Full Transcript for Finding Your Balance in Acting -Meet Your Actor Series with Amina Maysa

00:03:53.199 I don't think I could sleep with that and on my feet. 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:55.039 I think I would be really uncomfortable. 00:03:55.039 --> 00:04:00.560 But I guess if you don't feel good and it you're to the point where you're gonna be sleeping with potatoes on your feet. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:01.360 Yeah, this is true. 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.759 I guess like socks on, so that's a hard problem. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:04.719 That's a issue for me. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:06.639 Yeah, I don't sleep with socks on either. 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:09.039 So like that that would be like a big problem for me too. 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:09.280 Yeah. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:09.919 I don't know. 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:15.680 I believe I I really do think that all the the natural, like homeopathic stuff, like definitely it works. 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.959 I mean, decades and decades and decades before big farm, people were doing these things all over. 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:22.560 So it's like, why wouldn't it work? 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:24.319 You know, so I I totally agree. 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:27.519 My sister's totally into the I and I believe it's honey. 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:33.199 So I think she does honey, garlic, and like maybe like some kind of a like cayenne. 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:33.920 Is it cayenne? 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:34.319 I don't know. 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:43.279 It might be cayenne, but she puts it in honey and then she seeps it in the fridge like for 48 hours, and then she takes that if she starts filling like oh like you know, in the junk coming up. 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:50.319 Yeah, she like takes a big spoonful of the um the honey that's left over or whatever after it's mixed with uh onion. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.600 I'll have to ask her the actual recipe, but she says like she swears by that. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:54.879 That's her coffee syrup. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:05:02.879 I've I've seen recipes for where it's honey, ginger, turmeric, and like black, like black pepper, maybe a little cayenne. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:03.839 I've seen that before. 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:08.079 It's like hot honey, it's like a hot honey paste you make or I've seen that before, like a syrup you make. 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.519 I definitely think she puts onions in there because I was like, that's disgusting. 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.959 But yeah, I mean, I would probably do the ginger one. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:15.519 That sounds okay. 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.439 I could I could work with that, but I definitely think she uses onions. 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:20.319 Oh my goodness. 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.079 Yeah, I don't know if I would try the onion thing. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:23.839 I mean, I've tried all the different kinds of things before. 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.800 Like, I've yeah, like if you're what's the wildest that you've tried? 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:31.120 I well, I put onions on my feet with

socks and sat there like all day watching a movie. 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.639 Like I couldn't sleep with them on my feet, but like that's about the like the wildest thing. 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:35.759 So craziest, yeah. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:37.920 Yeah, I don't think I've ever really gone that far. 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.920 But I don't usually and knock on wood, I don't usually get too sick. 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:44.879 So I'm like I'm usually pretty healthy. 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:46.000 Yeah, on the healthy side. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.959 So every once in a while I will get sick, but I'll just kind of fight through it. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:50.560 I don't usually take much medicine or anything. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:51.600 No, yeah. 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:58.959 This is like the first time in a while, knock on wood, that I've actually like I take oregano oil with black seed oil, and that is really helpful. 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:04.399 Like there's so many good things, like with both things, like both black seed oil and oregano oil. 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:10.560 And um, I don't want to get too gross, but like a lot of people think that the reason why people we get sick is because we have like creepy crawlies, you know? 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:11.920 Oh, uh yeah inside our bodies. 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.560 I was just having a huge conversation about that the other the other day. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:15.680 Yeah, absolutely. 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.839 And is black seed oil supposed to help that? 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:21.360 Yeah, black seed oil and oregano, and I take like a micronutrient that every day. 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:24.079 You're not supposed to, I don't know if you're supposed to take it every day, but I take it every day. 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.759 Um but a lot of people will use it as like a dewormer. 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:29.120 Yeah, yeah. 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.680 You know, I always taught we were talking about it the other day. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.519 It was um papaya, papaya seeds. 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:34.639 Oh, yeah, papaya seeds, yep. 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.360 Eating a bunch of those and doing that, but I'm like, I don't know if I can handle it. 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:40.480 Like, I like papaya, but that you know that center part gets a little slimy. 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.639 So it's like, oh, I don't know if I could do that. 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:56.160 But if it's just like oil, I couldn't, I could probably use oregano like essential oil with like the edible kind, and I put it underneath my tongue when I started to feel sick, but like it can also be irritant, like irritating, it can irritate your skin. 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:02.879 And so I found these like little capsules that are like oregano oil with like black seed oil and it's paired together and it's like a micro thing, and I I like love it. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:03.680 Do you like those? 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:04.639 Yeah, I really do. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.560 Yeah, it's together, yeah. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:10.560 And I'm actually gonna start taking is it Ceylon, Ceylon cinnamon? 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.639 Ceylon cinnamon and honey. 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:13.120 Uh-huh. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:21.759 I'm gonna take like a little bit of honey and like Ceylon cinnamon, and it's supposed to help like memory and like help with like you know, getting rid of like the fog that might be. 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:23.279 Oh, I need to give that to my mom. 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:24.639 Settling in. 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.319 I need to give that to my mom. 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:40.959 Well, you know, and I was asking if they thought that one pill works together well because I I heard like when sometimes when they start like um manufacturing those and then putting the two together, it like loses its benefit because you know they over manufactured. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:44.720 So I just wonder if that was if that one was actually feeling like it was working for you. 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.360 I think it is because I have a lot of son sinus issues. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:52.959 By the way, I'm not a doctor, so like I just like finding things online if I use any of this on the car podcast. 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:53.279 Right. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:59.759 Like I um I I find that oregano is really good for sinuses and it's like microobriol or whatever. 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:01.199 So like I feel like it helped. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:06.399 And I feel like I I feel like I might have been gotten like a really bad virus. 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:14.399 Like I feel like because I started to feel sleepy, and then I started to feel the next day I kind of like like you're buzzing from the inside out where you're like, oh god, I like I'm fighting something off, you know. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:19.040 And because I feel like I take the oregano and the black seed, I feel like it's helped helped me. 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.519 Like I have a stronger immune system, I guess. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:22.240 I don't know. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:22.639 Yeah. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:23.120 Yeah. 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:23.839 Interesting. 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:28.319 My son's been dealing with a lot of allergies, but it's mostly sinus congestion and stuff like that. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:32.720 So I'm wondering if maybe we throw some of that at him and see if that's oregano. 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:33.519 Yeah, yeah. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.480 It's a good way to like get to deworm or whatever. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:39.360 I'm just gonna sneak oregano into everybody's food. 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:41.679 Oregano and black seed oil. 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:42.480 That's funny. 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.279 A little bit, you're like, they're like, what are you doing? 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--> 00:08:46.799 I'm seasoning. 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:48.320 Why does it taste like this? 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.000 Hey, Sandy's joining us. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:50.399 That's awesome. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:51.360 Okay, good, good, good. 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:52.480 Hi, Sandy. 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:54.159 Oh, she went off. 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:55.279 Hi, hi. 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:58.559 I haven't seen you in a long time. 00:08:58.559 --> 00:08:59.279 Nice to see you. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:00.720 I know, nice to see you. 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.159 I can't even hear myself. 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.559 Oh can you hear me? 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:04.960 Yes. 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.159 Are you too loud? 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:07.679 No, no, you're good. 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:08.000 Okay. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:13.440 I was gonna say, like, I got a self-tape um request from my agent for on camera. 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.879 It's been a minute, because like I've been sort of like on hiatus, not hiatus, but just being a little bit more picky about stuff. 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:26.559 And I got I submitted for the particular like project, and I like immediately I was like, I'll get a self-tape for it. 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:30.639 And and I was like, wow, I got a self-tape request right away. 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:32.399 So I had to spend today doing that. 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:38.399 And it was like, oh my gosh, it's been a minute since I've like, I gotta do my hair, I had to put on a little bit of makeup. 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:42.399 I had to like, I was like, do I want it, do I want to use like the natural lighting? 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.480 Do I want to try to pull out my lights? 00:09:44.480 --> 00:10:00.399 You know, like um, and I actually just used like natural window lighting, and it was like okay, but I'm like sitting there, like recording myself from my phone on my phone stand, and I like had to, it took me like three times because you know, you forget, like, where do I need to stand? 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:01.440 How close do I need to be? 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:02.320 Do I need to go over here? 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.080 Do I need to be like over here in my center? 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.399 You know, like how much room space do I have above my head? 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:08.480 And but it didn't take me too long. 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.039 It was like I was a little rusty, but not too rusty. 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:16.480 And yeah, but it was like a lot of like little things like here, you have to slate. 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.480 So it's like name, height, location. 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.080 Are you willing to work as a local? 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.399 But then they like wanted profile. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:28.159 And then if you had long hair, they wanted you to do profile a second time with like your hair pulled back. 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:37.840 You know, they wanted like the hands,

