --> 00:23:48,524

Yeah.

501

00:23:49,335 --> 00:23:52,195

Uh, early on I did SSX Tricky.

502

00:23:52,195 --> 00:23:55,845

I played a character named

Eddie in a snowboard video game.

503

00:23:55,845 --> 00:24:01,185

And then the next one I did

was an ESPN football game.

504

00:24:01,695 --> 00:24:06,714

And then I did, uh, recently I did The

Quarry, which was a horror sort of game.

505

00:24:06,890 --> 00:24:10,640

Video game where I played a character in

it and they scanned my body and all that.

506

00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:11,600

I really enjoyed it.

507

00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:13,580

Marc Preston: That seems

like it'd be so much fun.

508

00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:16,720

I, the voice, voiceover stuff

I do is completely unrelated to

509

00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,820

that, but I've always wanted to

do the video game thing for fun.

510

00:24:18,830 --> 00:24:22,650

Like my son, uh, he was playing

was a red dead redemption.

511

00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,790

And I know like a bunch of the

guys that are in it, you know?

512

00:24:24,809 --> 00:24:25,579

So it's kind of weird.

513

00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:26,719

Like, well, doggone it.

514

00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,080

I should have done that

when my kids were young.

515

00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,070

They would have thought it was cool.

516

00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,679

How did your kids perceive

you doing the wrestling thing?

517

00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:32,360

I'm kind of curious.

518

00:24:32,389 --> 00:24:33,689

What was, what was that like?

519

00:24:33,699 --> 00:24:34,659

Like that's uncalled for.

520

00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,060

TV, but now he's doing

what's going on here.

521

00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:39,479

Well, how was that

received by the young folk?

522

00:24:39,709 --> 00:24:43,519

David Arquette: Well, we had a

Wrestling, uh ring in the backyard.

523

00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:45,120

So that part was really fun.

524

00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:49,830

They love climbing on it running

around Wrestling and meeting all the

525

00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:54,580

wrestlers and you know, there was

you know, some injuries involved So

526

00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:58,590

they'd see dad come home all beat

up a lot of the times that was kind

527

00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:01,390

of tough But they uh, they liked it.

528

00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,550

They they enjoyed it.

529

00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:06,765

It was a You It was a fun

period of time for sure.

530

00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:10,695

Marc Preston: Well, have they expressed

any interest in doing the acting thing?

531

00:25:10,765 --> 00:25:12,055

Now, what's your perception on that?

532

00:25:12,055 --> 00:25:13,164

Are you trying to encourage it?

533

00:25:13,164 --> 00:25:14,615

Are you like, yeah, I

don't know about that.

534

00:25:14,615 --> 00:25:16,305

Or is your daughter like, hell no.

535

00:25:17,225 --> 00:25:21,164

David Arquette: My daughter loves like

theater and singing and performing.

536

00:25:21,215 --> 00:25:22,895

She's a natural as well.

537

00:25:22,935 --> 00:25:24,655

She's just really great at it.

538

00:25:25,305 --> 00:25:29,465

And, uh, My two boys, yeah,

they, they love acting too.

539

00:25:29,465 --> 00:25:32,625

It's kind of like the thing, they

like it more than they like sports.

540

00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:35,584

So it's kind of interesting

to see that element.

541

00:25:36,185 --> 00:25:39,544

They love, yeah, they're

natural performers or jokers.

542

00:25:39,544 --> 00:25:44,904

And they like, you know, one of my

sons especially likes to clown, you

543

00:25:44,905 --> 00:25:49,855

know, like clown around and dress as a

clown and put on the shoes and follow

544

00:25:49,865 --> 00:25:52,175

do pratfalls and stuff like that.

545

00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:55,235

It's really funny to see

their personalities evolve.

546

00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:59,375

You know, see what they find

joy in and just really, that's

547

00:25:59,375 --> 00:26:01,254

really what it is all about.

548

00:26:01,295 --> 00:26:06,355

Like whatever you love, you

should pursue and, and, you

549

00:26:06,355 --> 00:26:08,124

know, not let anyone stop you.

550

00:26:08,435 --> 00:26:10,615

Marc Preston: Now your daughter's

kind of that age where she can,

551

00:26:10,645 --> 00:26:13,674

you know, if she, if she's into

it, she can move in that direction.

552

00:26:13,674 --> 00:26:17,815

But like, what pieces of advice are you

dropping for her to, you know, make sure

553

00:26:17,815 --> 00:26:19,435

she's kind of staying on a good path?

