Nora Zehetner

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Nora Zehetner:
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It's funny because Nora Jones was going to UNT at the

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same time and we used to eat lunch

together and argue over whose name

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was spelled right because she has an

H at the end of hers and I do not.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: All right.

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Welcome back.

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Another episode of Story Craft.

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Glad to have you back with me today.

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Hey, if it's your first time to

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Thank you so much for coming by

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Soon to be twice a week.

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More on that later.

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Uh, today, uh, you get to enjoy a chat

I've been looking forward to with the

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lovely, the talented actor, Nora Zetner.

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She has been in a lot of TV shows

you're familiar with, kind of

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like The Right Stuff, Agents of S.

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D., Designated Survivor, uh, Marc

Maron's show, Maron, love that show.

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Also Grey's Anatomy.

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And, uh, she and I actually

worked on a project together

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going back nine, ten years, uh,

called The Astronaut Wives Club.

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This is the first time, if memory

serves, I've had a chance to speak

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with someone I've actually worked with.

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Thought that was kind of cool.

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Uh, she had a movie come out back in

April with Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff.

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It was called Blood for Dust.

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This Friday, July 5th, she has a new

one with Mel Gibson called Boneyard.

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Really enjoyed this chat.

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Above and beyond working together, we

also found out we had a connection.

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We grew up Just a couple of miles from

one another and went to school in the

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North Dallas suburb of Richardson.

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We also went to the

University of North Texas.

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I went there a few years before

her, didn't have an opportunity

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to meet her then, but I have

been wanting to chat with Nora.

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Going back years, and finally, we're

sitting down, we're chatting, and

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All right, so, uh, let's get after it.

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Today is Nora Zahetner Day,

right here on Story Craft.

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Nora Zehetner: Hello.

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Marc Preston: Hey Nora, how are you?

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Nora Zehetner: I'm good, how are you?

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Marc Preston: Doing very

well, doing very well.

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Where are you joining me from today?

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Glad you had a chance to,

uh, connect, uh, today.

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It's, uh, kind of a, uh, cool,

full circle, random thing.

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I know we'll get to it in a

moment, but it's like I first,

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I don't even know if I met you.

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God, it would be roughly 25th, 2015

astronaut wives club way back when.

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Definitely a jazz to, to finally connect.

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It's only been nine.

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Was it nine years if my

math is correct here?

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Nora Zehetner: So yeah, it's weird.

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It feels like it feels,

you know, ages ago.

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And then it feels like

it was just yesterday.

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I feel like the pandemic really did

a weird thing with years and time.

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And, you

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Marc Preston: know, somebody

will talk about 2019, 2020, 2021.

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And I feel like we just kind of went

to some kind of a time accelerator

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or something, you know, cause having

three teenagers at the time, you

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know, trying to navigate their thing.

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I'm like, wait a minute.

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah, it's been you know, four almost

five years now So but you've been very

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busy even since then but i'm curious.

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I just kind of want to go back real quick

Uh origin story if you will I know you

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and I share kind of a little connection

with you know, some time in richardson.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I I I, I, you

went to, did you go to Northwood Hills?

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Marc Preston: Actually, I went to

Greenwood Hills and I also went

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to Mohawk and I just found out the

other day because I'm on a little

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group of folks who went to J.

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Pierce High School.

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Uh, and they said, Oh yeah, they're

shutting down three elementary schools

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in Richardson and one of my, uh,

Greenwood Hills, they're shutting

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down my old elementary, which is just

kind of, and I actually grew up, I

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grew up across the street from it.

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So it was kind of cool because

even from being a little,

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little kid, I was literally, I

could throw a stone and hit it.

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How long were you there?

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How long did you live in Richardson?

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Uh, you were, you were young,

you were in elementary.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I lived in

Richardson, um, until, oh goodness, I,

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the middle, no, I went to Northwood

Hills until the middle of fourth grade.

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And then my mom, um, after my parents

divorced, my mom went back to school

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and we lived with my grandparents

in El Paso, for a few years.

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And then she graduated and we moved back

to Dallas, um, around seventh grade.

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And then I went to Westwood junior high.

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Marc Preston: Right off of, uh, Arapaho.

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Yeah.

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That's so weird.

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Nora Zehetner: I went there

for a year and a half.

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And then my mom moved out to like

Princeton to like the country.

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Oh yeah.

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Marc Preston: Hey, that's where I

did my country driving, you know, and

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you do your driver's ed, you do city

driving, and then they take, well,

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they called it country driving, you

know, yeah, went out to Princeton,

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uh, Anna, um, uh, McKinney, all those

areas that you remember being farmland,

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they're now all like big developments.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, it's crazy.

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Um, McKinney is like huge now.

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Um, Yeah.

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And then, yeah, yeah.

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So I was back there and then I

went back to El Paso for a minute.

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And then I went to McKinney high school

for a year and then I went to, um,

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UNT, they had a program where you skip

your last two years of high school.

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So I went there when I was 16.

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Marc Preston: Oh, Oh, really?

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Yeah.

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So we both went to UNT also.

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I know people are probably listening

going, Well, this is an interesting

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memory lane, a little like that.

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That's kind of interesting.

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You did a lot of moving around, uh, when

you were young, are you an only child?

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Are you, do you have any siblings?

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Nora Zehetner: Um, I have a half

brother, but we didn't grow up together.

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Um, he, uh, my father had

him when I was about 19.

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Okay.

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So big, big age difference.

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Marc Preston: yeah.

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Yeah.

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I got one of those too.

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You know, the folks I've spoken with

moving around a lot seems to be kind

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of a common theme of something that

kind of, I don't say facilitates, but

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it's kind of a common thread, you know,

especially if you're an only child moving

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around, you're kind of in your own head a

little bit more is, would you say that's

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accurate in kind of your experience?

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Nora Zehetner: Um, I mean, I would

say I'm, I'm pretty cerebral and,

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and also the, the moving around.

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You know, it's interesting because you

go into so many, uh, different worlds,

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like, like people live very differently

and, and even different parts of the

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city or, you know, and, and maybe

something about the observation of that.

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Marc Preston: You said you went to UNT,

which is a real big arts school, you know.

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What are they known for?

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Like their jazz band and whatnot.

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Were you there for, like, acting?

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Was that kind of already

something on your mind?

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Or you just were starting college early,

just not sure what you wanted to do?

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Nora Zehetner: I wanted to get

out of high school, you know,

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faster than I was supposed to.

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So now I'm, I'm complete opposite.

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I feel like I'm 20 all the time, but, um.

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Marc Preston: You and me both.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Which really irritates the

hell out of my 18 year old.

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I will say that.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah.

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Um, no, I, it was actually

a math and science program.

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Um, so polar opposite.

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Uh, but we were, we were in a special

dorm because we were all under age.

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So which, which dorm

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Marc Preston: did they put you in?

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Do you remember?

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I remember mine was Clark, which was,

you know, kind of a co ed and then

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there was Maple and then there was

Kerr Hall, which is the high rise.

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And there was one, all the jazz kids were

in, they didn't have air conditioning.

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Nora Zehetner: Bruce Hall.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Nora Zehetner: we were right

next door to Bruce Hall.

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Ours was only for this program called

TAMS, Texas Academy of Math and Science.

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Um, but we were right next door.

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We shared the mess hall with Bruce Hall.

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And actually it's funny because Nora

Jones was going to UNT at the same time.

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And we used to eat lunch together and

argue over whose name was spelled right.

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Cause she has an H at the end of hers.

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And I do not think she

got the right thing.

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That's right after like

the next year or something.

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And then people started

spelling my name with an H.

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So I, it's upsetting.

