Felix Solis | From “Ozark” to Netflix’s “Sirens” | Sirens & an Isle of Enchantment

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Felix Solis: Some of the Beastie

Boys were like, you know, babysitters

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at my afterschool program.

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And so there's like, literally, I grew

up in wherever I looked, wherever I went.

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My option was always first and foremost.

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Art.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft.

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Now here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: All right, here we go back

again, another episode of Story and Craft.

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So glad to have you back If this is

your first episode, my name is Marc

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Preston, and, uh, glad to have you.

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Thanks for stopping by, uh,

today, sitting down with the

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very talented actor, Felix Solis.

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Uh, you might know him from Ozark

or the Rookie, or the Rookie Feds.

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Uh, he is now in the new

Netflix series, sirens.

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Uh, very cool show.

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Uh, great, great ensemble cast.

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You got Megan Fahe, uh, Millie Alcock,

Julian Moore, Kevin Bacon, uh, Bly

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Howerton, but uh, Felix's character.

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He alone is worth the watch.

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Uh, really enjoy his

character in the show.

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Uh, great conversation.

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Really enjoy the opportunity to

share a little time with Felix.

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Alright, let's jump right into it today.

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It is Felix Solis Day on Story and Craft.

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01:42 Felix Solis and his New York history

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Where you at today?

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Felix Solis: I'm in, uh, New York City.

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I'm in the city I was born and raised in,

which is always nice to be back here when

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Marc Preston: I'm here.

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When we first connected,

I heard the, uh, sirens.

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It's like, eh, he's gotta be in New York.

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It's like after about a week and

sing in New York When I come home.

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It's so quiet.

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It's hard to sleep, you know,

because you're, so, you're Yeah.

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Yeah, completely.

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Felix Solis: Uh, but yes, I'm

currently in New York City.

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We've been here, uh, for about a

week doing a press junket for sirens.

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And, and, uh, and I, uh,

I am born and raised here.

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My, my, my, I grew up in

Chelsea, in the Greenwich

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Village of, of, of New York City.

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My dad is still here.

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My mom has since, uh, moved on

to probably bigger and better

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things than what we're doing here.

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But, uh, uh, yeah, so, so, uh, so I'm

here and I have a little studio in New

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York City that I can call home whenever

I, I wanna come back and I miss it.

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Where are you living full-time now?

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Where, where do you call home?

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I, I, I bought my first home

ever in, uh, in a small little

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town outside of Decatur, Georgia.

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Marc Preston: They're doing

a lot of filming in Atlanta.

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So that's, that's probably,

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Felix Solis: yeah, I was introduced

to Atlanta when I went there a couple

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years back to do a TV show called Ozark.

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And, and they shot the

entire series there.

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And so at first I was

going back and forth, uh.

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And then when the, my character

was then fully committed into

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the storyline, I had to move.

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And so I, I, uh, I had spent some

time, I spent almost two and a half

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years, almost three years to, uh,

in Atlanta working on that show.

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And so I had a three year, uh, period

of time to know the neighborhoods,

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get to know them, and figure that out.

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Still didn't mean I wanted to buy it

just simply meant I knew it because

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when I was done with the show and I

was able to save up enough money to

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buy my first home, I came back here

to New York looking for something.

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And what I was offered was, you know,

frankly an insult to New York City.

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And then, and then I went to Los

Angeles looking for the same thing.

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'cause I figured I'd work there too.

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And it was also a little tough with

what I was, what I had to offer and

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what was gonna be given in return

were a kind of, uh, not equal.

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And then I went back to Georgia

and they were like, how much

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of this forest do you want?

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And so.

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Marc Preston: I grew up in Dallas

and for me, the Atlanta area is kinda

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like Georgia's Dallas, you know?

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Sure.

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And it's, you know, a

lot of, a lot of driving.

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You get a pretty decent amount

for your money, you know, and it's

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just kind of a nice home base.

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Felix Solis: Yeah.

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It feels a little bit more, yeah.

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It feels more rewarding and,

and, uh, and it's not so far away

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that I can't just, you know, jump

on a quick plane if I have to.

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Although I, I fear flying, but, uh, but,

uh, but I will jump on, especially lately.

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Marc Preston: Huh?

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I don't really fly that much, but now

it's like, just watching the news.

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Is it a function of just getting older?

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You know, it's like, no,

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Felix Solis: no.

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I mean, I think the, I think, I think

the atmosphere up there is changing

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as I look out of my, you know, 15

floor window out into Times Square.

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But like, it, it, it, the atmosphere

up there is different now.

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The, the, the currents and the

cross currents and just the,

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just the, and you know, you can

choose to say global warming.

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You can choose not to.

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I, I, I. You know, I think there's

something, different things have changed

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up there and unfortunately what has

not changed and upgraded and updated

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to accommodate that kind of change up

there are the equipments that they're

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sending up there, you know, so, yeah.

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Marc Preston: And then they got

that whole like, uh, air traffic

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control thing and all that.

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That

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Felix Solis: glitch, glitch at Newark.

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Oh my goodness.

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Yeah.

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And they went black, like

60 seconds or something.

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I don't know.

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I'm misquoting the timeframe,

but the, but it, like, everything

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went dark for a, a decent.

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Amount of seconds that

I can't even imagine.

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Marc Preston: You know what I think is so

funny is I hear somebody with like a New

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York accent sounding as chill as possible.

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Like yeah.

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You know, Hey, be careful.

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You know, I would be sitting there, my

hair would be on fire, I'd be freaking

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out going, okay, all these planes, it'd

be like John Candy in that, in that movie.

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Yeah.

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Summer rental, you

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Felix Solis (2): know?

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Oh, yes.

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Or the,

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Marc Preston: the, the fly

lens on his radar, you know?

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Yeah.

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But no, you know, I, you know, it's

funny, I went and I did a cursory

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checking around on the Weber Nets,

and I went to your Instagram and I, I

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have a feeling I was like, when I saw

it, I was like, wait a minute, okay.

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This guy, I think he's part of my tribe.

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You got an Anthony Bourdain

quote, you have, and Alan Watts.

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Quote, and then you had a, a few pictures

of, you know, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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I'm like going, okay, this

guy, I gotta talk to him.

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Big Anthony Bourdain fan.

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So anytime I see somebody

posting, I feel like this is

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tribe of people who like, yeah,

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Felix Solis: I learned a lot

from reading his books initially.

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And then, and then I had the pleasure of,

of having an interaction with him at, uh,

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at la the one, uh, the la down really?

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In the, yeah, I, I went in not expecting

to see him, but I went in to have a steak

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and a glass of wine and I'm sitting there,

uh, just during the season, during the

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baseball season, I was sitting there just

having a glass at the bar, dinner, wine.

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I had to, you know, filet and the.

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Glass of poor dough, and I'm just

sitting there and, uh, these two

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guys sitting next to me, they're,

uh, they're coming from the game.

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They're talking about the game, the Yankee

game, and they're just shooting the shit.

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And so then sure enough, uh, he walks

in, uh, and he walks into the restaurant

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and he, he says hello to his bartender.

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He goes into the kitchen, he comes back

and he's, you know, just saying hello.

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Really cool.

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Is this back when he was working there

or did he just happen to pop yet?

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No, no, it was just, yeah, this was

way, this is after Kitchen Confidential.

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Oh, okay.

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Yeah.

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This is after, uh, the, the, the

travel show, like all of that.

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He just came in and he was saying hello

and, uh, and he said hello and, uh, and

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they, he overheard the two guys talking

about the Yankee game and they started

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talking about sports and they started

mentioning about, you know, they asked

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him about the hot dogs at Yankee Stadium.

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And he said they're great.

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You know, they're great.

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And then he's like, yeah.

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And then one of the guys goes,

yeah, yeah, I love the hotdog.

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They, they're great.

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You know, a little ketchup a little.

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And he went, what?

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Oh,

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he went, what?

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He went, what?

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What did you just say?

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And he goes, yeah, you know,

throw a little ketchup.

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And he goes, lemme tell you something.

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He literally said this.

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I heard him say this with my own ears.

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He said, lemme tell you something.

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Anyone who puts a hot put, anyone who

puts ketchup on their hot dog is a, and I

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think if I concur, allow me to, oh yeah.

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He said, anyone who puts ketchup

on a hotdog is a fucking asshole.

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He said, I literally, I said, I

had three thoughts run through

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my mind at the same time.

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One is, thank you universe for allowing me

to be sitting right here in this moment.

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To watch that man say those words.

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Two, I am never putting ketchup

on my hot dog ever again.

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And three, I thought, there's

a man who knows exactly.

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Exactly what he, what he wants

and what he knows and how he is.

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And it was just a beautiful

thing to watch him.

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But yeah, I've learned a lot.

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I've learned a lot from him.

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And, and by watching him

and, and studying him,

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Marc Preston: you know, I think he's

gonna go down as a, uh, I don't mean to

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immediately start grooving on Anthony

Bourdain, but it's like not often.

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He comes up.

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Occasionally I've had an opportunity to

speak with, like, I, I talked to an, uh,

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Andrew Zimmer and he was talking to me.

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Mm-hmm.

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You know, some sharing some

anecdotal things and Sure.

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He had just an interesting and very.

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I don't wanna say simplistic as like

a, a boring look on life, but he appre,

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he always would say his father, he

always would quote his father when

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he said, I'm a man of simple means.

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You know?

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He always would say that.

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Yeah.

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And I kind of, I, I dug that in

other words, that he could be

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just as excited about a hotdog

as he was about like flag ride.

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Absolutely.

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Felix Solis: Yeah.

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Completely.

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Yeah.

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Or walking down an alleyway in the

middle of Vietnam or, you know,

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swanky fucking diamond studded, you

know, rooftop in, in on Park Avenue.

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Like, it was, it, they all were equally as

fascinating and equally as simply, uh, uh,

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engaging to him, which was really cool.

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Yeah.

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Marc Preston: And like I said,

I saw that quote from Alan,

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why are you an Alan Watts fan?

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Yeah.

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Or just happened to run across like

a quote because you know, he has

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Felix Solis: Yeah, I saw the quote and

then I dug him up, you know, 'cause

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I'm a, I'm a, I'm, I'm, I am one of

these guys who is like, if something

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strikes me, and if something moves me

to the point of thought, you know, that

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I, uh, that I go, where is the source?

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What is that source?

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And where does this source come from?

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So I hadn't known him.

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And then I saw that quote and I

thought, let me look into 'em.

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And

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Marc Preston: I used to live

in, uh, the north county of San

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Diego in a city called Encinitas.

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Used to drive up to LA to, you know, I

worked on the radio just briefly up there.

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Yeah.

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Whenever I'd drive home after Sure.

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My shift, I would kick it on.

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I think it'd be like Radio

Pacifica or something like that.

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They'd play the old recordings of them.

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Yeah.

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And I just, I just got real into, and

back, back, oh God, this is back when,

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uh, uh, you know, you, you know, let's

say Limewire or whatever was around,

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you know, down you computer, a virus.

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And I just.

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I just got hours and hours and hours,

and I've got so many of his recordings.

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And then fast forward, we're in the

Spotify era where I can just go dig up,

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you know, whatever I wanna listen to.

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But this is just a cursory skimming of,

uh, a little bit of info, but did you do

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work on stage with Philip Seymour Hoffman?

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Did y'all have, is that

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Felix Solis: Yeah, I'm,

I'm a child of the boards.

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Uh, I, you know, I, uh, I grew

up in New York City, in the

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Greenwich Village, Chelsea area

of New York City, where you, uh.

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Where your first introduction

to performance is on stage.

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Uh, you know, there it wasn't Los

Angeles where you have an opportunity

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to, you know, start your career or

get your chops in front of camera.

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Uh, uh, New York City is, you

know, as you know, is a, is a

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historically theatrical city.

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And so I did a lot of theater growing

up, theater growing up, and one

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of them was actually on the very

street that I'm talking to you from.

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On 42nd Street, the, uh, there

was a theater row and I did a

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show, a, a, a showcase show, my

first equity showcase show, and

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a friend of mine came and saw it.

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Uh, dear friend, who's still

my friend to this day, super

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accomplished actor, David Zas.

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And he, uh, he pointed my, he pointed

me to the theater company that he was a

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member of the Labyrinth Theater Company.

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And at the time, Philip

Seymour Hoffman was, uh.

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Endeavoring into his first director, uh,

piece where he was directing a play that

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Steven Atli GGI wrote, calling Arabia.

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We'd All Be Kings.

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And while they were considering

casting and looking for actors to do

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that production, uh, my buddy David

Zas went to them who had been a, a,

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a member at the time and said, I,

I just saw this guy on stage and I

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think he's, he, I think he's good.

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He's great.

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I think we should introduce him.

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And so they brought me in, uh, and uh,

after sitting and talking and having a,

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a chat with them and they came and saw

the show, the writer and I. They all

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agreed that I should be a part of it.

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So I was in the very first

play that, that Phil directed

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our friendship started there.

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Marc Preston: Where was this in

the arc of he, his career roughly

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had, had he already been doing

things on camera that were notable?

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Felix Solis: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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He had think, I think he had ju

he had done sent of a woman and

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then, uh, and then, uh, and then

he was moving into more stuff.

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Maybe even might have been

shooting or could have just

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finished Talented Mr. Ripley.

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Ripley.

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Yeah.

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So he was in that area, is in that era,

uh, before he really started to sort

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of come into his own and explode with,

with things like Capote and, and, and.

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Boogie nights and things like that.

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So, so, uh, so yeah, during that

period, it was all, during that

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period we all sort of started really

shining and, and, and stepping up.

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And the theater company was very helpful

in that the productions that we did,

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that Steven Agi had written and that

Phil Hud directed were, were, were doing

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well, they were succeeding, and they were

putting our theater company on the map.

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So that also helped.

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Uh, and then he, uh, and then he

continued to skyrocket and our

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friendship continued to blossom.

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And, and we were, we were

very, very close, very,

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very

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Marc Preston: close.

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Uh, I remember watching an interview,

I think it was inside the actor studio.

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Mm-hmm.

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I think I was watching it just as the

impression I got, and over the years of

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seeing interviews, uh, that the stage

thing was, uh, for him it was, uh, it was,

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uh, I don't mean to sound highfalutin as

they say, but he, see for him it was art.

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You know, for him it was, he took, he is

like, I just got a sense that if you're

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gonna do it, you gotta take it seriously.

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You know, that kinda thing.

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I was speaking with a guest a couple

of episodes ago about him, uh, and.

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Uh, those great big roles were awesome.

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But, you know, the thing I loved him in

always was these little, just like, along

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came Polly, uh, twister to, to one of my

favorites was, uh, uh, uh, almost famous.

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You know, just see these, these

little roles, but they just pop.

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Or essentially maybe you're a day

player, you know, or a weak player.

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Uh, sure.

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And something, and you

can bring that to life.

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That's, that's also.

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Felix Solis: Yeah, I, you know,

Montgomery Cliff was once interviewed

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when he was nominated for an Academy

Award for a, a judgment at Nuremberg.

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He, he, he played a, a role where

he was on the stand, and I think

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it might have been one scene, could

have even possibly been a monologue.

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I can't quite remember, but Monty

Cliff was interviewed and they, they

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challenged him and they said, you know,

how do you feel about having such a

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small part in this film and yet being

acknowledged for an Academy Award for it?

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You know, he may have

even won it, I'm not sure.

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But, but uh, in the response to that,

he said, you know, that to be an actor

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is to play any part larger, small,

that has something important to say.

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And, and I feel like Phil fit that.

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You know, I think whenever Phil decided

to do something, it wasn't just to act,

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although he was a firm believer that

if you were asked to act, that is the

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biggest compliment that one could ever

get as an actor, is to be asked to do

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it because it's so difficult for us to

even get hired that when you are asked

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to do it, it's a humbling and grateful.

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It's a, it's an honor.

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And so that, but, but, uh, but I

also believe that he was always, he

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told me, you know, he said the most

important thing that you, the biggest

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responsibility you have Felix as an

actor is to the character you're playing.

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And so it's always gonna be just about

that and what you're doing to the

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other person in the scene, which is

how I've lived my career as an actor

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ever since he shared that with me.

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And, uh, but I think he was, it was

also that it was something important.

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The character had something

really important to say, you know?

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Uh, and that just drives, that

drives an actor into, uh, into

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a, the bigger, the strongest

creative energy you can, you know.

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Marc Preston: I agree when,

especially when it, when it comes

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to him, you look at the arc of all

the different things he's done.

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It's like he's, yeah.

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Been very memorable and everything.

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He, he was very memorable and everything

did going, gonna, the theater,

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I mean, you grew up in New York.

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Mm-hmm.

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Was, uh, uh, did you do kind of that

standard New York training, you know,

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thing or did, were you sort of a,

on the job training kind of a guy?

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Felix Solis: Well, it's interesting

because I got, I got a scholarship

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to study, uh, theater at Manhattan,

uh, Marymount Manhattan College

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on the Upper East side on 70.

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On 71st between second and third.

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Uh, I went to study and then I

wanna say maybe a year in, I started

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getting cast in regional theater.

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Actually, ironically enough, my

very first, uh, regional theater gig

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was at the Dallas Theater Center.

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How did you

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Marc Preston: book something

down in Dallas from,

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Felix Solis: so the casting directors,

you know, in New York, the casting

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directors are always, you know,

hired to try and find, uh, talent

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to, to, to go, uh, to those places.

