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From SNL PAGE to BMF! Kerri J. Baldwin Talks Acting, Reinvention & The Industry | Demia Avery Show · The Demia Avery Show

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If you got a dream, come closer. If you
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want to shine, come over. We breaking
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all the rules tonight.
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[music] Yeah, we stepping in the
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spotlight. This the industry.
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Where [music]
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everybody trying to be [bell]
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lights.
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Oh,
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living up the movie. [music]
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Yeah.
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Hello everyone. This is Deia Avery with
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the Demia Avery Show, the industry. Now,
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my next guest has done a little bit of
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everything, and I mean everything in
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this entertainment business from working
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behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live
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and covering the New York Knicks to
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appearing in hit shows like Black Mafia
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Family, Atlanta, and Hush. She has
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definitely earned her stripe. She's an
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actress, former sports journalist,
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television personality, and a woman who
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knows how to reinvent herself and keep
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it moving. And this interview is extra
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special because she's also part of our
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very own Avery Agency family. Now, I
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already know this woman has a big
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personality, so there's no telling where
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this conversation is going to go. So,
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get ready for some laughs, some great
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stories, and a little industry knowledge
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as we welcome the fabulous Carrie J.
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Baldwin. Welcome. Oh, thank you so much
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for having me. That was a wonderful
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introduction.
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>> I want to record that and take it with
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me everywhere I go. Look, [laughter]
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>> I love it.
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>> I love that. It's so nice to see you.
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Thanks for having me.
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>> You are so welcome. I'm so happy to see
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you before we got started. I feel like
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I've known Carrie forever. And I usually
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Jared now she deals with my uh sister
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which is her agent but she and I mostly
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talk on social media so we never
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actually talk but I feel like [laughter]
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we talk about we feel like we're cousins
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or something.
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>> We are cousins. Yes we are from Delaware
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to South Jersey. We can have those
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conversations, you know, to every and
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anything. It's so good to finally um
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connect outside of of social media,
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>> right? I'm I'm very honored that you'd
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bring me on your show. I' I've enjoyed
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watching it. Um you've done a great job
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uh with it and sharing invaluable
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information and bringing, you know, some
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really big heavy hitters on the show
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that really have a lot of intel about
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the industry as things are changing.
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It's like every day there's something
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different going on. So,
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>> thank you for that. Thank you for
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sharing with us.
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>> You are so welcome. Now Carrie,
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>> now you lived about five different
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entertainment lives, girl. So [laughter]
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you you've been a beauty pageant
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contestant, sports journalist,
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television host, actress. Is there
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anything you haven't tried? And out of
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all these careers, which one brought out
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the real Carrie Baldwin?
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>> Wow. I would say I haven't done any
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stunts, right? And I probably will never
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do anything. Well, I have. I've done
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stunts, but not real real stunts, you
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know. Um,
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>> I would probably gosh, it's I've enjoyed
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I've enjoyed doing everything, but
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really acting has always just been in me
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ever since I was a child, you know,
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starting in theater in South Jersey.
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Yeah.
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>> And just performing. Um, [snorts]
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>> that's just always been what I've
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enjoyed to do. And it's really helped
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me. Um, you didn't mention my sales
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career. That's that's something else I
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have going on, right? Um, so it's really
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helped me in every aspect um, facet of
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my life, you know, just being able to to
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be confident and to speak to people to
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get the things that you need right to
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not be afraid to ask for what you need.
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Um, and interacting with so many
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different types of people. So, I would
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definitely say being an actress by far.
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>> Yeah. Well, okay. So, the whole Saturday
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Night Live thing.
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>> Yes.
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>> Okay. So, I know you have some stories.
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So, what was one of the craziest or
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funny things that you have witnessed
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maybe like behind the scenes or did you
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ever have one of those moments where you
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thought, I cannot believe they're paying
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me to be here, [laughter]
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>> you know? SNL. So, I was a page. Are you
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familiar with the NBC page program?