554

00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:22,190

David Arquette: Yeah, she's got

a wonderful head on her shoulders

555

00:26:22,220 --> 00:26:26,630

and, you know, we purposely, she'd

been doing plays all throughout,

556

00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,830

you know, her childhood and all

these, you know, community theater.

557

00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:37,660

So, um, you know, she'd done a ton of

stuff already by the time she had gotten

558

00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:42,369

to college and started studying with all

these incredible teachers at her school.

559

00:26:42,895 --> 00:26:48,945

But, uh, it was really kind of making

sure she didn't get in too early.

560

00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:54,265

It was part of our like protection,

just, you know, if you decide to do

561

00:26:54,265 --> 00:26:58,374

it later, like, you know, but as she

was growing up, there was always like

562

00:26:58,445 --> 00:27:02,625

little times where people kind of came

up and were like wanting her to audition

563

00:27:02,635 --> 00:27:07,295

for something or this or that, but we

just really kind of didn't want her to.

564

00:27:08,129 --> 00:27:12,679

Pursue it professionally until she was

old enough and, and, you know, sort

565

00:27:12,679 --> 00:27:15,080

of understood the world in general.

566

00:27:15,270 --> 00:27:18,949

It's a kind of complex world when you

get thrown into it at a young age.

567

00:27:18,989 --> 00:27:21,279

Marc Preston: Yeah, I think because you

don't really have as much to pull from and

568

00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,930

I think you probably don't have as much

kind of Kevlar built up to, you know, deal

569

00:27:24,930 --> 00:27:26,200

with some of the stuff that comes at you.

570

00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,410

But, you know, one of the things

I, I always hear that I, you know,

571

00:27:29,410 --> 00:27:32,230

my son's girlfriend mentioned

something about Nepo baby and all

572

00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:33,610

that, which I think is just nonsense.

573

00:27:33,629 --> 00:27:36,130

Cause is you've worked in

the industry long enough.

574

00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,629

It might get you one gig, but

unless you can perform and really

575

00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,140

bring something you're, you're

not going to be hired, you know?

576

00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:46,420

So that's, that's one of the things

that I think, obviously based on her

577

00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:50,859

lineage, you know, people will look at

her, you know, is, is it something that,

578

00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:53,925

you know, That you want to encourage

or are you just going to let her kind

579

00:27:53,925 --> 00:27:55,485

of come by on your, uh, on her own?

580

00:27:55,485 --> 00:27:59,325

I mean, she's, she's got lots of people

in her family to ask questions of.

581

00:27:59,325 --> 00:28:00,415

I'm kind of envious of her.

582

00:28:02,364 --> 00:28:04,205

David Arquette: Yeah, I

think there's a lot to it.

583

00:28:04,205 --> 00:28:06,304

I mean, we're actually fourth generation.

584

00:28:06,305 --> 00:28:08,225

Our generation goes back to vaudeville.

585

00:28:08,235 --> 00:28:12,155

So, you know, it's Yeah, it's funny.

586

00:28:12,155 --> 00:28:14,794

I mean, it definitely, there

are elements that open the door.

587

00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:19,534

There's also elements that, you know,

make it harder to a certain extent.

588

00:28:19,574 --> 00:28:24,064

I mean, you know, I feel very blessed

to have the opportunities that I've had,

589

00:28:24,774 --> 00:28:27,004

but, um, you know, it's a complex world.

590

00:28:27,004 --> 00:28:31,815

It's a complex, uh, business to be a part

of and kind of try to even wrap your head

591

00:28:31,825 --> 00:28:38,175

around it, you know, to, to keep a, uh,

you know, a, a good attitude about it.

592

00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:43,870

You know, it's, it's a, it's a business

of like, When it rains it pours and when

593

00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:50,260

it's, uh, dry it's really dry and you

know it's really tough on your mental

594

00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:57,839

state or like yourself, uh, your opinion

of yourself and sort of a, you know, it's

595

00:28:57,839 --> 00:28:59,709

hard like when you're just not working.

596

00:28:59,709 --> 00:29:05,930

That's always why I had different, you

know, business kind of opportunities going

597

00:29:05,930 --> 00:29:11,510

on at different times because to rely on

acting alone is really a difficult thing.

598

00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:11,939

Thing

599

00:29:11,939 --> 00:29:14,169

Marc Preston: I'm curious about though,

you mentioned vaudeville, that's

600

00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:15,540

kind of a cool lineage to have it.

601

00:29:15,550 --> 00:29:16,679

Like where are your folks from?

602

00:29:16,729 --> 00:29:20,000

Uh, are they from the Virginia

area originally or, you know, your

603

00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,499

people, where do they emanate from?