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And this one, playwright is name

is Octavio Solis, who's from Texas.

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He, uh, he wrote this beautiful

play called Dream Landia.

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And, uh, and the casting directors

that they used for the, for the

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production were here in New York.

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And I came in and I auditioned

for it to play Pepin, who's kind

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of like, uh, you know, in the, in

the Italian, uh, tragic comedy.

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He's the, he's the fool who's, you

know, sometimes, and in this particular

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interpretation of his kind of, uh,

a stereotypical part, he, he was,

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he was a, a a, a an, an adult, a a

10-year-old boy in the body of an

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adult, an in a body of a, a full man.

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And about how, when you were doing

this, oh my goodness, this was.

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I was in college, so in my twenties.

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Right.

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Oh, okay.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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So that's gotta be

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Marc Preston: exciting for you.

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Here you are, this New Yorker, now

you're heading down to Dallas, which is a

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Felix Solis: packing my bags.

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I'm being flown to Dallas.

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I'm giving, getting my own apartment.

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We're hanging out at,

uh, is it Turtle Creek?

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Is that what it Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I'm sure you spent

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Marc Preston: some time

on Greenville Avenue.

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Also on

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Felix Solis: Greenville.

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I went straight to Deep Ellum

and was hanging out in Deep

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Ellum and going crazy over there.

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You you hit the deep end immediately.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I went straight to the jugular.

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But, but, uh, but yeah, that was

the very first thing that I did.

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But that, but it, but, but, uh, you

know, it was, it was that I started

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just doing a lot of, a lot of theater

and, uh, and, and, and pushing myself.

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So, to answer your question

more directly, when I was in

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school, this started happening.

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Mm-hmm.

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And so I, I had to make a choice where I

was like, oh, do I stay in school or do I.

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Start doing the thing that I

went to school to do, you know?

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And, and I'm getting an a, an

opportunity and I'm being asked

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to do it, so I might as well.

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So I had to make the choice.

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And, and I'm a, I'm a beauty

school dropout sometimes.

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I like to joke.

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Uh, I, I, I left school to, to work as

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Marc Preston: an

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Felix Solis: actor and they didn't,

they weren't too happy with it.

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Marc Preston: It's sort of like

being a college basketball player

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and they're like, Hey, you wanna make

millions and millions call you up?

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You could al you could

always go back to school.

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Yeah, yeah, sure.

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Felix Solis: I kind of did.

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I kind of did go back to school.

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And so much as that when I became a member

of the, of the Labyrinth Theater Company,

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of which we've been speaking about,

that was, that was for me, a, a study.

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You know, I had at the

time, I wanna say maybe.

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60 or so members who were equally

as talented as the next, and, and

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equally as more talented than me.

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And so I was always in an environment

where I was learning and, and, and

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by observation and by participation.

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And, and ultimately I think

that's the way you grow.

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Is it, you, you know?

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Oh, yeah.

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But doing the thing, you know,

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Marc Preston: well, who, who's

floating around there with you?

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Who's, who's Rockwell.

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Felix Solis: Really, Elizabeth

Rodriguez, Liza Lonza, who just

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successfully and beautifully and,

and deservedly just won an Emmy

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for her interpretation on the bear.

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And uh, uh, she just won an Emmy.

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And her husband is David Zaas, who

is my, my dearest and closest friend

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who I'm gonna see in a little bit.

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We gotta fun poker tournament, we're gonna

play for some money to raise some money

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for a theater company here in New York.

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And, uh, and, uh, and

we're, yeah, it was them.

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It was them and Phil and, and

Steven and Sam Rockwell and oh my

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goodness, the list goes on and on.

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John Ortiz was artistic

director, you know?

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Really?

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Yeah.

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He and he and Phil co-artistic directed.

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And we had, you know, we had people who

were as, who were already as established,

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but then later on became a part of us.

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Kara Young, who's currently on Broadway,

who's got her fourth consecutive Tony

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nomination, was a, a, a part of our

theater company and just all these

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incredible, incredible artists who, uh.

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Daphne Rubin Vega, like, these are

all incredible Yule Vasquez, like

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all these incredible actors who

were working and continue to work.

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Were all members of my theater company,

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Marc Preston: Sam Rockwell.

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He's, I've got a, I've got

an actor crush on him, man.

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Yeah.

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Sam, he's kind of on

a Mount Rushmore guys.

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Like, I'd love to sit down with him.

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He's, uh, he's another one of those guys.

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He shows up and everything.

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He shows up and he just, he, yeah, he

just, he just brings it to life, you know?

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Growing up in New York though, were you

coming from a artistic family or were you

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kind of the odd man out like doing that?

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No, no.

480

20:20 ,610 --> 00:20:21,209

Felix Solis: Contrarily.

481

20:21 ,209 --> 00:20:22,365

Yeah, contrarily.

482

20:22 ,365 --> 00:20:25,125

My, my father is still 82 years old.

483

20:25 ,125 --> 00:20:28,754

He's a plumber, carpenter,

an electrician, a handyman.

484

20:28 ,935 --> 00:20:33,165

Uh, I remember him saying to me

affectionately when I said, dad, you

485

20:33 ,165 --> 00:20:35,804

know, I'm, I just got a scholarship

to go study theater, you know?

486

20:36 ,135 --> 00:20:37,605

And then he was like, oh, interesting.

487

20:37 ,605 --> 00:20:41,264

And then right around the same time I got

this gig, like I was saying at the Dallas

488

20:41 ,264 --> 00:20:44,774

Theater, and I said, dad, they're gonna

give me, you know, at the time it was $400

489

20:44 ,774 --> 00:20:49,094

a month or something, you know, to, to,

to, or a week or whatever to do the chau.

490

20:49 ,094 --> 00:20:52,064

But I was like, I'm getting, they're

paying me to do this, you know?

491

20:52 ,395 --> 00:20:52,875

Play.

492

20:53 ,475 --> 00:20:55,365

And I remember my father sitting there.

493

20:55 ,425 --> 00:20:58,245

He's, he, he, he puts Siri to shame.

494

20:58 ,245 --> 00:21:02,535

He, he sat there and he looked at me

and he went, well, I guess if there

495

21:02 ,535 --> 00:21:06,045

are people out there who are willing

to pay you to do that, then you

496

21:06 ,045 --> 00:21:07,455

should be smart enough to take it.

497

21:07 ,455 --> 00:21:08,715

So go ahead, take it.

498

21:10 ,125 --> 00:21:11,745

Like, very pragmatic.

499

21:11 ,745 --> 00:21:12,465

Yeah.

500

21:12 ,465 --> 00:21:12,466

Yeah.

501

21:12 ,471 --> 00:21:15,855

He may, he was kind of that way, you know,

I think he even may have said, you know,

502

21:15 ,855 --> 00:21:19,185

if they're stupid enough to pay you to do

something like that, that you should be

503

21:19 ,185 --> 00:21:20,925

smart enough to take one way or another.

504

21:20 ,925 --> 00:21:21,945

It's like, go do the thing.

505

21:21 ,945 --> 00:21:22,245

Yeah.

506

21:22 ,310 --> 00:21:22,730

Did you?

507

21:22 ,730 --> 00:21:23,090

Yeah, that's my dad.

508

21:23 ,095 --> 00:21:26,085

My dad's a man with, he works with

his hands and builds and still

509

21:26 ,085 --> 00:21:29,295

builds and, you know, and does that,

and my mother was a seamstress.

510

21:29 ,685 --> 00:21:31,905

She was a, she was artistic and crafty.

511

21:31 ,905 --> 00:21:36,225

She would do these really cool little

artistic, uh, side projects for designers.

512

21:36 ,495 --> 00:21:39,315

She once worked with a gentleman, I

can't remember his name, but he was

513

21:39 ,315 --> 00:21:43,635

the one responsible for doing the

Christmas decorations at Sax fifth

514

21:43 ,635 --> 00:21:45,915

Avenue and the windows and all of that.

515

21:45 ,915 --> 00:21:45,975

Yeah.

516

21:46 ,375 --> 00:21:50,275

And my mom would be sort of the, you know,

one of his shop workers, if you will, who

517

21:50 ,275 --> 00:21:55,285

would help him build the, the trees and

the little railroads and the, and the stop

518

21:55 ,285 --> 00:21:56,905

signs and the things she would do that.

519

21:56 ,905 --> 00:21:58,195

So she was creative.

520

21:58 ,555 --> 00:22:02,245

And my brother, who is my full

brother, I, I was the youngest of six.

521

22:02 ,245 --> 00:22:08,035

And, but my brother is the one who is, uh,

my dad and my mom's, the other siblings

522

22:08 ,035 --> 00:22:10,735

that I have, uh, are from another father.

523

22:10 ,945 --> 00:22:15,805

But, uh, but, uh, my closest brother

is a fine, fine visual artist.

524

22:15 ,805 --> 00:22:19,315

He's a drawer and a painter

and a, and a, just a fine.

525

22:19 ,315 --> 00:22:22,375

He at one point, you know, was

even corded by Marvel Comics.

526

22:22 ,375 --> 00:22:26,695

So there's, there's art in the

blood, but I'm kind of the only one

527

22:26 ,695 --> 00:22:28,435

who has continued to actually, uh.

528

22:28 ,885 --> 00:22:30,685

You know, make it a

profession, make it a career.

529

22:30 ,895 --> 00:22:31,075

Marc Preston: Yeah.

530

22:31 ,075 --> 00:22:33,595

But growing up in New York, I

always had this, uh, as a, as a kid

531

22:33 ,595 --> 00:22:35,335

down in the south, uh, in Dallas.

532

22:35 ,335 --> 00:22:35,425

Yeah.

533

22:35 ,425 --> 00:22:38,455

It, for me, New York was always

like, there was always like a buzz.

534

22:38 ,455 --> 00:22:39,325

There's always something.

535

22:39 ,325 --> 00:22:42,235

Our, there's something, it's easy

to get swept into it if you have the

536

22:42 ,235 --> 00:22:43,765

inclination to kind of get into it.

537

22:43 ,855 --> 00:22:44,155

Yeah, well,

538

22:44 ,155 --> 00:22:44,755

Felix Solis: absolutely.

539

22:44 ,755 --> 00:22:44,905

Yeah.

540

22:44 ,905 --> 00:22:50,005

No, when my, when I was born, uh, we lived

on seven 100 West 73rd Street, right on

541

22:50 ,005 --> 00:22:55,045

the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and I

was born, and then when I was eight, we.

542

22:55 ,575 --> 00:22:59,895

The, the owner of the building sold the

building and my mother, my father were

543

22:59 ,895 --> 00:23:01,245

the superintendents of the building.

544

23:01 ,245 --> 00:23:04,245

So the new owners wanted their

own supers, rightfully so.

545

23:04 ,245 --> 00:23:07,695

And so the, uh, owner of the building

who had sold, had two other buildings.

546

23:07 ,695 --> 00:23:12,015

They had one on hundred 10th and

Lennox in Harlem, Spanish, Harlem, and

547

23:12 ,015 --> 00:23:14,775

they had another one on 15th Street

between eighth and ninth and Chelsea.

548

23:15 ,225 --> 00:23:15,345

Mm-hmm.

549

23:15 ,405 --> 00:23:19,275

My father went, took a drive up to hundred

10th and Lennox took a drive down to 15th,

550

23:19 ,275 --> 00:23:21,975

between eighth and ninth, and he, and he

got the sense, he was like, I think I'd

551

23:21 ,975 --> 00:23:25,815

feel safer, I'd feel more comfortable if

my children grew up in this neighborhood.

552

23:26 ,200 --> 00:23:29,350

And so I had the fortunate pleasure

of having my mom and my dad be a

553

23:29 ,350 --> 00:23:33,310

superintendent of a building in Chelsea,

which allowed for me to grow up in Chelsea

554

23:33 ,310 --> 00:23:37,360

and Greenwich Village, you know, which

is an interesting thing because of course

555

23:37 ,360 --> 00:23:39,070

in hindsight, you know, you never know.

556

23:39 ,070 --> 00:23:40,150

I never knew I was poor.

557

23:40 ,150 --> 00:23:41,860

My mother and my father

never behaved poor.

558

23:41 ,860 --> 00:23:42,820

So I never knew I was poor.

559

23:42 ,820 --> 00:23:44,320

I didn't know what that

was until later on.

560

23:44 ,320 --> 00:23:44,620

Right?

561

23:44 ,920 --> 00:23:47,530

And it's similar in Greenwich

Village and Chelsea, you know, where

562

23:47 ,710 --> 00:23:51,370

I thought I was in a really cool,

bohemian artistic, creative place.

563

23:51 ,370 --> 00:23:55,780

And now there's this, these studies

shown where like everyone thought that,

564

23:55 ,930 --> 00:23:58,960

you know, the village, that Greenwich

Village was this bohemian thing.

565

23:58 ,960 --> 00:24:02,590

But in truth, it's still at the

time when I was born in 71 at the

566

24:02 ,590 --> 00:24:05,140

time, 71, 72, 73, early eighties.

567

24:05 ,490 --> 00:24:07,500

It was the most expensive

neighborhood to live in, still.

568

24:07 ,770 --> 00:24:09,000

Really, really, okay.

569

24:09 ,000 --> 00:24:09,660

Absolutely.

570

24:09 ,660 --> 00:24:13,890

You could rented a place for, I don't

know, $34 a month or something up in,

571

24:14 ,100 --> 00:24:15,420

on the Upper West side or something.

572

24:15 ,420 --> 00:24:18,120

And in Greenwich Village, that same space

would be a hundred dollars something.

573

24:18 ,120 --> 00:24:22,980

So there was still a historical,

interesting, uh, misperception that

574

24:22 ,980 --> 00:24:27,090

Greenwich Village was this bohemian,

you know, poor we're all on the

575

24:27 ,090 --> 00:24:28,080

streets and we're hanging out.

576

24:28 ,230 --> 00:24:33,630

It had that, and I grew up in that, but,

uh, but it wasn't, you know, it wasn't,

577

24:33 ,630 --> 00:24:36,870

it was a, there was an interesting

article recently, uh, released about

578

24:36 ,870 --> 00:24:40,020

that that said, you know, people

misunderstand that that Greenwich

579

24:40 ,020 --> 00:24:41,640

Village, Greenwich Village was like that.

580

24:41 ,640 --> 00:24:45,750

But I will say to your

point, directly, yes.

581

24:46 ,620 --> 00:24:51,000

If you had to, you know, if you

were given, if you were put in an

582

24:51 ,000 --> 00:24:54,840

environment where your environment

was gonna dictate what you were, end

583

24:54 ,840 --> 00:24:58,110

up, what you would gravitate to, or

what you would end up having to do

584

24:58 ,110 --> 00:25:00,720

for a career for, for a life study.

585

25:02 ,115 --> 00:25:03,254

It, it was all artistic.

586

25:03 ,285 --> 00:25:05,774

Everywhere I looked, the Urban

Blight movement was there.

587

25:05 ,774 --> 00:25:09,495

Beastie Boys were, some of the Beastie

Boys were like, you know, babysitters

588

25:09 ,495 --> 00:25:11,205

at my afterschool program in PS 41.

589

25:12 ,285 --> 00:25:13,004

You see what I'm saying?

590

25:13 ,004 --> 00:25:16,815

Like, I have a photo of me as a little

boy walking on a, in a swimming pool

591

25:16 ,815 --> 00:25:19,815

on Carmine Street, and there's Keith

Herring sitting on the floor with

592

25:19 ,815 --> 00:25:22,035

his mural having just being done.

593

25:22 ,245 --> 00:25:26,535

And like, so there's like literally, I

grew up in wherever I looked, wherever

594

25:26 ,535 --> 00:25:31,635

I went, my option was always first

and foremost art and creativity.

595

25:31 ,845 --> 00:25:32,235

So

596

25:32 ,385 --> 00:25:34,095

Marc Preston: yeah, well

see, that's, that's the way

597

25:34 ,095 --> 00:25:35,685

I always perceived New York.

598

25:35 ,685 --> 00:25:38,445

It was a little grittier, but he

always had, so there was always a buzz,

599

25:38 ,445 --> 00:25:39,800

always something happening, you know?

600

25:39 ,800 --> 00:25:39,960

Sure.

601

25:39 ,960 --> 00:25:40,240

Yeah.

602

25:40 ,260 --> 00:25:42,645

Uh, I mean I'm a suburban

North Dallas kid.

603

25:42 ,764 --> 00:25:42,825

Yeah.

604

25:42 ,825 --> 00:25:45,105

So for me that was just kind of

exciting, that kind of an idea.

605

25:45 ,105 --> 00:25:45,764

Absolutely.

606

25:45 ,825 --> 00:25:46,004

Go.

607

25:46 ,185 --> 00:25:47,024

But where are your people

608

25:47 ,024 --> 00:25:47,925

Felix Solis: from originally?

609

25:48 Family Background and Multicultural Upbringing

25:48 ,045 --> 00:25:49,905

Uh, you know, it's interesting

that you should say that.

610

25:49 ,905 --> 00:25:52,754

'cause I was about to mention that one

of the other things that has defined who

611

25:52 ,754 --> 00:25:56,955

I am as a person is in my multicultural

upbringing, my multicultural, uh,

612

25:56 ,955 --> 00:25:58,395

environment that I grew up in, right?