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>> I am not. No,
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>> you're not. So, if you've ever watched
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30 Rock, I think they do like they've
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had like episodes where they feature the
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pages and we wore these navy blue suits
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>> and we toured NBC. So, people pay to
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tour NBC.
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>> Okay.
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>> Throughout that tour, you take them to
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SNL. At the time, it was the Rosie
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O'Donnell show that was on the Today
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Show. This is when Katie and Matt were
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there.
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>> Um, Nightly News with Tom Bro. I was his
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production assistant. uh you have NBC
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Sports. It was just every studio within
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the in the building and it was
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absolutely amazing. Like I just I made
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the best of it. I did not make a lot of
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money
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>> back then. I made $10 an hour.
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>> I was about 24 years old.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Um very prestigious program to get into.
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I mean thousands and thousands of
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postgraduates apply to be a page. Okay.
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But in that you get so much invaluable
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like training. I mean handson being
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right there front and center. So I did
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have the opportunity to work SNL a few
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times. And I mean you know you'd bump
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into um gosh why am I drawing a blank?
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My girl with the glasses. Um Tina.
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>> Okay.
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>> Tina Fay.
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>> You could bump into Tina Fay. Um, you
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know, you watch them, you know, as they
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practice going up into the stands. It
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just, it just was live. I mean, and we
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worked a lot. I worked like 80 60 to 80
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hours a week sometimes.
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>> It was a lot. So, with SNL, you weren't
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getting off until like 3:00 3:30 in the
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morning.
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>> Okay. So, I really I worked SNL a few
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times, but my main um pub, my main
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assignment for the most part was nightly
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the nightly news with Tom Bro.
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>> Okay.
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>> So, go ahead.
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>> But I I I I bet doing all of that, I
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mean, that had to cultivate your work
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ethic because doing all those hours and
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stuff like that, I I just couldn't
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imagine. Does that help you with with
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your acting now? like the whole work
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ethic thing.
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>> Absolutely. Absolutely. Working like
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that, being young, right? I had a little
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bit more energy. I'm I'm a little older
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now. [laughter]
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Actually, 25 years later, um I think
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though what it's done for me more than
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anything is it's strengthened my faith.
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>> Deia.
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>> Okay. Um, it's been 25 years and I have
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so many full circle moments that started
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with NBC
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>> that I can think of and I'm like, and
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I'm a very um, sentimental person. I
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always like to put meaning with
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something and really understand and be
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like, God, like you did not forget.
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>> You didn't forget. I don't care if it
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didn't happen right away. It didn't
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happen today. It didn't happen tomorrow.
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25 years later, you never forgot what I
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asked for. And I think that's what's
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actually more important to me than
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anything because I know he is so
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faithful and he is so real.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And it's just Yeah. It's I get I get
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sentimental when I think about those
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things with NBC.
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>> I bet. I bet. Well, let's talk about
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your sports reporting days cuz you you
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covered some New York Knicks stuff. So,
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you've been around
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>> some pretty big personalities. So, who's
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harder to deal with, a professional
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athlete after losing a game or an actor
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who didn't get the role?
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What [laughter] did sports journalism
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teach you about rejection? You know,
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>> I will tell you that um my experience is
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such with dealing with an athlete. Um I
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did a lot of freelance reporting through
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NBC. So, I got the gig uh through
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Pan-American Sports, but through NBC
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covering the Knicks on a few occasions,
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and I can remember being in the locker
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room,
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>> being the only female in the locker
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room. This is New York media.
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>> Okay. I'm 24 years old trying to ask
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questions. Yeah.
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>> And Allan Henderson, I will never
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forget. And I don't know where he is now
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or what he was like, I mean, can I put
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my clothes on, you know? And I was like,
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"Oh my god." Like, I'm the only one. So,
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I don't know if you know Chris Brousard,
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who's now on ESPN. He was back then um a
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writer, I want to say, for the New York
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Times at the time. So, I'm in this
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locker room with a bunch of men. I'm
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this young girl, and I'm I'm just I was
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proud of myself cuz I was forging my way
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in getting my questions. And I will tell
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you who showed up for your girl was
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Latrell Spreewell.
