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Maggie Q · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: This is on with Mario Lopez. So bro, Mario Lopez
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  Speaker 1: joining me right now on Zoom for the.
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  Speaker 2: New show Ballard actress Maggie Q.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, Maggie, I'm Mario. A longtime no see.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's so nice to see you. Congratulated shows,
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  Speaker 2: thank you. New show Ballard just premiered on Prime Video.
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  Speaker 2: It's a spinoff of your previous project wash Legacy.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Well, I was on the finale episode of that.
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  Speaker 3: They introduced my character in that show, and then and
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  Speaker 3: then we went on to, uh, you know obviously air
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  Speaker 3: the new show.
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  Speaker 1: Well that worked out.
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  Speaker 2: What were your initial thoughts on doing this one?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I honestly, I wasn't looking for a new show.
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  Speaker 4: I you know, I know that entails, you know, I know,
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  Speaker 4: I know the work, the workload that that that that takes,
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  Speaker 4: and so I was a little wary of actually starring
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  Speaker 4: in a show again because I've.
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  Speaker 1: Done it and it's it's it's a it's a tough job.
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  Speaker 3: So uh, I just thought, God, I have to really
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  Speaker 3: really like this script to to want to participate again
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  Speaker 3: in this way. And I was on a flight to
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  Speaker 3: News and they gave me like six or seven scripts
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  Speaker 3: to read, and by the end of that flight, I
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  Speaker 3: was like, I like her.
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  Speaker 1: I like this character. I can do something with this.
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  Speaker 1: I can add value here. Nice. Nice.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the show has already gotten great reviews, and your
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  Speaker 2: character is part of the cold case division of the LAPD,
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  Speaker 2: and all cases are notoriously hard to solve. What did
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  Speaker 2: would you learn about them doing the show?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh, so much. You have no idea, it's crazy.
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  Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I spent some time at the
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  Speaker 3: homicide Library here in LA on the West Side, and
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  Speaker 3: it's really just this. I mean, it's this massive room
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  Speaker 3: of just boxes, like rows and rows of boxes unsolved cases,
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  Speaker 3: and I think there's about ten thousand of them there.
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  Speaker 1: And so there's a few people that work there.
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  Speaker 3: There's obviously LAPD, there's reserve officers, there's some volunteers the
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  Speaker 3: FBI work there. So I was able to just meet
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  Speaker 3: this whole motley crew of people that come together in
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  Speaker 3: this unit. And it's actually hugely important because they've solved
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  Speaker 3: recent crimes with DNA from cold cases. So some of
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  Speaker 3: these people get away with things for years, and then
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  Speaker 3: when you do solve a cold case, you're able to
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  Speaker 3: track it to somebody who's actually still out there and
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  Speaker 3: they have done that, And so we kind of based
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  Speaker 3: some of the stuff we did on the show on
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  Speaker 3: cases like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a whole new world now with it totally
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  Speaker 2: is already get away with anything these days.
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  Speaker 1: It's so I know, people just don't do it. That's true.
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  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 2: That's uh.
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  Speaker 1: That's the first heads up in the show. You do
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  Speaker 1: some surfing, I DoD.
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  Speaker 2: Did you already know how to surfer? Do you have
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  Speaker 2: to take lessons?
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  Speaker 3: I did I know how to surf. I wouldn't call
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  Speaker 3: myself a surfer. That'd be going too far, But I
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  Speaker 3: have to say I've never surfed in California.
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  Speaker 1: Like that was very new to me.
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  Speaker 3: Cold wetsuit and the freezing water and all the kelp
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  Speaker 3: and the thing like I'm a white girl, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm just like you're in your brating suit, you have
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  Speaker 3: your board, and like that's it.
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  Speaker 4: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: So it was so difficult. I mean, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: how people surf when they're that cold. Where did you
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  Speaker 1: surf out here by the way Malibu?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: No, in Malibu. I mean sometimes it depends on the
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  Speaker 1: break too. You have some nice, uh smooth roll breaks,
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  Speaker 1: but also the current's kind of strong. Yes, and you're right,
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  Speaker 1: it's cold.
