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Euphoria On HBO A Legacy And The Actors Who Made It James Landry Hebert · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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Speaker 1: I'm I mean breaking bad sopranos. I mean you guys
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Speaker 1: and this team that you have had. This is what
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Speaker 1: it's all about to me, that that generations beyond now
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Speaker 1: are gonna go. Have you seen that new show Euphoria
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Speaker 1: new show? Yeah? Yeah, I have.
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Speaker 2: Oh man, well I'm running on coffee and adoreurnaline this morning.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, the finale aired last night and I thought
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Speaker 2: it was beautifully done. You know, it was a late
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Speaker 2: night with all the excitement, and I ended up putting
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Speaker 2: my buddy Martin Sinemaira on tape for heat too. Martin
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Speaker 2: was ELS's native husband in eighteen eighty three and one
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Speaker 2: of my best friends. We've done a bunch of westerns together.
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Speaker 2: But like you were saying about this show, it was
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Speaker 2: just one of those legendary Hollywood nights that you know,
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Speaker 2: it's a late night in early morning. But I'm so
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Speaker 2: grateful to be a part of this thing, and I
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Speaker 2: couldn't be more excited.
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Speaker 1: I got to tell you inside my heart, you know,
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Speaker 1: I've seen all the newspaper articles and the clickbeat and
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Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff where Sam is saying, yeah,
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Speaker 1: this is it. But in my heart, I'm going, wait
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Speaker 1: a second. But I've read more articles about what it's
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Speaker 1: like to be on the set and how Sam likes
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Speaker 1: to throw those lines in. I'm thinking, in my heart,
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Speaker 1: it ain't over yet. There's no way he's still sitting
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Speaker 1: on the sidelines going, oh, I've got one more idea, try.
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Speaker 2: This, Oh, man, well, I'll tell you this. I was
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Speaker 2: supposed to dye a glorious death in a blaze of
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Speaker 2: glory with eighty to one hundred squibs getting lit up
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Speaker 2: by the Dea. And rumor has it that the network
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Speaker 2: was asking if Sam would be open to another season
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Speaker 2: and suddenly Sam was like, you know what, You're not
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Speaker 2: going to die. So I hope we get another one,
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Speaker 2: and even if Harley's in prison, I'd like to think
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Speaker 2: he'll be the king of San Quentin storytelling.
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Speaker 1: For you. What I loved about euph you is the
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Speaker 1: fact that you guys are also ie actors. And what
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Speaker 1: I mean by that is I'm the freak. I'm the
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Speaker 1: one will sit there and stare into your guys's eyes
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Speaker 1: as you're delivering your lines because I want to feel
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Speaker 1: that emotion. And I believe the eyes are the windows
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Speaker 1: to the soul. Is that something you guys worked on
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Speaker 1: on this set because everybody's eyes are so powerful?
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Speaker 2: Oh? Man, well, yeah, the eyes are definitely in the
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Speaker 2: window to the soul. And for an actor, you're talking
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Speaker 2: head on screen, so that's everything. It's all coming from
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Speaker 2: you and pouring out in that direction. But I mean
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Speaker 2: when you got a dp like Marcel rev shooting you
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Speaker 2: on this retired Kodak film that they brought out a retirement.
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know it's going to look good. I mean,
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Speaker 2: it's just the crew on that show. It's the best
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Speaker 2: of the best. So you know, those eyes were definitely popping,
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Speaker 2: and you know, everybody's just so authentic on this show.
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Speaker 2: I think Sam is a master at casting these characters.
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Speaker 2: And there's something about it. It's just it feels a
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Speaker 2: little more raw and real and not like a munch
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Speaker 2: actors saying.
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Speaker 1: A line that is so funny. You say that because
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Speaker 1: my wife and I have talked about that so many times.
