Jordan Bridges | From “Rizzoli & Isles” to Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale” | Back Porch Entertainer

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And I was quite young when it came out.

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There was that line like, the

shit's really going to hit the fan.

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And then they like, there was

some shit thrown into a fan.

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And I was like, was that really poop?

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And he was like, no, no,

they just mixed together some

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stuff and threw it at the fan.

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It wasn't actually poop.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: All right, here we go.

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Another episode of Story Craft.

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I am Marc Preston.

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So glad to have you here.

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If this is your first

episode, well, welcome.

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Glad to have you.

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Today we are sitting down with actor

Jordan Bridges, a very talented guy, and

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the new movie Den of Thieves 2 Pantera

came out this past Friday, January 10th.

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It's with of course Gerard

Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr.

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It is in theaters right now.

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Also, he's in the Apple TV show

Palm Royale along with Kristen

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Wiig, Josh Lucas, Ricky Martin, and

of course the great Carol Danvers.

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Burnett.

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Also, he was in the TNT show

Rizzoli and Dials with N.

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G.

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Harmon.

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Uh, very talented guy, of

course, uh, comes from a long

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family history of, uh, actors.

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Uh, his grandfather, Lloyd Bridges,

uh, his dad is, uh, Bo Bridges, and

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of course, the dude is his uncle, of

course, Jeff Bridges, uh, the dude.

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I mean, wouldn't that be the

most awesome uncle to have?

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I think so.

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We discussed a lot about his

career and what he's up to.

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Just a really enjoyable chat.

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And this one lasted a long time.

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Uh, this is probably, I'm going to

check the records, but I believe

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this is the longest episode, uh, in

this show's history and it was great.

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I really enjoyed it.

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This was a treat.

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Uh, and of course, lots of love and good

thoughts, uh, going to Jordan right now.

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Uh, LA fires going on.

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Of course, this chat we had

was a little while back.

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It was before the LA

fires, which are just.

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Absolutely terrible.

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Uh, so many people are affected

and it's just tough to watch.

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I'm sure you've been doing the same thing.

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Uh, having the news on, uh, is just,

uh, breathtaking to see what's going on.

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Uh, wishing him the best.

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Of course, uh, I am thinking about all of

my friends and of course our guest today.

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Hopefully, uh, everybody will be bouncing

back bigger, better, stronger than before.

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Uh, again, I want to send love.

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To the folks in Los Angeles, if you're

living in Southern California, uh, Hey,

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I'm sending you a big hug right now.

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All right.

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So, uh, hang tough, much love to

the folks in LA and, uh, right now,

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uh, let's jump right into it today.

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It's Jordan Bridges day right

here on story and craft.

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How are you today?

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My friend?

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I'm good, man.

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How are you doing?

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Nice to meet you.

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Oh, it's, it's more than a pleasure.

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Where are you joining me from today?

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I'm in Topanga with your

dad being in the business.

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You grew up in LA, I'm assuming,

or did you grow up outside of LA?

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Jordan Bridges: No, I grew up,

uh, all in sort of various parts

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in the Valley, uh, from North

Hollywood, all the way to Calabasas.

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Marc Preston: When I was a little

kid, I always envied the people

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that got a chance to grow up out.

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It was always this mystical place, the

Valley, you know, and I was a Texas kid.

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So, so it was, uh, there was a romance

to it, you know, kind of living out

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there amongst all the stars or whatever.

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But, uh, and then I did live out there.

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I was like, well, maybe not

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Jordan Bridges: as much,

not, not that romantic.

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I mean, even when you think

about, uh, Hollywood, uh, or

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Hollywood Boulevard, it's, it's.

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It's really not romantic.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, I do enjoy getting

out there for a little bit of eating.

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I know I was out there, God, with

my little, my, uh, how old is she?

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No, she's, she's turned 19.

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She was 17.

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I brought my daughter out there, my

youngest, and we were there for a

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long weekend for work related stuff.

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And, um, yeah.

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I put 400 miles on my rental

car from Thursday to a Sunday.

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Just drive or Monday morning, uh,

just driving around eating, you

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know, I was like, that's one thing I

don't miss about living in Southern

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California is all the driving, you

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Jordan Bridges: know?

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Yeah, there is a lot of

driving, but there is good food.

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We, in, in LA, we've definitely

got some great restaurants.

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Marc Preston: I just spoke with, um,

Ben Ford, uh, Harrison Ford's son has,

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uh, his, uh, Ford's filling station,

you know, some restaurants out there.

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And, uh, I, I was telling him, I said,

just talking to him and all it did

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make me hungry, you know, like I didn't

have lunch before I spoke with him.

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That was a bad idea.

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But, uh, so what are you up to today?

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Anything, uh, you're doing some work,

you get a little time off, you know,

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Jordan Bridges: I've

got a bit of time off.

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Um, and this is my, this is

my big event for the day.

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So I've cleared the decks.

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Oh my gosh.

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I got, hopefully I

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Marc Preston: don't disappoint.

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Jordan Bridges: I'm ready for action.

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That's, that's where I'm at.

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I'm, I'm really hoping, uh, that, uh,

we provide some engaging and informative

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entertainment for your listeners.

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Well, you will, I don't know about

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Marc Preston: me.

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I'll do the best I can, you know?

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So no, I just caught the other day.

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I saw the, uh, uh, first

iteration of a den of thieves.

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Uh, God, when was it?

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Uh, a few days back, I just

kind of ran across it again.

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You, of course, uh, Gerard, you know,

he, he is, of course, is showing back

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up and, uh, O'Shea Jackson, I was like,

okay, well, maybe they're going to, you

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know, get you in a gun battle this time.

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There was a lot of machismo

in the previous, I know,

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Jordan Bridges: I know.

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Well, Here's the, the

funny thing behind that.

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Um, first of all, I just, I was

thrilled to be invited back.

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Um, that Christian, uh, you know,

the director and writer of the,

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of the piece, he, he, uh, was kind

enough to include my character,

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Laban Bob, uh, in the new iteration.

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Um, Having survived the first

one, probably because I wasn't

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getting into too much gunplay.

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Um, but I, I had a lot of

fun with the character.

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I really connected with Jerry.

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Um, we had a ball, you know,

kind of playing in the few scenes

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that we did in the first one.

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And so it was great.

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To, uh, kind of, you know,

jump back into that world.

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And, um, my thing was that, uh, I keep

on, cause I I've been for many years now.

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Um, I've been a martial arts

enthusiast and, um, it's a

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pretty big part of my life.

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And I've never, I haven't had too much

opportunity to get into that in, in

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the Um, and so I was really excited.

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When I, uh, when I saw that, you know,

it looked like I was going to be in

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the second one and I kept on begging

Christian to throw me into some, you

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know, let me mix it up a little bit.

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And there was an iteration of the,

of the script where we, I, I, uh, I

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challenge him, to a sparring match.

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Um, but then that didn't, that

didn't make the final cut.

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Yeah.

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But you, you look at him

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Marc Preston: and he's such a, you know,

especially what was, what was maybe 500?

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Was it, was that?

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Oh yeah.

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Jordan Bridges: No, he would,

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Marc Preston: he would

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Jordan Bridges: kick my ass.

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There's no question about that.

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But you just look at this guy.

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He was just

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Marc Preston: like such a specimen.

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Like now he's still in good shape.

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But I mean, I think that those,

uh, all those guys in there

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were just almost unnatural.

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You know,

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Jordan Bridges: you know, every time I

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Marc Preston: look at him, I'm

like, Oh, I got to get to the gym.

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You know, kind of excited

where I live here.

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The building, a new, uh, I live on an

Island in South Texas and they're about

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to build a, uh, or a bill or put in a

new, uh, like, uh, uh, a gym basically.

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Oh, cool.

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Jordan Bridges: On one

of the barrier Islands.

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Are you like, yeah, yeah.

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South Padre,

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Marc Preston: uh, South Padre, which is,

uh, Um, I would say it's about six miles.

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I live on the Island six miles

North of where, uh, Elon Musk's

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shoots off his, uh, SpaceX rockets.

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Yeah.

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I see.

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I'm a Texas boy.

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I figured I was like, you know, I

had options youngest off to college.

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Where am I going to go?

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I don't know.

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We mentioned Southern California.

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I'm from Dallas originally.

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And I was like, you know, I'm not big

into driving as much as I used to be.

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So I'm like, uh, plus I'm going

for the Jimmy Buffett lifestyle.

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So nice.

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Bye.

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But, uh, but yeah, I saw the

gym was opening up and it's

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like, I got to get back to work.

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I always over promise myself, like

you're going to get in, you're

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going to be getting great shape.

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And,

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Jordan Bridges: you know, I

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Marc Preston: think I'm, uh, we're,

I think we're basically, uh, I think

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we're, I think we're the same age.

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I think I looked it up.

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I'm like, I think I'm nine

months older than you are.

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I think that's it.

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So

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Jordan Bridges: 73, I'm

born in February, 73.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Coming up on the big five too.

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You know?

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Ah, man.

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Jordan Bridges: Yeah, I just had my 51st.

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Um, and I can feel it, you

know, my body's definitely

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starting to revolt a little bit.

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It's, uh, twice the, you know, twice the

effort for half the gain kind of thing.

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Isn't that, isn't

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Marc Preston: that some shit right there?

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It's like, you feel like

you put in a good day.

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Recovery

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Jordan Bridges: takes twice as

long, you know, you just have to,

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there's a lot more planning goes

involved to kind of maintaining.

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Marc Preston: You're talking

about the, uh, martial arts.

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That's had to, that's been

a big part of your life.

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So that's probably kept

you in some good shape.

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It kept you in a routine, you know?

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Jordan Bridges: Yeah, no, it, it's, uh, I

think it's, it's the kind of shape that I

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like to be in, which is that I'm, I'm not.

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I've never been, uh, one to be

super worried about, uh, you

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know, aesthetics and being, you

know, hyper cut and all that.

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I, I just like to be able to know that

if I'm called to act, uh, and, uh, that

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I can, you know, know that I will be

able to physically, uh, challenge myself.

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Um, And I like to kind

of test those limits.

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Um, and I, it's just, I,

I love it as a practice.

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I love the community, uh,

around martial arts is amazing.

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I love the kind of, um, and not, not in

every, you know, Sort of a section of that

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world, but I, I do love the confluence

of, uh, mind, body and spirit practice.

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I think that that's

really healthy all around.

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Um, I've been

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Marc Preston: meaning to get it

more into, uh, the meditation

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thing, you know, that seems like

it makes, it makes a lot of sense.

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And, you know, the more I look

at, uh, Like I talked to somebody

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the other day that does, uh,

Tai Chi as a practice, you know?

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Yeah.

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It's just little things to stay, you know?

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I like for instance, I dunno if

you ever watched Anthony Bourdain.

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I, I think towards, I

love, you know, I love, I

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Jordan Bridges: loved Anthony Bourdain.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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He was kind of my spirit animal.

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And you saw it, you know,

towards the, towards, you know,

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the last few years of his life.

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He was really into the, uh, uh, uh,

uh, juujitsu and he just got cut.

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Yeah.

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He was into

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Jordan Bridges: Brazilian juujitsu and,

and he, uh, he put a lot of time in and I

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think he even got promoted a couple belts.

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Um, if I'm.

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Not mistaken.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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I mean, you, but you look at them

and here's a guy that I think he

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was a late fifties, early sixties.

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I don't remember exactly, but

he's son, he's just great.

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Chip.

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I'm like, if he can do, yeah.

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I'm like, this like hard drinking

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Jordan Bridges: and smoking guy,

uh, who deals with intense bouts

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of depression can get himself fit.

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Maybe any of us can, um, You know, I'm

always looking for that inspiration and

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I think, you know, it, um, I've, uh, I've

enjoyed, um, kind of experimenting with

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different arts and, um, playing around

in different, uh, studios and academies.

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And that was one of the really

exciting things on Den of Thieves.

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Um, Which, by the way, the new one,

just so I do a little plugging here,

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uh, it comes out, uh, in January,

I think towards the end of January.

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The End of Thieves 2 Pantera.

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Look for it in your local Cinematheque.

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Um, but, uh, one of the, so Christian,

good guest, is also, um, martial

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arts enthusiast and practitioner.

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He's for years has been training.

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And so he populated the film with a lot

of real hardcore, uh, martial artists,

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uh, and stuntmen and, you know, people

who he had known over the years.

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And that was also really thrilling was I

got a chance to train with some of them.

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Um, on the second one, uh, which

was great, even though I didn't get

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to, I didn't get to play at all.

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I didn't get on screen.

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I didn't get to, uh, Mix it up.

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But, uh, yeah, just do a quick lookup.

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It's I think January

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Marc Preston: 10th.

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Okay.

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There we go.

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There we go.

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Thank you.

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But, but then again, also a lot of times

I'll look at a date and you know, my, you

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know, you know the way it works, you know,

I'll be, I'll be chatting in the schedule.

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You'll

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Jordan Bridges: think it's coming out

and then it doesn't get released or

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they'll, or they'll, you know, pop it on

a streamer before you never really know.

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Uh, but thank you for that correction.

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January 10th, hopefully

it's in a theater near you.

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I really enjoyed the first

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Marc Preston: one.

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It was a little bit different.

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You know, I, I, I like, uh, as far

as my, what I personally enjoy.

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I mean, I like all different kinds

of stuff, but it was, uh, but Gerard

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Butler, he's one of those guys who

just sort of, uh, especially with you.

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That, that whatever intensity he brought,

you had to be like, you're is almost like

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his, uh, more of a virtual punching bag.

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

almost like he's taken out his

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frustrations, like really early

on in the, in the original film.

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Yeah.

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And, uh, it's just like he, he, so,

you know, he's the guy just, You know,

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it was just kind of like it, there was

a lot of testosterone in the first,

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in the first one, I gotta, I gotta

know without giving too much away.

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Did they kind of cut you loose a little

bit to, did, were you able to have any

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kind of physical stuff or was it still,

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Jordan Bridges: no, I sadly, as much

as I campaigned for it, uh, I, I didn't

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get to do any physical running around.

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Um, I.

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Again, I, I'm kind of a foil,

you know, to Jerry there.

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Um, but also like I, there's some, and

I'm not going to give away because I think

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that's part of what the fun of the, of

this film particularly is the plot and the

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things that they do, uh, within the plot

and the things that Christian crafted in

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the story, I think are really exciting.

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Um, so I don't want to give too much

away, but I factor in, um, Uh, the

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narrative and kind of how, um, Gerard

kind of continues to pursue O'Shea,

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um, uh, and, and kind of where he

ends up, I, I kind of play a role.

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And, um, you know, what brings

him into the story a little bit.

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Yeah,

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Marc Preston: O'Shea just,

he's, that's another guy.

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He's really just versatile,

especially the comedy.

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I think, I think he did something

with even Seth Rogen, I think,

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uh, for a short run series.

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I think he was with him.

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I'm really bad at remembering

sometimes, you know, I love,

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I'm consuming so much stuff.

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I'm like, you know, this age, Mike

memory, you know what I started doing?

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This is another one of those signs.

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Not, not of age necessarily.

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Everybody's talk, but everybody's

talking about these, uh,

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like this powdered mushroom.

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I think it was called

lion's mane or something.

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Oh, if you put that in your

coffee, it's supposed to help.

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And I'm like doing all my reading.

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I'm like going, I'm sitting here.

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Finding myself in this, you

know, this hole I've gone into on

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the internet, researching this.

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And, uh, so I'm like, Oh yeah,

that's supposed to help with

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the memory and recognition.

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I'm like, am I really at that age

where I'm thinking about this stuff?

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You know, but I remember

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Jordan Bridges: like, I'm sorry.

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No, I just started to interrupt.

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But I think the earlier you start moving,

whether it's your, your physical body or

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your mind, uh, I think the earlier you

kind of jump on that stuff, the better.

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And you can, you, you know, getting

into good habits and I certainly

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think, um, you know, with, with.

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There's a lot of incredible,

uh, benefits to all kinds of,

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uh, fungi, as you might put it.

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Um, you know, that I think we think of it

as just, you know, mushrooms in a salad

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or whatever, but when you really kind of

get into the properties of whether it's

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reishi or, you know, Lines main, they're,

they're, they're pretty incredible.

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Uh, I just

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Marc Preston: got just within the last

couple of months, come online as far as

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kind of researching it a little bit more.

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I think it makes sense.

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You know, the more natural, you know,

the better if possible, you know, going

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back a little bit, origin story that

we're talking about before, you know,

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you grew up, you know, in the Valley

and, uh, different, different spots.

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Did we, uh, do you have any siblings

growing up or were you the only kid?

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Jordan Bridges: Um, I have, I have

siblings, um, but it's a, I, I, I

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like to kind of tell this riddle,

um, when I'm describing the makeup

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of my family and my dad's kids.

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Um, so the short answer is yes, I

have three brothers and a sister,

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and, um, they're all really wonderful

people and I love them all very much.

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But here's the riddle of my,

uh, Of my thing is that I am

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simultaneously a youngest child,

a middle child, and an only child.

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I am all those things at once, which

has been lots of, uh, hours of therapy.

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Just, you know, for those playing

at home, you know, pause and take a

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minute, see if you can figure it out.

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Um, but, uh, essentially, um, I'm

my mother's only biological child.

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My older brother, Casey, was the

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firstborn of the family.

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Um, but he was adopted, so he's always

the eldest, he's always the first.

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But, um, my mother didn't have

him the old fashioned way.

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Um, And then the, my two younger

brothers and my younger sister are

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the result of my father's second

marriage to my lovely, uh, extra mom.

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I like to call her Wendy.

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Um, who's, uh, just been such a wonderful

part of his life and all of our lives.

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So it's, it's this interesting kind of,

uh, Uh, way that, that they've done it

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and I feel grateful that I've, you know,

been involved in everyone's lives where

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we're kind of like a generation apart.

