WEBVTT - Minnie Driver Lightning Round

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, it's Bruce. Thanks for pulling up a chair

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<v Speaker 1>today on Table for two. I had lunch last week

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<v Speaker 1>with an incredibly talented actress by the beach. I might

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<v Speaker 1>add you all know her. She's from across the pond,

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<v Speaker 1>though she's from Great Britain, the incredible mini driver. And

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, you know what, you guys should listen to

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more of this conversation. It was so good.

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<v Speaker 1>She's so enchanting and extremely honest. So enjoy today's snippet.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna call it of our conversation. The full lunch

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<v Speaker 1>will drop next week.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So I think I know the answer to this,

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<v Speaker 2>and no, maybe I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Where's your happy place?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean my happy place is in the ocean, But

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<v Speaker 4>the happy happiest is if I can see the people

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<v Speaker 4>that I love on the beach and wave to them occasionally,

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<v Speaker 4>and a.

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<v Speaker 2>Cold beer and a cold beer, yes, PACIFICA do you soa?

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<v Speaker 5>When have you not asked for permission but then had

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<v Speaker 5>to ask for forgiveness?

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<v Speaker 3>Boy? Oh boy, that's a great question. I pretty much

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<v Speaker 3>feel like every time I've opened my map.

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<v Speaker 4>Great, I really done.

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<v Speaker 3>And my mother was the same.

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<v Speaker 4>She said, what she thought, which most often was not

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<v Speaker 4>the most politic It was not the thing that was

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<v Speaker 4>going to endear her to certain people, but it was

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<v Speaker 4>how she felt, and there was a wonder of articulation

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<v Speaker 4>in it. I don't believe in being sloppy in the

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<v Speaker 4>things that you say. Even the most outlandish things that

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<v Speaker 4>I've said, I could probably I could still defend them

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<v Speaker 4>because I understand what they were, how they were articulated,

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<v Speaker 4>from what place that was coming from. But I don't

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<v Speaker 4>think you should waste time censoring what you what you feel,

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<v Speaker 4>if you've given it some thought. You know, women are

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<v Speaker 4>called outspoken. I've never heard of a man be called outspoken.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's my least favorite word, along with should,

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<v Speaker 4>because what is that spoken outside of what the bands

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<v Speaker 4>of what has been described as.

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<v Speaker 3>Acceptable of that.

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<v Speaker 4>It is speaking what you feel and what you think,

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<v Speaker 4>and people often don't like it because it doesn't accommodate

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<v Speaker 4>the sensibility of like not offending anybody, or maybe I

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<v Speaker 4>should stop talking now.

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<v Speaker 5>I think you answered I didn't know what you would say,

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<v Speaker 5>and I think it's a great answer.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the first hour of your day and when

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<v Speaker 2>you are not working?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it really is like it's coffee with my love,

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<v Speaker 4>like first and foremost. I love that sort of slightly

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<v Speaker 4>sleepy early morning coffee sitting in a robe, knowing that

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<v Speaker 4>like going and doing something physical is what comes next.

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<v Speaker 4>It's sort of like this lovely calm before the storm.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I love the storm. I love I love

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<v Speaker 4>going for a run, I love dancing, I love surf.

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<v Speaker 4>Whatever it is I'm gonna go, do I really enjoy that?

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<v Speaker 4>So that first hour.

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<v Speaker 5>Is that That's key. And also, you know what I

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<v Speaker 5>like about that is like the appreciation of time.

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<v Speaker 4>What movie is.

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<v Speaker 5>That the most influence on you? And what did it influence?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I didn't give any of these heads.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't give these ahead of times. I'll tell you.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean with Neela and I had a really huge

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<v Speaker 4>effect on me when I was I think I was

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<v Speaker 4>fifteen when that movie came out, and I know this

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<v Speaker 4>is a movie. There are no women in this film

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<v Speaker 4>at all. It does not pass the Bechdel test, does

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<v Speaker 4>not like it is not.