you know, like they wanted the the yeah, the 360 full body. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:44.799 So like I figured out real fast that like if I have to that's the most annoying for me to do is the 360 full body. 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:49.600 So at least they let me do a vertical instead of having to do the you know, the horizontal. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:56.960 So um that was a little bit easier, but those are like the worst part of like doing self-tapes for on camera. 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.519 I think. 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.600 I think just the 360 bodies, yeah. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:11.200 Yeah, because you have to like somehow you have to fit your whole body in a shot, you know, they used to make it so it had to be horizontal, and it's not they wouldn't let you do vertical, and it's just the most tedious, time consuming, annoying part of it. 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:22.639 And I know they want it because they want to see your full body, but and then you're like yeah, slow turn like oh yeah, I can't go all the way through six feet. 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:25.360 But I did it, and I was like, Yeah, I am so proud of myself. 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.360 Like it's been a minute since I've done that, you know. 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.559 Yeah, yeah. 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.279 That's I forgot how much I loved that, you know. 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:32.799 I mean, I don't know. 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:34.240 No, I just I get it. 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:35.200 I forgot. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:43.759 Um, okay, so another thing I want to talk to you guys before our guest gets here is um my kids are watching The Walking Dead, and I'm so glad that Sandy's here. 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:51.440 He loves zombie stuff, seek on camera stuff, but um, they're watching The Walking Dead. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.240 Now, one, I don't like zombies at all. 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.960 No, I don't you did not know that. 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:58.960 No, no, I do not like them. 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.000 I mean, who does it? 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.559 They're like ponies, like you've gotta like a zombie. 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.240 No, it's nothing like my little pony. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.919 There's not there's no comparison. 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:12.000 Like zombies are just I just well, I we'll get into that in a second. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.600 But like they're but I'm like happy that they're watching a show together, right? 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:25.840 Because they're at that age, you know, where they're like three years apart, so they're like actually getting along and actually interested in the same kinds of things that they like, you know, and then they're like joking around having a good time. 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:30.799 But I'm literally in my booth working, and I can, I'm like, can you guys just turn it down a little bit? 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.759 And I'm hearing all this. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:38.320 And I'm like, yeah, and I'm

like, that what is going on? 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.080 And then I'll walk out there and I'll be like, what's going on? 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:41.759 They're like, you can't be here. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:45.360 You don't like zombies, and I'm like, but but I want to know about the drama. 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.480 The drama. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:49.519 There is quite a bit of drama in The Walking Dead, too. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.440 Like zombie side off. 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.879 Yeah, if you take out the zombies, there's still a lot of drama. 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.919 Still a lot of soap opera, soap opera drama, yeah. 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.919 Love triangles, you know, all the goods. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:02.159 It's all still there, it's all still there. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:06.559 Yeah, it's endure an axe to a zombie head every 10 minutes. 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.960 You'd be all right, it'd be a good show for you. 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:15.360 I was I was actually interested in some of the like the storylines and plots and stuff like that and the twists. 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:19.600 Yeah, but like um every time I'm like, wait a second, what happened to so-and-so? 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.960 Is she still pregnant? 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:25.600 And they're like the show. 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.159 I love Walking Dead. 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:29.519 That's definitely one of my favorite shows, too. 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:30.000 Really? 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.960 You like zombies? 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.440 Uh-uh. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:32.879 Yeah, I like zombies. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:40.879 But I've always said, if if you know, when I pass away, I told my kid, I'm like, hey, you gotta cremate me because that's one less zombie in the world, like right away. 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:42.480 That's that's my wish, cremate. 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.519 Oh my gosh. 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.960 I I like zombies, I don't want to be a zombie. 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:52.879 You know, I have to admit though, I love zombies and I loved The Walking Dead. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:54.000 I never finished it. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.559 No. 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.200 It kind of dried out a little bit after those last two. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.519 After they they they killed off a certain character, and I don't want to give anything away. 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.559 They killed off a certain character, and I was just like, you know what? 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.039 I'm done. 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.519 I'm done with my I'm not watching this. 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:10.240 I think I know which one it is. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:17.039 Is it one of the main male characters that was there from the beginning who might be might also be in the Marvel series or something? 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.720 Or maybe one of the like Is he? 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.679 In Marvel? 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:20.639 Is he in Marvel? 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.279 Not Marvel. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.840 Maybe is it the Punisher guy? 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.639 No. 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.440 Oh, okay. 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:26.240 Wrong guy then. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.519 I do like him too. 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.240 I do like him, but I was not sad when he died. 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.720 Oh no, our um Does his name start with a G? 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:35.919 Yes. 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:37.039 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:41.440 It was just like, I I couldn't recover after that. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.559 I was just like, I'm done. 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.600 I'm always done. 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.200 Yep, story's over. 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.360 And everyone's like, you have to keep watching. 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.159 It's like, no, now I don't care about anybody anymore. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.159 Right. 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:53.600 I get you, girl. 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.440 Um did your guest cancel? 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:59.679 No, she's coming, but she said that the link won't let her in. 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:04.960 So I'm just going to copy it and then um email it to her again and see if that works. 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.519 Oh, maybe. 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.320 There we go. 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.039 There we go. 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.799 Oh, lovely headshot. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.600 Hi. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:11.039 Hey, welcome. 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.679 Hi. 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.799 Hello. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:13.840 Can you hear me? 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.399 Yes. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:14.879 Yep. 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:18.720 I love how like when everyone enters into the Zoom room, they're always like, Can you hear me? 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:20.159 And it's like, yeah. 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.000 It's like the biggest fear. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.840 We were just talking about zombies. 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:28.720 My um, my two, my middle son and my youngest son are watching The Walking Dead together. 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.960 And um, I'm not a big zombie fan, and I that's why I was bringing it up. 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.159 I like vampires. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.440 I'm sure you guys are. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:35.759 Yes. 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.399 Yes. 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:36.720 Okay. 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.080 Yeah. 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:44.240 So like Twilight, bring on like I that's the one thing I don't like about zombies, is that like there's no like that's it. 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.159 Like they're just like walking around, like aimlessly, like eating people. 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.080 Like, there's no romance in it. 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:55.440 Like, at least with vampires, there's a I mean, it can be a little gruesome, but at least there's like some romance. 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:59.440 Maybe like they might actually