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>> What?
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>> He gave me the best interview ever. I
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will never forget that when Allan when
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Alan Henderson was like, "Let me put my
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clothes on." I want to be like, "I'm not
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even looking at you." [laughter] Like,
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you know what I mean?
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>> So, yes, Latrell Spreewell was awesome.
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And I want to say that this was
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this was after I don't know if you
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remember the contra when he choked PJ
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Carissimo when he was when he was on the
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Golden State Warriors. I want to say he
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went to the Knicks after.
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>> Okay.
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>> I want to say this was after, but he was
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wonderful.
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>> Yeah,
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>> he was wonderful. So, it made up for it.
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But, yeah, dealing with a bunch of of
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grown men that are athletes and really
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trying to gain the respect, right? Um,
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and them not be like, "Hey, what's up?
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How you doing? Give, you know, that was
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very challenging for me
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>> as well." That was very challenging.
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When I was in college,
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>> my first gig was covering the uh, at the
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time the Washington Redskins. Okay,
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>> this is when North Turner was the coach
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and he had his own show called the North
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Turner show. So I would cover training
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camp with Renie KN who was the lead
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sport sports cer for the ABC affiliate
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in DC and that was a little challenging
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really trying to find a balance between
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how do you do good work? How do you
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still be nice, want to be respected but
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not have guys hit on you?
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>> Right.
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>> That was challenging.
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>> I bet. I bet I bet
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>> that was challenging back then cuz I
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knew my stuff.
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>> I still know my stuff to me [laughter]
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and they be Listen, I still got guy
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friends that be calling me talking
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about, "Hey, my my homeboy don't know
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much about football, you know, for which
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what what you think's going on with the
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Eagles? What which you know, and we have
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those conversations." [laughter] So, I
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knew my stuff, but it was getting past
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all the politics, right? The all the all
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the other stuff that was kind of
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challenging for me. Well, I I definitely
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want to get into your acting career
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because you took some time off. You took
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about 15 years off and then I know the
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industry didn't just roll out the red
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carpet for you when you, you know, when
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you came back. What was your biggest
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reality check when you returned? And
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what would you tell actors who trying to
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make that that type of comeback?
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>> Every day now is something different.
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Um, coming from theater,
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>> I had done mostly theater, right? So,
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growing up, I had my mom um did have an
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agent. I had an agent in New York.
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>> Uh, my mom worked in the casino, so it
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was really difficult for her to get me
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back and forth to auditions up to New
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York. So, it was one of those things
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where
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um the TV and film part of it wasn't
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really happening, but the theater part
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was.
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>> Okay. And when I went to the University
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of Maryland, I'd grown up in theater. I
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didn't want to major in theater. So, I
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took the journalism route and and
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majored in journalism and
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communications. And once I decided to
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get back in, I was like, "Wow, this is a
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this is a whole different ballgame. You
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know, this is TV and film. This is
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Atlanta. This is a new market." At the
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time, Atlanta was a lot newer, right?
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So, I'm coming from New Jersey, um, in
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the New York market, um, Philadelphia.
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It was just very different. So to actors
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who are trying to get back into it and
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want to I called myself a resurgent
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actress. I'll never forget. Um
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[laughter]
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Ron Rico cracked up at me. He had come
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to one of my acting classes. This is
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when I used to study with Dwayne Boyd
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and the Pan Fam
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>> and he had brought Ron Rico in. And I
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was like, I'm Carrie J. Baldwin and I'm
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a resurging actress. He said, "Okay,
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[laughter]
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this resurgent act." And I was like, "Oh
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gosh, did I just like embarrass myself?"
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[laughter]
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>> So, I would say definitely stay a breast
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of the industry changes, right, and
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what's going on. And as we all know now
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in 2026, social media is taking over.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Right. So, we're trying to those of us
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who've been tried, true, and tested and
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been doing this for over 30 year, you
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know, oh gosh, more 40 years, you know,
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it changes. The industry changes all the
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time. The way you get paid,
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>> you know, the residuals, lack thereof
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residuals, the way you get, you know,
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everything is just changed so much. So,
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the best thing you can do is really
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study the industry and really study what
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those changes are and try to maybe have
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uh a little bit of a head start on it,
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right? To see how things are moving and
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where things are shifting too.