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Uh, really, really.

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And yeah, I mean my, for instance, my

youngest brother Ezekiel is closer in

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age to my daughter than he is to me.

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Yeah, that's, I've got the same kind of

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Marc Preston: deal.

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My father, uh, remarried, uh, they got

a, my, my technically my oldest has an

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aunt that's six months older than her.

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And then, and then because of the

glory of, uh, not 23 and me, but,

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uh, ancestry found out, uh, about

three years ago, I had a, uh, sister

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who's a few years younger than me.

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It was, you know, growing up as

an only kid, I was like, wouldn't

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it be cool to have siblings?

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And I got them in the most.

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non traditional way, if you will.

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And have you,

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Jordan Bridges: uh, have you since

developed a friendship or a relationship?

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Yeah.

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You know, we've

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Marc Preston: connected thanks to the,

thanks to the social medias, you know,

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able to connect, uh, but you know, we're

back home in Dallas, uh, you know, the

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kids and I, we, uh, we're there on a

vacation connected, uh, you know, real

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sweet, uh, It's, you know, she's, uh,

married, has three kids and you know,

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it's, it's, it's, it's kind of cool,

you know, life, uh, was, uh, you know,

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phrase, man plans, God laughs, you know?

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So it's like, I'm just going

to roll with it, you know?

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Jordan Bridges: Yeah, I think it's like,

and you know, I think the more love that

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you can have in your life, the better.

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And that's, that's kind

of how I look at it.

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I've been, uh, really, you

know, it's, what's interesting

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is, so I had a lot of anxiety.

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Uh, and when I was starting my, my family

with my, my wife, Carrie and my daughter,

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Caroline and my son Orson, um, because

I had always been a part of this big

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family, you know, holidays and everything.

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I, it was like, so wonderful to be a,

feel like I was a part of this big thing,

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but because in my generation, I was on

the vanguard of the procreating track.

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Um, so I was the first one in our whole.

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of all the grandchildren, um,

to, you know, start a family.

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And so my kids, like for years,

at least on our side, you know,

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my side of the family, all of

they didn't have any cousins yet.

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It took like, you know, 15 years,

I think, before their their first

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cousin on that side came around.

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So I had I had some anxiety that

they weren't going to have that

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experience of being A part of a

big family in the way that I was,

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Marc Preston: yeah, I think, I think it's

the even even if people are, you know,

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families being families, there's, you

know, there was always family stuff, but

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it's always nice to, you know, like for

instance, you know, where I live here

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on the Island, I came here for a year.

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I mean, ever since I

was like seven, seven.

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Yeah.

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And for, for many, many,

many, many, many years.

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So all the family would get together.

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And I had this epiphany the other day of

the elder bunch, the generation ahead,

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there's only one person left, you know?

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Um, And it's when they kind of pass

on and, uh, there's not as many,

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you know, we have a relatively small

family, so it all kind of funneled down.

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I had the same kind of thing you did

thinking there's so much fun there.

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There, there are stories.

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There's, uh, just

experiences you get to have.

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Um, I've got three kids, you

know, so I'm, I'm going to

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live vicariously through them.

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I, you know, hopefully not too

soon, but when they, when they

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eventually start their families, how

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Jordan Bridges: old are your,

uh, how old your boy and girl?

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Uh, my, my girl is 21 and my boy is 19.

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Um, really?

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Okay.

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What did, wait,

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Marc Preston: what?

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So you had a daughter.

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This, uh, you have a 2003 kid as well?

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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So you and I were born in 73.

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We both had kids at three.

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See?

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Um, they, yeah,

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Jordan Bridges: similar life paths.

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Um, but going back to the

family, I think it's interesting

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how there is this sort of.

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breath action with the way that families

are structured, where they kind of reach

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this point where they're so big that you

can't contain everybody in one space.

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And then they break off and

it kind of contracts and get

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smaller and smaller and smaller.

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And then, you know, it sort

of keeps going like that.

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I remember because sort of like my kids, I

was also, You know, my brother and I were

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the first grandchildren in our family.

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And the first couple of Christmases,

we were still having Christmas

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with my grandmother's family,

like her brothers and his kids.

480

22:36 ,414 --> 00:22:41,374

Um, and so that for a little while,

like that was our sort of unit.

481

22:41 ,454 --> 00:22:45,864

And I grew up around those cousins and

stuff, but then eventually, because

482

22:45 ,864 --> 00:22:50,954

they're also a really big family that they

got, we all got so big that we couldn't.

483

22:51 ,934 --> 00:22:52,994

It was just impossible.

484

22:52 ,994 --> 00:22:56,494

It just wasn't, you know, logistically

possible for everyone to be in

485

22:56 ,494 --> 00:22:58,504

one house during the holidays.

486

22:58 ,514 --> 00:22:59,344

So that broke off.

487

22:59 ,384 --> 00:23:02,404

And now that's kind of where we're at.

488

23:03 ,234 --> 00:23:10,964

Uh, now is like, you know, Jeff's

family is having their thing and my

489

23:10 ,964 --> 00:23:12,824

dad's family is having his thing.

490

23:12 ,834 --> 00:23:17,024

And so it's, we're all kind of, which is

sad because Well did y'all grow up near

491

23:17 ,024 --> 00:23:17,554

Marc Preston: each other at

492

23:17 ,554 --> 00:23:17,794

Jordan Bridges: all?

493

23:17 ,834 --> 00:23:18,314

We did.

494

23:18 ,314 --> 00:23:18,664

Yeah.

495

23:18 ,665 --> 00:23:18,751

Yeah.

496

23:18 ,751 --> 00:23:18,838

Yeah.

497

23:18 ,838 --> 00:23:18,924

Yeah.

498

23:19 ,874 --> 00:23:23,404

Yeah, we're, I mean, they're

up a couple hours North.

499

23:23 ,404 --> 00:23:26,344

Jeff and Sue, my aunt and uncle

are up a little bit North.

500

23:26 ,364 --> 00:23:32,344

My aunt Cindy, uh, is all, has always

been around in, in LA somewhere.

501

23:32 ,794 --> 00:23:35,574

Um, I'm very close with her kids too.

502

23:35 ,734 --> 00:23:40,244

Um, and it was kind of like,

you know, you used to rely.

503

23:41 ,339 --> 00:23:44,429

Even if you can't hang out with them

during the year, you always knew, okay,

504

23:44 ,429 --> 00:23:49,989

I'll get to see them on Thanksgiving or

Christmas, but now that, you know, you

505

23:49 ,989 --> 00:23:51,269

don't, you can't really rely on that.

506

23:51 ,269 --> 00:23:56,019

So it becomes about trying to

create an intentional space.

507

23:56 ,359 --> 00:23:57,209

To share time.

508

23:57 ,210 --> 00:23:58,699

Marc Preston: It's funny.

509

23:58 ,699 --> 00:24:00,039

You had that same contemplation.

510

24:00 ,039 --> 00:24:02,459

I did, you know, the kind of

the expansion of contraction.

511

24:02 ,459 --> 00:24:06,329

And, you know, you look at a family tree

and kind of how it goes and you'd kind

512

24:06 ,329 --> 00:24:09,989

of look at how you grew up and what you

want to carry forward in some things.

513

24:09 ,989 --> 00:24:12,039

Maybe you don't want it

when it comes to your kids.

514

24:12 ,359 --> 00:24:12,959

Um,

515

24:13 ,019 --> 00:24:15,079

Jordan Bridges: and then

inevitably you do though, right?

516

24:15 ,089 --> 00:24:19,249

That's a, that's the part of the,

the bugger of that one is that.

517

24:19 ,919 --> 00:24:22,729

You know, you can have

all the best intentions.

518

24:22 ,729 --> 00:24:25,489

I'm, I'm not going to make

any of the same mistakes.

519

24:25 ,489 --> 00:24:28,819

I'm going to, you know, I'm, I'm

going to do everything right.

520

24:30 ,359 --> 00:24:32,589

Marc Preston: Again,

man plans, God laughs.

521

24:32 ,589 --> 00:24:32,759

Yeah.

522

24:33 ,329 --> 00:24:33,869

Jordan Bridges: Well, yeah.

523

24:33 ,869 --> 00:24:38,509

And it's like the, I think of, uh,

there's that new movie right now.

524

24:38 ,509 --> 00:24:39,039

What is it called?

525

24:39 ,039 --> 00:24:39,579

The return?

526

24:39 ,579 --> 00:24:43,799

I think of Oedipus and you

know, how he kind of knew he had

527

24:43 ,829 --> 00:24:45,539

all of this had been foretold.

528

24:46 ,119 --> 00:24:50,869

And, uh, and yet And he, he's like,

okay, I'm just going to go away.

529

24:50 ,869 --> 00:24:52,589

So that none of that happens.

530

24:52 ,629 --> 00:24:55,889

None of the things that are fated

to happen to me are going to happen.

531

24:55 ,889 --> 00:24:57,309

I'll just stay away from home.

532

24:57 ,539 --> 00:25:00,369

And then inevitably it all happens anyway.

533

25:07 ,339 --> 00:25:08,709

Marc Preston: Yeah,

that's, it's kind of nice.

534

25:08 ,709 --> 00:25:10,649

It's got, I feel like we're

of a similar tribe of.

535

25:10 ,829 --> 00:25:15,689

You know, generationally and you know,

stuff to kind of have that kind of same

536

25:15 ,689 --> 00:25:19,939

kind of perspective, you know, growing

up in the, uh, eighties, you know, it's

537

25:20 ,379 --> 00:25:23,739

when everything just seemed, I don't

know, maybe it was just the way I grew

538

25:23 ,739 --> 00:25:25,009

up with the people I grew up around.

539

25:25 ,019 --> 00:25:28,459

That was sort of the, let's say

divorces were kind of, you know, latch

540

25:28 ,459 --> 00:25:29,659

key kid and all that was going on.

541

25:29 ,659 --> 00:25:34,569

So, you know, You had to kind of learn

to adapt at a younger age to flux, you

542

25:34 ,569 --> 00:25:38,479

know, so you get older, maybe you want a

little less of that flux, you know, you,

543

25:38 ,479 --> 00:25:42,059

you, you know how to surf the wave, but

you kind of would like a little bit less

544

25:42 ,059 --> 00:25:45,559

of the tumultuousness, you know, I don't

know if that makes any sense at all.

545

25:45 ,569 --> 00:25:45,589

The

546

25:45 ,589 --> 00:25:46,069

Jordan Bridges: chaos.

547

25:46 ,809 --> 00:25:51,659

Well, and how did, how did your, uh,

were your kids in, uh, in school in the

548

25:51 ,659 --> 00:25:55,369

midst of the pandemic and dealing with,

you know, that's such a, how did they do?

549

25:55 ,369 --> 00:25:55,469

It's

550

25:55 ,469 --> 00:25:56,929

Marc Preston: an interesting

contemplation right there.

551

25:56 ,929 --> 00:25:57,139

Yeah.

552

25:57 ,139 --> 00:26:00,869

Because they were, uh, in, in, in

the, they were in school and then

553

26:00 ,869 --> 00:26:04,399

they went online, which was kind of,

it's, I mean, you have the kids, you

554

26:04 ,399 --> 00:26:08,489

said your son's 19, you say, yeah,

my, my, my youngest just turned 19.

555

26:08 ,489 --> 00:26:13,109

My son, my two girls at 21, 19, my

daughter, uh, my son is, uh, 20.

556

26:13 ,559 --> 00:26:17,789

Um, and so they, great.

557

26:17 ,789 --> 00:26:19,399

They're luckily they're smarter than I am.

558

26:19 ,399 --> 00:26:22,549

They thrived in the

online school situation.

559

26:22 ,979 --> 00:26:26,919

Uh, the youngest one, Emma, she, she

kind of like preferred that, you know,

560

26:26 ,919 --> 00:26:29,419

she's a lot like me give her a task.

561

26:29 ,429 --> 00:26:30,329

She's going to figure it out.

562

26:30 ,339 --> 00:26:33,399

Like, you know, she's not one of those

kids, you know, screwing around, but

563

26:33 ,399 --> 00:26:37,849

she wasn't really, The socialization

thing, it kind of hit right at that

564

26:37 ,849 --> 00:26:41,819

right time, I guess of adolescence

for her, where she, or, or, you

565

26:41 ,819 --> 00:26:45,129

know, as a teen, she, she, they were,

they were in a small private school.

566

26:45 ,129 --> 00:26:47,919

So, you know, it was an

interesting way to surf.

567

26:47 ,919 --> 00:26:50,129

I will say that, you know, trying

to figure out socially, you

568

26:50 ,129 --> 00:26:52,204

know, what's best for them, but.

569

26:52 ,254 --> 00:26:53,864

She's thriving, not being in school.

570

26:53 ,864 --> 00:26:55,974

So yeah, that was, uh,

that was interesting.

571

26:56 ,394 --> 00:26:59,594

It was a lot smoother because I

work from home out of my studio.

572

26:59 ,914 --> 00:27:04,084

So, you know, I think that probably

buffered things a little bit, you know,

573

27:04 ,084 --> 00:27:08,254

and as a single dad, I, it, it worked

out, it worked out and she, I mean, all

574

27:08 ,254 --> 00:27:12,274

three of them, like my, my 21 year olds

graduating and a few days here, you

575

27:12 ,314 --> 00:27:16,564

know, she's graduating, uh, you know, uh,

look, you know, about half a year early.

576

27:16 ,924 --> 00:27:21,949

And, uh, it's weird, man, having kids

20, I mean, um, You, you got this 21 year

577

27:21 ,949 --> 00:27:22,229

Jordan Bridges: old.

578

27:23 ,089 --> 00:27:26,579

Well, the, I think I call

it kind of unparenting.

579

27:26 ,799 --> 00:27:30,219

Um, cause you're still parenting, right?

580

27:30 Navigating Parenthood and Career Advice

27:30 ,259 --> 00:27:36,439

You're it's, I had, when I first became

a parent, when my daughter was born, I

581

27:36 ,439 --> 00:27:40,739

had a veteran parent, I was talking to

a veteran parent and I kind of jokingly

582

27:41 ,059 --> 00:27:43,709

sort of half jokingly said, yep, 18 years.

583

27:43 ,709 --> 00:27:47,879

And I'm out, you know, I've got, I've

got to put in my 18 years and then I can

584

27:47 ,879 --> 00:27:50,639

relax and, and they were like, Oh no.

585

27:51 ,384 --> 00:27:52,954

It's the rest of your life.

586

27:52 ,964 --> 00:27:53,504

Oh yeah.

587

27:53 ,504 --> 00:27:54,294

Life sentence.

588

27:54 ,354 --> 00:27:55,774

Marc Preston: Which it

doesn't really feel like that.

589

27:55 ,814 --> 00:27:58,264

You have some aspect of you

look at how you grow up.

590

27:58 ,294 --> 00:28:01,374

Like you're still asking, you're

still seeking some advice or

591

28:01 ,384 --> 00:28:03,664

guidance or wisdom or whatever.

592

28:03 ,684 --> 00:28:05,514

But the worrying never stops.

593

28:05 ,554 --> 00:28:06,764

That's the thing they don't tell you.

594

28:06 ,764 --> 00:28:07,584

You know, it's like that.

595

28:07 ,884 --> 00:28:08,534

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

596

28:08 ,854 --> 00:28:13,054

The, and, and, um, Yeah,

it's the rest of your life.

597

28:13 ,084 --> 00:28:16,814

And then it where I'm at now, though,

because, you know, when you first

598

28:16 ,824 --> 00:28:22,674

bring this creature home, uh, you know,

that's literally like depending on you

599

28:22 ,684 --> 00:28:28,384

to, you know, to survive, you know, if

you did not care for this, this little

600

28:28 ,394 --> 00:28:34,234

being, um, they would, you know, So

you have to keep them alive, literally.

601

28:34 ,594 --> 00:28:40,374

And then it's about, uh, nourishing

them, you know, their mind and, and,

602

28:40 ,424 --> 00:28:45,324

and, uh, you know, helping to sort of

guide them through life and all of that.

603

28:46 ,014 --> 00:28:50,934

And now at this point, it's, it, it,

I'm having to very kind of willfully

604

28:50 ,974 --> 00:28:57,974

on like untie myself from being

involved in every aspect of life.

605

28:58 ,540 --> 00:28:59,839

Hard though.

606

29:00 ,079 --> 00:29:02,209

Marc Preston: It's like you,

you, it's so hard because you

607

29:02 ,249 --> 00:29:03,809

want them to know you're there.

608

29:03 ,969 --> 00:29:06,639

It's just, you're wanting to, you're

wanting, it's kind of like, you

609

29:06 ,639 --> 00:29:09,899

know, learning to fly, you want them

to go, okay, I'm here, but you're

610

29:09 ,899 --> 00:29:13,439

going to be soloing soon by yourself,

but when you land, I'm still here,

611

29:13 ,509 --> 00:29:15,979

you know, still here to, you know,

but it's, but it's still just,

612

29:16 ,199 --> 00:29:17,060

Jordan Bridges: I'm here.

613

29:17 ,695 --> 00:29:21,865

But how about the thing of like

letting them make their own mistakes?

614

29:21 ,925 --> 00:29:24,615

I'm dealing, I'm dealing with that

right now with my 19 year old.

615

29:24 ,625 --> 00:29:28,935

Yeah, I mean that, that

is so fucking hard.

616

29:28 ,935 --> 00:29:32,945

I, because you, you, you,

you know, this is your life.

617

29:32 ,954 --> 00:29:38,379

This is your, uh, you know,

so much is, is wrapped up.

618

29:39 ,410 --> 00:29:40,220

individuals.

619

29:40 ,220 --> 00:29:42,600

You, you've dedicated so much to them.

