1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: I am all in. Thank you. I Am all in 2 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: with Scott Patterson, an iHeart Radio podcast. All right, everybody, 3 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: we have a very special episode here. We have a 4 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: very very special guest. And by the way, Hi, this 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: is Scott Patterson and this is the I Am All 6 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: In podcast with iHeart Radio. As I was saying, we 7 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: have a very very special guest today. Her name is Maya, 8 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: and she's coming to us from a children's hospital in 9 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: Denver and she has her own radio show and her 10 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: own podcast inside that hospital. Ryan Seacrest spent millions and 11 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: millions of dollars of his own money building state of 12 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: the art recording facilities and studios inside of many, many 13 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: children's hospitals across the country. So good on them for that. 14 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: And Maya is one of these lucky kids that has 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: a chance to have her own podcast within one of 16 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: these children's hospitals, and we're going to talk to her. 17 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: And there she is. Hi, Maya, how are you, I'm dead? 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing great? Nice to meet you, 19 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: and we're very excited to talk with you today. So 20 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: thank you for asking us and reaching out to us. 21 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: You emailed us and had a few questions for us. 22 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 1: And we're excited to talk to you. So, oh, I'm 23 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: so excited to be talking to you. This is just great. 24 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: So tell me a little bit about why you're there 25 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: and how you got involved with doing your own You're 26 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: doing your own podcast, right, yeah, I'm well, it's notoppedly 27 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: a podcast, it's just it's at the studio that it 28 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: broadcasts to all the patients rooms and then yeah, and 29 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: then I record, they record my interviews so I can 30 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,559 Speaker 1: upload them to my YouTube channel. Wow, that is just fantastic. 31 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: So also, all the patients over there, all those kids, Hi, 32 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: everybody love you. And uh, I am so honored to 33 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: that you reached out and wanted to talk to us, 34 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: and we're very excited. Can I ask you a couple 35 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: of questions before we turn over the floor to you 36 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: so that you can interview me, because I know you 37 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: wanted to interview me and you had a lot of questions. 38 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: But can I ask you a couple of questions? First? Yeah, okay, okay. 39 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: So first, first and foremost is is why are you there. 40 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: I was diagnosed with a brain tumor before I was 41 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: three years old, so I had surgery and then two 42 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: and a half years of chemotherapy, and then I was 43 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: cancer free. But then I still had a ton of 44 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: doctors appointments for other shoes that would cause But then 45 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: in January, in January, I was diagnosed with another brain tumor, 46 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: and so I had six weeks of radiation and now 47 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: scans every three months. Okay, how's it looking Okay, looking good? Yeah, yeah, 48 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: it's stable. There's ship Now there's their issues. Now there's swelling. 49 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: Like the radiation I caused swelling, So now I'm having 50 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: treatments to control to stop the swelling. Well, we wish 51 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: you the best, and you are very very strong and 52 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: very talented young lady, and you have a lot to 53 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: offer the world. And like I said, it's really an 54 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: honor to be on with you, and thank you so 55 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: much for reaching out to us, because you know, I 56 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: can already tell this is going to be my favorite 57 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: episode that we will record in the whole history of 58 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: this the podcast, however long it goes. This is really 59 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: exciting to talk to you and tell us a little 60 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: bit about have you met Ryan Seacrest? Have you talked 61 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: to him? My mom and my sister and I were 62 00:04:53,200 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: actually at the hospital when the Seacrest studios opened on accident. 63 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: It was, and it wasn't actually me that had the appointment, 64 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: it was my sister, and so we were there when 65 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: it opened, so we got to meet Bryan Seacrest and 66 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: everybody that was there, and then my mom had would 67 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: have to make sure we had time either before my 68 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: appointment or after so we could go into the so 69 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: I could go into the studio. And then yeah, that 70 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: So it opened when we were in sixth grade, and 71 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: then a year later I found out patients could do 72 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: their own show. So then in seventh grade I started 73 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: my show. And then in eighth grade I started reaching 74 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: out to people. Wow, what a spirit you have? Huh 75 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: get you know, well you have a brain tumor. And 76 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: then uh, yeah, but I want to do my own show. Okay, 77 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: my god, how strong are you? Unbelievable? How amazing for you? 78 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: I mean, just it's absolutely amazing that you can handle 79 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: all this all I mean, because you know, I know 80 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: what I go through to try to to prepare for 81 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: our We're doing two a week now, and it's just 82 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: like I have no free time. I can't even imagine 83 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: how you do it or how you find the time. 84 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: So it's it's it's it's really a testament to you 85 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: and your intestinal fortitude and your and your life drive. 