Actor Nora Zehetner from "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Boneyard" joins us on Story & Craft.
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Actor Nora Zehetner from “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Boneyard” joins us on Story & Craft.
Nora’s TV work includes “The Right Stuff,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Designated Survivor,” and her recent films include “Blood for Dust” and “Boneyard.” We talk about growing up in Richardson, Texas, attending the University of North Texas, and working together on “The Astronaut Wives Club.” She also shares her path from fashion buyer at 16 to actor, and her love of photography, writing and painting.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Nora Zehetner joins Story & Craft
58: Childhood and Early Life
104: College Years and UNT Experience
142: Early Acting Aspirations
211: Family Background and Support
258: Moving to LA and Starting an Acting Career
290: Breaking into the Film Industry
321: Exploring Other Creative Interests
Reflecting on American Pie and Early Career
Playing Real People
Hobbies and Writing
Seven Questions
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Full Transcript
Part 1
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It's funny because Nora Jones was going to UNT at the
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same time and we used to eat lunch
together and argue over whose name
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was spelled right because she has an
H at the end of hers and I do not.
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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.
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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: All right.
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Welcome back.
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Another episode of Story Craft.
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Glad to have you back with me today.
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Hey, if it's your first time to
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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lot to me if you could do that.
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Thank you, thank you,
thank you in advance.
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Uh, also, uh, Everything Story
Craft is at storyandcraftpod.
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com All social media stuff,
uh, you can send me a note.
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You can find out about our guests
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about the show is right there.
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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
and, and even different parts of the
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city or, you know, and, and maybe
something about the observation of that.
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Marc Preston: You said you went to UNT,
which is a real big arts school, you know.
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What are they known for?
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Like their jazz band and whatnot.
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Were you there for, like, acting?
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Was that kind of already
something on your mind?
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Or you just were starting college early,
just not sure what you wanted to do?
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Nora Zehetner: I wanted to get
out of high school, you know,
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faster than I was supposed to.
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So now I'm, I'm complete opposite.
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I feel like I'm 20 all the time, but, um.
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Marc Preston: You and me both.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Which really irritates the
hell out of my 18 year old.
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I will say that.
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah.
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Um, no, I, it was actually
a math and science program.
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Um, so polar opposite.
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Uh, but we were, we were in a special
dorm because we were all under age.
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So which, which dorm
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Marc Preston: did they put you in?
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Do you remember?
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I remember mine was Clark, which was,
you know, kind of a co ed and then
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there was Maple and then there was
Kerr Hall, which is the high rise.
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And there was one, all the jazz kids were
in, they didn't have air conditioning.
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Nora Zehetner: Bruce Hall.
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Marc Preston: Yeah.
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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
Jones was going to UNT at the same time.
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And we used to eat lunch together and
argue over whose name was spelled right.
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Cause she has an H at the end of hers.
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And I do not think she
got the right thing.
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That's right after like
the next year or something.
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And then people started
spelling my name with an H.
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So I, it's upsetting.
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Cause I feel like she kind of won
the argument at least temporarily.
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Marc Preston: No, if we're to go back.
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Back even when you were younger, was there
something magnetic about the acting thing?
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Because by the time you were in college,
you were, of course, you're doing
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the, uh, the, uh, math and science,
but was there anything at a young
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age where you're like, Oh yeah, that
TV, that movie thing sounds awesome.
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Was there anything like that?
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Nora Zehetner: I just love movies.
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And I remember actually when we
were living in this little town,
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Princeton, I was briefly there,
there was like a, a tiny, um,
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store, uh, You know, with VHS tapes.
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I don't have a name for it.
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Video store.
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Why couldn't I, like, think
of the name video store?
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It's so strange.
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It's been so long.
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I, and I, they had actually like
a great indie film selection.
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And I, Was really friendly with the owner.
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It was really sweet guy.
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And, and I would just check out every
independent film that he got in.
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And at
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Marc Preston: a young age, that's
kind of, I'm not saying that's odd.
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That's a little bit out of, you know,
when, when kids are watching, you
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know, the big Hollywood blockbusters,
you're going for the indie stuff.
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Was that what your, what your folks were
into or is that just what grabbed you?
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Nora Zehetner: I mean, I was,
I just, I loved all movies.
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I think I was around 13 then.
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Um, and yeah, but just growing
up, I just, I love movies and TV.
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Like I was a real couch potato.
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Like it was, I mean, I also love being
outdoors, but I could sit down and once
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I started watching something, I just
like, it was hard to move me and books.
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I would also do the same thing with books.
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I just like, I guess to consume stories.
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Um, so no, I don't know.
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I don't know what happened because it
was something that was just a dream.
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Cause I didn't even, uh, study
acting in school or anything.
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Um, even in high school, I
wasn't in any theater programs.
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Um, And then I was going to this, this
program at UNT and I was 16 and, um, I was
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taking all math and science classes and it
wasn't what, where my passions laid, like,
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even if it wasn't acting, it would be in
a more creative field for me personally.
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And.
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So, I am, sorry, I'm
like still in my brain.
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No, you're fine,
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Marc Preston: you're fine.
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Nora Zehetner: Anyways, so I was in
this program and I started buying
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for this clothing store that I
had worked for over the summer.
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And I would go to L.
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A.
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once a month.
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Really?
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How
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Marc Preston: old were you
when you were doing that?
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Nora Zehetner: 16.
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Marc Preston: I
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Nora Zehetner: really peaked at 16.
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I was in college.
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I was applying for a clothing store.
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So you were 16
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Marc Preston: traveling
to LA once a month?
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That is, that's pretty awesome actually.
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, it
was really, really fun.
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Um, and I got this idea in my head that I
wanted to To move there and maybe try the
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acting thing and I had this advisor, um,
within the program at school who I had to
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see like once a week because I was really
bad about going to class or studying.
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And you, if you don't have basically
like a, if you go below a 3.
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0 GPA, then you have to go in and
meet the academic advisor, Dr.
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Donnie Hill.
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So me and Dr.
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Donnie, he spent a lot of time together.