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Speaker 1: In the way of going this reminds me so much
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Speaker 1: of the music of the fifties and sixties in the
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Speaker 1: way that they went into that studio. They didn't have
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Speaker 1: time to waste, so they went in there and they
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Speaker 1: did it. They brought it to life right right then
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Speaker 1: and now. And the thing is is that, look how
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Speaker 1: we're still in enjoying that sound. The same is true
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Speaker 1: about Euphoria. It's never going to go away. It's always
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Speaker 1: going to be a part of us.
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Speaker 2: I think, so yeah, and Sam's keeping that alive. You know,
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Speaker 2: he's he's still shooting on film and and you know,
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Speaker 2: I know the network's spent a lot of money on
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Speaker 2: this show, but I think it was money well spent
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Speaker 2: because that episode last night was just one of the
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Speaker 2: most epic things I've ever seen in my life. And
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Speaker 2: you know, I'm as a fan of westerns. I mean
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Speaker 2: that that face off between Alamo and and and Coleman
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Speaker 2: last night was I mean, I was just on the
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Speaker 2: edge of my seat and that was the coolest cowboy
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Speaker 2: scene I've ever seen in my life. I mean, it
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Speaker 2: was just incredible. I can't say enough about it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but don't you think that's because your voice acting
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Speaker 1: as well, really brings this out because we buy into
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Speaker 1: that storyline. I mean when when we're sitting there thinking
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Speaker 1: about what you were doing, I mean it's it's like
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Speaker 1: there's so much that's going but when you delivered those lines,
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Speaker 1: who taught you that pacing? Because you know how to
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Speaker 1: put that line out there so we can go, WHOA,
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Speaker 1: what the hell was that? Thank you, sir, I'll have another.
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Speaker 2: Oh well, I appreciate that, and I might have my
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Speaker 2: caj and ancestors to thank for it. But I think
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Speaker 2: you know, being born on the BYU, and I think
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Speaker 2: there's a certain laissez faire attitude and delivery that comes
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Speaker 2: with it. So I might credit my delivery to just that.
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Speaker 1: Now, being from the state of Montana that I am.
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Speaker 1: The thing about it is, as I always thought that
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Speaker 1: you would play a great wild Bill Hitchcock. I mean,
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Speaker 1: I know that you love your Westerns, but there's just
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Speaker 1: something about your delivery of those words, and even with
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Speaker 1: that Southern accent, that's the wild Bill Hitchcock that I've
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Speaker 1: envision that I studied my entire life being up there
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Speaker 1: in Montana. I want you to be that role.
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Speaker 2: Oh man, that would be a dream role for me.
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Speaker 2: It's funny you say that, because when I would put
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Speaker 2: in those mullet extensions, I was instantly getting wild Bill vibes,
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Speaker 2: especially when I come back to the ranch and put
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Speaker 2: on my cowboy gear and start tending on the horses.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, it was definitely giving wild Bill. So that's
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Speaker 2: a good catch. And hopefully whoever's making the next wild
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Speaker 2: Bill thing, they're right there with you.
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Speaker 1: What was that like for you to have those relationships
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Speaker 1: with the horses, because I know what it's like to
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Speaker 1: be on those horses. They can be a little finicky
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Speaker 1: at times, especially if you're out there real early in
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Speaker 1: the morning and they aren't in the mood to put
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Speaker 1: up with the human figure.
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Speaker 2: Oh man, yeah, I think you know. I you know,
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Speaker 2: I got three horses here at home, and so I
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Speaker 2: spend more time with the horses than I do with humans.
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Speaker 2: So I am tend to be more comfortable with them
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Speaker 2: than I am with other people even And you know,
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Speaker 2: there's something about it, a big animal like that, with
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Speaker 2: that energy. I mean, it's it's healing, it's coming. They
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Speaker 2: see right through everything. You know. They don't They don't
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Speaker 2: care what show you're on, or if you got your
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Speaker 2: lines down today or not, or what you got to
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Speaker 2: do after work. They can just feel your anxiety or
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Speaker 2: your comfortability instantly.