613

25:58 ,395 --> 00:26:00,585

'cause in Grand, I'm, my

parents are from Puerto Rico.

614

26:01 ,050 --> 00:26:01,500

Okay.

615

26:01 ,770 --> 00:26:04,050

My mother was from a town

called Cabo Rojo, which is a

616

26:04 ,050 --> 00:26:05,399

beach town, beautiful town.

617

26:05 ,760 --> 00:26:09,060

And my father was from a town called

Padillas, which is up in the mountains,

618

26:09 ,120 --> 00:26:11,250

cows, sheep, that kind of thing.

619

26:11 ,879 --> 00:26:17,580

And, uh, and they, they, they met there,

uh, were, were encouraged not to be

620

26:17 ,580 --> 00:26:21,149

together because my mother is an African

Puerto Rican, so she's dark skinned.

621

26:21 ,209 --> 00:26:23,969

My father was an Italian,

Puerto Rican from more span,

622

26:23 ,969 --> 00:26:25,679

aired Italian European descent.

623

26:25 ,679 --> 00:26:26,909

So he was lighter and skinned.

624

26:27 ,209 --> 00:26:32,669

That didn't do, they didn't, uh, you know,

that didn't, uh, go well with the family.

625

26:33 ,060 --> 00:26:37,860

So, uh, so they sort of broke away from

their, uh, their, their childhood and

626

26:37 ,889 --> 00:26:41,340

their, and their families in Puerto

to come to New York and have children.

627

26:41 ,340 --> 00:26:43,169

And that's where I, I came from.

628

26:43 ,439 --> 00:26:44,340

But they're Puerto Rican.

629

26:44 ,340 --> 00:26:47,610

I was born here of Puerto

Rican de uh, parents.

630

26:47 ,639 --> 00:26:49,709

Uh, so, you know, they call me new Euan.

631

26:51 ,820 --> 00:26:51,910

I'm

632

26:51 ,910 --> 00:26:54,340

Marc Preston: curious, how did

the, how did the Italian thing

633

26:54 ,340 --> 00:26:57,580

and, uh, as far as folks from Italy

find their way to Puerto Rico?

634

26:57 ,580 --> 00:26:59,740

That seems good because I

know there's a good few of

635

26:59 ,740 --> 00:26:59,890

Felix Solis: them.

636

27:00 ,130 --> 00:27:00,670

Yeah.

637

27:00 ,670 --> 00:27:04,870

It's just like all, every, all

so, so Puerto Rico, when you

638

27:04 ,870 --> 00:27:06,460

translate, it means rich port.

639

27:07 ,290 --> 00:27:13,050

And that Port of Puerto Rico was

literally rich in tactiles, in

640

27:13 ,050 --> 00:27:18,480

agriculture, in all kinds of things

that were, that were useful and wanted

641

27:18 ,480 --> 00:27:20,430

to be wanted by the rest of the world.

642

27:20 ,430 --> 00:27:24,780

And so it's no that they traveled

the distances to get to these places

643

27:24 ,780 --> 00:27:28,470

that where they can, uh, you know,

utilize, take advantage of however you

644

27:28 ,470 --> 00:27:31,830

wanna phrase the history of how that

happened, but that it's, you know,

645

27:32 ,310 --> 00:27:37,200

that it's definitely, uh, it's a draw

that city, you know, they call it Lato,

646

27:37 ,200 --> 00:27:39,300

which is the island of Enchantment.

647

27:40 ,035 --> 00:27:40,725

So there's a draw.

648

27:40 ,725 --> 00:27:42,585

It's, I've always, I've

always wanted to go there.

649

27:42 ,675 --> 00:27:43,215

Yeah.

650

27:43 ,215 --> 00:27:44,145

There's a draw to the

651

27:44 ,145 --> 00:27:44,565

Marc Preston: island.

652

27:44 ,655 --> 00:27:48,015

You know, I actually, I live now, I

live on, uh, south Padre Island, if you

653

27:48 ,015 --> 00:27:49,995

know now very South Texas tip of Texas.

654

27:50 ,230 --> 00:27:52,845

Felix Solis: I've sw I've gone

to the beach there where you're

655

27:52 ,845 --> 00:27:53,145

Marc Preston: at.

656

27:53 ,145 --> 00:27:53,925

There's a beach there.

657

27:53 ,925 --> 00:27:54,255

No.

658

27:54 ,435 --> 00:27:54,885

Oh yeah, yeah.

659

27:54 ,885 --> 00:27:55,395

Oh yeah.

660

27:55 ,545 --> 00:27:59,655

We're, we're literally, the

island itself is two miles.

661

27:59 ,715 --> 00:28:01,605

You have to take a two mile

bridge across, you know?

662

28:01 ,605 --> 00:28:01,665

Yeah.

663

28:01 ,665 --> 00:28:03,615

The island's only got

like a 3000 full-time.

664

28:03 ,615 --> 00:28:05,200

Re no, right now I got touch.

665

28:05 ,550 --> 00:28:05,840

Yeah.

666

28:05 ,840 --> 00:28:05,960

I

667

28:05 ,960 --> 00:28:08,445

Felix Solis: got a, I got a buddy,

Raul Castillo, who's a, in, in

668

28:08 ,655 --> 00:28:12,555

and of himself, an accomplished,

uh, uh, writer and, and actor and,

669

28:12 ,555 --> 00:28:14,535

and, and really fine, fine person.

670

28:14 ,535 --> 00:28:16,245

He, he's from Macallen, Texas.

671

28:16 ,365 --> 00:28:16,395

Uhhuh.

672

28:17 ,055 --> 00:28:17,235

Yeah.

673

28:17 ,295 --> 00:28:21,045

So, yeah, we would go and visit him

when he'd go visit his dad and his mom.

674

28:21 ,045 --> 00:28:25,125

And, and we, me, him and his

brother took a drive from Austin.

675

28:25 ,635 --> 00:28:28,935

Uh, which is to me, I feel

like one of my, one of my more.

676

28:29 ,125 --> 00:28:30,895

Dearest held cities in Texas.

677

28:31 ,195 --> 00:28:31,285

Mm-hmm.

678

28:31 ,285 --> 00:28:35,845

And, uh, and, uh, I, we drove from

Austin to to to sub Hydro island.

679

28:35 ,845 --> 00:28:36,415

Marc Preston: Yeah.

680

28:36 ,565 --> 00:28:39,325

You know, I've been wanting, just put

me near the beach and that like, I can

681

28:39 ,325 --> 00:28:41,275

do this job from anywhere, so, you know.

682

28:41 ,275 --> 00:28:41,365

Sure.

683

28:41 ,755 --> 00:28:44,635

Uh, but, but now isn't, uh, John Limo?

684

28:44 ,635 --> 00:28:48,235

Isn't he a Puerto Rican descent,

you know, or is he, um, no,

685

28:48 ,235 --> 00:28:50,155

I believe he's Colombian.

686

28:50 ,215 --> 00:28:50,995

I could be wrong.

687

28:51 ,000 --> 00:28:51,280

Okay.

688

28:51 ,285 --> 00:28:51,715

Okay.

689

28:51 ,715 --> 00:28:51,925

I,

690

28:52 ,320 --> 00:28:53,800

Felix Solis: I just the other

day saw he South American.

691

28:53 ,800 --> 00:28:54,295

He's South American.

692

28:54 ,295 --> 00:28:58,675

He's not Caribbean, he's South American, I

wanna say he's, he's of Colombian descent.

693

28:58 ,915 --> 00:29:01,495

Marc Preston: I, I watched

not too long ago, uh, his, uh.

694

29:01 ,990 --> 00:29:04,899

It's Latin culture for

dummies or something.

695

29:04 ,899 --> 00:29:04,990

Sure.

696

29:04 ,990 --> 00:29:06,639

That one band stage,

oh, that was so great.

697

29:06 ,639 --> 00:29:07,274

But culture.

698

29:07 ,274 --> 00:29:07,276

Yeah.

699

29:07 ,540 --> 00:29:10,750

When he references the New York,

that's kinda what brings me back.

700

29:10 ,750 --> 00:29:14,649

It's, it's just again, made it seem like

such a cool place to grow up, you know?

701

29:14 ,649 --> 00:29:15,596

But it's, uh, you know, he, uh, yeah.

702

29:15 ,879 --> 00:29:19,210

Felix Solis: Multiculturalism

has, has, has fared me well.

703

29:19 ,210 --> 00:29:19,960

Has served me.

704

29:20 ,930 --> 00:29:21,800

Exponentially.

705

29:21 ,800 --> 00:29:26,090

Well, I've been, uh, I've been fortunate

enough and lucky enough and brave enough,

706

29:26 ,390 --> 00:29:30,800

and I was raised, uh, uh, uh, you know,

confidently enough by my parents to be

707

29:30 ,800 --> 00:29:32,330

able to travel anywhere in the world.

708

29:32 ,690 --> 00:29:35,630

And there hasn't been one place in

the world that I haven't visited that,

709

29:36 ,050 --> 00:29:40,070

that, uh, that I haven't recognized

the face of the person I'm looking at

710

29:40 ,070 --> 00:29:41,540

because I grew up in New York City.

711

29:41 ,600 --> 00:29:44,540

You know, I was in Jamaica and I

see the face of the Jamaicans that I

712

29:44 ,540 --> 00:29:46,010

knew who were right next door to me.

713

29:46 ,010 --> 00:29:46,100

Mm-hmm.

714

29:46 ,340 --> 00:29:46,400

Yeah.

715

29:46 ,400 --> 00:29:49,490

We were in Vietnam for a little while,

and I would go and I saw the face

716

29:49 ,490 --> 00:29:51,980

of the woman who ran the laundromat

across the street from where I grew up.

717

29:51 ,980 --> 00:29:53,000

On 73rd Street.

718

29:53 ,240 --> 00:29:57,110

We went, we were in Bulgaria,

and there's a guy who's a plumber

719

29:57 ,115 --> 00:29:58,490

who used to work for my dad.

720

29:58 ,490 --> 00:30:01,820

And I was like, my goodness, you look just

like the guy who used to work with my dad.

721

30:01 ,820 --> 00:30:06,440

So I've been all over the world and have

been able to recognize the faces of the

722

30:06 ,440 --> 00:30:10,550

people in those countries because I grew

up with those faces in my neighborhood.

723

30:10 ,555 --> 00:30:12,955

You know, so I'm really grateful for that.

724

30:13 ,375 --> 00:30:15,685

Marc Preston: Being in New York, you

had the theater thing and the, of

725

30:15 ,685 --> 00:30:17,365

course you had to swing through Dallas.

726

30:17 ,365 --> 00:30:18,745

We mentioned that, but Sure, sure.

727

30:18 Career Moves and The Rookie

30:18 ,745 --> 00:30:22,315

What, what was, what was kind of the,

what, what got you to, I'm assuming

728

30:22 ,315 --> 00:30:25,495

you made that trek to la Was it

like, you're like, okay, I gotta go

729

30:25 ,495 --> 00:30:27,760

hit, uh, like pilot season and, and

730

30:27 ,925 --> 00:30:28,285

Felix Solis: do that?

731

30:28 ,285 --> 00:30:33,295

Well, funny, funny you should say that

because I, I, I didn't leave New York

732

30:33 ,295 --> 00:30:34,975

City until I was 43 years old, Marc.

733

30:35 ,000 --> 00:30:35,360

Really?

734

30:35 ,360 --> 00:30:38,725

I was 43 when I left New

York to go to Los Angeles.

735

30:38 ,725 --> 00:30:38,905

Yeah.

736

30:38 ,905 --> 00:30:42,745

I said I always liked affectionately

saying, I, I, at 43, I decided

737

30:42 ,745 --> 00:30:46,405

to go to LA and try and make

it at 43 years old, right.

738

30:46 ,465 --> 00:30:50,335

Because I was 43 when I got

hired to do a job in Los Angeles.

739

30:50 ,335 --> 00:30:51,385

That was a television job.

740

30:51 ,385 --> 00:30:52,465

It was a TV show.

741

30:52 ,855 --> 00:30:53,305

Uh.

742

30:54 ,920 --> 00:30:55,770

What is the name of it?

743

30:55 ,785 --> 00:30:57,285

I can't remember the name, but Colony.

744

30:57 ,285 --> 00:31:00,165

It was called Colony on TNT and TTNT.

745

31:00 ,165 --> 00:31:02,325

It was an alien overtake

show, and I was hired to play.

746

31:03 ,105 --> 00:31:03,135

Felix Solis (2): Oh

747

31:03 ,135 --> 00:31:03,587

Felix Solis: yeah, yeah, yeah.

748

31:03 ,592 --> 00:31:04,005

That's with, um,

749

31:05 ,445 --> 00:31:06,105

Marc Preston: uh, what's his name?

750

31:06 ,105 --> 00:31:06,795

Good looking dude.

751

31:06 ,885 --> 00:31:07,365

Uh, yes.

752

31:07 ,365 --> 00:31:08,205

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

753

31:09 ,585 --> 00:31:09,945

That guy.

754

31:09 ,945 --> 00:31:10,905

Yes, you're right.

755

31:10 ,905 --> 00:31:11,925

It was so embarrassing.

756

31:11 ,925 --> 00:31:12,855

I tried to think of somebody's

757

31:12 ,855 --> 00:31:15,765

Felix Solis: name and I, and my brain

goes, you can you think of a person, they,

758

31:15 ,765 --> 00:31:18,645

the name flies right out of the head, but

yes, you're, you're in the right place.

759

31:18 ,705 --> 00:31:18,975

Uh,

760

31:18 ,980 --> 00:31:20,235

Marc Preston: that, that was,

that was a great little show.

761

31:20 ,235 --> 00:31:21,255

My, my kids like that lot.

762

31:21 ,255 --> 00:31:22,370

We were, we enjoyed that a lot of fun.

763

31:22 ,710 --> 00:31:24,945

Uh, we weren't you part of the resistance

764

31:24 ,945 --> 00:31:26,325

Felix Solis: or something

in that Yeah, yeah.

765

31:27 ,105 --> 00:31:30,015

Pimo who talked to people

over the radio waves and Yes.

766

31:30 ,045 --> 00:31:30,435

Okay.

767

31:30 ,435 --> 00:31:31,396

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

768

31:31 ,545 --> 00:31:31,995

Okay.

769

31:32 ,070 --> 00:31:36,735

And so, and so I, that was the first

time I had gone to LA with a legit job.

770

31:36 ,765 --> 00:31:40,245

And, uh, and I was supposed to be on

the show a bit longer than I ended

771

31:40 ,245 --> 00:31:43,575

up being, and I don't know, you know,

for reasons, uh, beyond my control.

772

31:43 ,575 --> 00:31:46,425

You rewrite stuff, you think, you

know, a different direction and so

773

31:46 ,425 --> 00:31:49,275

they kind of killed my character

off on the show, but I had already.

774

31:49 ,445 --> 00:31:52,685

Spent the money to be there for the three

months that I had planned to be there.

775

31:53 ,165 --> 00:31:54,425

So I thought I'd stay.

776

31:54 ,665 --> 00:31:58,685

And uh, six, almost six and a half

years later, I was leaving LA to go

777

31:58 ,685 --> 00:32:00,814

to, to come to Atlanta to do Ozark.

778

32:00 ,814 --> 00:32:05,855

So, so I was in New York City for 43 years

doing work in, in New York and going away.

779

32:05 ,855 --> 00:32:09,185

I went to Germany to shoot a film called

The International with Clive Owen.

780

32:09 ,185 --> 00:32:10,145

So I was going away.

781

32:10 ,145 --> 00:32:13,595

I was leaving, but my home base was

New York until I was 43, and then

782

32:13 ,595 --> 00:32:15,215

that's when I moved to Well that's

783

32:15 ,215 --> 00:32:15,395

Marc Preston: cool.

784

32:15 ,875 --> 00:32:17,615

Yeah, I think, you know,

you have different chapters.

785

32:17 ,615 --> 00:32:20,284

We do different things at different

times and you, I don't think you're

786

32:20 ,284 --> 00:32:23,615

ever too old to try something and that's

the moment you stop trying this stuff,

787

32:23 ,615 --> 00:32:25,205

you get, you know, it's Sure, stagnate.

788

32:25 ,205 --> 00:32:25,325

Sure.

789

32:25 ,745 --> 00:32:27,905

Felix Solis: I did that this

very week, this very weak.

790

32:27 ,905 --> 00:32:29,165

I'm 53 now, Marc.

791

32:29 ,165 --> 00:32:31,804

And, and, and, and this very

week was the first time that

792

32:31 ,804 --> 00:32:33,455

I was given a stylist Right.

793

32:33 ,455 --> 00:32:37,054

For the, for the press junket,

for sirens and uh, really?

794

32:37 ,060 --> 00:32:37,250

Okay.

795

32:37 ,250 --> 00:32:37,530

Yeah.

796

32:37 ,530 --> 00:32:38,135

It was the first time.

797

32:38 ,135 --> 00:32:42,365

And I just like, here's a young,

adorable young man, like just full of

798

32:42 ,365 --> 00:32:44,495

life and full of joy for what he does.

799

32:44 ,495 --> 00:32:44,945

And he.

