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Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with

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Speaker 1: me Tommy di Dario. Today's guest is the brilliant actress

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Speaker 1: Marie Avgeropolis, known for being the heroin warrior Octavia Blake

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Speaker 1: in the hit Warner Brothers seven season show thee Hundred,

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Speaker 1: where she would be sprinting through vast evergreen rainforests in

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Speaker 1: a dystopian post apocalyptic world fighting for her survival. Aka,

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Speaker 1: she is a total badass. If you haven't seen The Hundred,

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Speaker 1: it is a fantastic, binge worthy show that the Internet

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Speaker 1: has crowned as one of the greatest TV shows of

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Speaker 1: all time, and Marie is a huge part of that greatness. Today,

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Speaker 1: Marie opens up about so many different topics, things like

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Speaker 1: what it was actually like playing an intense character in

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Speaker 1: such a high stake show, to how the darkness of

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Speaker 1: her character was all consuming while she was on set,

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Speaker 1: sharing defining moments where she personally developed a warrior mentality. Oh,

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Speaker 1: and also that one time Stephen King sent her a

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Speaker 1: surprising tweet. Yes, very casual being tweeted by the King

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Speaker 1: of Horror. Listen, you can't help but walk away feeling

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Speaker 1: like you two want to channel your inner badass. After

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Speaker 1: listening to this conversation today, Oh, it was such a blast.

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Speaker 1: So let's see if today we can get Marie to

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Speaker 1: say something that she's never said before. Marie after Appela is,

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Speaker 1: how are you, my friend?

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Speaker 2: I'm good. It's so nice to see you again. Thanks

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Speaker 2: for having me.

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Speaker 1: Oh, it's so good to see you. First of all,

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Speaker 1: I could say your last name like seventy five times

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Speaker 1: in a row. I love it so much.

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Speaker 3: I think you're one of the only people that I

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Speaker 3: can count on one hand that hasn't butchered it.

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Speaker 2: So I appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. It's so beautiful. Now, before

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Speaker 1: we dive into all of the goodness around the hundred,

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Speaker 1: you have one of the most interesting Instagram bios that

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Speaker 1: I've come across. And that bio was a quote, I

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Speaker 1: need some more information. You say, pages for my life

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Speaker 1: that won't give you paper cuts? What does that mean?

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Speaker 1: Where did you come up with that?

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Speaker 3: Well, the phone can't give you paper cuts, and you

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Speaker 3: stare at it, right, and when it's pages from my life,

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I sometimes have a really dry, like

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Speaker 3: dad sense of humor, so that's kind of what that's

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Speaker 1: I like it. I interpreted that as you're not going

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Speaker 1: to find things here that are going to hurt you

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Speaker 1: or are going to make you feel bad. It's just

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Speaker 1: like a feel good spot.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that too. There we go, Beholder, We're you

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Speaker 2: and I are on the same page.

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Speaker 1: We're turning your Instagram into a philosophical study. I like it.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm Matt deep, but I appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: Well. Welcome to the show. I am so excited to

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Speaker 1: have you on for many reasons, one being I know

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Speaker 1: how much you mean to so many people out there,

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Speaker 1: especially because of the show that you were a part of,

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Speaker 1: The Hundred. Of course, now for those who may be

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Speaker 1: I haven't had a chance to watch the show, what

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Speaker 1: would you say about The Hundred? How would you describe

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Speaker 1: the showing your own words as a cast member.

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Speaker 3: People have always said it's sort of Lord of the

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Speaker 3: Flies meets Game of Thrones, and I hate always referencing

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Speaker 3: other shows, but it really is. It's post apocalyptic. It's

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Speaker 3: ninety seven years after the Earth was destroyed by an apocalypse,

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Speaker 3: and we have limited resources up in space in the spaceship,

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Speaker 3: so any crime is committable because oxygen is limited.

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Speaker 2: Food is limited, et cetera. So were the guinea pigs.

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Speaker 3: They sent one hundred juvenile delinquids down to Earth to

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Speaker 3: find out if it's habitable or not, because we're essentially disposable.