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  Speaker 3: And freezing, and your extremities, right, you're in a wetsuit, right,
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  Speaker 3: so like the core of your body is like sort
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  Speaker 3: of temperture regulated. But then your hands and your feet
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  Speaker 3: and your head, I mean you're doing you're freezing.
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  Speaker 1: I just couldn't believe it.
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  Speaker 3: And I was out there for hours and I was like,
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  Speaker 3: I would never do this for funzies in Hawaii.
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  Speaker 1: I would, but why is a whole nother deal.
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  Speaker 2: My body's trying to get them to serf in Malibou
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  Speaker 2: this week and we'll see, We'll see it's pretty hot.
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  Speaker 1: It just never warm. Mario, I don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: You're right, no matter what, you always need.
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  Speaker 1: A you're always in a wetsuit.
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  Speaker 2: And this is southern California. Can you imagine Northern California
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  Speaker 2: when they're surfing up there.
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  Speaker 3: I've done.
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  Speaker 1: I've jumped in the water in Northern California on a dare. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's like a cold plunch.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god, it was a cold punch, but it's moving, right,
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  Speaker 3: you know how cold plunge is. And I do do
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  Speaker 3: cold plunch, so I can do those things. But when
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  Speaker 3: the water's moving, it's ten times colder.
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  Speaker 1: Right, A whole another deal.
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  Speaker 2: You also have a health and wellness company called Activated,
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  Speaker 2: you right, tell me about that.
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  Speaker 3: You know. I have always took great pleasure in helping
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  Speaker 3: people with their health. I mean, for me, it was
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  Speaker 3: something that I do and I was on this journey
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  Speaker 3: of trying to get myself to a certain place, and
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  Speaker 3: when I did, I just felt like it was just
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  Speaker 3: the natural feeling for me was I want to help
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  Speaker 3: other people feel the same way. And it was very simple.
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  Speaker 3: It started with a very simple concept like that, and
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  Speaker 3: I had an idea about the company.
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  Speaker 1: I searched for investors, I pitched people.
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  Speaker 3: It's not like one of those companies where you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's a celebrity who a brand already exists, which is fine,
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  Speaker 3: and then you come on to be a spokesperson.
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  Speaker 1: I really founded this company.
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  Speaker 3: This was something that was founded on my vision and
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  Speaker 3: something that I wanted.
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  Speaker 1: To do because I love helping people.
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  Speaker 3: But also I also wanted just something that was outside
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  Speaker 3: of entertainment, to be honest, something that fulfilled me differently,
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  Speaker 3: which business does. And then it also created a sort
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  Speaker 3: of safety net for me as well, you know, because
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  Speaker 3: Hollywood's Hollywood, right, and you know you can't. You can't
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  Speaker 3: really depend on it for the rest of your career, right,
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  Speaker 3: You have to expect that it's going to go away
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  Speaker 3: at some point. And so in doing that, I wanted
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  Speaker 3: to just be smart and take care of myself and
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  Speaker 3: also indulge in something else that I really love.
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  Speaker 1: That's helpful.
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  Speaker 3: But also, you know, like I said, creates creates the
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  Speaker 3: safety net for me.
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  Speaker 4: Good for you.
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  Speaker 2: Nice congrats on that.
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  Speaker 1: You're a big dog person. Huh, you know it. How
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  Speaker 1: many dogs you got? I three?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I have three dogs as well.
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  Speaker 1: Can you get you do?
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  Speaker 3: What do you have? Wait?
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  Speaker 1: You have French? You have three dogs and a few kids.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, a few kids, a few dogs.
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  Speaker 1: I mean your house is like never quiet, no no.
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  Speaker 2: And their friends are over and the whole deal.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, good dogs you got. I have a German Shepherd,
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  Speaker 1: a German Shepherd mix and a terrier.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so I'd like Russian dolls media exactly.
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  Speaker 1: I love it.
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  Speaker 3: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: Well.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations on everything, and listen everyone be sure to catch
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  Speaker 2: Maggie in the new series Ballard, which is streaming right
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  Speaker 2: now on Prime Video. Thanks for checking in.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mario La Oh are you coming to ACCESS I
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  Speaker 1: think so. Oh yeah, oh good. I'll see you in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. Okay, okay. Bye with Mario Lopez