604

00:29:21,530 --> 00:29:24,429

David Arquette: Uh, well, the

vaudeville, they did vaudeville

605

00:29:24,449 --> 00:29:26,860

in Toledo, Ohio, actually.

606

00:29:26,959 --> 00:29:30,550

So maybe that's why I have

such a soft spot, soft spot.

607

00:29:31,044 --> 00:29:32,405

spot for Cleveland.

608

00:29:32,915 --> 00:29:38,975

But, um, yeah, they originally, my, my

family line came through on my father's

609

00:29:38,975 --> 00:29:45,674

side, came through, um, uh, Canada

through Montreal and then they came down

610

00:29:45,675 --> 00:29:51,624

and they settled in Toledo and that's

where they did, uh, like a small kind

611

00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:57,885

of, my grandfather said like a rinky

dink kind of, uh, a vaudeville act.

612

00:29:58,715 --> 00:30:05,255

Uh, and then my grandfather picked

up the skills there and then toured

613

00:30:05,255 --> 00:30:11,425

as a piano player with, uh, and

did, did an act himself and, and

614

00:30:11,425 --> 00:30:15,840

then made from radio to television.

615

00:30:16,370 --> 00:30:22,070

And then my father was an actor

as well and studied in New York.

616

00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,720

And my mother, that's where

he met my mother in New York.

617

00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,630

My mother was originally

from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

618

00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:34,114

And then, uh, they both met and,

uh, they were both performers and.

619

00:30:34,995 --> 00:30:39,805

Uh, you kind of learn it as you're going

up, as if, you know, your father was a

620

00:30:39,825 --> 00:30:45,305

contractor, you'd probably learn how to

build a house better, or a gardener, you'd

621

00:30:45,505 --> 00:30:48,245

learn how to plant, you know, better.

622

00:30:48,355 --> 00:30:51,255

So it's all those kind of stuff.

623

00:30:51,335 --> 00:30:53,185

Marc Preston: Were they encouraging

you to go that direction or

624

00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:53,925

were they like A little, I

625

00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:57,185

David Arquette: mean, you know, I, I

got rejected quite a bit, like trying

626

00:30:57,185 --> 00:30:59,095

to find an agent at a young age.

627

00:30:59,105 --> 00:31:03,945

You know, I did a play at a library when

I was really young, like a little, you

628

00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:07,110

know, little kind of But I loved it.

629

00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:08,360

I remember loving it.

630

00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:12,940

And then, um, and then a lot, you

know, I did little, you know, Gilbert

631

00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:15,360

and Sullivan in elementary school.

632

00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,070

And I always remember

enjoying the process.

633

00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:24,800

But, you know, it wasn't until I met my

teacher, Ben DiBaldo, in high school,

634

00:31:24,980 --> 00:31:30,255

uh, Fairfax High School, who really

inspired me to, you know, confidence

635

00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:32,025

to feel like I could actually do it.

636

00:31:32,035 --> 00:31:36,505

So as much as all that stuff, I mean,

when I was growing up, a lot of it.

637

00:31:37,190 --> 00:31:40,460

It was kind of intimidating, the

fact that my family was in it.

638

00:31:40,550 --> 00:31:46,100

My sisters were becoming famous and,

you know, people would want to be your

639

00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:47,880

friends because of that certain thing.

640

00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,050

So there's all kinds of

elements with the NEPO element.

641

00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,650

It's kind of funny.

642

00:31:54,060 --> 00:31:56,000

I find it just sort of funny.

643

00:31:56,450 --> 00:32:00,190

But, uh, it's a hard business in

general, no matter how you are.

644

00:32:00,810 --> 00:32:03,180

Marc Preston: Yeah, I mean, I always

thought that whole NEPO thing was, it's,

645

00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:06,840

it's gotta be nonsensical because yeah,

it might get you, it may get, may open

646

00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,460

a couple of doors, but certainly doesn't

necessarily consistently get you work.

647

00:32:10,890 --> 00:32:16,070

Um, what haven't you done that you can go,

you know, that, that would be fun to do.

648

00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,380

That would be a good challenge.

649

00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:20,160

Is there something on the horizon you're

like, I want to, I want to do that.

650

00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:21,330

David Arquette: You know, it's real.

651

00:32:22,035 --> 00:32:26,325

The more older I get, the more it's

like working with the right people, the

652

00:32:26,325 --> 00:32:32,215

right, uh, you know, other cast members,

the right director, the right story.

653

00:32:32,885 --> 00:32:36,215

You know, you just have to be

pretty, really selective about that.

654

00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:39,355

A lot of the time I do

things for different reasons.

