Actor Lucy DeVito from "The Secret Art of Human Flight" joins us on Story & Craft.
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Actor Lucy DeVito from “The Secret Art of Human Flight” joins us on Story & Craft.
We talk about growing up with her parents, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, her career in film and TV, and “The Secret Art of Human Flight.” Lucy also shares her love of theater, her family’s influence, and life as a new mother.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Lucy DeVito joins Story & Craft
Growing Up with Famous Parents
New Motherhood and Family Life
East Coast vs. West Coast Upbringing
Pursuing a Career in Acting
College and Early Career
Theater Life in New York
Balancing Life Between New York and LA
Family Heritage and Roots
Theater and Acting Journey
First Big Break in Acting
Preferences in Acting Mediums
Memorable Projects and Roles
The Secret Art of Human Flight
The Seven Questions
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Full Transcript
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Because I grew up with him as the penguin.
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Lucy DeVito joins Story & Craft
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And, you know, Louis de Palma.
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I know him as this lovable,
wonderful mench of a guy, but
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like, his characters can be evil.
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Welcome to Story Craft.
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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Okay, here we go.
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Another episode of Story Craft.
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Thank you for stopping by.
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If this is your first episode, I want
to welcome you and shake your hand.
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Thank you very much.
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Virtually shaking your hand.
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Glad to have you here.
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Uh, today we are chatting
with Lucy DeVito.
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She's an actor, been in
film and TV for a long time.
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A new movie she has out called
The Secret Art of Human Flight.
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It is available right now.
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Video on demand, uh, VOD.
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Uh, you can check that out.
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Growing Up with Famous Parents
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Of course, her parents are Danny
DeVito and Rhea Perlman, and it
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was cool to chat with her What it
was like growing up with parents
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who were successful in film and TV.
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It was a great conversation and I'm
so happy to bring it to you today.
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A real quick, before we get to it,
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Pod dot com.
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Okay, so let's get after it.
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Today is Lucy DeVito day
right here on story and craft.
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New Motherhood and Family Life
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How are you doing this morning?
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Yeah, I'm good.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Like I said, I just I had
a baby, um, a month ago.
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And so I've been up for a little
while and, um, everything is good.
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You said you've been up, but,
uh, you know, at one month old,
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you're getting up constantly.
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Yes, exactly.
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The one thing I remember about back
when I was, uh, my first was born
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and my first one is 21 years old now.
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So it's a little, it's been a
minute, but I remember I, I,
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I was like, I work for myself.
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I have my own recording studio.
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I can just go.
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I can stay up all night, so I just
realized that the getting up and
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going back to sleep and I did all the
night feedings except for, I think,
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like three or four and I was like,
I'm just gonna stay up all night.
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So it's me and the dog and the baby
always for all three of my kids.
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So it was a bonding experience.
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I will say that.
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In fact, I, uh.
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I had a golden retriever at the
time and my baby, uh, she was, I
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guess, a couple of three months old.
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She just wanted to go and kind of lay out.
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He would curl up in a little ball and
she'd go lay on him and he just kind
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of like cuddler, you know, so I could
get up and go get a bottle, come back.
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And I've got, I've got a, he's,
he's almost five months old.
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It doesn't compare.
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I know as a golden retriever, he's
in his toddler phase right now.
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We had a golden retriever growing up too.
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Really?
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They were the best.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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His name was Ocean.
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He loved the water, obviously,
but he was, he was like, I get,
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I understand why he would like
take care that your older golden
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retriever would take care of the baby.
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Cause like our ocean would
like, just watch us as kids.
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And, um, whenever we were at the beach,
And we would go in the water and he
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would go in with us to like babysit us.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So do you have a, as a
little boy or a little girl?
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Yeah, boy.
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Um, his name's Carmine.
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So how do you have
things kind of broken up?
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Are you, are you, uh, waking up multiple
times throughout the night or are you?
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Yeah.
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And we are, we are, but we're
like multitasking, you know?
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And, um, yeah, right now he's with,
um, his dad, um, in the living room.
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So, you know, we're taking turns
and, um, sort of like getting
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into a routine, which is good.
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And we have a little help.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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A month ago.
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That's that month has probably
gone by just like that.
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So fast.
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I can't believe it.
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Yeah.
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It's been, it's, it's been like in a,
I'm in a fugue state, but a joyful one,
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you know, it's really, really amazing.
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East Coast vs. West Coast Upbringing
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Now, did you grow up West Coast or did
you grow up in, uh, I, every time I think
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of your dad, I always think Jersey, you
know, so where, where did you grow up?
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Yeah, we, I grew up in Los Angeles.
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Yeah, I grew up in Los Angeles, but
we're, um, I grew up also coming
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to the East Coast quite often.
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Like, um, you know, if my parents
were working there or, um, my, you
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know, I mean, my dad's whole side
of the family was, is in Jersey.
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So like we would spend summers
there and Christmas there, you know.
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Um, and I always felt very
connected to the East coast.
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I always loved New York.
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And then, um, so I, but I
grew up like proper in LA.
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So both of your folks, are
they both East coasters?
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Yeah.
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My dad's from, uh, my dad's from
Jersey and my mom's from, uh, Brooklyn.
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You're definitely,
definitely East coaster.
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Yeah, I know.
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And, uh, Every, yeah, I feel like very,
like that's ingrained in that, in that
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culture back, you know, the East coast
and then I, I lived in New York and
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I still have a, I go back and forth.
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I was there, um, for like, you
know, five months last year.
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You know, I, um, I still love it.
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So I'm, uh.
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Trying to keep it bi coastal as
much as I can and we'll see how that
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goes with having a child, but Your
folks are they living in la now?
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Uh, do they live full time there still?
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Yeah So they must be over the
moon having the new baby around.
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Oh, yeah, they're so thrilled and
um Yeah, my sister's around and
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she has a baby who's one and a
half and, um, my brother's nearby.
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And, um, so the, the family's like
in very close proximity, everyone's
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able to see each other a lot.
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And that's been so helpful too.
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And just like, a great comfort.
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Um, so we'll be able to just like
have our, you know, we spend a lot
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of time together as a family anyway.
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So it'll, but you have a brother and
a sister or do you have more siblings?
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No, that's it.
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Brother brother and sister.
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Yeah.
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Pursuing a Career in Acting
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Now growing up in LA, did you have
the thing where of course your
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folks are working in the business?
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Is that kind of your ecosystem, you
know, socially, was it other, you
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know, other kids whose folks are
working in the, you know, in the
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entertainment industry or where you
kind of had your own thing going on?
