Actor Mariana Treviño from "A Man Called Otto" and Apple TV+'s "Stick" joins us on Story & Craft.
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Actor Mariana Treviño from “A Man Called Otto” and Apple TV+’s “Stick” joins us on Story & Craft.
Mariana’s work spans “A Man Called Otto” and a long list of film and TV in Mexico. We talk about her Mexican roots, how she found acting, working with Owen Wilson and Marc Maron on “Stick,” and family trips to South Padre Island, Texas.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Mariana Treviño joins Story & Craft
Mariana’s Background and Career
Monterey and Family Connections
Acting Journey and Inspirations
Golf and Life Metaphors
Theater and TV Career
Cultural Heritage and Memories
On-Set Experiences and Chemistry
Reflecting on Character Dynamics
Working With Marc Maron
The Seven Questions
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Full Transcript
Part 1
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Mariana Treviño joins Story & Craft
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Mariana Treviño: Of course
I knew about the whole cast.
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I, I knew about Owen and Marc.
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So yeah, it, it, it's one of those curve
ball gifts, you know, that the universe
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throws at you once in a once in a while.
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Welcome to Story Craft.
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Announcer: Now here's
your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: Okay, here we go.
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Back again.
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Another episode of Story and Craft.
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How are you?
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I'm Marc Preston.
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If this is your first
time, welcome, welcome.
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If you've been here before,
thanks for stopping back by today.
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Uh, we have a, uh, fun guest, her name.
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Mariana Treviño.
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She is a, uh, uh, Mexican actress who
now though is in the new Apple TV show
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called Stick Along with Owen Wilson,
Marc Maron, uh, Judy Greer, Timothy
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Oliphant, uh, really great conversation.
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Really enjoyed the opportunity to
sit down and chat with her and, uh,
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I think you'll enjoy it as well.
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quick, if you would make sure to
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So let's jump right on into it.
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Today is.
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Mariana Tino Day on Story and Craft.
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Mariana's Background and Career
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So this has, uh, hopefully not been
too crazy, hectic of a day for you.
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Mariana Treviño: No, it's been really
exciting talking about the show.
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It's, it's, it's really nice 'cause you,
you know, you bring out of your heart
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what you know, everything that you lived,
you start remembering, you talk about it.
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We were just saying with Marc,
like, it's really nice to talk
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about our show and revisit it.
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Again, you know, and
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Marc Preston: caught the
first, uh, oh gosh, the first
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three or four episodes so far.
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Loving the show.
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Uh, great cat.
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I think you're a lot of fun as well 'cause
you're the, I'll just say that you're the
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quintessential wonderful mother, but there
seems to be a little mischief in there,
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so that's gonna be kind of fun, you know?
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Monterey and Family Connections
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Yeah.
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So, um, you're originally
from Monterey, correct?
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Mariana Treviño: I am Monte.
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Oh, okay.
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Ah, in the north of Mexico.
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Marc Preston: I know.
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I'm right now in South Padre Island.
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So if you're from re
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Mariana Treviño: Oh, I
love South Padre Island.
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We went there when we were little.
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A lot of people from my city since
it was closed, we went there.
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Marc Preston: In fact, I had some
very close friends who we saw
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every year growing up, uh, Liliana
and, and, uh, Jesus Treviño.
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I don't know where the, I would
love to reconnect with him.
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Last vo
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Mariana Treviño: there's so
many Treviños in Monterey.
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There's like millions of.
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Families with the same last name.
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It's
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Marc Preston: kind of the,
it's the Mexican Smith.
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Yeah,
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Mariana Treviño: exactly.
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But only from Monterey.
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Only from that part of, of, of Mexico.
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So we might be related
or not to Lee Treviño.
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You know Lee Treviño?
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Oh,
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Marc Preston: I, I went to
college with his daughter.
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Yes.
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Yeah, you
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Mariana Treviño: did.
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Marc Preston: Sure did.
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Uh, and, uh.
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Wow.
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Which my grand, my grandfather
thought was, uh, quite, you know,
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he was a big golfer and, uh,
we're from Dallas originally.
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So story with him.
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There was lightning that hit near him
one day and fused his zippers shut.
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I don't know if he got hit by
lightning or it was near him, but he
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had a zipper and it got melted shut.
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Which there were all
kinds of jokes about that.
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Thank
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Mariana Treviño: God.
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No.
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Yeah, I, I, I, I read about that.
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Yeah.
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That's crazy.
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I don't know if once or more than
once, because they say that once you
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get hit by lightning, it comes back
to you like you become magnetized and,
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Marc Preston: well, one thing I love about
Monterey, the people down there, there's
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a strong connection to Texas, you know,
and there are a lot of folks, was it.
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Was it Sam Santa?
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Am I saying it right?
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Mariana Treviño: Sam Santa.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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We always, yeah, we always want, and, and
it's true Monterey and, and the connection
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with Texas was always very tight.
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'cause we're also similar people like
the ranchers, there's farms, there's
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ranchers, there's cowboys, you know?
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Mm-hmm.
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Mexico.
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So it's like.
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Um, it's, the, was always very close.
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Marc Preston: And of course, uh,
Owen Wilson, he, he's a Dallas
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boy, I think, I think he's
originally from Dallas, from Texas.
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So there's got, you got that kind
of Texas thing happening there,
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which is, which is, uh, kind of fun.
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I love that.
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Acting Journey and Inspirations
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But, but I gotta know how, how did
the project come along for you?
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Because I know you do work now.
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Are they Mexican productions?
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Are they more just Spanish language
productions made in the us?
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I mean, where are you, where
are you spending a lot of your
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time or most of your time?
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Mariana Treviño: Yeah,
mostly, mostly in Mexico.
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I've, I've mostly worked in Mexico.
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I live in Mexico City.
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It's been years now, and most of
my career has been developed there.
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But in the late years I have been.
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You know, getting some other
jobs overseas, like in Spain,
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Marc Preston: my daughter
studied over there.
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I mean, the amount of eating that you
must do if you're in Spain is the food is,
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Mariana Treviño: the food is great.
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So I'm
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Marc Preston: so envious of you now.
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Yeah, that's, I'm
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Mariana Treviño: vegetarian,
so I miss a lot of it.
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There were like, oh, oh, I missed it.
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Yeah.
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But, but yeah.
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Yeah.
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The olive work.
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Marc Preston: I know, uh, Marc
Maron, I think is vegetarian also.
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So did y uh oh.
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Yeah.
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Marc is
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Mariana Treviño: That's right in common.
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Yeah.
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Marc Preston: Well, I, I will say the la
I just, uh, 'cause I had something going
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on I had to turn off right at the moment.
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Not gonna say I don't, I don't like
spoilers, but he was in a predicament.
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And you are, and you showed
up in his trailer to notice
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the predicament he was in.