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<v Speaker 3>PC.

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<v Speaker 4>But there is the most genius confluence of tragedy and

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<v Speaker 4>humor in that film. The way it is shot, there's

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<v Speaker 4>a voracity to it. The performances Richard D. Grant is

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<v Speaker 4>savagely brilliant. I think I realized how films, the films

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<v Speaker 4>that I would love and the films that I wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to make, were the ones that really did make you laugh,

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<v Speaker 4>but ultimately were gut wrenching. By the time Richard Ybrant

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<v Speaker 4>at the end of that film is in Regent's Park

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<v Speaker 4>in the pouring rain, reciting Hamlet. I mean, I'm in

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<v Speaker 4>tears every time, and yet I've I've laughed all the

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<v Speaker 4>way along and the sat the soundtrack is incredible that

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<v Speaker 4>it's sharply edited.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no fat on that movie.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a leanness to the performances, no indulgent non It's

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<v Speaker 4>just it set me up for knowing.

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<v Speaker 3>What it was I want. I wanted to be attracted to.

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<v Speaker 5>In a word, if you had to just be descriptive,

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<v Speaker 5>Robin Williams.

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<v Speaker 4>The kindest, the most generous, all that other stuff, all

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<v Speaker 4>of the many things that he was.

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<v Speaker 3>He was kind and he was generous.

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<v Speaker 5>Two of the things that value most in people, of

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<v Speaker 5>kindness and generosity. If you had to sort of pick

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<v Speaker 5>a word to describe both places in your life, Hollywood, London.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well maybe the many that's the many of Hollywood

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<v Speaker 2>and the mini of London.

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<v Speaker 3>It's so weird because I.

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<v Speaker 4>Know how to be in both those places and they

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<v Speaker 4>require almost like a different head.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like I have it in my carry on and

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<v Speaker 3>as we're landing take care of the English, threw it on,

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<v Speaker 3>put away my sunny hair. But there's I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>I need both.

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<v Speaker 4>I get that because I let's face that, I really

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<v Speaker 4>did live until COVID. We only kind of semi move

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<v Speaker 4>back to London during COVID and as a function of

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<v Speaker 4>my kid being able to go to school, like I

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<v Speaker 4>have lived here for twenty seven years in California, and

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<v Speaker 4>I was twenty four when I arrived, and I'm fifty

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<v Speaker 4>four and I literally feel like I went to Pavilions

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<v Speaker 4>to get milk.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's it, Isn't it crazy? It's insane.

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<v Speaker 1>I always say be prepared because when you hit.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty, it's like someone trusses a button and it goes

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<v Speaker 2>into fast forward and fifty. They lift their thumb up first.

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<v Speaker 3>Second and you're like, oh my god, what happen?

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<v Speaker 2>And then they press it again, so we're in the zone.

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<v Speaker 2>First concert, oh my god, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Was the slippery when went tal Bon Jovie literally my

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<v Speaker 3>friend held up a.

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<v Speaker 4>Sign like you know, John say hi, and she literally

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<v Speaker 4>disappeared backstage. I did not.

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<v Speaker 3>I got the tube home.

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<v Speaker 5>You okay, So this is you know, Donna Summer, MacArthur's

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<v Speaker 5>part or Gloria Gainers.

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<v Speaker 4>I will survive, Oh, I mean in the winter in London,

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<v Speaker 4>MacArthur Park, I don't think I can take it anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>Nah, I will survive.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>The minute you hear that, what a thousand percent?

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<v Speaker 5>Music's in your blood?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, you better believe it.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean yeah, And I'll get up and dance anyway,

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<v Speaker 4>much of the horror of my son.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you for taking the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow you today. Thank you so much for having me.

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<v Speaker 4>It was really delicious and it was really lovely talking

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<v Speaker 4>to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Good.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you, Thank you everyone.

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