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Cause I feel like she kind of won

the argument at least temporarily.

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Marc Preston: No, if we're to go back.

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Back even when you were younger, was there

something magnetic about the acting thing?

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Because by the time you were in college,

you were, of course, you're doing

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the, uh, the, uh, math and science,

but was there anything at a young

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age where you're like, Oh yeah, that

TV, that movie thing sounds awesome.

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Was there anything like that?

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Nora Zehetner: I just love movies.

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And I remember actually when we

were living in this little town,

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Princeton, I was briefly there,

there was like a, a tiny, um,

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store, uh, You know, with VHS tapes.

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I don't have a name for it.

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Video store.

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Why couldn't I, like, think

of the name video store?

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It's so strange.

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It's been so long.

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I, and I, they had actually like

a great indie film selection.

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And I, Was really friendly with the owner.

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It was really sweet guy.

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And, and I would just check out every

independent film that he got in.

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And at

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Marc Preston: a young age, that's

kind of, I'm not saying that's odd.

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That's a little bit out of, you know,

when, when kids are watching, you

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know, the big Hollywood blockbusters,

you're going for the indie stuff.

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Was that what your, what your folks were

into or is that just what grabbed you?

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Nora Zehetner: I mean, I was,

I just, I loved all movies.

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I think I was around 13 then.

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Um, and yeah, but just growing

up, I just, I love movies and TV.

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Like I was a real couch potato.

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Like it was, I mean, I also love being

outdoors, but I could sit down and once

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I started watching something, I just

like, it was hard to move me and books.

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I would also do the same thing with books.

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I just like, I guess to consume stories.

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Um, so no, I don't know.

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I don't know what happened because it

was something that was just a dream.

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Cause I didn't even, uh, study

acting in school or anything.

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Um, even in high school, I

wasn't in any theater programs.

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Um, And then I was going to this, this

program at UNT and I was 16 and, um, I was

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taking all math and science classes and it

wasn't what, where my passions laid, like,

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even if it wasn't acting, it would be in

a more creative field for me personally.

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And.

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So, I am, sorry, I'm

like still in my brain.

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No, you're fine,

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Marc Preston: you're fine.

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Nora Zehetner: Anyways, so I was in

this program and I started buying

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for this clothing store that I

had worked for over the summer.

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And I would go to L.

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once a month.

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Really?

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How

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Marc Preston: old were you

when you were doing that?

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Nora Zehetner: 16.

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Marc Preston: I

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Nora Zehetner: really peaked at 16.

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I was in college.

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I was applying for a clothing store.

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So you were 16

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Marc Preston: traveling

to LA once a month?

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That is, that's pretty awesome actually.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, it

was really, really fun.

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Um, and I got this idea in my head that I

wanted to To move there and maybe try the

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acting thing and I had this advisor, um,

within the program at school who I had to

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see like once a week because I was really

bad about going to class or studying.

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And you, if you don't have basically

like a, if you go below a 3.

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0 GPA, then you have to go in and

meet the academic advisor, Dr.

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Donnie Hill.

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So me and Dr.

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Donnie, he spent a lot of time together.

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Um, and he actually encouraged me.

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He was like, you know what, you're

two years ahead of everybody else.

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Like, if you wanted to do this right now,

like, and you were actually studying, then

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you would be doing great, but you're not.

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And, and you have this interest in this

other thing and why not go try it now?

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You know, um, While you're young, instead

of going into a career of something else

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that maybe you don't care about as much.

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Marc Preston: Well, that was very

enlightened of them to tell you that,

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because when I was in school, it was

always like, you want to go four years,

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you know, you want to go somewhere.

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You got to put in your time, get a nice

title on your business card, but it

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wasn't really focused on your passions

and the things that you, when I was

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in school, it was get on the rails

of this track that will take you.

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to getting your bachelor's, maybe a

master's and, but to have somebody

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say, no, go ahead, you know, flex your,

you know, spread your wings rather.

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah.

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It was a big thing because, you know,

certainly nobody else wanted me to

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do that because I was in this program

where you go two years early and you

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finish that, you go to, you know, an

Ivy league school on scholarship and,

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and you know, you're kind of set up.

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And so when I said I was going to leave,

although frankly, I was probably going

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to get kicked out of the program was

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Marc Preston: your choice.

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We're going to say it's your choice.

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Nora Zehetner: Sure.

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I could have turned it around, but,

um, You know, everybody, my family

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was not particularly pleased there.

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They became very supportive, but.

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You know, it was a big opportunity.

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Uh, so Yeah, I really i've actually

like trying to get a hold of dr Don,

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you just say thank you and I I haven't

been able to but um, because it was

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a it was a big turning point for me

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Marc Preston: So what were your folks

up to as far as career wise were they

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at all in the arts or were you the

outlier You know, you were the pioneer

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Nora Zehetner: just me just

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Marc Preston: you.

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Nora Zehetner: Um, yeah, my mom You I

worked at Macy's growing up and then,

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uh, when my parents divorced, she wound

up, uh, going back to nursing school

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and then she was a nurse after that.

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Um, and then my father worked

at Macy's growing up and, uh,

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he helped other jobs like that.

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Marc Preston: So did you

have family in El Paso?

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Is that what kept

bringing you out that way?

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Nora Zehetner: Um, I,

yes, my grandparents.

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My mother's parents were

really wonderful and I used to

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spend every summer with them.

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Marc Preston: Once you were

going back and forth to L.

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A., was there, was that the

genesis of like a bug biting you?

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Were you kind of seeing

what was happening in L.

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and like, this seems cool to me?

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I

mean, you know, I was 16.

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It was exciting.

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Marc Preston: How are you

getting around at 16 years old?

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Did you know somebody out there?

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Were you just going by cab?

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Nora Zehetner: No, I would, um,

the, the owner of the stores would

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travel with me and then we, uh, the

Marcet downtown and, and I would

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pick out the things and he would.

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Marc Preston: Well, you remember

Dallas, actually my grandfather,

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rest his soul, he was, uh, he was

in women's fashions and stuff.

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And he had a, uh, uh, he was importing

stuff from having a manufacturer,

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like, you know, stuff in Hong Kong

and whatever, this is going back a

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long time ago, but he had a place

at the, uh, Dallas apparel Mart.

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I don't know if you remember

that way a long time ago.

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And, but yeah, that was kind of my,

you know, I learned all about Marcet

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and, you know, and all You know,

sample sales and all that kind of jazz.

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Um, so was fashion kind of something

you're like, this, this resonates with me.

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Maybe you're going to be a

fashion designer, retailer,

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something like a, not retailer,

um, or does something in fashion?

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Was that something on your brain?

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, no, it was

definitely something I was interested in.

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Um, I grew up like my, my mom was a model

and so we, You know, from a very young

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age, I was reading fashion magazines

and watching like style with Elsa Clinch

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on Saturday mornings when I was eight,

instead of watching cartoons and so,

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Marc Preston: No, you

kind of buried the leader.

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Your mother was a model.

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We'll see.

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She was kind of, she was in

the entertainment ecosystem.

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Was she modeling in Dallas?

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Is that where she was?

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No, she

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Nora Zehetner: was modeling in

New York and London and Japan.

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Marc Preston: sounds like she had some

perspective to share with you about.

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Being a young lady and

getting out into the world.

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Was she a, an advocate once you decided

to start acting and doing this thing?

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Was she all in or did she had just

have a lot of cautionary tales for you?

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Nora Zehetner: No cautionary tales.

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Um, but you know, she was just nervous.

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They, you know, they just wanted me to get

an education and, and, um, and obviously

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acting is not the most stable career.