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No, somewhat, you know, I mean
like, of course we're, you're, my
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parents are both in the business.
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So like, uh, we were friendly
with a lot of other actors and
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people in the industry, of course.
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But like, um, you know, I went to, um,
school, private school in the Valley
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and, um, Um, you know, people, different
walks of life, but, you know, coming
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from Los Angeles, like a lot of people
are connected to the, the industry here.
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So, but, um, but yeah, no, I
mean, uh, we got, I got a taste
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of like a lot of different, you
know, walks of life and stuff.
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So, um, but we were like, you know,
I grew up like going to sets and
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you know being around the film and
tv industry pretty well Growing up.
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Was that something that was kind of
like you got to do this again Was
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it something that you just kind of
got bored with or was it something
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that was turning you on like?
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Oh, wait a minute.
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This is no, I I don't I always enjoyed it.
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I always like I mean, maybe it's
one of the reasons why I'm like
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still, I want, you know, I'm
pursuing the career of an actor is
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I just love, I love being on sets.
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I love, um, I always loved going,
visiting my parents and being around, um,
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you know, the people making the stuff,
um, It's just like a fun atmosphere.
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And I always found it like
really, really interesting.
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Like, uh, my, my grew up, my father ran
car dealerships, you know, so I could
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not stand around car dealerships, you
know, a little different than that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I think, I think what you're doing,
uh, growing up was probably a lot
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more fun, but what were you up to when
you're, you're coming up in school
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was, um, where the arts theater was
that on the agenda where you were
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a sporty kid, you know, you're, you
know, what were you up to in school?
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I, uh, I definitely was not sporty.
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Um, I, um, was, uh, but I was
always like, yeah, I was always
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in theater in high school.
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And then, and I did like, you know,
extracurricular theater programs.
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And then I, and then I went to college
and I did theater there and then
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went to New York and did theater.
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So I've kind of like, um, always been.
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Like since high school, always
been, um, really into it.
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And then, and then the arts of in other
ways, I like, I love to draw and paint
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and stuff, and I'm not really musically
inclined, but, um, I appreciate it.
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Now, is your husband, is he, is he an
industry kind of guy or is he a civilian?
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No, no, he's not.
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He's civilian.
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Yeah, lawyer.
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Yeah.
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Oh, really?
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Okay.
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Very good.
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Very good.
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College and Early Career
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Yeah.
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As you're coming up, you, you said
you went to, uh, uh, you, you spent
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some time in New York after school,
but where'd you go to college?
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Did you go on, uh, no, I went
to Brown in Rhode Island.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Which was a really,
really cool experience.
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And, um, I loved it there.
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It was, um, you know, I really, I made
some great friends and the teachers were,
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you And just the, the atmosphere there
was like, so, so East Coast College.
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Um, it was.
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Um, it was beautiful.
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And, um, they had like a, like, I
could, I was able to take lots of
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different classes in the theater, um,
in the theater program without actually
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like, um, being a theater major.
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I was, I was like actually
an art history major.
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And, um, and you were able to also
like be in all the school, all the
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plays and you know, all of that stuff.
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So, um, And then, you know, after moving
to New York afterwards, so many people
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from college moved to New York and there's
a great, um, you know, community of people
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there in, in the city and lots of people
I'm still friends with and, and lots
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of people who, um, are in the business
who went, who I went to college with.
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Um, who are still doing,
still doing it question.
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I always have to ask if, if someone has
parents who are in the industry, was
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it something that was, obviously it was
always there, but was it encouraged?
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Was it, did anybody like try to
discourage you from doing this or
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give you lots of cautionary tales?
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Um, coming up, what was the, what
was the angle your folks took on it?
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Um, they were, um,
really supportive of it.
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Um, once like professionally, once I
went to college, so, um, they were,
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I mean, supportive of it, you know,
in school and stuff, but they didn't
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really want, they didn't want me to,
um, pursue acting as a, as a child,
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you know, in a professional sense.
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So, and I, I appreciate that looking back,
you know, that I was like, you know, I
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had this really kind of, I just went to
school and did my thing and didn't try to.
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Um, you know, work as a kid.
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Sometimes you have kids go become
phenomenal, just wonderful adult
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actors and other ones go a whole
different direction, you know, so I
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understand your parents hesitancy there.
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Yeah, certainly.
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Yeah.
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And my, you know, we're, um, the
thing is like my, I, I watched my
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parents go through all, even though
they're like very successful, they do
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have their ups and downs and stuff.
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So like, I wasn't, um, blind to the fact
that it's a difficult career and full of,
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you know, rejection and, you know, it's
a really like tough thing to break into.
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And, um, so like, I think that they were,
and they were very like, you know, Um,
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honest with me about all of those, you
know, pitfalls and stuff, but like at
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the same time, like very supportive, you
know, and we're like, um, we, you know,
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our, at this point we are peers, you
know, we work together and, um, support
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each other and, um, help each other out.
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So, um, they were, you know.
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They were like, spoke to me real talk,
you know, realistically, but, um,
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but, but at the same time, we're very
encouraging and are so encouraging still.
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And just, you know, we're
each other's biggest fans.
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So always supporting each other.
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Are your siblings, are they into the,
are they acting as well or have they
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kind of chosen a little bit different?
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No, they're not acting or, uh,
Gracie's, my sister sometimes acts.
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Um, but she's primarily an,
uh, visual artist, a painter.
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And, um, but my brother
is in the business.
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He's, um, a producer and
we actually work together.
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We run a company together with,
um, with my dad and, um, where
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we develop shows and, and.
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So, um, so we're, we're, I'm
working on, you know, the, the
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producing side of things as well.
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Um, and with him, with family.
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So, and that's been amazing.
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And, uh, you know, Way to,
way to work with our, our
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family and keep it very close.
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Well, that is very cool
that you're able to do that.
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Uh, and, and cause some families when they
work together, don't always, uh, want to
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be around each other that much, you know,
that can be kind of a cool bonding thing.
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Oh, absolutely.
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Yeah.
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When you were coming up, what
things were you watching?
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What was it, uh, as far
as film or TV that was.
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I don't want to say inspiring you,
but what was your thing coming up?
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Did you have a lot of
similarities as far as like kind
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of what your folks were up to?
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Or are you kind of going your own way?
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No, I mean, I was like, they
showed me like all of, you know,
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their favorite movies and stuff.
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Like, you know, I, Watch a lot of like,
you know, the Frank Capra's and, you know,
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the, um, like the classics and stuff.