620

29:43 ,120 --> 00:29:48,420

You want to see them, you know, soar

and, and live up to their potential

621

29:48 ,420 --> 00:29:50,059

and all of those wonderful things.

622

29:50 ,460 --> 00:29:56,870

And, um, and so the, for me, The

instinct, when, when stuff goes swirly,

623

29:57 ,350 --> 00:30:01,110

uh, I want to get in there and, you

know, write the ship and make everything

624

30:01 ,110 --> 00:30:03,320

great and, you know, fix it for them.

625

30:03 ,320 --> 00:30:04,170

So did your dad ever

626

30:04 ,170 --> 00:30:06,410

Marc Preston: give a, you know, when,

as the kids are getting a little bit

627

30:06 ,410 --> 00:30:09,745

older and they're now, you know, they're

teenagers, did your dad kind of Do

628

30:09 ,745 --> 00:30:12,395

you ever, do you ever have moments

where you, where you sit down and he

629

30:12 ,395 --> 00:30:16,535

does kind of drop bits of wisdom, you

know, contemplations, thoughts about

630

30:16 ,565 --> 00:30:20,884

the, uh, parenting thing that you've

been able to apply, or is this, you

631

30:20 ,884 --> 00:30:22,185

know, or is this kind of a, kind of, Oh

632

30:22 ,495 --> 00:30:23,024

Jordan Bridges: yeah, no.

633

30:23 ,055 --> 00:30:25,174

I mean, the quick answer is yes.

634

30:25 ,185 --> 00:30:27,414

I mean, I, all the time

it's still happening.

635

30:27 ,545 --> 00:30:34,615

Um, I'm still, uh, you know,

learning, uh, at his feet, um,

636

30:34 ,675 --> 00:30:36,585

in so many aspects of life.

637

30:36 ,725 --> 00:30:44,130

Um, and, uh, You know, a lot of

times it's just that his answer is,

638

30:44 ,200 --> 00:30:49,880

you know, is, is that you just have

to love and, uh, and be present.

639

30:50 ,340 --> 00:30:52,020

So you're there if they need you.

640

30:52 ,650 --> 00:31:01,129

Um, you know, I definitely felt with

him that sometimes he didn't agree

641

31:01 ,129 --> 00:31:08,425

with the path I was on, you know, um,

or was concerned, um, But the times

642

31:08 ,425 --> 00:31:12,985

when I feel most grateful to him in

terms of his sort of parenting are

643

31:12 ,985 --> 00:31:19,254

when he, you know, I, I may have been

ambivalent about a, a direction to go.

644

31:20 ,015 --> 00:31:27,505

Um, and he basically put some energy

into, Into that and said, no, no,

645

31:27 ,505 --> 00:31:28,975

you, you got to do this thing.

646

31:29 ,135 --> 00:31:35,695

Uh, uh, I think about, um, I had

a great experience in high school.

647

31:35 ,695 --> 00:31:38,835

I went to the California state

summer school for the arts.

648

31:38 ,835 --> 00:31:40,845

It was, it's still a program.

649

31:40 ,845 --> 00:31:41,865

I think it's still running.

650

31:41 ,935 --> 00:31:45,154

Um, it's a state program, so.

651

31:45 ,700 --> 00:31:51,540

It, you know, people from all different

income levels and, you know, apply

652

31:51 ,550 --> 00:31:54,830

and the faculty is really amazing.

653

31:55 ,620 --> 00:32:01,620

And he had been invited to participate

at a fundraiser for them or something.

654

32:01 ,620 --> 00:32:03,550

And so he just kind of

became conscious of it.

655

32:04 ,310 --> 00:32:06,690

And I was kind of floundering at the time.

656

32:06 ,690 --> 00:32:08,400

And he said, I think

you should look at this.

657

32:09 ,070 --> 00:32:10,250

And I was like, okay.

658

32:10 ,540 --> 00:32:11,730

And he just kept on talking.

659

32:12 ,545 --> 00:32:14,195

you know, kind of pestering me about it.

660

32:14 ,655 --> 00:32:19,075

And I eventually did go and it was one of

the greatest experiences I've ever had.

661

32:19 ,145 --> 00:32:24,285

And had he not given me that

little push, I probably wouldn't

662

32:24 ,285 --> 00:32:25,234

have had that experience.

663

32:25 ,264 --> 00:32:26,524

So that's something I tried.

664

32:26 ,524 --> 00:32:30,754

Marc Preston: The path as far as,

uh, guidance and encouragement or

665

32:30 ,754 --> 00:32:33,785

maybe not encouragement, you know,

when it came to the acting thing

666

32:33 ,785 --> 00:32:35,955

and entertainment, because, you

know, we were talking about multi

667

32:36 ,035 --> 00:32:38,225

generations that, They know this thing.

668

32:38 Challenges in the Entertainment Industry

32:38 ,225 --> 00:32:43,175

And, and was it like, do your, was, was

it, was it encouraged or was like, okay,

669

32:43 ,205 --> 00:32:44,785

follow whatever path you want here?

670

32:45 ,545 --> 00:32:48,925

Jordan Bridges: Well, it was

encouraged, uh, in the sense that

671

32:49 ,555 --> 00:32:54,425

the kind of tradition in our family,

you know, we really kind of, it

672

32:54 ,425 --> 00:32:57,985

was set by my grandparents largely.

673

32:58 ,565 --> 00:33:05,235

Um, and I think it was, it was, uh,

an extension of their love of the work

674

33:05 ,315 --> 00:33:07,055

and they just wanted to share that.

675

33:07 ,340 --> 00:33:08,440

with their kids.

676

33:08 ,610 --> 00:33:15,080

Um, and so, you know, my, my

grandfather wanted to include them.

677

33:15 ,080 --> 00:33:21,599

It wasn't out of any ambition for

legacy or dynasty or anything like that.

678

33:21 ,609 --> 00:33:25,430

He just, both he and my

grandmother just loved the art

679

33:25 ,430 --> 00:33:27,429

and, and loved the craft of it.

680

33:27 ,880 --> 00:33:30,680

And so they wanted to

share that with their kids.

681

33:30 ,680 --> 00:33:35,659

And, you know, he, at the time when

they were young, he was in a position

682

33:35 ,659 --> 00:33:37,440

where he could kind of throw them in.

683

33:37 ,939 --> 00:33:44,425

Um, And so both, uh, Jeff, my dad,

and my aunt Cindy all, all had kind

684

33:44 ,425 --> 00:33:46,255

of opportunities to explore it.

685

33:46 ,365 --> 00:33:54,964

Um, and, um, there was never, I, I don't,

and, you know, you'll have to ask them,

686

33:54 ,964 --> 00:34:00,684

but my perception of it is that none of

them ever felt any particular pressure.

687

34:01 ,065 --> 00:34:04,215

To do it or felt like they were, right.

688

34:04 ,885 --> 00:34:07,285

Marc Preston: Well, I do kind of

see from where they're coming from,

689

34:07 ,285 --> 00:34:08,365

or the way you're explaining it.

690

34:08 ,755 --> 00:34:11,864

Isn't it fun to kind of do this

thing with your, if you can, it's,

691

34:11 ,875 --> 00:34:13,534

it's just another family experience.

692

34:13 ,534 --> 00:34:14,565

If you would, you know,

693

34:14 ,995 --> 00:34:18,314

Jordan Bridges: as my dad puts it, it's

like going to work in your dad's shop.

694

34:18 ,374 --> 00:34:23,225

You know, if your dad was a tailor, you

know, you would, your, your first job

695

34:23 ,225 --> 00:34:28,625

would probably be, you know, measuring

coats or whatever, you know, or Dealing

696

34:28 ,625 --> 00:34:32,575

with the scraps or, you know, that,

that's your, generally our first work

697

34:32 ,575 --> 00:34:36,805

experience, you know, I think for a lot

of people is around whatever their parents

698

34:36 ,805 --> 00:34:40,225

do, or if you're, if you're a farmer,

you're going to be working on the farm.

699

34:40 ,695 --> 00:34:45,335

Um, and so that's very much

the kind of mentality that my

700

34:45 ,335 --> 00:34:47,535

dad continued with all of us.

701

34:48 ,295 --> 00:34:55,385

And so all of his, each of us, you know,

were thrown in the water very early

702

34:55 ,385 --> 00:34:58,175

on, uh, you know, to the point where.

703

34:58 ,670 --> 00:35:03,380

I think everyone could have been Union,

all my siblings, and some of them, and

704

35:03 ,380 --> 00:35:09,449

my sister, Emily, is still very much

actively, uh, has a career as an actor,

705

35:09 ,499 --> 00:35:18,209

as does my brother, uh, Zeke, Ezekiel,

um, but then, uh, Dylan and Casey,

706

35:18 ,870 --> 00:35:26,325

uh, went different ways, um, my older

brother, Casey, uh, has, uh, had a very

707

35:26 ,325 --> 00:35:31,345

interesting life and traveled all around

the world and now he's coaching soccer.

708

35:31 ,855 --> 00:35:36,155

Um, but he was for a

while, he was a cameraman.

709

35:36 ,155 --> 00:35:40,215

He worked camera crew department,

but As a kid, he had, you know,

710

35:40 ,235 --> 00:35:41,805

he had been put in there as well.

711

35:41 ,885 --> 00:35:44,095

And you know, that could

have been a path for him.

712

35:44 ,925 --> 00:35:47,595

Uh, just did he chose not to go there?

713

35:47 ,655 --> 00:35:48,875

Um, what about your kids?

714

35:48 ,875 --> 00:35:52,314

Are you, are you looking at them

and, uh, are both of them the

715

35:52 ,314 --> 00:35:52,865

Marc Preston: same thing?

716

35:53 ,025 --> 00:35:54,785

Jordan Bridges: I kind

of did the same thing.

717

35:54 ,804 --> 00:36:00,145

Um, it, well, and I, I can, I'll

get into that, but I first want to

718

36:00 ,155 --> 00:36:03,865

start by, cause I, the answer to the

question is like when I was young,

719

36:04 ,755 --> 00:36:08,595

um, when I was a kid, um, I mean, I.

720

36:09 ,180 --> 00:36:14,430

My dad, he had started directing

a bit, um, in the eighties.

721

36:14 ,480 --> 00:36:19,270

And so he would sort of throw us in

these projects that he was directing.

722

36:20 ,429 --> 00:36:26,440

And, um, one of them came along

that was kind of a big deal.

723

36:26 ,440 --> 00:36:30,779

It was a, uh, movie of the

week that Disney put out.

724

36:31 ,470 --> 00:36:35,520

Um, uh, big kind of holiday special.

725

36:35 ,520 --> 00:36:38,050

And he cast me in the lead.

726

36:38 ,959 --> 00:36:42,560

Uh, and it was also my grandfather

was in, my grandmother was in it.

727

36:42 ,560 --> 00:36:45,449

Jeff had a little cameo,

like everyone was in it.

728

36:46 ,180 --> 00:36:48,959

Um, and that experience.

729

36:49 ,644 --> 00:36:55,004

made me kind of not want to do

it because I had to audition

730

36:55 ,394 --> 00:36:57,424

six times to win this role.

731

36:57 ,684 --> 00:37:00,424

They were going to give it

to another actor for a while.

732

37:01 ,014 --> 00:37:06,524

Uh, and just the whole, like, just all

of the weird trauma in this business

733

37:06 ,544 --> 00:37:09,194

that can happen was kind of very present.

734

37:09 ,224 --> 00:37:11,834

Thankfully, I was with my family.

735

37:11 ,834 --> 00:37:13,484

So that part of it was great.

736

37:14 ,094 --> 00:37:18,794

Um, and the work itself, I,

you know, there was a great

737

37:18 ,794 --> 00:37:21,024

cast in addition to our family.

738

37:21 ,024 --> 00:37:25,694

There was really, you know, a lot,

a lot of great actors were in it.

739

37:25 ,734 --> 00:37:27,594

Um, but.

740

37:28 ,354 --> 00:37:34,914

I, just the business side of it, being

a part of, you know, this crazy Disney

741

37:34 ,914 --> 00:37:38,424

machine, it was all too much for me.

742

37:38 ,494 --> 00:37:43,765

Um, and so after that, I kind

of withdrew from it for a while.

743

37:44 ,444 --> 00:37:49,824

And, and then my dad's, his, this is the

advice that I always kind of pass on to

744

37:49 ,954 --> 00:37:52,424

people who are contemplating a career.

745

37:53 ,279 --> 00:37:55,949

Is you gotta love it.

746

37:56 ,619 --> 00:37:58,379

You gotta love doing it.

747

37:58 ,619 --> 00:38:03,189

If, if you don't love the work

itself, if it's not something that

748

38:03 ,679 --> 00:38:08,299

inspires you or excites you, or

that you have some passion for.

749

38:08 ,934 --> 00:38:15,984

If the, then find something else to

do, um, because the, the things that

750

38:15 ,984 --> 00:38:23,214

you have to deal with and in rejection

and uncertainty and also like, you

751

38:23 ,214 --> 00:38:27,574

know, when a, when a job comes up, you

pretty much have to drop everything.

752

38:27 ,584 --> 00:38:32,524

You can't say like, oh, my wife's about

to have a baby or, you know, yeah.

753

38:33 ,144 --> 00:38:39,754

or my, you know, my father is,

you know, whatever you, you, you

754

38:39 ,794 --> 00:38:44,814

can't, you can't let all of the

things of life that normally people

755

38:44 ,814 --> 00:38:46,294

can kind of take time out for.

756

38:46 ,534 --> 00:38:48,524

You have to pretty much put them aside.

757

38:49 ,094 --> 00:38:54,554

Um, especially, and, you know,

particularly if you're like my, uh,

758

38:54 ,554 --> 00:38:59,384

you know, I've carved out this place

in the business for, for myself.

759

39:00 ,554 --> 00:39:03,844

And it's, it's interesting because I'm

kind of manifesting something that.

760

39:05 ,344 --> 00:39:13,224

Set early on I've always admired the

actors who you're like, oh that guy Oh

761

39:13 ,224 --> 00:39:16,734

that, you know, you kind of keep seeing

them and you really appreciate the work,

762

39:16 ,974 --> 00:39:23,874

but you don't know their name necessarily

And because I had seen What fame can do

763

39:24 ,174 --> 00:39:29,584

to people, you know, peers of mine and

to, and to my family and been around it.

764

39:29 ,884 --> 00:39:32,114

And it always made me feel

uncomfortable and weird.

765

39:32 ,114 --> 00:39:33,254

And I never wanted that.

766

39:33 ,734 --> 00:39:37,564

Um, and I kinda kicked myself now

cause I, you know, a little bit

767

39:37 ,564 --> 00:39:41,854

more fame would have been giving

me better leverage in the business.

768

39:43 ,944 --> 00:39:46,954

But I, that's kind of what I've, I

769

39:46 ,954 --> 00:39:49,304

Marc Preston: think what you're

describing is what the backbone

770

39:49 ,304 --> 00:39:50,704

of the industry in Hollywood is.

771

39:50 ,704 --> 00:39:53,164

It's, it's all the people who show

up, you may or may not know their

772

39:53 ,164 --> 00:39:56,184

name, but they show up and you're

like, okay, this is going to be a

773

39:56 ,184 --> 00:39:57,474

good scene, or I'm going to enjoy it.

774

39:57 ,514 --> 00:39:57,854

You know?

775

39:57 ,864 --> 00:39:58,264

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

776

39:58 ,424 --> 00:39:58,754

Yeah.

777

39:58 ,774 --> 00:40:00,964

They elevate everything that they're in.

778

40:01 ,414 --> 00:40:06,144

And so that, but that thing from

my dad was like with, and also my

779

40:06 ,144 --> 00:40:10,379

grandfather, I think espouse this

as well, is that you got to love it.

780

40:10 ,899 --> 00:40:13,319

You got to be able to work really hard.

781

40:13 ,539 --> 00:40:17,439

Um, and you got to be respectful,

you know, to the other,

782

40:17 ,499 --> 00:40:19,289

everyone in, in this business.

783

40:19 ,369 --> 00:40:25,139

Um, uh, that's, those were the kind

of things that I got from them.

784

40:25 ,449 --> 00:40:27,609

And so I kind of passed

that on to my kids.

785

40:27 ,999 --> 00:40:32,989

Each of them, you know, Is eligible

at this point to join the union.

786

40:33 ,019 --> 00:40:34,779

They've, they've both done some work.

787

40:35 ,259 --> 00:40:40,709

Um, they seem to be

taking different paths.

788

40:40 ,709 --> 00:40:42,889

I think it's, it's still there.

789

40:43 ,039 --> 00:40:45,169

The opportunity is still

there if they want it.

790

40:45 ,189 --> 00:40:47,169

I think they both have talent.

791

40:48 ,039 --> 00:40:49,929

Uh, they both have shown talent.

792

40:50 ,169 --> 00:40:51,979

Uh, but.

793

40:52 ,909 --> 00:40:56,849

It's also, I don't know, it's interesting,

this, and I don't, tell me if, this

794

40:56 ,849 --> 00:41:00,879

might just be my kids, but I, I feel

like it's a generational thing with them.

795

41:02 ,379 --> 00:41:07,439

It's sort of like, ambition

is not really cool.

796

41:08 ,259 --> 00:41:14,039

Like, they're, like, I don't, there's

something with them where, uh, they

797

41:14 ,039 --> 00:41:20,714

kind of, you know, Things have to

happen organically, or I don't know.

798

41:20 ,804 --> 00:41:24,254

There's, and maybe it's, again,

maybe it is just my kids, but,

799

41:24 ,284 --> 00:41:26,414

Marc Preston: well, no, I, I, you know

what I think is you don't want to, you

800

41:26 ,414 --> 00:41:29,924

don't want to be, you know, like you

gotta make a mind now what you want to do.