800

32:45 ,885 --> 00:32:49,245

He would bring me these things that

I, I was like, I, I would never wear

801

32:49 ,245 --> 00:32:52,455

a pair of white boots with silver

tips on them, like cowboy boots.

802

32:52 ,755 --> 00:32:54,255

I said, and he said,

why don't you try these?

803

32:54 ,315 --> 00:32:58,755

Then I try and instead of going

53-year-old curmudgeony Felix going,

804

32:58 ,995 --> 00:33:03,105

no, I'm just gonna wear my, you

know, linen suit and, and walk away.

805

33:03 ,555 --> 00:33:04,725

I said, okay, sure.

806

33:04 ,815 --> 00:33:06,945

And it just said, I just kept

saying yes to everything.

807

33:06 ,945 --> 00:33:09,255

It's kind of fun to be

the canvas, you know?

808

33:09 ,495 --> 00:33:10,815

It's kinda fun to be good.

809

33:10 ,815 --> 00:33:11,895

Why not try it on?

810

33:11 ,895 --> 00:33:12,945

Let's see what happens.

811

33:12 ,945 --> 00:33:14,445

And, uh, yeah, I, I, you know, I was

812

33:14 ,445 --> 00:33:16,755

Marc Preston: so when I was

younger, I was, the whole idea.

813

33:16 ,755 --> 00:33:19,155

I mentioned this, you know,

previous episode, so part of

814

33:19 ,155 --> 00:33:20,745

me, if you're listening, you

hear me say this all the time.

815

33:20 ,835 --> 00:33:21,555

Uh, never.

816

33:21 ,645 --> 00:33:25,275

I, you know, whenever I did day or week

player stuff, that was easy 'cause I can

817

33:25 ,275 --> 00:33:27,105

memorize a couple, three pages at a time.

818

33:27 ,105 --> 00:33:28,845

The theater thing always intimidated me.

819

33:29 ,155 --> 00:33:29,485

Felix Solis: Sure.

820

33:29 ,545 --> 00:33:32,305

Marc Preston: Because, you know,

it's like a whole script, but I love

821

33:32 ,695 --> 00:33:35,785

showing up and somebody's choosing

your clo, you know what it is?

822

33:35 ,785 --> 00:33:38,155

You have to make so many

decisions in life all day long.

823

33:38 ,155 --> 00:33:40,705

So now somebody, somebody's like, you're

wearing these shoes, these socks, you

824

33:40 ,705 --> 00:33:44,425

have to wear a wedding ring because

these characters, I was like, just fine.

825

33:44 ,425 --> 00:33:45,955

That's one less thing I gotta think about.

826

33:46 ,465 --> 00:33:47,125

Felix Solis: Absolutely.

827

33:47 ,185 --> 00:33:47,575

Yeah.

828

33:47 ,575 --> 00:33:48,415

And it is fun.

829

33:48 ,415 --> 00:33:52,375

And it's a, and it's a, I I appreciate

that you say that it was, that you're

830

33:52 ,375 --> 00:33:55,225

a canvas, because yeah, there's

something beautiful about that, about

831

33:55 ,225 --> 00:33:57,205

just being like, all right, what do

you, you know, what do you think?

832

33:57 ,715 --> 00:34:01,945

Uh, do, are there times when you have

to go, okay, this is so extreme that

833

34:01 ,945 --> 00:34:06,355

we're on extreme opposite ends of this,

uh, uh, point of view of who we think

834

34:06 ,355 --> 00:34:08,245

this character that I'm portraying is.

835

34:08 ,245 --> 00:34:10,284

And so we should sit down

and have a conversation.

836

34:10 ,284 --> 00:34:10,735

Sure.

837

34:11 ,125 --> 00:34:14,094

But, but for, for the most part,

in regards to these kinds of

838

34:14 ,094 --> 00:34:17,545

things, press junkets and photo

shoots and red carpets and things.

839

34:17 ,545 --> 00:34:18,655

I go, eh, fuck it.

840

34:18 ,655 --> 00:34:19,855

Just, I'll wear

841

34:19 ,855 --> 00:34:20,215

Marc Preston: whatever.

842

34:20 ,215 --> 00:34:20,844

It doesn't matter.

843

34:20 ,980 --> 00:34:22,040

You know what I want,

844

34:22 ,270 --> 00:34:22,975

Felix Solis: want me to wear?

845

34:22 ,975 --> 00:34:23,605

I'll put it on.

846

34:24 ,085 --> 00:34:25,705

Marc Preston: Shepherd me

to where you need me to be.

847

34:25 ,705 --> 00:34:28,045

Tell me what to do and I'll,

I'll, I'll take it from there.

848

34:28 ,045 --> 00:34:30,805

But now did you, do you have any

family, any kids, uh, rolling

849

34:30 ,805 --> 00:34:31,555

Felix Solis: around or?

850

34:31 ,615 --> 00:34:32,965

I don't have kids that I know of.

851

34:32 ,965 --> 00:34:33,265

Marc.

852

34:33 ,265 --> 00:34:38,395

Not that I know of, but, but, uh,

but, but yeah, the, uh, the, the, the

853

34:38 ,425 --> 00:34:41,755

partnership I have, I've been in a 16

year partnership with an incredible woman,

854

34:41 ,755 --> 00:34:45,895

Lisa Fernandez, who's my, I call her

affectionately my, the CEO of my life.

855

34:45 ,895 --> 00:34:46,450

And mm-hmm.

856

34:46 ,615 --> 00:34:48,805

And, uh, and, uh, and that's it.

857

34:48 ,805 --> 00:34:53,665

My mom, like I said, passed my, my

dad is still here and, uh, and uh, and

858

34:53 ,665 --> 00:34:56,725

I'm the youngest of six three of which

are no longer Oh, you're the youngest.

859

34:56 ,730 --> 00:34:56,970

Okay.

860

34:56 ,970 --> 00:34:57,250

Okay.

861

34:57 ,250 --> 00:34:57,970

The youngest of six.

862

34:58 ,255 --> 00:34:58,645

Yeah.

863

34:58 ,645 --> 00:35:00,595

Three of which are no longer

with us, unfortunately.

864

35:00 ,595 --> 00:35:02,605

But my sister is still here.

865

35:02 ,605 --> 00:35:06,445

She's, uh, she works, she's the head

of payroll at Saturday Night Live, so

866

35:06 ,445 --> 00:35:09,415

that's kind of fun for her to be in the

business really, and not be an artist.

867

35:09 ,415 --> 00:35:09,865

Yeah.

868

35:10 ,315 --> 00:35:14,335

And, uh, and, and that, and my brother,

like I said here, an incredible artist

869

35:14 ,335 --> 00:35:16,195

who's raising his little boy Jason now.

870

35:16 ,195 --> 00:35:19,375

And, and, uh, and they're, you

know, they're within arms' reach

871

35:19 ,375 --> 00:35:20,845

of me, which is always nice, but.

872

35:20 ,850 --> 00:35:21,440

That's awesome.

873

35:21 ,884 --> 00:35:22,305

Marc Preston: That's,

874

35:22 ,470 --> 00:35:23,400

Felix Solis: so, you're, so you're able to

875

35:23 ,400 --> 00:35:26,220

Marc Preston: be fully, you know, mobile

and jump, have you like something, got a

876

35:26 ,220 --> 00:35:26,700

Felix Solis: project?

877

35:27 ,270 --> 00:35:28,080

Yeah, yeah.

878

35:28 ,080 --> 00:35:30,810

I mean, we're sitting in one little

struggle, literally as we speak.

879

35:30 Life with Rescue Dogs

35:30 ,810 --> 00:35:34,259

Before I jumped on with you was,

you know, we have two rescues.

880

35:34 ,305 --> 00:35:37,170

I, I rescue two, we've

since rescued two pit bulls.

881

35:37 ,170 --> 00:35:37,585

One mm-hmm.

882

35:38 ,100 --> 00:35:41,520

In, uh, in Los Angeles, uh, at Downey,

at the rescue center at Downey.

883

35:41 ,880 --> 00:35:45,480

And, uh, and then this one we found

in Atlanta, running across the

884

35:45 ,480 --> 00:35:47,130

track, a little one jojo dancer.

885

35:47 ,670 --> 00:35:50,910

And, uh, and, uh, and so we're

dealing with, uh, sort of, you

886

35:50 ,910 --> 00:35:54,180

know, my partner is starting to work

more and so she's gonna go away.

887

35:54 ,180 --> 00:35:57,210

She's gonna be doing a show at

the, at a theater in West Virginia.

888

35:57 ,210 --> 00:36:01,140

And I'm gonna be hopefully trying to,

you know, uh, get some work outside.

889

36:01 ,140 --> 00:36:04,710

'cause I, I've been asked to consider

coming back on a show called The Rookie

890

36:04 ,710 --> 00:36:06,540

that I had recurred on for a little bit.

891

36:06 ,540 --> 00:36:09,870

And so, uh, and so we'll both

be out of the house, right?

892

36:09 ,870 --> 00:36:12,779

And then we have these two dogs that

are rescues, that are, you know, just

893

36:13 ,049 --> 00:36:15,900

rescues are different and they're,

they're, they're beautiful and

894

36:15 ,904 --> 00:36:17,400

they're in their way and then own.

895

36:17 ,430 --> 00:36:20,220

Broken complexity, but they're

also, you know, demanding.

896

36:20 ,220 --> 00:36:23,669

So, so we've been trying to struggle

with, so that seems to be the only, the

897

36:23 ,669 --> 00:36:28,259

only thing that seems to be, uh, not

anchoring us, but giving us, you know,

898

36:28 ,259 --> 00:36:32,160

more, uh, we have to figure out how

to, how to maneuver through, you know?

899

36:32 ,549 --> 00:36:32,700

But

900

36:32 ,700 --> 00:36:35,549

Marc Preston: that, other than that, I'm,

I'm the same way when it comes to dogs,

901

36:35 ,549 --> 00:36:38,790

you know, when it comes to dogs, I'm,

like I said, I said, my daughter's gonna

902

36:38 ,790 --> 00:36:40,475

study in Europe, and I'm like, I gotta go.

903

36:40 ,515 --> 00:36:43,799

I go see her and I'm like, ah, yeah,

they've got a year old golden retriever

904

36:43 ,799 --> 00:36:47,100

and I don't know, do I wanna, my favorite

people are the ones that actually came.

905

36:47 ,100 --> 00:36:48,330

What about the, what about the pooch?

906

36:48 ,330 --> 00:36:49,799

What, what's the best thing for the pet?

907

36:51 ,120 --> 00:36:51,540

Yeah, know.

908

36:51 ,540 --> 00:36:51,930

So

909

36:52 ,350 --> 00:36:54,149

Felix Solis: we were literally

just handling it right now.

910

36:54 ,149 --> 00:36:58,529

We were, we're, uh, uh, literally before

I got on the phone, uh, uh, on, on the

911

36:58 ,560 --> 00:37:02,250

podcast with you, I, I was ordering

her a new harness because she's got a,

912

37:02 ,669 --> 00:37:05,669

she's getting a little reaction to the

other harness, and so I gotta order it

913

37:05 ,669 --> 00:37:07,020

and then, you know, but, but it's, uh.

914

37:07 ,740 --> 00:37:08,970

It's, it's beautiful.

915

37:08 ,970 --> 00:37:11,189

It's all worth it, especially for me.

916

37:11 ,250 --> 00:37:16,049

The, the, the breed that I think that

gets such a bum wrap is, is the breed

917

37:16 ,049 --> 00:37:20,640

that I, you know, just instinctually have

always had a, a draw to, and, and, uh,

918

37:20 ,640 --> 00:37:23,879

and they're beautiful and they're, and

we're, we're trying to, we're, we're doing

919

37:23 ,879 --> 00:37:28,379

our best to, to learn and teach ourselves

how to best set them up for success

920

37:28 ,379 --> 00:37:29,910

and be ambassadors for their breed.

921

37:29 ,910 --> 00:37:32,790

So it takes, it takes so,

922

37:32 ,790 --> 00:37:34,830

Marc Preston: so not only do

you like Anthony Bourdain,

923

37:34 ,830 --> 00:37:36,060

but you're also dog person.

924

37:36 ,060 --> 00:37:37,290

I'm like, I'm falling in love here.

925

37:37 ,290 --> 00:37:37,470

No.

926

37:39 ,480 --> 00:37:42,089

Speaking of the, speaking of

the rookie, uh, you're the.

927

37:42 ,185 --> 00:37:45,365

Third CC uh, Michael Beach

has been on, of course.

928

37:45 ,395 --> 00:37:47,285

Uh, but Melissa O'Neill,

929

37:47 ,290 --> 00:37:47,630

Felix Solis (2): Uhhuh

930

37:47 ,795 --> 00:37:49,715

Marc Preston: one of the most

popular episodes I've ever had.

931

37:49 ,715 --> 00:37:52,654

Like she is still consistently, people are

still wanting to go back and check out.

932

37:52 ,654 --> 00:37:52,715

Yeah.

933

37:53 ,315 --> 00:37:54,335

She's such a charmer.

934

37:55 ,625 --> 00:37:55,895

Felix Solis: I'm a fan.

935

37:55 ,895 --> 00:37:57,185

I'm, I'm a super fan of hers.

936

37:57 ,215 --> 00:37:57,755

Super fan.

937

37:57 ,755 --> 00:37:59,225

She's, she's very zen.

938

38:00 ,215 --> 00:38:00,216

Marc Preston: Yeah.

939

38:00 ,221 --> 00:38:00,630

She's cool.

940

38:00 ,904 --> 00:38:01,055

Yeah.

941

38:01 ,055 --> 00:38:02,975

We actually meditate

together, which is great.

942

38:02 ,980 --> 00:38:03,230

Yeah.

943

38:03 ,575 --> 00:38:03,695

Yeah.

944

38:03 ,695 --> 00:38:06,515

We, we had a, she was telling me

about a trip she had made down,

945

38:06 ,515 --> 00:38:09,395

I think it's somewhere Central or

South America with her brother.

946

38:09 ,395 --> 00:38:12,245

And she was telling me these, you

know, she's just so, so charming.

947

38:12 ,275 --> 00:38:16,025

Um, my kids, it's our, one of our family

shows, you know, we watch, we have, I've

948

38:16 ,025 --> 00:38:17,255

watched the Rookie at all this year.

949

38:17 ,255 --> 00:38:18,275

Rookie Feds.

950

38:18 ,275 --> 00:38:18,335

Yeah.

951

38:18 ,395 --> 00:38:22,745

Uh, well I know this no longer on,

but, uh, my two oldest, uh, one my

952

38:22 ,745 --> 00:38:25,805

daughter's teaching school in New

Orleans, and my son's, uh, gonna graduate.

953

38:25 ,865 --> 00:38:28,085

Uh, but when they get down here,

we're gonna power through the season.

954

38:28 ,085 --> 00:38:29,255

But yeah, you gotta get back on there.

955

38:29 ,255 --> 00:38:30,335

Well, that's, that's our show.

956

38:30 ,335 --> 00:38:30,545

That's, yeah.

957

38:30 ,695 --> 00:38:30,845

Yeah.

958

38:30 ,845 --> 00:38:30,904

I'm

959

38:31 ,310 --> 00:38:33,215

Felix Solis: hoping, I'm

hoping, I'm hoping that I, uh.

960

38:33 ,470 --> 00:38:36,260

That, uh, that things go well

and, and, and that, uh, and

961

38:36 ,260 --> 00:38:37,340

that I can get back on there.

962

38:37 ,340 --> 00:38:40,250

But, you know, that would be, that

would, again, that shoots in Los Angeles.

963

38:40 Dog Sitting and Travel

38:40 ,250 --> 00:38:43,580

So again, we have to do the sort

of negotiation of who's gonna stay.

964

38:43 ,580 --> 00:38:47,690

And we have this incredible team of, of

dog sitters who come to the home and stay.

965

38:47 ,720 --> 00:38:48,860

'cause again, they're rescue.

966

38:48 ,860 --> 00:38:53,990

So I don't, I, I shy away as much as

I can to boarding and, and, uh, and

967

38:53 ,990 --> 00:38:56,990

just, and just let them stay in their

home, which is their forever home.

968

38:56 ,990 --> 00:38:59,930

And just have people come and stay with

them and visit and take care of them.

969

38:59 ,990 --> 00:39:00,170

Yeah.

970

39:00 ,500 --> 00:39:01,220

Marc Preston: I, I'm the same way.

971

39:01 ,220 --> 00:39:02,270

I don't, I don't like boarding.

972

39:02 ,270 --> 00:39:03,110

I'm sure they're wonderful.

973

39:03 ,110 --> 00:39:03,920

People do boarding.

974

39:03 ,920 --> 00:39:03,980

Yeah.

975

39:04 ,520 --> 00:39:06,890

But I just, you know, when we went

on a, I went on a cruise with my

976

39:06 ,890 --> 00:39:09,260

kids and I'm like, you know, I

was thinking about the dog a lot.

977

39:09 ,260 --> 00:39:10,310

I was, ah, little guys.

978

39:10 ,310 --> 00:39:13,490

Like, you know, we were trying to think

of ways to bring 'em with us, you know?

979

39:13 ,490 --> 00:39:14,000

Oh, yeah.

980

39:14 Auditioning for Ozark

39:14 ,065 --> 00:39:14,355

Felix Solis (2): Yeah.