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And, um, you know, my dad was
really into Fellini, you know?
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So like, I, there was a period of
time when I like became obsessed
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with Giulietta Messina and, you know.
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Nights of Cabiria was
like my favorite movie.
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Um, but then, you know, I was also like,
um, like, I guess it was WB at the time.
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WB.
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Um, I watched, you know, Buffy the vampire
slayer and party of five and then, you
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know, must see TV friends and Seinfeld
and all of that, you know, so, um, Like
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getting home to, you know, and by at my,
when I was that age, you know, we would,
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if we couldn't be home at the time that it
was shown and we would record it on VCR.
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Yeah.
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My kids unfortunately do, they just don't
know the struggle that was involved.
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Yeah.
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In A VCR and pro, you're the
last generation that knew how to
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program the VCR, you know, so.
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Yeah.
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And it, it was, you know, it was fun.
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Like, you know, we would.
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Watch things and talk about them the
next day at school, you know, so, um,
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That was always that was always fun.
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Um, but yeah, no, I I um I'm trying
to think, you know, I, I love like, I
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love like the, you know, I love like
Chinatown and, you know, movies of the
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70s, um, you know, obviously like The
Godfather and all of that, um, but I,
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uh, and then, and, and, you know, I
like a lot of like goofy 80s movies.
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Um, I'm the same way the other,
the other night I watched, uh,
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what did I watch the other night?
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It was a John Candy
movie, uh, summer rental.
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I don't know if you remember that.
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Oh yeah.
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Well, we, I really liked, um, great
at the great outdoors, the one with
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him, him and Dan Aykroyd in the woods
and the bear and everything that
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when we had on VHS, you know, that
like, um, what else did we have?
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We had princess bride
watched so many times.
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Um, the Goonies.
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Um, just, you know, all of
those, uh, like 16, 16 candles.
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I have all these videotapes and my
kids were looking at me like, why
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don't you get rid of all those?
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You know, it's like, no, I cannot.
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It's like, it's like some kind
of relic from a bygone era.
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We had so many and I wish,
I wish we had kept them.
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Even the DVDs we got rid of.
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And I'm like, Oh God,
it would be so great.
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Really?
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Yeah, nobody's got my DVDs from me.
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I'm those are definitely in
storage and a storage unit.
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No, I know.
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I, I, we are kicking ourselves now that
we, that we did that because now I, you
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try to look for a movie and you can't even
find it streaming sometimes or you know,
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you can't, like, I loved like browsing,
you know, seeing like what it is we had
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and you know, the, the special collection
that an individual has and then, but
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You know, nowadays you're browsing and
it's like what the algorithm gives you.
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Yeah, you know, the thing that sucks
about it is that you don't get all
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the features you do on a DVD, all the
outtakes, all the, uh, the commentary.
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I always thought that was cool, watching
a movie when you have somebody giving
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commentary of what it was like to
make it and all that kind of stuff.
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I thought that was such a cool
thing that, uh, I don't know,
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maybe it'll be like vinyl.
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It'll come back around, you know,
maybe my kids, when they get a
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little older, it'll be a thing.
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No, I think it will.
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I think it, I think that.
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Um, people are, um, are doing that more,
uh, and, uh, well, what was the path
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for you after you got out of school?
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Uh, when you left Brown, was
it, was, were you on the path?
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Like, I'm going to go do this thing.
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Or did you have some detours, uh,
doing other kinds of vocational.
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No, I, I sort of was one set mind.
346
Theater Life in New York
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I went to, I, I spent one year in
LA, um, living at home after college
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and, um, and then, uh, and then moved
to New York and, um, immediately
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started doing theater there.
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Um, I, My first job was, um,
at the ensemble studio theater.
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It was, um, a play called Lucy actually.
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And, um, and I played the character Lucy.
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Um, and that was, it was my first,
like, you know, real off, it was off,
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off Broadway, you know, but like my
first like real professional job.
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And, um, That place, Ensemble Studio
Theater, became like a home for me
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and this creative source and social
network of other actors and writers
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and directors and, you know, this sort
of like hub of like just, you know,
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you know, young people, older people,
people, it had been around since the 60s.
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So there were like older members who
were like had, you know, so much wisdom.
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And then the young ones like
us who were like just hungry
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and trying to get things going.
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And, um, you know, it was a
really like wonderful, um,
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meeting of like these artists.
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And, um, and yeah, I just like
really respected everyone there.
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And we got to, you know, make,
put on plays, you know, there was
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a young writers group there that,
um, would constantly put on plays.
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Put up their work and you could,
you know, be a part of that.
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And, um, was this in New York?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Well, so that's kind of the place to be.
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If you're doing that, I think, uh, God,
years and years and years ago, I'd seen an
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interview and somebody said, New Yorkers,
where you go learn the craft and then you
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move to LA to actually apply it when it
comes to working on camera or whatever.
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But, um, yeah, yeah.
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But to me, it'd be so fun to be young,
to be in New York with a lot of,
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uh, fellow, uh, theater weirdo kids.
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It was the best.
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How many years were you out there for?
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Uh, I mean, I was there for
like on and off, like 12 years.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
383
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Um, there were a few
like stints back in LA.
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Balancing Life Between New York and LA
,690 --> 00:21:40,105
Um, Like I got, I got a job out here,
you know, for a little bit and then, um,
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was here and then went back to New York.
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And, um, and then, um, yeah, it was, I,
I feel, I still, I feel like torn still,
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like I still love, love New York and
we'll, you know, take any opportunity
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,254 --> 00:22:02,245
to, to work there and, and also go just
visit and live there for, you know,
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stints of, yeah, you got a big extended
family out there, I'm assuming, don't you?
390
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Yeah.
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,889 --> 00:22:09,639
So were your folks calling you up going,
Hey, you need to go see your aunt.
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So and so or the, you know, did
they ever give you those calls?
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Like you got to go see the family.
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No, no, not really.
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They're great.
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But they, they, it was great.
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Like I, um, it was a great excuse for
them to come out, you know, to, and to.
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For all of us to spend more
time in the city or like, you
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know, Jersey or wherever it was.
400
Family Heritage and Roots
,350 --> 00:22:33,379
Now your, your dad's family, of
course, Italy, you know, uh, and then
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your mother's family, Jewish, where,
where's your, where's your mother,
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,120 --> 00:22:37,510
where are your mother's people from?
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They're from, um, Poland and Russia.
404
,439 --> 00:22:48,850
Yeah, so, um, yeah, my grandpa came
over when he was like one from Poland.