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Um, And, but now she's, she's my biggest

supporter and it's, it's been wonderful.

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But yeah, she's definitely

a creative person.

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And my father's, uh, was a creative

person as well, but they just, you know,

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didn't have careers in the arts at all.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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You've gone back and forth to El

Paso, but when was the official move

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to LA or is that as well as LA where

you started your acting, uh, career?

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Nora Zehetner: Yes.

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Uh, I moved to LA when

I was 17, turning 18.

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Um, and I didn't even try

and get an agent or anything.

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I just, I had like two little

part time jobs and then I think

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about four or five months into

it, kind of everything went wrong.

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Like I got into a car accident and

lost my insurance, lost one of my jobs.

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And I just was like,

I'm going back to Texas.

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It was the summer or something.

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And I went back and I kind of didn't

want to go back to LA after that

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because Easy to go the first time.

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It's harder to go back, but you were

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Marc Preston: so young though.

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I can't even imagine being that age in LA.

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Uh, I mean, Dallas, yes,

Dallas is turning in LA.

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It feels like, you know, as far as the

size goes, but you're used to a big

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city, but when you go to LA, you're,

you're really going into the, especially

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at that age, had to feel like you were

jumping into the deep end of the pool.

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Nora Zehetner: I think when you're

young, you just, know anybody.

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Like to me as an adult, it seems

like, Oh wow, you did that.

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You know, you moved to LA on

your own when you were 17.

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Um, scary.

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But at the time it was just exciting,

but going back, it seemed scary.

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And, and I remember my

mom drove back with me.

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And I kind of didn't want to go back,

but I had my stuff in storage, uh, so

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I had to go back one way or the other.

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And then when I went back, I

was like, okay, if I'm going

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to do this, I'm doing it.

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And I remember I took a little picture

that somebody had taken of me and wrote

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a note, you know, like, hi, I'm 18.

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I just moved here from Texas and dropped

it off at, um, a few small agencies where

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I thought they might actually get it, you

know, and I got an agent and then, um,

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And it was, it was a lucky time because it

was when they were making all those teen

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movies, you know, in the late nineties.

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Marc Preston: Oh, that's right.

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American pie too, was your first.

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Movie, right?

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Am I, am I correct?

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Nora Zehetner: Um, no, I was in one

called Tart before that, I think.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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But back then was when they were really

rolling out some, those R rated teen

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movies, which was just, that was kind

of like a big thing in the moment.

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Now, when you started, was there a,

was there an idea like, I want to

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do this kind of stuff you had been.

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Watching the, um, independent

films when you're younger, did you

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have a sense of where you wanted

to kind of put your crosshairs?

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Nora Zehetner: Yeah,

I was a little snobby.

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Like, I think I probably shot myself

in the foot cause I didn't want to do,

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you know, the team movies and I didn't

want, I would pass on a lot of stuff.

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I really wanted to do work with.

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Great filmmakers and all stories that

were interesting to me and you know,

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Marc Preston: one of the things that's

so impressive about you You always

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seem to be working, you know when you

when you well, I mean You always seem

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to be doing something interesting.

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We'll put it like that The first time I

became aware was after of course astronaut

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wives Club Uh, which I thought was kind

of interesting because you did the, the

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right stuff, which is sort of the same

story kind of, you know, it's sort of

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the same ecosystem, kind of the whole

space thing as you were moving along.

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What were you gravitating towards mostly?

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Were you, were you intrigued by anything

in particular that you had been doing?

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Like, I want to do some more of

this, or you, were you going wherever

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the work was kind of a thing?

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Nora Zehetner: I mean, you know what?

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It's, it's interesting because I've

definitely, it's, it's both like,

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What I am drawn to is often what other

people want to hire me for, luckily.

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And, and I've definitely gone

through times where, you know,

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you say I'm always working.

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I'm, I'm not, you know, where I'm, and

I do a lot of things that don't pay

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a large amount, so there's been times

where I'm like, Oh my God, I need a job.

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And, and.

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You know, I'll put myself up for things

that aren't really what I want to do

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And I'll try my best and and they don't

hire me for those things so it's it's

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like a weird thing that you know, I'm

I I guess i'm lucky in a sense that

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what I gravitate towards is usually I

have to turn these off I'm, so sorry.

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I didn't realize no, you're

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Marc Preston: okay.

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No, no, no, no worries.

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No worries

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Nora Zehetner: How do I turn them off?

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Oh, do not disturb.

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There we go.

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Okay.

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I'm really bad with computers.

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Um,

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Marc Preston: But the things you were,

but the things you were doing, I mean, I

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always tell like I teach voiceover and I

always tell my students, there ain't no

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shame in, you know, doing what you gotta

do to get done, what you gotta get done.

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Nora Zehetner: I

completely agree with you.

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Marc Preston: You're

doing the acting thing.

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Is there, were you starting

this flex into other areas?

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Like, uh, I think as in photography,

something you have a passion for, you

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know, was that kind of, Something you

just kind of came into, or it was that

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all, you know, well, the fashion, the

acting, photography, was it all kind of

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happening all at the same time for you?

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Nora Zehetner: It's just, I mean,

I, I guess I, I am interested

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in most creative things.

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Like I still, I take classes and

different things, whatever interests me.

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I took, um, you know, a drawing class.

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I took a painting class.

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Recently, um, I took a

poetry writing class.

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I just, whatever, you know, seems

interesting to me in the moment.

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I'll go into, but photography is

something that I've done since

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I was in my early twenties.

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And I don't know really what

got me into that except for

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I really liked photography.

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And,

464

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Marc Preston: but don't you still

do it on 35 millimeter film?

465

00:22:13,575 --> 00:22:14,105

Is that right?

466

00:22:14,455 --> 00:22:17,825

What is it about film you like as

opposed to going the digital route?

467

00:22:19,225 --> 00:22:21,075

Nora Zehetner: Oh, I think

it's, it's the richness.

468

00:22:21,125 --> 00:22:24,850

It's the, um, Yeah, it

just looks different.

469

00:22:24,850 --> 00:22:25,950

It has a different feel to me.

470

00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:29,070

I know you can process digital to

make it look more like film, but

471

00:22:29,070 --> 00:22:30,820

it's just, it's not the same thing.

472

00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:35,520

I love that you can't take a million

pictures of one thing that you have

473

00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,059

to get it, you know, and I love the

surprise because now I'm pretty bad.

474

00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:44,460

I'll, I'll have a roll of film

in my camera for, I've been

475

00:22:44,470 --> 00:22:45,370

really bad about using it.

476

00:22:45,370 --> 00:22:49,460

So it'll be a while before I develop

the film and it's such a wonderful

477

00:22:49,460 --> 00:22:51,090

surprise to see what's on it.

478

00:22:51,090 --> 00:22:53,179

And even if you just get a

few great shots, that's great.

479

00:22:53,179 --> 00:22:55,250

But if you get a whole roll of

like different things that are

480

00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:57,630

interesting and it's exciting.

481

00:22:57,759 --> 00:22:59,869

Marc Preston: Well, you've been around

long enough to remember taking your roll

482

00:22:59,869 --> 00:23:03,000

of film to Eckerd's and having to wait

a day or two for them to develop it.

483

00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:05,690

And that's, you know, the excitement

of getting a package of pictures,

484

00:23:05,690 --> 00:23:06,990

you know, and that now it's.

485

00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:10,139

People like grab their phone

and take like 50 pictures to

486

00:23:10,169 --> 00:23:11,989

get that one candid picture.

487

00:23:12,129 --> 00:23:13,100

Oh, kids these days.

488

00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,340

I feel so old when I talk sometimes.

489

00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:16,790

I'm like, you know, they

don't know what it's like.