801

41:29 ,924 --> 00:41:32,744

You don't want to, but at the same time,

it's like, be moving in a direction.

802

41:32 ,744 --> 00:41:35,704

Have some, have some

momentum going somewhere.

803

41:35 ,709 --> 00:41:38,344

That's, I think my kids,

they're, that's my thing.

804

41:39 ,074 --> 00:41:39,474

Yeah.

805

41:39 ,784 --> 00:41:39,944

Yeah.

806

41:39 ,944 --> 00:41:42,924

I was just saying, explore, you

know, like, you know, get out

807

41:42 ,924 --> 00:41:43,874

there, check some things out.

808

41:43 ,874 --> 00:41:46,814

It's okay to discover something's not your

jam, but I mean, you know, that's right.

809

41:47 ,244 --> 00:41:51,674

But uh, but I, you know, just, but

you grew up like with a thing being

810

41:51 ,674 --> 00:41:54,514

a thing in your life and there was

some like, uh, excitement for it.

811

41:55 ,239 --> 00:41:55,879

Yeah, well,

812

41:56 ,849 --> 00:42:02,709

Jordan Bridges: and with me,

like I, my challenge, I did

813

42:02 ,709 --> 00:42:04,399

a lot of resistance with it.

814

42:04 ,469 --> 00:42:12,769

Uh, you know, after that, that experience

as a kid, um, it, um, it really wasn't

815

42:12 ,769 --> 00:42:19,409

until late into high school and, and then,

you know, really, it kind of solidified

816

42:19 ,409 --> 00:42:23,549

in college doing feeder, uh, that I.

817

42:23 ,994 --> 00:42:29,984

I knew this was kind of more of

a vocation, um, uh, and something

818

42:30 ,054 --> 00:42:34,684

that I, you know, wanted to really

take a shot at having a career.

819

42:34 ,964 --> 00:42:40,614

It, it wasn't automatic, you know,

and also there was the thing of just

820

42:40 ,614 --> 00:42:44,254

because, you know, you have people

in your family who have seen some

821

42:44 ,254 --> 00:42:46,954

success, it's no guarantee, you know?

822

42:47 ,744 --> 00:42:48,994

Um, it's, it's

823

42:48 ,994 --> 00:42:50,594

Marc Preston: the same

like a professional sports.

824

42:50 ,594 --> 00:42:56,279

I mean, you know, uh, when I hear it,

when I hear the phrase, uh, Nepo baby.

825

42:56 ,279 --> 00:43:00,449

I mean, you can get some opportunities,

but you're not going to stay in it

826

43:00 ,459 --> 00:43:03,799

unless you can perform, you know, you're

not going to be at a level because

827

43:03 ,799 --> 00:43:07,219

there's simply too much for like a

better way of putting it too much money

828

43:07 ,219 --> 00:43:10,539

on the line to the people financing

these things want to make money.

829

43:10 ,579 --> 00:43:13,189

You know, um, speaking of

that, it's really funny.

830

43:13 ,189 --> 00:43:14,699

I actually almost became your brother.

831

43:15 ,019 --> 00:43:17,649

Indirectly once interesting story back.

832

43:17 ,699 --> 00:43:23,349

Uh, your dad was set to star in a, in an

independent film, but it's about 2000.

833

43:23 ,449 --> 00:43:24,849

I'm trying to gauge how

old my daughter was.

834

43:24 ,859 --> 00:43:27,409

She was about about 2004 roughly.

835

43:27 ,409 --> 00:43:28,769

It was going to be

shooting in new Orleans.

836

43:29 ,199 --> 00:43:34,029

Uh, maybe it was 2005 and there was, uh,

it was supposed to be basically, he was

837

43:34 ,059 --> 00:43:37,209

the premise of the film to break it down.

838

43:37 ,209 --> 00:43:40,599

It was like he was a guy in the

South had some means maybe, you know,

839

43:40 ,599 --> 00:43:41,919

some people with money in the South.

840

43:42 ,614 --> 00:43:43,644

And he had two kids.

841

43:43 ,924 --> 00:43:47,324

One of them was either kind of a

business guy or kind of shyster and

842

43:47 ,324 --> 00:43:50,544

he had another one who was a doctor

who didn't really, you know, and I was

843

43:50 ,544 --> 00:43:55,974

auditioning to be the doctor and I had

a couple of callbacks and, um, ended up

844

43:55 ,974 --> 00:43:58,404

not getting it, but it was like really

cool cause your dad was going to be in

845

43:58 ,404 --> 00:44:01,914

it and he, of course, with those small

independent films, you know, when you say

846

44:01 ,914 --> 00:44:04,794

Bo Bridges is coming along, well that's

where the financing is coming from.

847

44:04 ,884 --> 00:44:05,514

And, uh.

848

44:05 ,515 --> 00:44:05,544

Sure.

849

44:05 ,544 --> 00:44:05,984

Jordan Bridges: Sure.

850

44:06 ,029 --> 00:44:07,519

Marc Preston: And then,

um, I didn't get it.

851

44:07 ,709 --> 00:44:10,979

I actually, uh, William Ragsdale,

the guy who's in the original

852

44:10 ,989 --> 00:44:12,329

Fright Night, remember that movie?

853

44:12 ,329 --> 00:44:14,879

Um, and yeah, he, he ended up getting it.

854

44:15 ,229 --> 00:44:18,469

But, uh, but I think, uh, my

name is Earl came around for

855

44:18 ,469 --> 00:44:19,679

your dad and he jumped on that.

856

44:19 ,679 --> 00:44:23,099

And then the, of course the story

always, you know, you have the person

857

44:23 ,099 --> 00:44:25,579

who's kind of helping get the financing,

but he's got this great opportunity.

858

44:25 ,639 --> 00:44:28,039

The film doesn't come

together, but I was so excited.

859

44:28 ,039 --> 00:44:30,049

It's like, I get to play Bo

Bridges son for a moment.

860

44:30 ,359 --> 00:44:30,459

Yeah.

861

44:30 ,549 --> 00:44:30,859

So wait,

862

44:30 ,859 --> 00:44:31,019

Jordan Bridges: did it?

863

44:31 ,199 --> 00:44:31,649

It.

864

44:31 ,859 --> 00:44:33,359

So he did do it like it?

865

44:33 ,359 --> 00:44:33,899

No, no, no.

866

44:33 ,899 --> 00:44:34,619

It is out there.

867

44:34 ,679 --> 00:44:35,279

Marc Preston: No, no, no.

868

44:35 ,279 --> 00:44:35,939

Or it fell apart.

869

44:35 ,944 --> 00:44:40,889

It, uh, it, it, when he went to go do my

name Zuro, I think that that him, him not

870

44:40 ,889 --> 00:44:44,459

being top of the, uh, call sheet there as

it were, the film didn't come together.

871

44:44 ,489 --> 00:44:47,939

You know, it was a small, independent

thing, but it was kind of a cool premise,

872

44:47 ,969 --> 00:44:50,004

uh, where basically the, you know, I was.

873

44:50 ,324 --> 00:44:52,494

It's supposed to be a doctor

out just doing my thing.

874

44:52 ,494 --> 00:44:54,714

I wasn't really relying on the

family's money or whatever.

875

44:54 ,715 --> 00:45:00,014

I guess it is about 2000, 2004,

2005, something like that.

876

45:00 ,224 --> 00:45:02,374

I'm so excited because I was

like, okay, that would, that

877

45:02 ,374 --> 00:45:04,294

would be a fun experience.

878

45:04 ,404 --> 00:45:06,194

Jordan Bridges: I mean,

I, that's, that's it.

879

45:06 ,204 --> 00:45:12,029

Cause I've, I've, uh, You know, always

had ambition to be on the, on the

880

45:12 ,039 --> 00:45:18,259

producing side of things, uh, and to, to

help bring, uh, you know, work to light.

881

45:18 ,349 --> 00:45:24,919

Um, and I just love the idea of starting

with an empty page and then, you

882

45:24 ,919 --> 00:45:27,239

know, creating something that then.

883

45:27 ,824 --> 00:45:31,074

Gets out there in the world

and, uh, you know, generates

884

45:31 ,074 --> 00:45:32,684

work for people and all of that.

885

45:33 ,174 --> 00:45:39,244

Um, but I have yet to actually

get something off the ground.

886

45:39 ,274 --> 00:45:40,694

It is so hard.

887

45:40 ,764 --> 00:45:42,704

Um, and, and this is working right.

888

45:42 ,744 --> 00:45:43,884

Marc Preston: Do you

like to write as well?

889

45:43 ,885 --> 00:45:44,494

I write.

890

45:44 ,544 --> 00:45:45,494

Jordan Bridges: Yeah, I write.

891

45:45 ,594 --> 00:45:55,739

Um, and you know, this is working with my

dad who, um, You know, he's also like only

892

45:55 ,739 --> 00:46:02,349

had a couple of times when he's managed

to actually get things made, um, that he

893

46:02 ,349 --> 00:46:05,049

generated and that were his, his idea.

894

46:05 ,629 --> 00:46:09,059

And I find that pretty

amazing, particularly like.

895

46:09 ,414 --> 00:46:16,454

There was a project, um, that

he had with Jeff and, and the

896

46:16 ,454 --> 00:46:18,184

great director, Hal Ashby.

897

46:18 ,974 --> 00:46:26,514

Um, and, um, but because of the timing

of it and because at the time and

898

46:26 ,514 --> 00:46:32,949

really for I think the last, you know,

third or almost half of his career,

899

46:33 ,249 --> 00:46:38,739

Hal Ashby was kind of written off,

um, sadly, uh, cause I think he's

900

46:38 ,759 --> 00:46:41,219

one of our great American directors.

901

46:41 ,249 --> 00:46:47,409

Um, and, um, yeah, they were going to

make this film with them as brothers.

902

46:47 ,409 --> 00:46:49,079

It was before the Baker boys.

903

46:49 ,219 --> 00:46:49,509

Yeah.

904

46:49 ,529 --> 00:46:54,659

It was based on a Based on, it was called,

um, The Hawk Line Monster, and it was

905

46:54 ,659 --> 00:46:56,739

based on a Richard Brodigan short story.

906

46:57 ,469 --> 00:47:01,529

And, they got pretty far down

the road with it, uh, there was

907

47:01 ,529 --> 00:47:06,549

a script, um, but they couldn't,

they couldn't put it together.

908

47:06 ,649 --> 00:47:13,899

And, I mean, it's like, It blows me away,

like, to think, anytime a film that it

909

47:13 ,899 --> 00:47:18,999

manages to get, not only get made, but

get released, and then get, do decent

910

47:18 ,999 --> 00:47:23,799

business, when it doesn't have a name,

and it doesn't have, and it's not a big

911

47:23 ,799 --> 00:47:28,769

time director, you know, attached, and

it's just something that's found its way,

912

47:29 ,239 --> 00:47:36,929

uh, Based on its own merits that blows me

away, and I don't know how they make those

913

47:36 ,939 --> 00:47:38,759

things I don't know how I don't either

914

47:38 ,769 --> 00:47:41,679

Marc Preston: with budgets being the

way they are now I don't have people

915

47:41 ,689 --> 00:47:45,309

I've spoken with that you know used

to be You know when we were growing

916

47:45 ,309 --> 00:47:49,854

up they had a lot of money for Big

comedies, you know, um, that's not

917

47:49 ,854 --> 00:47:51,084

really the case as much anymore.

918

47:51 ,084 --> 00:47:53,994

And I really kind of miss,

you know, goofy, more goofy

919

47:53 ,994 --> 00:47:56,874

comedies, you know, like, uh,

well, airplane, things like that.

920

47:56 ,884 --> 00:48:00,454

Things that you were just, you

know, you'll have like a, like

921

48:00 ,454 --> 00:48:03,834

a Judd Apatow, you know, like

those kinds of movies, just goofy.

922

48:04 ,544 --> 00:48:05,824

You don't see that nearly as much.

923

48:05 ,824 --> 00:48:09,064

And like you said, getting movies off

the ground, it is mind boggling to me,

924

48:09 ,064 --> 00:48:12,254

especially when I talk to folks when

I just kind of look at, you know, what

925

48:12 ,254 --> 00:48:14,014

they've been up to and how many movies.

926

48:14 ,219 --> 00:48:18,539

They've done are in the can, they're

set, they just never get released.

927

48:18 ,569 --> 00:48:20,319

And I was like, Oh my God,

what a, what a let down.

928

48:20 ,319 --> 00:48:20,759

That's got

929

48:20 ,849 --> 00:48:21,549

Jordan Bridges: another thing.

930

48:21 ,549 --> 00:48:26,379

It's like I, all that waste, you

know, when you, I, uh, the most recent

931

48:26 ,379 --> 00:48:32,539

one I heard about was, um, I think

Batgirl was like a huge, they wrote

932

48:32 ,539 --> 00:48:35,189

off like tens of millions of dollars.

933

48:35 ,199 --> 00:48:35,389

Warner

934

48:35 ,389 --> 00:48:35,849

Marc Preston: Brothers.

935

48:35 ,849 --> 00:48:36,309

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

936

48:36 ,809 --> 00:48:40,379

They just shelved the whole thing and

they had like shot most of it, I think.

937

48:40 ,479 --> 00:48:41,139

Um,

938

48:41 ,479 --> 00:48:42,229

Marc Preston: yeah,

because what's the deal?

939

48:42 Financial Instincts and Modern Television

48:42 ,229 --> 00:48:45,349

They could actually take a loss on

the film and come out financially

940

48:45 ,349 --> 00:48:46,489

ahead or something like that.

941

48:46 ,489 --> 00:48:47,359

I'm not an accountant.

942

48:47 ,369 --> 00:48:47,909

I, yeah,

943

48:47 ,959 --> 00:48:48,469

Jordan Bridges: I, yeah.

944

48:48 ,469 --> 00:48:49,879

With insurance or whatever.

945

48:49 ,899 --> 00:48:50,389

I don't know.

946

48:50 ,399 --> 00:48:54,439

That's why, that's probably why I have,

I have yet to actually produce something.

947

48:54 ,909 --> 00:48:57,689

It's because I don't have

instincts for that kind of stuff.

948

48:57 ,689 --> 00:49:02,999

But, um, one thing that I like

about the modern era and where we

949

49:02 ,999 --> 00:49:06,999

are right now, Particularly with

television, you know, there used to

950

49:06 ,999 --> 00:49:12,149

be this thing called pilot season

and it doesn't really exist anymore.

951

49:12 ,609 --> 00:49:16,609

Uh, not in the same way,

not in the same way.

952

49:16 ,739 --> 00:49:16,749

I

953

49:16 ,749 --> 00:49:17,019

Marc Preston: understand.

954

49:17 ,029 --> 00:49:19,349

Like pilot season is almost

like a year, like almost

955

49:19 ,349 --> 00:49:20,759

Jordan Bridges: like the

majority of the year now.

956

49:20 ,789 --> 00:49:22,869

It's all, that's, that's

what I mean by it.

957

49:22 ,889 --> 00:49:27,819

There's no, like it used to be, it was

a very, it was like from sort of January

958

49:27 ,839 --> 00:49:31,259

to March, they would produce and shoot.

959

49:31 ,694 --> 00:49:33,984

The first episode of these new series.

960

49:34 ,014 --> 00:49:38,664

And then, and then they would take those

to all the executives and the executives

961

49:38 ,664 --> 00:49:44,684

would select some to put to air, which

meant that inevitably every year there

962

49:44 ,684 --> 00:49:50,694

were these, basically these like short

films, uh, that just never got seen.

963

49:51 ,144 --> 00:49:54,704

That were just shelved and

never brought to the public,

964

49:54 ,714 --> 00:49:55,514

you know, that would make an

965

49:55 ,514 --> 00:49:58,074

Marc Preston: idea for a really

cool streaming channel is the

966

49:58 ,094 --> 00:50:00,324

never made it to screen type film.

967

50:00 ,324 --> 00:50:00,654

Yes,

968

50:00 ,814 --> 00:50:04,434

Jordan Bridges: I think because there's

a lot of like kind of famous ones

969

50:04 ,444 --> 00:50:10,654

that starred really amazing people

early on, uh, that are apparently

970

50:10 ,794 --> 00:50:11,814

supposed to be kind of great.

971

50:12 ,194 --> 00:50:14,154

Um, that are just sort of sitting there.

972

50:14 ,534 --> 00:50:20,084

Um, but the thing that now they

do is they just throw it up.

973

50:20 ,244 --> 00:50:21,474

They'll just throw something up.

974

50:21 ,474 --> 00:50:25,754

Sometimes they'll produce it as a, as

a, you know, movie made for television

975

50:25 ,754 --> 00:50:31,964

movie or a long form two episode

thing, and they'll see how it performs.

976

50:32 ,454 --> 00:50:33,944

And then based on that.

977

50:34 ,754 --> 00:50:39,904

They'll either, you know, add a full

season or, you know, uh, bring it

978

50:39 ,914 --> 00:50:44,814

for a second season or they just, you

know, so I, I kind of, I like that.

979

50:44 ,924 --> 00:50:50,024

To me, it seems like

there's less waste now.

980

50:50 ,054 --> 00:50:52,955

It's just that there's

also a glut of content.

981

50:53 ,324 --> 00:50:54,104

For the public.

982

50:54 ,104 --> 00:50:54,644

Marc Preston: Oh, there is.

983

50:54 ,644 --> 00:50:55,024

There is.

984

50:55 Taylor Sheridan's Journey

50:55 ,054 --> 00:51:00,874

And then you have these really odd, just,

just unicorns like Taylor Sheridan, the

985

51:00 ,874 --> 00:51:03,904

guy like bats a thousand, basically,

you know, everything he's putting out.

986

51:03 ,964 --> 00:51:04,504

I was watching.

987

51:04 ,504 --> 00:51:05,514

His story is amazing.