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Um, and he actually encouraged me.
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He was like, you know what, you're
two years ahead of everybody else.
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Like, if you wanted to do this right now,
like, and you were actually studying, then
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you would be doing great, but you're not.
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And, and you have this interest in this
other thing and why not go try it now?
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You know, um, While you're young, instead
of going into a career of something else
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that maybe you don't care about as much.
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Marc Preston: Well, that was very
enlightened of them to tell you that,
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because when I was in school, it was
always like, you want to go four years,
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you know, you want to go somewhere.
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You got to put in your time, get a nice
title on your business card, but it
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wasn't really focused on your passions
and the things that you, when I was
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in school, it was get on the rails
of this track that will take you.
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to getting your bachelor's, maybe a
master's and, but to have somebody
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say, no, go ahead, you know, flex your,
you know, spread your wings rather.
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah.
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It was a big thing because, you know,
certainly nobody else wanted me to
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do that because I was in this program
where you go two years early and you
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finish that, you go to, you know, an
Ivy league school on scholarship and,
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and you know, you're kind of set up.
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And so when I said I was going to leave,
although frankly, I was probably going
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to get kicked out of the program was
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Marc Preston: your choice.
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We're going to say it's your choice.
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Nora Zehetner: Sure.
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I could have turned it around, but,
um, You know, everybody, my family
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was not particularly pleased there.
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They became very supportive, but.
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You know, it was a big opportunity.
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Uh, so Yeah, I really i've actually
like trying to get a hold of dr Don,
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you just say thank you and I I haven't
been able to but um, because it was
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a it was a big turning point for me
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Marc Preston: So what were your folks
up to as far as career wise were they
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at all in the arts or were you the
outlier You know, you were the pioneer
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Nora Zehetner: just me just
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Marc Preston: you.
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Nora Zehetner: Um, yeah, my mom You I
worked at Macy's growing up and then,
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uh, when my parents divorced, she wound
up, uh, going back to nursing school
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and then she was a nurse after that.
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Um, and then my father worked
at Macy's growing up and, uh,
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he helped other jobs like that.
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Marc Preston: So did you
have family in El Paso?
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Is that what kept
bringing you out that way?
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Nora Zehetner: Um, I,
yes, my grandparents.
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My mother's parents were
really wonderful and I used to
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spend every summer with them.
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Marc Preston: Once you were
going back and forth to L.
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A., was there, was that the
genesis of like a bug biting you?
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Were you kind of seeing
what was happening in L.
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A.
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and like, this seems cool to me?
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I
mean, you know, I was 16.
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It was exciting.
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Marc Preston: How are you
getting around at 16 years old?
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Did you know somebody out there?
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Were you just going by cab?
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Nora Zehetner: No, I would, um,
the, the owner of the stores would
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travel with me and then we, uh, the
Marcet downtown and, and I would
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pick out the things and he would.
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Marc Preston: Well, you remember
Dallas, actually my grandfather,
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rest his soul, he was, uh, he was
in women's fashions and stuff.
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And he had a, uh, uh, he was importing
stuff from having a manufacturer,
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like, you know, stuff in Hong Kong
and whatever, this is going back a
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long time ago, but he had a place
at the, uh, Dallas apparel Mart.
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I don't know if you remember
that way a long time ago.
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And, but yeah, that was kind of my,
you know, I learned all about Marcet
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and, you know, and all You know,
sample sales and all that kind of jazz.
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Um, so was fashion kind of something
you're like, this, this resonates with me.
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Maybe you're going to be a
fashion designer, retailer,
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something like a, not retailer,
um, or does something in fashion?
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Was that something on your brain?
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, no, it was
definitely something I was interested in.
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Um, I grew up like my, my mom was a model
and so we, You know, from a very young
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age, I was reading fashion magazines
and watching like style with Elsa Clinch
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on Saturday mornings when I was eight,
instead of watching cartoons and so,
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Marc Preston: No, you
kind of buried the leader.
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Your mother was a model.
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We'll see.
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She was kind of, she was in
the entertainment ecosystem.
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Was she modeling in Dallas?
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Is that where she was?
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No, she
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Nora Zehetner: was modeling in
New York and London and Japan.
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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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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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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.
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I'm really bad with computers.
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Um,
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Marc Preston: But the things you were,
but the things you were doing, I mean, I
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always tell like I teach voiceover and I
always tell my students, there ain't no
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shame in, you know, doing what you gotta
do to get done, what you gotta get done.
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Nora Zehetner: I
completely agree with you.
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Marc Preston: You're
doing the acting thing.
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Is there, were you starting
this flex into other areas?
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Like, uh, I think as in photography,
something you have a passion for, you
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know, was that kind of, Something you
just kind of came into, or it was that
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all, you know, well, the fashion, the
acting, photography, was it all kind of
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happening all at the same time for you?
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Nora Zehetner: It's just, I mean,
I, I guess I, I am interested
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in most creative things.
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Like I still, I take classes and
different things, whatever interests me.
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I took, um, you know, a drawing class.
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I took a painting class.
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Recently, um, I took a
poetry writing class.
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I just, whatever, you know, seems
interesting to me in the moment.
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I'll go into, but photography is
something that I've done since
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I was in my early twenties.
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And I don't know really what
got me into that except for
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I really liked photography.
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And,
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Marc Preston: but don't you still
do it on 35 millimeter film?
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Is that right?
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What is it about film you like as
opposed to going the digital route?
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Nora Zehetner: Oh, I think
it's, it's the richness.
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It's the, um, Yeah, it
just looks different.
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It has a different feel to me.
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I know you can process digital to
make it look more like film, but
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it's just, it's not the same thing.
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I love that you can't take a million
pictures of one thing that you have
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to get it, you know, and I love the
surprise because now I'm pretty bad.
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I'll, I'll have a roll of film
in my camera for, I've been
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really bad about using it.
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So it'll be a while before I develop
the film and it's such a wonderful
477
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surprise to see what's on it.
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And even if you just get a
few great shots, that's great.
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But if you get a whole roll of
like different things that are
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interesting and it's exciting.