655

00:32:39,355 --> 00:32:43,365

I'll do a kids movie because I want,

you know, my kids to be able to see

656

00:32:43,365 --> 00:32:49,345

it and, you know, something that

super silly or Um, you don't do

657

00:32:49,345 --> 00:32:55,165

something dramatic just to show some

range, but, uh, it's really hard.

658

00:32:55,165 --> 00:33:00,245

Like sometimes you're doing, you sign up

for an independent film and it's just not

659

00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:04,885

as, uh, you know, once you get on the set,

they're like, listen, we can't have this.

660

00:33:05,290 --> 00:33:07,460

You know, we can't really

afford the car accident.

661

00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:11,130

I was like, well, the car accident's

a pretty major part of the thing,

662

00:33:11,130 --> 00:33:14,420

and if you kind of half ass a car

accident, it doesn't really play

663

00:33:14,420 --> 00:33:18,370

as much, and it doesn't give it

the weight that it was supposed to.

664

00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:21,730

So it's hard to kind of

judge a lot of those things.

665

00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:27,560

So being selective, but, uh, I don't

know, I, I love, uh, I don't know.

666

00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,350

I love all kinds of different things.

667

00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:31,660

So it's just more the

quality of the story.

668

00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:36,540

I mean, I would love to do a series,

a really, really great series.

669

00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:37,160

Marc Preston: Yeah.

670

00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,650

That's something that I've talked

to a couple of people lately.

671

00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:42,140

Like, I just want to get a good seer,

you know, because now you're, we're

672

00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:46,000

in an era where what's happening on

TV, but back in the eighties, early

673

00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,740

nineties, you can't really bounce

back and forth from TV to film.

674

00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:52,595

It's like, once you've transitioned,

you know, uh, Um, but now it's like,

675

00:33:52,595 --> 00:33:55,605

seems like people want to get a,

take a good bite out of like a cool

676

00:33:55,605 --> 00:33:59,405

character for a Sierra, like a, like

multi season series or something.

677

00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:02,625

You know, one of, one of the note

I just, I just did the cursory.

678

00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:04,165

I don't do a lot of prep.

679

00:34:04,165 --> 00:34:06,735

I just kind of like to sit down

and chat with folks, but I did

680

00:34:06,735 --> 00:34:09,245

see a little note that you had

a clothing line with Ben Harper.

681

00:34:09,245 --> 00:34:10,115

Do you still do that?

682

00:34:10,345 --> 00:34:13,734

Is that still something

you're, uh, or am I, No,

683

00:34:13,735 --> 00:34:17,665

David Arquette: no, that, that was a three

year experience, which was really costly,

684

00:34:17,665 --> 00:34:20,645

but a great educational experience.

685

00:34:20,715 --> 00:34:23,755

That's another example

of like something I love.

686

00:34:23,765 --> 00:34:31,075

So me and Ben both had a love for, for,

uh, the garment industry and, and just,

687

00:34:31,075 --> 00:34:34,395

uh, Fabrics and clothing and design.

688

00:34:34,395 --> 00:34:39,105

And so it was a really wonderful learning

experience, but no, it doesn't exist

689

00:34:39,105 --> 00:34:44,315

anymore, but you know, we're producing

different t shirts and different,

690

00:34:44,505 --> 00:34:51,155

you know, bull heirs just made a Bozo

shoe, which is an amazing shoe company.

691

00:34:51,185 --> 00:34:56,025

So yeah, we're designing

some new Bozo, uh, products.

692

00:34:56,045 --> 00:35:00,645

So it goes into, you learn different

skills that then you can use in

693

00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:02,590

different, uh, Different departments.

694

00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:05,640

Marc Preston: You must be a Jedi Knight

when it comes to time management.

695

00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,350

I'm doing a few things, but I'm like,

how does he manage all this stuff?

696

00:35:08,380 --> 00:35:11,610

You must, you must have a good

team of people who give you a hand.

697

00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:11,860

I have an

698

00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:12,840

David Arquette: incredible wife.

699

00:35:12,850 --> 00:35:14,880

She's really Christina Arquette.

700

00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:23,040

It's the, really the, uh, the, the

secret, the ninja behind it all.

701

00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:23,950

She's wonderful.

702

00:35:23,950 --> 00:35:29,590

I mean, she's, you know, she wasn't

around when I was doing the clothing

703

00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,740

line, but the, um, you know.

704

00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:38,820

I don't know, you just focus the time on

the things you, it's getting harder, like.

705

00:35:39,205 --> 00:35:40,985

Bozo was a big undertaking.