988

51:05 ,534 --> 00:51:08,674

Jordan Bridges: Do you know,

like about how he was an actor

989

51:08 ,674 --> 00:51:10,464

and on, he wasn't treated

990

51:10 ,464 --> 00:51:10,954

Marc Preston: very well.

991

51:10 ,954 --> 00:51:12,134

I think it was, what was that show?

992

51:12 ,144 --> 00:51:15,924

The, uh, the motorcycle gang, uh, uh, uh,

993

51:15 ,924 --> 00:51:19,324

Jordan Bridges: sons of anarchy, sons

of anarchy and, uh, and the Mayans.

994

51:19 ,449 --> 00:51:21,549

I think he was on, I think

he was on both of them.

995

51:21 ,999 --> 00:51:26,969

His character kind of went back and forth

and my reading of it or my understanding

996

51:26 ,969 --> 00:51:34,819

of it is that, uh, he was up for a new

season asking for not the world, but like

997

51:34 ,819 --> 00:51:42,329

a little bit more money and they refused

and then he just was like, okay, I'm out.

998

51:43 ,084 --> 00:51:43,384

Yeah.

999

51:43 ,474 --> 00:51:45,784

And, and then he went and wrote Sicario.

Speaker:1000

51:46 ,614 --> 00:51:48,634

Marc Preston: That's it's just my way.

Speaker:1001

51:48 ,634 --> 00:51:51,624

He also did your, uh, your

uncle's, uh, yeah, Helen,

Speaker:1002

51:51 ,994 --> 00:51:52,724

Jordan Bridges: Helen water

Speaker:1003

51:53 ,204 --> 00:51:53,704

Marc Preston: or Helen.

Speaker:1004

51:54 ,284 --> 00:51:56,804

He is a damn good writer.

Speaker:1005

51:56 ,854 --> 00:51:57,914

I mean, Oh, he's amazing.

Speaker:1006

51:57 ,914 --> 00:51:59,044

He, but the balls

Speaker:1007

51:59 ,044 --> 00:52:02,454

Jordan Bridges: on him, that's the

thing is like the, the, the confidence

Speaker:1008

52:02 ,454 --> 00:52:09,874

in himself, um, that, you know, he,

even if he didn't sell either of those

Speaker:1009

52:09 ,884 --> 00:52:12,544

scripts, he was willing to roll the dice.

Speaker:1010

52:13 ,444 --> 00:52:16,974

And like, if it doesn't work

out, I'll go run trail rides.

Speaker:1011

52:17 ,074 --> 00:52:19,284

Like that was kind of, I've

read that that's like, that

Speaker:1012

52:19 ,284 --> 00:52:20,864

was his fallback essentially.

Speaker:1013

52:20 ,914 --> 00:52:22,744

And he was perfectly happy doing that.

Speaker:1014

52:22 ,774 --> 00:52:23,944

If that's how his life went.

Speaker:1015

52:23 ,954 --> 00:52:26,254

Marc Preston: For me, he's become a

really interesting cat in the industry.

Speaker:1016

52:26 ,254 --> 00:52:30,604

Uh, but for me, but I wasn't as big

of a fan of, I love all of his stuff.

Speaker:1017

52:31 ,094 --> 00:52:33,734

Yellowstone for me never really

kind of like took a bite.

Speaker:1018

52:33 ,754 --> 00:52:36,674

You know, I just, you know,

everything else he does.

Speaker:1019

52:36 ,674 --> 00:52:38,624

And he, there's some common themes.

Speaker:1020

52:38 ,624 --> 00:52:39,944

It's like, you look at what he does.

Speaker:1021

52:39 ,944 --> 00:52:43,444

There's always just like a strong,

um, Almost all of his stuff

Speaker:1022

52:43 ,444 --> 00:52:45,524

has very strong female leads.

Speaker:1023

52:45 ,524 --> 00:52:47,964

You know, there's certain

commonalities and themes and I'm

Speaker:1024

52:47 ,964 --> 00:52:53,134

like, um, and like he says, Sicario

and uh, it was hell or high water.

Speaker:1025

52:53 ,134 --> 00:52:56,364

And then you look at the credits on

all of his shows is written by Taylor

Speaker:1026

52:56 ,364 --> 00:52:59,595

Sheridan and you don't see a long list

of writers and it's like, no, how much

Speaker:1027

52:59 ,595 --> 00:53:02,724

time does this guy, he has, it has

to be a master of time management.

Speaker:1028

53:03 ,174 --> 00:53:03,694

Well, you know,

Speaker:1029

53:04 Working on Palm Royale

53:04 ,219 --> 00:53:07,139

Jordan Bridges: And that leads me to

another thing I should be plugging,

Speaker:1030

53:07 ,199 --> 00:53:11,599

uh, that I haven't brought up yet,

um, is I'm now at work on, like,

Speaker:1031

53:11 ,609 --> 00:53:13,469

my second season of Palm Royale.

Speaker:1032

53:14 ,169 --> 00:53:14,579

Oh yeah, that's right.

Speaker:1033

53:14 ,589 --> 00:53:22,579

Um, and, um, uh, Josh Lucas,

who much of my work is with, he,

Speaker:1034

53:22 ,609 --> 00:53:24,599

he worked with Taylor Sheridan.

Speaker:1035

53:24 ,839 --> 00:53:30,389

Um, on Yellowstone and he, he had,

you know, he was just full of a lot of

Speaker:1036

53:30 ,389 --> 00:53:34,859

respect, uh, for what he did, but that

was one of the things he talked about was

Speaker:1037

53:34 ,859 --> 00:53:42,229

just how his hands are in everything, you

know, he's involved in every aspect from

Speaker:1038

53:42 ,539 --> 00:53:49,269

the horse wrangling, writing every word

that's spoken, essentially, um, you know,

Speaker:1039

53:49 ,309 --> 00:53:52,749

uh, directing, Casting like all of it.

Speaker:1040

53:52 ,829 --> 00:53:56,809

He's, he's up in every aspect

of, of the things that the

Speaker:1041

53:56 ,819 --> 00:53:58,719

Marc Preston: only way you could do

that is like, like we were talking

Speaker:1042

53:58 ,719 --> 00:54:00,779

about before, have a lot of love for it.

Speaker:1043

54:00 ,789 --> 00:54:01,999

You got to really enjoy it.

Speaker:1044

54:02 ,179 --> 00:54:03,849

He must have a lot of passion.

Speaker:1045

54:04 ,159 --> 00:54:06,279

Jordan Bridges: Yeah, I think

he must have a lot of passion.

Speaker:1046

54:06 ,359 --> 00:54:06,769

Yeah.

Speaker:1047

54:06 ,769 --> 00:54:08,789

So this, and this is another one.

Speaker:1048

54:09 ,319 --> 00:54:13,119

You know, kind of talking about the,

using as a segue to talk about the

Speaker:1049

54:13 ,119 --> 00:54:19,029

work, uh, on this particular show

and plug it a little bit, um, It is

Speaker:1050

54:19 ,029 --> 00:54:25,379

kind of a weird little unicorn of a

show that's hard to, uh, categorize.

Speaker:1051

54:25 ,789 --> 00:54:30,374

And I think it's the kind of show

that, In, in the past probably

Speaker:1052

54:30 ,374 --> 00:54:35,554

wouldn't have found an audience

or, or, or given an opportunity.

Speaker:1053

54:36 ,134 --> 00:54:42,084

Um, but because of where we're at and the

particular pocket that we have right now,

Speaker:1054

54:42 ,604 --> 00:54:53,274

um, there's this opportunity to give a

show that, you know, um, is, is weird and

Speaker:1055

54:53 ,284 --> 00:55:03,664

fun and, uh, unusual and kind of like,

but, and totally kind of hard to pin down

Speaker:1056

55:03 ,764 --> 00:55:09,014

to give it, uh, an opportunity to find

an audience, which is we have, which I,

Speaker:1057

55:09 ,064 --> 00:55:12,979

I'm, I'm really grateful for, um, I mean,

Speaker:1058

55:12 ,989 --> 00:55:13,179

Marc Preston: it's all

Speaker:1059

55:13 ,179 --> 00:55:13,359

Jordan Bridges: my

Speaker:1060

55:13 ,359 --> 00:55:15,119

Marc Preston: list of it's,

it's definitely on the list.

Speaker:1061

55:15 ,139 --> 00:55:16,949

Like you said, there's

so much stuff out there.

Speaker:1062

55:16 ,969 --> 00:55:19,359

Jordan Bridges: There is so

much that's part of the curating

Speaker:1063

55:19 ,369 --> 00:55:21,019

is a tough thing I find.

Speaker:1064

55:21 ,469 --> 00:55:26,969

And, um, you know, like really

digging through, uh, I know that

Speaker:1065

55:26 ,969 --> 00:55:31,589

there's sometimes shows that it

takes me like two or three years.

Speaker:1066

55:32 ,469 --> 00:55:35,609

Before I come around to actually like,

Oh, I guess I'll finally check it out.

Speaker:1067

55:35 ,609 --> 00:55:39,379

Like I, I've only now just

started watching slow horses,

Speaker:1068

55:39 ,849 --> 00:55:42,199

uh, which is another Apple show.

Speaker:1069

55:42 ,299 --> 00:55:44,229

Marc Preston: And everybody had talked

to that, that thought that ends up

Speaker:1070

55:44 ,239 --> 00:55:47,769

being on a list of things they want to,

that they love right now is slow horse.

Speaker:1071

55:47 ,779 --> 00:55:48,299

Yeah.

Speaker:1072

55:48 ,519 --> 00:55:52,019

Jordan Bridges: But it was like, it

was going for two or three seasons

Speaker:1073

55:52 ,019 --> 00:55:55,609

before I even came around, you know,

for, I found the time to actually

Speaker:1074

55:55 ,609 --> 00:55:57,189

like, be like, okay, I'll watch it now.

Speaker:1075

55:57 ,279 --> 00:56:00,329

Um, and, uh, yeah.

Speaker:1076

56:00 ,789 --> 00:56:05,629

So that's kind of, I, I think that's how

some people are coming to Palm Royale,

Speaker:1077

56:05 ,649 --> 00:56:10,859

is like, they'll catch an episode on the

plane or something, and then, you know,

Speaker:1078

56:11 ,089 --> 00:56:15,369

they'll, they'll, you know, dedicate

time and, and kind of binge it, um,

Speaker:1079

56:15 ,859 --> 00:56:20,319

or they'll even, you know, which is

even better, like, when they, I think

Speaker:1080

56:20 ,320 --> 00:56:25,984

they'll, The, what runs everything now

with the streaming model is when they can

Speaker:1081

56:25 ,984 --> 00:56:31,364

track subscriptions, new subscriptions

based on when a show was released

Speaker:1082

56:31 ,364 --> 00:56:33,414

or based on the views or whatever.

Speaker:1083

56:33 ,784 --> 00:56:36,504

I think when they can see it

driving subscription audience,

Speaker:1084

56:36 ,834 --> 00:56:38,094

that's when they really like it.

Speaker:1085

56:38 ,134 --> 00:56:38,954

Um, Oh yeah,

Speaker:1086

56:38 ,954 --> 00:56:39,504

Marc Preston: yeah, yeah.

Speaker:1087

56:39 ,984 --> 00:56:43,264

That, you know, now, now none of that

stuff is the old way of doing ratings

Speaker:1088

56:43 ,264 --> 00:56:44,674

and stuff with it, with the streaming.

Speaker:1089

56:45 ,014 --> 00:56:47,144

It's kind of out, they have

granular, they know what's

Speaker:1090

56:47 ,144 --> 00:56:48,664

happening at every moment, you know?

Speaker:1091

56:48 ,714 --> 00:56:51,544

Jordan Bridges: Yeah, but they don't,

but they don't publish it unless it's

Speaker:1092

56:51 ,544 --> 00:56:54,774

something that's like extraordinary,

like with stranger things or whatever.

Speaker:1093

56:54 ,784 --> 00:56:58,764

They, they don't, we're not

seeing like the weekly Nielsen.

Speaker:1094

56:59 ,204 --> 00:57:01,194

Uh, ratings for these shows really.

Speaker:1095

57:01 Film vs. Television: A Personal Take

57:01 ,434 --> 00:57:01,884

Uh,

Speaker:1096

57:01 ,904 --> 00:57:04,214

Marc Preston: do you have any kind

of preference when it comes to the

Speaker:1097

57:04 ,214 --> 00:57:07,834

workflow and the, just the vibe of

working on his show, uh, working

Speaker:1098

57:07 ,834 --> 00:57:09,264

on a series or working on film?

Speaker:1099

57:09 ,734 --> 00:57:13,774

Is there a preference there, you know,

uh, between the two kinds of projects?

Speaker:1100

57:14 ,244 --> 00:57:21,219

Jordan Bridges: Um, No, I mean, I think

for me, uh, the, the short answer is no.

Speaker:1101

57:21 ,239 --> 00:57:24,529

I take each, each experience

on its own merits.

Speaker:1102

57:24 ,599 --> 00:57:32,569

Um, and I, I really try to, you know,

go all in what, whatever I'm doing.

Speaker:1103

57:32 ,689 --> 00:57:39,819

Um, uh, but, um, and really open myself

up to whatever that experience is.

Speaker:1104

57:39 ,869 --> 00:57:48,279

Um, there's aspects of, uh,

working, uh, On a big, huge film

Speaker:1105

57:48 ,729 --> 00:57:52,299

that can, that are really fun

and exciting, you know, generally

Speaker:1106

57:52 ,359 --> 00:57:54,079

the craft service is really good.

Speaker:1107

57:55 ,579 --> 00:57:56,419

That's where I get myself

Speaker:1108

57:56 ,419 --> 00:57:58,939

Marc Preston: into trouble is,

you know, if it's really good.

Speaker:1109

57:59 ,559 --> 00:58:00,039

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

Speaker:1110

58:00 ,779 --> 00:58:01,469

They'll have that.

Speaker:1111

58:01 ,469 --> 00:58:01,649

Yeah.

Speaker:1112

58:01 ,649 --> 00:58:05,399

They'll have that like, you know,

gold standard, uh, craft service.

Speaker:1113

58:05 ,849 --> 00:58:07,859

Um, and it's fun to like.

Speaker:1114

58:08 ,559 --> 00:58:13,629

You know, there's something exciting

when, uh, if you're, if you're doing

Speaker:1115

58:13 ,629 --> 00:58:18,539

a scene and there's literally like

six cameras rolling, uh, you know,

Speaker:1116

58:18 ,569 --> 00:58:22,219

because there's a huge explosion or

like, and everything is relying on you

Speaker:1117

58:22 ,229 --> 00:58:24,979

saying that one line that's thrilling.

Speaker:1118

58:25 ,049 --> 00:58:26,169

Like that's exciting.

Speaker:1119

58:26 ,199 --> 00:58:29,608

And that's, that kind of draws

on a particular muscle and

Speaker:1120

58:29 ,608 --> 00:58:32,009

takes a particular skillset.

Speaker:1121

58:32 ,459 --> 00:58:37,069

But then, uh, you know,

working long form television.

Speaker:1122

58:38 ,339 --> 00:58:44,559

Because you really get to like find

the arc of a character over time and

Speaker:1123

58:44 ,559 --> 00:58:46,869

see them age and see them evolve.

Speaker:1124

58:47 ,339 --> 00:58:48,729

And that's really exciting.

Speaker:1125

58:48 ,739 --> 00:58:50,169

There's something thrilling about that.

Speaker:1126

58:50 ,189 --> 00:58:55,759

And also the way that you develop

and deepen relationships with the

Speaker:1127

58:55 ,759 --> 00:59:00,254

people you're working with, with the,

With the other actors and, and the

Speaker:1128

59:00 ,264 --> 00:59:05,274

producers and all the crafts people,

like, uh, that's a wonderful thing.

Speaker:1129

59:05 ,874 --> 00:59:07,884

Marc Preston: I always found

that to be the coolest thing is

Speaker:1130

59:07 ,894 --> 00:59:09,304

when you just kind of sit back.

Speaker:1131

59:09 ,304 --> 00:59:11,374

I never really like to go sit

in the chair and wait for them

Speaker:1132

59:11 ,374 --> 00:59:12,744

to spin the cameras around.

Speaker:1133

59:12 ,744 --> 00:59:17,159

I like to stay on the perimeter,

but kind of watch what was going on.

Speaker:1134

59:17 ,249 --> 00:59:20,909

To me, that was always, ever since I

was a little kid, I think I started with

Speaker:1135

59:20 ,939 --> 00:59:25,159

seven or eight years old and a God, my

very, it's not even on my IMDb, but the

Speaker:1136

59:25 ,159 --> 00:59:28,739

first thing I was in was, it was called

the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders movie.

Speaker:1137

59:28 ,839 --> 00:59:33,209

It was a sequel ABC movie of the

week, John Davidson was a sequel.

Speaker:1138

59:33 ,209 --> 00:59:33,489

Yeah.

Speaker:1139

59:33 ,819 --> 00:59:34,639

What was the first one?

Speaker:1140

59:34 ,699 --> 00:59:36,359

Well, it was called the

Dallas cowboy cheerleaders.

Speaker:1141

59:36 ,359 --> 00:59:38,269

And the next one's Dallas

Cowboys cheerleaders.

Speaker:1142

59:38 ,284 --> 00:59:40,494

Two is back when they had

the ABC movie of the week.

Speaker:1143

59:40 ,494 --> 00:59:40,944

Remember?

Speaker:1144

59:40 ,984 --> 00:59:41,284

Okay.

Speaker:1145

59:41 ,304 --> 00:59:42,804

And John Davidson was in it.

Speaker:1146

59:42 ,824 --> 00:59:45,144

Jordan Bridges: That's exactly

what my first gig was too.

Speaker:1147

59:45 ,144 --> 00:59:45,444

Yeah.