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Marc Preston: Well, you've been around
long enough to remember taking your roll
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of film to Eckerd's and having to wait
a day or two for them to develop it.
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And that's, you know, the excitement
of getting a package of pictures,
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you know, and that now it's.
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People like grab their phone
and take like 50 pictures to
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get that one candid picture.
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Oh, kids these days.
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I feel so old when I talk sometimes.
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I'm like, you know, they
don't know what it's like.
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We had to go to Fox photo, you know.
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Um, so when you're, when you're
taking pictures, are you focusing
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on anything in particular?
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Um, just landscapes or people, or is there
something that grabs your attention most?
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Nora Zehetner: No, I mean,
I love shooting people.
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I also love landscapes.
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It's just, uh, just a visual thing.
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I mean, I think it's also a nice way to.
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Slow down and see the, the world,
you know, in a different way as well.
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But, um, that sounds
really corny, but it's
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Marc Preston: not, not, not, not at all.
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I mean, when you see something through
a viewfinder or it pulls your focus,
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you know, it's almost kind of Zen in
a way, you know, you're focusing on
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this one little thing, you know, and
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Nora Zehetner: you start noticing
the way the lights like bouncing
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off of something in the day.
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And, you know, even when I'm
walking my dog, I'll kind of.
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Frame things in my head.
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And, and I think it's, yeah,
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Reflecting on American Pie and Early Career
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Marc Preston: American pie was such a hit.
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Rewind.
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I don't mean to kind of focus
on that, but that was at a time.
512
,749 --> 00:24:14,859
That was a big deal.
513
,880 --> 00:24:17,789
Kicked off a whole bunch of teen
movies like road trip or whatever.
514
,789 --> 00:24:21,840
And a bunch of those, that genre after
that, what were you scooting into?
515
,840 --> 00:24:24,940
What was, what was the kind of arc?
516
,320 --> 00:24:28,290
You know of things you were showing
up in at that point in time that that
517
,300 --> 00:24:32,240
you enjoyed there were things that you
were like Really had they're formative.
518
,270 --> 00:24:33,200
Maybe that's the word i'm looking
519
,280 --> 00:24:36,310
Nora Zehetner: right um, I mean that I
you know, I only had like a line in that
520
,360 --> 00:24:46,554
um, but I I think like I did uh everwood
right after that which was my first TV
521
,554 --> 00:24:49,315
show when I was in Utah shooting that.
522
,315 --> 00:24:50,245
And I really liked that show.
523
,245 --> 00:24:51,305
It was a really sweet show.
524
,365 --> 00:24:53,415
Um, and I did that for a bit.
525
,415 --> 00:25:00,085
And then I, uh, left that to do Brick,
which is obviously like wound up being
526
,085 --> 00:25:02,535
a really great, uh, thing for me.
527
,774 --> 00:25:05,065
And, and was just a really
wonderful experience.
528
,755 --> 00:25:08,225
Marc Preston: Do you enjoy
traveling to do projects?
529
,305 --> 00:25:11,445
I mean, you know outside of LA because
so much stuff is shooting elsewhere
530
,495 --> 00:25:14,075
Yeah, or do you like to stay kind of
close to home when you're shooting?
531
,085 --> 00:25:17,165
Nora Zehetner: You know, it's been really
rare that i've ever actually shot in LA.
532
,635 --> 00:25:22,624
I've shot a couple of shows here I
remember you hear a shot here And
533
,624 --> 00:25:24,235
that was on that nice sunset gaur lot.
534
,245 --> 00:25:25,475
That's so nice and easy.
535
,475 --> 00:25:26,325
I really like that a lot.
536
,395 --> 00:25:30,155
Um, and um What else?
537
,505 --> 00:25:35,305
A couple of things but I mean everything
everything that i've done in the
538
,305 --> 00:25:42,110
last A few years, right, stuff was in
Florida, um, I did a movie called Boys
539
,110 --> 00:25:47,660
of Summer that's meant to come out in
October and that was in North Carolina.
540
,670 --> 00:25:53,809
And then the last movie I did called
Boneyard and that was in Las Vegas.
541
,859 --> 00:25:59,190
So yeah, so I haven't actually
worked in California in
542
,190 --> 00:26:02,879
Marc Preston: During my time in New
Orleans, I'd worked on a few projects.
543
,580 --> 00:26:04,650
We worked on the same episode.
544
,650 --> 00:26:05,820
I think it was called Flashpoint.
545
,850 --> 00:26:06,129
I don't know.
546
,129 --> 00:26:08,460
I had to actually look up the
name of the title of the episode.
547
,460 --> 00:26:12,370
It was like a, supposed to be a dinner
party, I guess, like in Houston.
548
,370 --> 00:26:13,824
I mean, they shot it in New
549
,824 --> 00:26:14,056
Nora Zehetner: Orleans.
550
,056 --> 00:26:15,908
I think I know what you're talking about.
551
,908 --> 00:26:16,140
Marc Preston: Yeah.
552
,140 --> 00:26:16,372
Yeah.
553
,372 --> 00:26:18,841
My scenes were with, um, ODed Ible.
554
,050 --> 00:26:19,350
Oh yeah,
555
,845 --> 00:26:20,325
Nora Zehetner: Odette's the best.
556
,945 --> 00:26:24,720
Marc Preston: And, and, uh, I
have to look at this 'cause I,
557
,720 --> 00:26:26,520
I always, she's from New Orleans
558
,580 --> 00:26:27,210
Nora Zehetner: Azure.
559
,390 --> 00:26:27,750
Marc Preston: Uh, yeah.
560
,750 --> 00:26:28,530
Azure Parsons.
561
,530 --> 00:26:29,340
Yeah, that's right.
562
,345 --> 00:26:29,850
That's right.
563
,880 --> 00:26:31,290
It was so much fun to shoot that.
564
,680 --> 00:26:33,900
Uh, also being a fan of
the space program, did you.
565
Playing Real People
,409 --> 00:26:36,939
Study your character or did
you ever interact with your
566
,300 --> 00:26:38,340
the lady you're playing?