706

00:35:40,985 --> 00:35:48,695

So this has been kind of a lot to, uh, to,

to juggle, no fun intended, but, uh, it's

707

00:35:48,725 --> 00:35:53,455

been really rewarding and you know, it,

it, you give it time and you just sort of

708

00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:59,145

work on it and, and, uh, you find time to

make meetings and, and make things happen.

709

00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:02,795

Marc Preston: Do you have a website

or do you have like a Bozo central

710

00:36:02,825 --> 00:36:04,645

where people can kind of find out?

711

00:36:05,230 --> 00:36:05,950

About that.

712

00:36:05,950 --> 00:36:08,710

I mean, or is there, have you gotten

that kind of far into the process?

713

00:36:08,770 --> 00:36:09,550

Bozo central.

714

00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:10,900

I never thought I'd say that phrase, but

715

00:36:11,230 --> 00:36:11,530

David Arquette: yeah.

716

00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:13,430

There's bozo.

717

00:36:13,770 --> 00:36:18,760

com, but it's still sort of, it's in

the, all the stuff that you see of Bozo

718

00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,060

out there right now is connected to the

documentary that we're making, and there's

719

00:36:23,060 --> 00:36:27,650

a lot of sort of like crashing and burning

and kind of figuring out the process.

720

00:36:27,650 --> 00:36:30,770

So there's like little videos

and stuff out there, but they're

721

00:36:30,770 --> 00:36:32,880

all sort of geared toward that.

722

00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:39,370

So there'll be a bigger sort of

movement of the Bozo, uh, brand, uh, a

723

00:36:39,370 --> 00:36:44,260

bigger whole, uh, undertaking when the

film comes out, when the album comes

724

00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:45,730

out, when the documentary comes out.

725

00:36:45,730 --> 00:36:49,680

So that's all going to be, but

there's Bozo's Barnyard, which you

726

00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,440

can check in on, uh, the farm we

have here on Instagram and just

727

00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,340

follow me on, on Instagram as well.

728

00:36:57,380 --> 00:37:00,970

That, uh, sort of tell

you what I'm sort of.

729

00:37:01,530 --> 00:37:02,730

Been up to

730

00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:04,930

Marc Preston: you know, what

do you have on the horizon next

731

00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:06,690

anything TV film wise right now?

732

00:37:06,690 --> 00:37:09,830

Are you kind of taking a little break

or deciding on what the next thing is?

733

00:37:10,790 --> 00:37:15,050

David Arquette: Uh, I have little things

I mean not little things but I have

734

00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:18,490

projects that I've done that are coming

out I have a little role in a movie

735

00:37:18,490 --> 00:37:21,240

called Holy Trinity, that's a really

736

00:37:26,340 --> 00:37:28,050

Let's see, I have a few other things.

737

00:37:28,050 --> 00:37:31,580

I just completed a film

called The Perfect Gamble.

738

00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:36,450

Just an amazing film with

an amazing group of people.

739

00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:42,020

I just did a smaller role in

a film called Stranglehold.

740

00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:44,240

So I have a few things coming up.

741

00:37:45,110 --> 00:37:46,850

It's, uh, it's always kind of weird.

742

00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,680

Marc Preston: I have a quick, uh, what

do you call them, like seven questions

743

00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,630

before we kind of wrap things up here.

744

00:37:57,630 --> 00:37:58,320

It's just kind of fun.

745

00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,140

I always end up talking food

at least once during the show.

746

00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:05,490

Uh, but first question, what

is your favorite comfort food?

747

00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:06,540

That one thing you dislike.

748

00:38:06,875 --> 00:38:09,935

When you're having a great day, a bad day,

but it's always a solid choice for you.

749

00:38:10,195 --> 00:38:10,965

David Arquette: Oh, man.

750

00:38:11,175 --> 00:38:16,655

Um, well, they have barbecue here in

Tennessee that's really exceptional.

751

00:38:16,655 --> 00:38:18,405

I love cooking barbecue.

752

00:38:18,865 --> 00:38:21,625

Homemade meals are really wonderful.

753

00:38:22,135 --> 00:38:25,560

And, um, A good chicken

pot pie, you can't beat.

754

00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,220

Marc Preston: Oh, I love

a good chicken pot pie.

755

00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:30,480

Even a not good chicken

pot pie is still good.

756

00:38:30,650 --> 00:38:32,970

You know, but, uh, that

and chicken fried steak.

757

00:38:33,290 --> 00:38:33,570

Yeah.

758

00:38:33,830 --> 00:38:34,880

I love that too.

759

00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:37,260

Now, the next question I got for you,

if you're going to sit down three

760

00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:41,340

people, you're going to talk story

for a few hours, uh, living or not.