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Speaker 3: So my crime playing Octavia Blake on one hundred for

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Speaker 3: one hundred episodes, I'm very proud of that was I

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Speaker 3: was the second child because there's a one child ruled

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Speaker 3: because there's not enough resources for everybody.

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Speaker 2: So that's how the pilot sort of starts off.

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Speaker 3: With the bang, and then the show just morphs into

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Speaker 3: so many different avenues. And we had such a great

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Speaker 3: unsolved cast and writers and is a wild ride.

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Speaker 1: You played this character of Octavia for seven seasons, and

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Speaker 1: she had many different incarnations, right, She was a fighter,

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Speaker 1: a warrior, bloodthirsty, dark, rebellious, independent, I mean, all the

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Speaker 1: things that one person can be. I guess you played it,

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Speaker 1: seems so what was the best part playing such a

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Speaker 3: I really was thankful that the writers gave me a

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Speaker 3: nod to my athleticism. They gave me a horse. They

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Speaker 3: had me sword fighting bareback on a horseback. I mean,

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Speaker 3: what else could a Thunderbay girl want? I didn't grow

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Speaker 3: up with a lot of means, so of course having

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Speaker 2: Blue collar kids.

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Speaker 3: So when I got the opportunity on the show, I'm

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Speaker 3: so excited to have a four legged friend as a

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Speaker 3: solid cast mate. Also, just working with all the amazing

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Speaker 3: writers and the cast, and you just never knew who

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Speaker 3: was going to get killed off every week either you

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Speaker 3: might be saying goodbye to some of your friends were

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Speaker 3: working with over the years. But to pick favorites, the

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Speaker 3: Blood ran A storyline was my complete favorite. Stephen King

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Speaker 3: gave me a nod on Twitter because he thought I

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Speaker 3: looked like It's wife, I think.

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Speaker 2: With the red forehead in the makeup, which was probably serious.

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Speaker 2: I could see that. But yeah, it's hard to pick favorites.

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Speaker 2: It's like picking a favorite kid. You know, you want

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Speaker 1: Of course, of course, and you mentioned something you never

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Speaker 1: you ever think that you were going to get killed off?

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Speaker 1: Or were you secure throughout the whole series and you

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Speaker 1: was that like for you?

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Speaker 3: Well, the beginning of my journey on the show. I

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Speaker 3: did sign a seven year contract, is this CMI, But

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Speaker 3: they can kill anybody off they want to at any

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Speaker 3: point in time, So I was I was really lucky

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Speaker 3: to get that break and be at the right place

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Speaker 3: at the right time and really have them me and Er,

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Speaker 3: my character and just so many different people. I feel

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Speaker 3: a lot of actors on series that's not the case necessarily,

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Speaker 2: But I never had that experience. I was. I was

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Speaker 1: Well, that's a testament to your work, because yes, even

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Speaker 1: though you signed a contract for seven years, which by

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Speaker 1: good for you for them wanting you to do that.

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Speaker 1: They could have done anything they wanted to do. Love

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Speaker 1: they could have done anything they wanted to do, and

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Speaker 1: they could have said, ah, you know what, we're kind

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Speaker 1: of done with r let's kill her off in season five.

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Speaker 1: You need it to the end. That is a testament

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Speaker 1: to the work that you do.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. That's very sweet. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: And another thing that I'm so impressed by you with is.

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Speaker 1: You go dark and you go deep and you play

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Speaker 3: Therapy after work, I could kind of be a little

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Speaker 3: referenced a lot of dark things that have happened in

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Speaker 3: my life. And literally, I can morph somebody else's face

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Speaker 3: into something that happened in my life to make me

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Speaker 3: talk to them instead of the character I'm talking to

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Speaker 3: if I can't relate to what I'm doing in the

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Speaker 2: So I have a really good.

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Speaker 3: Imagination and I could snap into that pretty easily. I

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Speaker 3: don't know if it's a gift or a curse. Again,

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Speaker 3: my therapist on speed dial afterwards, just.