490

00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,290

We had to go to Fox photo, you know.

491

00:23:18,649 --> 00:23:22,600

Um, so when you're, when you're

taking pictures, are you focusing

492

00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,659

on anything in particular?

493

00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,030

Um, just landscapes or people, or is there

something that grabs your attention most?

494

00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,210

Nora Zehetner: No, I mean,

I love shooting people.

495

00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:31,790

I also love landscapes.

496

00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,110

It's just, uh, just a visual thing.

497

00:23:35,110 --> 00:23:37,630

I mean, I think it's also a nice way to.

498

00:23:38,035 --> 00:23:42,255

Slow down and see the, the world,

you know, in a different way as well.

499

00:23:42,665 --> 00:23:45,315

But, um, that sounds

really corny, but it's

500

00:23:46,765 --> 00:23:48,014

Marc Preston: not, not, not, not at all.

501

00:23:48,015 --> 00:23:51,354

I mean, when you see something through

a viewfinder or it pulls your focus,

502

00:23:51,354 --> 00:23:53,955

you know, it's almost kind of Zen in

a way, you know, you're focusing on

503

00:23:53,955 --> 00:23:56,054

this one little thing, you know, and

504

00:23:56,055 --> 00:23:59,255

Nora Zehetner: you start noticing

the way the lights like bouncing

505

00:23:59,255 --> 00:24:00,915

off of something in the day.

506

00:24:00,915 --> 00:24:02,945

And, you know, even when I'm

walking my dog, I'll kind of.

507

00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:04,390

Frame things in my head.

508

00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:07,010

And, and I think it's, yeah,

509

00:24:07,270 --> 00:24:09,320

Marc Preston: American pie was such a hit.

510

00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:09,710

Rewind.

511

00:24:09,710 --> 00:24:13,740

I don't mean to kind of focus

on that, but that was at a time.

512

00:24:13,749 --> 00:24:14,859

That was a big deal.

513

00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,789

Kicked off a whole bunch of teen

movies like road trip or whatever.

514

00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:21,840

And a bunch of those, that genre after

that, what were you scooting into?

515

00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,940

What was, what was the kind of arc?

516

00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,290

You know of things you were showing

up in at that point in time that that

517

00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:32,240

you enjoyed there were things that you

were like Really had they're formative.

518

00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:33,200

Maybe that's the word i'm looking

519

00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,310

Nora Zehetner: right um, I mean that I

you know, I only had like a line in that

520

00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:46,554

um, but I I think like I did uh everwood

right after that which was my first TV

521

00:24:46,554 --> 00:24:49,315

show when I was in Utah shooting that.

522

00:24:49,315 --> 00:24:50,245

And I really liked that show.

523

00:24:50,245 --> 00:24:51,305

It was a really sweet show.

524

00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:53,415

Um, and I did that for a bit.

525

00:24:53,415 --> 00:25:00,085

And then I, uh, left that to do Brick,

which is obviously like wound up being

526

00:25:00,085 --> 00:25:02,535

a really great, uh, thing for me.

527

00:25:02,774 --> 00:25:05,065

And, and was just a really

wonderful experience.

528

00:25:05,755 --> 00:25:08,225

Marc Preston: Do you enjoy

traveling to do projects?

529

00:25:08,305 --> 00:25:11,445

I mean, you know outside of LA because

so much stuff is shooting elsewhere

530

00:25:11,495 --> 00:25:14,075

Yeah, or do you like to stay kind of

close to home when you're shooting?

531

00:25:14,085 --> 00:25:17,165

Nora Zehetner: You know, it's been really

rare that i've ever actually shot in LA.

532

00:25:17,635 --> 00:25:22,624

I've shot a couple of shows here I

remember you hear a shot here And

533

00:25:22,624 --> 00:25:24,235

that was on that nice sunset gaur lot.

534

00:25:24,245 --> 00:25:25,475

That's so nice and easy.

535

00:25:25,475 --> 00:25:26,325

I really like that a lot.

536

00:25:26,395 --> 00:25:30,155

Um, and um What else?

537

00:25:31,505 --> 00:25:35,305

A couple of things but I mean everything

everything that i've done in the

538

00:25:35,305 --> 00:25:42,110

last A few years, right, stuff was in

Florida, um, I did a movie called Boys

539

00:25:42,110 --> 00:25:47,660

of Summer that's meant to come out in

October and that was in North Carolina.

540

00:25:47,670 --> 00:25:53,809

And then the last movie I did called

Boneyard and that was in Las Vegas.

541

00:25:53,859 --> 00:25:59,190

So yeah, so I haven't actually

worked in California in

542

00:26:00,190 --> 00:26:02,879

Marc Preston: During my time in New

Orleans, I'd worked on a few projects.

543

00:26:03,580 --> 00:26:04,650

We worked on the same episode.

544

00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:05,820

I think it was called Flashpoint.

545

00:26:05,850 --> 00:26:06,129

I don't know.

546

00:26:06,129 --> 00:26:08,460

I had to actually look up the

name of the title of the episode.

547

00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:12,370

It was like a, supposed to be a dinner

party, I guess, like in Houston.

548

00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:13,824

I mean, they shot it in New

549

00:26:13,824 --> 00:26:14,056

Nora Zehetner: Orleans.

550

00:26:14,056 --> 00:26:15,908

I think I know what you're talking about.

551

00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:16,140

Marc Preston: Yeah.

552

00:26:16,140 --> 00:26:16,372

Yeah.

553

00:26:16,372 --> 00:26:18,841

My scenes were with, um, ODed Ible.

554

00:26:19,050 --> 00:26:19,350

Oh yeah,

555

00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:20,325

Nora Zehetner: Odette's the best.

556

00:26:20,945 --> 00:26:24,720

Marc Preston: And, and, uh, I

have to look at this 'cause I,

557

00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,520

I always, she's from New Orleans

558

00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:27,210

Nora Zehetner: Azure.

559

00:26:27,390 --> 00:26:27,750

Marc Preston: Uh, yeah.

560

00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:28,530

Azure Parsons.

561

00:26:28,530 --> 00:26:29,340

Yeah, that's right.

562

00:26:29,345 --> 00:26:29,850

That's right.

563

00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,290

It was so much fun to shoot that.

564

00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,900

Uh, also being a fan of

the space program, did you.

565

00:26:34,409 --> 00:26:36,939

Study your character or did

you ever interact with your

566

00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:38,340

the lady you're playing?

567

00:26:38,350 --> 00:26:39,409

Did you get in touch with him?

568

00:26:39,409 --> 00:26:40,990

Say hey, i'm gonna be

doing this miniseries.

569

00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:42,199

Did you have that opportunity?

570

00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:47,739

Nora Zehetner: No, um the for

that one, I played um, maryland

571

00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:50,610

level and Wait, or maryland sea.

572

00:26:50,999 --> 00:26:51,249

Oh my god.

573

00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,470

Marc Preston: I think it's c.

574

00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,170

Yeah, it's maryland

575

00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:53,609

Nora Zehetner: sea.

576

00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:55,790

Wow my brain.

577

00:26:55,879 --> 00:26:59,435

Um Anyways, I played Marilyn C.

578

00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,535

I did not, uh, get to speak with her.

579

00:27:02,555 --> 00:27:09,234

I tried to find what I could, um,

on the internet, um, but, and I read

580

00:27:09,235 --> 00:27:13,215

the book, um, but there wasn't a lot

as much on that character because

581

00:27:13,704 --> 00:27:16,444

Marc Preston: Was that the first time

you had played somebody, a real person?

582

00:27:16,445 --> 00:27:19,449

Nora Zehetner: Possibly?