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Speaker 1: Oh please do not move. There's more with James Landry
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Speaker 1: Haybert coming up next Euphoria. As far as I'm concerned,
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Speaker 1: this is just the first step of a brand new beginning.
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Speaker 1: We are back with James Landry Haybear. Don't you love
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Speaker 1: that relationship that we have with horses that you can
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Speaker 1: just stare into their eyes and to me, it's not
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Speaker 1: a horse whisper, It is a human whisper. They're talking
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Speaker 1: to us and we're reacting. Do you do you follow
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Speaker 1: that same path as well?
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Speaker 2: Oh for sure. I mean, you know, it's it's almost
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Speaker 2: like therapy being with the horses every day like that.
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Speaker 2: I mean again, they you know, they don't care if
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Speaker 2: you're on the next hit TV show or whatever. They
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Speaker 2: can just feel your energy and and they can be
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Speaker 2: so calming, and you know, I think even their their
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Speaker 2: heart rate compared to yours, and and sort of the
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Speaker 2: vibes that they give off. It's it's really something special.
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Speaker 2: And after a few minutes of the horse, I feel
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Speaker 2: like you're you're instantly at ease. And you know when
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Speaker 2: a when a horse starts licking and chewing and you
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Speaker 2: can tell that that he is also at ease. I
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Speaker 2: think it's it's a beautiful marriage of energy that gets transferred.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but doesn't that energy actually start when you're mucking
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Speaker 1: up the actual stall itself? And that because I mean,
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Speaker 1: the horse knows that you're there for them, You're going
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Speaker 1: to bring the food, You're going to make them the
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Speaker 1: stall look absolutely fantastic. It's almost like they're saying, so,
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Speaker 1: what do you want me to do for you? All Right?
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Speaker 1: We're on it together. We're a team here. I just
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Speaker 1: love the relationship with horses and it's just so fascinating
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Speaker 1: to me to have that and to hold it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, you called it. You're right. I start most
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Speaker 2: of my days mucking out there in the pan and
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Speaker 2: I always refer to it as a giant zen garden,
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Speaker 2: you know, like the little sand thing with the rocks
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Speaker 2: that you you know, I feel like my rake is
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Speaker 2: that is that rake in the sand, which is the arena.
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Speaker 2: And some days it's the best part of my day,
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Speaker 2: you know, even when I've got a big, exciting day
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Speaker 2: like today, it's you know, that's a great place to
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Speaker 2: start because it's everything kind of slows down, calms down.
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Speaker 2: It's just so peaceful, and I love being out there mucking.
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Speaker 2: And funny enough, one of the first seams in Euphoria,
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Speaker 2: the drug mules come in and basically, you know, they're
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Speaker 2: swallowing the stuff and they're they're pooping out the drugs
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Speaker 2: into a strainer and Chloe Cherry's standing there like, I'm like,
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Speaker 2: what's up with you? And she's like, I had an
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Speaker 2: accident and and I said, well, you better get to mucking.
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Speaker 2: As I go up the stairs and Stan Levinson is
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Speaker 2: such a just welcoming energy you feel like you can
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Speaker 2: do or say anything. And so I went up to
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Speaker 2: them in Video Village and I had a list of
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Speaker 2: ten lines playing on these girls pooping themselves, and he
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Speaker 2: was like, what's mucking. I was like, Oh, that's when
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Speaker 2: you pick up the horse poop, and he said, I
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Speaker 2: love it. I love it. Better get to mucking.
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Speaker 1: Oh my god. Would we would do that out in Ranchester, Wyoming,
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Speaker 1: and we would put it immediately inside the trailer that
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Speaker 1: we'd put behind the tractor, because as far as I
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Speaker 1: was concerned, we had to get it out into the
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Speaker 1: fields as soon as possible. But a lot of people
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Speaker 1: they see that stuff, oh and then run from it.
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Speaker 1: To me, that's part of the nature of being one
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Speaker 1: with the land as well as the animal, by going
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Speaker 1: in there, getting the stuff and then using it for
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Speaker 1: the energy that that you know that it's going to
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Speaker 1: give you.