567
,350 --> 00:26:39,409
Did you get in touch with him?
568
,409 --> 00:26:40,990
Say hey, i'm gonna be
doing this miniseries.
569
,310 --> 00:26:42,199
Did you have that opportunity?
570
,260 --> 00:26:47,739
Nora Zehetner: No, um the for
that one, I played um, maryland
571
,739 --> 00:26:50,610
level and Wait, or maryland sea.
572
,999 --> 00:26:51,249
Oh my god.
573
,640 --> 00:26:52,470
Marc Preston: I think it's c.
574
,480 --> 00:26:53,170
Yeah, it's maryland
575
,179 --> 00:26:53,609
Nora Zehetner: sea.
576
,750 --> 00:26:55,790
Wow my brain.
577
,879 --> 00:26:59,435
Um Anyways, I played Marilyn C.
578
,785 --> 00:27:02,535
I did not, uh, get to speak with her.
579
,555 --> 00:27:09,234
I tried to find what I could, um,
on the internet, um, but, and I read
580
,235 --> 00:27:13,215
the book, um, but there wasn't a lot
as much on that character because
581
,704 --> 00:27:16,444
Marc Preston: Was that the first time
you had played somebody, a real person?
582
,445 --> 00:27:19,449
Nora Zehetner: Possibly?
583
,090 --> 00:27:22,370
Yes, I think so.
584
,840 --> 00:27:26,530
And then I played Annie Glenn, uh,
for the right stuff with the stuff.
585
,010 --> 00:27:29,000
So I did a lot of work for that.
586
Hobbies and Writing
,389 --> 00:27:31,989
Marc Preston: As far as the, uh,
hobby, I want to call it hobbies.
587
,989 --> 00:27:36,049
That kind of sounds reductive, but,
um, photography, anything else that
588
,049 --> 00:27:39,360
you like to do, anything else when
you're not shooting that keeps you
589
,949 --> 00:27:43,080
occupied and kind of, you know,
your passions are dialed into it.
590
,110 --> 00:27:44,610
Anything else besides photography,
591
,699 --> 00:27:48,709
Nora Zehetner: uh,
writing and, um, and, and.
592
,775 --> 00:27:55,314
painting and, um, yeah,
those are kind of it.
593
,415 --> 00:27:56,975
I try and meditate and.
594
,095 --> 00:27:59,685
Do all those good things, too.
595
,815 --> 00:28:01,405
Marc Preston: The writing that
you're passionate about, is
596
,405 --> 00:28:03,985
that going to manifest, do you
think, into writing screenplays?
597
,985 --> 00:28:06,065
Or is it just in the realm of poetry?
598
,205 --> 00:28:11,294
Nora Zehetner: Oh, yeah, um, I, yeah,
I just finished writing a screenplay,
599
,495 --> 00:28:14,674
which is the first time I've done that,
because I'm a very bad follow through.
600
,705 --> 00:28:17,295
I have lots of ideas, very bad
follow through, but I actually
601
,295 --> 00:28:19,195
force myself to sit down and do it.
602
,265 --> 00:28:22,395
So I'm, I'm working on
revising that now, but yeah.
603
,425 --> 00:28:25,534
Marc Preston: You know, long term, are
you thinking about, uh, with the mass
604
,534 --> 00:28:29,504
migration of people from LA going to
Texas, the, do you ever find yourself kind
605
,504 --> 00:28:33,834
of returning to Texas or are you kind of
deeply ensconced in liking the LA thing?
606
,845 --> 00:28:36,144
Nora Zehetner: No, I think about
moving places all the time.
607
,025 --> 00:28:38,365
I don't know if it would be Texas.
608
,455 --> 00:28:42,765
Um, but yeah, I would
definitely live someplace else.
609
,175 --> 00:28:44,625
Whenever I go, I've realized.
610
,075 --> 00:28:52,495
that when I go and film i place like
that, my whole sort of calms down.
611
,535 --> 00:28:56,844
And r of like being a little bi country.
612
,685 --> 00:28:57,885
Um,
613
,005 --> 00:29:01,714
Marc Preston: it's funny y
I watched an episode of A no
614
,714 --> 00:29:04,354
reservations way back Montana.
615
,365 --> 00:29:05,085
It really looked
616
,154 --> 00:29:09,935
Is that same thing they say
psychologically if you look at the
617
,935 --> 00:29:14,574
ocean, not just looking out, or
a desert, that kind of a thing.
618
,574 --> 00:29:18,114
I think there's something kind
of almost primal, relaxing,
619
,114 --> 00:29:19,024
kind of like what you're saying.
620
,364 --> 00:29:22,544
But I think there's something
about these vistas in Montana
621
,575 --> 00:29:23,964
with the mountains and the plains.
622
,964 --> 00:29:25,464
It is very beautiful.
623
,555 --> 00:29:28,485
I've always wanted to see it in
person besides just pictures.
624
,775 --> 00:29:31,265
Um, is that a possible
destination for you?
625
,385 --> 00:29:35,425
Maybe to more to the point, like what
places have you considered moving to?
626
,025 --> 00:29:40,385
Nora Zehetner: Um, I think about
moving to Europe a lot to like
627
,365 --> 00:29:43,225
Portugal or something like that.
628
,284 --> 00:29:49,035
Um, yeah, I just, I think what I liked
about Montana or North Carolina or any of
629
,035 --> 00:29:53,334
those places is being able to like get in
the car and not be stuck in traffic and
630
,334 --> 00:29:59,950
not feel like you're, you know, crowded
in all angles and, um, you know, Yeah.
631
,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
,030 --> 00:30:05,490
We'll see.
633
,690 --> 00:30:07,100
I've thought about Spain as well.
634
,120 --> 00:30:09,500
My, my father's from Spain, so yeah.
635
,779 --> 00:30:10,310
Marc Preston: Oh, really?
636
,310 --> 00:30:10,760
Okay.
637
,029 --> 00:30:11,139
Yeah.
638
,140 --> 00:30:16,239
My daughter did, studied in the fall in
Barcelona, and then she went to Portugal.