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And that's, yeah.
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So that's where I've stopped,
you know, I gotta get, you know,
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beyond that now, beyond that.
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Yeah.
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Mariana Treviño (2): But, uh, but going
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Marc Preston: back, how, how
did the project come to you?
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How did you, uh, how did stick
end up coming into your world?
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Mariana Treviño: So I got,
I got an audition, and of
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course you get some scenes.
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And when I got this scene that I
auditioned with, I immediately was
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drawn of course, to the writing
of, uh, Jason Keller and Chris.
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It was just, uh, uh, funny
and it was interesting.
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I don't know what they were.
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I, I think, no, they were obviously
talking about golf in the scene, so
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I was like, oh, this is interesting.
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And the tone and just the rhythm of
the scene I loved, but one never knows.
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So that went into the universe
that like, and it came back and,
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and, and I started being, you know,
selected until I was in and then.
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Of course I knew about the whole cast.
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I, I knew about Owen and Marc and,
and, uh, so yeah, it, it's one of
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those like cur like curve ball gifts,
you know, that the universe mm-hmm.
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Throws at you once in a, once in a while.
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Like, like we were talking earlier, you
know, you, the actor works, works, works.
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And sometimes the universe,
like the, the, the.
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Not the universe.
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The career kind of responds in very
unexpected ways and offers some
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opportunities that it is like it, you
don't even know where it came from.
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But, but, uh, so this is the case.
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I was very surprised to be picked.
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I was very grateful and I
thoroughly enjoyed the process.
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Um, I think it's.
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Such a sweet and heartfelt show.
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And I think it's much needed in times
like this that we're living as humanity.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, that's
one thing I noticed about it.
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It there are stories which
have yet to be unraveled.
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You haven't gotten to that point yet.
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But, uh, it was interesting 'cause
the perspective I first had of
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it, I, you know, checked out.
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I listened to Marc Maron, uh, every
now and then, uh, whenever I'm in
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the car, I'll, you know, that's
usually where I check out podcast.
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Um, but he, he had discussed
it and I was like, well, sounds
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like an interesting project.
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Owen Wilson.
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The question is, did you have any
golf a any kind of background?
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Like, did you play, did you
have something in your world?
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Who did?
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I didn't.
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Mariana Treviño: I, I, I really didn't.
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I only had the Le Treviño reference
as I, every time I came here, somebody
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was, are you related to Le Treviño?
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But since I was.
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12 years old, you know, since
I went to South Pad Island.
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Mm-hmm.
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Everybody's lit Treviño.
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So we were always mystified
like, who is lit Treviño?
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Why does it keep coming back?
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And then I looked up his story
and it's just so inspiring and.
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One becomes identified, you know,
unconsciously with that, you'll read it.
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And maybe my mind threw
a little wish in there,
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Mariana Treviño (2): and
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Mariana Treviño: maybe
he led me to this show.
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Who knows?
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But that, that's really my, my
prior knowledge to the show.
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But, but when I started filming it
and just observing what it takes and
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analyzing what kind of sport it is,
I was absolutely mystified by it.
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I was completely fascinated by.
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Like taking dimension of the
kind of sport that it is.
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Mm-hmm.
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Very different from others and how
philosophical and like quant it is.
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Marc Preston: Yeah.
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They're two kind of
people I've found in life.
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They're people that really fuss over
the score and how they're playing.
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Other ones are just like,
ah, well I'm outside.
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You know, I'm, it's, it's a beautiful day.
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You're out driving around the golf cart.
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That's kind the golfer.
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I am, I don't really fixate on
the, uh, on the, on the playing.
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Yeah, on the scoring part of it, but
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Mariana Treviño: also there's a
part, a fascinating part, and it,
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and it talks about life so much.
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That's the beauty that it's like
metaphorical of what these characters are
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going through in the, in the show is that
there's always a part where no matter how
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you calculate your shots, no matter what
internal mathematics and the strategy that
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you're doing, and you know, you taking
consideration all the elements, there's
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always, because of this great expanse and
because you're coming, you're, you're.
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Your mind and intention that is
civilized in this really small ball.
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It's like that ball is like a
concentration of human intention.
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And, and, uh, no matter how much you.
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Put it forth.
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There's always an element
of un unpredictable outcome.
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Because of the wind.
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Because of the humidity?
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Yeah, because because there's many
aspects and you're interacting with
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all these natural elements and um, and
that's also a great part of it, you
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know, you never know the outcome Exactly.
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There's always an element of magic and of,
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Marc Preston: if you don't understand
the phrase man plans, God laughs.
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That golf's a great sport.
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Yeah.
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You know, to, to learn that.
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Well, I was curious when you were, uh,
you know, growing up, you said at, at
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in Monterey, was your family, were you
coming from, uh, performance people in
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the performing arts, or were you just
kind of like, I'm just gonna go do
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this thing and your family was doing
something totally different than you?
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Mariana Treviño: Totally different.
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Yeah.
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I, I, I don't, uh, um.
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So, uh, my, my parents are, became
teachers both in their own field.
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Um, I also studied literature
because of my mom, that that
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was close and similar to her.
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But the acting thing, I don't know.
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It really is a mystery.
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When they asked me, I'm like,
I have no idea where it came from.
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Of course, I did dance.
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Mm-hmm.
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I did this whole set of little
preparations in my earlier formative
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years that I think led naturally to
this because I did dance, you know,
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for like four years in a conservatory.
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I did some singing, so it was all like.
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Preparing the instrument for something
that was gonna come, but really the
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decision to be an actress just came
out of the blue, as we can say it.
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Although I believe that nothing's,
nothing comes out of the blue really.
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There's other machinations.
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Of destiny working there?
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I don't know.
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Marc Preston: Something.
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Well, what was the original plan for you?
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What were you thinking about
doing when you were younger?
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Or were you in school like, I
think this is what I want to do?
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Mariana Treviño: Yeah, I think first
it was dance, but then I was like,
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okay, I need, I need something more.
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And then singing.
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I thought I was gonna sing, but then.
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I don't know.
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I, I, I went to Boston because my friends
were in Boston doing, you know, there
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were mo a lot of them were in Berkeley
and I went to do a summer program there.
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And even though I liked to sing and
everything, I, I remember this that
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I thought, hmm, I saw them studying
all day, their instruments, the
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piano room, my friend, like eight
hours a day, nine hours a day.
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And I remember thinking, okay,
I think this is not my thing.
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I love singing, but I'm not.
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I don't think, I don't
feel like a musician.
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And it was in Boston actually, that I got
the actor bug, like something came up.
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I was like maybe acting.
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I was next to New York, so my friend
said, why don't you just take a train?
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Marc Preston: Did you ever
do any of the telenovelas?
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Did you do any of that, or
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Mariana Treviño: not too many of them?
