WEBVTT - Sam Asghari 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:13.800 Welcome back to give them Lala with Randall. Today's guest 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.200 is sam Asgari. Britney Spears is fiance. I'm very excited 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:22.040 to have him on today. I also before we get 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:23.600 going with that, I'm going to talk a little bit 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:28.639 about the history of this podcast. Today is history of 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.839 the podcast. So about two years ago or maybe even 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.199 a little more, I came to Lala with an idea 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.280 to start a podcast, and actually came through a poker 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.120 friend of mine who said, you guys should do a podcast. 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:45.120 And so I said, Lala, is do a podcast? And 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.720 she said okay. And I think we both looked at 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:51.239 each other like, okay, we'll do a podcast. I mean 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.519 we didn't. I don't think either one of us even 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.440 understood what that meant. We were like, what do we do, 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.240 how do we do it? Who's going to produce it? 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:01.520 Blah blah blah. And we started with another company before 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.959 Westwood One, and they gave us this amazing producer, Stacy, 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:10.080 who is our producer today, and Lala and I just 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.679 kind of just jumped into it. We didn't even know 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:16.039 what we were doing, and we didn't. The funny thing 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:18.920 is we just didn't even know you know, we didn't 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.160 know if anybody would listen. We were like, is anybody 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.559 gonna listen to this thing? Is anybody gonna give a shit? 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.240 And I remember, you know, we did it. Our first 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.120 guest was Stassy and she was so kind to come on, 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.840 and we were like freaking the fuck out and we 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.800 had a great time. And from that moment on, we 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.399 really learned a lot. I learned a lot. You know, 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:44.839 I didn't really know I talked too much. I talked 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:47.360 too little, mostly talked too much. I think that was 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:51.560 that was by uh and and together we kind of 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:55.400 grew in this podcast and learned a lot, and we started, 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.720 you know, having these amazing guests and just an awesome, 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:03.840 awesome times grew, the audience grew, and interest grew, and 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.680 we started to realize, you know, people are having a 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.200 lot of fun listening to this. And we had some 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.280 epic guests. You know, We've had Michigan and Kelly and 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.840 Megan Fox, We've had Celestis the Loan, We've had the 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:21.040 cast of Vander Pump, We've had my Mother, We've had 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.600 you know, we've we've had everybody on this podcast, all 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:28.200 kinds of interesting, different kinds of people, and it's just 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:33.240 been really fucking fun. I know that I have my 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.000 fifteen loyal followers on this podcast. I know you're all listening, 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:42.519 but you know, I have just really proud of what 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:46.440 we've done, you know, together. But I think for now, 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.480 for me, I'm going to take a step back from 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.960 being in front of the camera, even though it's a 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.239 podcast and you can't be in front of the camera. 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.680 You can be in front of the microphone, and just 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:05.320 to focus right now on family and my children, Ocean, London, Riley, 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.040 and also you know, my film business. So just I 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.000 made that decision, and I think it's I hope that 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:17.040 my fifteen followers stay loyal to the podcast. Why you 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.520 don't hear my voice, But I think that's just for 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.560 me right now, the right thing to do for myself. 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.280 And I just you know, want to be super focused 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:31.720 right now. And I am really really proud of some 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:33.960 of these episodes. I was thinking about it today. I 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:35.960 was thinking about the episodes that I was most proud of, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.720 and to be honest, there's a bunch of them, obviously 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:40.320 a shit ton of them, but I mean I'm proud 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.440 of all of them. Okay, back it up, I'm proud 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:47.480 of all of them, but I'm most proud of probably 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:53.880 breaking kind of our whole pregnancy journey, you know, announcing 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.760 it and being you know, open about that, and then 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.440 the birth of Ocean and talking about all the different things. 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.880 You know, I'm proud of the guests that we've had 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.920 on so far, sharing their stories and sharing their journeys 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.200 and struggles. I am going to say, and it's a 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:14.160 little biased, but I am going to say, and these 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.080 particular episodes, just based on the numbers, I was even 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:22.080 looking at the mom podcasts and the Dad podcast believe 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.279 it or Not, and I was shocked. I was shocked 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:29.120 were some of our highest rated episodes. You know, I 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:33.160 think I never laughed harder in the Dad podcast, but 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.920 I really love those. I always you know, Jack's and 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:41.719 his Hey Create I'll never forget that. I will never forget, 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.440 you know. We just we had a lot of fun, 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.040 and we've had a lot of fun, and the podcast 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.800 is going to continue having a lot of fun. And 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.160 that's going to be Lala's going to keep that going. 