86 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: It's it's really remarkable. Okay, so thank you Ryan Seacrest. 87 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: Incredible human being, uh, generous human being with a heart 88 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: as as big as a mountain. That guy. And I 89 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: am going to turn over this podcast to you because 90 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 1: you have questions for me, So go ahead. Well my 91 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: first well, first of all, I just wanted to say 92 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: thank you so much for having me on. I've been 93 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: so excited for this so well, it's it's our pleasure 94 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: and it's our honor to have you on. Trust me. 95 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: Thank you. So my first question for you is when 96 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: was the moment you first knew you wanted to be 97 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: an actor. Oh, that's an interesting question. I'm you know, 98 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: I was, I was. I used to play professional baseball, 99 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: and I remember I was dating I was dating an 100 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: actress and she was on a show. She was on 101 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: an Errand spelling show, and I was, you know, this 102 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: was a long long time ago, by the way. This 103 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: was I don't know, nineteen eighty five and I was 104 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: still playing professional baseball, but in the offseason I'd come 105 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: to La to stay in shape in the good weather. 106 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: So I'd spend my winters in Los Angeles, you know, 107 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: training and all that kind of stuff. So anyway, so 108 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: I met this this this actress at a restaurant and 109 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: we began dating and I would read her. I would 110 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: read with her for her next day's work, right that 111 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: she had to go shoot. And she stopped me once 112 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: and said, you know what, you're pretty good at this. 113 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: You know, maybe you should consider doing this after your 114 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: baseball career. And I know, and you know, I never 115 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: really thought about being an actor. I mean, I really 116 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: wrote more than anything, and I enjoyed, you know, the 117 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: arts very much. I wrote poetry and I wrote short 118 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: stories and you know that kind of a thing. And 119 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: uh and I read, you know, I read plays like 120 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: everybody does in high school. And my mother was an 121 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: actress in the local plays and players are in the 122 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: town I grew up in. So the word was she 123 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: was very talented, and but she had four kids to raise, 124 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: so she couldn't really put that much time into it. 125 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: But I'd never really thought about it. And then I 126 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: started thinking about it when my girlfriend at the time 127 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five, suggested I do it. So I 128 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: took an acting class. That's the first time. I I 129 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: went to the Stella Adler Conservatory in LA and took 130 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: an acting class. And then when I a year later, 131 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: I retired from baseball and moved to New York and 132 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: studied in New York. So am oh cool. So when 133 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: you read the role of Luke for Gilmore Girls, did 134 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: you connect with Luke right away? Yeah? Yeah I did. 135 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: I two things went through my mind simultaneously after I 136 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: finished reading that script, is that I don't want anybody else. 137 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: The first one was I have no chance of getting 138 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: this role because it's just too good a role. The 139 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: script is too good. And at that time, in two thousand, 140 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: they were starting to hire, you know, film actors with names, 141 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: real names, were starting to do television. That's when it began. 142 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean a lot of them were crossing over into television. 143 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: It wasn't taboo anymore to do it because they were 144 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: usually separate. You were either a TV actor or you 145 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: were a film actor. And very few film, if any, 146 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: film actors to television, and very few TV actors were 147 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: lucky enough to do film. But so I thought, hey, 148 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: I don't have a chance to do this because they're 149 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: going to hire a big name film actor and the 150 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: second thought was, I don't anybody else to play this role, 151 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: so I went for it. So I really prepped it 152 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: and I worked on the one scene that I thought 153 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: I had one and nailed it. And they wanted me 154 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: to do another scene that I hadn't prepared because they 155 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: made a typo and it said Duke instead of Luke 156 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: on the pages that they gave me for the audition, 157 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: and they said, well, would you mind going outside for 158 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: a little bit five minutes and prepare the second scene? 