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I, I tried once, but it was really brief.
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I don't know, life took you towards other
paths, but I, I, I could have maybe if I
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had pursued down that path, but somehow,
like my current was going somewhere else.
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So, um, yeah, I was more, much more
of like a theater for many years.
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I just did like theater,
theater for many, many years.
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And then I jumped natural, I jumped to tv.
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I did a show for like two
years in, in Mexican tv.
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Um, and then, and then I went back to
theater, musical theater that I had no.
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Knowledge of, but that was very, for three
years, it was a very intense experience.
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And then I went back to movies
and tv, most of, and that's
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where I've stayed mostly.
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But going back to theater, of course,
is always like the home for me.
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You know, like, really?
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Okay.
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I, I, I kind of miss it sometimes.
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I'm like.
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I'm gonna look for an opportunity again.
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Marc Preston: Uh, Monterey, uh, somebody
explained it to me that it's the
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closest thing to Dallas and Mexico.
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I still want to go there.
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I was watching Eva Longoria.
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Uh, she has a show, uh, she's
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Mariana Treviño: from Corpus Christi
or something like that, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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She, she this
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Marc Preston: wonderful sh show.
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Uh.
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Uh, in search of Mexico.
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I, it's on, it was on CNN's show.
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Mm-hmm.
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And I was so proud because I
discovered, I, because I'm a Jewish
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boy from Dallas, found out that the,
uh, the, the Jewish people had a, had
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a lot to do with flower tortillas.
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I'm like, I felt so proud for a moment.
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Mariana Treviño: Oh, that's great.
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Where In LA or in, oh,
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Marc Preston: no, no, no, because they
back, I don't know when, when they.
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First founded Monterey.
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Oh, okay.
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They were escaping the Monterey, uh,
Spanish in, uh, Spanish Inquisition.
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Mariana Treviño (2): Yes.
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Marc Preston: And they couldn't eat, you
know, for like Passover or something.
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The matza the bread.
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So they had to have a flat unleavened.
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So I, I think I love
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Mariana Treviño: that.
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And you know what, Monterey, the, the
first settlers were Sephardic, uh, Jewish.
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Mm-hmm.
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Settlers.
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And so a lot of the costumes stayed.
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And there's a lot of Jewish fam community,
a large C Jewish community, uh, of course.
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And the costumes, there's, there
are studies done, uh, uh, about
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that, about, you know, the types
of houses and, and what you said of
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the flour tortillas, grapes, right?
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No, I didn't know this.
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And all these little details
that are still going on in our.
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Daily life that come from,
from this Jewish route.
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Marc Preston: I ne I never knew that.
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Monte, I just knew I liked when I
came to I from the time I was seven,
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I came at Padre every single year.
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And if all my friends were, you
know, all the, all these, you know,
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rambunctious kids were all, you
know, from Texas and uh, Monterey.
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So we all would get together and go
stir up mischief and, you know, when,
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when's the last time you were down here?
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Mariana Treviño: Actually, um, we
were talking with our parents not
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long ago about going back because we
used to go a lot when we were kids.
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'cause my dad is from
a large Mexican family.
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Uhhuh there, there's seven brothers.
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Okay.
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And somehow when they were little,
uh, my, my grandfather bought a
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little house there in Padre Uhhuh.
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'cause they were traveling to Texas since
then and kind of go, they went shopping
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and they went and they bought a little.
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House that we would go to when we
were, we were small and we have so
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many memories from the sand dunes back.
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Oh yeah.
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And playing in the sand.
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Well, you, you drive
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Marc Preston: up north on the island
where the, where it's empty and it's just,
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Mariana Treviño: and the weeds and how
they smell and the very specific smell.
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And so it's just like a lot of happy
memories for us as a family there.
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And of course that house,
then they sold it, you know,
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the whole, the, the brothers.
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But we always wanna kind
of resist and go back.
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Mm-hmm.
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It was in Lantana Street and we
were, we haven't looked it in Google.
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We were like, Lantana.
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No, it's, there's no,
it's a little further
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Marc Preston: south of me here now.
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Now you got a Elon Musk
shooting off his SpaceX rockets.
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We was a couple days ago.
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It's the island's different,
but it's the same.
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I liked it when it was, uh, younger.
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It was kind of kitschy.
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It was a very, uh, it was a
fun place to be, you know?
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So yes, I.
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Mariana Treviño: You
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Marc Preston: know, next time you're
down here, we'll, we'll, we'll get you
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a nice frosty beverage at Black Beards.
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I don't know if you remember
Oh, I would love that.
400
On-Set Experiences and Chemistry
,340 --> 00:16:23,760
But going back to the show, I, I'm a
big fan of Owen Wilson, big fan of,
401
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I think Marc Maron always undersells.
402
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He's a, I think he's great.
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Um, the young man who plays your son, uh,
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Mariana Treviño: Peter Dagger
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Marc Preston: is, was there an easy
chemistry, you know, like, you know,
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like, I'm gonna be your mother.
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So is it like, you know, were you like.
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Putting 'em in timeout just
for, no, I'm just kidding.
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Um, but
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Mariana Treviño: timeout,
we're not speaking.
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Marc Preston: So how, how easy
was the chemistry when y'all
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got, you know, got on set?
413
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Was it, did it click or did it
take a moment to kinda warm up?
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Yeah,
415
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Mariana Treviño: it was really,
I know everybody says this all
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the time, like, it was so great.
417
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It was easy.
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But no, really, some experiences sometimes
are a little more awkward or as low.
419
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You know, slow kicking into
a connection or a bond.
420
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And it's part of, uh, it's normal.
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Like we're not the same with, with
everybody and people, you know,
422
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it's different bonds and that's
the beauty of the profession.
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But with Peter, it was so instant.
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Um.
425
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I arrived late to set
because I had my passport.
426
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I lost my passport right before the,
the trip, and I was panicking and
427
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I was like, I'm not gonna make it.
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So I made it miraculously
at the very last minute.
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And so when I got into the set and
I was all flustered and hurried
430
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and I'm like jumping into it and
Peter was there and I remember
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distinctly his face and he was like.
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Mommy, you know, he was so personable
and so sweet in the first beat and
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he gave me this really nice, um,
you know, welcome as well as Owen.
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Owen, everybody was.
435
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Everybody, you know, knew what was
happening that I was like running
436
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late and I was like in a rut.
437
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Mm-hmm.
438
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So Owen was so welcoming as well and
so sweet, you know, in his, in his
439
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first embrace and in his welcoming
and, and that, and that really
440
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sets the tone for the rest of the.
441
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Of the work of the months that,
that you Oh, ab absolutely.
442
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Marc Preston: You know,
I, I don't like spoilers.
443
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All I'm gonna say is that
this is the tone vibe.
444
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This is kind of a show we've
needed for a little bit.