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.880 You know. I'm proud of the business part of this 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.640 podcast and how we've grown it and how all the 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.440 spot meters that have been part of this and will 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.680 continue to be part of it. I'm really, you know, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.960 excited to still be part of that side of it. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.360 And that's it, and that's kind of my story. I'm 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:18.200 really really just like I just am like fucking just proud. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.520 I'm really young. I'm proud of you know, it takes 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.760 a lot to start a business. It takes a lot 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.919 to start something from the ground up, especially when you 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.120 don't know what the fuck you're doing. And we were 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.000 two people that didn't know what we were doing when 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:35.280 we started this, you know. And having said that, you know, 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.520 Lala and I have a beautiful, beautiful baby in ocean, 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:44.120 and I'm always going to be private. But having said 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:49.360 all that, I am excited to bring out Sam mc gary, 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:53.559 who is a friend, an incredible actor that most people 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.760 don't even have any idea that he is an actor. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.680 I mean, you look on his Instagram and kind of 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:02.479 people relate him obviously. This Britney Spears' is fyance, pretty cool, 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.719 pretty badass. Okay, Sam, we give it up to you. 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.240 We take our hat off. You're the man, okay, god. 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.280 But but at the same time, he's a human being 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.960 who is a good guy and we've gotten to know 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.280 each other over the last few months, and he just 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:23.080 came back today and wrapped my film and I'm gonna 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.800 be bringing him out in a minute. I'm also excited 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:32.760 that today or sorry, this week is Ocean's eight month birthday, 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.320 so I'm gonna sing Happy birthday to Ocean, so she 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.279 has this, okay, And guys, don't cover your ears. Yes, 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.520 I can't sing Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:49.880 Happy birthday, dear Ocean, Happy birthday to you. Oh God, 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:54.120 that was punishment for all of you. But anyway, to 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:58.760 my beautiful baby, happy eight month. And what's ironic is 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:04.039 it was Riley's eight year old birthday on the eleventh 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:07.640 last week, so we have eight month for Ocean and 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.600 we have eight year for Riley, so happy birthday. But 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.120 I've already sung Happy Birthday Riley like thirty times and 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.080 she ran away and hit every time they did it, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:21.520 so there as you go. Anyway, I'm very excited to 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.320 bring Sam out, So we're going to take a quick break, 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:32.240 come right back with Sam. All right. So Sam is 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.160 Britney Spears' fiance, but he's also a cool ass dude 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:40.200 and friend He just came back today from wrapping a 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:44.320 movie that I produced with Mil Gibson and Kevin Dylan. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.520 And I'm really excited to bring him on because he 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:52.360 is a incredible guy, really really good person, has a 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.240 lot to say, and it is really really pursuing acting 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.800 right now. So I'm excited to bring him out here. 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.840 Let's well, Sam, what's up? Brother? Hey Sam? How are you? 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.040 Buddy good Man? How you doing? I'm hanging in there. 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:10.680 I'm hanging in there. Well, welcome to the podcast. It's 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.680 it's usually called give them La La with Randall, but 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.080 today we are doing with Randall and Sam. There you go. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:25.160 Sam, it's a pleasure to be on your podcast. Brother. 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.800 We're happy to have you. And uh and congratulations to 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:33.880 you on wrapping your first movie today. Oh yeah, you 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.760 just came back from from New Mexico on a movie 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.400 I produced with Mel Gibson and Kevin Dylan. So why 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.880 don't you tell everybody about that first, and then we 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.960 can kind of back channel into how you came to 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:48.880 be and how you got into acting and all the 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:49.400 other stuff. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.320 Oh, brother, this movie was such a great experience, But 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.280 to be honest with you, it still hasn't hit me. 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.360 You know, sometimes it takes a little bit of time 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:57.719 for you. 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.400 To hate you. 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:04.520 You know, you work with someone extremely talented, and you know, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.400 because I'm sure you get it all the time. You 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.360 work with so many talented people and you're so talented yourself. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.360 So yeah, man, it's gonna you know, it takes a 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.240 little bit of time to hit you when you work, 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:16.760 you know, with someone extremely talented. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:20.360 You know, someone that has like a crazy energy and 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:24.600 such passion for you know, storytelling, someone like Mel Gibson. Yeah, 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.240 he was definitely on the top five of my you know, 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:31.840 bucket list because of you know, I admire his directing 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.719 and acting. I don't think there is someone better than 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:37.640 him when it comes to directing and acting. 