159 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: And I, you know, I didn't think I had a 160 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: chance anyway, so I didn't care, and I said sure. 161 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: So then I went in and I did that scene 162 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: pretty well, and by the end of the day I 163 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: had the job. So yeah, it was pretty fast. It 164 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: was shocking and fast, but it was just a guest 165 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: star role in the pilot. It wasn't to be a 166 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: serious regular. It was just to go up and be 167 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: in the pilot. Oh wow, yeah, yeah, turned turned into 168 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: something pretty nice from humble beginnings, right, yeah, So did 169 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: you ever wish that Stars Hollow was a real place. 170 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: It is a real place. There are there are places 171 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: like that. Uh. The Northeast has many many small towns 172 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: that are that are wonderful, beautiful, eccentric and and just 173 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: great places to grow up. And all over the country 174 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: there are actually places like that that is not a 175 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: stretch by any imagination of the imagination, but it's it's 176 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: it's really a very accurate depiction of many, many small 177 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: towns in America. So I don't I you know, I 178 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: kind of grew up in a place like that. It 179 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: was a little bigger than Stars Hollow, but you know, 180 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: we had our eccentric people, and we had our odd balls, 181 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: and we had our small town mentality and our communities 182 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: and you know, our sense of community, and everybody knew 183 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: each other's business, and you know, everybody was accountable. So 184 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: it sort of dictated how people your people would behave 185 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: and you know, so wonderful experience. Yeah, oh cool. Yeah, yeah. 186 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: I have been watching Gilmore Girls. I mean I always 187 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 1: watch it, but during Quarantine especially, I've just been rewatching 188 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: it and just I just always wish like I lived 189 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: in Stars Hollow, Like I just I just want to 190 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: live there, so you can there are many places that 191 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: are like that. Yeah, I my mom and I were 192 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: talking about it than how like I just I kind 193 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: of just want to live in a small town, and 194 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: my mom said she thinks my anxiety would probably be 195 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: better in a small living in a small town. So 196 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, we're going to move to stars Hollow. Then, well, 197 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: you know, there are many historic, wonderful, beautiful, quiet small towns. Uh, 198 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: you know in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, I mean, 199 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: Rhode Island, I mean all over the Northeast. I mean, 200 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: if you what part of the country. Oh, oh, so 201 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: you're in Denver. I mean they have they have places 202 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: in and around Denver that are like that. So you 203 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: know they're they're they're not It's not that hard to 204 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:35,479 Speaker 1: find a place like that. They really do exist. I've 205 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: been to many of them, and they always remind me 206 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: of Starsoul. I've been to many of them since I 207 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: filmed the show, and it's a lot like Starsoul. What 208 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: was the most challenging part of reprising the role of 209 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: Luke after so many years for Gilmore Girls, a year 210 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: in Well, so much had happened in those nine years. 211 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: I'd lost both my parents and it changed me a 212 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: great deal. I got married and had a son in 213 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, and then twenty sixteen came rolling around and 214 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: we were doing the reboot, and I had a two 215 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: year old son, and I was married, and it's just, uh, 216 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: you know, I had mellowed a great deal and my 217 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: heart had opened up a great deal, which is what 218 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: happens when you have a child. And I just didn't 219 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: really feel like the character anymore. But there was you know, 220 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: we're similar in some way, so I kind of leaned 221 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: on that and depended on that to get me where 222 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: I needed to be. I remember the first and I've 223 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:10,479 Speaker 1: told this story before, but I'll tell it to you. 224 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: You know, the first day of rehearsal, I just did 225 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: not feel the first day of shooting. We're in rehearsal 226 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: and before we were shooting, and I just did not 227 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: feel like the character at all, and I was in 228 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: trouble and I just you know, I said to the director, 229 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: I need to take a walk, you know, give me, 230 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: give me five ten minutes to walk around stars Hollow 231 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: because they rebuilt the set the back a lot of 232 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers where we shot the original series, so that 233 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: was familiar to me. So I was hoping that would 234 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: trigger the old you know, get the trying to get 235 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: the old scent back, as it were, and that worked. 