583

00:27:21,090 --> 00:27:22,370

Yes, I think so.

584

00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,530

And then I played Annie Glenn, uh,

for the right stuff with the stuff.

585

00:27:27,010 --> 00:27:29,000

So I did a lot of work for that.

586

00:27:29,389 --> 00:27:31,989

Marc Preston: As far as the, uh,

hobby, I want to call it hobbies.

587

00:27:31,989 --> 00:27:36,049

That kind of sounds reductive, but,

um, photography, anything else that

588

00:27:36,049 --> 00:27:39,360

you like to do, anything else when

you're not shooting that keeps you

589

00:27:39,949 --> 00:27:43,080

occupied and kind of, you know,

your passions are dialed into it.

590

00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:44,610

Anything else besides photography,

591

00:27:44,699 --> 00:27:48,709

Nora Zehetner: uh,

writing and, um, and, and.

592

00:27:49,775 --> 00:27:55,314

painting and, um, yeah,

those are kind of it.

593

00:27:55,415 --> 00:27:56,975

I try and meditate and.

594

00:27:58,095 --> 00:27:59,685

Do all those good things, too.

595

00:27:59,815 --> 00:28:01,405

Marc Preston: The writing that

you're passionate about, is

596

00:28:01,405 --> 00:28:03,985

that going to manifest, do you

think, into writing screenplays?

597

00:28:03,985 --> 00:28:06,065

Or is it just in the realm of poetry?

598

00:28:06,205 --> 00:28:11,294

Nora Zehetner: Oh, yeah, um, I, yeah,

I just finished writing a screenplay,

599

00:28:11,495 --> 00:28:14,674

which is the first time I've done that,

because I'm a very bad follow through.

600

00:28:14,705 --> 00:28:17,295

I have lots of ideas, very bad

follow through, but I actually

601

00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:19,195

force myself to sit down and do it.

602

00:28:19,265 --> 00:28:22,395

So I'm, I'm working on

revising that now, but yeah.

603

00:28:22,425 --> 00:28:25,534

Marc Preston: You know, long term, are

you thinking about, uh, with the mass

604

00:28:25,534 --> 00:28:29,504

migration of people from LA going to

Texas, the, do you ever find yourself kind

605

00:28:29,504 --> 00:28:33,834

of returning to Texas or are you kind of

deeply ensconced in liking the LA thing?

606

00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:36,144

Nora Zehetner: No, I think about

moving places all the time.

607

00:28:37,025 --> 00:28:38,365

I don't know if it would be Texas.

608

00:28:38,455 --> 00:28:42,765

Um, but yeah, I would

definitely live someplace else.

609

00:28:43,175 --> 00:28:44,625

Whenever I go, I've realized.

610

00:28:46,075 --> 00:28:52,495

that when I go and film i place like

that, my whole sort of calms down.

611

00:28:52,535 --> 00:28:56,844

And r of like being a little bi country.

612

00:28:57,685 --> 00:28:57,885

Um,

613

00:28:58,005 --> 00:29:01,714

Marc Preston: it's funny y

I watched an episode of A no

614

00:29:01,714 --> 00:29:04,354

reservations way back Montana.

615

00:29:04,365 --> 00:29:05,085

It really looked

616

00:29:07,154 --> 00:29:09,935

Is that same thing they say

psychologically if you look at the

617

00:29:09,935 --> 00:29:14,574

ocean, not just looking out, or

a desert, that kind of a thing.

618

00:29:14,574 --> 00:29:18,114

I think there's something kind

of almost primal, relaxing,

619

00:29:18,114 --> 00:29:19,024

kind of like what you're saying.

620

00:29:19,364 --> 00:29:22,544

But I think there's something

about these vistas in Montana

621

00:29:22,575 --> 00:29:23,964

with the mountains and the plains.

622

00:29:23,964 --> 00:29:25,464

It is very beautiful.

623

00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:28,485

I've always wanted to see it in

person besides just pictures.

624

00:29:28,775 --> 00:29:31,265

Um, is that a possible

destination for you?

625

00:29:32,385 --> 00:29:35,425

Maybe to more to the point, like what

places have you considered moving to?

626

00:29:36,025 --> 00:29:40,385

Nora Zehetner: Um, I think about

moving to Europe a lot to like

627

00:29:41,365 --> 00:29:43,225

Portugal or something like that.

628

00:29:43,284 --> 00:29:49,035

Um, yeah, I just, I think what I liked

about Montana or North Carolina or any of

629

00:29:49,035 --> 00:29:53,334

those places is being able to like get in

the car and not be stuck in traffic and

630

00:29:53,334 --> 00:29:59,950

not feel like you're, you know, crowded

in all angles and, um, you know, Yeah.

631

00:29:59,950 --> 00:30:04,950

I mean, Los Angeles is wonderful, but I've

been here for a long time, so we'll see.

632

00:30:05,030 --> 00:30:05,490

We'll see.

633

00:30:05,690 --> 00:30:07,100

I've thought about Spain as well.

634

00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,500

My, my father's from Spain, so yeah.

635

00:30:09,779 --> 00:30:10,310

Marc Preston: Oh, really?

636

00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:10,760

Okay.

637

00:30:11,029 --> 00:30:11,139

Yeah.

638

00:30:11,140 --> 00:30:16,239

My daughter did, studied in the fall in

Barcelona, and then she went to Portugal.

639

00:30:16,239 --> 00:30:17,069

She's like, I like Portugal.

640

00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:18,210

Oh,

641

00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:18,660

Nora Zehetner: really?

642

00:30:19,010 --> 00:30:19,510

Yeah.

643

00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:24,670

Marc Preston: No, I think Marc Maron

is such an interesting guy, you know,

644

00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:26,290

uh, you know, his podcast is great.

645

00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:26,519

Yeah.

646

00:30:26,519 --> 00:30:28,299

But what was like working on Marin?

647

00:30:28,309 --> 00:30:29,599

How did Marin come along?

648

00:30:29,599 --> 00:30:33,069

And I haven't seen it in a while,

but I enjoyed it was as far as

649

00:30:33,070 --> 00:30:34,269

kind of like independent TV.

650

00:30:34,269 --> 00:30:34,319

Yeah.

651

00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:34,334

Yeah.

652

00:30:35,465 --> 00:30:37,475

I think it was an IFC if I'm not mistaken.

653

00:30:38,025 --> 00:30:41,955

Um, how did that, how did, uh, Marin just

as a side note, how did that come to you?

654

00:30:42,545 --> 00:30:47,444

Nora Zehetner: Um, I read for it and they

interviewed me and yeah, and that was it.

655

00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:50,285

I hadn't, I hadn't actually

listened to his podcast before that.

656

00:30:50,945 --> 00:30:54,404

Um, I'm, I'm so like out of touch

sometimes with the podcast world.

657

00:30:54,795 --> 00:30:56,825

Um, even though I enjoy them very much.

658

00:30:57,615 --> 00:31:00,245

So yeah, and I went to

do that and it was fun.

659

00:31:00,285 --> 00:31:02,315

That was actually like

based on a real person.

660

00:31:02,725 --> 00:31:03,315

So there you go.

661

00:31:10,474 --> 00:31:13,095

Marc Preston: I like to throw out

my seven questions, which are just,

662

00:31:13,585 --> 00:31:14,874

just a little extra fun for me.

663

00:31:15,025 --> 00:31:18,975

But the first one I always ask, and I

am curious being a kid from Texas who

664

00:31:18,975 --> 00:31:24,445

grew up same place I did by and large,

what is your favorite comfort food?

665

00:31:25,565 --> 00:31:26,295

Nora Zehetner: Good question.