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.199 I agree with you, he is. He is, by the way, 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.320 one of my favorite people in the universe. I mean, 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:46.679 the movies he's directed are just epic, epic, you know, masterpieces. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:48.880 And I agree with you. I'm I'm a huge fan 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.960 of Mel Gibson. I've produced a few movies with him, 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.960 and so I couldn't agree with you more. He's He's 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.760 just one of the kinder people out there, but just 0:09:57.880 --> 0:09:59.839 full of incredible talent. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.760 Yeah, man, I got to tell you. It was kind 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.640 of hesitant going into it. I was like, Oh, I 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.120 don't know how he's going to be is you know, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.520 is he going to be intimidating? But the second I 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.520 walked in there, he was so warm and he was 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.880 so welcoming and you know, but the awkward thing is 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:19.440 my character clashes with him every single scene. You know, 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.440 that's the whole part of the thing. So I don't 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.680 want to talk too much about the story. But it 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.880 was kind of awkward, you know, not knowing him. But 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.800 I was like, dude, I'm going to go at you. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.280 And you know, he's such a macho man. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:36.080 You know, He's No, that's awesome. So you had So 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.560 you were there and and what what did you find 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:41.480 as your friend? Because I know the thing is, people 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.800 don't know that you've been stunt training. You know, people 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.200 know you as Britney Spears' fiance, but I know you 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:53.040 obviously as somebody who's super passionate about acting, about stunts, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.000 about really honing your craft. And I know you've been 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.040 working on it, and people follow you on Instagram, they 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.920 know that you've been working on for a long time. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.160 You know, why don't you just share kind of your 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.600 road in acting and then and then kind of how 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.680 that translated when you actually got on the set. So yeah, 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:10.120 a good thing. 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:16.319 You forgot talented, very talented, super don't forget that well 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:17.520 that you were in my movie. 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.040 So that's a given, absolutely, brother. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.360 Yeah, I mean it's you know, it's it's a little tough, uh, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.320 and not complaining whatsoever, you know, to be in the 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:31.720 public eye because everything I do as an actor, you know, 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.680 it's so judged and you know, so I'm making sure 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.880 everything that I do is is on the the next level, 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.760 including my performance, you know. So I'm coaching. 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.960 Uh, you know, I'm doing stunt Brando. I told you this. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:45.800 I'm going to say it again on your podcast. I'm 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.800 doing stunt training for movies I haven't even booked yet. 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:52.000 That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable and that and that. No, but 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.600 that's amazing because that just shows your commitment. I think 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.520 people don't realize, like, you know, you, especially somebody like 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.559 you who's in the public eye at a high level, 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.319 you know, they don't they don't realize that you are 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:07.840 out there doing stunt classes, stunt training, filming scenes just 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.800 a practice for movies that haven't even happened yet. So 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.440 that's that's a real commitment. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.760 No, I'm a big believer in you know, putting your energy, sacrificing, 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:20.000 you know, putting your money towards your goal, and the 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.840 universe is just gonna That's how the universe works. And 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.800 it works like that every single It hasn't failed me 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.920 every single time. Every time I put one hundred and 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.839 ten percent into something within minutes, I don't know, it's 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:35.000 a blessing, whatever it is, it's definitely you know, uh, 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.480 you know the law of the universe that you know, 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.880 I'm committed to and acting is a huge passion of mine. 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.440 Back to your question, I've always been acting, you know. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.600 I was in drama, theater and arts and high school college. 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.360 Oh wow, that was all. I didn't even know that. 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.000 Yeah, that was always my thing, you know, because I 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.640 was playing football, and as a football player, you know, 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.640 you're committed to that sport for four to six hours 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.840 a day. So it's you know, but at the same time, 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:02.760 I always you know the jockey of the high school 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.800 and the college and also the geek, you know, going 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.840 into drama and art classes, and I was so passionate 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:08.400 towards it. 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:09.679 But you know after. 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.000 College, I kind of like, yoh, let's you know, I 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.520 lost about like about one hundred pounds because you know, 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.000 as an athlete, when you stop playing a certain sport, 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.040 you gained so much weight after that because. 