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Speaker 2: Digging up all your traumas.

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Speaker 3: But The Hundred was a really dark show that you know,

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Speaker 3: I always joke Octavia Blake smiled maybe twice in the

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it's.

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Speaker 3: Easy for me to dig to those places because I

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Speaker 3: got blessed at a young age with a good imagination.

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Speaker 1: That's super impressive. And I know there was a lot

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Speaker 1: there was a lot of light as well. I did

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Speaker 1: relief with. For you, what was one of your favorite

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Speaker 2: to hear dark first or light first?

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Speaker 1: Oh? Give me the dark first.

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Speaker 2: Okay, the cannibalism scene.

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Speaker 3: I don't remember the name of the episode, but that

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Speaker 2: I went home that.

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Speaker 3: Night and I was like, how do I convince a

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Speaker 3: Yellow and it was very glatinous and there was chunks

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Speaker 2: But everyone was convinced it was a great idea in

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Speaker 3: I just saw the background performance because I consider them

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Speaker 3: So that was probably one of my favorite dark moments.

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Speaker 3: My second favorite dark moment would be probably when Blood

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Speaker 3: Rain fights Octavia and I got to fight myself. That

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Speaker 2: All over me. And pretty cool. With the sci fi.

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Speaker 3: Element of the show, there's lots of special effects also

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Speaker 1: How do you feel like you've grown through playing the

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Speaker 2: How do I feel like I've grown?

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Speaker 3: She taught me a lot of discipline, that's for sure,

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Speaker 3: because I really had to stay on it, like physically

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Speaker 3: things in my personal life to keep my moods up

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Speaker 3: because going to set some days would be really dark.

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Speaker 3: To tell her story accurately the way I wanted to

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Speaker 3: and the way the fans deserved.

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Speaker 1: I can't even imagine. I mean, that's mentally, that's a

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Speaker 1: I love Octavia because she is a warrior. I mean,

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Speaker 3: a personal story definitely. That scared the living daylights out

440
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,320
Speaker 3: of me. I had to drop out of acting school

441
00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,880
Speaker 3: and I auditioned against thousands of girls to get into

442
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,600
Speaker 3: this school, and I had to leave until the following semester.

443
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 3: I had to fly to Toronto to Cedars sign I Hospital

444
00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,240
Speaker 3: and I wasn't.

445
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:02,639
Speaker 2: Sure what it was.

446
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,200
Speaker 3: I thought it was cancer, and they pulled it out

447
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,560
Speaker 3: and they told me I had hair, teeth, fingernails, and

448
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:07,399
Speaker 3: sweat lens in it.

449
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,000
Speaker 2: That I was supposed to be a twin.

450
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 3: And it's a very rare, benign tumor that grows quickly

451
00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,240
Speaker 3: and I didn't care as long as it wasn't cancer.

452
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,480
Speaker 2: I was like less, thank God. But I had to

453
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 2: go back. I had to go back to.

454
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,840
Speaker 3: School the following semester, and you know, with stitches all

455
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,000
Speaker 3: across my throat, and I was twenty and scared.

456
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,400
Speaker 2: But I did it, and I went.

457
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,320
Speaker 3: Back a second time, and I'm glad I did because

458
00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,600
Speaker 3: at that very moment, that taught me that I was brave. Yeah,

459
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:39,160
Speaker 3: and also health is wealth, so I was so grateful

460
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,040
Speaker 3: for that. So in terms of an emotional standpoint, I

461
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 3: guess that's one of my top five.

462
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:53,919
Speaker 1: Wow, that's a lot to go through. And what strikes

463
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,879
Speaker 1: me about that story is you don't seem to be

464
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,920
Speaker 1: someone who lives in fear, because going through something like that,

465
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,679
Speaker 1: you very easily could be someone that's like, you know what,

466
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be low profile and not go out

467
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 1: a lot and not to adventurous things. But you kind

468
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,119
Speaker 1: of went the opposite way. I feel like you're dirt biking,

469
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 1: You're an adventure seeker, You're an adrenaline junkie. Right. Did

470
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,920
Speaker 1: that shape you at all to be who you were?