639
,239 --> 00:30:17,069
She's like, I like Portugal.
640
,000 --> 00:30:18,210
Oh,
641
,230 --> 00:30:18,660
Nora Zehetner: really?
642
,010 --> 00:30:19,510
Yeah.
643
,920 --> 00:30:24,670
Marc Preston: No, I think Marc Maron
is such an interesting guy, you know,
644
,710 --> 00:30:26,290
uh, you know, his podcast is great.
645
,300 --> 00:30:26,519
Yeah.
646
,519 --> 00:30:28,299
But what was like working on Marin?
647
,309 --> 00:30:29,599
How did Marin come along?
648
,599 --> 00:30:33,069
And I haven't seen it in a while,
but I enjoyed it was as far as
649
,070 --> 00:30:34,269
kind of like independent TV.
650
,269 --> 00:30:34,319
Yeah.
651
,320 --> 00:30:34,334
Yeah.
652
,465 --> 00:30:37,475
I think it was an IFC if I'm not mistaken.
653
,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
,545 --> 00:30:47,444
Nora Zehetner: Um, I read for it and they
interviewed me and yeah, and that was it.
655
,445 --> 00:30:50,285
I hadn't, I hadn't actually
listened to his podcast before that.
656
,945 --> 00:30:54,404
Um, I'm, I'm so like out of touch
sometimes with the podcast world.
657
,795 --> 00:30:56,825
Um, even though I enjoy them very much.
658
,615 --> 00:31:00,245
So yeah, and I went to
do that and it was fun.
659
,285 --> 00:31:02,315
That was actually like
based on a real person.
660
,725 --> 00:31:03,315
So there you go.
661
Seven Questions
,474 --> 00:31:13,095
Marc Preston: I like to throw out
my seven questions, which are just,
662
,585 --> 00:31:14,874
just a little extra fun for me.
663
,025 --> 00:31:18,975
But the first one I always ask, and I
am curious being a kid from Texas who
664
,975 --> 00:31:24,445
grew up same place I did by and large,
what is your favorite comfort food?
665
,565 --> 00:31:26,295
Nora Zehetner: Good question.
666
,850 --> 00:31:33,640
You know, like pasta and garlic
bread and salad, maybe like that.
667
,170 --> 00:31:36,210
Marc Preston: Did you ever go to
Camp easy when you, yeah, I love
668
,210 --> 00:31:36,740
Nora Zehetner: camp easy.
669
,980 --> 00:31:38,330
Marc Preston: their pizza.
670
,160 --> 00:31:39,490
Nora Zehetner: It's fantastic.
671
,750 --> 00:31:40,630
Marc Preston: It's one of those things.
672
,630 --> 00:31:42,220
Like we have a pizza
place down here like that.
673
,220 --> 00:31:45,910
It's not the best, but it is
the best of being what it is.
674
,530 --> 00:31:47,249
That's the
675
,250 --> 00:31:47,490
Nora Zehetner: thing.
676
,490 --> 00:31:50,780
Like when you were asking me about
my favorite places to eat in Dallas,
677
,790 --> 00:31:54,380
I mean, I don't think they're,
they were culinary, uh, you know,
678
,710 --> 00:31:55,560
Marc Preston: like ponchos.
679
,560 --> 00:31:57,479
Nora Zehetner: Yeah, but they
were, they were just what I
680
,489 --> 00:31:59,009
loved, you know, growing up.
681
,049 --> 00:32:01,720
Um, Yeah, that's probably
my favorite comfort food.
682
,920 --> 00:32:02,580
Our tacos.
683
,580 --> 00:32:03,513
I love Mexican food.
684
,513 --> 00:32:03,979
Whenever there's
685
,979 --> 00:32:06,079
Marc Preston: somebody I'm in
somewhere else and they go, Oh,
686
,079 --> 00:32:07,479
this is the best Mexican food.
687
,479 --> 00:32:10,279
I'm like, maybe, you know, outside
of Texas, like it starts getting,
688
,279 --> 00:32:11,445
you know, a little questionable.
689
,445 --> 00:32:14,945
Uh, but the next question I got
for you, if you were to sit down
690
,945 --> 00:32:17,744
with three people living or not,
you're going to have a, you're
691
,744 --> 00:32:19,611
going to talk story for a few hours.
692
,611 --> 00:32:22,643
Who are those three people be
that you would like to sit down?
693
,643 --> 00:32:23,110
Oh no.
694
,110 --> 00:32:25,910
Nora Zehetner: I feel like I have, I
should have prepared for this question.
695
,910 --> 00:32:28,009
Um, what do I want to sit down with?
696
,870 --> 00:32:31,460
Oh man.
697
,920 --> 00:32:34,550
Marc Preston: If it makes you feel better,
this question seems to stump most people.
698
,850 --> 00:32:37,590
And then I was speaking
with Sheree Aghdashloo.
699
,740 --> 00:32:38,540
She threw it back at me.
700
,540 --> 00:32:40,539
I'm like, Oh, this is
not an easy question.
701
,540 --> 00:32:42,270
I thought it was an easier
question than it was.
702
,430 --> 00:32:43,079
And then I thought about it.
703
,080 --> 00:32:45,200
It's like, Oh man,
there's so many choices.
704
,409 --> 00:32:45,550
Who are your
705
,960 --> 00:32:46,150
Nora Zehetner: three
706
,290 --> 00:32:46,940
Marc Preston: favorites?
707
,270 --> 00:32:49,870
Number one on the list would be my
late grandfather because you get to a
708
,870 --> 00:32:53,120
certain age and my kids are a certain
age and I want to ask questions.
709
,120 --> 00:32:54,190
I want to kind of report in.
710
,190 --> 00:32:57,630
I want to, you know, those things when
you're younger, you don't know to ask.
711
,870 --> 00:33:01,349
You don't know to even have discussions
about, you know, and I think that
712
,349 --> 00:33:04,180
would be kind of, kind of a cool thing.
713
,210 --> 00:33:07,980
Um, Alan Watts, the philosopher,
I think that'd be really cool.