981

39:14 ,570 --> 00:39:17,990

Marc Preston: But you, in working

on the, uh, the, uh, on Ozark, how

982

39:17 ,990 --> 00:39:19,100

did that come together for you?

983

39:19 ,100 --> 00:39:22,490

'cause uh, that was a big fan of

Jason Bateman and, you know, the Yeah.

984

39:22 ,490 --> 00:39:24,260

Creative vibe he's got going on, but Yeah.

985

39:24 ,260 --> 00:39:25,430

How did that come together for you?

986

39:25 ,490 --> 00:39:28,670

Felix Solis: Uh, you know, uh, the

literal answer was a simple, the, the

987

39:28 ,700 --> 00:39:30,590

basic simple process of auditioning.

988

39:30 ,980 --> 00:39:32,150

But, but, uh.

989

39:32 ,775 --> 00:39:36,915

But, but the, but the interesting thing

about that particular audition was that

990

39:36 ,915 --> 00:39:43,005

up until that point, uh, I was, uh, you

know, shying away, uh, to put it politely

991

39:43 ,035 --> 00:39:47,955

of from playing roles like the one that

I play on Ozark, you know, uh, some that

992

39:47 ,955 --> 00:39:49,904

may consider it a negative stereotype.

993

39:49 ,904 --> 00:39:50,475

Mm-hmm.

994

39:50 ,745 --> 00:39:54,375

And, uh, and I just couldn't, I just

didn't want to do it because I had had a

995

39:54 ,375 --> 00:39:58,185

couple experiences earlier in my career

as an actor where I was auditioning for

996

39:58 ,185 --> 00:40:03,585

things that if I had gotten them and said

yes, I, I don't know how I would've been

997

40:03 ,585 --> 00:40:07,785

able to explain it to my children after

they were old enough to see it, you know?

998

40:07 ,785 --> 00:40:07,786

Mm-hmm.

999

40:07 ,787 --> 00:40:11,715

Because I think about that and,

uh, and so, and so, I was shying

1000

40:11 ,715 --> 00:40:13,005

away, shying away, shying away.

1001

40:14 ,295 --> 00:40:16,545

The universe was not sending

me what I wanted to do.

1002

40:16 ,905 --> 00:40:19,875

I was sitting in my car, I'm staring

at the Venice Pier on Washington

1003

40:19 ,875 --> 00:40:23,265

Boulevard, and uh, and I just

went, okay, universe, I get it.

1004

40:23 ,265 --> 00:40:28,005

You're not giving me what I'm asking

for, so I will humbly, humbly accept

1005

40:28 ,005 --> 00:40:29,415

whatever it is you think I should do.

1006

40:30 ,105 --> 00:40:33,195

Uh, and then a couple of days

later, I got the audition for Ozark.

1007

40:33 ,705 --> 00:40:38,865

And so I looked at that character and I

said, okay, if this is what you are asking

1008

40:38 ,865 --> 00:40:44,235

me to do, then I am gonna try my hardest

to do it with the highest of integrity,

1009

40:44 ,235 --> 00:40:49,065

the highest of, of groundedness, the,

the, the humanistic element of whoever

1010

40:49 ,065 --> 00:40:51,495

these characters are usually portrayed as.

1011

40:51 ,495 --> 00:40:54,345

I want to get them straight,

straight down to earth.

1012

40:54 ,735 --> 00:40:58,785

And so I put together a self

tape that presented, uh, what.

1013

41:00 ,015 --> 00:41:03,765

Uh, I am very proud to say is

what ended up being on the show.

1014

41:04 ,005 --> 00:41:08,925

Uh, so they chose me, you know, Jason

chose me and I think that the network was

1015

41:08 ,925 --> 00:41:10,665

also very happy, the streaming network.

1016

41:10 ,665 --> 00:41:13,635

Netflix was really happy with

what, with, with what I had done.

1017

41:13 ,935 --> 00:41:17,145

But it was Jason who really was

just like, you guys really just, you

1018

41:17 ,145 --> 00:41:19,275

gotta, you gotta let this guy be on.

1019

41:20 ,055 --> 00:41:23,865

Now, does he direct every episode or He

directed the one that I was introduced in.

1020

41:24 ,195 --> 00:41:24,225

Okay.

1021

41:24 ,225 --> 00:41:27,885

So, yeah, he took it on and he had taken

on, I think maybe might've directed

1022

41:27 ,885 --> 00:41:31,155

every episode in the first season,

and then realized it was gonna be a

1023

41:31 ,155 --> 00:41:32,505

little more difficult as he moved on.

1024

41:32 ,505 --> 00:41:35,925

So he pushed away a little bit,

uh, after season one, but he had

1025

41:35 ,925 --> 00:41:39,465

initially got into, uh, I think it

was an agreement that they had there.

1026

41:39 ,465 --> 00:41:42,075

He said he'd do the show, the show

if he could direct the season.

1027

41:42 ,555 --> 00:41:46,305

And, uh, and then, uh, and then, uh,

and then yeah, they, you know, it was

1028

41:46 ,305 --> 00:41:50,385

the first job Again, I'm so 27 years

professionally into it, and this is

1029

41:50 ,925 --> 00:41:54,525

the, this was the first job four years

ago or some odd, four or five years ago

1030

41:54 ,525 --> 00:41:56,025

where they asked me what I thought, man.

1031

41:57 ,360 --> 00:41:59,250

Well, they asked me what I

thought and I was like, what?

1032

42:02 ,490 --> 00:42:06,600

Marc Preston: What you're,

uh, a year older than I am.

1033

42:06 ,600 --> 00:42:08,615

So we grew up, but we were eight

kids in the eighties, you know?

1034

42:08 ,615 --> 00:42:08,854

Yeah.

1035

42:08 ,854 --> 00:42:10,709

And you look back at, uh, silver Spoons.

1036

42:10 ,709 --> 00:42:12,450

Remember that show with,

uh, Rick Schroeder?

1037

42:12 ,509 --> 00:42:12,779

Absolutely.

1038

42:12 ,779 --> 00:42:15,330

You look at us like charting of

where Jason Bateman was going.

1039

42:15 ,330 --> 00:42:15,720

Cool.

1040

42:15 ,720 --> 00:42:17,729

He's one of those guys

that really made that.

1041

42:17 ,870 --> 00:42:19,850

Like a great transition

and really, absolutely.

1042

42:19 ,850 --> 00:42:22,009

I mean, the fact, you

know, he, he surprised me.

1043

42:22 ,009 --> 00:42:25,759

You know, I, I will say I have

seen, I have seen one episode of the

1044

42:25 ,759 --> 00:42:27,230

show, I think the very first one.

1045

42:27 ,230 --> 00:42:30,140

So I'm still not quite into

the context of the full series

1046

42:30 ,140 --> 00:42:31,189

yet, but I'm gonna get into it.

1047

42:31 ,580 --> 00:42:33,560

But it's just like comedy.

1048

42:33 ,620 --> 00:42:37,009

That guy is a wordsmith and

can riff, but it, but the drama

1049

42:37 ,009 --> 00:42:38,509

thing, he, he's on it as well.

1050

42:38 ,509 --> 00:42:41,480

You know, he's, you know, I just

really enjoy, uh, stuff he's in.

1051

42:41 ,480 --> 00:42:44,959

So that's another reason why it's on my,

it's in my queue as they say, you know?

1052

42:44 ,990 --> 00:42:45,500

Yeah.

1053

42:45 ,500 --> 00:42:46,250

Um, yeah.

1054

42:46 Representation in Media

42:46 ,370 --> 00:42:48,740

Well you said that, you know, you

didn't wanna portray a negative

1055

42:48 ,740 --> 00:42:52,160

stereotype, I'm assuming it's la you

know, you know, uh, he's head of a drug.

1056

42:52 ,970 --> 00:42:53,419

Yeah.

1057

42:53 ,419 --> 00:42:54,589

He's head of a drug cartel.

1058

42:54 ,680 --> 00:42:55,040

Felix Solis: Yeah.

1059

42:55 ,189 --> 00:42:57,200

Marc Preston: As far as like, you

know, 'cause you mentioned that,

1060

42:57 ,200 --> 00:43:00,290

and just as a side note, especially

what we're living through right now.

1061

43:00 ,470 --> 00:43:00,680

Sure.

1062

43:00 ,950 --> 00:43:03,290

Representation wise, uh, yeah.

1063

43:04 ,310 --> 00:43:07,580

Do you, do you feel it's going in the

right direction or do you feel it's, you

1064

43:07 ,580 --> 00:43:10,549

know, I, I'm just kind of curious since

I have, you're, you're, uh, you know,

1065

43:10 ,549 --> 00:43:13,940

somebody that I can think, speak to that

I'm, no, I, it's something I'm noticing

1066

43:13 ,940 --> 00:43:17,090

now with all this stuff going well, I say

stuff, I don't mean you sound reductive,

1067

43:17 ,150 --> 00:43:18,590

but all the nonsense that's going on.

1068

43:18 ,590 --> 00:43:19,055

No, I, no, no.

1069

43:19 ,340 --> 00:43:22,190

And, uh, you know, taking people of a

certain culture, I'm like, wait a minute.

1070

43:22 ,190 --> 00:43:24,500

That's, that's integral

to, to assume that is

1071

43:24 ,500 --> 00:43:25,615

Felix Solis: very integral.

1072

43:25 ,645 --> 00:43:25,935

Yeah.

1073

43:26 ,090 --> 00:43:31,670

I mean, I think that the struggle

has always been to, to see a lawyer.

1074

43:31 ,670 --> 00:43:35,490

Instead of seeing a,

a Latino lawyer, right?

1075

43:35 ,610 --> 00:43:35,730

Mm-hmm.

1076

43:36 ,060 --> 00:43:40,140

That we see a cop instead

of a Puerto Rican cop.

1077

43:40 ,650 --> 00:43:41,130

We see.

1078

43:41 ,130 --> 00:43:41,850

You see what I mean?

1079

43:41 ,850 --> 00:43:46,890

And then it, that, that once we allow for

it to just be the character and not the

1080

43:46 ,890 --> 00:43:50,910

character associated with it ethnicity,

then I think that's the, that's the

1081

43:50 ,910 --> 00:43:54,779

ultimate goal I think in my, in my eyes,

is to just be like, he's just, he is he

1082

43:54 ,779 --> 00:43:59,940

or she or just they're actors who are

playing characters as opposed to ethnic

1083

43:59 ,970 --> 00:44:01,740

actors who are playing characters.

1084

44:02 ,130 --> 00:44:05,940

And uh, and that seems to be, you

know, for me will always be the case.

1085

44:05 ,940 --> 00:44:09,210

And so when I'm asked to play it in

ethnic, and that's part of what I had

1086

44:09 ,660 --> 00:44:13,620

decided I was gonna do when I presented

what I presented as far as Omar Navarro

1087

44:13 ,620 --> 00:44:20,400

and Ozark, is that I thought, okay, let

me take away what might be perceived as

1088

44:20 ,400 --> 00:44:25,590

the ethnic part of this character, and

let's insert in its place the human.

1089

44:27 ,015 --> 00:44:29,235

That is the character,

the humanistic quality.

1090

44:29 ,235 --> 00:44:30,405

He's a hardworking man.

1091

44:30 ,405 --> 00:44:32,445

He has a family, he loves his children.

1092

44:32 ,715 --> 00:44:35,205

It's a business he's

trying to be successful in.

1093

44:35 ,205 --> 00:44:40,695

Let's try and let's try and keep it

in that world and less of a world

1094

44:40 ,725 --> 00:44:46,215

of, you know, in my culture, the

we do that, you know, and, and not

1095

44:46 ,215 --> 00:44:47,745

allowing that to be a part of it.

1096

44:47 ,745 --> 00:44:53,895

So, so for me, the thing that'll, that'll

always, that'll always want us all as,

1097

44:54 ,225 --> 00:44:59,895

as actors, uh, of, of, of culture and of,

of ethnicity is to, is to work towards

1098

44:59 ,895 --> 00:45:04,035

that where we work towards just being

the, being the actor in the role and

1099

45:04 ,035 --> 00:45:06,105

not a, and not an ethnicity in a role.

1100

45:06 ,255 --> 00:45:06,675

You know?

1101

45:07 ,515 --> 00:45:07,845

Yeah.

1102

45:07 ,845 --> 00:45:08,025

Marc Preston: Yeah.

1103

45:08 ,025 --> 00:45:10,095

That's, that's, that to

me is the way I've always.

1104

45:10 ,700 --> 00:45:14,240

Perceived it, but I've always, they

say, you know, people say, don't see

1105

45:14 ,240 --> 00:45:15,680

color, you don't see culture, whatever.

1106

45:15 ,890 --> 00:45:15,980

Sure.

1107

45:15 ,980 --> 00:45:18,770

I'm like, absolutely see it, because I

want to, I wanna know about the food.

1108

45:18 ,770 --> 00:45:22,940

I wanna know about how the first time

I'm a fungo, the first time I was like,

1109

45:23 ,300 --> 00:45:25,790

where has this been my whole life?

1110

45:26 ,000 --> 00:45:26,210

You know what?

1111

45:26 ,625 --> 00:45:28,190

Felix Solis: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1112

45:28 ,190 --> 00:45:29,540

It's been right there the whole time.

1113

45:29 ,540 --> 00:45:29,900

Sure.

1114

45:30 ,110 --> 00:45:32,870

But that's also, you know,

that's part of, uh, that's part

1115

45:32 ,870 --> 00:45:33,920

of what you're talking about.

1116

45:33 ,920 --> 00:45:36,800

We were talking about before, like

you've been born in New York City,

1117

45:36 ,800 --> 00:45:39,200

you would've known what more fungo

was when you were three, you know,

1118

45:39 ,230 --> 00:45:42,680

but being born in a certain part of a

country or certain part of the areas,

1119

45:42 ,680 --> 00:45:45,440

you, you are what you have around you.

1120

45:45 ,470 --> 00:45:47,780

Those are your immediate

references, you know?

1121

45:48 ,230 --> 00:45:51,350

Uh, and then those of us who

are brave enough go, all right,

1122

45:51 ,350 --> 00:45:52,340

well I want more than that.

1123

45:52 ,340 --> 00:45:54,980

Like you said, I want more than

just what's around me immediately.

1124

45:54 ,980 --> 00:45:58,100

That feels all the same, for lack

of a better way of saying it.

1125

45:58 ,100 --> 00:45:59,510

And I wanna go and see something else.

1126

45:59 ,540 --> 00:46:00,440

Lemme go see what that is.

1127

46:00 ,440 --> 00:46:02,810

Let me introduce myself to that

and let me learn what that is.

1128

46:02 ,810 --> 00:46:04,160

And that's, you know,

1129

46:04 Puerto Rican Cuisine and Cooking

46:04 ,220 --> 00:46:04,940

Marc Preston: that's legit.

1130

46:04 ,945 --> 00:46:08,305

Well, I mean, I gotta ask, I mean, Puerto

Rican lineage, you gotta know what's,

1131

46:08 ,335 --> 00:46:10,885

what's your kind of, your go-to, uh, dish?

1132

46:10 ,885 --> 00:46:13,015

What, what is something

that is like home for you?

1133

46:13 ,015 --> 00:46:13,315

Kind of?

1134

46:13 ,825 --> 00:46:13,975

Felix Solis: Yeah.

1135

46:13 ,975 --> 00:46:16,525

My mother used to make these

things called pastels, which

1136

46:16 ,525 --> 00:46:18,565

were like, uh, green banana.

1137

46:18 ,565 --> 00:46:19,070

Banana, banana.

1138

46:19 ,315 --> 00:46:19,765

Yeah.

1139

46:19 ,765 --> 00:46:22,495

Well, there's pastels in other

different countries, but in Puerto

1140

46:22 ,495 --> 00:46:25,405

Rico these are like, these are banana.

1141

46:25 ,654 --> 00:46:30,154

Uh, blended mushed meat pies that

are wrapped in, yeah, sometimes

1142

46:30 ,154 --> 00:46:33,185

wrapped in banana leaves, sometimes

wrapped in, uh, wax paper.

1143

46:33 ,185 --> 00:46:34,985

Or not wax paper, but like cooking paper.

1144

46:35 ,195 --> 00:46:38,225

And then you boil them and there's

a meat inside, there's a pork

1145

46:38 ,225 --> 00:46:42,305

and kind of a, a stewy, kind of

a mixture that goes inside of it.

1146

46:42 ,305 --> 00:46:43,295

And there's softer ones.

1147

46:43 ,295 --> 00:46:47,675

And then there are those, uh, uh,

pastels that are the ones that are fried

1148

46:47 ,675 --> 00:46:51,665

with the kind of Yeah, kinda like the

Jamaican, uh, the Jamaican patties.

1149

46:51 ,670 --> 00:46:51,700

Exactly.

1150

46:52 ,865 --> 00:46:53,259

Pat, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1151

46:53 ,615 --> 00:46:56,105

But to me, those were the things

that I, that, and when I, when

1152

46:56 ,105 --> 00:46:58,565

I think Puerto Rican food, I

think that because that, that I.

1153

46:59 ,145 --> 00:47:03,075

I, I see that, and I see myself in

the kitchen with my mother helping her

1154

47:03 ,075 --> 00:47:05,025

scrape and cut and peel the bananas.