471
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 1: Did you always have that in you?

472
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 3: I think my hometown growing up at Thunderbay, Ontario, Canna

473
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 3: to shape me into that because there wasn't much to

474
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,479
Speaker 3: do so did your options were to go outside and

475
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:29,359
Speaker 3: do stuff like the fishing and camping and just chopping

476
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 3: your own firewood and hanging out with your friends playing

477
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 3: music around around the campfire. That sort of shaped me

478
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,720
Speaker 3: into who I was. I think it definitely helped, But

479
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:44,480
Speaker 3: I think it's important for the fans and for anybody really,

480
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 3: which I'm so thankful to hear the stories from fans

481
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,679
Speaker 3: when they tell me stuff like this is to stare

482
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,280
Speaker 3: fear with the face of bravery instead the conclusion is

483
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 3: always a better option that.

484
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,960
Speaker 1: Way, And I think that's another reason why your character

485
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,560
Speaker 1: resonates with so many people, and you know, by the

486
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,399
Speaker 1: end especially people just really really really developed such a

487
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,439
Speaker 1: deep connection to you. Was it hard for you to

488
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 1: figure out who Marie was without Octavia when you wrap

489
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: the show?

490
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,840
Speaker 2: No, not at all.

491
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 3: I'm really good at turning things on and turning them

492
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,640
Speaker 3: off in my mind. Again, maybe that's where therapy came

493
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,159
Speaker 3: into play to not I wouldn't take Octavia home with me.

494
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,720
Speaker 3: I would leave her on set after I take my

495
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 3: costume off with my trailer and hang her up. If

496
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 3: I had to spend the whole day like crying my

497
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 3: head off over something that she was going through.

498
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,200
Speaker 2: That day, I'd go home and laugh it off.

499
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 1: No, that's a super healthy way to be. I think,

500
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: no matter what industry you're in, if you can go

501
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: home at the end of the day and realize that

502
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: there's other sides to who you are and not always

503
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 1: carry work around, I think that makes for the most

504
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: interesting people. Right.

505
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just an actress. I'm not a surgeon or something.

506
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 3: Those are the real heroes, doctors and stuff.

507
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,199
Speaker 1: Just an actress who reaches and makes a lot of

508
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 1: people feel seen and valued and love. So don't take

509
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,239
Speaker 1: out away from what you do, because I truly think

510
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,240
Speaker 1: artists are some of the equally most important people out

511
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: there for what they do in terms of lifting people's

512
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: spirits like yourself.

513
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 3: You know, I appreciate that, and you get to connect

514
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 3: us with everybody else, So your position is pretty amazing too.

515
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, thank you, Marie. What would people be

516
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: the most surprised by when they think of who you

517
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 1: are and who their vision of who Marie? After opolis

518
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 1: is I.

519
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 2: Sleep with a Blankye that my grandmother crocheted for me.

520
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: Still ye oh yeah, I love it. I love it.

521
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 3: Why she was like one of the most important people

522
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,159
Speaker 3: in my life. She lived a very long time. She

523
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,440
Speaker 3: lived till she was ninety seven.

524
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:39,440
Speaker 1: Oh bless.

525
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 3: I had the blankie since I was this very small

526
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,399
Speaker 3: kid and I was shooting a movie once called Tracers.

527
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,520
Speaker 2: This is an embarrassing story. I'll share it with you.

528
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 2: Why not, I like you.

529
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 3: I was shooting a movie called Tracers in New York

530
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,199
Speaker 3: City opposite Taylor Latner a long time ago, and I

531
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 3: left Blankie in the bed and I didn't put it

532
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 3: in the suitcase. I'm always cognizant to put it in

533
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 3: the suitcase, so the people that do up the room

534
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,080
Speaker 3: don't just like think it's garbage because it looks like

535
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 3: a couple of pieces of string that's like used to

536
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 3: be white.