714
,020 --> 00:33:14,020
Um, And, uh, you know, Anthony Bourdain
would be, I think if he was still around,
715
,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
,930 --> 00:33:20,740
people that I like talking, that I enjoy.
717
,770 --> 00:33:24,839
That's one of the reasons why I love
doing this is people that are kind of
718
,840 --> 00:33:27,439
thinkers that are out in the world,
kind of contemplating, maybe seeing
719
,439 --> 00:33:30,330
things different than I do, or maybe
I've had different experiences I
720
,340 --> 00:33:32,340
haven't had that I may never have.
721
,515 --> 00:33:34,925
You know, that's kind of my philosophy.
722
,925 --> 00:33:36,795
And then I, then, like I
said, my grandfather's is
723
,795 --> 00:33:38,385
more, that's more personal.
724
,385 --> 00:33:38,585
I
725
,585 --> 00:33:41,075
Nora Zehetner: mean, I would
definitely take my grandparents back
726
,345 --> 00:33:42,954
if I could, if that's an option.
727
,955 --> 00:33:43,665
I thought it had to be straight forward.
728
,985 --> 00:33:44,615
Oh, absolutely.
729
,645 --> 00:33:45,105
Yeah.
730
,105 --> 00:33:45,694
Then great.
731
,694 --> 00:33:46,735
I'll just take all my grandparents.
732
,570 --> 00:33:53,350
My grandma can cook me something
that she used to make that I love.
733
,500 --> 00:33:54,700
Marc Preston: Well, that's
a whole new dimension.
734
,700 --> 00:33:57,240
It's somebody you can sit down
with who can also cook for you.
735
,280 --> 00:33:57,670
Nora Zehetner: Yeah.
736
,709 --> 00:33:58,069
Yeah.
737
,190 --> 00:33:59,920
Marc Preston: Now to go back
in time, let's pretend like
738
,920 --> 00:34:01,479
you're back at Northwood Hills,
739
,579 --> 00:34:02,019
Nora Zehetner: uh,
740
,060 --> 00:34:05,369
Marc Preston: and your, your
very first celebrity crush,
741
,370 --> 00:34:06,899
you're going, Oh, I love them.
742
,940 --> 00:34:13,290
Nora Zehetner: I mean, there were some
teen actors, you know, at the time.
743
,290 --> 00:34:15,250
And I can't remember, I mean,
744
,610 --> 00:34:22,860
probably, I mean, I
love the boys on 90210.
745
,480 --> 00:34:24,070
Marc Preston: Oh, of course.
746
,070 --> 00:34:24,320
Yeah.
747
,900 --> 00:34:29,320
Nora Zehetner: Uh, I
love Michael Hutchins.
748
,810 --> 00:34:31,300
Marc Preston: Okay.
749
,040 --> 00:34:32,240
Okay.
750
,960 --> 00:34:34,909
Nora Zehetner: Is it
Hutchins or Hutchinson?
751
,690 --> 00:34:35,730
Marc Preston: It's Hutchins.
752
,750 --> 00:34:36,470
I think it's a Michael
753
,470 --> 00:34:37,300
Nora Zehetner: Hutchins.
754
,320 --> 00:34:37,340
too.
755
,630 --> 00:34:37,970
Ooh.
756
,970 --> 00:34:41,170
Um, really bad with names.
757
,210 --> 00:34:42,810
Really bad, obviously.
758
,280 --> 00:34:44,590
Now you
759
,590 --> 00:34:46,679
Marc Preston: mentioned Michael Hutchins
so we can take a little side detour.
760
,679 --> 00:34:49,690
What kind of, what kind of music
were you listening to back when,
761
,759 --> 00:34:51,409
in the high, in the kid years?
762
,419 --> 00:34:52,399
High school, junior high?
763
,399 --> 00:34:54,119
What, what was your jam back then?
764
,129 --> 00:34:54,149
I'm
765
,625 --> 00:34:58,275
Nora Zehetner: I listen to everything.
766
,305 --> 00:34:59,945
I listen to a lot of hip hop.
767
,095 --> 00:35:09,975
Um, I listen to, uh, NXS and I know I
have, I have, it's interesting behind me.
768
,975 --> 00:35:12,735
I have all of my mom's records.
769
,735 --> 00:35:14,425
She gave them to me a couple of years ago.
770
,075 --> 00:35:18,465
I have all this good stuff from like
the eighties and early nineties.
771
,465 --> 00:35:21,615
I mean, I remember they would play
like tears for fears and the cure
772
,865 --> 00:35:25,714
and, um, shot a, and stuff like that.
773
,435 --> 00:35:30,094
Marc Preston: Well, my, the first station
ever went on the air at, in Dallas
774
,094 --> 00:35:31,694
is, I don't know if you remember 100.
775
,694 --> 00:35:36,425
3 jams, they played everything from
Keith sweat to new kids on the block.
776
,425 --> 00:35:40,085
It mishmash, but they, I
think they're one of the first
777
,085 --> 00:35:41,645
stations to play ice ice baby.
778
,825 --> 00:35:42,385
Nora Zehetner: Oh yeah.
779
,385 --> 00:35:42,454
Yeah.
780
,635 --> 00:35:43,875
Marc Preston: Now, next question.
781
,875 --> 00:35:46,995
If you were to be forced to live on
an island, a really nice, a place you
782
,995 --> 00:35:49,915
want to be at, like a resort, but it
doesn't have internet and you've got to
783
,915 --> 00:35:55,765
bring one DVD, which is one movie and
one CD, an album with you, what, what
784
,765 --> 00:35:59,554
album and what, uh, or what album and
what movie would you bring with you to
785
,594 --> 00:36:01,444
stay on that island for a full year?
786
,575 --> 00:36:02,295
What would that be?
787
,425 --> 00:36:03,345
Nora Zehetner: Hmm.
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Um, movie, I would say
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just go with Roman holiday.
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Marc Preston: Audrey Hevern.
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,190 --> 00:36:17,380
Audrey Hevern is my favorite.