761

00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:46,000

Who would three people be you'd like to

sit down with and just kind of share,

762

00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,660

learn, just chat with for a while.

763

00:38:48,290 --> 00:38:48,990

David Arquette: Definitely.

764

00:38:48,990 --> 00:38:51,940

It would be Paul Reubens, Alexis Arquette.

765

00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:57,550

And Luke Perry, just get all my

dearest friends back together and

766

00:38:57,550 --> 00:39:01,090

just sit back and just hang out again.

767

00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:01,860

Marc Preston: Paul Rubens.

768

00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:03,030

I am so envious.

769

00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,980

Everybody I know that has

interacted with him was just like,

770

00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:08,280

he's just a sweetheart of a guy.

771

00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:10,330

Talent is super talented

and smart as well.

772

00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,020

You know, that sounds like a

fun coffee without a doubt.

773

00:39:13,020 --> 00:39:16,390

But now the next question,

celebrity crush, who was your first

774

00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:18,100

celebrity crush when you were young?

775

00:39:18,355 --> 00:39:20,005

David Arquette: I think

it was Miss Elizabeth.

776

00:39:20,005 --> 00:39:20,745

I'm not kidding.

777

00:39:21,475 --> 00:39:26,675

I think it was Miss Elizabeth

from Macho Man just because, uh,

778

00:39:26,705 --> 00:39:28,535

my wife looks just like hers.

779

00:39:29,215 --> 00:39:31,295

Marc Preston: Now does your wife

know about this connection though?

780

00:39:31,325 --> 00:39:32,255

Did you explain to her?

781

00:39:32,255 --> 00:39:33,725

It's like, Hey, you look

like Miss Elizabeth.

782

00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:34,815

Have you ever mentioned that to her?

783

00:39:34,815 --> 00:39:35,085

Yes,

784

00:39:35,085 --> 00:39:35,495

David Arquette: she does.

785

00:39:35,495 --> 00:39:37,134

She does.

786

00:39:37,135 --> 00:39:41,035

There's a fun thing we do in, uh,

you cannot kill David Arquette,

787

00:39:41,035 --> 00:39:42,355

the documentary that you.

788

00:39:42,565 --> 00:39:43,915

We kind of explore that.

789

00:39:43,975 --> 00:39:44,565

Marc Preston: Awesome.

790

00:39:44,675 --> 00:39:45,335

I do want to watch.

791

00:39:45,345 --> 00:39:47,375

I tried to find, I can't find

where it's streaming right now.

792

00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:48,265

I wanted to watch it though.

793

00:39:48,265 --> 00:39:50,805

So I got to get onto Roku

and do some digging around.

794

00:39:51,345 --> 00:39:52,255

Now, next question.

795

00:39:52,255 --> 00:39:54,965

If you're going to be living

on an Island for a year, uh,

796

00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:55,775

it's somewhere you want to be.

797

00:39:55,775 --> 00:39:56,375

It's beautiful.

798

00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:56,915

It's exotic.

799

00:39:56,915 --> 00:39:58,395

It's spot on, but no internet.

800

00:39:58,545 --> 00:39:58,875

All right.

801

00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:03,385

So you got to bring a DVD of a

movie and you got to bring a CD.

802

00:40:03,415 --> 00:40:06,975

I'll even say box set if you want

to, what would that movie and what

803

00:40:06,975 --> 00:40:09,625

would that album be that you would

bring with you for that year?

804

00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:17,525

David Arquette: Um, I don't know, I

mean, I always say like Godfather 2 is

805

00:40:17,535 --> 00:40:19,835

like probably one of my favorite movies.

806

00:40:20,695 --> 00:40:25,735

But if I was just like having to sit

and watch it over and over again,

807

00:40:26,055 --> 00:40:27,555

I'm going to go back to Paul Rubens.

808

00:40:27,565 --> 00:40:31,455

He used to always play That's

Entertainment, which is like a box set.

809

00:40:32,015 --> 00:40:35,765

So you could kind of get all

these different experiences.

810

00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:37,075

I don't know.

811

00:40:37,075 --> 00:40:40,775

I know that sounds like a silly thing,

but Paul's on my mind a lot right now.

812

00:40:40,775 --> 00:40:41,264

You know

813

00:40:41,265 --> 00:40:43,405

Marc Preston: what just popped

into my mind just now is, uh,

814

00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:45,095

everybody remembers Pee wee.

815

00:40:45,265 --> 00:40:47,555

But my first experience was

a Cheech and Chong movie.

816

00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:50,470

That was my first time ever seeing him.