think and talk a little bit, like they have personality. 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:00.000 I don't know. 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:01.759 I mean, you find the right author. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:06.159 And I was gonna say, yeah, there's romance types of zombies, there's different types of zombies. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:08.559 So, like in uh was it is it World War Z? 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.840 What's the one with Will Smith? 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.879 I am legend. 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.919 Oh, I am legend. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.840 Those zombies actually have love stories. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.720 Really? 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.399 Okay. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.679 I think I mean it's a world you should explore. 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:23.759 No, I'm taking a mental note because I've been looking for something to read. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.200 So yeah, yeah. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.320 I don't well, the book is obviously way different than the the movie. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.360 But because in the book, they're actually vampires. 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:31.840 Yeah. 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.600 But in the movie, they made them zombies. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.480 Zombies, yeah. 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.200 Different. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:35.759 Okay. 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.039 Okay. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:42.080 So I like actually wanted to watch World War Z because Brad Pitt was in it. 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:47.919 And so I was kind of on this like like kick of movies, and it kind of popped up on my on my like, you should watch this list. 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:58.240 And I it was late, and we were like, we were actually out of town for my youngest because he was on set, and we were spending the night because it was like after we had a full day on set, and I was like, I'm not driving home. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:03.759 And so like he fell asleep because he was exhausted, and so I was looking for a movie to watch, and that popped up, and I went to start to watch it. 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:08.559 I was like, oh my god, and it immediately turns into zombie apocalypse. 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:19.119 And I like it was so jarring for my nervous system that I had to like go and watch something like Supergirl for a minute because I was like, I'm not gonna be able to sleep. 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:24.960 Like, I'm like double bolting the door, like I was your anxiety was definitely getting too. 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.839 Yes, I was like, it's Brad Pitt, it'll be great. 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:32.319 And you know, he's always eating in every movie, like every movie, he's always eating. 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.799 Don't you think? 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.240 Like I think that's his thing or something. 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.880 I don't know. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.480 I don't I don't think I've noticed that. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:48.559 Now I'm gonna have to I know now that you see back and check this Ocean's

11, World War Z, like everything like he's or whatever movie that was, he's always like eating, like even in like fight club, he's eating. 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.039 It's okay. 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.559 I'll watch Brad Pitt eat all day. 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.200 That's fine. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:53.680 All day. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.000 Amina, I'm so glad you're here. 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.079 Amina, Angela, and Sandy. 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:00.240 Um, I'm excited that you're here. 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:03.279 And uh Amina and I, we go back a couple years. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:24.400 We took some online classes together, and um, and I just thought it would be so fun to like have Amina come on and talk to us about her like journey because you know we all have we're all sort of in our own little like acting bubbles, and it's always fun to like bring on another actor and for our meet meet your actor series and and hear about like how you got started. 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.680 I'm from the Midwest too. 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.640 Did you know that? 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:28.000 How did I not know that? 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.880 I don't know. 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:30.160 Yeah, I'm from the Midwest. 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.680 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.920 We're in the Midwest, Michigan. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.920 So I'm from where are you which which state are you from? 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.720 Minnesota. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.680 Minnesota. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:48.160 Okay, well, it's more Midwest than Michigan, but I still I mean I'm still Midwest, but yeah, Detroit, Detroit suburbs, yeah, grew up born and raised, yeah. 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.880 So how did you go from Minnesota to Seattle? 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:57.200 Yeah, I mean, I had wanted to get out of Minnesota for a while. 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:03.200 Um, I because I grew up in a very small part of Minnesota, like very, very remote. 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:07.599 And then I actually, I think I mentioned this, I moved to Japan when I was in middle school. 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.079 Um, so huge, huge jump. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:14.640 And then I went back to Minnesota for like most of my teenage years. 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:20.799 And then I was like, I don't feel I feel like my personality just doesn't fit this anymore. 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:26.400 Um, and my mom and I are like best friends, so she got a teaching job in Seattle, and I was like, you know what? 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.440 I'm gonna follow you. 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:29.680 I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna follow you. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:39.599 And so that was in 2022 that I moved here, and at this point, like literally have had never thought about acting like in my entire life. 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:48.240 Um, it's something where I like had theater kid friends growing up, but I was like, I'm so socially awkward. 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.559 Um, I know I'm like putting on a thing, but I'm so introverted. 00:19:52.559 --> 00:20:02.960 Um, and so I was like, I can't do that because acting is so like, you know, and also have had stage fright in school and like all of that. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:06.799 So I like watched a series um Mr. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.440 Robot. 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:09.440 It's the one that has Romy Malik in it. 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.000 Yeah. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:17.440 I watched that during the pandemic, and it meant so much to me, like the later seasons, not so much the first, but the later seasons. 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:20.559 Um, and I just thought it was really well done character-wise. 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:29.920 And I remember being like, this is so cool that people, when they act, they can make someone feel so many things or feel seen in so many ways. 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:33.359 And I was like, what if I tried to do that? 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:45.680 And so I like looked online at like all of these um things people were saying about like indie film communities, and of course, my brain is like, what does all of this mean? 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:52.720 Um, and I found like one like person who I'm actually dating right now. 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.799 Um my partner. 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:10.559 Um yeah, I found him and I was like, oh, this is a filmmaker, and so I reached out and was like, hey, I'm so green, but I would love to just like be on a set and just see what it's like. 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:13.279 And that's kind of like where everything started. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:23.440 It was like me like cold emailing, being like, Hey, so um, yeah, obviously now I'm like, I view acting as like I can't believe I went my whole life without it. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:25.599 That's so strange to think about. 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.799 Um I love that. 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:33.440 But also then there's like the whole side of it where people who started acting really young are like, wow, it was so terrifying. 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:39.200 So it's interesting, like there's different perspectives on like when you start and how you start. 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:49.759 Um, I feel like the way that I started is like it kind of was like meant to be, you know, because now that I've found it, I feel like I almost like have a purpose, which is really cool. 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:53.200 I think before I was kind of floating and doing the like, what is my career path? 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:57.759 And I like went to school for psychology and got my degree, and I was gonna like be a therapist. 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.759 And I was like, I don't know what I'm doing. 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:03.920 So now I at least feel like I have like a pathway, which is nice. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.119 That's awesome. 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.880 So what took you to Japan? 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:08.079 Was it family? 00:22:08.079 -->

00:22:08.400 Yeah. 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:12.559 It was my mom getting a teaching job at Sasebo. 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:16.000 So it's like kind of like it was on a Navy base. 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:20.240 So it was us on like an American Navy base for most of the time. 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:22.480 Like that's where I went to school. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:33.359 Um, which was also really cool because you meet a bunch of people from like all walks of life and all of that from all over the world that are kind of like hopping around like Navy brats, like all that. 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.880 Um, that was fun. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:49.039 But yeah, so she got a teaching job and it was like being kind of thrown, similar to being, you know, thrown into acting, thrown into this environment where you're like, I have don't know if I have the tools to like understand all this when I'm figuring it out. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:50.880 Um, and it was a great experience. 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:53.119 I mean, I think about Japan like all of the time. 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:55.599 I'm like, I want to move back so bad. 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.000 Oh, that's cool. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:00.799 What actually made you want to do psychology? 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:06.880 I I think it's just like my my well, my mom went to school for psychology. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:11.200 So she was like, when I like started to go to college, I was like, I don't know what I want to do. 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:16.079 And she was like, You love like analyzing shit, you might as well. 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:20.960 I mean, I was also definitely the kid that was like, you should be a lawyer. 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:25.440 So you know how young women with an opinion are always told that. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:32.880 But um, so I almost did that, but psychology was more interesting, and it's now kind of tied into acting, obviously. 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:44.079 Like I find behaviors and like where they come from and why we do the things that we do, and all of that to be so fascinating. 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.880 And my brain is just like wants to consume that kind of thing, like all of the time. 00:23:48.880 --> 00:24:05.759 And so when I went to school for it, it was like filling that void in a sense of like wanting to understand like all the things I've you know experienced in life through other people or family and all of that, and being able to kind of be like, oh, this is all a part of a system and it's all connected. 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:12.640 And oh my god, like it was it was very fulfilling, like mentally. 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:15.440 So you're on your icky guy. 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.200 We talk about that every once in a while. 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:22.799 It's like just you know, all the pieces of your life that just fit together perfectly to make that one bigger picture, you know. 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:27.200 Like even if you don't think they connect, somehow they they fit that bigger picture, yeah. 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.319 Yeah, that's pretty cool. 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:42.960 I just had this conversation too with some other good coworker where he's like, I'm sitting here now, and then like I look back and reflect, and you see the road that like was paved to get you to where you are now, and you look back and none of it makes sense until like you are looking back and reflecting on like, oh, that's how I got here. 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.880 Okay, this makes sense now, yeah. 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:50.960 Do you find that some of your psychology background um has helped you with acting? 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:54.000 Yeah, I mean you were kind of I want to lean into that like a little bit. 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:58.160 Do you think that like for you you know, like how how has that helped you? 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:21.359 I mean, like character development, maybe, or working with other actors, because you know Yeah, I mean, it's it's something that as time has gone on, I've I found myself drawing from it more because I felt like in the beginning, when you're first starting out, there's so many things that you're developing and that your brain is kind of processing for the first time. 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.279 Like, how do you even memorize a script? 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:27.920 How do you even work that muscle, which I have so many thoughts about in general with memorization? 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:44.559 But um it's it's something that as of recently, through getting the opportunity to like play characters that are maybe more morally gray or that have more of like why would they do something like that in the real world that would not fly? 00:25:44.559 --> 00:26:13.200 Um like I can't talk too much about it, but there is a role that I will be playing within the next like one to two years, and it's essentially like a female serial killer, but is she does it for reasons that are very much like this, where it's the psychology of it, when you kind of lay it out, it's like, oh, that makes so much sense why she would be motivated to do that. 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:15.759 Still wrong, but I understand her. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:26.079 And I think with like acting, my biggest goal with any role, big or small, is like, how can I bring like an empathetic approach to it? 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:32.240 Um, and I really truly don't think I would be able to do that if I didn't understand them psychologically. 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:46.000 And I think that is the biggest way that it helps me is kind of looking at even the most simple, mundane task that they're doing in this psychological way, but also keeping a balance with it. 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:57.759 Um, because I've also found that there's certain roles that I've done where I'm like the less that I thought about it and the more that I just found it in the moment and didn't do a ton of prep, I actually really liked the result so much better.