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>> Yeah,
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>> that would be my advice.
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>> Now, you've appeared on Black Mafia
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Family Atlanta.
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>> Let's say you walk into a set
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>> and discover your scene partner is
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somebody you've admired for years. Are
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you playing it cool or are you secretly
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freaking out inside? And how do you
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>> I am listen I am always one
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>> to fan out like over like
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>> but I do it in a very um
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uh inconspicuous kind of way. You know
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what I mean? Like I'm like oh my god oh
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my god. You know I admire your work. For
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instance, uh, Nicole Briana White, who I
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played my scene partner, who played
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Lucille,
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>> and she reminded me, she said, "You
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deserve to be here." Like, she's one of
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the ones who, she was like, "We've been
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trying to figure out where actors like
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you are. Like, you should have been
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here, you know?" And I don't know if it
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was I had a story. I always have a
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story, right? [laughter] I had a story
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for her about raising Kanan and um she
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had introduced me to the showrunner, the
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producers, everybody. They were like,
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"Oh, you got the leads talking about
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you." You know, that's a great thing,
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you know? So, it's just
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once you're there and you're in that
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space while you know nobody's superior,
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right? You admire their work. It's once
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again God's little token of letting you
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know you this is where you belong.
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supposed to be.
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>> And she made me, she really made me, she
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set the tone. She really was the
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matriarch for that show.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And she set the tone. It was beautiful.
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>> So, yeah, that's an example of um of
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somebody that I truly truly enjoyed
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working with and that I do keep in touch
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with.
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>> Oh, well, that's wonderful. Now, now you
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talked about some different characters,
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but you play some interesting
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characters, including a rude aunt,
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>> a [laughter] a comedic nurse, and and
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when you get a character who's just
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downright mean, do you pull the attitude
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from like some somebody you actually
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know? Because I have a feeling you got a
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pe somebody in mind. Listen,
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[laughter]
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>> the me if you saw
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>> unbelievable
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>> if you saw the shenanigans that me and
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my mom my mom is really funny
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>> and we laugh at stuff all the time and
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growing up in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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>> Yeah,
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>> I have a number of characters to pull
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through. So it is always somebody that I
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can think of from home, you know, like
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I'll say something and my mom will be
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like, "Oh my god, little Curry." You
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know, like we just start imitating we
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just start imitating people. So yes,
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there's always somebody that I'm that
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I'm pulling from or or an experience
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that I'm that I'm pulling from. But
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growing up in Atlantic City, we had a
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ton of
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>> stuff. I bet.
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>> Yes. And it was very diverse for me,
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too. I was around, you know, one of my
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really good friends in high school was a
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Jewish guy named Nate. You know, he used
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to bring me his uh kosha turkey
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sandwiches to school. Like, I have that
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story. I grew up with a lot of the girls
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not liking me and she thinks she cute,
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you know, all of that, dealing with
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that. So, it it I have a lot to pull
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from. [laughter]
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>> Yes.
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>> I love it. I love it. Now, you've also
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done a lot of commercials. So you've
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done like major brands like Harvey
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Supermarket or the lottery. Now some
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actors overlook commercials because
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they're chasing television and film. So
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what do you know about the commercial
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world that you wish more actors
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understood?
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>> You can make a lot of money doing
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commercials,
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>> right?
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>> I absolutely The Harvey shoot was one of
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my favorites till this day. Oh my gosh,
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they treated me so well. Um, they
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treated me well. I had a lot of fun. I
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was in that big old shopping cart
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riding.
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>> Uh oh, Carrie, I think I lost your I
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think I lost your sound.
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Uh oh.
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I don't know. There you go. Uh oh.
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>> Okay. Yeah,
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>> you got me.