1155

47:05 ,325 --> 00:47:08,775

I'm there watching her put the, you

know, the seasoning inside of it.

1156

47:08 ,985 --> 00:47:12,465

I'm there helping her tie the, the,

the meat pies, the, the pastels when

1157

47:12 ,465 --> 00:47:15,195

we're done with, uh, uh, making them.

1158

47:15 ,195 --> 00:47:16,065

And I was in the kitchen.

1159

47:16 ,065 --> 00:47:17,025

That's how I learned how to cook.

1160

47:17 ,025 --> 00:47:22,245

I, I, I, I, I became a cook because

I didn't have a babysitter, right?

1161

47:22 ,635 --> 00:47:25,785

I became the, I became the cook because

my mother couldn't afford a babysitter.

1162

47:25 ,785 --> 00:47:28,905

So instead of me putting me with a

babysitter somewhere so she could

1163

47:28 ,905 --> 00:47:31,905

cook, I was standing right next to

her in the kitchen helping her cook.

1164

47:31 ,905 --> 00:47:32,835

And that's how I know how to cook.

1165

47:39 The Seven Questions

47:39 ,885 --> 00:47:42,615

Marc Preston: Last thing we do here,

uh, I always do my seven questions.

1166

47:42 ,675 --> 00:47:42,975

Sure.

1167

47:43 ,005 --> 00:47:47,325

Uh, and, uh, you know, a little fun,

uh, I always ask the first one, which

1168

47:47 ,325 --> 00:47:49,455

I always task ask, always talk food.

1169

47:49 ,545 --> 00:47:53,745

Um, what is your favorite comfort food?

1170

47:53 ,925 --> 00:47:57,105

That thing that just, you know, good

day, bad day doesn't make a difference.

1171

47:57 ,105 --> 00:47:58,665

It just brings you right

where you wanna be.

1172

47:59 ,235 --> 00:48:02,535

Slice of pizza, I gotta know what,

what's going on the pizza and

1173

48:02 ,535 --> 00:48:04,005

maybe is there a specific place?

1174

48:04 ,005 --> 00:48:06,464

'cause all New Yorkers I know

got their place they go to.

1175

48:06 ,705 --> 00:48:08,745

Felix Solis: Well, here's an

interesting thing that I've decided.

1176

48:08 ,745 --> 00:48:11,535

I'm just, I, I've been doing for

the last maybe 10 or 12 years

1177

48:11 ,535 --> 00:48:14,295

or so, uh, before that I used to

say, this is where you gotta go to

1178

48:14 ,295 --> 00:48:15,554

get a slice of pizza in New York.

1179

48:15 ,585 --> 00:48:15,674

Mm-hmm.

1180

48:16 ,755 --> 00:48:21,435

And then I realized it from a,

from a Buddhist perspective, if

1181

48:21 ,435 --> 00:48:27,134

you will, the best pizza in New

York is the one you choose to make

1182

48:27 ,134 --> 00:48:28,575

the best pizza in New York, right?

1183

48:28 ,575 --> 00:48:28,665

Mm-hmm.

1184

48:28 ,904 --> 00:48:32,654

Because tope to pizza, pizza for me

in New York is like a cigar, right?

1185

48:33 ,255 --> 00:48:36,045

I can smoke a cigar, you can

smoke this, the same cigar, you'll

1186

48:36 ,045 --> 00:48:37,995

have a different experience Yeah.

1187

48:38 ,115 --> 00:48:38,444

To go out.

1188

48:38 ,444 --> 00:48:38,745

Right?

1189

48:38 ,985 --> 00:48:43,185

So, so, so for me, my favorite

pizza is the one that I like

1190

48:43 ,185 --> 00:48:44,505

when I'm having it in the moment.

1191

48:44 ,505 --> 00:48:45,855

And I like Joe's Pizza.

1192

48:46 ,275 --> 00:48:47,235

Down in the village.

1193

48:47 ,355 --> 00:48:48,375

I like Joe's Pizza.

1194

48:48 ,765 --> 00:48:50,595

And Joe's Pizza for me is thin crust.

1195

48:50 ,595 --> 00:48:53,565

It's got a slight, slight

sweetness to the sauce.

1196

48:53 ,745 --> 00:48:57,255

And I'm able, so Joe's Pizza for

me is like, if I had to let go, all

1197

48:57 ,255 --> 00:49:01,035

right, let me get into Uber and go

get a slice of pizza, I'm going there.

1198

49:01 ,545 --> 00:49:05,654

Uh, but, but I, I love telling people

who come to New York who say, well, well,

1199

49:05 ,654 --> 00:49:07,185

you know, what's the best pizza to go to?

1200

49:07 ,185 --> 00:49:10,154

And I go, it's gonna be the one that you

find that you're gonna say, you know what?

1201

49:10 ,154 --> 00:49:12,285

Slice, you know, what is the

best pizza for me in New York?

1202

49:12 ,465 --> 00:49:15,345

It's the one on 18th Street and

ninth Avenue where the guy's from

1203

49:15 ,345 --> 00:49:18,404

Mexico and he makes this great sauce

and they play great music and the.

1204

49:18 ,960 --> 00:49:20,910

That's your experience

with pizza in New York.

1205

49:20 ,910 --> 00:49:21,180

You know,

1206

49:22 ,170 --> 00:49:24,210

Marc Preston: see, you said

the experience, it's not just

1207

49:24 ,210 --> 00:49:25,470

the, it's, it's everything.

1208

49:25 ,470 --> 00:49:26,665

It's, it's, uh, everything around it.

1209

49:26 ,705 --> 00:49:27,464

Absolute, sometimes a journey.

1210

49:27 ,464 --> 00:49:28,065

Getting to it.

1211

49:28 ,415 --> 00:49:29,339

It's that thing when you're

1212

49:29 ,339 --> 00:49:29,759

Felix Solis: there.

1213

49:29 ,790 --> 00:49:30,660

Sure.

1214

49:30 ,660 --> 00:49:31,020

Yeah.

1215

49:31 ,020 --> 00:49:34,200

It's the one that's open till two in the

morning that you can always go to when

1216

49:34 ,200 --> 00:49:38,220

you're done, you know, having beers or

something, or you're like, it's, it's your

1217

49:38 ,220 --> 00:49:42,420

slice, your, the, the best slice in New

York City is your slice in New York City,

1218

49:42 ,630 --> 00:49:42,900

Marc Preston: you know?

1219

49:42 ,930 --> 00:49:43,020

Yeah.

1220

49:43 ,020 --> 00:49:47,069

I think there's a, a, a place in

Santa Monica where somebody had

1221

49:47 ,069 --> 00:49:50,549

gone and, and reverse engineered,

they actually brought in a chemist.

1222

49:50 ,549 --> 00:49:50,610

Yeah.

1223

49:50 ,640 --> 00:49:54,569

And they, they, they, I know minerals

or something with the water to make

1224

49:54 ,569 --> 00:49:58,560

a, just the same formulation is like

the water in New York as they say it.

1225

49:58 ,560 --> 00:49:59,310

It's Joe Pizza.

1226

49:59 ,700 --> 00:50:01,950

Felix Solis: That, that one is

actually called Joe's Pizza.

1227

50:02 ,279 --> 00:50:02,790

Marc Preston: Really?

1228

50:02 ,794 --> 00:50:02,955

Okay.

1229

50:02 ,960 --> 00:50:03,720

Okay.

1230

50:03 ,720 --> 00:50:03,810

It's

1231

50:03 ,810 --> 00:50:06,285

Felix Solis: affiliated to the Joe's

Pizza that I'm talking about in New

1232

50:06 ,285 --> 00:50:07,859

York and the one on Carmont Street.

1233

50:07 ,859 --> 00:50:08,069

Yeah.

1234

50:08 ,310 --> 00:50:10,859

Marc Preston: I always do this when,

uh, before I've had lunch and I'm,

1235

50:10 ,859 --> 00:50:12,180

or about, I haven't had lunch yet.

1236

50:12 ,180 --> 00:50:13,799

I'm going, God, that

sounds so good right now.

1237

50:13 ,890 --> 00:50:14,640

That sounds wonderful.

1238

50:15 ,149 --> 00:50:17,910

Um, now the next question I got for

you, if you're gonna sit down, talk

1239

50:17 ,910 --> 00:50:21,000

story, you're gonna be sitting down

having coffee with three people, so four

1240

50:21 ,000 --> 00:50:23,279

of y'all at the table, living or not.

1241

50:23 ,279 --> 00:50:24,450

Who would those three people be?

1242

50:24 ,450 --> 00:50:25,919

Would you would wanna sit down with

1243

50:27 ,060 --> 00:50:30,180

Felix Solis: Albert

Kaus, Charles Bukowski.

1244

50:30 ,810 --> 00:50:31,319

Albert Kaus.

1245

50:31 ,589 --> 00:50:35,069

Charles Charles Bukowski, and, and my mom.

1246

50:35 ,310 --> 00:50:35,910

I love that.

1247

50:35 ,910 --> 00:50:36,180

Yeah.

1248

50:36 ,180 --> 00:50:40,080

I, yeah, my mother and my mother and

I would, we, we were really good at

1249

50:40 ,080 --> 00:50:44,460

shooting the shit together, so, so I

can only imagine what, what, uh, what

1250

50:44 ,460 --> 00:50:48,000

kind of fun, thought provoking things

my mother would be able to offer.

1251

50:48 ,060 --> 00:50:48,990

Uh, you know, camo.

1252

50:50 ,009 --> 00:50:50,339

Marc Preston: Yeah, boss.

1253

50:50 ,339 --> 00:50:51,660

As you get, as you get older, don't you?

1254

50:51 ,660 --> 00:50:55,259

I've been doing this thing lately

where I just for a micro split.

1255

50:55 ,545 --> 00:50:56,595

Fraction of a second.

1256

50:56 ,595 --> 00:50:59,295

I, I experienced something

with one of my kids, or in life

1257

50:59 ,295 --> 00:51:00,315

or in business or something.

1258

51:00 ,315 --> 00:51:01,575

I'm like, man, I'd love to.

1259

51:01 ,635 --> 00:51:05,205

It's like just my, like my grandfather

had a wonderful relationship with.

1260

51:05 ,340 --> 00:51:05,630

Sure.

1261

51:05 ,925 --> 00:51:08,745

Uh, he's not with us anymore,

been over 20 years, but it's

1262

51:08 ,745 --> 00:51:09,495

like, I want to talk to him.

1263

51:09 ,495 --> 00:51:10,425

I'm always, Hey, hey, what do you think?

1264

51:10 ,425 --> 00:51:10,485

Yeah.

1265

51:10 ,905 --> 00:51:12,585

And it just a fraction of a second.

1266

51:12 ,585 --> 00:51:16,065

'cause you know that it's, I wish

had the presence of mine when I

1267

51:16 ,065 --> 00:51:20,265

wish, when I was younger I knew the

questions that now I would like to ask.

1268

51:20 ,265 --> 00:51:20,355

Sure.

1269

51:20 ,355 --> 00:51:22,755

You know, that kinda so that

that would be wonderful.

1270

51:23 ,295 --> 00:51:25,965

In fact, it's funny I mentioned

to Alan Watts, Anthony Bourdain.

1271

51:26 ,115 --> 00:51:26,325

Yeah.

1272

51:26 ,325 --> 00:51:27,525

I would have them and my grandfather.

1273

51:27 ,525 --> 00:51:28,335

That would be my tip.

1274

51:28 ,340 --> 00:51:28,470

Totally.

1275

51:28 ,875 --> 00:51:29,325

Totally.

1276

51:29 ,325 --> 00:51:30,315

Absolutely.

1277

51:30 ,525 --> 00:51:30,705

Yeah.

1278

51:30 ,705 --> 00:51:33,710

I'm cotting the fact you had a chance

to talk hot dogs with uh, yeah.

1279

51:33 ,710 --> 00:51:33,711

Yeah.

1280

51:35 ,565 --> 00:51:36,585

Hey man, I just listened.

1281

51:36 ,585 --> 00:51:39,165

I just overheard the fucking

conversation, but it was amazing.

1282

51:39 ,165 --> 00:51:39,975

It was amazing.

1283

51:40 ,065 --> 00:51:40,905

That is awesome.

1284

51:40 ,905 --> 00:51:41,745

But no, that's wonderful.

1285

51:41 ,745 --> 00:51:43,725

Now let's go back to when you were young.

1286

51:43 ,725 --> 00:51:44,505

Next question.

1287

51:44 ,535 --> 00:51:47,985

Uh, who was the first celebrity

crush you had when you were a kid?

1288

51:49 ,170 --> 00:51:50,100

So the first movie

1289

51:50 ,100 --> 00:51:55,529

Felix Solis: that I saw as a child

was, uh, the, the, uh, the King

1290

51:55 ,529 --> 00:51:57,359

Kong, the, the, the, uh mm-hmm.

1291

51:57 ,600 --> 00:52:00,569

Jeff Ridges and, and uh, and

Jessica Lang version of King Kong.

1292

52:00 ,569 --> 00:52:01,230

Right, okay.

1293

52:01 ,290 --> 00:52:02,130

That was the first movie I saw.

1294

52:02 ,549 --> 00:52:03,480

Super traumatized.

1295

52:03 ,480 --> 00:52:05,370

I saw it at the Greenwich

Village Theaters, a one screen

1296

52:05 ,370 --> 00:52:06,330

theater on Greenwich Village.

1297

52:06 ,330 --> 00:52:06,990

It's no longer there.

1298

52:06 ,990 --> 00:52:08,490

I think it's an Equinox now or something.

1299

52:08 ,910 --> 00:52:13,980

But, uh, but, uh, my dad, my dad took

me to see that and I was like, whoa.

1300

52:14 ,339 --> 00:52:15,150

Pretty cool.

1301

52:15 ,240 --> 00:52:16,920

So I was in love with King Kong.

1302

52:16 ,935 --> 00:52:17,145

King Kong

1303

52:17 ,145 --> 00:52:17,235

Felix Solis (2): was

1304

52:18 ,435 --> 00:52:21,765

Felix Solis: my first, like,

I want to be King Kong.

1305

52:21 ,765 --> 00:52:22,035

Right.

1306

52:22 ,035 --> 00:52:24,465

But I didn't wanna be King Kong because

I watched and I was like, wait, he

1307

52:24 ,465 --> 00:52:27,285

climbs to the top of the Empire State

Building or the, the World Trade Center

1308

52:27 ,285 --> 00:52:32,775

in that, in that, uh, version of it, of

which I used to skate, uh, my skateboard

1309

52:32 ,775 --> 00:52:35,750

around the, uh, you know, uh, world

Trade Center Plaza is what I would do.

1310

52:35 ,750 --> 00:52:36,029

Mm-hmm.

1311

52:36 ,115 --> 00:52:38,325

My mom would take me and I would

skateboard around there to learn how to

1312

52:38 ,325 --> 00:52:39,855

skateboard and stuff when I was a kid.

1313

52:39 ,884 --> 00:52:41,025

'cause it's super smooth.

1314

52:41 ,025 --> 00:52:41,415

Super.

1315

52:41 ,415 --> 00:52:44,445

Uh, it was a marble floor, the plaza

in the middle between the two towers.

1316

52:44 ,805 --> 00:52:45,105

Right.

1317

52:45 ,105 --> 00:52:48,315

And so I saw that and uh,

and I was like, no shit.

1318

52:48 ,555 --> 00:52:50,745

And then the next thing

I saw was Scarface.

1319

52:50 ,745 --> 00:52:52,605

My dad went, took me to say Scarface.

1320

52:52 ,845 --> 00:52:53,355

Okay.

1321

52:53 ,384 --> 00:52:53,595

He, wow.

1322

52:54 ,045 --> 00:52:54,345

Okay.

1323

52:54 ,345 --> 00:52:56,775

So yeah, he about ratings or whatever.

1324

52:57 ,105 --> 00:53:00,195

Oh, neither my parents, they

were like, fuck it, I can smoke

1325

53:00 ,195 --> 00:53:01,095

a cigarette in this theater.

1326

53:01 ,095 --> 00:53:08,265

I'm bringing my kid to C So, so, so, uh,

so we saw, we saw Scarface and uh, and

1327

53:08 ,265 --> 00:53:10,665

then I was like, that guy's incredible.

1328

53:10 ,665 --> 00:53:12,105

Who is that guy?

1329

53:12 ,165 --> 00:53:15,735

So I started, you know, getting

into and learning about the much as

1330

53:15 ,735 --> 00:53:18,315

much as I could about Al Pacino and.

1331

53:19 ,065 --> 00:53:23,685

And as much as I have always honored

and loved him and have learned

1332

53:23 ,685 --> 00:53:28,305

so much, and I had the honor, the

honor and the, and the privilege of

1333

53:28 ,305 --> 00:53:30,015

sharing some theater space with him.

1334

53:30 ,015 --> 00:53:33,435

We worked on, I'm a member of the Actor

Studio, and there was a moment where

1335

53:33 ,435 --> 00:53:37,455

they asked me to become a member of the

staged readings that he was doing of

1336

53:37 ,455 --> 00:53:40,185

Sole of Oscar Wild Solame at the studio.

1337

53:40 ,455 --> 00:53:42,195

And, uh, and I was, I

had a chance to do it.

1338

53:42 ,220 --> 00:53:44,205

I did it for almost six months

or something in the studio.