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.080 You're not you know, you're not training, you're not trying, 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:25.520 you're not training. I was eating. I love eating. I 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.640 was eating. I understand that. I understand that. You know 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.160 what I mean. I love so you you were one 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.640 hundred pounds bigger and then yeah, you stopped playing sports 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.280 and and you lost the weight. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.160 Oh absolutely, brother, So I know I was one hundred 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.559 pounds bigger when I stopped playing. When you stopped playing, 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:43.400 so I stopped playing, I gained like a little bit 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.280 of pound. I was close to three hundred pounds. And 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.679 then you know, I figured, I said, listen, like, I 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.640 love uh, and it clicked, you know, you know, I 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.200 need to lose some weight. And I started, you know, 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.960 losing weight, you know, with fitness. Fitness has always been 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.040 my thing since I was you know, playing sports and 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.600 as I was little, so I committed to it, and 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.880 you know I got really lean and my appearance kind 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.360 of matched with you know, my goal which was always acting. Wow, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:13.000 So you know I started acting. This is around five 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:17.040 years ago, six years ago, okay, And I started auditioning, 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:21.640 and you know, TV Film started building credits, and just 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.000 lately I've been really careful with you know what I take. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:25.600 Oh yeah, I want to tell people that when I 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.480 met you and you came into the office and we 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.400 we talked about like your goals and how you love 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.360 action movies and want to be a real actor and 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.160 taken seriously, I was so impressed and I realized you 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.040 had done a lot of your homework. And I don't 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.360 think people realize that. And as you start to do 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.240 these movies like with mel Gibson and all the other 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.440 stuff I know you have coming up, people are going 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.520 to really really you know, you're going to stand alone 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.840 as a real actor because you are one. And I 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.000 think that sometimes it just you know, people just don't 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:53.360 see it coming. And I think that's going to be 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:54.400 a lot of fun for people. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.480 Yeah, people don't see it coming because of you know, 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:01.520 the public eye and also you know the relationship that 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:05.200 I'm right, no, because a lot of people assume, you know, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.720 it's so easy for someone that's in the public Eyeland 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:11.840 someone that's dating, uh, someone such as you know, my fiance. 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:13.800 It's weird saying that because it's so fresh. 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.000 Congratulations by the way, thank thank you so much. People. 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.600 You know, I assume that you get these opportunities, which, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.280 by the way, I love. 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:24.040 I love the fact that. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.400 My beautiful fiance put me on the map and a 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.240 sort of a way, you know what I mean. Yeah, 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.400 but it's kind of harder because you know, I'm going 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.360 for the serious rules I'm going. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:34.880 I'm showing I want. 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.440 To be able to express myself as a serious actor 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.760 and not just this cheesy guy because you know of 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.440 the way I look and things like that. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.200 So it's been really tough to try. 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:49.480 To not take certain things, for example, always getting I 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:53.360 lost about easily I would say, like, it's not even 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.280 about the money. Easily a million, million and a half 0:15:56.440 --> 0:16:00.400 dollars of modeling just because of my commitment to Wow, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.400 I was like, I never I had amazing offers, which 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.880 was flattering, but I'm not a model man as a bottom. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.160 That's a hard By the way, I don't have that problem. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.880 Clearly nobody was giving me a modeling contract. But I 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.560 just want to tell you that I that is a 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.640 hard job. I mean, even though people say, oh, I 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:21.040 only just stand there and wear clothes. I mean I've 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.800 had to do a few photo shoots, maybe five in 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:27.000 my whole life, and I was tortured. I mean, just 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.080 standing there trying to feel normal. I mean, it is 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.200 an art in itself, but it is it is not 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.240 an easy thing to just sit there for ten hours. 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.760 Sure, man, it's definitely And it wasn't my passion. You know, 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:42.560 I love it, you know, I love other people. You 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.440 got to chase your passion, and you know, I was 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:49.200 so committed to my goal that I was you know, 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.560 I was like, I didn't want to do this. I 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.440 try to stay away from it as much as possible. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.480 And even with acting, it's so tough because it's so 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:01.240 easy for actors to get certain roles, and you know, 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.639 as a regular actor that's not established in the public eye, 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:06.840 you know, you gotta work, you gotta you know, you 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:08.040 gotta do these roles. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:09.840 But I was getting all these. 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.960 Soap outer opportunities, and I just didn't seem like, no, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.840 you know, no offense to the soap opera community. 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.679 I just my goal was, no, you just it just 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.679 wasn't it just wasn't your It's same with me, like 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.439 I make movies, so I completely understand, you know, you know, 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.840 it's just preference. It's not even like, oh, I don't 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.760 dis soaps either, and I don't diss these different mediums. 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.960 It's just what I'm attracted to. And it's probably the 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.120 same for you. You just you know, you try listen. I'm 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:37.560 having the best time with you. Give me a minute, 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:39.560 We're going to take a quick break. We're gonna come 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:41.919 right back, and I want to hear you know a 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:43.639 lot more. And or' even going to talk about how 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.920 you met Brittany. So you were, I mean you were. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.520 You hate videos, You just wasn't in your DNA for 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:52.760 for the career that you wanted to have. And you 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:54.560 get a call and I assume it's for a Britney 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:56.200 Spears video. Yeah, so I get to call. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.080 My friend tells me, listen, I'm working on this video, 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.640 and you know, I'm referring to you. And then I said, look, 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.480 you told me not to do a video, so what's 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:09.439 going on? And you know, Max, he said, oh, trust me, 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:10.760 you might want to do this video. 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:13.760 I was like, cool. I didn't think too much about it. 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:15.280 I went the next. 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.520 Day amazing, you know, and then I didn't find out 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.679 who it was for until I walked in. 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:21.000 You know. 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.359 It was kind of like a secret project type thing, right, 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.480 and until I was interested in and I knew about it. 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.160 So I went there as an actor, you know, on set, 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:34.639 I had a great time. You know, it was I 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.840 was working with my friend again, so I didn't think 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.240 too much about it. Well, when me and my fiance 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:45.480 now fiance, you know, connected, it was kind of like 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.760 an amazing energy vibe between us. You know, it was 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:54.880 this normal experience, normal conversation, right, you know, like, hey, 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:58.639 how you doing, you know, how was everything? Thank you 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.600 for being in the video, so, you know, just like 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.159 a normal conversation. She was so sweet and she was 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:04.879 so welcoming. 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:05.360 Right. 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.639 Something about people that you know that are super successful 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:12.320 and super talented is that their energy is so welcoming. 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.919 You know. Yeah, of course, you know, we clicked and 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.440 we talked about you know, just get some sushi. 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.120 Okay, but hold on sec as you're talking and as 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.080 you're just hanging out because you're in a work environment. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.399 You know, you're just you're making a video and you're 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:29.439 you're the actor, and she's the artist and here's you know, nonchalant. 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.080 Is there like this magical spark you know that happens 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.400 or is it or is it just hey, we're gonna 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.200 go get some dinner. Like what was your vibe at 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:38.600 the time. 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.119 We both were, you know, just having a good time. 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.600 It wasn't I don't think there was a spark at 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:46.960 you know. Okay, I built over time, but you know, 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:51.280 it was a normal, normal thing. We were both single, right, 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.720 and it was just normal and she was having such 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:57.080 a good time and she got my number and then 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.880 she pretty much messaged me a couple of weeks later, 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.040 you know, what are you doing, Let's have some dinner. 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:04.280 And then I was like, oh, you said sushi, Let's 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:07.280 go have sushi, and you know, and then it didn't 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.600 really hit me, so what was really happening? Which I said, 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:13.879 it always does after, you know. Yeah, so after so 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.240 I didn't think too much about it. We went to dinner, 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:17.840 and then here we are. 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:20.080 Okay, tell me, at least tell me something you go 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.760 to dinner. Is the first kiss at dinner? At least 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:25.760 is that first moment brandas something you need to know 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:30.119 about me. I don't kiss into Oh god, you're on 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:31.720 the wrong You're on the wrong podcast. 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:36.359 No, I'm kidding, Sam, I'm kidding. By the way, I 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.720 respect that completely, you know, No, listen, I think that's great. 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.840 So anyway, you guys had this great moment. You guys, 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:45.639 you know, you get connected, you started going to dinners. 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:47.200 It was kind of like a very it's you know 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:50.600