00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:02.960 So it's like anything, you know, finding a balance of the two. 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:11.200 So let's talk a little, I want to talk a lot a little bit about in your independent films because I you have you're uh you've jumped into the 48 hour. 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:14.240 So like that's like I think I said Sandy in our text. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:16.079 I said 24 hour, but you knew what I meant. 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.039 It was the 48. 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.559 You're like, oh, that's Justin. 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.359 I know what she means. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.559 Um the 48 hour. 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:33.119 Because Sandy, Sandy participated in a couple different 48 hours down in Las Vegas, and I've we and then um I have a friend here that I mean and I both have a mutual friend here in Florida who's actually currently participating in the 48 hour in Florida area. 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:38.480 And it's just like, is that the independent route that you went to get into acting? 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:42.640 Yeah, because I think that's an interesting, you know, pathway to going. 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:44.000 It's it that's hard. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.920 It's like not an easy path. 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.640 Yeah. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:49.119 For people who don't know what the 48 hours are. 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.680 Okay, sorry. 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.240 Sorry. 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.480 Yeah. 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:53.200 I'll let Amina explain and Sandy can chime in. 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.519 Yeah. 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.240 Oh, yeah. 00:27:54.240 --> 00:28:02.079 It's um the the 48 hour is essentially you have 48 hours to write, shoot, edit, and submit a film. 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.720 Oh, okay. 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:07.519 And you are given um usually two genres that you can pick from. 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:16.720 So uh comedy or silent film, you know, like you get the option to choose one of the two, but it is randomly, it's like a draw. 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:30.319 Um, and there's like a kickoff event that happens usually on a Friday evening, and then everyone goes, like a team leader usually goes and gets their genres, and then you are usually given um like these prompts that everyone has to do. 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.240 So it's a prop and a line. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:36.400 So like a mop, and the line is you know we can't do that. 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:42.720 So you go to these 48 screenings and you watch all the films, and that keeps you keep seeing the mop and you keep hearing the line. 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:49.279 And it's fun though, because you get to see all the different ways that people like incorporate these props into it, which is really fun. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:59.599 Um, but yeah, that was the first film I ever did, it was a 48-hour film, and it uh you're definitely thrown right into it. 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:02.240 It's very different

than a traditional set. 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:10.160 Um, and that was what I did for my first four films that I ever did was 48 hours. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:17.440 So it's interesting because you kind of, as an actor, you're not given your lines until the morning of. 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:21.039 So it's also kind of this like pressure of memorization. 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:23.039 And of course, you forget your lines. 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:35.680 It's good because it it almost trained me to not have like a level of shame or anything with forgetting a line, because it happens, it happens to A-list actors, like it's kind of a part of the game. 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:38.079 As long as you are doing as much prep that you can. 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:44.240 I mean, you kind of just have to trust that your scene partner and you know whoever's on script will help you out. 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:52.240 So yeah, the first film that I did, I was actually given the lead, which was also a pressure that I did not ask for. 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:54.880 And I was not for it. 00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.640 I can't watch it all. 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.519 Um so where can we watch this film? 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.359 So I can go check it out. 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:05.200 Where's the link, the YouTube link? 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:07.920 It is public, it is public, unfortunately. 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:18.480 Um but it was no matter what, I remember being on that set and feeling so happy and so excited. 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:29.599 And I think I almost want to draw from this more now because I feel like in the current day when I'm on set, I do find myself feeling a lot more like, am I gonna do the right thing? 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:38.400 Am I like I almost wish I could draw from that like fresh kind of perspective when you don't know what to expect, right? 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:44.720 And you're just full of excitement, and you're so full of like, oh, this is gonna be so fun, and like I'm gonna, you know, whatever. 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:48.720 Um, but yeah, it was it was a good experience. 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.960 It was definitely a long day. 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:54.799 It was, I think, around 13 hours. 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.359 Wow. 00:30:55.519 --> 00:31:03.359 Um, but I could be wrong because I know that I've done a couple 48s where it has gone that long, but I've definitely done some where it was really short. 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:09.680 Like I did one last year that I think was like an eight-hour day, which is like unheard of for like a 48. 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:12.000 Most people go over 12 hours. 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:15.759 Yeah, it's like it's so you never know. 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:26.640 And I think one thing that helped me the most with 48s though, and doing them early on is it made me realize you really like every take, you need to give it as much as you have. 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:34.240 Um, because I kind of in the beginning used to be like a five to six take type of actor, and now I try to be like a two to four. 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:38.480 Like I try to kind of because I always the first take, it's never good. 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.519 It's never good. 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:43.440 Um, I always gotta like find the footing with the first take. 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:50.000 But by the second, I'm like, okay, now I need to like really not fuck around because of time, you know? 00:31:50.000 --> 00:32:07.680 And I think like the 48, as stressful as it was, it gave me the foundations that I still use now, which is to um be really mindful of time and um know how to memorize really quickly. 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.839 Yeah, that makes sense. 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.519 I think that goes like that. 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:26.480 I can I feel that though, because even with like voiceover stuff, like there's been times where it's like the first like it'll take me like five to six times, and I'm like, uh, and then eventually you get to the point where like, okay, you can do it in one or two or three takes, and like good it's good enough. 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.440 Good to send it off. 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:36.160 But like in the beginning, like sometimes it takes you a minute to like you know, get it out of your mouth and like get it out of your brain, and like, yeah. 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.920 Have you guys seen that viral? 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:41.759 It's a viral clip of um uh what's Zendaya's husband's name? 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.279 Um Tom Tom Holland? 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.240 Holland Holland, yeah. 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.599 Are they married? 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.039 They are now, yeah. 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.279 Yeah. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.000 Oh, they are. 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:53.920 So they're he's on the press tour for um the movie they're they're in right now. 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.400 What is it? 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.359 The Odyssey. 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.400 Odyssey, thank you. 00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:59.039 I had Oh, I had Ella there, but there wasn't it wasn't coming. 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:07.279 Anyway, they're talking about how his wife Zendaya has a part in there, and the director, like she went in there, did her part, and director was like, Great, fabulous, and let her go. 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:10.000 And then everybody else was all like, that's never happened. 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.480 He never ever lets anybody go after the first take. 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:31.440 So it's interesting, you know, all of our all of us have had the same experience when it comes to like, you know, getting that first one out of the way and then you know moving forward, but for whatever reason, Zendaya, she's this queen, and she can like just do it in one take, and everybody, even like you know, high-profile stars like Matt Damon, they're all like, I I've never had that happen to me in my career. 00:33:31.440