405
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Oh, really?
406
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So your mother was first
generation born here.
407
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Okay.
408
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Yeah.
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My grandma, my grandma was born here.
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Um, but her, so my great grandma
came over, um, from Russia.
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Um, yeah.
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And they, they, her side of the family
all grew up in or lived in Coney Island.
413
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And, um, and then.
414
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Yeah, my grandpa, I'm not exactly
sure, but they ended up, like, I
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think meeting in Coney Island also.
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I'm not, I'm, I'm a little fuzzy on the
details of where they met and stuff,
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but, um, Her side of the family is, yeah,
uh, Jewish, Poland, Polish, Russian.
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Theater and Acting Journey
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So was, was theater a performance on
either side of your parents family?
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,554 --> 00:23:42,215
Were, was this already something
there or were your folks, the first
420
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ones out of the gate that decided,
Hey, we're going to go do this thing?
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They weren't, no, they were, um,
they were the first ones, you know?
422
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Um, my, my grandpa, he was,
um, well, he was, In the war.
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And he worked in a doll factory
afterwards and actually, but, uh, he
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had always wanted to, like, he always
loved, um, the business and everything
425
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he loved and, um, he became like a
staple on, um, like a, a regular on.
426
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At the guy at the bar at
Cheers, um, . Oh, really?
427
,645 --> 00:24:26,815
Yeah, my mom got him and he would just,
he was an extra and then sometimes
428
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they would like start to give him lines
and stuff and, um, yeah, they ended up
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,015 --> 00:24:33,905
moving, my grandparents moved out here.
430
,315 --> 00:24:38,655
Um, when, um, I think right
around when my parents.
431
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work.
432
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Did you have a fair amount of
time with your grandparents?
433
,700 --> 00:24:43,510
Yeah, I did.
434
,890 --> 00:24:45,830
Yeah, I was very lucky.
435
,830 --> 00:24:48,640
Um, yeah, they, they passed away.
436
,130 --> 00:24:55,590
Um, you know, about maybe 10 years
ago or a little less than that.
437
,820 --> 00:25:00,190
Um, so they were there, but they
were there through my childhood.
438
,190 --> 00:25:04,460
You know, they came to all the school
events, you know, they saw me in school
439
,460 --> 00:25:11,565
plays and You know, we got to, you know,
celebrate holidays and all of that.
440
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So I was, I was really like, I'm envious.
441
,414 --> 00:25:18,025
You have, you have both the Italian food
and a Jewish, uh, Eastern European food.
442
,335 --> 00:25:22,665
Yeah, no, we knew we know how to eat lips.
443
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That's so I got, I got to know
like who's doing the cooking and
444
,544 --> 00:25:28,084
the family mostly is your mother.
445
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Your dad, can they both cook?
446
,455 --> 00:25:30,104
They both can cook.
447
,495 --> 00:25:30,774
Yeah.
448
,774 --> 00:25:31,925
They both can cook.
449
,415 --> 00:25:34,425
Um, and they're both really good at it.
450
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Yeah.
451
,090 --> 00:25:40,550
My dad, my dad really like, you know,
he's, he's really good at good at pasta.
452
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I'm really good at pasta.
453
First Big Break in Acting
,919 --> 00:25:44,479
Now, when did you kind of
shift things into gear?
454
,479 --> 00:25:46,689
You know, you're out of, you're, you're
in New York, you're doing your thing.
455
,689 --> 00:25:48,309
You are having your stints in LA.
456
,759 --> 00:25:52,060
Uh, but when did it kind of shift into
gear where you're really, you know, you
457
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could call yourself, I'm a working actor
about, yeah, I would say like around,
458
,799 --> 00:26:04,750
um, my mid twenties, um, you know, I,
I, I'd, I'd, done some plays, I'd done
459
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regional theater, um, and then, um, you
know, little bit parts here and there.
460
,780 --> 00:26:19,699
And then, um, I, I got a, um, I was
doing a show off Broadway and, um,
461
,719 --> 00:26:25,310
worked with some really great people
and, um, and ended up getting a part
462
,330 --> 00:26:35,025
on an, um, ABC family show, um, Melissa
and Joey and, um, yeah, so I did.
463
,305 --> 00:26:40,745
Um, and that was like a great, great
first job, you know, it was not my first
464
,745 --> 00:26:46,495
job, but it was the first like regular,
I was, I was there all the time and
465
,495 --> 00:26:49,155
really got to like, um, be a part of it.
466
,165 --> 00:26:50,685
I was like a big part of it.
467
,785 --> 00:26:53,065
And, um, for a couple of years.
468
Preferences in Acting Mediums
,215 --> 00:26:55,095
Well, did you have any kind of preference?
469
,145 --> 00:26:58,525
Uh, did you develop any preference
when it came to being on camera?
470
,525 --> 00:27:03,530
It was like film or TV to, was there
any, um, Genre you liked the best?
471
,970 --> 00:27:07,760
Well, not genre, but I mean, did you
like the process of shooting TV or
472
,760 --> 00:27:09,360
film or did, what did you even have?
473
,400 --> 00:27:11,639
No, I, I, I didn't at the time.
474
,639 --> 00:27:17,569
I mean, I, I felt like, and I still
don't know which one I'm, if I like
475
,619 --> 00:27:22,889
one or the other more, but, um,
I think they're all really fun.
476
,910 --> 00:27:30,379
I, I most recently did, um, a
play, which is, was amazing.
477
,440 --> 00:27:34,504
Um, And that process, you
know, is so different.
478
,514 --> 00:27:39,155
That's like with all the rehearsal
and, you know, getting up and doing
479
,155 --> 00:27:45,425
the show eight times a week, you
know, is, is a, is a really like, um,
480
,614 --> 00:27:53,365
demanding and, but like, Exhilarating,
you know, way to perform, but I guess
481
,365 --> 00:27:56,405
when you're doing something multiple
times throughout the week, you got
482
,405 --> 00:27:57,625
to find a way to keep it fresh.
483
,645 --> 00:28:00,445
I'm assuming, you know, because
you're doing this every day.
484
,465 --> 00:28:05,175
Was that ever a challenge or did it ever
get to be like, you know, uh, not boring,
485
,185 --> 00:28:10,984
but yeah, I mean, it depended on the, it
depends on the play and the people, but
486
,984 --> 00:28:13,124
like for the most part, it's, um, yeah.
487
,574 --> 00:28:15,995
Yeah, I mean, sometimes you wake
up in the morning, you're like,
488
,044 --> 00:28:17,175
I don't want to do this again.