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Speaker 2: Oh for sure. And you know, I feel like, if
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Speaker 2: you think horsepoop is bad, put some horsepoop next to
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Speaker 2: next to some dog poop and tell me which one
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Speaker 2: is in that beer. I mean, of course, the horses
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Speaker 2: are vegetarian, you know, the dogs eat meat and whatever
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Speaker 2: else they hell they put in that food. But I'll
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Speaker 2: pick up horsepoop over dog poop any day.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, what was there a special treat or anything like that?
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Speaker 1: Did you do apples? Because I mean, I mean Granny
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Speaker 1: Smith apples I love because it puts a sparkle in
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Speaker 1: their eye. But sometimes they'll sit there and they'll tell me,
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Speaker 1: don't do that. That's too much, that's too much of
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Speaker 1: a wow wow wow. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean the apple's got a lot of sugar. But
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Speaker 2: I love giving them apples, especially if I got to
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Speaker 2: give them some medicine or something, I'll just pop it
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Speaker 2: in that apple and give it to them. And and
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Speaker 2: the old couple next door, they they always saved their scraps,
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Speaker 2: so I feel like, almost on a daily basis, they
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Speaker 2: got a couple of apples, a couple of carrots, a
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Speaker 2: little bit of lettuce, and and bring over this little
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Speaker 2: variety basket and uh, and the horses very much look
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Speaker 2: forward to.
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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you if everybody, all the
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Speaker 1: writers and even Sam, if they work with you guys
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Speaker 1: on the set, to find out if there if it
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Speaker 1: brings out your personality, because there's just something about this
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Speaker 1: show where it shows that everybody is getting it along.
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Speaker 1: And I just have this feeling that is because it's
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Speaker 1: your guys's personality. It's not like, oh, I'm gonna step
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Speaker 1: into a role.
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Speaker 2: The role is you. It is, it is. And you know,
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Speaker 2: everybody read for Wayne in the beginning of this and
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Speaker 2: Wayne played by Toby Wallace, my son and the show.
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Speaker 2: I think Sam liked both Toby and I so much
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Speaker 2: that he decided to write this role of Harley for
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Speaker 2: me and make it this dysfunctional father son duo. And
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Speaker 2: when you got I'm writing a role for you, it's
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a dream come true. But again,
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Speaker 2: he's just a master at casting characters and authenticity and
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Speaker 2: and yeah, I just feel like it's why he's such
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Speaker 2: a star maker, because he he brings these actors to
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Speaker 2: set that don't feel like actors and and and he
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we filmed it a set so
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Speaker 2: close to my ranch that I would ride my horse
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Speaker 2: to set and he was like, could you chase and
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Speaker 2: Diet down on horseback? And I said, well, I could
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Speaker 2: chase her down and roper And a month later there's
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Speaker 2: a whole sequence where I'm chasing her down and roping
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Speaker 2: her and dragging her back.
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Speaker 1: Just the whole thing fascinates me. It takes me back
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Speaker 1: to the days when I was in Ranchester and being
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Speaker 1: out there in the open fields of Wyoming. And maybe
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Speaker 1: that's my connection with you. For you is the fact
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Speaker 1: that it's like, my god, I'm so jealous of you
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Speaker 1: for being on that horse, and you're going to be
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Speaker 1: doing this, and it's like, it's got to be an
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Speaker 1: exciting thing for you to include all of that in
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Speaker 1: your in your own personal life into a story that
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Speaker 1: everybody else is going to go Damn, I want to
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Speaker 1: do that.
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Speaker 2: Oh man. Yeah, art really means a life on a
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Speaker 2: set like this, and and and yeah, I think Sam
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Speaker 2: Levinton is just so brilliant for it. But I had
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Speaker 2: the time of my life doing this, being a part
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Speaker 2: of this production. And and yeah, it's just I mean,
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Speaker 2: you'll you'll never have more fun on set than than
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Speaker 2: me and on Sam Levinson set. I promise you that.