--> 00:33:34.319 But Zendaya came in here and did it in one take, and it was crazy. 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:38.000 So, I mean, it's it's it's it's possible, I suppose. 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:40.319 I haven't seen the Odyssey yet. 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.440 Have you guys all seen it? 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.079 Not yet. 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.799 Yeah, I haven't. 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.839 I really want to. 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.440 I just I haven't had the time. 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:50.559 The the the guy from The Walking Dead, who's also the Punisher, is and I forgot his name, is also in that. 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:57.839 And my oldest is uh, I think my my kids are like they have like opinions about like everything. 00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:06.799 And I'm like, and it's so cool to like watch movies with your kids, and then they're like old enough to actually have opinions and you're actually watching, but anyways, I I was told you have to watch it in IMAX if you're gonna watch it. 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.839 And I don't even know if it's still in the case. 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:28.000 Definitely um, so Sandy is um I want to talk to you, I want to bring Sandy in because she did a 48 hour and she did a fight scene, and Amina was telling me about how she just recently did a fight scene, and you know, you talk about like prep prepping and memorization, and 48 hours are like happen really quick, everything goes like really fast. 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:34.480 Like, you know, and were you even did you have to speak in a different dialect, or like did you have to use Amina? 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:38.960 I'm talking like did you have to um speak in a different language or no? 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.440 Okay, no. 00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:42.719 Thankfully, for what do you mean for the 48 or for the one that we just we just did? 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.360 You just did. 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:46.320 I you oh yeah, so I did I did both. 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:53.360 So I I did the fight chordio for the first time, and then I also spoke Japanese in different parts of the film. 00:34:54.159 --> 00:35:06.639 So when it comes to fight scenes, like I know the 48 hour happened really quickly, Sandy, so it was like one of those things you couldn't really prep for, but like as an actor, Amina, did you like for this film that wasn't a 48 hour, it was an independent film that you and your partner worked on? 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:10.159 Like, did you did you prep for the fight scenes? 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:11.840 Like, did you take a class? 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:14.719 Like, you know, did you yeah, yeah? 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:18.000 I it was over a month of prep. 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:33.920 So we worked with a a company that does all of the fight choreo and you know designs the fight and also helps actors that are maybe first timers or they're just looking to learn the fight choreo, they teach it to you. 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:40.000 So or before we actually had, we had three rehearsals. 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:56.880 So um before even the first one, I was kind of already doing because I would say I'm pretty like physically active, um, but I by no means have have the what is like the skills to do like really intense fight choreo. 00:35:56.880 --> 00:36:03.280 And so I I started kind of incorporating like different stretches I would do for like 30 minutes a day. 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:08.320 And I was like trying to like really get my body ready before I even stepped on. 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:13.119 And then when I stepped on for the first rehearsal, I was like, oh my fucking god, what do I do? 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:17.280 It was like no prep could have prepared me. 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:27.760 Um, because like the first initial session is just to assess skill level, and so they were throwing like a bunch of things at me, and it was really fun, but I definitely left. 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:32.320 I was like, I couldn't move my arms like above my head for like a while. 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:34.719 Um, but so fun. 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:37.199 Like I look back on that, I'm like, I would do it again. 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:38.159 Like it was so fun. 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:42.480 And then uh we had two more rehearsals, and that's where I started to actually learn the fight. 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:56.960 So I learned the fight in full, and then we actually shot it just on iPhone so that Galen, my partner, could do like the shot list and kind of know what the fight actually looks like, how long it's gonna take on screen, like all of that. 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:59.199 Um, and so that was a very intense day. 00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:00.320 That was a long day. 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:06.159 That was like five hours of just going through the fight and getting it all kind of like fine-tuned. 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:12.239 And then um, when we got on set to actually film it, we didn't get to finish it. 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:14.239 It took way longer than we anticipated. 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:18.719 So we actually still have a pickup day to finish the end of the fight. 00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:23.679 But I would say like 70% of the fight is pretty much done. 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:32.400 Now it's kind of like insert shots and detail shots and all of that that need to get done and having kind of like hero moments and all of that, and like inserts. 00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:38.639 So that'll be fun, but it's definitely a full day of more fight choreo, even though I thought I was done with it. 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:45.599 So it's like kind of it's like a test of the memory, too, because memorizing a fight scene is so different than a script. 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:59.679 It's so like it's I've found it to be way more difficult just because you you really have to be like careful in you know the fight because you don't want any injuries or anything like that. 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:04.400 And luckily

the person I was working with was like amazing and I felt so comfortable. 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.239 And that was a big concern I had too. 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:10.480 I was like, am I gonna like be like this inexperienced person? 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:14.239 And he's gonna be like, oh my god, now I feel like I can't teach you everything. 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:16.480 But it meshed really well. 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:21.679 Like I felt like on the day when we did shoot what we did, like everything went great. 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.880 Like every time we did a take, I didn't forget anything. 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:31.119 Um, I felt like I was giving it most of what I had while still trying to remember everything. 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.199 Um that's like acting. 00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:35.840 I feel like I feel like you can memorize, memorize, memorize. 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:45.199 You can choreograph, you can understand everything, and then like when you get like I don't know about you guys, but I get on set or I'm like get up to the mic and I'm like, like what's happening? 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.679 Yeah. 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:48.880 Sandy, did you also have a choreograph um scene too? 00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:52.400 Or was it just like I mean it's just like that's put you on the spot. 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:57.360 It was it was for the 48, and it was very small and unexpected. 00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.800 Um, realized I I am not a fighter. 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:02.480 These are not the hands of a fighter. 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:06.000 I have no coordination, was not believable at all. 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:13.760 Like it was, I mean, I think they wanted to wanted it to be a little bit comedic and thank God because there was no way that that was serious. 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:16.480 Like I was like, run away. 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.719 Like it was it was so bad. 00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:24.639 I definitely could use fight training, real or stage, because it was it was bad. 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:26.480 You're taking a class though, right? 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:29.920 I'm sorry, I I was gonna take a class, it didn't work out. 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:35.360 I canceled the class because not enough people signed up, and when they redid the class, I I can't do it anymore. 00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.679 Okay. 00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:38.719 I had a window where I had time to do it, it just didn't work out. 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:42.400 Someday I was gonna ask, is that video uh public? 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.920 Can we find your 48? 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.360 Oh no. 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:54.559 Um apparently the the team lead wanted to put it in like film festivals, and so I never got a copy of the full thing. 00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:57.519 But no, none of you, none of you will ever see it. 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:05.199 I mean, I just think it's so interesting because there's so many different like levels and layers of acting, you