236 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: You know. I walked around and I thought the thoughts 237 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: and I had the memories and walked back into the 238 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: diner and said, okay, I'm ready to shoot. I felt 239 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: like the guy, you know, a nine year old version 240 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: of the guy. You know. Well, I'm really sorry about 241 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: both of your parents. It's part of life, you know, 242 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: I had. I had fifty great years with my mom 243 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: and uh rest rest are soul and uh and my dad. 244 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: My dad passed about passed in twenty thirteen. And it 245 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: it just changes you. It's it really really changes you. 246 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: You know. Shooting the reboot was was a lot of 247 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: fun because we knew it was a finite period of time. 248 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: It wasn't like we were on a series again year 249 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: after year after year. It was three and a half 250 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: months of shooting and then we were out. So I 251 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: think it made everybody happy that and plus we got 252 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: some closure. If it would indeed be the last time, 253 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that it will be the last time 254 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: we shoot anything. I don't know anything. But it was 255 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: nice to catch up and so many people had changed 256 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: yet they'd stayed the same, and it was it was 257 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: just fun, you know. It was just a lot of 258 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: fun every day. Oh cool. Yeah, So what was your 259 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: favorite episode two film of Gilmore Girls. Well, it's always 260 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: the pilot for me because it was the most surreal 261 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: and it was the most enjoyable time I've ever had 262 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: on a set, and because I knew something magical was 263 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: in the air, I knew something special was happening, and 264 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: it felt like it was happening, and it felt very special. 265 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: And uh, and I know that first scene I did 266 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: with Lauren at the counter, you know, please please please 267 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: more coffee and I said, she you're a junkie and 268 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: you have a problem, and that kind I just after 269 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: just rehearsing that scene with her before we started shooting, 270 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 1: I thought, boy, this is this is wonderful. You know. 271 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: I thought she was wonderful and her timing was great 272 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: and her delivery and every you know, everything, the physicality 273 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: of the character, that the Laurel character was just absolutely 274 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: specific and wonderful, and it gave me so much to 275 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: play off of. And I just knew it would work. 276 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: I just knew the relationship would work between Luke and Laureline. 277 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: I knew that I was the guy, and I knew 278 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: that this pilot was just sort of a heat check 279 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: between Lauren and I to see if I was going 280 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: to be the guy, you know what I mean, Because 281 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't me, it would have been somebody else, but 282 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: I was. I was very very pleased with that experience 283 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: of shooting the Pilot, and especially that first scene because 284 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: that was the first thing I shot when I got 285 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: to Toronto, because we shot to Pilot in Toronto, Canada. 286 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: We shot the series of Warner Brothers in Burbank, California. 287 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: But very special. Yeah, it was very very fond, wonderful 288 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: war memory. Yeah. Cool. So I know that you have 289 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: your own coffee company and how how did Scottype's Big 290 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: Mug Coffee come about? Well, I'm very entrepreneurial and as 291 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: nice as it is and as easy as it is 292 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: to be an actor and not have any ownership position 293 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: in the project that you're doing, just being purely an 294 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 1: independent contractor is is nice because you show up for 295 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: work and they pay you, and that's as simple as 296 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: it is. You don't have to worry about anything else 297 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: except just showing up doing your work and then you 298 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: collect your paycheck. And it's a tremendous amount of fun 299 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: on top of that. So but I always wanted to 300 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: own something, you know, be have my own company and 301 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: build it up from scratch and build it up over 302 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: time and do it the right way, you know, in 303 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: small steps, and not try to bite off too much 304 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: and grow too fast and all that. So I thought, well, 305 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: you know, Warner Brothers has done you know, sixteen seventeen 306 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: years of international marketing for me personally and has gotten 307 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: my name out there with the Gilmore stuff. And I 308 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: serve coffee on the show, and I'm kind of known 309 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: for being a coffee pusher on TV. So I figured 310 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: coffee was the natural way to go because we'd already 311 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: you know, on the marketing side, had already had established 312 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: that that character did that, So coffee was the natural choice. 