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Speaker 1: You you said that Sam is a starmaker. And of
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Speaker 1: course all weekend we've been blasted with these stories about
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Speaker 1: the next level of Hollywood movie making is going to
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Speaker 1: be actors like yourself who have the storytelling ability. Did
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Speaker 1: you pick up anything from the production company that's going
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Speaker 1: to put you in that pair of slippers in the
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Speaker 1: way of being behind the camera.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I sure hope. So, you know, when we shout
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Speaker 2: the big bonfire scene, we were all standing around in
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Speaker 2: the empty pool, and it was Darryl brick Gibson, Zendaya,
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Speaker 2: Sam Levinson, and I and of course Darryl, being the
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Speaker 2: human that he is, He's like, man, you got to
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Speaker 2: make that story about growing up on the Indian reservation.
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Speaker 2: I was adopted by a Native couple and I was
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Speaker 2: the only non native to go to the tribal school.
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Speaker 2: And he's like, man, you got to tell that story.
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Speaker 2: Tell Sam about that story. And I start telling Sam
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Speaker 2: about that one, and then another idea that I have
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Speaker 2: that involves like sort of a cowboy in Thailand. It
15:34
Speaker 2: seemed a little more up Sam's alley, and I was like,
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Speaker 2: you know what, I think you would like this one.
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Speaker 2: And next thing, you know, you know, Sam's just like
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Speaker 2: I love it, Like I would love to make a
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Speaker 2: movie like that. And I'm like, well you can, you
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Speaker 2: can have it. Let's call a twenty four, let's go.
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Speaker 2: So for me, I think that would be a dream
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Speaker 2: come true. To step into my writer producer shoes and
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Speaker 2: maybe have someone like Sam Levinson direct.
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Speaker 1: Oh my god, you said my favorite word, A twenty four,
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Speaker 1: because my god, I have seen A twenty four be
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Speaker 1: come from nobody to somebody, and my god, for you
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Speaker 1: to even bring that up is like our little baby
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Speaker 1: is growing up in the movie world.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's amazing. You see A twenty four everywhere now.
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Speaker 2: I feel like they are changing the game and they
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Speaker 2: may have set the bar. And I didn't realize A
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Speaker 2: twenty four was involved in eu Fouri even before I
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Speaker 2: signed on, and these days it's the mark of something good.
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Speaker 2: So definitely a dream and hope to continue to develop
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Speaker 2: my relationship with A twenty four I've got.
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Speaker 1: I can't believe that these twenty minutes are up this
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Speaker 1: dang fast. And I was going to talk to you
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Speaker 1: about your Southern accent and thank you so much for
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Speaker 1: giving me that Southern accent, because so many people that
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Speaker 1: are in the acting and everything want to get away
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Speaker 1: from it. We need you to always give us that
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Speaker 1: truth when it comes to using your real voice or
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Speaker 1: you know, as Mark Twain would say, if you're not
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Speaker 1: using your real accent, you're not acting. You're not being you. Oh.
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Speaker 2: It makes it so much easier to sell into these
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Speaker 2: roles when you can just be you authentically and say
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Speaker 2: it how you'd say. And back home in Louisiana, they
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Speaker 2: think I lost my Cajun accent. And out here in
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Speaker 2: Hollywood and everybody's like, where are you from with that accent?
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Speaker 2: And even when I think I'm not doing it, I'm
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Speaker 2: doing it. And yeah, I'm grateful for it. My first
17:31
Speaker 2: agent said, first thing you gotta do is lose the accent,
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Speaker 2: and now all they want is the accent. So we've
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Speaker 2: come full circle with that.
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Speaker 1: Wow, you got to come back to this show anytime
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Speaker 1: in the future. Please come back at any time.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I would love to. I would love to. I
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Speaker 2: feel like there's so much we could talk about. So
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Speaker 2: until next time, I'd say.
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Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today?
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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, brother, thanks for having me.
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Speaker 1: Thank you,