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>> Yeah. So, tell me more. So, let I'mma go
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back a little bit.
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>> Okay. I know where I left off.
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>> Okay.
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>> Or you tell I'm sorry. You tell me the
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last
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>> No, go ahead. Go ahead and finish where
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where you left off at.
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>> Okay. So, I was saying I had a great
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time filming that commercial in that big
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old shopping cart.
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>> Uhhuh.
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>> Riding through Charlotte, North
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Carolina, waving at people like I just
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won the Miss America pageant. [laughter]
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And it was raining. Believe it or not,
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it was raining.
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>> Wow.
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>> So, it was crazy cuz I was like, "Oh my
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gosh, my hair is about to frizz up." You
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know, us in our hair,
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>> right?
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>> Um I want to say BMF was probably the
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only time I ever had like any type of
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extension or anything in my hair and
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that was because it was a period piece,
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but my I wasn't worried about my hair
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frizzing and we made it. You would have
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never known it was raining.
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>> Wow.
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>> Every time we cut they had an umbrella
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over me. They you know
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>> Uhhuh. It was it was a lot of fun. So So
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what I would say to to people and you'll
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even see A-list actors are doing more
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commercial.
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>> Yes, they are.
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>> The money is there. If you can book a
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good national spot um that runs, you
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know what I mean?
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>> Yeah.
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>> A long time. Like sometimes I look at
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>> commercials that I auditioned for and
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didn't book and I'm like, dang, they
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getting
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>> they making some money, you know?
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>> Yeah. You get that surprise check come
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in.
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>> Yeah. [laughter]
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>> Yeah. Commercials pay well. They pay
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very well.
19:50
>> Yeah. No, let's talk about auditions for
19:52
a minute.
19:53
>> So, have you ever walked out of an
19:56
audition thinking, "Oh, I absolutely
19:58
killed it
19:59
>> only to hear absolutely nothing about
20:02
it. What did that experience teach you
20:04
about separating your confidence from
20:06
whether or not you booked a job?"
20:09
>> It happens. It happened a lot in the
20:11
beginning. I'm not like that now.
20:13
>> Um, in the beginning I thought I was
20:16
booking everything. [laughter]
20:19
You couldn't tell me, you know,
20:22
>> but once you realize and you don't take
20:25
it personally,
20:27
>> um,
20:29
it doesn't bother you.
20:31
>> Yeah,
20:31
>> it doesn't bother you. When you don't
20:34
take it personally, you leave it all in
20:36
the room now all in the studio cuz we do
20:39
a lot of self tapes. Right.
20:40
>> Right.
20:41
um you're okay.
20:43
>> It's it's something you do. It's a part
20:44
of the job that nobody sees, right?
20:47
>> Nobody sees what we do.
20:49
>> So, um I'm so much better now.
20:52
>> I used to take it so personal before. I
20:55
mean,
20:56
>> I know I I know I KILLED THEM. WHY
20:58
DIDN'T THEY say anything? Yeah. Imagine.
21:01
>> And not getting any feedback can be
21:04
really challenging, especially when you
21:06
audition for somebody multiple times.
21:09
And I'm talking
21:11
I will say no names, but I have cast and
21:15
directors that I've auditioned for well
21:17
over a hundred times and have booked.
21:20
>> Wow.
21:21
>> You know what I mean? So, I just charge
21:22
it to
21:24
whatever God's doing, God knows best.
21:27
And and he really does. Right.
21:29
>> That's right.
21:29
>> He knows my heart's desires. he knows um
21:32
what I'm looking for as far as the path
21:35
of my career and and what um was
21:39
beneficial. So yeah, I don't allow it to
21:41
bother me anymore.
21:44
>> That's wonderful. Now you balance, let's
21:46
talk about balancing acts and what I
21:48
mean by that. Motherhood,
21:52
>> acting, caregiving, and everything else
21:55
that life throws at you. So be honest.