313 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: I'm a big coffee nut, so I searched far and 314 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: wide for great coffee and uh and have some wonderful 315 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: partners and and we're just you know, we're just having 316 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: a great time selling coffee. We love it. So is 317 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: a line from any Gilmore Girls episode that stuck with 318 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: you and has had a big impact on you. Well, 319 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: the one that resonates with me the most is what 320 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: I named the podcast after. I am all in you 321 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: know where I grew up and where I'm from, you know, 322 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: friendship and loyalty was very, very important. And there's another 323 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: expression that was not used in Gilmore, but it's an 324 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: expression I heard growing up a great deal. It's called 325 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: in for a penny, in for a pound. And what 326 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: it means is in terms of friendship and loyalty is 327 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: if you're gonna be somebody's friend, be their friend, you know, 328 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: don't dance around the edges, and you know, be an acquaintance, 329 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: be a friend, you know. And so that I am 330 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: all in really represents me as a person and always 331 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: has and it really impacted me because I think, you know, 332 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: the writing really nailed it in that circumstance with Laurela 333 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 1: because he's laying his cards out on the table and 334 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: it's like he's not messing around. It's like, I am 335 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: all in. I want you to know that I am 336 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: all in, and that means you can trust me, and 337 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: that you means you know, I'm gonna stick it out 338 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: through the thick and tin, because all relationships have up 339 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: and ups and downs. You can't avoid them, you know, 340 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: And you know, you want you want a solid, solid person. 341 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: You want to you want to be with a solid 342 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: person who's willing to make that commitment. Who's in for 343 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: a penny or who if they're going to be in 344 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: for a penny, they'll be in for a pound, you 345 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So, is there someone from Gilmore 346 00:23:55,200 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: Girls that you've remained close friends with? Yeah, Sean gun 347 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: Uh probably the closest, Yanni Trusdale a little bit. I 348 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: just saw CaCO. We just had her on the shelf, 349 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: so that was nice. Yeah. So what is your biggest 350 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: pet peeve? People that aren't considerate of other people. I'm 351 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: I'm a big stickler on manners. I like it when 352 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: people are considerate of other people's feelings and considerate of 353 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: other people's space and are polite and classy. I I 354 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: like that. You know, there are a lot of people 355 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: that are you know, they appear to be, you know, 356 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: nice people and honorable people, and then they turn around 357 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: stabby in the back. I mean that's everybody has experienced that, 358 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: and sometimes it really surp rises you. And sometimes it's like, 359 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: well I kind of figured that's gonna happen. You kind 360 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: of know who those people are and they're just not 361 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: your people. It doesn't mean they're evil people. It's just 362 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: that they're not your people. So you guys just have 363 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: to find your people. And uh, but yeah, I'm big 364 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: on on consideration, you know. I think it's it's it's 365 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: pretty much the glue that holds our society together. Yeah. 366 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: So what is Luke's biggest pet peeve? Why? I believe 367 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: it's cell phones, which means his biggest pet peeve is 368 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: technology and change. He doesn't want to change. He doesn't 369 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: want to leave that town. He doesn't want to see 370 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: that town change. And maybe another one of his, maybe 371 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: a bigger pet peeve of his, is that anybody who 372 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: dates Laurela he doesn't like that because he wants it. 373 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: But again, and he's wrestling with he's wrestling with all 374 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: those questions about well if I if I date her 375 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: and it goes bad, she won't come to the diner anymore. 376 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: It could change the complexion of the town. So in 377 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: a practical sense, as a businessman and as a responsible 378 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: citizen of a very small town, maybe it's not a 379 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: good idea to get together with her. And it could 380 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: disrupt Rory's education, It could disrupt Rory's world. So I 381 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: think he's so selfless and his needs are so much 382 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: on the back burner that I think maybe there's a 383 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: part of him that feels like the town is better served, 384 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: He's better served Rory and Laurel I are better served 385 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: with him just keeping the relationship on a friendship level. 386 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: But then circumstances propel him into like other guys she's dating, 387 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: kind of makes him jealous, so he you know, he 388 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: wants to ask her out, and you got to be brave. 389 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: Is there a fine line between where odd Patterers and 390 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: ends and Luke Danes begins. I think in some aspects 391 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: there is a fine line, but in other aspects there's 392 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: a there's a wall. Uh if you will, Uh, yeah, 393 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: I mean to draw the similarities are he's very hard 394 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: working and and and I am too. I've I've never 395 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: nothing has ever been handed to me. I have always 396 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: had to work extra hard for anything I've ever gotten. 