know what I'm saying? 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:30.800 Like, and and it's interesting that you talked about like fight scenes and actually prepping and you know, like I used to my first time on set, like I was like terrified because it was like, Do I I know I memorized my lines, but then as soon as you get on set, it's like there's cameras in your face, there's camera right here, there's a camera behind you, you know, like there's lights and directors and people everywhere, and it's not like you know, but then when you see the final scene, it's you know, it's a complete it's just completely different. 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:39.119 So I it will be pretty cool, Mina, to see you know, you on screen doing a fight scene, and then you know, for this independent film. 00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.239 It's not out yet, though, right? 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.840 Because it's not a part of the 48, it's separate. 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:49.760 It's it's it's a project that you and your partner, Galen, he's the director, and you guys he wrote it, or you guys have like a team, right? 00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:56.800 I kind of did like low-key script supervision because I'm really big on spell checks, it's my type 8 brain. 00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:03.199 So I definitely was like, can I go through it and do a bunch of the little like spell checks and all of the grammar and stuff? 00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:11.760 Because I mean, everyone writes scripts differently, but just getting it on the page is kind of like how he works, and then going back and doing revisions and all of that. 00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:16.960 Um, but yeah, it it'll be out hopefully by November. 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:20.320 That's kind of like the goal, or at least picture locked. 00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:27.840 Um, because we do we do have a couple more, like four, a couple more days of filming, just other stuff. 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:36.079 Um, the biggest issue with this film has just been people's schedules, like just being able to get everyone that's like available on the same day. 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:37.920 Um, that's been really difficult. 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:43.599 But I feel like once we get these final few days filmed, like it's gonna move pretty quickly. 00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:46.400 Like Galen's already editing it, which is great. 00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.840 So yeah, yeah. 00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:55.440 I can't wait to talk to him a little bit more about that because it's interesting to be like a d- I'm sure it's probably interesting from his perspective about being behind the camera, right? 00:41:55.440 --> 00:42:02.719 Because it yeah, but it's it's probably pretty cool for you though, too, because it's like now you're I mean, I feel like the actors are like the tip of the iceberg, right? 00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:09.039 Like you, like there's so much that happens before we even get the script and before we're even on set, you know? 00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:11.440 And it's like we're just kind of like the icing on the cake. 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:23.039 Maybe we're just the candle on the cake, you know, like they just light us, we're in the chair, you know, because I mean like there's so much that goes into it, and you know, and and we all like struggle and worry and like, oh, am I gonna get picked? 00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:24.719 And did I memorize my lines good enough? 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:26.159 But there's like so much more. 00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:31.199 We're just like a teeny tiny piece to like the actual film, you know. 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.679 Yeah. 00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:35.440 How is it working with your partner? 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.519 Is it like irritating? 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.800 That's my first go-to. 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:40.719 I'm like, he probably is irritating a bit. 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:48.000 No, it's it's honestly like it because I already felt really happy on set in general. 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:51.519 Like I always had like a good time and you know, all of that. 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:58.719 Um working with him is like greater than anything I could have ever imagined. 00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:02.159 Like it because I just trust him so much. 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:09.840 Like I trust his vision because before we were together, like the films he made, like I have always respected like his vision. 00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:12.239 Because I I don't know if I mentioned this. 00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:21.119 I don't I think I might have mentioned it to you at one point, Jocelyn, but I am very drawn to doing roles that women typically are not put in. 00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.920 So maybe a role that a man would have been put in. 00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:31.760 That's why I like films so much like Kill Bill or um like like the ballerina John Wick um thing that happened recently. 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:39.519 Like I love doing roles that are very non-traditional for women, and that is typically what he makes. 00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:55.840 So it's such a good meshing of uh like collaboration and ideas and everything, and it's just so fun more than anything because we spend every day together, and we've spent every day together since we first started dating. 00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:59.679 Um, and so getting to do that is just like any other day that we would. 00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:03.360 have where we just get to be on set and all of that. 00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:09.679 I definitely the only thing that I can think of that's kind of like a is like me trying to understand like why are you doing it this way? 00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:16.960 Like I want to understand like now that I'm kind of up close, like I want to understand like why do things work this way. 00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:23.440 And so I've learned so much about like cinematography and camera work and just everything that goes into it. 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.440 And it's like I don't know how you do it. 00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.039 Interesting.

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:30.079 Because he balances so much. 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:36.639 Like he writes and directs and shoots like he does it all which is you know kind of rare. 00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.079 And so that's really cool. 00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:41.840 Maybe it was just my Aries mind where I'm like, don't tell me what to do. 00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:44.159 I'll do it my way. 00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:59.440 I mean there's plenty of like you know famous couples that like you know one was an actor and one was a director and they're both actors you know and they like had like very long lengthy relationships you know but you know relationships are just difficult anyways in general sometimes you know like you have they're they ebb and flow. 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:16.159 Now my question to you is now you're an actor and you're out in Seattle like and this is very realistic you know I mean do you have a day job do you like have other things that you're doing you know because I mean we all have to pay bills and eat food and take care of business. 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:27.440 Absolutely I think that is kind of like something that I'm still finding my footing on because right now the way that I kind of like get by is through a lot of freelance stuff. 00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:42.239 So I do um a lot of editing um so I think I also I can't I told you Joseph we have a a wedding business so we're trying to kind of get that started and be more consistent um making like wedding films. 00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:46.639 So similar to making regular films we make wedding films for couples. 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:57.519 And so I mean that is so fulfilling because you get to be around like a bunch of people in love and it's just like very and you also get to be like a filmmaker and then you get to edit and I have like a really strong passion with like editing. 00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.559 I really enjoy it. 00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:00.800 Yeah so that's been really good. 00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:06.880 We've been like shooting weddings so I go in second shoot which has been fun to be behind the camera. 00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.320 Um so what does second shoot mean? 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:28.719 Like what is second shoot shooting it's it's essentially like I get coverage that he is not getting when we're at a wedding so it's just like oh b roll yeah like B roll and and stuff like that or another angle or during the ceremony I I man one of the cameras and or I woman one of the cameras and and do all of that. 00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:47.199 So that's it's it is very long days but weddings are where the money is at unfortunately um weddings are very like protected by AI as well like I don't think AIs are going to be taking the jobs of people who make wedding films or shoot weddings anytime soon. 00:46:47.199 --> 00:47:00.639 So that's been really nice to know that that's long term probably something that would be protected because also just like as an actor I mean I think

we all kind of feel a level of like what is happening with AI and like what does that mean for the industry and all of that. 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:02.000 So yeah. 00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:03.760 That's like a whole nother conversation. 00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:06.960 Angela actually wow is also in the wedding industry. 00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:23.519 So she like so that's why I ask yeah and I want her to tell you a little bit about that because like I feel like it's it's so important like when you're an actor and a creative that like you know you have to find ways to be able to live your life and still be able to do your the things that you're passionate about. 00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:27.360 Because you know not everyone can be Julia Roberts not everyone can be Brad Pitt. 00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:28.000 You know what I'm saying? 00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:32.559 Like I mean we hopefully one day but like you know you kind of have to like piece things together. 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:44.719 So finding places in different industries that are sort of parallel that help you know like you're in the wedding videography business and Angela's in um she's a I'm a DJ. 00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:44.960 Yeah. 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:47.440 So I gotta DJ MC all that stuff. 00:47:47.440 --> 00:48:03.760 But yeah it's long days I love working with the videographers that I get to work with and they're just I can tell like it is so much work that they have to get done and they it's long nights and then they have to get you know to a certain dead point or a a a deadline to get their stuff to the brides and grooms and so many brides and grooms on top of that. 00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:04.480 You know it's a lot. 00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:30.880 So but it's very interesting you say that because my son he's going you know he's senior so he's going into college and we're trying to get him you know figured out his paths and he's like I just want to be a music director and I was just like well find a career and then you could do that as a passion but maybe that might be a good start for him too is to like do videography for weddings while he's with me you know maybe we could be a duo and then you know kind of get a start there so that I'm gonna have to pick his brain on that one. 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:32.800 Yeah I mean like that's that's true. 00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:45.360 I say that to my oldest too and he's like you know I wasn't he's in college right now and he's like I'm not really sure what I want to do and then now he knows his path and he's gonna be doing post production and he's going like in the video he's going in our direction basically you know like in the entertainment industry. 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:53.840 But I was like hey you should take this acting class that's coming up like there's a big acting school in the area around your your college like he's like I don't know I don't really want to be in front of the camera. 00:48:53.840 --> 00:49:38.880 I'm like yes but it would be a good experience for you to have that experience and that understanding like Amina you're talking about how like you're an actor but now you're like behind the scenes and you're working with cameras and you're working with your partner who's a director and you having the understanding of both sides or like the 360 view on things I feel like is really helpful you know or pulling in your psychology degree to use it for the acting Sandy's a teacher I'm sure she probably has a lot of experience with people to pull from to create characters you know and Angela used to be an on-air DJ now she's doing weddings and she's also a voice actor you know and and same with me like you know I was an on-air DJ and now doing voice acting and now doing on camera stuff. 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:51.440 So it's like it's interesting that like it's good to take a 360 view on everything and like pull in all of your experience you know and find your path you know so I think that's cool. 00:49:51.440 --> 00:50:05.679 I would love to come out to Seattle and see and um I've never been to Seattle Angela you went there surprisingly yeah I would think you would go into Seattle already I mean it's like the Seattle's great Seattle's like great food the weather is great. 00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:08.800 I know that that's like a hot take but I think the weather is awesome. 00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:11.039 You get all the seasons which is great. 00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:13.119 Yeah I I loved it. 00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:13.840 I thought it was great. 00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:28.320 You think it's good it's a good spot to be for acting I mean I know that you've had some success there with the 48 hour and you know your you and your partner have independent films but like with this in terms of like acting and the scene you know because from Florida it's all commercial like there's no TV and film. 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:37.119 If I want to do that I'd have to go up to Georgia you know so how's that I I think it's it's similar like there's so much commercial work here. 00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:47.039 That is kind of it there's not really any films that film here um unless it's on an independent level. 00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:52.880 Portland which is very close by that is an area where there's way more narrative stuff. 00:50:52.880 --> 00:51:15.280 So I've considered that uh I just like I like actually living in Seattle like as a person not an actor so I'm like I'm very divided but I have definitely thought about like long term like do I actually acting wise want to be here because I'm not in any way wanting to like live in LA or like New York like any of the hot spots. 00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:24.639 I just don't feel I feel like I would not be happy in that yeah um so even if I stay on an indie level I'd be happy. 00:51:24.639 --> 00:51:26.960 So I'm like maybe I just hang out here for a while. 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:28.480 I don't know. 00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:41.599 But um Vancouver's not too far

