On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with actor, Nora Zehetner. We discuss her experiences working on various TV shows like “The Right Stuff”, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”, and “Designated Survivor”, as well as her recent movies including “Blood for Dust” and “Boneyard”. We chat about our shared history of growing up in Richardson, Texas, and attending the University of North Texas...as well as our experience working together on the show “The Astronaut Wives Club.” Nora reflects on her journey from being a fashion buyer at 16 years old, to pursuing a successful acting career in L.A. We also touch on Nora’s interest in other creative fields like photography, writing, and painting. I’ve wanted to sit down with Nora for years, and really enjoy this chat…I’m sure you will as well!
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
03:38 58: Childhood and Early Life
07:06 104: College Years and UNT Experience
08:45 142: Early Acting Aspirations
13:44 211: Family Background and Support
16:46 258: Moving to LA and Starting an Acting Career
19:05 290: Breaking into the Film Industry
21:21 321: Exploring Other Creative Interests
24:07 Reflecting on American Pie and Early Career
26:34 Playing Real People
27:29 Hobbies and Writing
31:10 Seven Questions
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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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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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H.
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I.
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E.
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L.
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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
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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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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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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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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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Oh
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Marc Preston: 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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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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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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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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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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I'm really bad with computers.
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Marc Preston: But the things you were,
but the things you were doing, I mean, I
443
00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:10,620
always tell like I teach voiceover and I
always tell my students, there ain't no
444
00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:14,369
shame in, you know, doing what you gotta
do to get done, what you gotta get done.
445
00:21:15,419 --> 00:21:16,510
Nora Zehetner: I
completely agree with you.
446
00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,039
Marc Preston: You're
doing the acting thing.
447
00:21:18,050 --> 00:21:21,220
Is there, were you starting
this flex into other areas?
448
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,589
Like, uh, I think as in photography,
something you have a passion for, you
449
00:21:25,589 --> 00:21:29,455
know, was that kind of, Something you
just kind of came into, or it was that
450
00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:33,435
all, you know, well, the fashion, the
acting, photography, was it all kind of
451
00:21:33,445 --> 00:21:35,444
happening all at the same time for you?
452
00:21:35,445 --> 00:21:41,704
Nora Zehetner: It's just, I mean,
I, I guess I, I am interested
453
00:21:41,704 --> 00:21:42,955
in most creative things.
454
00:21:42,965 --> 00:21:47,404
Like I still, I take classes and
different things, whatever interests me.
455
00:21:47,404 --> 00:21:50,125
I took, um, you know, a drawing class.
456
00:21:50,155 --> 00:21:51,405
I took a painting class.
457
00:21:51,905 --> 00:21:55,695
Recently, um, I took a
poetry writing class.
458
00:21:55,725 --> 00:22:00,565
I just, whatever, you know, seems
interesting to me in the moment.
459
00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:03,195
I'll go into, but photography is
something that I've done since
460
00:22:03,275 --> 00:22:04,845
I was in my early twenties.
461
00:22:04,885 --> 00:22:08,385
And I don't know really what
got me into that except for
462
00:22:08,395 --> 00:22:10,105
I really liked photography.
463
00:22:10,105 --> 00:22:10,435
And,
464
00:22:11,045 --> 00:22:13,575
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
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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
I
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
I
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.
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I so enjoy this chat.
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She is so talented.
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She's just cool.
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I'll just leave it at that.
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She's cool.
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I enjoyed it.
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Also thought it was cool that
I had an opportunity to finally
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sit down and speak with her.
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In fact, I was just finishing unpacking
one of the very last boxes from my move
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to our home here on South Padre Island
and literally I found The call sheet that
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listed all the actors for the Astronaut
Wives Club and I believe it was 2014.
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So we're almost 10 years.
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I believe we shot it somewhere
around September or December 2014.
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Um, it was a blast to talk with her and
to make a connection and I'm glad that you
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had the opportunity to, uh, check it out.
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00:42:03,235 --> 00:42:07,635
Hey, do me a favor, if you would, grab
your device, whatever you use, whatever
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app you use, follow Story and Craft.
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00:42:10,165 --> 00:42:11,054
Small favor.
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00:42:11,275 --> 00:42:14,395
But you get to be notified every
time there's a new episode of
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story and craft a shoot me a note.
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00:42:16,225 --> 00:42:19,715
If you would, all you got to do
is go to story and craft pod.
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00:42:20,225 --> 00:42:20,535
com.
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00:42:20,535 --> 00:42:22,445
Once again, story and craft pod.
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00:42:22,645 --> 00:42:23,055
com.
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00:42:23,665 --> 00:42:24,764
Whatever's on your mind.
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00:42:24,895 --> 00:42:28,465
Just say, hi, I've been getting
some wonderful notes over
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the last couple of weeks.
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Really appreciate it.
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Uh, and I appreciate you taking
time to check out the show.
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Great chats coming up We are moving to
a two episode per week release schedule
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We got so many folks are speaking with
very cool that we get to connect twice
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a week Hey, I want you to do me a favor.
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Also go have yourself
a really awesome day.
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All right, or evening Weekend
whatever you've got going on again.
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Thank you so much for making this show
such a pleasure to bring to you We'll be
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back in just a few days you and I together
once again right here on story and craft
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Announcer: That's it for this episode of
story and craft join Marc next week for
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more conversation right here on story and
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00:43:19,385 --> 00:43:21,765
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Actor
Nora Angela was born and grew up in El Paso, Texas. She spent several years attending elementary school in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, before moving back to El Paso. When she was 14 she moved to Dallas where she attended the McKinney High School for several years. She attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science for one year.
At the age of 18 she moved to California to pursue an acting career. She appeared in a number of films like Tart (2001), American Pie 2 (2001), R.S.V.P. (2002), May (2002), 'The Song of Rose (2003)'and others as well as in several TV series. She is best known for her role as Laynie Hart from the WB's show, Everwood.