1339

53:44 ,205 --> 00:53:45,105

It was fantastic.

1340

53:45 ,555 --> 00:53:48,615

But when I was seeing him and I was

like, I just, something about me,

1341

53:48 ,615 --> 00:53:51,435

again, going back to the beginning

of our conversation where I am

1342

53:51 ,435 --> 00:53:53,085

somebody who is addicted to origin.

1343

53:53 ,085 --> 00:53:54,975

I, I, I wanna know where shit comes from.

1344

53:55 ,395 --> 00:53:56,266

And so, right, right.

1345

53:56 ,295 --> 00:53:59,355

And so I, I was like, well, he

can't be the guy who invented

1346

53:59 ,355 --> 00:54:01,095

this amazing way of acting.

1347

54:01 ,365 --> 00:54:02,715

So who taught him?

1348

54:03 ,405 --> 00:54:03,705

Right?

1349

54:03 ,710 --> 00:54:03,740

Mm-hmm.

1350

54:03 ,825 --> 00:54:07,065

And where did he get it and where did he

get it and where he and it land for me.

1351

54:07 ,065 --> 00:54:08,745

It landed at Montgomery Cliff.

1352

54:10 ,015 --> 00:54:10,315

Marc Preston: Yeah.

1353

54:10 ,315 --> 00:54:11,845

Isn't that the beautiful

thing about acting?

1354

54:11 ,845 --> 00:54:13,585

It's, it's, it, people say stealing.

1355

54:13 ,585 --> 00:54:14,365

It's not stealing.

1356

54:14 ,365 --> 00:54:15,865

It's like you're carrying on a tradition.

1357

54:15 ,865 --> 00:54:17,995

You're getting your stuff from

fired from somewhere else.

1358

54:17 ,995 --> 00:54:19,135

Felix Solis: Honoring

You're paying homage too.

1359

54:19 ,135 --> 00:54:19,885

Absolutely.

1360

54:20 ,245 --> 00:54:23,815

And and for me, it landed at

Montgomery Cliff, I think before money.

1361

54:24 ,205 --> 00:54:25,165

Before money.

1362

54:25 ,165 --> 00:54:27,625

And, and, and I'm a huge bogey fan.

1363

54:27 ,625 --> 00:54:30,265

Like fucking Humphrey Bogart is my dude.

1364

54:30 ,895 --> 00:54:31,825

So I know that.

1365

54:31 ,975 --> 00:54:34,435

'cause no one knew his light

better than any other person

1366

54:34 ,435 --> 00:54:35,545

in Hollywood was Humphrey Ball.

1367

54:35 ,545 --> 00:54:36,330

Really, really, really.

1368

54:36 ,335 --> 00:54:38,035

No one knew where his

light was better than him.

1369

54:38 ,615 --> 00:54:42,725

And no one knew how to forget where their

light was better than Montgomery Cliff.

1370

54:42 ,995 --> 00:54:46,865

So from, from, from from Humphrey

Bogart, in my eyes, personal

1371

54:46 ,865 --> 00:54:50,795

opinion, I'm sure there's differs,

differing, uh, uh, opinions out there.

1372

54:50 ,795 --> 00:54:55,925

But for me, the shift became, it, it

went from Humphrey Bogart to Montgomery

1373

54:55 ,925 --> 00:54:59,615

Cliff, where Humphrey Bogart knew where

his light was, where to stand, where to

1374

54:59 ,615 --> 00:55:01,385

put his face, where to get the best shot.

1375

55:01 ,745 --> 00:55:04,385

And Montgomery Cliff didn't give a

shit about where the camera was, where

1376

55:04 ,385 --> 00:55:07,790

the light was, and he wanted to just

be in a scene with a person, right?

1377

55:07 ,805 --> 00:55:07,895

Right.

1378

55:07 ,895 --> 00:55:09,485

Just talking to that person.

1379

55:09 ,545 --> 00:55:12,995

And what was most important is what he

was trying to do to the other person.

1380

55:13 ,955 --> 00:55:16,175

The action is what we call it, his actors.

1381

55:16 ,175 --> 00:55:17,015

What's your action?

1382

55:17 ,015 --> 00:55:19,145

What are you doing to the

other person in a scene?

1383

55:19 ,145 --> 00:55:24,275

Because that's what drove me and that's

what clicked me into my creative.

1384

55:24 ,870 --> 00:55:25,950

Engine, if you will.

1385

55:25 ,950 --> 00:55:29,310

I was always struggling early

on in an acting class with, with

1386

55:29 ,310 --> 00:55:30,689

what we call the objective, right?

1387

55:30 ,689 --> 00:55:32,250

You know, is what's your objective?

1388

55:32 ,250 --> 00:55:33,240

What's your character's objective, right?

1389

55:33 ,779 --> 00:55:37,259

Which ultimately what you're asking is

what does my character want in this scene?

1390

55:37 ,529 --> 00:55:39,390

And I was always having trouble with that.

1391

55:39 ,509 --> 00:55:40,470

I was always having trouble.

1392

55:40 ,470 --> 00:55:42,540

I didn't know why, but I

was always having trouble.

1393

55:42 ,839 --> 00:55:46,140

And then I talked to my mom, and this

is why I said I'd have her sitting there

1394

55:46 ,140 --> 00:55:50,040

with Bukowski and Kaus because I asked my

mom, I was like, what is going on here?

1395

55:50 ,040 --> 00:55:50,970

This is ridiculous.

1396

55:50 ,970 --> 00:55:52,200

I'm like having such a hard time.

1397

55:52 ,200 --> 00:55:55,799

And she said, well, to quote

Shakespeare to the known self be true.

1398

55:55 ,799 --> 00:55:59,580

And she said, well, the problem you are

having is that you are not a selfish

1399

55:59 ,580 --> 00:56:05,939

person, Felix, you, you the person

are not selfish and an objective.

1400

56:05 ,939 --> 00:56:06,210

So did you

1401

56:06 ,210 --> 00:56:09,990

Marc Preston: flip it and ask, think about

it in terms of like, what do they want?

1402

56:10 ,380 --> 00:56:12,000

What, what do, what can, what am

1403

56:12 ,000 --> 00:56:13,230

Felix Solis: I doing to them?

1404

56:13 ,590 --> 00:56:14,910

What am I doing to them?

1405

56:14 ,940 --> 00:56:17,759

Because still a want is

still for me, a selfish act.

1406

56:18 ,030 --> 00:56:21,360

And so I say to myself, so, so

she said, you're going against,

1407

56:21 ,360 --> 00:56:22,470

it's going against your grain.

1408

56:22 ,470 --> 00:56:26,190

You are naturally a selfless

person, not a selfish person.

1409

56:26 ,310 --> 00:56:30,930

And so therefore you have to figure out

a way to act for something, for someone

1410

56:30 ,930 --> 00:56:33,180

else doing it to the other person.

1411

56:33 ,180 --> 00:56:35,100

So what is it that you're doing to them?

1412

56:35 ,100 --> 00:56:35,759

For them?

1413

56:35 ,759 --> 00:56:35,850

Mm-hmm.

1414

56:36 ,090 --> 00:56:36,660

Of service?

1415

56:36 ,660 --> 00:56:37,920

You are of service, Felix.

1416

56:38 ,070 --> 00:56:43,440

And when she said that, and it shifted in

my mind, I saw that, I saw that clearly

1417

56:43 ,440 --> 00:56:48,450

when I started watching Montgomery Cliffs,

uh, movies and his work where he didn't

1418

56:48 ,450 --> 00:56:49,680

give a shit about what he looked like.

1419

56:49 ,680 --> 00:56:53,670

He didn't give, yes, he was Hollywood in

that regard, but I meant in movies, in

1420

56:53 ,670 --> 00:56:57,600

scenes, he was always about what's going,

what he's doing to the other person,

1421

56:57 ,600 --> 00:56:59,340

affecting the other person in the scene.

1422

56:59 ,340 --> 00:57:04,680

And that, so to me, uh, to answer your

question directly, Montgomery Cliff.

1423

57:05 ,205 --> 00:57:05,505

Marc Preston: Yeah.

1424

57:05 ,595 --> 00:57:08,475

Well, what is okay, quintessential

movie to say somebody, Montgomery Cliff,

1425

57:08 ,745 --> 00:57:12,225

this is gonna be the thing you gotta

see to be able to see him at his best.

1426

57:12 ,435 --> 00:57:16,305

To see him when his with, you know, what

would you, what film would you recommend?

1427

57:16 ,305 --> 00:57:16,335

I,

1428

57:16 ,410 --> 00:57:19,395

Felix Solis: I, I'd say, I'd say

anything that he did with, with,

1429

57:19 ,455 --> 00:57:24,675

uh, uh, Elizabeth Taylor, he, and he

did a, he did a, a Place in the sun.

1430

57:25 ,365 --> 00:57:27,405

He did, uh, from here to Eternity

1431

57:28 ,065 --> 00:57:28,755

Marc Preston: Giant.

1432

57:29 ,055 --> 00:57:30,975

I, that's one of my

favorite movies of all time.

1433

57:30 ,975 --> 00:57:33,075

That's just like everybody was in that,

1434

57:33 ,135 --> 00:57:33,435

Felix Solis: you know?

1435

57:33 ,440 --> 00:57:34,155

Yeah, yeah.

1436

57:34 ,155 --> 00:57:35,805

Frank Sinatra's performance was.

1437

57:36 ,404 --> 00:57:37,545

Ridiculous in that.

1438

57:38 ,115 --> 00:57:40,609

Uh, and Ernest Bine was,

was a really nice guy.

1439

57:40 ,609 --> 00:57:40,890

Yeah.

1440

57:41 ,710 --> 00:57:43,634

You know, and he was so

strong as the meanie.

1441

57:43 ,634 --> 00:57:44,415

Absolutely.

1442

57:44 ,415 --> 00:57:45,134

It was tough.

1443

57:45 ,555 --> 00:57:48,435

But, uh, you know, that's, that's

pushing, that's pushing in the world

1444

57:48 ,435 --> 00:57:53,085

of, after Montgomery Cliff had a very

life altering car accident in his career

1445

57:53 ,384 --> 00:57:54,915

and, uh, in the middle of his career.

1446

57:54 ,915 --> 00:57:59,535

So he, so there was a shift there, but

before the accident, he would do, he, you

1447

57:59 ,535 --> 00:58:03,495

know, I think I wanna say a place in the

sun might be the one where you just go,

1448

58:04 ,035 --> 00:58:06,525

what is, what is happening right here?

1449

58:06 ,615 --> 00:58:08,085

Like this guy?

1450

58:08 ,205 --> 00:58:11,654

And to the point where you literally,

he's like, you know, here's the camera.

1451

58:11 ,654 --> 00:58:14,210

And he's, he's invading

the space, like mm-hmm.

1452

58:14 ,415 --> 00:58:15,765

You have to wait for him to move.

1453

58:15 ,884 --> 00:58:20,055

If you watch a scene that Montgomery

Cliff is in, the, the thing that I always

1454

58:20 ,055 --> 00:58:23,805

like to tell people to, to, to kind of

bug them out a bit, is you pull up a

1455

58:23 ,805 --> 00:58:26,535

scene that Montgomery Cliff is doing

with someone, and then don't look at mon,

1456

58:26 ,924 --> 00:58:30,254

look at the actor or actress that he's

working with, and you'll see the light

1457

58:30 ,734 --> 00:58:33,555

fade off face on her face into her face.

1458

58:33 ,645 --> 00:58:33,825

Really?

1459

58:33 ,825 --> 00:58:35,025

It was literally not.

1460

58:35 ,200 --> 00:58:39,490

Aware, and I don't wanna say not aware,

like he was dumb, but just didn't care.

1461

58:39 ,490 --> 00:58:42,220

Like the technical wasn't the

thing he was dialed into at the

1462

58:42 ,225 --> 00:58:44,350

moment, didn't care about what was

happening to the other person and

1463

58:44 ,350 --> 00:58:45,400

what they were doing in the scene.

1464

58:45 ,400 --> 00:58:46,990

He was a storyteller in that regard.

1465

58:46 ,990 --> 00:58:50,830

And to me that was that, that,

that's, uh, I still carry

1466

58:50 ,830 --> 00:58:51,940

that with me today, you know?

1467

58:51 ,970 --> 00:58:52,090

Marc Preston: Yeah.

1468

58:52 ,090 --> 00:58:52,930

My guy was carried.

1469

58:52 ,930 --> 00:58:58,090

Grant, I, that's like, you know, um,

I, I, I once did this old narrative

1470

58:58 ,090 --> 00:59:00,790

thing, and I remember one of the

lines, he said, the greatest part Kerry

1471

59:00 ,790 --> 00:59:02,620

Grant ever played was Kerry Grant.

1472

59:02 ,620 --> 00:59:02,740

You know,

1473

59:03 ,640 --> 00:59:04,330

Felix Solis: because it was Sure.

1474

59:04 ,390 --> 00:59:06,100

That's, uh, yeah, that was the thing.

1475

59:06 ,220 --> 00:59:09,220

And I think that, and you liken that to

Humphrey, although, although Humphrey

1476

59:09 ,220 --> 00:59:14,080

Bogart also did, he, he, he, he pulled

and stretched in places that he, you

1477

59:14 ,080 --> 00:59:18,220

know, that were, were, he was somewhat

different, you know, but he's still in

1478

59:18 ,220 --> 00:59:20,290

that era of this is who this man was.

1479

59:20 ,290 --> 00:59:22,210

He knew exactly how to stand, you know?

1480

59:22 ,570 --> 00:59:25,300

And I think, uh, and there were

moments, uh, you know, where

1481

59:25 ,330 --> 00:59:28,270

towards the end of his career where

he, uh, where he shifted a bit.

1482

59:28 ,935 --> 00:59:31,215

But yeah, Montgomery Cliff

for me will always be,

1483

59:31 ,305 --> 00:59:31,515

Marc Preston: yeah.

1484

59:31 ,515 --> 00:59:33,465

Well, since my daughter is out

tonight, I probably, I'm gonna

1485

59:33 ,465 --> 00:59:34,815

go jump on to the streamers.

1486

59:34 ,815 --> 00:59:36,975

I, I'm gonna have a little movie

night with myself, a little

1487

59:36 ,975 --> 00:59:38,145

date night with me in the car.

1488

59:38 ,205 --> 00:59:38,595

Oh yeah.

1489

59:38 ,620 --> 00:59:39,315

Felix Solis (2): Good, good, good.

1490

59:39 ,675 --> 00:59:42,645

Marc Preston: Now the next question I

got for you, uh, I, if you're gonna be

1491

59:42 ,645 --> 00:59:46,095

living on an exotic island somewhere, you

want to be somewhere that's beautiful,

1492

59:46 ,125 --> 00:59:47,565

gonna be there a whole year, right?

1493

59:47 ,565 --> 00:59:50,925

There's no streaming, so you're

gonna have to bring one CD with you.

1494

59:50 ,925 --> 00:59:54,705

If you wanna listen to music,

just one CD and 1D VDA movie you

1495

59:54 ,705 --> 00:59:56,175

can watch over and over again.

1496

59:56 ,625 --> 00:59:58,245

Uh, what would that cd be?

1497

59:58 ,365 --> 01:00:00,825

What would that DVD be for

you for the whole year?

1498

1:00:01 ,845 --> 01:00:05,415

Felix Solis: I, I could

watch, um, Miller's Crossing.

1499

1:00:06 ,210 --> 01:00:07,530

Over and over and over again.

1500

1:00:07 ,530 --> 01:00:13,320

Miller's Crossing is in Ethan and,

uh, uh, it's, uh, Cohen Brothers Coen.

1501

1:00:13 ,320 --> 01:00:13,830

Okay.

1502

1:00:13 ,890 --> 01:00:14,100

Yeah.

1503

1:00:14 ,100 --> 01:00:15,420

The Cohen Brothers film.

1504

1:00:15 ,840 --> 01:00:19,590

It, it's, it's affectionately the,

the Irish version of The Godfather.

1505

1:00:20 ,310 --> 01:00:20,880

Uh, okay.

1506

1:00:21 ,180 --> 01:00:23,130

It takes place inside of the Irish Mafia.

1507

1:00:23 ,580 --> 01:00:26,610

Uh, uh, and it's a struggle.

1508

1:00:26 ,610 --> 01:00:28,230

Albert Finney plays the head.

1509

1:00:28 ,650 --> 01:00:29,370

Okay.

1510

1:00:29 ,460 --> 01:00:31,830

Um, there's so many fine actors.

1511

1:00:31 ,830 --> 01:00:33,210

Steve Bohemi is in it.

1512

1:00:33 ,210 --> 01:00:35,100

Gabriel Byrne is our lead.

1513

1:00:35 ,580 --> 01:00:39,840

Uh, and they're just, it's just

a Fanta, John Tarro is in it,

1514

1:00:40 ,110 --> 01:00:43,320

and it's just this power struggle

between two families in a mafia.

1515

1:00:43 ,320 --> 01:00:48,270

But it takes place inside of, in

and around a, uh, uh, the, the

1516

1:00:48 ,270 --> 01:00:51,300

sort of world of, you know, Ethan,

uh, the, the world of the Cohen

1517

1:00:51 ,300 --> 01:00:53,880

brothers, where, where it's, uh, uh.