Speaker:1148

59:45 ,474 --> 00:59:46,994

Marc Preston: And that was

like, you'd look forward to it.

Speaker:1149

59:46 ,994 --> 00:59:50,284

Cause you know, Sunday, I still

remember the, the graphic intro to it.

Speaker:1150

59:50 ,334 --> 00:59:56,594

Uh, the anyway, so it was, um, I just

loved watching what, you know, everybody,

Speaker:1151

59:56 ,594 --> 01:00:01,264

it was almost like a military operation,

you know, and, and personality types.

Speaker:1152

1:00:01 ,264 --> 01:00:04,284

And, you know, and I,

the people who would.

Speaker:1153

1:00:04 ,504 --> 01:00:09,844

Come in and the, the, the PAs and the,

the, and what the most interesting

Speaker:1154

1:00:09 ,844 --> 01:00:13,104

thing, and this is total nerdy,

how the sausage is made side note,

Speaker:1155

1:00:13 ,134 --> 01:00:15,224

but I took my coach voiceover.

Speaker:1156

1:00:15 ,224 --> 01:00:17,854

And one of the things that I

tell my students, I said, you

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1:00:17 ,854 --> 01:00:19,634

know, it's okay to have nerves.

Speaker:1158

1:00:19 ,634 --> 01:00:24,314

Everybody has nerves, you know, between

the time they, you know, AD says, lock

Speaker:1159

1:00:24 ,314 --> 01:00:27,264

it up, you know, get quiet to the time

the director says action, you know,

Speaker:1160

1:00:27 ,264 --> 01:00:30,824

the anxiety comes up, but you tamp

down the anxiety with that confidence.

Speaker:1161

1:00:30 ,824 --> 01:00:31,984

You know, you can do the thing.

Speaker:1162

1:00:32 ,384 --> 01:00:32,404

Yeah.

Speaker:1163

1:00:32 ,539 --> 01:00:35,359

Uh, but one of the interesting things

is when they see, you know, lock

Speaker:1164

1:00:35 ,359 --> 01:00:38,569

it up is it's funny how the people

make sure they're not looking at you

Speaker:1165

1:00:38 ,569 --> 01:00:41,299

and you can tell the pros that have

been on a set before, you know, it

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1:00:41 ,299 --> 01:00:43,629

just, you kind of noticed ecosystem.

Speaker:1167

1:00:43 ,779 --> 01:00:47,079

Uh, but yeah, and producing

this, that to me would be kind of

Speaker:1168

1:00:47 ,079 --> 01:00:50,419

exciting to put the whole thing

together to be kind of, I mean,

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1:00:50 ,679 --> 01:00:51,089

Jordan Bridges: yeah.

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1:00:51 ,589 --> 01:00:57,209

Well, what it was, a lot of it was

born out of, um, you know, the,

Speaker:1171

1:00:57 ,580 --> 01:01:02,549

who I grew up around both my peers

and then friends of my family.

Speaker:1172

1:01:03 ,269 --> 01:01:09,829

I was surrounded by so many talented

people, um, and you know, the, The

Speaker:1173

1:01:09 ,829 --> 01:01:14,129

line I had, I got real close to like,

I really wanted to kind of push in my

Speaker:1174

1:01:14 ,129 --> 01:01:19,309

chips and, uh, start a production company

and really make like a family business.

Speaker:1175

1:01:19 ,569 --> 01:01:22,629

Um, and I was close to it right.

Speaker:1176

1:01:22 ,629 --> 01:01:28,039

As Rosalia Niles that I was on this show,

Rosalia Niles for, we did seven seasons.

Speaker:1177

1:01:28 ,499 --> 01:01:30,019

So I had some money in the bank.

Speaker:1178

1:01:30 ,019 --> 01:01:33,319

I was in a place where I

could make a move like that.

Speaker:1179

1:01:33 ,979 --> 01:01:39,479

Um, And, um, it again there again.

Speaker:1180

1:01:39 ,479 --> 01:01:41,999

It just sort of didn't coalesce.

Speaker:1181

1:01:42 ,009 --> 01:01:48,149

Um, you know, I had the I had the

ambition and I had the desire,

Speaker:1182

1:01:48 ,149 --> 01:01:51,799

but it just didn't kind of come

together for one reason or another.

Speaker:1183

1:01:51 ,869 --> 01:01:56,209

Um, but, um, yeah,

that's always been there.

Speaker:1184

1:01:56 ,229 --> 01:02:01,509

And I think that, like the interest,

the one thing I, the one sort of piece

Speaker:1185

1:02:01 ,509 --> 01:02:04,949

when you, when you Going back to your

question of which do you prefer or,

Speaker:1186

1:02:05 ,119 --> 01:02:12,109

you know, um, I, the one thing that

I didn't talk about, uh, was theater.

Speaker:1187

1:02:12 ,169 --> 01:02:20,039

Um, to me, that's the purest,

uh, uh, work for an actor.

Speaker:1188

1:02:20 ,379 --> 01:02:27,349

Um, because it's still a communal

experience, but when, you know, when

Speaker:1189

1:02:27 ,349 --> 01:02:31,059

the, when the lights come up on the

stage and you have a, you know, an

Speaker:1190

1:02:31 ,089 --> 01:02:37,879

audience there watching you, uh, It's,

it's, it's up to you to keep it going.

Speaker:1191

1:02:38 ,089 --> 01:02:39,449

Uh, there's nowhere to hide, you

Speaker:1192

1:02:39 ,449 --> 01:02:39,679

Marc Preston: know,

Speaker:1193

1:02:40 ,129 --> 01:02:41,299

Jordan Bridges: there's nowhere to hide.

Speaker:1194

1:02:41 ,309 --> 01:02:47,049

It's just, and that to me is, that's

some of the most thrilling stuff

Speaker:1195

1:02:47 ,049 --> 01:02:49,439

I've ever had the opportunity to do.

Speaker:1196

1:02:49 ,439 --> 01:02:52,509

So that's, you know, I,

I love theater as well.

Speaker:1197

1:02:52 ,539 --> 01:02:53,600

Marc Preston: What kind of side note?

Speaker:1198

1:02:53 Family Legacy and Personal Reflections

1:02:53 ,600 --> 01:02:55,299

I was curious as we kind

of start wrapping up.

Speaker:1199

1:02:55 ,319 --> 01:02:56,959

I'd be remiss without asking.

Speaker:1200

1:02:57 ,029 --> 01:03:02,454

I, I, I, What is a memory of your

grandfather, you know, when you,

Speaker:1201

1:03:02 ,454 --> 01:03:05,744

you, you, you, you, you know, there's

a certain iconic nature to them.

Speaker:1202

1:03:05 ,744 --> 01:03:09,334

You know, you've grown up, you

know, with your dad and your uncle

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1:03:09 ,344 --> 01:03:14,014

and the grandfather, their family,

but they're kind of perceived.

Speaker:1204

1:03:14 ,184 --> 01:03:14,904

We're at the same age.

Speaker:1205

1:03:14 ,904 --> 01:03:17,954

So, you know, when airplane came out,

that was just like, you know, that

Speaker:1206

1:03:17 ,954 --> 01:03:20,904

was that first, like, you can do that.

Speaker:1207

1:03:21 ,124 --> 01:03:26,094

You can be, you can be, you know, like the

casting of they took, I think that the,

Speaker:1208

1:03:27 ,054 --> 01:03:33,714

it was Abrams was Abrams brothers, you

know, the, uh, the, uh, the whole idea of.

Speaker:1209

1:03:34 ,024 --> 01:03:38,624

Taking serious actors and dropping them

into this thing, you know, I thought

Speaker:1210

1:03:38 ,624 --> 01:03:42,344

it was a cool, but I was curious, what,

what is memory or advice or guidance

Speaker:1211

1:03:42 ,344 --> 01:03:46,114

or just experience that, that kind

of sticks with you, uh, from your

Speaker:1212

1:03:46 ,114 --> 01:03:47,784

grandfather personally or professionally?

Speaker:1213

1:03:48 ,774 --> 01:03:52,054

Jordan Bridges: I mean, it's,

there's so much, I mean, I can

Speaker:1214

1:03:52 ,054 --> 01:03:57,024

just kind of riff on some, I, well,

the first thing that was occurring

Speaker:1215

1:03:57 ,024 --> 01:03:58,424

to me was talking about airplane.

Speaker:1216

1:03:58 ,474 --> 01:04:02,104

I remember seeing it and I was

quite young when it came out,

Speaker:1217

1:04:02 ,254 --> 01:04:03,904

um, but I still got to see it.

Speaker:1218

1:04:04 ,524 --> 01:04:05,504

And I asked him,

Speaker:1219

1:04:07 ,669 --> 01:04:10,539

Cause there was that line, like the

shit's really going to hit the fan.

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1:04:10 ,539 --> 01:04:13,439

And then they like, there was

some shit thrown into a fan.

Speaker:1221

1:04:13 ,839 --> 01:04:15,569

And I was like, was that really poop?

Speaker:1222

1:04:15 ,629 --> 01:04:18,539

And he was like, no, no, they,

they just mixed together some

Speaker:1223

1:04:18 ,549 --> 01:04:19,899

stuff and threw it at the fan.

Speaker:1224

1:04:19 ,899 --> 01:04:21,139

It wasn't actually poop.

Speaker:1225

1:04:21 ,569 --> 01:04:23,319

Um, I remember him telling me that.

Speaker:1226

1:04:23 ,349 --> 01:04:31,389

And then, uh, I also, uh, in terms

of like really impactful moments,

Speaker:1227

1:04:31 ,419 --> 01:04:33,134

I think that he was a very fun guy.

Speaker:1228

1:04:33 ,314 --> 01:04:34,404

Physical person.

Speaker:1229

1:04:34 ,704 --> 01:04:38,494

He, uh, loved the ocean.

Speaker:1230

1:04:38 ,504 --> 01:04:39,594

He loved swimming.

Speaker:1231

1:04:39 ,644 --> 01:04:42,974

Um, and he just loved

being physically active.

Speaker:1232

1:04:42 ,974 --> 01:04:47,964

And so that's like something that he

kind of, I think, relayed the importance

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1:04:47 ,964 --> 01:04:49,554

of kind of keeping your body right.

Speaker:1234

1:04:49 ,974 --> 01:04:55,164

Um, the importance of family,

uh, was very important to him.

Speaker:1235

1:04:55 ,164 --> 01:04:58,044

And, um, he put a lot of energy into that.

Speaker:1236

1:04:58 ,114 --> 01:05:00,364

Uh, and then also work ethic.

Speaker:1237

1:05:00 ,484 --> 01:05:06,149

Um, one of the things I love about the Job

is that I get to hear stories from people

Speaker:1238

1:05:06 ,149 --> 01:05:12,289

who worked with him and without fail, it's

always somebody saying how respectful he

Speaker:1239

1:05:12 ,289 --> 01:05:14,599

was, how dedicated to the work he was.

Speaker:1240

1:05:15 ,079 --> 01:05:16,969

Um, that has to make you feel good.

Speaker:1241

1:05:16 ,969 --> 01:05:17,509

But that, that,

Speaker:1242

1:05:18 ,279 --> 01:05:19,119

Marc Preston: oh, it's great.

Speaker:1243

1:05:19 ,119 --> 01:05:22,209

People are out there living their

lives with a good vibe and memory

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1:05:22 ,209 --> 01:05:23,104

of your grandfather like that.

Speaker:1245

1:05:23 ,379 --> 01:05:23,979

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

Speaker:1246

1:05:24 ,009 --> 01:05:24,999

That's amazing.

Speaker:1247

1:05:25 ,029 --> 01:05:26,904

And, and so like, I, I, and I.

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1:05:27 ,469 --> 01:05:35,589

I, when I'm working, I actually almost

before every take, I take a minute to,

Speaker:1249

1:05:35 ,659 --> 01:05:42,719

to kind of, uh, commune with him and

his, his energy and his spirit and, and,

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1:05:42 ,719 --> 01:05:49,454

uh, make sure that I'm, uh, I'm carrying

that on, you know, um, I want that.

Speaker:1251

1:05:49 ,464 --> 01:05:53,394

I, I always want that to be the

experience of anyone who I get

Speaker:1252

1:05:53 ,524 --> 01:05:54,774

the opportunity to work with.

Speaker:1253

1:05:54 ,774 --> 01:05:59,764

I want them to come away feeling good,

feeling energized, feeling happy about,

Speaker:1254

1:05:59 ,834 --> 01:06:01,504

you know, the day that they just put in.

Speaker:1255

1:06:01 ,564 --> 01:06:03,864

Um, that's really important to me.

Speaker:1256

1:06:03 ,885 --> 01:06:06,914

Marc Preston: Well, I was curious, what

is your, where's your family like from?

Speaker:1257

1:06:06 ,954 --> 01:06:09,424

Like originally, where,

where were your people?

Speaker:1258

1:06:09 ,434 --> 01:06:11,124

Where do they originate from the bridges?

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1:06:11 ,204 --> 01:06:12,694

Jordan Bridges: Well, yeah, they're.

Speaker:1260

1:06:12 ,904 --> 01:06:13,914

It's interesting.

Speaker:1261

1:06:13 ,964 --> 01:06:22,754

Um, we've on my dad's side, uh, if

you go kind of the patrilineal line,

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1:06:22 ,914 --> 01:06:29,344

um, we've been in California now,

it's like the fourth generation.

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1:06:29 ,754 --> 01:06:37,174

Um, my grandfather's father,

uh, was the, First one here.

Speaker:1264

1:06:37 ,554 --> 01:06:43,844

Um, but, uh, they, their stock

is, you know, sort of, uh,

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1:06:44 ,884 --> 01:06:47,504

uh, you, British essentially.

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1:06:47 ,504 --> 01:06:53,544

And then there's a bit of, uh,

Scandinavian, some, apparently

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1:06:53 ,574 --> 01:06:55,574

some Portuguese in there somewhere.

Speaker:1268

1:06:55 ,924 --> 01:07:04,874

Um, and, and then my, my grandmother,

my, on my dad's side, she, uh, was,

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1:07:04 ,904 --> 01:07:07,654

um, Her father was from Liverpool.

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1:07:08 ,234 --> 01:07:10,394

Uh, and then I think her mother was Irish.

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1:07:10 ,524 --> 01:07:16,294

Um, so a lot of British, uh,

kind of like on that side.

Speaker:1272

1:07:16 ,714 --> 01:07:22,244

And then on my mother's side,

it's a Russian and German.

Speaker:1273

1:07:23 ,414 --> 01:07:26,244

Um, and they were, they

were all immigrants.

Speaker:1274

1:07:26 ,655 --> 01:07:31,354

Her, her parents, parents were

first generation Americans.

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1:07:31 ,424 --> 01:07:37,564

My dad's side, my grandmother's father

immigrated, but my grandfather's

Speaker:1276

1:07:37 ,604 --> 01:07:41,784

people had been here for, I don't

know, probably about a hundred years.

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1:07:41 ,844 --> 01:07:41,984

Yeah.

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1:07:41 ,984 --> 01:07:42,704

Marc Preston: I'm just envious.

Speaker:1279

1:07:42 ,704 --> 01:07:44,754

Cause you have that,

uh, Bridges family hair.

Speaker:1280

1:07:44 ,764 --> 01:07:46,504

I'd tell you, I'm, I'm a

little envious over here.

Speaker:1281

1:07:46 ,504 --> 01:07:46,884

Uh, you know,

Speaker:1282

1:07:46 ,894 --> 01:07:50,784

Jordan Bridges: I, yeah, I mean,

I, I'm, I've, I've got, this is.

Speaker:1283

1:07:51 ,269 --> 01:07:56,089

Each one of these I've

earned, those are those

Speaker:1284

1:07:56 ,089 --> 01:07:56,789

Marc Preston: gray hairs.

Speaker:1285

1:07:56 ,809 --> 01:07:59,709

When you become a parent that you,

you get, uh, anointed with at least

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1:07:59 ,719 --> 01:08:01,219

a couple, you know, because you

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1:08:01 ,219 --> 01:08:02,169

Jordan Bridges: definitely do, man.

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1:08:02 ,169 --> 01:08:02,339

But,

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1:08:02 ,339 --> 01:08:06,559

Marc Preston: uh, one more note on, on

the family, both your dad and your uncle.

Speaker:1290

1:08:06 ,824 --> 01:08:10,864

Pick, you know, on the Mount

Rushmore projects that they've done,

Speaker:1291

1:08:10 ,864 --> 01:08:12,604

what, what kind of stuck with you?

Speaker:1292

1:08:12 ,604 --> 01:08:14,034

Like, this is cool.

Speaker:1293

1:08:15 ,714 --> 01:08:19,034

You know, you're taken back by seeing

that performance and just being

Speaker:1294

1:08:19 ,194 --> 01:08:20,964

like, this is pretty rock star.

Speaker:1295

1:08:21 ,714 --> 01:08:22,074

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

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1:08:22 ,104 --> 01:08:24,034

I mean, you know, part of my thing.

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1:08:24 ,319 --> 01:08:30,159

Uh, I, I, I think both of them have

kind of continued the thing with my

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1:08:30 ,159 --> 01:08:32,169

grandfather in terms of work ethic.

Speaker:1299

1:08:32 ,169 --> 01:08:36,439

Like, I think that there's something

of value every time up to bat.

Speaker:1300

1:08:36 ,519 --> 01:08:38,339

I think they do great work.

Speaker:1301

1:08:38 ,929 --> 01:08:43,019

Um, and so it's hard for me to, to

sift through and really isolate.

Speaker:1302

1:08:43 ,019 --> 01:08:46,999

I like to like turn people onto maybe

things that are not as well known.