537
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 2: And now it's not.

538
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 3: And so AnyWho, Blankie got scooped up and sent away

539
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 3: to the cleaners and they never found Blankie again. And

540
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 3: I went up to the cleaning staff crying as a

541
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 3: grown ass woman, saying, you have to find.

542
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 2: Blank You don't understand what you just did to me.

543
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,560
Speaker 2: And she was like, I'm like, I will offer an award.

544
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 2: I'll do whatever.

545
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 3: Blankie never came back, so thankfully Grandma was still alive

546
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 3: then and.

547
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,479
Speaker 2: She made me a backup before she passed.

548
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 3: I was like, yes, so I got Blankie squared now

549
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 3: Blankie version two point zero, and you.

550
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: Never leave it out of your sight, I'm sure.

551
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 2: Oh god, no, I can show you Blankie if.

552
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm going to need a picture of that later. That's

553
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,399
Speaker 1: but I love that. I love that you hold close

554
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 1: things that you know come from family and said you

555
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,040
Speaker 1: better send me a photo. That's awesome. I had a

556
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: blanket for a while throughout my child today, but if

557
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: it was handmade from a family member, I would have

558
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 1: kept it.

559
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 2: Yeah.

560
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: I have to ask you this question on behalf of

561
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: all the fans who want more of Octavia in their lives,

562
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: would you ever, ever, ever ever bring her back in

563
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,919
Speaker 1: any way, shape or form.

564
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 3: Yes?

565
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: Wow, definitely, yes, Yeah.

566
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 3: Of course I would. I feel like the blood Reiner

567
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 3: season needs.

568
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 2: Its own show.

569
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,159
Speaker 1: Ooh, have you pitched that?

570
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,159
Speaker 3: Maybe we can just tell the Warner Brothers gods up

571
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: there that are listening.

572
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,119
Speaker 2: That would be fun.

573
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: So you would do that.

574
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:37,960
Speaker 2: I would totally do that.

575
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's room for that and I think

576
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: what's exciting in this age we're living in now is

577
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 1: it's very possible. It's not like you're saying it and

578
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,919
Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, I don't know it. I mean it

579
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 1: can happen.

580
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 2: Anything can happen. That's the beauty of the world.

581
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: That's awesome. I love that idea. Now. I am so

582
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: interested when I talk to people, what would be a

583
00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 1: piece of who you are as Marie that you think,

584
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 1: you know, might need a little TLC, might need to

585
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 1: shine her up a little bit, give her a little

586
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: extra love that maybe not everybody from a distance would know.

587
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: Is a piece that you're working on for yourself. And

588
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: if that's a piece you could take off and acknowledge

589
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,439
Speaker 1: that needs that love, what is that piece?

590
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm stubborn.

591
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 3: So that's definitely something I've been trying to work on

592
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 3: in most recent times. Definitely, I'm pretty set on like

593
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 3: when I want something, I do it, and I think

594
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 3: that's been a large part of my resilience within my success.

595
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 3: But sometimes I think I could just take the edge

596
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 3: off a little bit and you know, soften her up

597
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 3: a little.

598
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: Do you think being stubborn affects personal relationships sometimes?

599
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 2: Yes? And no.

600
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm going to say no in regards to

601
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 3: the people in my life that are close to me.

602
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 3: I've got a really awesome core group of friends around me,

603
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 3: and they just know that's kind of like I just

604
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 3: read the time, you know, But they know I'm a

605
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 3: lover at the same time too, and I'm a Gemini.

606
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 3: I got both sides, so it's it's always nice to

607
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 3: explore and be grateful for that.

608
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent. I'm an Italian from Jersey. I

609
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: could be a little stubborn. Yeah, I get it. I

610
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 1: could be a little set in my ways. But I

611
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: think it's cool to acknowledge that. And for me, you know,

612
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 1: my husband says, sometimes you have to stop talking to

613
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: let me speak. If we're debating something, I'll start talking

614
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,439
Speaker 1: and I'll cut in because I'm a little stubborn. So

615
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate you a living to.

