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July 1, 2024

Nora Zehetner | Lone Star Connections

Nora Zehetner | Lone Star Connections

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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Transcript
Nora Zehetner:

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


check out the show, thank you.



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Thank you so much for coming by


and checking out the little bit



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of mischief I stir up once a week.



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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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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


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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also I've got a small favor to ask


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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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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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Oh



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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


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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


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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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So



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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


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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


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Like it was, I mean, I also love being


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I started watching something, I just


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Um, so no, I don't know.



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I don't know what happened because it


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Cause I didn't even, uh, study


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Um, even in high school, I


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Um, And then I was going to this, this


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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


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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


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And I would go to L.



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A.



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once a month.



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Nora Zehetner: 16.



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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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A.



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and like, this seems cool to me?



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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I


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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


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


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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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It



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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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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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Okay.



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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.



440


00:21:02,950 --> 00:21:03,760


I'm really bad with computers.



441


00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:05,060


Um,



442


00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,970


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


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


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


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Nora Zehetner: Okay.



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Marc Preston: There you go.



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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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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.



929


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Small favor.



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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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If you would, all you got to do


is go to story and craft pod.



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com.



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


Once again, story and craft pod.



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com.



936


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Whatever's on your mind.



937


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.



939


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Really appreciate it.



940


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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



943


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a week Hey, I want you to do me a favor.



944


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Also go have yourself


a really awesome day.



945


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All right, or evening Weekend


whatever you've got going on again.



946


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Thank you so much for making this show


such a pleasure to bring to you We'll be



947


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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


craft Story and craft is a presentation



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of Marc Preston productions LLC Executive


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Associate producer is Zachary Holden.



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Nora Zehetner

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.