445
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'cause it seems like there's a lot of
shows now that, uh, which are wonderful.
446
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They're fantastic, uh, uh, works.
447
,705 --> 00:18:29,885
But like, uh, they're dystopian
or they're, you know, I'm
448
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like, we got enough of like.
449
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Like, you can turn on the news
and things are a little wonky.
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,785 --> 00:18:36,125
I want, I want something that's
gonna be a good vibes, you know?
451
,155 --> 00:18:36,365
Yeah.
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Mariana Treviño: It, it's nice to have a
show that brings us back and draws us back
453
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to like, to our humanity, to our human
aspects that we sometimes disconnect from.
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I.
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Marc Preston: I gotta know the, the
experience of working with Marc Maron.
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'cause he's always self-deprecating.
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Uh, so he's, eh, not
that great of an actor.
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He is just kind of hacking at it.
459
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I think he's fantastic.
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He's f everything he does he a fantastic
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Mariana Treviño: actor.
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Yes.
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But
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Marc Preston: what, what was it like
kind of working with, with, with Marc?
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Reflecting on Character Dynamics
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Mariana Treviño: Um, I think
it was, I, I think we really
466
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had a good, we we stroke it.
467
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Like it was really easy
too for some reason.
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I mean, we didn't struggle
as our characters struggle.
469
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Um, he was always very.
470
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Uh, like very gracious, very nice.
471
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You know, there was never, uh, an awkward.
472
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You know, a situation between us
meeting each other or everything.
473
Working With Marc Maron
,500 --> 00:19:27,600
I love his sense of humor.
474
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On the contrary.
475
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Totally On the contrary,
I love his sense of humor.
476
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I love, uh, how, you know, how, how
quick he is and, and how honest he is.
477
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And it went perfectly with
mitts, with the character.
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Mariana Treviño (2): Yeah.
479
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Mariana Treviño: And um, and I just
thought it was really funny, you know,
480
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him inhabiting this character that.
481
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Seemingly is very similar
to who you know to, to him.
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Yeah.
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But he, he's, he's a, he's a really
nice man and smart man, and he really
484
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Marc Preston: seems like he's got,
he could be a, his persona is maybe
485
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somebody could be rough around the edges,
but he seems like a very good, like
486
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he's got a good, good heart, you know?
487
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Mariana Treviño: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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He's, uh, plus he's got the whole,
and it's very much like mitts
489
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in the, in the, in the show.
490
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Right.
491
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Marc Preston: That's, that's the
direction I feel like we're going
492
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with him, but I'm, I'm, I'm, I was.
493
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I'm waiting to kinda watch my
daughter decide to go to bed early.
494
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Yes.
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So she's watching it with me.
496
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You know, Uhhuh giving me
her 19-year-old opinion.
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Mariana Treviño: He's so funny.
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By the way, MI, mit, Marc.
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So funny.
500
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And people love him.
501
,629 --> 00:20:30,510
Like we went to the set and
everybody was like, Marc Maron.
502
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We're a fan.
503
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We're a fan.
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Because he is really, you
know, he's got his fandom.
505
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He's really funny.
506
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He writes his own stand.
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I mean, it's.
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It was really,
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Marc Preston: he's very good at this,
at the standup thing, but I, I just
510
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was always curious as like, when you're
just kind of hanging out with him, is he
511
,485 --> 00:20:49,175
noticing things and commenting on things
and giving his own like little opinion?
512
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Yes, he is.
513
The Seven Questions
,514 --> 00:21:01,260
We will tell you what, one of the things
I like to do with all my guests is
514
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something I call my seven questions.
515
,879 --> 00:21:04,350
It's a little extra fun.
516
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And the first question,
I always gotta talk food.
517
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I'm so glad I've got you on 'cause I could
talk food from your neck of the woods.
518
,460 --> 00:21:14,970
Uh, but what is your
favorite, uh, comfort food?
519
,970 --> 00:21:18,095
That thing that, you know, like
it, if you're having a bad day, you
520
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just, it just makes you feel better.
521
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A good day.
522
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It just makes it even, even,
mm-hmm, even better day.
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,899 --> 00:21:23,010
What would that thing be for you?
524
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Mariana Treviño: I think up until now,
because that has changed because it
525
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needed to change, but for the longest
time it was just Los Mars in Mexico.
526
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The really in Mexico, you know,
that has Chile, like a lot of
527
,330 --> 00:21:40,860
varieties of candy are just.
528
,460 --> 00:21:43,740
Candy with chili is it
isn't that, isn't that
529
,740 --> 00:21:46,770
Marc Preston: stuff they serve on a spoon
that's really sticky and you, you know.
530
,770 --> 00:21:47,250
Yeah.
531
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Mariana Treviño: Le Chao, the Chile,
you know, there's like, oh, varieties.
532
,480 --> 00:21:54,390
Just like, there's a lot of
varieties in Mexican food.
533
,390 --> 00:21:56,220
Just with one element tortilla.
534
,280 --> 00:21:57,060
Like tortilla.
535
,060 --> 00:21:58,675
You can get like 20 different Variet.
536
,855 --> 00:21:59,275
Mm-hmm.
537
,640 --> 00:22:00,270
Different dishes.
538
,450 --> 00:22:02,010
So it is with the taMarondo.
539
,715 --> 00:22:03,165
With the chili.
540
,629 --> 00:22:03,850
My,
541
,855 --> 00:22:04,875
Marc Preston: my daughter
likes this thing.
542
,024 --> 00:22:08,115
They always serve it on a spoon
and they wrap it with Saran wrap.
543
,324 --> 00:22:08,475
Mariana Treviño: Yes.
544
,480 --> 00:22:08,530
Uhhuh.
545
,610 --> 00:22:08,810
And
546
,810 --> 00:22:09,810
Marc Preston: it's, it's like, I
547
,810 --> 00:22:10,770
Mariana Treviño: think
they're called Ches.
548
,774 --> 00:22:11,175
I don't know.
549
,345 --> 00:22:13,695
Marc Preston: And that
stuff's every, everywhere.
550
,695 --> 00:22:16,695
Go in the grocery, have
all these different MOIs.
551
,730 --> 00:22:17,010
I love that.
552
,010 --> 00:22:17,129
Yeah.
553
,149 --> 00:22:18,330
My, my daughter, they, I used
554
,330 --> 00:22:20,264
Mariana Treviño: to eat that,
you know, in South Padre.
555
,264 --> 00:22:24,915
I used to go to the seven 11 to
buy the Archie booklets, Uhhuh.
556
,915 --> 00:22:25,514
And I would.
557
,240 --> 00:22:31,010
We would travel with a big bag of tams
and that was my favorite combination,
558
,399 --> 00:22:37,639
like the Archie booklets with the
Tams and some other, you know, things
559
,639 --> 00:22:41,419
in Mexico, El Con Dorito, and some
other Mexican like comic strips.