489
,835 --> 00:28:22,415
But then, you know, I always, once
it's, and it's also like, I found
490
,415 --> 00:28:26,675
sometimes you're like, the moment
before is like the moment where
491
,675 --> 00:28:27,905
you're like, Oh, I don't know.
492
,905 --> 00:28:31,185
And then once I'm out there,
I'm, I'm enjoying it, you know?
493
,705 --> 00:28:37,825
Um, but yeah, I mean, and, uh,
but like schedule wise, you know,
494
,825 --> 00:28:41,254
doing TV and film can be really.
495
,074 --> 00:28:48,355
a lot, a lot, um, less demanding,
but, um, but, and also I love
496
,355 --> 00:28:50,965
like the intimacy of, of film.
497
,194 --> 00:28:58,144
And, um, you know, just like being,
you know, having the camera close
498
,144 --> 00:29:04,584
up and, and, you know, not having to
project and, you know, having, you
499
,584 --> 00:29:10,990
know, vulnerable intimate moments or
quiet moments and, um, You know, and,
500
,040 --> 00:29:14,340
and lots of TVs like that at times too.
501
,590 --> 00:29:17,320
Have you directed or do you
have any aspirations to direct?
502
,340 --> 00:29:18,570
You said you produce, but.
503
,750 --> 00:29:24,000
Yeah, I think maybe one day I think
that like the, if the right thing came.
504
,490 --> 00:29:27,980
came along, I would definitely
be interested in that.
505
,439 --> 00:29:34,150
Um, I haven't been like proactive
about seeking that out at the
506
,150 --> 00:29:39,860
moment, but like, I think that,
um, there's, there's possibility.
507
,060 --> 00:29:40,310
Yeah.
508
,310 --> 00:29:44,760
In my future, I would, I would
like to, um, test out directing.
509
Memorable Projects and Roles
,425 --> 00:29:45,705
Yeah.
510
,755 --> 00:29:50,475
As far as your folks library of stuff,
they did, uh, what, what kind of
511
,485 --> 00:29:53,185
sticks out in your mind is like that.
512
,215 --> 00:29:55,285
I love that project or that thing.
513
,295 --> 00:29:59,025
My mom and my dad did, you know,
or, or, cause I always wonder what
514
,025 --> 00:30:01,085
it's like because you know, your
parents intimately they're your
515
,085 --> 00:30:02,915
parents, you know, but you watch them.
516
,455 --> 00:30:07,215
What project sticks out like, Oh,
this is, this is, I love this thing.
517
,405 --> 00:30:10,655
I mean, I'll, I'll go to
the obvious one is Matilda.
518
,060 --> 00:30:14,910
Um, cause they're, well,
they're both in it.
519
,970 --> 00:30:23,360
And that was like, we read Roald Dahl
books together and, um, me and Gracie
520
,380 --> 00:30:28,730
brought, we, we were the ones that
introduced my parents to Matilda.
521
,750 --> 00:30:29,270
Really?
522
,430 --> 00:30:30,080
Yeah.
523
,160 --> 00:30:34,380
Watching your father play a not
nice guy, you know, is that, was
524
,380 --> 00:30:35,860
that, what was that like for you?
525
,860 --> 00:30:39,805
Were you like, Well, I mean, That wasn't,
that wasn't anything strange to me.
526
,805 --> 00:30:46,185
I mean, cause I grew up with him as the
penguin and, you know, Louie De Palma.
527
,745 --> 00:30:53,665
He's, uh, he, I know him
as this lovable, wonderful.
528
,520 --> 00:30:59,070
Mench of a guy, but like his
characters can be, um, you know,
529
,090 --> 00:31:01,740
grotesque or evil or whatever.
530
,740 --> 00:31:04,920
And, but I, I like that, you know,
there's always like a sense of like,
531
,550 --> 00:31:10,399
um, fun in, in the way that he, um,
portrays those, those characters.
532
,500 --> 00:31:11,890
Villainous characters.
533
,080 --> 00:31:12,260
Yeah.
534
,260 --> 00:31:14,950
I think the first thing outside of, I
thought first thing I've ever watched
535
,950 --> 00:31:16,880
your father was, it was gotta be taxi.
536
,930 --> 00:31:19,990
Uh, but I was too young to really
watch it, but it was, it was one of
537
,990 --> 00:31:23,360
those things that was on, I think
in reruns and quick question on the,
538
,390 --> 00:31:25,820
uh, the secret art of human flight.
539
The Secret Art of Human Flight
,830 --> 00:31:26,680
That's the name of the film.
540
,700 --> 00:31:27,000
Yeah.
541
,010 --> 00:31:30,719
It's, uh, uh, how did this
project come, come your way?
542
,030 --> 00:31:39,200
Yeah, um, well, I just kind of stumbled
into it, um, and I, uh, I just auditioned
543
,210 --> 00:31:47,290
for the role, um, and, um, was lucky
enough to make a strong impression
544
,290 --> 00:31:56,460
on the, the, the team, and, um, I
immediately really bonded with, um, H.
545
,480 --> 00:31:56,700
P.
546
,700 --> 00:32:01,380
Mendoza as the director and Grant
Rosenmeier who's the producer and star
547
,380 --> 00:32:06,850
of the movie, um, who he played, we
played brother and sister in it, um,
548
,250 --> 00:32:14,165
and, um, Yeah, it was just kind of
like this, um, really wonderful, like,
549
,615 --> 00:32:16,875
collaboration that fell into place.
550
,885 --> 00:32:22,275
It was not something I had, I had,
I just, I feel very lucky to have,
551
,995 --> 00:32:28,435
um, You know, been there the right
time, you know, and be a part of it.
552
,445 --> 00:32:31,065
And, um, yeah, it's a beautiful movie.
553
,185 --> 00:32:34,015
Um, the secret art of human flight.
554
,015 --> 00:32:39,965
It's very quirky and, but emotional
and, um, you know, deals with them
555
,765 --> 00:32:45,885
with these big themes of grief and
loss and, you know, family and, um,
556
,515 --> 00:32:53,610
you know, Paul Racey, obviously is, he
plays, um, an amazing character in it.
557
,610 --> 00:32:56,010
And it's just a wonderful
actor and human being.
558
,010 --> 00:32:59,330
And we all just had a really
wonderful time shooting it.
559
,550 --> 00:33:01,200
Where did y'all shoot this?