right I mean that's like a I mean I got Vancouver well maybe it's a good plane ride but like I know Vancouver and Las Vegas where Sandy is is like becoming like a a pretty good hotspot for acting. 00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:42.480 Don't you think Sandy? 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:59.599 I mean or yes no yeah there there is a huge local film community here that it's just like I never knew they existed until I jumped into a being an extra in a zombie movie and then boom it's just like there's so much going on here. 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:09.199 Yeah it's it's becoming more um it's it's nowhere near Hollywood 2.0 which I'm hoping we avoid but that's a whole other conversation. 00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:12.320 But uh because I just I don't want that I don't want that for Vegas. 00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:14.480 I I want us to be our own thing. 00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:17.360 Yeah I may be in the minority on that. 00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:18.719 I think you're right. 00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:23.360 I I think that like having opportunities anywhere is like a good you know a good idea. 00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:27.199 Um Amina do you do you think that you'd maybe do commercial? 00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:37.039 I mean like I kind of fell into on camera and like wasn't really certain if I was gonna do on camera and I did it because I was inspired by one of our other mutual friends. 00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:55.440 And um so film and TV I was like wow it's it's a lot you know it's it's different than commercial you know and then being in Florida commercial is what it where it's at um and that's kind of where I found my footing do you think you do commercial like or modeling or print or definitely not modeling. 00:52:56.320 --> 00:53:00.719 Definitely no interest in that uh not my jam at all. 00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:15.519 But with commercials I feel divided because that is where the money is and I have I've been on one commercial as background and that was a very pleasant experience and I loved the money. 00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:41.679 So I'm open but ideally I'm finding like uh I'm finding my my money elsewhere because commercials are very they're very posed in a way that I find myself having a hard time getting into yeah like I find myself it's different than acting on a more indie level in a narrative sense. 00:53:41.679 --> 00:53:48.639 Like I I find myself feeling like I need to really perform and like put on this personality that's so far for myself. 00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:52.159 But I I also see the fun in it too. 00:53:52.159 --> 00:54:06.239 So I'm like I don't know it would have to be the right kind of commercial that would be like a good fit because I also think I am in kind of a category where like I have tattoos and like on my hands and I have to kind of fit into a certain category too. 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:06.639 Yeah. 00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:13.679 And I think that's partially why I probably haven't booked a lot of them is because of my tattoos unfortunately. 00:54:13.679

--> 00:54:21.360 Me too because I got all my tattoos before I even knew I was gonna be an actor so I I wasn't thinking like don't get them on your hands baby. 00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:35.360 Yeah me too open but a lot I've seen a lot more um you know there are a lot of auditions that are asking for like no tattoos but I also see a lot that like don't mind you know because you can cover them there's makeup to put on or whatever like that. 00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:58.800 So what is what is oh so so like you say that you like particular or peculiar roles like what's the most peculiar role role that you might have played I know you've been a vampire were you a vampire nun are you a vampire nun yes that was I have to say that is probably one of my favorites that I've done and it it all it's because it's just so weird. 00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:24.559 It's so unbelievably like niche and I love that because she's not really a nun she's like posing as one she kind of like infiltrates this very corrupt uh church situation where the pastor was very unethical and did some very unethical things and she kind of like as a vampire has gone and like purged certain corrupt figures over time. 00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:31.599 And then the story is about how a mom uh who lost her child knew about it while it was happening. 00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:44.079 And so the vampire poses as a nun to get into the mom's life and then you know there's a spoiler there but she it was fun. 00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:56.880 It was cool because you have to play this version that's very subdued and almost like this religious figure and I'm you know not religious at all and that was really fun but I mean getting to play a vampire is the best thing that I've like ever done. 00:55:56.880 --> 00:55:58.239 Because I'm obsessed with vampires. 00:55:58.239 --> 00:56:06.559 I like grew up consuming so many shows and movies that had to do with vampires and I still do. 00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:59.280 So yeah what's your favorite vampire oh my god that is so difficult um have you guys seen the like Anne Rice series interview with the vampire uh you guys have seen the show the latest one Network I think it's no oh oh I'm gonna need you to watch that I need to watch it jazz really I I haven't watched all of it but like it's yeah it's good it's really well they just had a new season and I wasn't the biggest fan of it because it's such a different you know take from the other two uh but the first two are so nostalgic because I will never forget I've watched it like three times all the way through okay um I'm obsessed with them as like a duo and like the psychology of both of them I love like a I love the unreliable narrator trope. 00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:04.719 I hope to one day get to do that in a role because it's just so it's so fun. 00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:09.280 And I would say like them as a duo is probably my favorite. 00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:11.280 Now I'm gonna have to watch it. 00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:11.519 Okay. 00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:12.880 I love vampire stuff. 00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:14.000 Like I do not like zombie stuff. 00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:25.840 We start this conversation with I'm like I'm anti-zombie I'm a big fan of of vampire I I like vampires I know it can be gruesome and gory but like vampire zombies are just what I just like they're just what I don't like them. 00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:38.639 My favorite thing is interview with a vampire like I'm I mean I'm like I like blade I mean like I mean I'll go to old old school 80s with like what is it Wesley Snipes is that Wesley Snipes and Blade Yeah I mean I love I love Twilight. 00:57:38.719 --> 00:57:51.280 Give me all the like oh my gosh I mean come on like I mean I mean I'm like I live in a state where Twilight is like base like forks Washington and like I've been there and it's so the opposite like they didn't actually film there. 00:57:51.280 --> 00:57:57.760 And so it's a very like small little town in like the corner of Washington you're like oh this is very underwhelming. 00:57:57.760 --> 00:58:00.559 Um but Twilight is great. 00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:04.960 I also grew up watching the vampire diaries so yeah CW. 00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:10.719 Mm-hmm obsessed with that show I could talk about that show for too long. 00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:13.920 It would take up the whole session so I won't do that. 00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:44.559 But um yeah I think there's a lot of characters in there that I was like really obsessed with growing up so I actually watched that I watched that whole series and um my kids make fun of me for it but I was like whatever like you like whatever there's another vampire uh show that was also on the CW that I watched I think later down the road I can't remember the name of it um I'll have to think about it but um anyways uh okay I don't know why I keep thinking Buffy Buffy the Vampire oh I love Buffy the Vampire too but that wasn't on CW was it? 00:58:44.559 --> 00:59:27.440 No no but that was like main no it wasn't on CW it was on like like a main box or something yeah one of the main channels I don't know yeah um I'll think of the name that's gonna drive me nuts there's like an it was like a royal fan uh I'll think about it later but um I am I did you have to wear fangs like did you like when it came like did you make did you put them on yourself like how did you did you have to like YouTube that like watch a video I did all of the makeup for both um for both looks and we actually got nominated for the 48 um best hair and makeup so that was like fun because I did all of it myself with like the eyeshadow and like the facial like shadows and all of that stuff. 00:59:27.840 --> 00:59:42.320 But the fangs were actually custom made and it's something we purchased knowing we wanted to do something with a vampire for the 48 so we knew that we were going to try to incorporate that and then also just like our costumes that year. 00:59:42.320 --> 00:59:47.920 So we found