560
,930 --> 00:22:44,780
But that has been my comfort
food for a long time.
561
,780 --> 00:22:45,740
Too long Really?
562
,740 --> 00:22:46,700
Of the stomach.
563
,480 --> 00:22:48,980
When you become an adult, you're like, no.
564
,760 --> 00:22:50,090
Yeah,
565
,425 --> 00:22:52,820
Marc Preston: I I, there are certain
things I eat and I'd go like, I don't
566
,820 --> 00:22:56,090
feel nearly as good that, that's the
thing kids used to do on the island.
567
,090 --> 00:22:57,800
You know, they just go walk to seven 11.
568
,040 --> 00:22:58,160
Mariana Treviño: Yeah.
569
,160 --> 00:22:59,600
Because the air conditioner was there
570
,845 --> 00:23:04,705
Marc Preston: and it was like a little,
and your parents were like, leave repose.
571
,775 --> 00:23:06,025
Just go do your thing today.
572
,025 --> 00:23:06,625
Yeah, no.
573
,010 --> 00:23:09,920
Mariana Treviño: You could repose and
be fresh and look at the magazines.
574
,920 --> 00:23:10,190
Yeah.
575
,830 --> 00:23:11,430
Marc Preston: Very nice.
576
,460 --> 00:23:15,120
Well, the next question I have for you,
if you're gonna sit down for an hour or
577
,120 --> 00:23:19,950
two or or an afternoon and have a coffee
with some, uh, with three people living
578
,950 --> 00:23:21,660
or not, who would those three people be?
579
,810 --> 00:23:23,790
Oh, my Who, like, so it could
be four of you at a table.
580
,790 --> 00:23:26,640
Who would you like to sit down with
and just chat, uh, for a few hours?
581
,120 --> 00:23:29,670
Mariana Treviño: Oh my God,
that's a hard, uh, question.
582
,700 --> 00:23:30,480
It's so broad.
583
,480 --> 00:23:31,050
I don't know.
584
,230 --> 00:23:31,950
One of them.
585
,910 --> 00:23:34,200
One of them for sure.
586
,260 --> 00:23:36,030
George Elliot, the writer.
587
,840 --> 00:23:38,400
I just love George Elliot.
588
,400 --> 00:23:40,260
I love her, I love her novels.
589
,830 --> 00:23:47,400
Um, I'm always waiting for time
to pass so I can reread them and I
590
,400 --> 00:23:54,030
do cycles, so, um, yeah, I, yeah,
I love, I I would love to like.
591
,975 --> 00:23:55,935
Sit down with her.
592
,935 --> 00:23:57,405
We're both Marianne's too.
593
,305 --> 00:24:01,065
When I discovered that we had
the same name, I was like, Hmm.
594
,095 --> 00:24:03,105
There's a little affinity.
595
,885 --> 00:24:07,575
But yeah, I'm, I'm a
admirer of her novels.
596
,575 --> 00:24:08,985
George Elliot would be one.
597
,465 --> 00:24:14,535
And, um, oh my, it's really, really hard.
598
,315 --> 00:24:21,405
I think, um, Meryl Strip, I would
love, I would love, I admire her so
599
,405 --> 00:24:26,325
much and she's so much fun and I would
love to be able to have that chance.
600
,385 --> 00:24:32,055
And I guess Emiliano, I don't know if
he drank coffee, but whatever he drank,
601
,255 --> 00:24:33,435
Mariana Treviño (2): we, you know,
602
,485 --> 00:24:37,005
Mariana Treviño: I would have loved to.
603
,260 --> 00:24:41,879
Have met him, not in battle, but on
his side, of course, of the meeting.
604
,870 --> 00:24:44,970
Marc Preston: Going back to the food
real quick, I have to ask this 'cause
605
,970 --> 00:24:48,960
you have a, a Mexican grandmother, a
couple of them, you know, what was,
606
,960 --> 00:24:52,530
what was that thing growing up that the
grandmothers, you know, you, that was
607
,530 --> 00:24:54,810
always like, okay, I know I'm home now.
608
,815 --> 00:24:56,970
I I have to go back to the
food thing one thing, one time.
609
,240 --> 00:24:57,300
Yeah.
610
,600 --> 00:24:57,990
What would that be?
611
,990 --> 00:24:58,290
So my
612
,290 --> 00:25:01,500
Mariana Treviño: Mexican mother,
my, my, my father's mother that
613
,500 --> 00:25:04,740
lived, um, on the back of our
house, we lived next to each other.
614
,219 --> 00:25:08,939
She used to make these gorditas,
uh, similar to the flour
615
,939 --> 00:25:10,080
tortilla that you were saying.
616
,080 --> 00:25:13,139
It's also made of the same
material, I think, but it's hard
617
,139 --> 00:25:14,879
and really flat and toasted.
618
,659 --> 00:25:15,719
Wow.
619
,750 --> 00:25:20,729
And so she used to make them with a
special recipe that nobody ever knew
620
,379 --> 00:25:27,889
and, and we would eat it with a. Uh,
without ca and, and every time we went
621
,889 --> 00:25:32,600
to her house to visit her, which was
very often, and she would do that for us
622
,840 --> 00:25:35,120
Marc Preston: in, yeah, my, my
daughter's dating somebody with age
623
,120 --> 00:25:39,169
and great, great-grandmother and
great-grandmother makes fresh Cho and,
624
,169 --> 00:25:42,080
uh, yeah, I don't know how to feel
about the boy because he takes ketchup
625
,080 --> 00:25:43,460
and squirts ketchup on everything.
626
,460 --> 00:25:45,139
I'm like, oh, Theresa.
627
,139 --> 00:25:47,629
I was like, so I was like, that's
the only issue I got with the boy.
628
,870 --> 00:25:48,050
You know?
629
,860 --> 00:25:51,560
Uh, the next question
I've got for you, uh.
630
,875 --> 00:25:55,925
Who was your very first celebrity
crush when you were a young one?
631
,205 --> 00:25:59,435
Mariana Treviño: I think I had two.
632
,675 --> 00:26:00,140
Uh uh.
633
,470 --> 00:26:06,030
In this culture I had in Mexico, I
had like from Ric and other bands
634
,030 --> 00:26:08,190
and everything, but for here mm-hmm.
635
,430 --> 00:26:11,310
I remember seeing in the
magazines, in the teen magazines
636
,310 --> 00:26:13,139
that arrive in Mexico, you know?
637
,500 --> 00:26:13,590
Oh yeah.
638
,590 --> 00:26:13,710
Like
639
,710 --> 00:26:14,909
Marc Preston: Tiger beats and all that.
640
,909 --> 00:26:15,090
Yeah,
641
,120 --> 00:26:16,020
Mariana Treviño: yeah.