1518

1:00:55 ,140 --> 01:00:56,370

The language is theirs.

1519

1:00:56 ,370 --> 01:00:57,360

You know, Joel, right?

1520

1:00:57 ,840 --> 01:01:02,340

Ethan, write these incredible, uh,

dialogue pieces that are, that are just

1521

1:01:02 ,340 --> 01:01:05,970

music to my ears, so I could sit and

watch that over and over and over again.

1522

1:01:07 ,500 --> 01:01:10,230

And as far as music goes,

you know, I'm such a fan.

1523

1:01:10 ,230 --> 01:01:14,250

I have close to 5,000 records vinyl

records in my collection today.

1524

1:01:14 ,370 --> 01:01:14,910

Marc Preston: Really?

1525

1:01:14 ,940 --> 01:01:15,600

Yeah.

1526

1:01:15 ,600 --> 01:01:16,680

Isn't it great to know?

1527

1:01:16 ,680 --> 01:01:19,650

Like, I, I, I, I remember there's a

friend of mine who worked in tv uh, in

1528

1:01:19 ,650 --> 01:01:21,750

Dallas and he worked, went to work at WGN.

1529

1:01:21 ,750 --> 01:01:23,220

He's like, listen, I know you love music.

1530

1:01:23 ,730 --> 01:01:24,930

I'm tired of schlepping all these things.

1531

1:01:24 ,930 --> 01:01:27,990

He had these two boxes

moving book boxes Yeah.

1532

1:01:27 ,990 --> 01:01:29,010

Of albums.

1533

1:01:29 ,070 --> 01:01:29,280

Yeah.

1534

1:01:29 ,310 --> 01:01:30,330

Which have traveled with me.

1535

1:01:30 ,330 --> 01:01:33,750

'cause he, he's basically, it's to where

he didn't just want to give him away,

1536

1:01:33 ,750 --> 01:01:35,370

want somebody who would take care of them.

1537

1:01:35 ,370 --> 01:01:35,790

Even if Sure.

1538

1:01:36 ,120 --> 01:01:39,780

I'm sitting there going, I need to go into

storage and find out what vinyl I got.

1539

1:01:39 ,810 --> 01:01:41,460

'cause that's like, you know.

1540

1:01:41 ,465 --> 01:01:41,515

Yeah.

1541

1:01:42 ,090 --> 01:01:42,540

Yeah.

1542

1:01:42 ,840 --> 01:01:45,210

I gotta get a, I got a

beautiful studio set up here.

1543

1:01:45 ,240 --> 01:01:47,130

Uh, and I'm like, I

don't have a turntable.

1544

1:01:47 ,220 --> 01:01:47,610

Yeah.

1545

1:01:47 ,610 --> 01:01:48,540

It's like, it's coming back.

1546

1:01:48 ,540 --> 01:01:49,470

I gotta do that thing,

1547

1:01:49 ,650 --> 01:01:49,890

Felix Solis: you know?

1548

1:01:49 ,890 --> 01:01:50,370

Yeah.

1549

1:01:50 ,370 --> 01:01:52,830

I mean, I think if I

had to, I could listen.

1550

1:01:52 ,830 --> 01:01:57,030

There's a, there's a group that,

uh, very few people know about.

1551

1:01:57 ,090 --> 01:01:58,620

It's a group called Danny Wilson.

1552

1:01:58 ,620 --> 01:02:03,795

Uh, and Danny Wilson is a group

that came out of, uh, Dublin, Ireland.

1553

1:02:03 ,795 --> 01:02:06,735

They're, they're Irish, but they

don't, they don't sing in a, in a

1554

1:02:06 ,795 --> 01:02:11,265

very traditional Irish way, but,

uh, but there's a, there's a, their

1555

1:02:11 ,265 --> 01:02:14,655

first album, one of two that they

released was called Meet Danny Wilson.

1556

1:02:15 ,285 --> 01:02:19,095

And, uh, and I know every lyric

to every song on that record,

1557

1:02:19 ,575 --> 01:02:22,635

uh, and I could listen to that,

uh, over and over and over again.

1558

1:02:23 ,025 --> 01:02:27,555

And, uh, and they were famously, they

were, uh, uh, not famously, but you pop

1559

1:02:27 ,555 --> 01:02:31,755

culturally connected to something about

Mary, because in the film something about

1560

1:02:31 ,755 --> 01:02:36,735

Mary, they used a song that, that Danny

Wilson, the band is called Danny Wilson.

1561

1:02:36 ,735 --> 01:02:37,785

Mm-hmm.

1562

1:02:37 ,786 --> 01:02:41,745

Uh, the, the leader and songwriters,

Gary Clark and Gary Clark wrote

1563

1:02:41 ,745 --> 01:02:45,105

this song called, uh, Mary's Prayer.

1564

1:02:45 ,840 --> 01:02:49,650

And it was a, uh, it was used in

something about Mary and so it kind

1565

1:02:49 ,650 --> 01:02:53,190

of resurrected the band's like,

you know, work for a little bit.

1566

1:02:53 ,190 --> 01:02:53,760

But yeah.

1567

1:02:54 ,180 --> 01:02:56,130

Marc Preston: Wait, was that

the song at the very beginning?

1568

1:02:56 ,130 --> 01:02:57,120

Kind of towards the beginning?

1569

1:02:57 ,120 --> 01:02:59,310

The guys is playing of the

guitar and the Correct Canberra

1570

1:02:59 ,310 --> 01:03:01,050

pushes in past them to the open.

1571

1:03:01 ,080 --> 01:03:02,070

Okay, sure.

1572

1:03:02 ,310 --> 01:03:02,460

Yeah.

1573

1:03:02 ,465 --> 01:03:03,215

And, uh, yeah.

1574

1:03:03 ,215 --> 01:03:03,415

Okay.

1575

1:03:03 ,840 --> 01:03:07,050

Felix Solis: And, and it's the, the, and

the album's called Meet Danny Wilson.

1576

1:03:07 ,440 --> 01:03:09,810

And it's just, you know, it's, it's.

1577

1:03:10 ,485 --> 01:03:10,785

I don't know.

1578

1:03:10 ,845 --> 01:03:14,655

It was, it was the music, it was the

album that I was listening to when I was

1579

1:03:14 ,655 --> 01:03:17,925

lying to my friends growing up in New

York saying that I was listening to hip

1580

1:03:17 ,925 --> 01:03:22,995

hop and I was listening to the cool, cool

in music that was happening at the time.

1581

1:03:22 ,995 --> 01:03:25,305

And then, and then Little did

they know that I was listening

1582

1:03:25 ,305 --> 01:03:26,535

to Danny Wilson in my headset.

1583

1:03:26 ,625 --> 01:03:26,925

Yeah.

1584

1:03:26 ,955 --> 01:03:27,855

Beastie Boys.

1585

1:03:27 ,855 --> 01:03:29,060

The, the other rap, the Beastie.

1586

1:03:29 ,280 --> 01:03:30,135

And I know them all.

1587

1:03:30 ,135 --> 01:03:30,885

I got them all.

1588

1:03:30 ,885 --> 01:03:31,665

I love them all.

1589

1:03:31 ,665 --> 01:03:34,485

I've listened to them all, but it

was, but it, when it was time for

1590

1:03:34 ,485 --> 01:03:36,435

me to just be for myself mm-hmm.

1591

1:03:36 ,675 --> 01:03:39,795

And, and just have the music that

was just for me, the what is have,

1592

1:03:39 ,795 --> 01:03:43,665

I guess, eventually became called

the Guilty Pleasure, uh, stuff.

1593

1:03:43 ,665 --> 01:03:45,675

Is, is, is, uh, Danny Wilson.

1594

1:03:45 ,735 --> 01:03:46,245

I love them.

1595

1:03:46 ,335 --> 01:03:47,085

I love that band.

1596

1:03:47 ,595 --> 01:03:48,225

Marc Preston: Very nice.

1597

1:03:48 ,225 --> 01:03:48,645

Very nice.

1598

1:03:48 ,645 --> 01:03:49,905

So you're set for the whole year there.

1599

1:03:49 ,905 --> 01:03:49,965

Yeah.

1600

1:03:49 ,965 --> 01:03:53,565

Now the next question I got, uh, if

you're gonna be defining beginning

1601

1:03:53 ,565 --> 01:03:58,905

to end stem to stern, uh, what is the

definition of a, like the component

1602

1:03:58 ,905 --> 01:04:01,035

parts of a perfect day for you?

1603

1:04:01 ,455 --> 01:04:02,925

Uh, from the time you get

up, time you go to bed?

1604

1:04:02 ,925 --> 01:04:05,745

What if you'd like, okay, this is

a perfect day, these things happen.

1605

1:04:05 ,775 --> 01:04:06,885

I got to do this stuff.

1606

1:04:06 ,885 --> 01:04:07,605

What would that be?

1607

1:04:08 ,835 --> 01:04:09,075

Right

1608

1:04:09 ,075 --> 01:04:12,105

Felix Solis: off the bat, not

being, uh, forced to wake up.

1609

1:04:12 ,390 --> 01:04:14,130

But waking up when I wake up,

1610

1:04:14 ,759 --> 01:04:16,140

Marc Preston: you don't

know how often I hear that.

1611

1:04:16 ,799 --> 01:04:16,859

No.

1612

1:04:17 ,009 --> 01:04:17,339

Yeah.

1613

1:04:17 ,339 --> 01:04:18,690

The slow start to your day.

1614

1:04:18 ,690 --> 01:04:18,930

Yeah, yeah.

1615

1:04:18 ,930 --> 01:04:19,080

When

1616

1:04:19 ,080 --> 01:04:22,290

Felix Solis: you're forced to wake up,

there's a jarring effect to, to it.

1617

1:04:22 ,295 --> 01:04:23,460

And, and I'm a meditator.

1618

1:04:23 ,460 --> 01:04:24,660

I meditate twice a day.

1619

1:04:25 ,170 --> 01:04:26,970

I do vedic meditation twice a day.

1620

1:04:26 ,970 --> 01:04:29,339

And so, so for me, it's harder.

1621

1:04:29 ,640 --> 01:04:33,540

Uh, I've, I've, I've experienced the

being jolted out of a meditation and

1622

1:04:33 ,540 --> 01:04:36,450

it's hard, is kind of like getting the,

uh, you know, when you're coming out of

1623

1:04:36 ,450 --> 01:04:38,730

the, if you're scuba diving and you're

coming outta the water too fast, you

1624

1:04:38 ,730 --> 01:04:39,960

get the bends or whatever they call it.

1625

1:04:39 ,960 --> 01:04:44,400

But, but, uh, so, so, so being able to

wake up when I wake up, not because I have

1626

1:04:44 ,400 --> 01:04:49,680

to wake up, but when I wake up, uh, having

the quiet of, of my, uh, of my meditation

1627

1:04:49 ,680 --> 01:04:51,870

there, I do meditate with my dogs.

1628

1:04:51 ,870 --> 01:04:54,240

I let them out of their room

and I let them into the bed.

1629

1:04:54 ,240 --> 01:04:57,450

So they come and they sit with me and they

meditate with me, which is always nice.

1630

1:04:57 ,779 --> 01:04:59,940

The younger one's a little

noisy, but that's okay.

1631

1:05:00 ,000 --> 01:05:00,660

She's just always,

1632

1:05:02 ,785 --> 01:05:06,600

uh, but, uh, while we meditate, but,

but, so I meditate with the dogs.

1633

1:05:07 ,525 --> 01:05:09,955

And then I walk, I, I, I move my body.

1634

1:05:09 ,955 --> 01:05:11,005

I go for a walk.

1635

1:05:11 ,485 --> 01:05:14,395

My partner and I, when we're, when

we're lucky enough to be together,

1636

1:05:14 ,425 --> 01:05:18,565

uh, at, at certain stretches, we will

walk them together and you go for a

1637

1:05:18 ,565 --> 01:05:23,335

walk and then you come back and you,

and you, and you don't have to do.

1638

1:05:24 ,435 --> 01:05:28,214

Anything you don't want to, that's,

that's from start to finish.

1639

1:05:28 ,214 --> 01:05:33,134

When, when you are able to live a

day where you can do, uh, everything

1640

1:05:33 ,134 --> 01:05:37,904

you do is not 'cause you have to, but

because you choose to, to me is, is

1641

1:05:37 ,904 --> 01:05:42,795

my, is a, is a perfect day, you know,

ending, I think in general, you know?

1642

1:05:43 ,095 --> 01:05:43,214

Yeah.

1643

1:05:43 ,245 --> 01:05:43,515

That's

1644

1:05:43 ,515 --> 01:05:44,384

Marc Preston: the same way I am.

1645

1:05:44 ,415 --> 01:05:44,714

Yeah.

1646

1:05:44 ,714 --> 01:05:46,935

It's like that vibe where you're

like, when I know I've got

1647

1:05:46 ,935 --> 01:05:50,205

something I have to do and it's not

necessarily exactly what I wanna do.

1648

1:05:50 ,240 --> 01:05:50,529

Felix Solis: Yeah.

1649

1:05:50 ,745 --> 01:05:51,015

And it's

1650

1:05:51 ,015 --> 01:05:52,154

Marc Preston: coming up later in the day.

1651

1:05:52 ,154 --> 01:05:53,085

That's on my mind all day.

1652

1:05:53 ,085 --> 01:05:53,595

I'm like, yeah,

1653

1:05:53 ,770 --> 01:05:54,615

Felix Solis: yeah, yeah.

1654

1:05:54 ,615 --> 01:05:57,975

I mean, going for like, I, I just

wanna be clear about it, like going

1655

1:05:57 ,975 --> 01:06:02,265

to work is, is to, you know, if I'm

gonna go and shoot a scene with.

1656

1:06:02 ,295 --> 01:06:06,015

You know, Kevin Bacon or Julianne

Moore or any of my favorite actors

1657

1:06:06 ,075 --> 01:06:10,125

who have, who I've been lucky enough

to stand and hang out with recently,

1658

1:06:10 ,335 --> 01:06:14,085

that, uh, that you, that you, that

that's not something you have to do.

1659

1:06:14 ,085 --> 01:06:17,595

That's something you wanna do, and that's

something you, you, you get to do, right?

1660

1:06:17 ,595 --> 01:06:18,975

And so and so, it's different.

1661

1:06:18 ,975 --> 01:06:22,425

Like, that's not that, I just mean

like, when you go, I don't why

1662

1:06:22 ,575 --> 01:06:25,305

I'm being forced to do something

I don't wanna do, you know?

1663

1:06:25 ,785 --> 01:06:29,685

So, so for me, a good day start to

finish is doing that, having that quiet

1664

1:06:29 ,685 --> 01:06:34,455

moment, that gentle bring in allows you

to, you know, be grateful for waking up

1665

1:06:34 ,455 --> 01:06:37,725

and being grateful for having another

moment to try this all over again.

1666

1:06:38 ,145 --> 01:06:38,655

Uh.

1667

1:06:39 ,045 --> 01:06:41,565

And then, and then, you know,

living a day where, where the day

1668

1:06:41 ,565 --> 01:06:45,225

takes you, you know, and the best

way possible going with the flow.

1669

1:06:45 ,310 --> 01:06:45,600

Yeah.

1670

1:06:45 ,600 --> 01:06:45,601

Yeah.

1671

1:06:46 ,590 --> 01:06:47,505

When the day takes you.

1672

1:06:47 ,925 --> 01:06:49,605

Marc Preston: Now, uh,

last couple questions.

1673

1:06:49 ,665 --> 01:06:53,025

If you weren't doing this, uh, for

a living, this was not available

1674

1:06:53 ,025 --> 01:06:56,355

to you, this is just not, there's

no more tv, no more theater.

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What's the number two choice career-wise

that would bring you joy, you think?

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Being of

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Felix Solis: service?

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Being of service in some way?

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As long as I can be of service in

some way, I think I'll be okay.

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I think I will, I will still feel, uh,

uh, like I am, uh, contributing in,

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in a way that, uh, I. That, that, that

one should, that every one of us should

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in, in the world that we're living in

the, in the existence that we have.

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So some kind of servitude, whether it's

teaching, uh, cooking for people, uh, you

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know, doing something of service, being

of service to, to our, to our society.

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Felix Solis (2): Yeah.

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Marc Preston: Uh, the last question I got,

let's say you got that DeLorean, you could

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pop back into time when you were, you can

meet up with yourself at 16 years old.

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You got a piece of advice to, to

give yourself for a few minutes.

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Uh, you've got a moment to either give

yourself advice to make that moment a

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1:07:46 ,215 --> 01:07:49,725

little easier, better, whatever, or put

yourself on a little bit different track.

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Felix Solis (2): Yeah.

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1:07:50 ,205 --> 01:07:52,605

Marc Preston: What would that piece

of advice be to 16-year-old you?

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1:07:53 ,835 --> 01:07:57,645

Felix Solis: Um, so this is always,

it's interesting, I've, I've been

1694

1:07:57 ,645 --> 01:08:00,975

asked this before and I, and, and I've

given this one a lot of thought since

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1:08:00 ,975 --> 01:08:02,505

that last time I've been asked this.

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1:08:02 ,775 --> 01:08:07,395

My initial answer was always, uh, to.

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To, to, to be okay with

however the thing goes.

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Like whatever, however it

goes, man, you, you'd be okay.

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Everything will be okay.

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