817

00:40:50,470 --> 00:40:54,370

So seeing him as Pee wee was like,

wait, I was way too young to be watching

818

00:40:54,370 --> 00:40:55,820

Cheech and Chong movies, but I loved

819

00:40:55,820 --> 00:41:01,209

David Arquette: it.

820

00:41:01,570 --> 00:41:05,340

Just to give you a wild movie that people

should check out if they haven't seen.

821

00:41:05,970 --> 00:41:09,920

The world, according to Garp, really

like touched me, like when I was

822

00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,710

younger and saw it, it was just like

a really impactful kind of movie.

823

00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:14,540

Robin Williams.

824

00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:15,030

Yeah.

825

00:41:15,030 --> 00:41:16,320

He was just so brilliant.

826

00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,420

And John Lithgow's character as well.

827

00:41:18,780 --> 00:41:18,980

Marc Preston: Yeah.

828

00:41:18,980 --> 00:41:21,570

I kind of, I kind of identified

with him a little bit in that film.

829

00:41:21,750 --> 00:41:24,080

Cause as I was young, when I saw it,

I was like, this guy's, you know, he's

830

00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,070

trying to figure life out basically,

you know, from his own perspective.

831

00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:27,740

David Arquette: Yeah.

832

00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:30,740

Marc Preston: Now, as far as album

music goes, what would that be for you?

833

00:41:31,010 --> 00:41:31,710

David Arquette: Oh, man.

834

00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:35,105

I, uh, Um, I've really been

into the Beatles lately.

835

00:41:35,335 --> 00:41:38,675

Marc Preston: I think, I think anything

box of Beatles would take care of it.

836

00:41:38,695 --> 00:41:40,285

That would square you

away for the whole year.

837

00:41:40,305 --> 00:41:41,515

Cause you could listen to

it over and over again.

838

00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:45,405

Um, now the next question, if you

were to go from the time you get up

839

00:41:45,405 --> 00:41:48,945

in the morning, so the time you go

to sleep, what would be the component

840

00:41:48,995 --> 00:41:51,155

parts of a perfect day for you?

841

00:41:51,325 --> 00:41:54,185

You know, everything's just kind of

landed just the way you wanted it to.

842

00:41:54,655 --> 00:41:56,055

David Arquette: Um, I would.

843

00:41:56,925 --> 00:41:59,665

Um, I don't know.

844

00:41:59,665 --> 00:42:04,235

I'd sleep in, I'd wake up,

hang out with my family.

845

00:42:04,905 --> 00:42:12,205

No art, like, no like screaming, just

like laughing and having good times.

846

00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:14,735

Hang out with some animals.

847

00:42:15,215 --> 00:42:21,395

Uh, maybe play some golf,

uh, tend to a garden.

848

00:42:23,095 --> 00:42:25,515

Uh, meet some friends for lunch.

849

00:42:26,365 --> 00:42:32,095

Uh, you know, hang out with the

kids again and play some games.

850

00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:35,055

Maybe play some basketball

with some friends.

851

00:42:35,965 --> 00:42:40,325

You know, have a nice dinner,

spend some time with my wife.

852

00:42:42,455 --> 00:42:43,435

Get to bed early.

853

00:42:44,725 --> 00:42:46,475

Marc Preston: You know, I like

the idea when you get up, you

854

00:42:46,475 --> 00:42:48,505

don't have to immediately rush

and go get something done.

855

00:42:48,505 --> 00:42:49,835

You can kind of ease into your day.

856

00:42:49,835 --> 00:42:51,025

I've always liked that idea.

857

00:42:51,405 --> 00:42:56,255

Uh, it's a luxury a lot of times, you

know, now, if, if you weren't doing this

858

00:42:56,255 --> 00:42:58,135

for a living, what would bring you joy?

859

00:42:58,185 --> 00:43:00,295

What other vocation could

you find yourself down to?

860

00:43:00,295 --> 00:43:02,875

Granted, you're, you're, you're,

you're not just an actor.

861

00:43:02,875 --> 00:43:05,105

You've done a lot of different

things, but what could you find

862

00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:06,805

being, okay, this is my primary gig.

863

00:43:06,815 --> 00:43:09,145

This is, this is what

I'm going to be doing.

864

00:43:09,365 --> 00:43:10,755

What would it be besides this

865

00:43:10,805 --> 00:43:16,065

David Arquette: ideal of art and doing

art, like the act of painting or doing

866

00:43:16,065 --> 00:43:21,355

art is something I could get lost in and

just have fun to, I mean, if I'd have

867

00:43:21,355 --> 00:43:26,085

to make money from it, there's all those

elements of making money and having to,

868

00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:33,265

you know, play that game and, you know,

you know, put on a show and all that kind

869

00:43:33,265 --> 00:43:35,085

of stuff that goes into stuff like that.