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1:08:47 ,469 --> 01:08:54,569

Um, I mean, it's you probably like with

my dad, um, going back to Hal Ashby,

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1:08:55 ,059 --> 01:09:01,899

uh, early on, he did Hal Ashby's first

film, which is called the landlord, um,

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1:09:01 ,979 --> 01:09:04,019

which I think is an incredible film.

Speaker:1306

1:09:04 ,059 --> 01:09:08,369

Also notable, uh, Luke

Gossett Jr is in it.

Speaker:1307

1:09:08 ,409 --> 01:09:13,789

Um, it's a really wonderful

film and he's great in it.

Speaker:1308

1:09:14 ,269 --> 01:09:16,819

Um, and I.

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1:09:16 ,884 --> 01:09:19,944

I think that's an incredible film

that everyone should check out.

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1:09:20 ,024 --> 01:09:29,344

Um, I think that, um, probably the time

when everything kind of aligned for him

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1:09:29 ,354 --> 01:09:35,714

in terms of the part and the writing

and where he was at in his life, uh,

Speaker:1312

1:09:35 ,754 --> 01:09:38,175

without warning the James Brady story.

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1:09:38 ,705 --> 01:09:38,945

Oh, yeah.

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1:09:38 ,945 --> 01:09:39,044

Yeah.

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1:09:39 ,044 --> 01:09:42,369

He did, he put down a,

Incredible work in that.

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1:09:42 ,619 --> 01:09:45,429

I love it when I love the Baker boys.

Speaker:1317

1:09:45 ,499 --> 01:09:48,739

Um, that that was a great boy when

the, that was just, when the two

Speaker:1318

1:09:48 ,739 --> 01:09:50,779

of them got together, it was great.

Speaker:1319

1:09:50 ,799 --> 01:09:56,179

And you know, Steve Clovis, uh, was 24

when he wrote and directed that film.

Speaker:1320

1:09:57 ,459 --> 01:09:59,649

I can't even imagine being 24

and having that kind of weight

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1:09:59 ,649 --> 01:10:01,429

on your shoulders, right?

Speaker:1322

1:10:01 ,829 --> 01:10:07,979

I mean, and the fact that he had the

confidence, I'm just actually blown

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1:10:07 ,979 --> 01:10:10,739

away that he only ever made like.

Speaker:1324

1:10:11 ,064 --> 01:10:12,474

Three films as a director.

Speaker:1325

1:10:12 ,474 --> 01:10:18,034

He kind of became the go to guy for

adapting the Harry Potter screenplays

Speaker:1326

1:10:18 ,384 --> 01:10:20,314

and that became his career, essentially.

Speaker:1327

1:10:20 ,324 --> 01:10:20,894

Wow, okay.

Speaker:1328

1:10:20 ,964 --> 01:10:22,114

Steve Kloves, I'm talking about.

Speaker:1329

1:10:22 ,564 --> 01:10:24,994

Um, so I love the two of them in that.

Speaker:1330

1:10:25 ,014 --> 01:10:26,334

I think they're both great.

Speaker:1331

1:10:26 ,764 --> 01:10:31,999

Um, Jeff, the interesting going back

to Hal Ashby, Jeff did his last film,

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1:10:32 ,359 --> 01:10:38,329

which was called Eight Million Ways to

Die, um, which is an interesting film.

Speaker:1333

1:10:38 ,329 --> 01:10:42,379

I think he's great in it, kind of a

little bit of a flawed film, but I

Speaker:1334

1:10:42 ,379 --> 01:10:44,009

think he's really wonderful in it.

Speaker:1335

1:10:44 ,509 --> 01:10:53,149

Probably my, my favorite of his is

a toss up, uh, between Fisher King.

Speaker:1336

1:10:53 ,289 --> 01:10:53,809

Marc Preston: Hmm.

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1:10:53 ,979 --> 01:10:54,849

Oh yeah.

Speaker:1338

1:10:55 ,159 --> 01:10:55,369

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

Speaker:1339

1:10:55 ,409 --> 01:10:57,039

God, I almost forgot about that one.

Speaker:1340

1:10:57 ,789 --> 01:10:59,239

Marc Preston: That was

with Robin Williams, right?

Speaker:1341

1:10:59 ,269 --> 01:11:00,639

Robin Williams and Yeah,

Speaker:1342

1:11:00 ,639 --> 01:11:02,169

Jordan Bridges: people

forget about that film.

Speaker:1343

1:11:02 ,489 --> 01:11:03,189

Yeah.

Speaker:1344

1:11:04 ,169 --> 01:11:07,179

Yeah, um, Amazing film.

Speaker:1345

1:11:07 ,369 --> 01:11:09,509

And I think he's wonderful in it.

Speaker:1346

1:11:09 ,689 --> 01:11:11,559

And Robin is incredible in it.

Speaker:1347

1:11:11 ,884 --> 01:11:16,214

And the two of them really bonded and

you can kind of feel that chemistry.

Speaker:1348

1:11:16 ,274 --> 01:11:22,584

Um, that's a, that's a great film that

people kind of, you know, uh, forget

Speaker:1349

1:11:22 ,584 --> 01:11:25,034

about Terry Gilliam directed that one.

Speaker:1350

1:11:25 ,224 --> 01:11:30,554

Um, he's another director that I think,

you know, had a couple of films that

Speaker:1351

1:11:30 ,554 --> 01:11:32,324

didn't, didn't do great business.

Speaker:1352

1:11:32 ,364 --> 01:11:34,994

And now people kind of forget he was.

Speaker:1353

1:11:35 ,819 --> 01:11:38,919

Is I think, uh, one of our

greatest, uh, filmmakers.

Speaker:1354

1:11:38 ,919 --> 01:11:43,139

I, I love his work and I love

Jeff particularly in that film.

Speaker:1355

1:11:43 ,189 --> 01:11:51,159

Um, and, uh, and then with my

grandfather, um, he did a movie called,

Speaker:1356

1:11:51 ,319 --> 01:11:54,989

uh, it's got a couple of different

titles, but I think it's, Called try

Speaker:1357

1:11:54 ,989 --> 01:11:57,429

and get me is how you can find it.

Speaker:1358

1:11:57 ,839 --> 01:12:01,119

And that was when he was still

a contract player at Columbia.

Speaker:1359

1:12:01 ,899 --> 01:12:05,509

And I think he just was that it

was something different for him.

Speaker:1360

1:12:05 ,509 --> 01:12:09,169

He was playing kind of a villainous

heavy and he's really great in it.

Speaker:1361

1:12:09 ,279 --> 01:12:13,469

Um, and, uh, But yeah, he's another one.

Speaker:1362

1:12:13 ,469 --> 01:12:17,399

It's like the, he did another

weird movie with Tom Hanks.

Speaker:1363

1:12:17 ,859 --> 01:12:22,739

Um, uh, called Joe

versus Volcano, you know?

Speaker:1364

1:12:23 ,359 --> 01:12:23,729

Yeah.

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1:12:24 ,279 --> 01:12:27,739

Which is another one that kind of

like, didn't really work at the

Speaker:1366

1:12:27 ,739 --> 01:12:30,639

box office and kind of got panned.

Speaker:1367

1:12:31 ,034 --> 01:12:32,784

Because it was just so weird.

Speaker:1368

1:12:33 ,184 --> 01:12:36,674

Um, but I actually really loved

that movie and I think it's one of

Speaker:1369

1:12:36 ,674 --> 01:12:38,834

my grandfather's best performances.

Speaker:1370

1:12:38 ,834 --> 01:12:43,034

He embraced his eyebrows in a

way that was extraordinary and

Speaker:1371

1:12:43 ,034 --> 01:12:44,904

like wax them up like this.

Speaker:1372

1:12:44 ,904 --> 01:12:47,954

And his character was just really great.

Speaker:1373

1:12:48 ,094 --> 01:12:53,754

Um, and you could tell he was just really

in his element and kind of like excited

Speaker:1374

1:12:53 ,754 --> 01:12:54,284

Marc Preston: eyebrows here.

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1:12:54 ,284 --> 01:12:56,444

My, one of my favorite scenes

as a kid, the one of the ones

Speaker:1376

1:12:56 ,444 --> 01:12:57,984

that kind of made me laugh.

Speaker:1377

1:12:59 ,134 --> 01:13:03,604

Was he picked the wrong, when you said

this, this, this, uh, uh, I picked the

Speaker:1378

1:13:03 ,604 --> 01:13:05,474

wrong day to stop sniffing airplane glue.

Speaker:1379

1:13:05 ,934 --> 01:13:07,364

I don't know if they had an upside down.

Speaker:1380

1:13:07 ,364 --> 01:13:12,244

The hair was all just, it was just,

it was again, going back to airplanes.

Speaker:1381

1:13:12 ,244 --> 01:13:14,554

Seeing my grandfather had the same.

Speaker:1382

1:13:14 ,899 --> 01:13:15,989

Kind of sensibility of humor.

Speaker:1383

1:13:15 ,989 --> 01:13:19,899

He wasn't overtly funny necessarily,

but he had that same kind of not taking

Speaker:1384

1:13:19 ,899 --> 01:13:21,499

himself seriously in certain moments.

Speaker:1385

1:13:21 ,499 --> 01:13:24,549

And that was, you know, I always

thought that was, you know, one of

Speaker:1386

1:13:24 ,549 --> 01:13:27,289

those endearing things that I kind

of try to hold on to, you know,

Speaker:1387

1:13:34 ,029 --> 01:13:36,090

well, before we get going, I

have something I call my seven

Speaker:1388

1:13:36 ,090 --> 01:13:37,889

questions, just a little extra fun.

Speaker:1389

1:13:37 ,889 --> 01:13:40,619

I like to throw in, um, and just, okay.

Speaker:1390

1:13:40 ,620 --> 01:13:43,889

My, my, my natural curiosity, I always

ended up talking about food at least

Speaker:1391

1:13:43 ,889 --> 01:13:50,194

once, but, um, So first question,

what is your favorite comfort food?

Speaker:1392

1:13:50 ,264 --> 01:13:52,124

That one thing just kind

of makes you feel good.

Speaker:1393

1:13:52 ,414 --> 01:13:55,094

Uh, you mentioned craft

services before, so, you know,

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1:13:55 ,094 --> 01:13:56,054

I'm thinking you're an eater.

Speaker:1395

1:13:56 ,304 --> 01:14:00,964

Jordan Bridges: Well, I, yeah, I do like

to, I like to cook, uh, and I like to eat.

Speaker:1396

1:14:01 ,044 --> 01:14:06,614

And, um, again, that's a tough one, but

I, I have a kind of go to pocket answer,

Speaker:1397

1:14:06 ,614 --> 01:14:09,674

which is, um, Chicken noodle soup.

Speaker:1398

1:14:09 ,734 --> 01:14:10,504

Homemade.

Speaker:1399

1:14:10 ,854 --> 01:14:16,534

Um, I call it, uh, because it comes from

my mom, I call it Jewish penicillin.

Speaker:1400

1:14:17 ,154 --> 01:14:24,864

Um, and I have a very intricate and,

uh, involved recipe that, uh, you

Speaker:1401

1:14:24 ,865 --> 01:14:28,484

know, is a kind of a international

secret, so I can't give it.

Speaker:1402

1:14:28 ,494 --> 01:14:28,974

Well, hey, you

Speaker:1403

1:14:28 ,974 --> 01:14:30,824

Marc Preston: know, if you're, if

you're a big soup guy and hook you up,

Speaker:1404

1:14:30 ,824 --> 01:14:36,684

you know, as Jewish kid here, uh, I, I

came up with a matzo ball soup recipe

Speaker:1405

1:14:36 ,684 --> 01:14:42,024

became popular enough to where my family

during Passover, like, okay, my family's

Speaker:1406

1:14:42 ,024 --> 01:14:43,405

like, okay, Marco make matzo ball soup.

Speaker:1407

1:14:43 ,414 --> 01:14:45,295

My ex wife's family

was like, cool with it.

Speaker:1408

1:14:45 ,304 --> 01:14:46,314

So I'm like, wait a minute.

Speaker:1409

1:14:46 ,314 --> 01:14:48,234

I've, I've got two different

families liking the soup.

Speaker:1410

1:14:48 ,234 --> 01:14:49,994

I'm going to hold, nobody

gave me the recipe.

Speaker:1411

1:14:49 ,994 --> 01:14:51,404

I was like, I like it more of a stew.

Speaker:1412

1:14:51 ,404 --> 01:14:54,754

I like it being a little more hearty than

this little thin broth kind of a thing.

Speaker:1413

1:14:55 ,074 --> 01:14:55,694

Jordan Bridges: Yeah.

Speaker:1414

1:14:55 ,849 --> 01:14:57,369

Yeah, I'm with you on that.

Speaker:1415

1:14:57 ,399 --> 01:15:02,799

Um, I've, that's one I've tried

to make matzo ball soup many

Speaker:1416

1:15:02 ,799 --> 01:15:07,449

times, and I, they always come

out like hard pieces of granite.

Speaker:1417

1:15:07 ,479 --> 01:15:09,949

I can't, I can't figure out the ball.

Speaker:1418

1:15:10 ,039 --> 01:15:11,529

Marc Preston: It's, it's,

you know what it, what it is.

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1:15:11 ,639 --> 01:15:12,629

Let me help you with your balls here.

Speaker:1420

1:15:13 ,349 --> 01:15:18,709

Um, it's, you, you don't want a royal

rolling boil when you put, you want

Speaker:1421

1:15:18 ,709 --> 01:15:21,834

it, you want to put them in when the

water is, you know, about, Uh, 60

Speaker:1422

1:15:21 ,834 --> 01:15:23,204

percent of where you want it to be.

Speaker:1423

1:15:23 ,224 --> 01:15:26,164

And then by the time it reaches

that kind of a little harder boiled,

Speaker:1424

1:15:26 ,334 --> 01:15:27,664

that's when you cut the heat down.

Speaker:1425

1:15:27 ,934 --> 01:15:33,024

If you drop them in real, uh, high

boil, that's why you get those.

Speaker:1426

1:15:33 ,344 --> 01:15:36,254

But see, I also don't like them when

they're ultra ultra fluffy either.

Speaker:1427

1:15:36 ,254 --> 01:15:37,414

I like a little bit of, uh,

Speaker:1428

1:15:37 ,484 --> 01:15:40,744

Jordan Bridges: yeah, that's the thing

is that they would either just dissolve.

Speaker:1429

1:15:41 ,154 --> 01:15:43,074

Cause I think I even try, I'd read that.

Speaker:1430

1:15:43 ,074 --> 01:15:48,664

I even tried that, but I just sort

of, I gave up, um, because ultimately.

Speaker:1431

1:15:49 ,269 --> 01:15:51,579

It's a novelty thing for me.

Speaker:1432

1:15:51 ,579 --> 01:15:52,809

The, the matza ball.

Speaker:1433

1:15:52 ,839 --> 01:15:57,519

I would rather, if it's a choice,

I'll, I'd rather just have egg noodles

Speaker:1434

1:15:57 ,759 --> 01:15:58,179

Marc Preston: really

Speaker:1435

1:15:58 ,179 --> 01:16:02,059

Jordan Bridges: in my soup if I, yeah,

that's, that's kind of, even though

Speaker:1436

1:16:02 ,059 --> 01:16:03,319

it's, that's probably a COP app.

Speaker:1437

1:16:03 ,319 --> 01:16:04,429

So on your mother, on your mother's

Speaker:1438

1:16:04 ,429 --> 01:16:06,259

Marc Preston: side, that's,

uh, Jewish side, I guess.

Speaker:1439

1:16:06 ,259 --> 01:16:07,189

A Russian and all that?

Speaker:1440

1:16:07 ,369 --> 01:16:07,609

Yeah.

Speaker:1441

1:16:07 ,609 --> 01:16:07,610

Okay.

Speaker:1442

1:16:07 ,615 --> 01:16:07,744

Okay.

Speaker:1443

1:16:07 ,749 --> 01:16:07,999

Yeah.

Speaker:1444

1:16:08 ,449 --> 01:16:11,869

Um, well then of course you've had

the mishmash down at Cantor's Deli.

Speaker:1445

1:16:11 ,869 --> 01:16:13,064

You had to have had that at least once.

Speaker:1446

1:16:13 ,385 --> 01:16:16,184

Jordan Bridges: Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Speaker:1447

1:16:16 ,214 --> 01:16:18,484

And, um, I love canners.

Speaker:1448

1:16:18 ,574 --> 01:16:20,904

It's been a while since I've been

there, but I used to, in high

Speaker:1449

1:16:20 ,904 --> 01:16:22,064

school, I was there all the time.

Speaker:1450

1:16:22 ,194 --> 01:16:30,344

Um, um, so yeah, that's my, uh, that's

my kind of go to, um, like whenever a kid

Speaker:1451

1:16:30 ,344 --> 01:16:33,094

is not feeling well, I will whip that up.

Speaker:1452

1:16:33 ,234 --> 01:16:39,994

Um, we have, uh, Beautiful California

Bay trees here in, in Topanga.

Speaker:1453

1:16:40 ,524 --> 01:16:42,664

And so I love to throw

one of those in there.

Speaker:1454

1:16:42 ,664 --> 01:16:43,634

They're very pungent.

Speaker:1455

1:16:43 ,894 --> 01:16:44,404

Marc Preston: Much

Speaker:1456

1:16:44 ,414 --> 01:16:46,594

Jordan Bridges: better than the

like store bought Bay trees.

Speaker:1457

1:16:46 ,614 --> 01:16:48,274

If you just get a fresh Bailey fresh

Speaker:1458

1:16:48 ,274 --> 01:16:49,024

Marc Preston: is always better.

Speaker:1459

1:16:49 ,024 --> 01:16:49,484

Oh yeah.

Speaker:1460

1:16:49 ,484 --> 01:16:49,664

Yeah.

Speaker:1461

1:16:49 ,664 --> 01:16:51,194

That's one of the things I

love living on the island.