642
,470 --> 00:26:20,340
Uh, also in the seven elevens,
you see that was the place to go.
643
,340 --> 00:26:21,060
Right, right, right.
644
,450 --> 00:26:22,770
Those were like the hip.
645
,399 --> 00:26:24,870
Did they still have video games when you
646
,870 --> 00:26:25,260
Marc Preston: went there?
647
,260 --> 00:26:27,600
Like, uh, you go there with some quarters?
648
,600 --> 00:26:27,960
Yeah.
649
,320 --> 00:26:28,770
Mariana Treviño: Yeah.
650
,980 --> 00:26:30,210
And so I remember.
651
,585 --> 00:26:33,915
Of course, being in love with
Sean Astin because of Goonies.
652
,945 --> 00:26:37,485
I think that was like,
ah, I loved that movie.
653
,485 --> 00:26:39,285
Of course, it's still one of my favorites.
654
,285 --> 00:26:42,315
And Sean Astin was amazing and
I was really in love with him.
655
,855 --> 00:26:48,435
Um, I am, I, I, I think I even
once left with, I took a picture
656
,435 --> 00:26:50,505
of him and I slept with a picture
657
,345 --> 00:26:51,615
Mariana Treviño (2): underneath
658
,615 --> 00:26:52,125
Mariana Treviño: my pillow.
659
,125 --> 00:26:53,955
I was like, let him be, be close to me.
660
,955 --> 00:26:55,065
I think I remember that.
661
,245 --> 00:26:56,805
And also River Phoenix.
662
,495 --> 00:26:58,065
Marc Preston: Oh yeah.
663
,070 --> 00:26:58,210
Okay.
664
,360 --> 00:26:58,650
Okay.
665
,190 --> 00:27:02,490
So, so you were, you were a typical
teenager of the age and, you know,
666
,490 --> 00:27:03,270
oh, no, I can't tell you this
667
,275 --> 00:27:05,010
Mariana Treviño: because
it's a spoiler, but yeah.
668
,010 --> 00:27:05,580
Uh, okay.
669
,760 --> 00:27:07,475
Yeah, we'll talk later when we're time.
670
,695 --> 00:27:09,115
Marc Preston: I'm very good.
671
,115 --> 00:27:09,395
We'll
672
,395 --> 00:27:09,995
Mariana Treviño: touch upon this.
673
,585 --> 00:27:13,110
Marc Preston: Well, now, if you're
gonna live on an exotic island, uh,
674
,140 --> 00:27:16,680
for a year, uh, and it's somewhere
you want to be, somewhere really nice,
675
,680 --> 00:27:18,390
but you, you don't have any streaming.
676
,390 --> 00:27:21,510
So if you wanna listen to music,
you gotta bring a, a CD with you.
677
,515 --> 00:27:21,875
Mariana Treviño (2): Mm-hmm.
678
,015 --> 00:27:22,236
And a
679
,241 --> 00:27:23,640
Marc Preston: movie,
you gotta bring a dvd.
680
,735 --> 00:27:25,955
Something you'd listen to all
year long and something you
681
,955 --> 00:27:27,635
could watch over and over again.
682
,935 --> 00:27:29,405
What would that CD be
and what would that do?
683
,405 --> 00:27:29,495
Um,
684
,485 --> 00:27:34,294
Mariana Treviño: oh my
God, that's a hard one too.
685
,689 --> 00:27:35,909
Um.
686
,925 --> 00:27:44,085
I don't know, CDs, uh, D CDs,
it's, it's been a long time since
687
,085 --> 00:27:47,955
I, you know, but at some point
in my life, they were everything.
688
,955 --> 00:27:50,715
I kept them in my truck to
keep, you know, in my thingy.
689
,195 --> 00:27:51,314
Mm-hmm.
690
,675 --> 00:27:53,625
They were like my most priced possession.
691
,105 --> 00:27:58,004
Um, I, I, I, I don't know.
692
,695 --> 00:27:59,955
I really, I, I really don't know.
693
,195 --> 00:28:02,024
Maybe, maybe something.
694
,625 --> 00:28:04,185
From Blues.
695
,185 --> 00:28:05,655
I always loved blues.
696
,685 --> 00:28:05,715
Okay.
697
,495 --> 00:28:08,685
I always loved country as well.
698
,685 --> 00:28:09,705
Country music.
699
,215 --> 00:28:11,565
Um, I, I loved it.
700
,565 --> 00:28:18,165
And of course, um, the sublime
Mexican, like Los Panchos, the trios.
701
,165 --> 00:28:18,855
Mariana Treviño (2): Mm-hmm.
702
,920 --> 00:28:19,139
Mariana Treviño: Um.
703
,220 --> 00:28:21,660
Music from Los Pancho.
704
,990 --> 00:28:22,260
Los.
705
,020 --> 00:28:30,420
You know, when I was living in New
York, I remember finding a city of Louis
706
,420 --> 00:28:35,430
Miguel in one of the stores randomly,
and I remember that city of Louis Miguel
707
,430 --> 00:28:40,440
became like my homeland for the time
that when I was living there for the four
708
,440 --> 00:28:43,020
years, I heard it over and over again.
709
,080 --> 00:28:45,660
And Luis Miguel, when he was
starting in the eighties, and
710
,660 --> 00:28:47,310
then when he sung the Boleros.
711
,820 --> 00:28:51,210
And the Boleros would be
lovely to listen to as well.
712
,210 --> 00:28:51,780
In an island.
713
,794 --> 00:28:56,340
I, I, I don't know, uh, there's
an ample possibility of options.
714
,429 --> 00:28:58,649
Marc Preston: We'll get you a box
set, you know, of all your, yeah.
715
,649 --> 00:28:59,129
So I have
716
,129 --> 00:29:01,260
Mariana Treviño: a little
bit more of a possibility.
717
,679 --> 00:29:04,620
Marc Preston: Well, is there a movie
that you can watch over and over again?
718
,620 --> 00:29:07,980
You say like, you know, it's, it, whatever
comes on tv, you'll just watch it, you
719
,980 --> 00:29:11,460
know, something you could bring the,
and is there anything like that for you?
720
,045 --> 00:29:14,745
Mariana Treviño: I remember, uh,
now that we're speaking about Texas,
721
,745 --> 00:29:20,055
that when I saw Paris, Texas was
like, uh, an instant favorite.
722
,385 --> 00:29:20,475
Mariana Treviño (2): Mm-hmm.
723
,715 --> 00:29:24,555
Mariana Treviño: Just, just in my, in
my mind, in my imaginary, it kind of
724
,555 --> 00:29:26,390
stayed there, you know, floating around.
725
,210 --> 00:29:27,430
Um.