560
,690 --> 00:33:07,030
We shot it in the Berkshires
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
561
,100 --> 00:33:15,260
Um, Yeah, it was, uh, um, still during
like, you know, uh, the height of COVID.
562
,330 --> 00:33:22,640
So we were all, um, basically everyone
on the cast and crew, we were all
563
,650 --> 00:33:28,710
living on this, um, They put us
up in like a, at an old like camp.
564
,360 --> 00:33:33,530
So with cabins and, um, we were like,
yeah, y'all were doing like summer
565
,530 --> 00:33:35,389
camp moviemaking kind of a thing.
566
,390 --> 00:33:35,750
Basically.
567
,750 --> 00:33:36,210
Yeah.
568
,340 --> 00:33:36,850
Yeah.
569
,890 --> 00:33:38,770
And it was the most fun ever.
570
,770 --> 00:33:44,800
We had bonfires, we, you know, we
ate together, we went to and from
571
,800 --> 00:33:50,459
work together and, um, and I think
it just made for like a really,
572
,120 --> 00:33:54,550
Wonderful working environment.
573
,590 --> 00:33:59,820
We were all just like became very
close and I'm still very close with a
574
,820 --> 00:34:01,540
lot of the people who I worked with.
575
,540 --> 00:34:03,970
And, and, you know, it was
kind of a rare situation.
576
,970 --> 00:34:08,760
Cause like, you know, when you go do
a movie, you're like, you stop in,
577
,760 --> 00:34:12,460
you say, hi, you do your thing and
then you go home and, you know, it
578
,460 --> 00:34:18,260
was really nice to have that, um,
Sort of that camaraderie everyone.
579
,290 --> 00:34:22,220
Yeah, that that's the thing was just like
it was a whole it was just a group group
580
,250 --> 00:34:30,620
group of great people and you know, we
There wasn't a lot of money involved.
581
,620 --> 00:34:35,640
It was just sort of like, you know,
let's like make this big Let's let's come
582
,640 --> 00:34:40,070
together and make this generally kind
of kind of where do you fit into the uh,
583
,140 --> 00:34:41,930
The puzzle of of the characters here.
584
,490 --> 00:34:50,480
Yeah, so i'm um, the the movie starts
off with uh, ben who is played by grant
585
,480 --> 00:34:57,962
rosenmeier, um, who's the lead of our
film he has Recently lost his wife and
586
,962 --> 00:35:06,895
um, I play his Sister, who it turns out,
or you sort of get the sense that they
587
,795 --> 00:35:16,665
are each other's only family and, um, so
like my, my character's name is Gloria
588
,065 --> 00:35:27,745
and Gloria is, um, kind of this very sort
of practical, caring, older sister, um,
589
,345 --> 00:35:30,975
who, you know, really loves her brother.
590
,485 --> 00:35:35,275
Um, and worries about him a lot.
591
,355 --> 00:35:41,985
Um, and you know, really tries to take
care of him because he's been going,
592
,995 --> 00:35:48,565
he's going through this like incredible
loss and then, um, trying to keep him,
593
,905 --> 00:35:52,765
um, you know, from going off the rails.
594
,040 --> 00:36:02,120
Ben's character, he, um, is, you know,
thinking of, you know, having thoughts
595
,120 --> 00:36:07,840
of suicide and, you know, it's pretty
dark, but, um, he comes across, you
596
,840 --> 00:36:15,470
know, this Paul Raci's character,
Mealworm, who, um, has, who claims
597
,470 --> 00:36:17,700
that he can teach him how to fly.
598
,590 --> 00:36:29,240
Um, and, um, so, you know, in, in the
weirdest way, he And Ben is so, you
599
,240 --> 00:36:35,830
know, distraught and, you know, he'll
do anything at this moment to like,
600
,240 --> 00:36:38,610
you know, even if it's ridiculous.
601
,010 --> 00:36:47,700
Before we get going, I
got something real quick.
602
The Seven Questions
,700 --> 00:36:49,010
I call my seven questions.
603
,270 --> 00:36:52,310
First question I always,
I always ask cause food.
604
,310 --> 00:36:55,770
Typically I end up talking about at
least a few times every, every episode.
605
,190 --> 00:37:00,310
Um, What, what is your
favorite comfort food?
606
,320 --> 00:37:03,200
That thing you always land on,
like you having a killer day.
607
,200 --> 00:37:03,880
It sounds great.
608
,880 --> 00:37:06,200
Or if you just a bummer day,
it just makes you happy.
609
,240 --> 00:37:15,690
Um, like spaghetti marinara, like
just, yeah, put pomodoro sauce with
610
,690 --> 00:37:18,870
like , you know, cheese very, very good.
611
,870 --> 00:37:19,770
You know, keeping it simple.
612
,770 --> 00:37:19,890
Yeah.
613
,890 --> 00:37:22,460
My daughter was in Italy
and uh, she got back.
614
,460 --> 00:37:26,600
She's like, I can't do pasta anymore,
. She said, I was like, I was so envious.
615
,600 --> 00:37:29,205
I was like, you're the one, I wanna cut
you a pepe from the place, you know?
616
,225 --> 00:37:29,645
Mm-Hmm.
617
,785 --> 00:37:32,390
. Mm-Hmm . Now, if you were to sit
down with three folks, you're gonna,
618
,420 --> 00:37:36,860
uh, have, uh, uh, coffee talk story
for a few hours, living or not,
619
,860 --> 00:37:38,180
who would those three people be?
620
,180 --> 00:37:41,420
You would like to sit down with and
have a, uh, have a cup of coffee with?
621
,830 --> 00:37:42,550
Oh gosh.
622
,760 --> 00:37:43,270
Um.
623
,115 --> 00:37:51,655
Well, I think I would go with, um, my
aunt Gigi, who, um, is my dad's sister.
624
,055 --> 00:37:57,155
She passed away, um, a little
while ago and I just, um, I miss
625
,155 --> 00:38:03,355
her to death and would, um, just
love to have her, uh, at coffee.
626
,755 --> 00:38:11,240
Um, but, uh, I think, uh, Going back to,
yeah, I think like maybe someone like
627
,240 --> 00:38:16,480
Julietta Messina, that would be awesome
to see her, to meet her and talk to her.
628
,200 --> 00:38:20,470
Um, and, uh, who would the third one be?
629
,280 --> 00:38:21,820
I don't know.
630
,820 --> 00:38:28,150
Someone like, um, I don't know,
like Ingrid Bergman or Oh, okay.
631
,180 --> 00:38:28,450
Yeah.
632
,510 --> 00:38:29,380
You know, yeah.