Speaker:1462

1:16:51 ,194 --> 01:16:54,665

I can grow my herbs year round now,

you know, which is just fresh herbs.

Speaker:1463

1:16:54 ,665 --> 01:16:58,404

Man is like, they just could take

something average and just like amp it up.

Speaker:1464

1:16:58 ,419 --> 01:17:00,469

But, uh, you can tell I

haven't had lunch yet.

Speaker:1465

1:17:00 ,469 --> 01:17:01,929

I always end up chatting

with folks, right?

Speaker:1466

1:17:01 ,929 --> 01:17:03,259

And we're like about lunchtime.

Speaker:1467

1:17:03 ,259 --> 01:17:04,609

I'm like, God, I'm making myself hungry.

Speaker:1468

1:17:04 ,919 --> 01:17:08,819

Um, now the next question is you're going

to sit down and you've got, uh, for a

Speaker:1469

1:17:08 ,819 --> 01:17:14,039

few hours talking story with three people

sitting down for coffee, living or not.

Speaker:1470

1:17:14 ,049 --> 01:17:16,729

Who are those three people be you

would like to sit down and chat with?

Speaker:1471

1:17:18 ,349 --> 01:17:19,519

Oh man.

Speaker:1472

1:17:19 ,769 --> 01:17:26,194

Jordan Bridges: Um, Or what about like

fictional, uh, I think about that too,

Speaker:1473

1:17:26 ,244 --> 01:17:28,284

or, or, you know, mythological that's,

Speaker:1474

1:17:28 ,344 --> 01:17:30,484

Marc Preston: that's, Hey, that's

an interesting take, go for it.

Speaker:1475

1:17:30 ,514 --> 01:17:31,194

Absolutely.

Speaker:1476

1:17:31 ,744 --> 01:17:34,124

Jordan Bridges: Uh, well, no,

I just also think about like.

Speaker:1477

1:17:34 ,784 --> 01:17:39,284

You know, when you get into, uh,

religion or spirituality, sometimes

Speaker:1478

1:17:39 ,624 --> 01:17:44,624

you don't know to what extent those

people were, uh, amalgamations

Speaker:1479

1:17:44 ,634 --> 01:17:48,074

of historic people or, or anyway.

Speaker:1480

1:17:48 ,534 --> 01:17:51,444

Um, yeah.

Speaker:1481

1:17:51 ,454 --> 01:17:53,154

Who would I want to just hang with?

Speaker:1482

1:17:53 ,194 --> 01:17:59,404

I mean, cause there's, there's people

who I want to learn from, right?

Speaker:1483

1:17:59 ,434 --> 01:18:02,584

Or who I feel like could, you know, You

know, I could really like, it would be

Speaker:1484

1:18:02 ,584 --> 01:18:06,644

so exciting to sit down with them, but

then there's people who like, just seem

Speaker:1485

1:18:06 ,644 --> 01:18:10,694

like they would be interesting to just

kind of have lunch with, you know, or,

Speaker:1486

1:18:10 ,754 --> 01:18:16,984

or, or go out on town that hit the town

with, um, and this'll probably change.

Speaker:1487

1:18:16 ,984 --> 01:18:21,304

But for some reason right now, I'm

going to say, and just because I want

Speaker:1488

1:18:21 ,304 --> 01:18:23,834

to make an interesting table, um,

Speaker:1489

1:18:23 ,944 --> 01:18:24,824

Marc Preston: well,

that's the point of it.

Speaker:1490

1:18:25 ,084 --> 01:18:27,564

Cause you, you also see the

interaction between the other

Speaker:1491

1:18:27 ,564 --> 01:18:28,704

people, not just with the

Speaker:1492

1:18:29 ,234 --> 01:18:30,694

Jordan Bridges: manager and

we're just going to assume.

Speaker:1493

1:18:30 ,824 --> 01:18:38,284

Assume that they can all talk in

the same language, uh, but, um, uh,

Speaker:1494

1:18:38 ,484 --> 01:18:46,854

Dorothy Parker, um, uh, Alistair

Crowley and, uh, Jesus Christ.

Speaker:1495

1:18:47 ,424 --> 01:18:48,894

Jesus comes up a lot.

Speaker:1496

1:18:49 ,079 --> 01:18:51,589

You know, cause you're, it's funny

cause you, yeah, I'm sure that,

Speaker:1497

1:18:51 ,589 --> 01:18:54,539

and that was kind of a, I was

trying to go get more creative.

Speaker:1498

1:18:55 ,019 --> 01:19:00,759

Um, but I, I also, cause he kept,

I, I been, I've been kind of going

Speaker:1499

1:19:00 ,789 --> 01:19:05,489

through the new Testament recently

in a way that I haven't before.

Speaker:1500

1:19:05 ,489 --> 01:19:08,569

So he, I've been thinking about, Oh, JC.

Speaker:1501

1:19:09 ,069 --> 01:19:13,449

Um, but yeah, uh, that would

be an interesting table.

Speaker:1502

1:19:13 ,779 --> 01:19:18,399

Um, Actually, no, no, I'm going

to, I'm going to, I'm going

Speaker:1503

1:19:18 ,399 --> 01:19:22,039

to substitute in somebody else

from the Bible for, for Jesus.

Speaker:1504

1:19:22 ,889 --> 01:19:28,079

You know, I'm fascinated about

right now is David, King David,

Speaker:1505

1:19:28 ,089 --> 01:19:30,009

he of the sling and Goliath.

Speaker:1506

1:19:30 ,439 --> 01:19:33,979

If you get into the

text, he was wild, man.

Speaker:1507

1:19:33 ,989 --> 01:19:37,309

He was, he was many wives and.

Speaker:1508

1:19:38 ,304 --> 01:19:41,294

I don't want to get too into it

cause we'll probably lose half your

Speaker:1509

1:19:41 ,294 --> 01:19:45,954

audience and I might get a fatwa put

out against me in certain countries.

Speaker:1510

1:19:46 ,304 --> 01:19:53,274

But um, if you really kind of look into

the, uh, the text with, uh, David, he

Speaker:1511

1:19:53 ,274 --> 01:19:55,634

was, seemed like a very interesting dude.

Speaker:1512

1:19:55 ,864 --> 01:19:56,014

Yeah.

Speaker:1513

1:19:56 ,014 --> 01:19:57,124

I think that's probably

Speaker:1514

1:19:57 ,144 --> 01:19:57,604

Marc Preston: David.

Speaker:1515

1:19:57 ,704 --> 01:20:00,884

We could be, uh, you know, I'm

not, I'm no biblical scholar by any

Speaker:1516

1:20:00 ,884 --> 01:20:02,624

stretch, but if you look, neither am I.

Speaker:1517

1:20:02 ,634 --> 01:20:04,944

But if you look back and you,

you, you really kind of scratch.

Speaker:1518

1:20:05 ,844 --> 01:20:06,174

Excuse me.

Speaker:1519

1:20:06 ,384 --> 01:20:11,144

If you scratch the surface below what,

you know, below what, you know, like what

Speaker:1520

1:20:11 ,154 --> 01:20:13,984

common knowledge, you know, and they're

like, there are some interesting stories.

Speaker:1521

1:20:13 ,984 --> 01:20:16,894

And I always say, if you take the Bible

and a history book next to each other,

Speaker:1522

1:20:17 ,254 --> 01:20:20,884

you reveal some really interesting

things about culture and society and

Speaker:1523

1:20:20 ,884 --> 01:20:24,205

sociology and the way in storytelling.

Speaker:1524

1:20:24 ,449 --> 01:20:24,899

Yeah, no.

Speaker:1525

1:20:24 ,899 --> 01:20:28,239

And, and yeah, um, Barack

Obama comes up a lot too.

Speaker:1526

1:20:28 ,279 --> 01:20:28,489

So,

Speaker:1527

1:20:28 ,949 --> 01:20:31,419

Jordan Bridges: oh man, I

would love to hang with Barack.

Speaker:1528

1:20:31 ,419 --> 01:20:33,459

I'd love to do a beer summit with Barack.

Speaker:1529

1:20:33 ,609 --> 01:20:38,619

Um, uh, he was the one, uh,

political figure that I ever

Speaker:1530

1:20:38 ,619 --> 01:20:40,049

felt really passionate about.

Speaker:1531

1:20:40 ,099 --> 01:20:41,779

And that I actually campaigned for.

Speaker:1532

1:20:42 ,139 --> 01:20:42,379

Yeah.

Speaker:1533

1:20:42 ,389 --> 01:20:42,579

He,

Speaker:1534

1:20:42 ,579 --> 01:20:45,949

Marc Preston: uh, Anthony

Bourdain, they're seen, uh, at

Speaker:1535

1:20:45 ,949 --> 01:20:47,919

the little diner in Vietnam.

Speaker:1536

1:20:47 ,999 --> 01:20:48,969

Jordan Bridges: Oh, I love that.

Speaker:1537

1:20:48 ,970 --> 01:20:49,100

Yeah.

Speaker:1538

1:20:50 ,199 --> 01:20:50,749

Vietnam.

Speaker:1539

1:20:50 ,749 --> 01:20:51,109

Yeah.

Speaker:1540

1:20:51 ,169 --> 01:20:52,639

That was an incredible scene.

Speaker:1541

1:20:52 ,709 --> 01:21:01,559

Um, but yeah, so, but I imagine that,

uh, uh, uh, a lunch, uh, a long drinking

Speaker:1542

1:21:01 ,559 --> 01:21:06,219

lunch with, uh, King David of the Bible.

Speaker:1543

1:21:06 ,939 --> 01:21:14,249

Dorothy Parker of the Algonquin table and

Alistair Crowley of, uh, you know, all of

Speaker:1544

1:21:14 ,249 --> 01:21:19,019

his interesting stuff that he got into in

the late 19th century and early twenties.

Speaker:1545

1:21:19 ,019 --> 01:21:21,239

I think that would be a

very interesting table.

Speaker:1546

1:21:21 ,239 --> 01:21:22,229

Marc Preston: Very cool, very cool.

Speaker:1547

1:21:22 ,229 --> 01:21:26,219

Very, uh, very dy That would be a

dynamic conversation to say the least.

Speaker:1548

1:21:26 ,219 --> 01:21:26,459

Very

Speaker:1549

1:21:26 ,459 --> 01:21:27,119

Jordan Bridges: dynamic.

Speaker:1550

1:21:27 ,119 --> 01:21:28,559

Yeah, it would be fun, I think.

Speaker:1551

1:21:28 Celebrity Crushes and Influences

1:21:28 ,559 --> 01:21:31,199

Marc Preston: Now the next question I

got for you, going back to where you,

Speaker:1552

1:21:31 ,229 --> 01:21:34,919

you're a young man, uh, or kid who, who

was your very first celebrity crush?

Speaker:1553

1:21:37 ,954 --> 01:21:43,454

Jordan Bridges: Um, Oh, I mean

there's different kinds of crushes.

Speaker:1554

1:21:43 ,494 --> 01:21:50,914

Um, uh, I mean I, I can, in terms of

like related to business stuff or just

Speaker:1555

1:21:50 ,914 --> 01:21:53,264

if we're talking about, I mean, I, I do.

Speaker:1556

1:21:53 ,624 --> 01:21:56,744

Marc Preston: That just really grabbed

your attention and just captivated you.

Speaker:1557

1:21:56 ,744 --> 01:21:58,154

And like, maybe you're like, Oh

Speaker:1558

1:21:58 ,154 --> 01:21:58,574

Jordan Bridges: man,

Speaker:1559

1:21:58 ,584 --> 01:21:59,164

Marc Preston: that's

Speaker:1560

1:21:59 ,284 --> 01:22:01,884

Jordan Bridges: well, I got to meet,

I mean, there's a couple that I,

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1:22:02 ,254 --> 01:22:04,154

there's two people that I got to meet.

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Um, in real life, uh, that I was fortunate

enough to get to meet, um, both of whom

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I was pretty much embarrassed myself.

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. The first was Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Oh, of course.

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Um, what, what was that on the, uh,

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Marc Preston: baker Boys set or,

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Jordan Bridges: it was, I got to be on

the set on Baker Boys for a couple days.

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I got to meet her.

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Um.

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I, for me, it was all about Lady Hawk.

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Like I'll still go back to that movie.

Speaker:1573

1:22:35 ,529 --> 01:22:36,979

I think she's incredible in it.

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1:22:37 ,029 --> 01:22:38,789

It was pretty early on in her career.

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Um, and just, I fell in

love with her in that movie.

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And so when I got to meet

her, um, it was amazing.

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Um, and then another one was, uh,

Well, there's two, well, I'll say Paul

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Stanley, uh, the lead singer of kiss.

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Uh, I had him on a lunchbox.

Speaker:1580

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I just, I love, I love

how ostentatious they are.

Speaker:1581

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I just love their whole thing.

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1:23:07 ,174 --> 01:23:10,024

Um, and so there are no better,

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Marc Preston: there's no better band on

earth that understood branding than kiss.

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Jordan Bridges: Yes.

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And just, and just like, while, you

know, extravagant experience, um,

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uh, and, um, I got to meet, I got

to meet him and that was really fun.

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In fact, I

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Marc Preston: just saw something

pop up on social media the other

Speaker:1589

1:23:30 ,304 --> 01:23:35,644

day where he was, uh, talking

about like tolerance or something.

Speaker:1590

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It was, it was a, it was a video where

he was, yeah, it just, uh, they're

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Jordan Bridges: sort of

surprisingly intellectual.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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That was,

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Marc Preston: I didn't, I didn't really,

I mean, I, I will say I wasn't, it's

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not that I wasn't into the music.

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I just didn't.

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You know, it was not a, there's people

who are really in the kiss, you know,

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Jordan Bridges: for me, it

was like the whole experience.

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1:23:53 ,819 --> 01:23:59,029

It was less the music than

it was the experience of it.

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Uh, there, there, there, I think

they're a very experiential band.

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Um, but, um, And then the final one, uh,

in terms of just people who I got to, I

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was fortunate enough to meet, uh, I've

always been a huge fan of Tom Waits.

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Uh, I think he's a wonderful actor,

but you know, as a songwriter,

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1:24:22 ,159 --> 01:24:24,769

there's really not too many

people that are better than him.

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1:24:24 ,789 --> 01:24:31,369

I think he's an incredible artist and, uh,

I got to meet him one day in a superMarcet

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and that was, that was amazing.

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Um, and.

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1:24:35 ,689 --> 01:24:41,709

And then I'm just trying to think of

like, in terms of like, fan, like, as

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I started to kind of become conscious

of, uh, the craft, um, of acting,

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um, there was something I've always

loved about John Cusack's work.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, gross point blank

was like kind of, Oh, fantastic.

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And then, and then you go back,

say anything exactly where he,

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then you go to, Oh God, there

was this one just classic kind of

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eighties, uh, it's better off dead.

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No, no, no, no.

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It's not better off dead as

well as his girlfriend goes

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1:25:16 ,334 --> 01:25:18,364

on vacation with her family.

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He's supposed to join them and it's this

whole Odyssey, uh, where if he's trying

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1:25:22 ,884 --> 01:25:25,454

to, yeah, you know, it's going to be, I'm

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Jordan Bridges: not, I'm, I'm spacing.

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Then I kind of remember

what you're talking about.

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I

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Marc Preston: remember, I remember

level like level 42 did the, uh, did

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the music and the closing credits.

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Don't ask me how I remember that, but, uh,

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Jordan Bridges: that's an

interesting little bit of trivia.

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Um, so, and then, uh, Then the odd,

you know, there's like, I've always

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loved, I think in terms of like, uh,

you know, being kind of drawn to, to

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somebody's work and learning about them.

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Um, Orson Welles, uh, I became kind

of obsessed with, um, his story.

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Uh, I think when you look at,

like, the first sort of ten years

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of his career, I don't think

anyone can, will ever touch it.

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Uh, when you just, just if you think about

just Citizen Kane and War of the Worlds.

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Those two things that, that he was hugely

responsible for, uh, the radio program I'm

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talking about the radio program of war of

the worlds where people literally thought

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we were being invaded committing suicide.

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Yeah.

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They thought that there

was an alien invasion.

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I don't think we could ever do that.

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I don't think that we, that,

that like we being the creative

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community at this point.

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I don't think we could actually

successfully, uh, without

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actually going to jail.

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Uh,

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Marc Preston: but it's a

testament to the buy in.

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Like he, he understood the medium.

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1:26:59 ,259 --> 01:27:01,339

He understood what he's, those

are the people that interest me

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the most are the ones that get

the machine and how it works.

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Work the knobs and make it, you

know, into something special.

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Jordan Bridges: Well, but here's

what he said, though, which is what

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I find interesting is, and this

was kind of borne out to be true,

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it was only because he was naive.

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Because he was so young and kind of

didn't know that shit like because

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he didn't know what the rules were He

didn't know what you could or couldn't do

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Marc Preston: Thank God for a night

I tell you in your 20s or else you

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wouldn't do a whole lot of this That's

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Jordan Bridges: what I'm I know

and and it was only because he was

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Incredibly lucky and fortunate to have

surrounded himself with people who

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could He could communicate what he was

after and because they had experience,

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they could make it happen for him.

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Yeah.

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The theater

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Marc Preston: of the mind that

was radio, that was also special.

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You know, that's the thing

that got me into it early.

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1:27:54 ,394 --> 01:27:56,674

I remember being like seven or

eight and wanting to do radio.

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And that's the reason why the podcast

here, I like it as an audio only format.

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Everybody does video, but you can't

walk in the dog, exercising stuff.

Speaker:1668

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You can't really watch video.

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And I, they say again, man plans, God

laughs, you know, but I might end up.

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You know, doing a video bit

of it, but I really like it.

Speaker:1671

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Just audio.

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1:28:12 ,794 --> 01:28:13,924