616
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 2: You know, this is literally what you do so well.

617
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: It's funny when I interview people, I'm like, so quiet

618
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: as can be, and I jump in when it's appropriate

619
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: because I want to hear your story. But in real life,

620
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,959
Speaker 1: I don't shut up. I'm like, you know, the energizer bunnies. Sometimes,

621
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: especially when I want to prove a point. So sometimes

622
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: I have to really take a step back and say

623
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: it's okay, it's all right. I love But I think

624
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: that's cool that it's a piece that you know you

625
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: want to work on it. I think when we all

626
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: can acknowledge parts of us that need a little TLC,

627
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: that's where the magic happens. Right. If I meet someone

628
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: and they're like, I'm good, there's nothing I'm working on,

629
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh shit, we're not going to be friends.

630
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 3: I yeah, absolutely no. We all have things to work

631
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 3: on for sure. Lord knows I have a laundry list.

632
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we all do. We all do. What is

633
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: something that you want to see for yourself in the

634
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: future personally professionally? What do you want to see.

635
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 2: For you professionally?

636
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 3: I would love to shoot a comedy which I just

637
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 3: did not long ago, and hopefully it comes out so

638
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: you guys can see it. I had the most fun,

639
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 3: I think, bucket list wise, on that set than I

640
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 3: have in a while.

641
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 2: I just laughed my head off, and.

642
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,719
Speaker 3: It's just so ridiculous to say out loud the dumbest

643
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 3: shit you've ever heard in your life with a straight face.

644
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 2: It's so much fun.

645
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 3: The movie's called Super Dicks because I play a dickhead cop.

646
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 3: Nothing comes out of my mouth is ridiculous. So hopefully

647
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 3: that with Kim Coates, who is great.

648
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 2: I love his work.

649
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 3: I'd like to do more comedy and maybe like a

650
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 3: fantasy and that would be a lot of fun for me.

651
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: And any music in the pipeline.

652
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 2: Music's coming down the pipeline. It is.

653
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, really like this year.

654
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully I get my shit together by the end

655
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 2: of the year.

656
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 1: Get your shit together. We want some music, all right. Yeah,

657
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,479
Speaker 1: I can't wait for it. And I love chatting with

658
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: you. You know this show, I was thinking about the people

659
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: who I wanted to come on as my first few guests.

660
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: You were immediately someone who came to mind because I

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Speaker 1: think that not only are you such a brilliant artist,

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Speaker 1: I think you are such a compassionate and kind and

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Speaker 1: just cool person. I know you do a lot of

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Speaker 1: humanitarian work and giving back, and I love your outlook

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Speaker 1: on life and you're just somebody to me who likes

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Speaker 1: to seize today and make sure you're taking every second

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Speaker 1: of your life to fully enjoy it. And to me,

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Speaker 1: that's so admirable.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: I really appreciate that, and I'm glad and honored that

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Speaker 3: someone like you would say that. And congrats on your

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Speaker 3: news show. And I'm happy to chat with you and

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Speaker 3: the fans whenever you want.

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Speaker 1: Ah, thank you, thank you. I hope you enjoyed your experience.

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Speaker 3: I did.

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Speaker 2: I feel like we took flights, my friend.

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Speaker 1: I'm sending you love and thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Crying in all right, I'm sending a picture of blanket.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait.

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Speaker 2: Okay, fine.

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Speaker 1: I've Never Said This Before is hosted by me, Tommy Dedario.

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Speaker 1: This podcast is executive produced by Andrew Puglisi at iHeartRadio

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Speaker 1: and by me Tommy, with editing by Joshua Colaudney. I've

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Speaker 1: Never Said This Before is part of the Elvis Duran

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Speaker 1: podcast Network on iHeart Podcasts. For more, rate review and

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Speaker 1: subscribe to our show. And if you liked this episode,

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Speaker 1: tell your friends. Until next time, I'm Tommy Dedario