397 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: And uh, and that's I learned that very early on 398 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: in life, that when you you must work hard to 399 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: acquire a skill set and then take advantage of any 400 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: opportunities that come your way and apply those skill sets 401 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: as best you can when those opportunities arrive, and if 402 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: it goes well, you could make a nice living. If 403 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't go well, and that happens, then you keep 404 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: acquiring your skill set and keep adding to your skill set, 405 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: and when the next opportunity arises, because I believe you 406 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: create your own opportunities through your hard work, you take 407 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: another shot at it, and this time you'll be a 408 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: little bit better at it. You know, I grew up 409 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: in a world where people didn't complain. They worked. They 410 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: just got to work. They rolled up their sleeves and 411 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: they got to work, and they didn't blame anybody else 412 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: for their problems. They just sort of got up in 413 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: the morning and got to work whatever it is they 414 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: wanted to do. So, I mean, that's what I've always done. 415 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: That's what I watched my father do. It's what I 416 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: watched my mother do. My mother got up every morning 417 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: and went to work. She walked to the speed line, 418 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: she took the train into Philadelphia, and she worked all 419 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: day and then she came home and she walked home. 420 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: That was her exercise, and she'd make dinner, then she'd 421 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: take a shower, and she'd go to bed. She'd do 422 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: it five times a week. On weekend, she read books, 423 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: and so you know, there's a I was inspired by 424 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: my parents to have a work ethic, and they always 425 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: told me, you'll never amount to anything unless you dedicate 426 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: yourself to something. And it's if you want to have 427 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: a nice life, you know, choose something that you love 428 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: to do and then just work like crazy at it, 429 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: to be great at it, to be an expert at it, 430 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: and then you can have a nice living because you're 431 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: you're earning money doing something you love to do. And 432 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: So if you could hang up with any of the 433 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: characters some gale More girls, who would it be if 434 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: I could hang out with you mean, as Luke or 435 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: as Scott yea, as Scott Scott. Hanging out with any character? 436 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: One character? Who do I want to hang out with? 437 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: You know, maybe Jess because I was a lot like 438 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: him when I was at that age, uh, you know, 439 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: the young Jess the two thousand and two whenever he 440 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: came on the show. And I think it would be 441 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: interesting because I could guide him a little bit, you know, 442 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: I could be a mentor to Jess and let him 443 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: know in my way what to expect and what to 444 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: avoid and you know, just provide a little guidance to 445 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: that that that's searching young man. Yeah, Jess was one 446 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: of my favorite characters. So I was so sad when 447 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: he left. Yeah, we all were, we all were. But he, 448 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: you know, he was destined for bigger and better things 449 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: and uh and it all happened for him. So we're 450 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: all very happy for you know. Yeah. Yeah, So I 451 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: just have one more question, okay, and it's who do 452 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: you consider to be a real life superhero? And why? 453 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: My mom because of her fierce loyalty to her kids 454 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: and even when times were tough, she never broke. And 455 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: where there were some tough times financially and emotionally, and 456 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: she never broke. She just never broke. She was just 457 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: so strong, and you know, she wouldn't let anybody complain. 458 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: She never complained about anything. She just said, you know, 459 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: sometimes life gives you lemons. You gotta make lemonade. As 460 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: simple as that that that's the reality. Deal with reality. 461 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: And reality was this is what we're going through now, 462 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: and prove it, make it better. And she did and 463 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: she did it every day, and she understood that it 464 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: was a daily discipline. It wasn't and nothing happened overnight. 465 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: Like if you want something, son, dedicate yourself to the 466 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: study of it, you know, and it takes time, and 467 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: if you don't love it, you're not going to hang 468 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: in there long enough to really become an expert. So 469 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: so I think, you know, that's the thing. And I think, 470 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: because you know your listeners, these other kids they're in 471 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: the hospital because they're you know, they're sick a little 472 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: bit here and there, or they're dealing with more serious issues, 473 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they don't have aspirations and doesn't mean 474 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: that they don't have dreams. And you know, there was 475 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: a girl on America's Got Talent who wrote that that 476 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: been sang that beautiful song and she's now had to 477 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: step back to take care of her health from what 478 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: I read, But what an inspiration to so many people 479 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: in this country that she has been. And I think 480 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: I don't remember the name of the song, was it 481 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: Blackbird or something like that or Bluebird? But anyway, she's 482 