someone who just custom makes them and they literally mold to your teeth so you don't have to use glue. 00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:52.079 They like clip on and they don't move it's really really cool. 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:57.599 It was like a very worth it I mean I still have them they last you for like years which is really cool. 00:59:57.760 --> 01:00:14.800 Wow I need some of those clip on clip on vampire teeth I just got some cheap those off of Amazon that have like the wax that goes inside and I mean I used to I've done that too I've done that too have a custom pair heck yeah and make them gold Angela what were you using vampire teeth for a costume. 01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:20.159 I've been to vampire like at least 20 times I love vampires they're cool. 01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:27.760 I know I do too um all right well I we're winding things down and I don't want to take up too much of our time tonight and I mean I'm sure we could probably go on and on and on. 01:00:27.760 --> 01:00:30.159 So let's do the fun question really quick. 01:00:30.159 --> 01:01:24.719 And um you get to pick a number Amina Angela do you have any more questions I feel like I just interrupted you so like whatever number you want everyone always goes low you can go high just pick a number three I knew everybody I knew you were gonna go higher Justin always goes to like a hundred right away my first my first one was nine and then I was like should I keep it smaller but okay we'll do we could do both actually because you you said three yeah okay do you have a secret talent and could you do it right now that's oh god yeah so that's there's that that's crazy okay is that do you have one or no anyone else so it's a roundtable thing so like my my secret my secret town and then we'll do the the other question because if you don't have an answer for it is I can tie a cherry stem in with my tongue into a knot. 01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:26.320 Like I can do that like with no hands. 01:01:26.320 --> 01:01:51.360 Yeah yeah yeah that's one I just don't have cherries I shouldn't prepared no I I can't do it right now either but I can do it so I can't show you maybe at a later date like you know off record but yeah anyone else have any like I can wiggle my ears like I got nothing I feel like if we've done this before I feel like maybe we've done that question before all right let's do the other one. 01:01:51.360 --> 01:02:10.719 You said nine yeah okay if you were famous which we one day I'll hope to be like recognized uh what would your stage name bew I had a fun question where we made up our own stage name but it had to be with um it was really a stripper name but it was like the color of your underwear and the last thing you ate. 01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:30.639 So you're more than welcome to be inspired by that if you'd like to hear the question no heard that but it's like the it's like the street name that you grew up on and then like I can't remember what it is but I've heard that that question before where it's like you make your name um oh my gosh. 01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:32.719 Angela repeat what you said because I missed it. 01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:57.679 Beige cheese beige cheese I don't like it beige cheese well if I if we're if we're admitting him mine was black sausage so uh we're that's my stripper name I like it I like going live tonight my street I think my street name when I was a child was Glengarry so would it be like what would it be Jocelyn Glengary? 01:02:57.679 --> 01:03:02.800 I thought it was like your middle your middle name and the street you grew up on. 01:03:03.039 --> 01:03:41.280 I thought your pet had to be involved your pet had to be involved oh yeah yeah but maybe it was like your first pet Nugget Glengary Nugget Nugget golden Nugget Glengary golden nugget mine is disgusting it's peach trail that's crazy I don't know the three of us got something going on here we got we got some great stage names I don't know what stage we're gonna be on but I don't know either that's funny oh that's funny that's funny I mean I was so happy you came on tonight and and and accepted our invitation and just like came on and shared your story. 01:03:41.440 --> 01:04:37.760 Um do you want to share like how to get a hold of you or yeah like how to find you I currently do not have a website but I did um but uh social media yeah yeah I'm uh my name and then M-A-Y-S on all my my platforms Instagram TikTok uh and my YouTube where I have like my reel and stuff is just my name um Amina Meisha so yeah very good and all that so is your next film that you guys are um hopefully gonna have out in November is that something that's gonna be like out in the theaters like are you guys or is that it's not it's an independent film so how are you gonna be releasing it so maybe people I I know that the film circuit is definitely gonna happen so it might go straight and we might do like a screening or like a temporary like online link that I would send like you and like people that we know and then it's straight going into film festivals. 01:04:38.079 --> 01:04:42.800 Okay yeah see that's the same with what Sandy was saying you can't really like share it out in the wild. 01:04:42.800 --> 01:04:43.360 Okay. 01:04:43.360 --> 01:05:33.840 Yeah that's that's the industry well um thank you so much for coming on and and I one more question I was gonna say is like if somebody was interested in getting into the acting world would you say that the 48 hour is is definitely something to consider looking into like that I mean it was good for you but absolutely I think you learn so much on a 48 hour set you learn what to do what not to do I think that is while it is very scary I think that's a great like thing you should do kind of in the beginning because it kind of throws you in and if you're someone that like learns by doing that also is a really good route um and it's also just fun but you gotta you gotta be selective about your team that is the one thing I would say is just do your research find people that make the kind of films that you want to be in and cold reach out. 01:05:33.920 --> 01:06:41.440 There's nothing wrong with shooting your shot so I love that very good I was gonna say like you also did you start taking classes after you did your 48 hour did you start like like no so I took classes for like five months before I ever was on set because I was like very like I need to not I have this thing that is very common perfectionism and I'm just like I have to be I can't go into something blind I have to have some level of prep so that's kind of how I viewed acting but it's funny you like unlearn so many things like the biggest thing that I like have learned with like memory and like all of that is when you memorize a script do it very monotone because if you memorize a line a certain way and then you get on the date it's so hard to break it and if the director gives you a direction is like hey this one line it's so important to me that it's said with this inflection or it's said with this kind of motivation and you're not able to break it you'll kick yourself you know and so it's something that like I take with me to like every single script that I ever memorize is to do it very like you kind of throw it away you're very monotone. 01:06:41.440 --> 01:06:48.000 Yeah that's like the biggest thing that's like helped me so that's amazing that's good point right there. 01:06:48.000 --> 01:06:56.880 This was so fun this is the first time I've ever done any type of like podcast like long form like talking so this was like a very relaxing fun experience. 01:06:56.880 --> 01:07:06.800 I couldn't have like asked for like a better like kind of intro into that really really nice and I really appreciate it's also so nice to meet on the view and yeah you too. 01:07:07.119 --> 01:07:41.760 Angela's actually in Colorado Sandy's in Las Vegas I'm in Florida and you're in Seattle so it's kind of like everywhere almost almost yeah so and um yeah so I appreciate you coming on and yeah all right thank you guys it was nice to see you Angela see you guys later all right that's a wrap tune in to our next episode and continue the creative conversation feel inspired share this podcast with a few friends so we all organically grow and feel connected follow us on social media to keep up with all the creative chaos