21:57
Have you ever been learning lines while
21:59
cooking dinner, answering emails, or
22:01
trying to get five minutes a piece? How
22:03
do you love keep your love for acting
22:07
alive when everybody and everything
22:09
needs a piece of you, if you get what
22:11
I'm saying?
22:12
>> My family is very engaged in my acting
22:17
>> and they have been
22:19
um full circle moment. When I was
22:22
younger, my mom worked in the casino.
22:24
she couldn't get off. You know, casino
22:26
workers is open 24 hours, right? My mom
22:29
wasn't home with me on holidays, let
22:31
alone,
22:32
>> you know what I mean? Just just being
22:34
able to do things. And once she retired,
22:37
she moved here. So, she's a lot of help
22:40
with me with my children. And in doing
22:43
so, like my son, even before he went to
22:46
college and now that he's home, you
22:48
know, he reads with me most of the time.
22:50
Yesterday, I just turned in an audition.
22:52
Thank you, Jara. My daughter, my
22:54
daughter read with me,
22:55
>> okay?
22:56
>> And and she's brutal.
22:58
>> She's like, "Oh, no. We need to do that
22:59
again. I [laughter] I don't know what
23:02
she was do. We need to do that again."
23:03
My son's a little nicer about it. But,
23:06
um, they're all engaged in it. And Corey
23:09
used to act. She used to act and
23:10
Jaylen's done some stuff. So, I have the
23:13
family involved and I I I think that's a
23:16
good thing.
23:17
>> Yeah.
23:17
>> Yeah. They all assist with me and they
23:19
all help. So,
23:20
>> it's wonderful. Yeah.
23:23
Okay. So, Carrie, so
23:25
>> yes.
23:25
>> Gotta be honest about this part since
23:26
you're a part of the Avery Agency
23:28
family.
23:29
>> Yes.
23:29
>> I gotta ask you something. If you
23:31
>> Okay.
23:31
>> If you could have your wish that Jared
23:34
could make happen for you tomorrow and
23:37
don't say a million dollars cuz we
23:39
already working on that one. Okay.
23:41
>> Oh, I love it. Listen, we all winning.
23:44
>> Yeah. What kind of opportunity would you
23:47
let industry see a side of Carrie Bowwin
23:49
that no one has seen just yet? Jared
23:52
knows I send her I manifest things and I
23:55
send them to her and she's like I love
23:58
it. So the two um things that are always
24:04
that have been in my heart within the
24:06
last well one probably for the last 10
24:10
years another one more recently. Um I
24:13
would love to be a series regular on a
24:15
different world
24:16
>> and I also want to be a series regular
24:18
on the power origins. I just I am a huge
24:22
fan of the Power series. Power Origins
24:25
is coming out. Jar knows I bug her about
24:28
both of these. Like I'm like, "Look,
24:31
Jar,
24:32
>> can't you see me? I'll take a picture."
24:34
And I send it. I'm like, "We're going to
24:35
manifest this, aren't we?"
24:37
>> She's like, "I love you, Carrie." A
24:40
>> So, yes, she knows my heart's desires
24:43
and you know, um it was a blessing that
24:47
she connected me as well with Rock
24:49
Talent. So, you know, I'm with the
24:51
Chicago agency now and that's turned out
24:53
to be pretty spectacular as well.
24:56
>> Awesome. Awesome.
24:57
>> So, yeah.
24:58
>> Yeah. So, okay, we gonna have a little
25:00
fun. So, we talked about career
25:02
experiences and all the different hats
25:04
that you wear, but now I want to find
25:06
out just how crazy you really are. So,
25:08
because [laughter] I know your
25:09
personality and I already know you're
25:11
not going you're um you're gonna not
25:14
going to make this easy for me. So,
25:15
we're gonna play a game.
25:16
>> Okay.
25:17
>> Called I'd rather. So, you have two
25:20
choices.
25:21
Um, you have to pick one.
25:23
>> Okay?
25:24
>> And no explaining your way out of it. No
25:27
calling your agent and no pleading fit.
25:29
So, you kind of got to answer. So,
25:31
ready?