633
,220 --> 00:38:32,350
somebody who was an icon at,
at there during their time.
634
,980 --> 00:38:33,160
Yeah.
635
,220 --> 00:38:33,280
Yeah.
636
,280 --> 00:38:37,390
You know, fabulous ladies, you
know, who, uh, who could give
637
,390 --> 00:38:39,930
me, um, you know, sound advice.
638
,910 --> 00:38:43,210
Talk about their, you know experiences.
639
,660 --> 00:38:48,690
The next question I got for you is
Going back to when you were young.
640
,790 --> 00:38:51,180
Who's the first celebrity
crush that you had?
641
,590 --> 00:38:55,400
I don't know.
642
,490 --> 00:38:57,750
Um, let's see.
643
,820 --> 00:39:03,240
I think that I really liked uh, I think of
644
,950 --> 00:39:12,310
gosh, I guess it was someone, you know,
it was like Leonardo DiCaprio or Keanu
645
,320 --> 00:39:19,020
Reeves or, um, yeah, I think it was
those are the guys that had the hits
646
,020 --> 00:39:22,190
out back when you were growing up, you
know, the big, the big blockbusters.
647
,190 --> 00:39:26,740
So now the next question, now, if
you're going to be on an Island, you
648
,750 --> 00:39:29,950
love being on the, it's a beautiful,
wonderful resort type situation.
649
,960 --> 00:39:31,599
You gotta be there for a whole year.
650
,310 --> 00:39:33,760
There's no streaming, no internet.
651
,760 --> 00:39:38,570
So you got to bring a DVD for like
one movie and a CD, uh, or I'll
652
,570 --> 00:39:40,060
even give you a box set, whatever.
653
,060 --> 00:39:42,470
But you know, you want to have
something to listen to and something
654
,470 --> 00:39:45,120
to watch that you could watch and
listen to over and over again.
655
,470 --> 00:39:46,710
What would that DVD be?
656
,710 --> 00:39:48,899
What would that CD be for you?
657
,900 --> 00:39:49,960
These are hard questions.
658
,960 --> 00:39:54,010
Um, uh, gosh, I don't know.
659
,010 --> 00:39:56,709
Um, I think, uh,
660
,950 --> 00:40:02,980
you know, well, I'm going to go
with, I'm going to go with Notorious.
661
,235 --> 00:40:05,425
my favorite movies.
662
,135 --> 00:40:09,615
Um, and then, um, yeah,
I guess it would be.
663
,235 --> 00:40:11,355
Music wise.
664
,315 --> 00:40:19,075
Um, I think it would probably be like
the Beatles, like, you know, Revolver.
665
,225 --> 00:40:19,445
Yeah.
666
,445 --> 00:40:21,235
I always feel like a box
set with somebody like that.
667
,235 --> 00:40:24,624
You'll never run out of music, you know?
668
,625 --> 00:40:25,585
Um, okay.
669
,585 --> 00:40:26,005
Very good.
670
,005 --> 00:40:26,275
Very good.
671
,275 --> 00:40:30,645
Now, if you were to define, uh, from
the time you get up to the time you
672
,645 --> 00:40:34,945
go to bed, the component parts of a
perfect day for you, what would that
673
,945 --> 00:40:36,765
be or what would those things be?
674
,545 --> 00:40:45,540
It would be, um, you know, uh,
Great cup of coffee and, you know,
675
,540 --> 00:40:47,990
a delicious scone or something.
676
,740 --> 00:40:55,420
Um, and it would be spending time
with, you know, My family with my
677
,420 --> 00:41:03,460
husband, with, um, my kid now, my baby,
my parents, my sister, my brother.
678
,680 --> 00:41:10,630
Um, it would be being outside at some
point, you know, taking a walk or seeing,
679
,960 --> 00:41:16,290
seeing nature of some sort, um, and
doing something like a little bit active.
680
,330 --> 00:41:22,500
Like I, um, you know, I like
to do yoga or, um, just taking
681
,910 --> 00:41:24,610
a good long walk is great.
682
,250 --> 00:41:32,460
Um, And then, um, eating, eating some
really good food, eating, you know,
683
,480 --> 00:41:40,890
some great pasta or pizza, um, you know,
having, um, maybe like a glass of wine
684
,610 --> 00:41:45,500
and, uh, yeah, and watching a movie.
685
,005 --> 00:41:48,665
That's taking it easy throughout the day.
686
,705 --> 00:41:49,915
That's exactly right.
687
,115 --> 00:41:50,275
Yeah.
688
,485 --> 00:41:53,545
And I'm sure, I'm sure sooner than
later be like, you know, some, a whole
689
,585 --> 00:41:55,325
full night of uninterrupted sleep.
690
,445 --> 00:41:56,075
That would be glorious.
691
,925 --> 00:42:01,665
Now if, next question, if you weren't
doing this for a living, if you weren't,
692
,965 --> 00:42:06,715
uh, this wasn't your vocation, what,
Else, could you see yourself doing that
693
,715 --> 00:42:11,025
would bring you joy that you, that it
would be the number two choice for you?
694
,105 --> 00:42:11,935
What would that be?
695
,825 --> 00:42:19,355
Um, I think it would be,
um, gosh, it would be, um,
696
,425 --> 00:42:21,855
I don't know.
697
,205 --> 00:42:25,735
I think it would be
something like artistic.
698
,805 --> 00:42:34,735
Like, uh, if I, if I could, um, you
know, paint or draw and, um, Do that.
699
,885 --> 00:42:36,125
That's what I would love to do.
700
,195 --> 00:42:36,835
Very good.
701
,835 --> 00:42:42,125
And the last question I got for you is,
uh, If you were to jump in that to that
702
,125 --> 00:42:47,895
delorean, um, go back to you know, 16
year old you and you got a piece of advice
703
,015 --> 00:42:53,490
uh, either to put yourself on a a little
bit different path or To make that moment
704
,490 --> 00:42:54,940
of your life just a little bit better.
705
,150 --> 00:42:56,660
What would that piece of advice be?
706
,670 --> 00:42:59,400
You have a couple of minutes with
16 year old you, uh, what, what kind
707
,400 --> 00:43:00,710
of advice are you passing along?
708
,990 --> 00:43:07,250
Yeah, I think I would, um, just
say like to trust myself and to be
709
,250 --> 00:43:16,650
myself and to, you know, have, um,
confidence in, um, in who I am.