726
,570 --> 00:29:32,110
I thought, I thought that, you know,
it was just such a beautiful film and
727
,110 --> 00:29:37,810
the performances were so compelling
and so mysterious and so desertic just
728
,810 --> 00:29:41,469
like the landscape, you know, that we
have in common in Texas and Mexico.
729
,469 --> 00:29:42,370
It's like, right.
730
,429 --> 00:29:43,719
Like the same land.
731
,139 --> 00:29:45,699
So, um,
732
,820 --> 00:29:47,860
Marc Preston: but you have all
those mountains, which is beautiful.
733
,860 --> 00:29:48,100
Yeah.
734
,100 --> 00:29:48,699
Monterey.
735
,699 --> 00:29:50,500
Mariana Treviño: Monterey
has like this beautiful blue.
736
,055 --> 00:29:54,775
Green mountains that are
just like so jaw dropping.
737
,870 --> 00:29:54,990
I,
738
,135 --> 00:29:55,915
Marc Preston: I, you know, but it's still
739
,915 --> 00:29:56,575
Mariana Treviño: desert.
740
,575 --> 00:29:57,115
It's still
741
,115 --> 00:29:57,655
Marc Preston: deserted.
742
,685 --> 00:29:58,165
Oh, really?
743
,165 --> 00:29:58,525
Really?
744
,525 --> 00:29:58,825
Okay.
745
,830 --> 00:29:59,030
Yeah.
746
,030 --> 00:29:59,270
Well,
747
,455 --> 00:29:59,665
Mariana Treviño: yeah.
748
,665 --> 00:29:59,875
Yeah.
749
,875 --> 00:30:05,185
It's still like, yeah, the dusty roads
and just like a desert, just like in
750
,185 --> 00:30:07,165
Baja that there's the sea and the desert.
751
,165 --> 00:30:07,225
Yeah.
752
,675 --> 00:30:08,005
Very.
753
,375 --> 00:30:12,125
Crazy combination and it creates
a very strange magnetism.
754
,125 --> 00:30:15,755
And the characters of the people
there are very specific because of it.
755
,085 --> 00:30:19,595
In Mexico, I think we do have the
combination of desert and mountain
756
,595 --> 00:30:22,115
as you just said it, and it creates.
757
,115 --> 00:30:22,745
Yes.
758
,805 --> 00:30:24,995
Marc Preston: Now, if you were not
doing this for a living, on the next
759
,995 --> 00:30:26,135
question, what would you be doing?
760
,135 --> 00:30:30,305
What would be a good number two, another
job or a vocation for you that would
761
,305 --> 00:30:32,945
bring you joy besides, uh, acting?
762
,945 --> 00:30:33,665
What would that be?
763
,665 --> 00:30:34,145
Mariana Treviño: Hmm.
764
,435 --> 00:30:37,505
Um, I mean.
765
,365 --> 00:30:43,155
I mean, I, I love, uh, I like meditating.
766
,575 --> 00:30:48,255
I think I could do the, that as my
lifestyle, you know what I mean?
767
,255 --> 00:30:49,005
Like as a, mm-hmm.
768
,245 --> 00:30:50,835
More of a full-time thing.
769
,865 --> 00:30:55,845
I could see myself doing that
further on in the path of my life.
770
,295 --> 00:31:02,150
Um, I think that I. For example, being a
painter at some point when I was younger,
771
,150 --> 00:31:04,400
I started painting and, and I left it.
772
,400 --> 00:31:07,040
My grandfather, my maternal
grandfather was a painter.
773
,100 --> 00:31:09,950
My Argentinian grandfather,
he was a cartoonist.
774
,340 --> 00:31:10,550
Mariana Treviño (2): Really?
775
,270 --> 00:31:11,600
Mariana Treviño: Traitor.
776
,600 --> 00:31:11,900
Yeah.
777
,900 --> 00:31:12,740
And a painter.
778
,950 --> 00:31:13,760
Really good one.
779
,760 --> 00:31:19,280
And, and I always had that, uh, with
him, that like a little connection.
780
,310 --> 00:31:20,450
And I, I dropped it.
781
,450 --> 00:31:21,680
I never picked it up again.
782
,830 --> 00:31:25,670
But I think it's a great
profession because it's also like.
783
,445 --> 00:31:30,315
You don't need much, but you and the,
the contents of your soul and the
784
,315 --> 00:31:32,930
perceptions of, you know, and, um.
785
,629 --> 00:31:35,850
You want this dialogue
with the canvas and I, so
786
,850 --> 00:31:38,070
Marc Preston: you want to, you
know, to create and express as
787
,070 --> 00:31:40,230
long as you can do that, that
would, that would make you happy.
788
,410 --> 00:31:40,590
Mariana Treviño (2): Yeah.
789
,620 --> 00:31:41,070
Marc Preston: Very good.
790
,070 --> 00:31:41,490
Very good.
791
,610 --> 00:31:44,400
Well, the last question I got for
you, if you were to travel back in
792
,400 --> 00:31:47,730
time, you got that DeLorean and you're
traveling back when you're 16 years
793
,730 --> 00:31:51,480
old and you got a piece of advice
for yourself for 16-year-old, you,
794
,660 --> 00:31:53,220
what would that piece of advice be?
795
,220 --> 00:31:56,160
And I always say maybe it's just you
wanna make that moment better in your
796
,160 --> 00:31:58,980
life, or maybe you wanna put yourself
on a little bit different track.
797
,250 --> 00:32:01,470
What would that, what would
you tell 16-year-old you?
798
,210 --> 00:32:04,050
Mariana Treviño: Hmm.
799
,890 --> 00:32:12,690
I would, I would tell myself, um,
never, you know, like, like have the
800
,690 --> 00:32:15,000
confidence in yourself to keep going.
801
,000 --> 00:32:21,150
Always, you know, um, sometimes when
you're at 16, very much like Santi is
802
,150 --> 00:32:23,190
in the show, it's a very tough time.
803
,190 --> 00:32:23,280
Mm-hmm.
804
,520 --> 00:32:27,420
And you know, like there's a lot of
vulnerability in that moment in life.
805
,420 --> 00:32:30,690
Like, you want to go out in the
world, you think you're an adult.
806
,260 --> 00:32:34,230
You have the impetu of an adult and
you think you wanna go out and eat
807
,230 --> 00:32:38,850
the world up, but you go through
experiences that are very trying
808
,850 --> 00:32:40,830
because it's like you're coming of age.
809
,835 --> 00:32:43,440
You, you know, you're
crossing the threshold into,
810
,440 --> 00:32:45,390
Marc Preston: and
everything's big and dramatic.
811
,390 --> 00:32:45,660
Yeah.
812
,660 --> 00:32:46,050
Mariana Treviño: Yes.
813
,050 --> 00:32:50,490
And, and, and things, strong things
can happen and you don't have the.