666

00:31:26,850 --> 00:31:33,640

You know, like pasta and garlic

bread and salad, maybe like that.

667

00:31:34,170 --> 00:31:36,210

Marc Preston: Did you ever go to

Camp easy when you, yeah, I love

668

00:31:36,210 --> 00:31:36,740

Nora Zehetner: camp easy.

669

00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:38,330

Marc Preston: their pizza.

670

00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:39,490

Nora Zehetner: It's fantastic.

671

00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:40,630

Marc Preston: It's one of those things.

672

00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:42,220

Like we have a pizza

place down here like that.

673

00:31:42,220 --> 00:31:45,910

It's not the best, but it is

the best of being what it is.

674

00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:47,249

That's the

675

00:31:47,250 --> 00:31:47,490

Nora Zehetner: thing.

676

00:31:47,490 --> 00:31:50,780

Like when you were asking me about

my favorite places to eat in Dallas,

677

00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:54,380

I mean, I don't think they're,

they were culinary, uh, you know,

678

00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:55,560

Marc Preston: like ponchos.

679

00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,479

Nora Zehetner: Yeah, but they

were, they were just what I

680

00:31:57,489 --> 00:31:59,009

loved, you know, growing up.

681

00:31:59,049 --> 00:32:01,720

Um, Yeah, that's probably

my favorite comfort food.

682

00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:02,580

Our tacos.

683

00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:03,513

I love Mexican food.

684

00:32:03,513 --> 00:32:03,979

Whenever there's

685

00:32:03,979 --> 00:32:06,079

Marc Preston: somebody I'm in

somewhere else and they go, Oh,

686

00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:07,479

this is the best Mexican food.

687

00:32:07,479 --> 00:32:10,279

I'm like, maybe, you know, outside

of Texas, like it starts getting,

688

00:32:10,279 --> 00:32:11,445

you know, a little questionable.

689

00:32:11,445 --> 00:32:14,945

Uh, but the next question I got

for you, if you were to sit down

690

00:32:14,945 --> 00:32:17,744

with three people living or not,

you're going to have a, you're

691

00:32:17,744 --> 00:32:19,611

going to talk story for a few hours.

692

00:32:19,611 --> 00:32:22,643

Who are those three people be

that you would like to sit down?

693

00:32:22,643 --> 00:32:23,110

Oh no.

694

00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:25,910

Nora Zehetner: I feel like I have, I

should have prepared for this question.

695

00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:28,009

Um, what do I want to sit down with?

696

00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:31,460

Oh man.

697

00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,550

Marc Preston: If it makes you feel better,

this question seems to stump most people.

698

00:32:34,850 --> 00:32:37,590

And then I was speaking

with Sheree Aghdashloo.

699

00:32:37,740 --> 00:32:38,540

She threw it back at me.

700

00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:40,539

I'm like, Oh, this is

not an easy question.

701

00:32:40,540 --> 00:32:42,270

I thought it was an easier

question than it was.

702

00:32:42,430 --> 00:32:43,079

And then I thought about it.

703

00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,200

It's like, Oh man,

there's so many choices.

704

00:32:45,409 --> 00:32:45,550

Who are your

705

00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:46,150

Nora Zehetner: three

706

00:32:46,290 --> 00:32:46,940

Marc Preston: favorites?

707

00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:49,870

Number one on the list would be my

late grandfather because you get to a

708

00:32:49,870 --> 00:32:53,120

certain age and my kids are a certain

age and I want to ask questions.

709

00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,190

I want to kind of report in.

710

00:32:54,190 --> 00:32:57,630

I want to, you know, those things when

you're younger, you don't know to ask.

711

00:32:57,870 --> 00:33:01,349

You don't know to even have discussions

about, you know, and I think that

712

00:33:01,349 --> 00:33:04,180

would be kind of, kind of a cool thing.

713

00:33:04,210 --> 00:33:07,980

Um, Alan Watts, the philosopher,

I think that'd be really cool.

714

00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:14,020

Um, And, uh, you know, Anthony Bourdain

would be, I think if he was still around,

715

00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:17,930

it'd be a real, I always, uh, wish I'd

had the opportunity to have him on the

716

00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:20,740

people that I like talking, that I enjoy.

717

00:33:20,770 --> 00:33:24,839

That's one of the reasons why I love

doing this is people that are kind of

718

00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,439

thinkers that are out in the world,

kind of contemplating, maybe seeing

719

00:33:27,439 --> 00:33:30,330

things different than I do, or maybe

I've had different experiences I

720

00:33:30,340 --> 00:33:32,340

haven't had that I may never have.

721

00:33:32,515 --> 00:33:34,925

You know, that's kind of my philosophy.

722

00:33:34,925 --> 00:33:36,795

And then I, then, like I

said, my grandfather's is

723

00:33:36,795 --> 00:33:38,385

more, that's more personal.

724

00:33:38,385 --> 00:33:38,585

725

00:33:38,585 --> 00:33:41,075

Nora Zehetner: mean, I would

definitely take my grandparents back

726

00:33:41,345 --> 00:33:42,954

if I could, if that's an option.

727

00:33:42,955 --> 00:33:43,665

I thought it had to be straight forward.

728

00:33:43,985 --> 00:33:44,615

Oh, absolutely.

729

00:33:44,645 --> 00:33:45,105

Yeah.

730

00:33:45,105 --> 00:33:45,694

Then great.

731

00:33:45,694 --> 00:33:46,735

I'll just take all my grandparents.

732

00:33:47,570 --> 00:33:53,350

My grandma can cook me something

that she used to make that I love.

733

00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:54,700

Marc Preston: Well, that's

a whole new dimension.

734

00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,240

It's somebody you can sit down

with who can also cook for you.

735

00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:57,670

Nora Zehetner: Yeah.

736

00:33:57,709 --> 00:33:58,069

Yeah.

737

00:33:58,190 --> 00:33:59,920

Marc Preston: Now to go back

in time, let's pretend like

738

00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,479

you're back at Northwood Hills,

739

00:34:01,579 --> 00:34:02,019

Nora Zehetner: uh,

740

00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:05,369

Marc Preston: and your, your

very first celebrity crush,

741

00:34:05,370 --> 00:34:06,899

you're going, Oh, I love them.

742

00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:13,290

Nora Zehetner: I mean, there were some

teen actors, you know, at the time.

743

00:34:13,290 --> 00:34:15,250

And I can't remember, I mean,

744

00:34:18,610 --> 00:34:22,860

probably, I mean, I

love the boys on 90210.

745

00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:24,070

Marc Preston: Oh, of course.

746

00:34:24,070 --> 00:34:24,320

Yeah.

747

00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:29,320

Nora Zehetner: Uh, I

love Michael Hutchins.

748

00:34:30,810 --> 00:34:31,300

Marc Preston: Okay.

749

00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:32,240

Okay.

750

00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,909

Nora Zehetner: Is it

Hutchins or Hutchinson?

751

00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:35,730

Marc Preston: It's Hutchins.

752

00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:36,470

I think it's a Michael

753

00:34:36,470 --> 00:34:37,300

Nora Zehetner: Hutchins.

754

00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:37,340

too.

755

00:34:37,630 --> 00:34:37,970

Ooh.

756

00:34:37,970 --> 00:34:41,170

Um, really bad with names.

757

00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:42,810

Really bad, obviously.

758

00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:44,590

Now you

759

00:34:44,590 --> 00:34:46,679

Marc Preston: mentioned Michael Hutchins

so we can take a little side detour.

760

00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:49,690

What kind of, what kind of music

were you listening to back when,

761

00:34:49,759 --> 00:34:51,409

in the high, in the kid years?