870

00:43:36,125 --> 00:43:43,375

Uh, I guess I could play that game,

but probably art in some form or music.

871

00:43:43,805 --> 00:43:44,205

Yeah.

872

00:43:44,475 --> 00:43:45,765

Marc Preston: Now, last question.

873

00:43:45,765 --> 00:43:49,245

If you were to jump into the DeLorean

and do a little travel back in time,

874

00:43:49,245 --> 00:43:53,205

16 year old you, what would that one

piece of advice be that you would give

875

00:43:53,205 --> 00:43:58,425

you for that moment to make things a

little easier on you or to kind of set

876

00:43:58,425 --> 00:43:59,885

you up on a, on a little different path?

877

00:43:59,905 --> 00:44:01,835

Just a piece of advice to 16 year old you.

878

00:44:02,935 --> 00:44:03,515

David Arquette: Um,

879

00:44:06,465 --> 00:44:06,835

I don't know.

880

00:44:07,795 --> 00:44:12,755

I'd have a lot of advice if I could talk

to myself, just to believe in yourself,

881

00:44:12,765 --> 00:44:14,815

you know, don't be too hard on yourself.

882

00:44:15,470 --> 00:44:22,190

Um, really be in the moment, like, take

in the really wonderful moments in life.

883

00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:30,190

Uh, really cherish your friends and family

and, uh, respect, uh, the relationships.

884

00:44:30,190 --> 00:44:35,640

And, um, you know, spend time

on the things that you love.

885

00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,374

You know, that's really what we do.

886

00:44:37,575 --> 00:44:41,875

It's really important because you

end up, uh, doing that for a living.

887

00:44:41,875 --> 00:44:45,845

You end up, you know, you know,

finding happiness and joy through that.

888

00:44:46,645 --> 00:44:50,175

So, uh, that's what I would

always tell my younger self.

889

00:44:51,915 --> 00:44:52,765

Marc Preston: All right, there you go.

890

00:44:52,775 --> 00:44:55,875

David Arquette really

enjoyed this conversation.

891

00:44:55,875 --> 00:44:57,025

Such a talented guy.

892

00:44:57,255 --> 00:44:59,965

Uh, by the way, we got to

the answer of the seventh.

893

00:45:00,055 --> 00:45:01,755

Question of my seven questions.

894

00:45:01,755 --> 00:45:03,985

Then click the connection just dropped.

895

00:45:04,005 --> 00:45:08,315

He shot me a DM over the socials

and let me know that it was his in

896

00:45:08,315 --> 00:45:11,055

that dropped and he felt bad and

I didn't see a reason to have him

897

00:45:11,055 --> 00:45:13,255

come back on just to say goodbye.

898

00:45:13,265 --> 00:45:14,625

So very gracious.

899

00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:15,215

Cool dude.

900

00:45:15,225 --> 00:45:18,995

Really enjoy the opportunity to

bring his story to you because it's

901

00:45:18,995 --> 00:45:22,175

one of the more unique ones I've

had the opportunity to bring you.

902

00:45:22,550 --> 00:45:26,410

So do me a quick favor, make sure

to follow Story and Craft no matter

903

00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:30,210

what podcast app you use or if

you're on YouTube make sure to

904

00:45:30,210 --> 00:45:33,880

follow the show so you get notified

every time we have a new episode, as

905

00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,120

well as drop a few stars, a little

review, a review would be very cool.

906

00:45:37,660 --> 00:45:40,830

Whatever you want to do,

I appreciate you so much.

907

00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:44,500

It just helps folks find the show

a little easier and gives them an

908

00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:46,600

opportunity to explore my mischief.

909

00:45:46,820 --> 00:45:47,320

Also,

910

00:45:49,550 --> 00:45:49,840

storyandcraftpod.

911

00:45:49,850 --> 00:45:53,480

com, the website, everything you could

possibly want to know about the show.

912

00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:54,860

It is right there.

913

00:45:54,930 --> 00:45:56,610

And that's all I got for you today.

914

00:45:56,610 --> 00:46:00,050

I'm going to run, uh, get this a

four month old little, uh, tornado

915

00:46:00,050 --> 00:46:03,280

of a golden retriever puppy out the

door to go take care of his business.

916

00:46:03,410 --> 00:46:05,100

And then a little, a little bite to eat.

917

00:46:05,335 --> 00:46:07,215

Have a great rest of your day.

918

00:46:07,535 --> 00:46:09,605

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

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Talk to you soon.

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