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,420 --> 00:36:19,990
My OG, favorite act of
that and uh Cary Grant.
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,490 --> 00:36:21,490
What, what album though?
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Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I mean that,
that's tricky, because that could
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get really annoying really fast.
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,140 --> 00:36:29,270
I'm trying to think of
like my most played.
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Marc Preston: Well, it could
be a compilation though.
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,990 --> 00:36:34,540
Nora Zehetner: Uhhhhhhhhh.
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You know, I've listened to Heart
Like a Whale by Linda Ronstadt way
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,145 --> 00:36:42,355
too much in the last couple years.
801
,485 --> 00:36:43,625
So maybe that's it.
802
,735 --> 00:36:45,724
I seem to be able to listen to it a ton.
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,015 --> 00:36:46,554
What's yours?
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Marc Preston: Oh, geez, you know, oh god,
you know, I need to be better about this.
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,884 --> 00:36:52,894
If I'm asking questions, I should
be prepared to answer them.
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,024 --> 00:36:54,164
See, throwing it back at me.
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,165 --> 00:36:54,655
I like that.
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,655 --> 00:36:55,005
Okay.
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Nora Zehetner: I think we need to like,
you should give these Seven questions
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,905 --> 00:37:05,205
in advance because then I would've
thought about it and had real answers.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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,035 --> 00:37:07,815
Uh, let's see.
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I would say, uh, as far as album goes,
um, you know, if it's, if I'm gonna be
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on an island and it's gonna be something
that I'm gonna be listening to all
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,300 --> 00:37:24,265
year, uh, I would say a, uh, a best of
compilation of Jimmy Buffett's stuff.
816
,265 --> 00:37:24,295
Okay.
817
,980 --> 00:37:28,540
Or jack Johnson or something like in
that vein, you know, something chill
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,550 --> 00:37:31,580
that would kind of meet the moment,
you know, that of what it's like to,
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you know, I'm kind of going for that
Jimmy Buffett lifestyle right now.
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,400 --> 00:37:38,070
Um, but yeah, yeah, that, that, I think
that's, I think Jimmy Buffett, you
821
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know, why not throw that out there?
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Uh, but I, you know, The way I grew
up, I love all genres of music.
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,940 --> 00:37:46,370
There's something in almost
every genre I'll pick from.
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,370 --> 00:37:48,470
My daughter, my youngest,
loves country music.
825
,470 --> 00:37:51,760
So whenever we're in the car, whatever
I'm listening to, she's on Spotify,
826
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turning it off and turning her country on.
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So now if you were, last couple of
questions, if you weren't doing this,
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if you weren't acting, you weren't
following your passion, doing this,
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what would you be doing for a living?
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,540 --> 00:38:04,380
What do you, could you see yourself doing?
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Nora Zehetner: Oh goodness.
832
,660 --> 00:38:06,450
So many things.
833
,520 --> 00:38:09,724
Um, I would music.
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,725 --> 00:38:10,834
I
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,215 --> 00:38:16,105
mean, I thought about psychology.
836
,105 --> 00:38:16,955
I thought about.
837
,520 --> 00:38:21,310
Doing something environmental or
838
,920 --> 00:38:26,520
what else?
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,760 --> 00:38:30,840
Politics, maybe
840
,620 --> 00:38:32,420
Marc Preston: politics, really?
841
,430 --> 00:38:32,830
Yeah.
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,850 --> 00:38:34,410
Nora Zehetner: I thought about
that a lot when I was younger.
843
,040 --> 00:38:36,590
Marc Preston: Well, we need
you to come back to Texas
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,610 --> 00:38:37,640
and get involved in politics.
845
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Nora Zehetner: I know, I know, I know.
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,600 --> 00:38:42,600
Get rid of fucking, Oh, sorry.
847
,659 --> 00:38:43,390
Greg Abbott.
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Marc Preston: Oh my gosh.
849
,369 --> 00:38:44,809
You used to
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,810 --> 00:38:47,509
Nora Zehetner: say
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,509 --> 00:38:48,229
Marc Preston: Ted Cruz.
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,249 --> 00:38:48,489
No,
853
,089 --> 00:38:49,949
Nora Zehetner: Ted Cruz.
854
,949 --> 00:38:52,069
And, and Oh, I just, I
really hate Greg Abbott.
855
,445 --> 00:38:55,735
Marc Preston: I, you know, growing up
here, see, I, you probably remember
856
,735 --> 00:39:00,355
growing up down here, conservative,
uh, liberal, we can get together
857
,355 --> 00:39:02,825
when you're arguing debate, and then
we all go get a beer afterwards.
858
,825 --> 00:39:04,895
It was not this tribal ish vibe.
859
,895 --> 00:39:07,135
I mean, I grew up, I remember,
uh, Ann Richards was governor
860
,435 --> 00:39:08,314
Nora Zehetner: when I was, you
861
,315 --> 00:39:11,535
Marc Preston: know, so it had a
much different feel a little bit,
862
,605 --> 00:39:12,734
but now they got a bunch of just,
863
,160 --> 00:39:16,790
Nora Zehetner: Crazy people, crazy
people who don't care about anything.
864
,790 --> 00:39:17,750
It's, it's bizarre.
865
,790 --> 00:39:19,870
They're definitely not trying
to make anybody's lives better.
866
,140 --> 00:39:22,689
Marc Preston: My daughter and I knew
voters down here, maybe turn the tide.
867
,690 --> 00:39:25,449
Nora Zehetner: But the
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,450 --> 00:39:28,249
Marc Preston: last question I got
for you, if you were to jump in
869
,249 --> 00:39:32,100
the DeLorean, go back in time,
uh, to when you were 16 years old.
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,100 --> 00:39:35,915
And you got a piece of advice for
yourself to in the moment, make Excuse
871
,915 --> 00:39:40,725
me, make life better or set you on a
path that you feel like would be more
872
,735 --> 00:39:44,185
effective or Whatever piece of advice
you would want to give 16 year old you
873
,874 --> 00:39:50,225
Nora Zehetner: Oh, I would I think
I would say um To believe in myself
874
,275 --> 00:39:57,675
and also to be as kind to myself as
I feel that I should be to others.