762

00:34:51,419 --> 00:34:52,399

High school, junior high?

763

00:34:52,399 --> 00:34:54,119

What, what was your jam back then?

764

00:34:54,129 --> 00:34:54,149

I'm

765

00:34:56,625 --> 00:34:58,275

Nora Zehetner: I listen to everything.

766

00:34:58,305 --> 00:34:59,945

I listen to a lot of hip hop.

767

00:35:00,095 --> 00:35:09,975

Um, I listen to, uh, NXS and I know I

have, I have, it's interesting behind me.

768

00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:12,735

I have all of my mom's records.

769

00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:14,425

She gave them to me a couple of years ago.

770

00:35:15,075 --> 00:35:18,465

I have all this good stuff from like

the eighties and early nineties.

771

00:35:18,465 --> 00:35:21,615

I mean, I remember they would play

like tears for fears and the cure

772

00:35:21,865 --> 00:35:25,714

and, um, shot a, and stuff like that.

773

00:35:26,435 --> 00:35:30,094

Marc Preston: Well, my, the first station

ever went on the air at, in Dallas

774

00:35:30,094 --> 00:35:31,694

is, I don't know if you remember 100.

775

00:35:31,694 --> 00:35:36,425

3 jams, they played everything from

Keith sweat to new kids on the block.

776

00:35:36,425 --> 00:35:40,085

It mishmash, but they, I

think they're one of the first

777

00:35:40,085 --> 00:35:41,645

stations to play ice ice baby.

778

00:35:41,825 --> 00:35:42,385

Nora Zehetner: Oh yeah.

779

00:35:42,385 --> 00:35:42,454

Yeah.

780

00:35:42,635 --> 00:35:43,875

Marc Preston: Now, next question.

781

00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:46,995

If you were to be forced to live on

an island, a really nice, a place you

782

00:35:46,995 --> 00:35:49,915

want to be at, like a resort, but it

doesn't have internet and you've got to

783

00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:55,765

bring one DVD, which is one movie and

one CD, an album with you, what, what

784

00:35:55,765 --> 00:35:59,554

album and what, uh, or what album and

what movie would you bring with you to

785

00:35:59,594 --> 00:36:01,444

stay on that island for a full year?

786

00:36:01,575 --> 00:36:02,295

What would that be?

787

00:36:02,425 --> 00:36:03,345

Nora Zehetner: Hmm.

788

00:36:04,005 --> 00:36:08,735

Um, movie, I would say

789

00:36:12,825 --> 00:36:13,925

just go with Roman holiday.

790

00:36:13,980 --> 00:36:15,510

Marc Preston: Audrey Hevern.

791

00:36:16,190 --> 00:36:17,380

Audrey Hevern is my favorite.

792

00:36:17,420 --> 00:36:19,990

My OG, favorite act of

that and uh Cary Grant.

793

00:36:20,490 --> 00:36:21,490

What, what album though?

794

00:36:21,590 --> 00:36:24,350

Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I mean that,

that's tricky, because that could

795

00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:25,990

get really annoying really fast.

796

00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:29,270

I'm trying to think of

like my most played.

797

00:36:30,149 --> 00:36:31,899

Marc Preston: Well, it could

be a compilation though.

798

00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:34,540

Nora Zehetner: Uhhhhhhhhh.

799

00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:40,145

You know, I've listened to Heart

Like a Whale by Linda Ronstadt way

800

00:36:40,145 --> 00:36:42,355

too much in the last couple years.

801

00:36:42,485 --> 00:36:43,625

So maybe that's it.

802

00:36:43,735 --> 00:36:45,724

I seem to be able to listen to it a ton.

803

00:36:46,015 --> 00:36:46,554

What's yours?

804

00:36:46,835 --> 00:36:50,875

Marc Preston: Oh, geez, you know, oh god,

you know, I need to be better about this.

805

00:36:50,884 --> 00:36:52,894

If I'm asking questions, I should

be prepared to answer them.

806

00:36:53,024 --> 00:36:54,164

See, throwing it back at me.

807

00:36:54,165 --> 00:36:54,655

I like that.

808

00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:55,005

Okay.

809

00:36:55,815 --> 00:36:58,905

Nora Zehetner: I think we need to like,

you should give these Seven questions

810

00:36:58,905 --> 00:37:05,205

in advance because then I would've

thought about it and had real answers.

811

00:37:05,325 --> 00:37:05,895

Marc Preston: Okay.

812

00:37:07,035 --> 00:37:07,815

Uh, let's see.

813

00:37:07,815 --> 00:37:14,465

I would say, uh, as far as album goes,

um, you know, if it's, if I'm gonna be

814

00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:18,295

on an island and it's gonna be something

that I'm gonna be listening to all

815

00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:24,265

year, uh, I would say a, uh, a best of

compilation of Jimmy Buffett's stuff.

816

00:37:24,265 --> 00:37:24,295

Okay.

817

00:37:24,980 --> 00:37:28,540

Or jack Johnson or something like in

that vein, you know, something chill

818

00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:31,580

that would kind of meet the moment,

you know, that of what it's like to,

819

00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:34,060

you know, I'm kind of going for that

Jimmy Buffett lifestyle right now.

820

00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,070

Um, but yeah, yeah, that, that, I think

that's, I think Jimmy Buffett, you

821

00:37:38,070 --> 00:37:39,770

know, why not throw that out there?

822

00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,940

Uh, but I, you know, The way I grew

up, I love all genres of music.

823

00:37:43,940 --> 00:37:46,370

There's something in almost

every genre I'll pick from.

824

00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:48,470

My daughter, my youngest,

loves country music.

825

00:37:48,470 --> 00:37:51,760

So whenever we're in the car, whatever

I'm listening to, she's on Spotify,

826

00:37:51,780 --> 00:37:53,350

turning it off and turning her country on.

827

00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:57,229

So now if you were, last couple of

questions, if you weren't doing this,

828

00:37:57,229 --> 00:38:00,389

if you weren't acting, you weren't

following your passion, doing this,

829

00:38:00,430 --> 00:38:02,540

what would you be doing for a living?

830

00:38:02,540 --> 00:38:04,380

What do you, could you see yourself doing?

831

00:38:05,070 --> 00:38:05,650

Nora Zehetner: Oh goodness.

832

00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:06,450

So many things.

833

00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,724

Um, I would music.

834

00:38:09,725 --> 00:38:10,834

835

00:38:13,215 --> 00:38:16,105

mean, I thought about psychology.

836

00:38:16,105 --> 00:38:16,955

I thought about.

837

00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,310

Doing something environmental or

838

00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:26,520

what else?

839

00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,840

Politics, maybe

840

00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:32,420

Marc Preston: politics, really?

841

00:38:32,430 --> 00:38:32,830

Yeah.

842

00:38:32,850 --> 00:38:34,410

Nora Zehetner: I thought about

that a lot when I was younger.

843

00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,590

Marc Preston: Well, we need

you to come back to Texas

844

00:38:36,610 --> 00:38:37,640

and get involved in politics.

845

00:38:37,669 --> 00:38:40,289

Nora Zehetner: I know, I know, I know.

846

00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,600

Get rid of fucking, Oh, sorry.

847

00:38:42,659 --> 00:38:43,390

Greg Abbott.

848

00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:44,369

Marc Preston: Oh my gosh.

849

00:38:44,369 --> 00:38:44,809

You used to

850

00:38:44,810 --> 00:38:47,509

Nora Zehetner: say

851

00:38:47,509 --> 00:38:48,229

Marc Preston: Ted Cruz.