25:32
>> Okay. Let's go.
25:34
>> First one. I'd rather accidentally call
25:36
Tyler Perry daddy during an audition or
25:39
accidentally call Samuel L. Jackson
25:42
grandpa on set.
25:45
Call Tyler Perry daddy at in an
25:47
audition. [laughter]
25:51
Okay. Okay. I'd rather have my entire
25:55
Google search history read aloud at a
25:58
casting session or have my last 10 text
26:01
messages displayed on a movie screen at
26:04
a premiere.
26:07
>> Have my last 10 text messages displayed
26:09
on a on a [laughter] movie. Yeah.
26:12
>> Yeah. I'll be googling some crazy stuff.
26:15
So, yeah.
26:18
>> Okay. Okay. Here's one.
26:20
>> Okay.
26:20
>> I'd rather play a character who gets
26:22
slapped by Angela Basset in every
26:25
episode or a character who gets cursed
26:28
out by Samuel Jackson Samuel Jackson in
26:30
every scene.
26:33
>> Probably cursed out by Samuel Jackson in
26:36
every cursed out.
26:38
>> Yeah. Because the the the smacking after
26:41
a while, you know what I mean? Like
26:44
[laughter]
26:45
>> I'll be like, "Okay, now wait a second.
26:47
That was a little hard. [laughter]
26:51
Be easy now."
26:53
>> Right. Right. Funny. Okay. I'd rather
26:57
show up to an audition wearing two
26:59
completely different shoes or discover
27:02
halfway through your audition, halfway
27:04
through your audition, that your wig is
27:06
sliding backwards. Oh, two different
27:09
shoes.
27:11
[laughter]
27:13
>> Two different You can find humor in
27:15
that. Right.
27:16
>> Right. Right.
27:17
>> It depends on what you do with it cuz
27:19
cuz a cast and director might be like
27:21
that, you know, they like to see your
27:23
personality.
27:24
>> That's right. That's true.
27:25
>> The wig thing. Uh-uh. Uhuh. [laughter]
27:28
>> No, we're not doing that.
27:29
>> No. Look.
27:31
>> All right. Okay. Just a few more. I I'd
27:35
rather win an Oscar and trip go and trip
27:38
going up the stairs
27:40
>> or win an Emmy and accidentally thank
27:43
your ex-husband instead of your agent.
27:46
>> Oh, I rather trip an Oscar. [laughter]
27:51
>> I want to thank no exes that ain't have
27:53
nothing to do with my Uhuh.
27:55
>> I know, right?
27:57
>> Nope. [laughter]
27:59
>> Okay,
28:00
>> Oscar. I'd rather have to kiss an actor
28:03
with terrible breath for 20 second takes
28:06
or do a dramatic crying scene while
28:09
somebody keeps making noises off camera.
28:15
Probably do a dramatic crying scene
28:18
while somebody's make So you're
28:19
basically saying stay focused, right?
28:21
Trying to stay focused. Yeah, I would do
28:23
that.
28:24
>> Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat]
28:27
Not the 20. No, [laughter]
28:30
no nasty breath.
28:32
>> No nasty breath.
28:33
>> I mean, it happens. Listen, it's
28:35
happened before.
28:36
>> Oh my gosh.
28:38
Okay. I'd rather have I'd rather have
28:41
your agent accidentally
28:44
uh send your grocery list to a casting
28:47
director
28:49
>> or have your agent accidentally submit
28:51
your worst audition tape for your dream
28:54
role.
28:54
>> Oo, send that grocery list.
28:57
>> Send that list. Send that grocery list.
28:59
>> See all of that bad stuff. I mean,
29:02
[laughter]
29:04
>> send that grocery list. Listen, we can't
29:06
be sending bad auditions for for my
29:09
dream rolls. We can't do that.
29:12
[laughter]
29:14
>> Okay. They Look, I don't care about all
29:17
that. I all that wine and stuff. They
29:19
might see all that, but that's okay. I
29:21
just just do the other thing.
29:23
>> It's okay. I don't I don't drink, so
29:24
it's fine.