710
,190 --> 00:43:22,240
You know, I felt like, I think that
when at that age, you know, if like, I
711
,240 --> 00:43:26,920
dealt with a lot of insecurities and so
that's, that's part of the rule book.
712
,920 --> 00:43:27,820
You have to be insecure.
713
,820 --> 00:43:31,390
You're coming right out of, I guess,
junior high, middle school age range.
714
,390 --> 00:43:33,910
Now you're trying to find
your, you know, your handle.
715
,920 --> 00:43:36,600
I, I would say that's probably
80 percent of the time.
716
,600 --> 00:43:39,350
I'd say it's the folks say the
exact same thing, you know,
717
,380 --> 00:43:40,690
that it's going to be okay.
718
,720 --> 00:43:41,280
Stop stressing.
719
,830 --> 00:43:42,020
Yeah.
720
,020 --> 00:43:43,780
Lots of words of affirmation.
721
,950 --> 00:43:46,430
Before we wrap up, you know,
you're talking about advice you
722
,440 --> 00:43:52,070
give yourself given that you have,
you can tap the well of knowledge
723
,080 --> 00:43:53,420
and experience your folks have.
724
,240 --> 00:43:59,570
What piece of advice from both of
them has really throughout the years
725
,570 --> 00:44:03,000
really resonated with you that you
thought was just fantastic advice
726
,000 --> 00:44:05,130
for doing this gig for a living?
727
,470 --> 00:44:05,940
Yeah.
728
,940 --> 00:44:09,269
Well, um, to
729
,930 --> 00:44:20,420
I think to have thick skin, try to have,
build up the thick skin, but to, to really
730
,420 --> 00:44:29,080
like listen to people and really, um, You
know, give, give people, um, space to,
731
,210 --> 00:44:36,210
so that they could, you could bounce
off of them, you know, to, to really,
732
,810 --> 00:44:40,690
um, uh, yeah, just be a good listener.
733
,750 --> 00:44:43,890
Well, I, I so appreciate you sharing
time with me and having a one
734
,890 --> 00:44:46,179
month old baby or God bless you.
735
,180 --> 00:44:49,300
Well, congratulations on, on
the film, on the baby, and, uh,
736
,310 --> 00:44:52,620
hopefully we'll have a chance, uh,
down the line, uh, connect again.
737
,970 --> 00:44:53,600
That would be great.
738
,650 --> 00:44:54,770
Thank you so much, Marc.
739
,810 --> 00:44:57,580
All right, there you go.
740
,580 --> 00:44:58,730
Lucy DeVito.
741
,740 --> 00:45:01,150
Really enjoyed this conversation with her.
742
,190 --> 00:45:03,750
Uh, the new movie you
can check out right now.
743
,000 --> 00:45:06,120
Video on Demand or VOD.
744
,180 --> 00:45:09,410
It is called The Secret
Art of Human Flight.
745
,490 --> 00:45:10,250
Uh, check it out.
746
,450 --> 00:45:13,760
And, uh, tell you what, I want to
thank you very much for coming by
747
,800 --> 00:45:15,490
today, spending some time with me.
748
,770 --> 00:45:19,790
Uh, make sure to leave a review,
leave some stars on that podcast
749
,790 --> 00:45:21,440
app, help people find the show.
750
,640 --> 00:45:24,280
And of course, follow Story Craft.
751
,320 --> 00:45:27,490
That way you get notified every
time we have a new episode.
752
,730 --> 00:45:29,390
And everything Story Craft.
753
,450 --> 00:45:30,985
As always, That's storyandcraftpod.
754
,985 --> 00:45:32,500
com.
755
,500 --> 00:45:35,575
And that's it for me today.
756
,605 --> 00:45:37,445
We will be back together soon.
757
,795 --> 00:45:42,815
And you have yourself a great rest of your
day or weekend, whatever you got planned.
758
,185 --> 00:45:46,595
Thank you for making this show
part of whatever you got going on.
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Lucy DeVito
Actor
After becoming involved in high school theatrics in Los Angeles, actress Lucy DeVito confirmed her study of theater at Brown University. She later moved to New York, where she was cast as the title character in the new play “Lucy,” by Damien Atkins, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre.
DeVito was most recently seen in the critically-acclaimed “The Secret Art of Human Flight,” alongside Paul Raci, which released in theaters in July 2024 in the US,.
In 2023 Lucy made her Broadway debut in a play called I NEED THAT, which she performed at the Roundabout Theatre. The play was written by American playwright Theresa Rebeck, specifically for Lucy and her father Danny DeVito. On stage, DeVito worked with Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron in the original readings of their play LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT WORE. She performed the play many times in New York at the Westside Theater and in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse. Among her other plays are Stefanie Zadravec's THE ELECTRIC BABY (directed by May Adrales), Bruce Graham's ANY GIVEN MONDAY, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, in which she played Anne, and David Grimm’s THE MIRACLE AT NAPLES directed by Peter Dubois, BUMP, HOT MESS, HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE, and STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
In television, she was most recently heard voicing the lead character in FXX’s “Little Demon,” for which she also served as one of the executive producers, through production company Jersey Films 2nd Ave. Real life father Danny DeVito voiced the role of her character’s father, and also served as an executive producer.
DeVito now serves as the Co-President of Jersey Films 2nd Ave. Through the production company, she first acted in and produced the adapted short story “Curmudgeons,” in 2016, alongside father Danny DeVito who also directed, and brother Jake DeVito who was also a producer on the project. She runs the company alongside them both, and they recently optioned the rights to Dan Fagin’s non-fiction book “Toms River,” about the families of that New Jersey seaside town trying to hold the government and companies accountable for damage caused by industrial waste in the region.
Other recent television credits include “Alask’Car,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Shameless,” television film “A Cinderella Christmas” and two seasons Hulu’s original series “Deadbeat” in 2014-2015. She made her way into television in the ABC Family sitcom "Melissa and Joey," with Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, playing Melissa's assistant and friend for two seasons. DeVito has also made appearances in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Dirt" and "Crumbs."
DeVito’s first big film role when Tim Blake Nelson cast her in “Leaves of Grass,” alongside Edward Norton. Recent films include “The List,” “Menorah in the Middle,” “Blonde,” “Jumanji: The Next Level,” Tim Burton’s “Dumbo,” and Taylor Hackford’s “The Comedian.” Previous film credits include Mike Birbiglia's “Sleepwalk With Me,” “A Quiet Little Marriage,” “Syrup,” “Beware the Gonzo” and “Just Add Water.”
She lives in Los Angeles and New York.
**Photo Credit: The Riker Brothers