852

00:38:48,249 --> 00:38:48,489

No,

853

00:38:49,089 --> 00:38:49,949

Nora Zehetner: Ted Cruz.

854

00:38:49,949 --> 00:38:52,069

And, and Oh, I just, I

really hate Greg Abbott.

855

00:38:52,445 --> 00:38:55,735

Marc Preston: I, you know, growing up

here, see, I, you probably remember

856

00:38:55,735 --> 00:39:00,355

growing up down here, conservative,

uh, liberal, we can get together

857

00:39:00,355 --> 00:39:02,825

when you're arguing debate, and then

we all go get a beer afterwards.

858

00:39:02,825 --> 00:39:04,895

It was not this tribal ish vibe.

859

00:39:04,895 --> 00:39:07,135

I mean, I grew up, I remember,

uh, Ann Richards was governor

860

00:39:07,435 --> 00:39:08,314

Nora Zehetner: when I was, you

861

00:39:08,315 --> 00:39:11,535

Marc Preston: know, so it had a

much different feel a little bit,

862

00:39:11,605 --> 00:39:12,734

but now they got a bunch of just,

863

00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,790

Nora Zehetner: Crazy people, crazy

people who don't care about anything.

864

00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:17,750

It's, it's bizarre.

865

00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:19,870

They're definitely not trying

to make anybody's lives better.

866

00:39:20,140 --> 00:39:22,689

Marc Preston: My daughter and I knew

voters down here, maybe turn the tide.

867

00:39:22,690 --> 00:39:25,449

Nora Zehetner: But the

868

00:39:25,450 --> 00:39:28,249

Marc Preston: last question I got

for you, if you were to jump in

869

00:39:28,249 --> 00:39:32,100

the DeLorean, go back in time,

uh, to when you were 16 years old.

870

00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:35,915

And you got a piece of advice for

yourself to in the moment, make Excuse

871

00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:40,725

me, make life better or set you on a

path that you feel like would be more

872

00:39:40,735 --> 00:39:44,185

effective or Whatever piece of advice

you would want to give 16 year old you

873

00:39:44,874 --> 00:39:50,225

Nora Zehetner: Oh, I would I think

I would say um To believe in myself

874

00:39:50,275 --> 00:39:57,675

and also to be as kind to myself as

I feel that I should be to others.

875

00:39:58,825 --> 00:39:59,414

Because I'm very hard on myself.

876

00:39:59,604 --> 00:40:03,764

Marc Preston: I've heard that, uh, uh,

many incarnations of that same idea.

877

00:40:03,955 --> 00:40:06,764

You know, it's, uh, something like that.

878

00:40:06,775 --> 00:40:10,195

Where, you know, right now it's not,

It's not that it's not a big deal.

879

00:40:10,195 --> 00:40:13,105

It's just give yourself a break, give

yourself some latitude, you know,

880

00:40:13,165 --> 00:40:17,185

allow yourself breathing room to be,

you know, I tell you, no, I really

881

00:40:17,185 --> 00:40:19,055

appreciate you taking time out with me.

882

00:40:19,055 --> 00:40:22,774

If I want to talk to you again, it's only

been nine years or something like that.

883

00:40:22,995 --> 00:40:24,065

I briefly spoke with you.

884

00:40:24,065 --> 00:40:26,405

I was like asking, uh, Odette Annable.

885

00:40:26,405 --> 00:40:29,345

She brought like, In between scenes and

you're flipping the cameras and lights

886

00:40:29,455 --> 00:40:30,985

around, she was playing some kind of game.

887

00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:32,195

I was like, what is that game?

888

00:40:32,195 --> 00:40:32,705

She's playing.

889

00:40:33,345 --> 00:40:36,195

Nora Zehetner: It's settlers

of settlers of Catan, Catan.

890

00:40:37,005 --> 00:40:37,375

Yeah.

891

00:40:37,585 --> 00:40:38,255

Marc Preston: Oh, wait a minute.

892

00:40:38,285 --> 00:40:38,994

You may, okay.

893

00:40:38,995 --> 00:40:39,975

You may have the answer then.

894

00:40:39,984 --> 00:40:41,154

Nora Zehetner: I have the answer.

895

00:40:41,175 --> 00:40:43,415

That's, that's what everybody

was playing in between takes.

896

00:40:43,660 --> 00:40:44,830

Marc Preston: Settlers of guitar.

897

00:40:44,890 --> 00:40:45,850

Oh, okay.

898

00:40:46,990 --> 00:40:49,350

Thank you for solving this

nine year old mystery for me.

899

00:40:49,350 --> 00:40:50,170

I appreciate that

900

00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,710

Nora Zehetner: That's what i'm here

for really right you just That was

901

00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:55,959

all you actually wanted to know

902

00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,399

Marc Preston: I didn't really have a

chance to talk to you that much man.

903

00:40:58,510 --> 00:41:00,960

You know, it's like I

bookMarced it and here we are.

904

00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:03,780

This is wonderful.

905

00:41:03,780 --> 00:41:05,300

I've been wanting to chat

with you for a long time.

906

00:41:05,340 --> 00:41:07,650

I love watching you every time I

see you show up in the credits.

907

00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:10,950

I'm like, yeah, I get to

see, well, you take care.

908

00:41:10,950 --> 00:41:11,690

Thanks so much.

909

00:41:11,690 --> 00:41:15,259

Nora Zehetner: Okay.

910

00:41:15,260 --> 00:41:15,859

Marc Preston: There you go.

911

00:41:15,859 --> 00:41:18,650

The lovely, the talented Nora Zahetner.

912

00:41:18,990 --> 00:41:21,050

I so enjoy this chat.

913

00:41:21,180 --> 00:41:22,300

She is so talented.

914

00:41:22,790 --> 00:41:24,030

She's just cool.

915

00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:25,530

I'll just leave it at that.

916

00:41:25,540 --> 00:41:26,480

She's cool.

917

00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:27,200

I enjoyed it.

918

00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,400

Also thought it was cool that

I had an opportunity to finally

919

00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,600

sit down and speak with her.

920

00:41:32,050 --> 00:41:37,689

In fact, I was just finishing unpacking

one of the very last boxes from my move

921

00:41:37,689 --> 00:41:43,565

to our home here on South Padre Island

and literally I found The call sheet that

922

00:41:43,565 --> 00:41:48,485

listed all the actors for the Astronaut

Wives Club and I believe it was 2014.

923

00:41:48,695 --> 00:41:51,115

So we're almost 10 years.

924

00:41:51,405 --> 00:41:55,465

I believe we shot it somewhere

around September or December 2014.

925

00:41:55,835 --> 00:42:00,525

Um, it was a blast to talk with her and

to make a connection and I'm glad that you

926

00:42:00,534 --> 00:42:02,755

had the opportunity to, uh, check it out.

927

00:42:03,235 --> 00:42:07,635

Hey, do me a favor, if you would, grab

your device, whatever you use, whatever

928

00:42:07,645 --> 00:42:10,005

app you use, follow Story and Craft.

929

00:42:10,165 --> 00:42:11,054

Small favor.

930

00:42:11,275 --> 00:42:14,395

But you get to be notified every

time there's a new episode of

931

00:42:14,395 --> 00:42:16,225

story and craft a shoot me a note.

932

00:42:16,225 --> 00:42:19,715

If you would, all you got to do

is go to story and craft pod.

933

00:42:20,225 --> 00:42:20,535

com.

934

00:42:20,535 --> 00:42:22,445

Once again, story and craft pod.

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Really appreciate it.

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Great chats coming up We are moving to

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Thank you so much for making this show

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back in just a few days you and I together

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Announcer: That's it for this episode of

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of Marc Preston productions LLC Executive

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