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,825 --> 00:39:59,414
Because I'm very hard on myself.
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,604 --> 00:40:03,764
Marc Preston: I've heard that, uh, uh,
many incarnations of that same idea.
877
,955 --> 00:40:06,764
You know, it's, uh, something like that.
878
,775 --> 00:40:10,195
Where, you know, right now it's not,
It's not that it's not a big deal.
879
,195 --> 00:40:13,105
It's just give yourself a break, give
yourself some latitude, you know,
880
,165 --> 00:40:17,185
allow yourself breathing room to be,
you know, I tell you, no, I really
881
,185 --> 00:40:19,055
appreciate you taking time out with me.
882
,055 --> 00:40:22,774
If I want to talk to you again, it's only
been nine years or something like that.
883
,995 --> 00:40:24,065
I briefly spoke with you.
884
,065 --> 00:40:26,405
I was like asking, uh, Odette Annable.
885
,405 --> 00:40:29,345
She brought like, In between scenes and
you're flipping the cameras and lights
886
,455 --> 00:40:30,985
around, she was playing some kind of game.
887
,295 --> 00:40:32,195
I was like, what is that game?
888
,195 --> 00:40:32,705
She's playing.
889
,345 --> 00:40:36,195
Nora Zehetner: It's settlers
of settlers of Catan, Catan.
890
,005 --> 00:40:37,375
Yeah.
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,585 --> 00:40:38,255
Marc Preston: Oh, wait a minute.
892
,285 --> 00:40:38,994
You may, okay.
893
,995 --> 00:40:39,975
You may have the answer then.
894
,984 --> 00:40:41,154
Nora Zehetner: I have the answer.
895
,175 --> 00:40:43,415
That's, that's what everybody
was playing in between takes.
896
,660 --> 00:40:44,830
Marc Preston: Settlers of guitar.
897
,890 --> 00:40:45,850
Oh, okay.
898
,990 --> 00:40:49,350
Thank you for solving this
nine year old mystery for me.
899
,350 --> 00:40:50,170
I appreciate that
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,240 --> 00:40:54,710
Nora Zehetner: That's what i'm here
for really right you just That was
901
,740 --> 00:40:55,959
all you actually wanted to know
902
,680 --> 00:40:58,399
Marc Preston: I didn't really have a
chance to talk to you that much man.
903
,510 --> 00:41:00,960
You know, it's like I
bookMarced it and here we are.
904
,000 --> 00:41:03,780
This is wonderful.
905
,780 --> 00:41:05,300
I've been wanting to chat
with you for a long time.
906
,340 --> 00:41:07,650
I love watching you every time I
see you show up in the credits.
907
,660 --> 00:41:10,950
I'm like, yeah, I get to
see, well, you take care.
908
,950 --> 00:41:11,690
Thanks so much.
909
,690 --> 00:41:15,259
Nora Zehetner: Okay.
910
,260 --> 00:41:15,859
Marc Preston: There you go.
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,859 --> 00:41:18,650
The lovely, the talented Nora Zahetner.
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,990 --> 00:41:21,050
I so enjoy this chat.
913
,180 --> 00:41:22,300
She is so talented.
914
,790 --> 00:41:24,030
She's just cool.
915
,210 --> 00:41:25,530
I'll just leave it at that.
916
,540 --> 00:41:26,480
She's cool.
917
,480 --> 00:41:27,200
I enjoyed it.
918
,520 --> 00:41:30,400
Also thought it was cool that
I had an opportunity to finally
919
,400 --> 00:41:31,600
sit down and speak with her.
920
,050 --> 00:41:37,689
In fact, I was just finishing unpacking
one of the very last boxes from my move
921
,689 --> 00:41:43,565
to our home here on South Padre Island
and literally I found The call sheet that
922
,565 --> 00:41:48,485
listed all the actors for the Astronaut
Wives Club and I believe it was 2014.
923
,695 --> 00:41:51,115
So we're almost 10 years.
924
,405 --> 00:41:55,465
I believe we shot it somewhere
around September or December 2014.
925
,835 --> 00:42:00,525
Um, it was a blast to talk with her and
to make a connection and I'm glad that you
926
,534 --> 00:42:02,755
had the opportunity to, uh, check it out.
927
,235 --> 00:42:07,635
Hey, do me a favor, if you would, grab
your device, whatever you use, whatever
928
,645 --> 00:42:10,005
app you use, follow Story and Craft.
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,165 --> 00:42:11,054
Small favor.
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,275 --> 00:42:14,395
But you get to be notified every
time there's a new episode of
931
,395 --> 00:42:16,225
story and craft a shoot me a note.
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,225 --> 00:42:19,715
If you would, all you got to do
is go to story and craft pod.
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,225 --> 00:42:20,535
com.
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,535 --> 00:42:22,445
Once again, story and craft pod.
935
,645 --> 00:42:23,055
com.
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,665 --> 00:42:24,764
Whatever's on your mind.
937
,895 --> 00:42:28,465
Just say, hi, I've been getting
some wonderful notes over
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,465 --> 00:42:29,484
the last couple of weeks.
939
,810 --> 00:42:30,930
Really appreciate it.
940
,960 --> 00:42:34,070
Uh, and I appreciate you taking
time to check out the show.
941
,390 --> 00:42:40,250
Great chats coming up We are moving to
a two episode per week release schedule
942
,580 --> 00:42:44,670
We got so many folks are speaking with
very cool that we get to connect twice
943
,670 --> 00:42:46,940
a week Hey, I want you to do me a favor.
944
,940 --> 00:42:49,670
Also go have yourself
a really awesome day.
945
,860 --> 00:42:54,045
All right, or evening Weekend
whatever you've got going on again.
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,065 --> 00:42:58,825
Thank you so much for making this show
such a pleasure to bring to you We'll be
947
,835 --> 00:43:03,875
back in just a few days you and I together
once again right here on story and craft
948
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Announcer: That's it for this episode of
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950
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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.