29:25
>> There you go. It's okay.
29:27
>> Okay, [laughter] last one. Last one.
29:29
>> Okay, this is fun.
29:31
>> I'd rather star in a blockbuster movie
29:33
where nobody recognizes you under all
29:36
the makeup or become famous for
29:39
ridiculous commercial where your
29:40
catchphrase follows you everywhere.
29:44
>> Ah,
29:46
probably the blockbuster. The
29:49
blockbuster movie. Yeah, because that'll
29:51
that's money.
29:52
>> That's right. That's right. I don't care
29:54
if you
29:56
>> Yeah. They'll know when we, you know,
29:58
whoever's with me, they'll they'll know.
29:59
Stay back and and read the credits.
30:02
>> Awesome.
30:03
>> But I do like commercials like that.
30:05
Like that's one of the things that I
30:07
have found even when I've had and then I
30:10
don't I don't like to say a small role
30:13
cuz no role is small,
30:15
>> right?
30:15
>> But I always say something that sticks
30:18
that's important. You know, like for
30:20
instance with Skinned, it was like she's
30:22
just so dark. That was everywhere. That
30:25
was on radios. That was I love uh
30:28
>> I love having those moments and those
30:30
opportunities.
30:31
>> Yeah,
30:32
>> I do. Mhm.
30:33
>> So, look, before we get out of here,
30:35
what what are you working on or what
30:38
would you um like to say to to aspiring
30:42
actors
30:44
um that go through some of the same
30:46
things that you've gone through or have
30:48
gone through?
30:49
>> Yes, God is faithful.
30:52
>> God is faithful. Um I've been doing this
30:56
for a [snorts] really, really long time.
31:00
And when it's in you, it never leaves
31:02
you. you may take a break. Life happens.
31:05
You know, I'm a single mom. I've had to,
31:08
you know, I take care of my family, my
31:10
mother as well. Um, life happens. But
31:13
when it's in you, it's in you and it
31:15
will never leave. And it's so true. You
31:18
think it's cliche when people say just
31:19
keep going. Just put keep putting in the
31:21
work. Keep going and keep putting in the
31:23
work because it's going to land. It's
31:26
going to happen. And it may be at, you
31:29
know, it may be something that you never
31:30
even really thought of. I mean, I've
31:32
done prank shows. Like, I have
31:34
experience teleprompter, ear wigs,
31:38
sports, you know what I mean? Like, just
31:39
there's just so much and you just don't
31:42
know when or how it's going to come. But
31:45
when you are faithful to the art, the
31:47
art is faithful to you.
31:49
>> Got it. Love it. Love it. Thank you,
31:52
Carrie. Thank you.
31:53
>> Thank you for joining me today. And when
31:56
the next big role that you you book,
31:58
please come back on the show because I
32:00
want to talk about that I want to hear
32:01
all about.
32:02
>> Absolutely. I want everybody to tune in
32:05
though. Um, tonight or uh October 28th,
32:11
8 o'clock p.m.
32:13
>> Yes.
32:13
>> Chicago Med Dr. Thea Hart will be in the
32:16
building. Okay.
32:17
>> All right. All right. So,
32:19
>> make sure you guys check her out. Make
32:20
sure I'mma make sure I leave all the
32:22
information so they'll know exactly what
32:25
text to look at it. any links that you
32:28
have that you want me to include, I'll
32:29
make it easy for everybody to check it
32:31
out for you. Okay,
32:32
>> I'll send it to you. I'll definitely
32:34
send you um send you the poster, the
32:36
flyer that I have.
32:38
>> All right.
32:38
>> It's been so wonderful.
32:41
[laughter]
32:41
>> Carrie, please come back. Okay.
32:43
>> Of course. Absolutely.
32:46
I love you. Thank you so much.
32:48
>> Love you, too. All right, guys. We are
32:50
out of here. This is Deia Avery and the
32:51
industry show. We'll talk to you later.
32:53
Bye. Bye.
32:54
>> Bye.