814
,060 --> 00:32:55,320
The, um, tools, internal tools
to deal with it sometimes.
815
,710 --> 00:33:01,139
And um, and I would just tell myself
like, don't let yourself down.
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Don't lose confidence in yourself.
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No matter what happens,
you're gonna be able to handle
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everything that comes your way.
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Mm-hmm.
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Um.
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Just keep going, keep going.
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Never stop.
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Because that's what we have
to do in life, you know?
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I mean, that's one thing
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,630 --> 00:33:18,390
Marc Preston: I like about his
character's name is Santi, right?
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Is that how you say his name?
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Mariana Treviño: Santi.
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Yeah,
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Marc Preston: Santi.
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,820 --> 00:33:24,390
He did seem like he, he maintained what,
what teenager would be, you know, here's
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a guy that could play golf really well.
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,070 --> 00:33:29,100
He is a little bit of a phenom,
but he's still a teenager, you
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,100 --> 00:33:30,270
know, he is still a teenager with,
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Mariana Treviño: and, and it's
like they really want their
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parents to take care of them.
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At that age.
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You wouldn't, they don't know
that, but the parents know that.
838
,085 --> 00:33:42,135
Teams, they're like, they still
need their parents, you know, at
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that age, even if they play big.
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,655 --> 00:33:45,015
Marc Preston: Yeah.
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And as a parent, you kinda want them
to feel the same way at 40, you know?
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,105 --> 00:33:49,695
It's kind of like a Yes,
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,695 --> 00:33:50,145
Mariana Treviño: exactly.
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We were talking about that the other day.
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We're like, oh,
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,425 --> 00:33:54,495
Marc Preston: Mariana, it's
been more than a treat.
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,495 --> 00:33:56,655
Next time you're in
South Padre, look me up.
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There's the OG favorite,
which is Black beards.
849
,930 --> 00:34:01,635
I mean, you cannot come to South
Padre without gonna black beards.
850
,635 --> 00:34:05,025
That's uh, or or seven 11 with some
quarters, you know, or you know.
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,145 --> 00:34:06,655
Mariana Treviño: But,
852
,655 --> 00:34:08,364
Marc Preston: uh, but best of luck too.
853
,545 --> 00:34:08,695
There's a
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,695 --> 00:34:09,775
Mariana Treviño: little golf course.
855
,014 --> 00:34:14,094
There was all elto, there was a little
golf course that everybody went to.
856
,455 --> 00:34:16,645
Marc Preston: It was like a
little, little, uh, dome ball,
857
,620 --> 00:34:18,745
Mariana Treviño: like
two ball, and they just,
858
,745 --> 00:34:20,034
Marc Preston: they just tore it down.
859
,094 --> 00:34:21,025
They just tore.
860
,025 --> 00:34:21,235
That
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,235 --> 00:34:22,284
Mariana Treviño: was beautiful.
862
,284 --> 00:34:24,085
It was like little dome ball and they,
863
,085 --> 00:34:26,545
Marc Preston: we used to go play
golf there and then we go to seven
864
,545 --> 00:34:28,764
11 and get our slushy things and
865
,304 --> 00:34:29,574
Mariana Treviño: Exactly.
866
,315 --> 00:34:33,625
Marc Preston: It's more than a
pleasure and I wish you nothing but.
867
,775 --> 00:34:36,595
The best and uh, I'm gonna go
watch the rest of the episodes now.
868
,865 --> 00:34:37,285
Mariana Treviño: Okay.
869
,285 --> 00:34:38,215
Thank you so much.
870
,215 --> 00:34:41,965
And thank you for reminding me of
that golf course in South Pader
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,995 --> 00:34:43,435
that I had completely forgotten.
872
,580 --> 00:34:43,700
I
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,915 --> 00:34:44,665
Marc Preston: I, because I spent
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,665 --> 00:34:48,115
Mariana Treviño: there a lot of
time when we went there and it
875
,115 --> 00:34:49,615
was like a happy place for me.
876
,825 --> 00:34:52,795
Marc Preston: Well that makes me feel
good, but I wasn't the only kid make this
877
,005 --> 00:34:54,985
Mariana Treviño: show, so thank you.
878
,075 --> 00:34:55,855
Marc Preston: Best of luck.
879
,885 --> 00:34:57,265
Hopefully we'll catch up down the line.
880
,415 --> 00:34:58,135
Mariana Treviño: Thank you, Marc.
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,135 --> 00:34:58,915
Nice to meet you.
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,625 --> 00:35:01,255
Marc Preston: Alright, there you go.
883
,255 --> 00:35:02,395
Mariana Treviño.
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,665 --> 00:35:03,595
Fun conversation.
885
,595 --> 00:35:06,384
Really enjoyed the opportunity
to sit down with her.
886
,625 --> 00:35:11,665
The new show Stick it is on right
now, apple tv along with uh,
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,695 --> 00:35:15,265
Owen Wilson and Marc Maron and
Judy Greer, Timothy Oliphant.
888
,384 --> 00:35:16,105
Great show.
889
,105 --> 00:35:17,545
I think you will enjoy it.
890
,545 --> 00:35:17,935
Feel good.
891
,935 --> 00:35:19,435
Show we need more of those.
892
,645 --> 00:35:20,995
Okay, I'm gonna jump on out of here.
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,995 --> 00:35:25,585
Make sure, uh, as I always, uh, humbly
request, make sure to pop onto your
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,585 --> 00:35:27,925
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,925 --> 00:35:29,575
That way you get notified.
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,634 --> 00:35:30,805
New episode comes out and you.
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Find out immediately.
898
,345 --> 00:35:36,965
Also, just head on over to story and
craft pod.com, the website, everything
899
,965 --> 00:35:41,465
you could possibly wanna know about
this show, past episodes, past guests.
900
,525 --> 00:35:42,815
Just go right on over there.
901
,815 --> 00:35:43,985
It's, it's all there for you.
902
,285 --> 00:35:45,575
Alright, I'm gonna get on out of here.
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,605 --> 00:35:49,230
Uh, you have yourself a wonderful
weekend or a. Our week or
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,260 --> 00:35:50,130
whenever you're listening.
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And, uh, thank you so much for making
whatever I've got going on here,
906
,130 --> 00:35:55,650
part of whatever you've got going on.
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,680 --> 00:35:58,950
And, uh, we'll be back in a few
days right here with another
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,950 --> 00:36:01,410
episode of Story and Craft.
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Announcer: That's it for this
episode of Story and Craft.
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,500 --> 00:36:06,930
Join Marc next week for more conversation.
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,170 --> 00:36:11,340
Right here on Story and Craft
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,400 --> 00:36:13,470
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Mariana Treviño
Actor
Mexican Cinema Journalists Award Winner · Morelia International Film Festival Awards Winner · PRODU Awards Winner