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: such an inspiration and and and she inspires me. And 483 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's people like you, it's people like 484 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: your listeners, and it's people like, uh, this girl that 485 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: we're talking about. This you're extraordinary people because you offer 486 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: a glimpse into a different kind of a world where 487 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: maybe you can be all taken away from you, and 488 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: you're living each moment at a much higher level where 489 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: there's more gratitude or there's it's it's things are sweeter, 490 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: things are more beautiful, things are more impactful there there, 491 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: and I think you don't waste your time. You do 492 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: what you love. You strive for what you want, and 493 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: whether it's chemotherapy or surgery or whatever, it doesn't stop you. 494 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: It just makes you stronger, which is why I admire 495 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: you so much. And the people that are listening to 496 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: this right now, it's such an inspiration to talk to you. 497 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:33,160 Speaker 1: You have no idea how uplifting this is. And and 498 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: I know at times you feel down and you feel 499 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: physically weak and maybe a little sad, but you're stronger 500 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 1: than anybody that is considered to be in really good health. 501 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: So you're you. You are the inspiration. And and your 502 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,840 Speaker 1: friends in that hospital and hospitals all over children's hospitals 503 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: all over the all of the country and all over 504 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: the world, that those are the strong ones, those are 505 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: the those are the special people that we learned from 506 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: that would that inspire us. So thank you. Yeah, I mean, 507 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: since I got sick at such a young age, TV 508 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: became like this escape for me in a way, just 509 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: to leave everything behind. And so Gilmore Girls is one 510 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: of those shows that just gives me an escape. So 511 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: thank you. Well, there's You're welcome, and there's a lot 512 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 1: of love coming out of that show, isn't there? And 513 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: it's a nice uh, it's a nice experience to to 514 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: wrap wrap those shows around you like a blanket to 515 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: keep you warm. And I appreciate those thoughts because I 516 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 1: never thought in a million years that I would become 517 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: an actor. But once I decided to, I worked very 518 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: hard and persevered and went through a long period of 519 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: no work and hard times. And it's very satisfying to 520 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: not only have association with the show any kind of 521 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: a show, but one that is so iconic and really 522 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: kind of woven into the cultural landscape and it will 523 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: be forever and I feel very lucky in that regard. 524 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 1: So it's been a it continues to be a very 525 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:29,280 Speaker 1: special experience and has colored my life in very positive ways. 526 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: And so yeah, so I appreciate it, and I'm glad 527 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: that you you get comfort and inspiration from the show, 528 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 1: because it's really I think anybody set out to do 529 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: so mission accomplished. Yeah, Well, thank you so much for 530 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 1: having me on your podcast and letting me interview you this. 531 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,800 Speaker 1: You have no idea how excited I've been for this 532 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: or how much this means to me. So thank you. Well, 533 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: You're very very welcome, and I am honored to be 534 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: on your show that all the kids are going to 535 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 1: get to listen to. And and my message to all 536 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: to you and to all the kids that are going 537 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: to listen is that that I love you and you 538 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:26,280 Speaker 1: inspire me every day, and just to keep fighting and 539 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:30,279 Speaker 1: to just continue to pursue your dreams because there is 540 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:35,760 Speaker 1: important as anything. I mean, the true, the true secret 541 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: to life is to just day and day I'll continue 542 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,319 Speaker 1: to pursue your dreams and you're doing that, so you 543 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: should be very proud of yourself. Thank you. And I 544 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: am wanting to tell you that my mom, my mom 545 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 1: is a huge fan of yours too, and so my 546 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 1: sister So they boots hi. Okay, what are their names. 547 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: My sister's name is Leah and my mom's name is Shiwa. Wow, 548 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 1: beautiful names. Wow. We'll tell them. I said hello, and 549 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,799 Speaker 1: thank you very much, and maybe one day I can 550 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 1: meet all of you wonderful people. And uh and it's 551 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: been great talking to you. Thank you so much for 552 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: your time. Okay, oh, thank you all right. I hope 553 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: maybe we can talk soon, you know, yeah, yeah, I 554 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: would love that. Yeah. Please keep in touch, let us 555 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: know how you're doing. Okay, okay, thank you all right, 556 00:38:41,400 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: much love, thank you, bye, all right bye. Sweet hey everybody, 557 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: and don't forget follow us on Instagram at I Am 558 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:25,279 Speaker 1: all In podcast and emailis at Gilmore at iHeartRadio dot com. 559 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: Oh you Gilmore fans. 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