1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: My next guest as an actress, award winning singer, songwriter, 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Philanthroprius producer. Among her recent recurring roles include The c WS, Azombie, 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: NBC's This Is Us one of my favorite shows, and 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: T and T S Major Crimes, Animated work Force overwork 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: includes video games and TV shows like Futurama and The Simpsons. 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: Please welcome the first time on money making conversations, My girl, 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: Don Lewis, how are you doing today? Man? I listened 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: to you say all that. It's like, yeah, I guess 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: I did do that. Yeah, I guess that grace of God. 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: You know, in its business and you know that it 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: is the business. I you know, I've been fortunate. I 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: started as a stand up commentate and I became a 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: sitcom writer and started producing television, and I started managing talent. 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: It's being able to have multi levels of income, being 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: able to have multi hats. Talk about that whole process, 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: a little bit about being able to you know the words. 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: You know, you can come in wanting to be an actor. 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: You can come and wanted to be a singer, but 19 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: you have to be ready for the opportunity. I agree 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: with you one. You have to be ready, but you 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: have to be flexible because the business that we're in 22 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: the entertainment industry is completely subjective. There is no clear cut, 23 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: black and white lines on right or wrong, or or 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: left or or right. It really is when you walk 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: in the room, how does that producer feel today? How 26 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: does that casting director feel today? Did you, by chance 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: where the color they hate the most? Does your perfume 28 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: offend them? I mean, just all kinds of stuff before 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: they even get to whether or not you have the 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: talent that it takes to actually pull off this job. Um, 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: your reputation, more often than not, walked into the room 32 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: before you do. If you are known as a troublemaker adza, 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: that's how people are going to think of you, and 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: no matter how talented you are, you may not get 35 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: that gig. So I to just the people, put your 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: attitudes and your egos in check, and go and do 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: the work and let the work speak for itself. When 38 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: I started out in the industry, I started out as 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: a singer. I've been singing since I was four. I 40 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: started dancing at seven, started acting at eleven. I'm born 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: and raised in Brooklyn, New York, so that's what I 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: was doing. I was doing theater off and on Broadway. 43 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: I went to the High School of Music and Art. 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: So I graduated high school at sixteen, immediately left and 45 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: went to college down at the University of Miami, where 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: I continued studying. They ended up developing a degree program 47 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: around me. The Musical theater degree program at the University 48 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: of Miami was founded on me. I am its founder 49 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: and first graduate. Because I came into the school not 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: wanting to just sing or not wanting to act. I 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: wanted to do it all. I wanted to be a 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: complete package and have skill in it, not to be 53 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: young and cute and impulsive. And if I knew then 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: that I was still going to be young and cute 55 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: and impulsive at my age. Now, I may not have 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: gone to college, but that's a whole other Stop. You're 57 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: not saying years. You did not waste years. Done, You 58 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: did not waste the years. Okay, So I would not 59 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: let you put that out of public. You're fantastic, Keep going, 60 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you. So I wanted to 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: know how to recreate what I needed to recreate, take 62 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: after take, show after show, and that was what I 63 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: cultivated there in college. So when I tell people today, 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: what do I do to get ahead? And and what 65 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: how co can I get my big break? And said, 66 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: first of all, you have to do your homework. You 67 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't allow someone to perform brain surgery on you who 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: hasn't studied how to do it and do it well. 69 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: So those of us in the industry who do what 70 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: what we do and who do it well, we make 71 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: it look easy, but please know it is hard work. 72 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: So if you want to be a singer, you got 73 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: to get the work in and get your vocal chops up. 74 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: And don't just trust your auntie and uncle when they say, 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: oh girl, we boy, you can say no. Can you 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: really think you know what I'm saying? A recording contract. 77 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: Before I got on television, I thought I was going 78 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: to be a recording artist and singing and dancing on Broadway. 79 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: And uh, that was how I ended up writing the 80 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: theme song for a Different World because the music contractor 81 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: knew me as a singer songwriter, so he hired me 82 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: to work on the theme song. The people who cast 83 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: me to be in the show knew me as an 84 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: actor because I was doing a Broadway show for them 85 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: at at the time, the cap Dance Kids, so they 86 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: both hired me and did not know that I was 87 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: being hired by the two completely different departments until they 88 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: had hired me to do both jobs. And by the 89 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: grace of God, I have been able to set and 90 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying in along you say this 91 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: so normal, you know what I'm saying. You say this 92 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: so effortlessly. But but when you talk about you know, 93 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: I've been doing this as as four graduate my school 94 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: was sixteen, went down the University of Miami. You know, 95 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: I wanted to structure of my life. I didn't want 96 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: to just I wanted to I wanted to career. I 97 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: want to do take to understand what to take men. 98 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: And then I was saying, getting these opportunities, Let's talk 99 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: about the opportunity because see, in your own since you 100 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: knew what you wanted, I always feel blessed when I 101 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: talked to people who knew what they wanted in their life, 102 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, like I would when I was sixteen, look 103 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: at a girl. I was trying to figure out who 104 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: was Sean McDonald? Was you? Let alone trying to find 105 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: out if I could date somebody? Okay, law knows I 106 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: was two years away from graduating. Okay, and then when 107 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: I graduate, didn't know what It took me seven years 108 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: again out of college. Okay, so you look that the 109 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: guy was confused. Okay, and so I'm talking to somebody 110 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: at a very mature age that said this is what 111 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: I want to do. And then along the way it 112 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: doesn't always work out that way, you know, because people 113 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: like you said, you know, you're going forecasting opportunity. You 114 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: don't know what they want, you know, to be vibrant. 115 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: And that's that's really the frustrating part of entertainment. Correct, yes, 116 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: oh it is. It is. And not only do we 117 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: get that put us put on us from the outside, 118 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: but unfortunately we do it to ourselves. As entertainers were 119 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: were perpetually. As much as we want to create, as 120 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: much as we want to develop things that come from 121 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: the inside out, we're constantly criticizing ourselves. I'm not pretty enough, 122 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: I'm not spinning up, I'm not tall enough, I'm not 123 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: old enough, I'm too young. I mean, these all these 124 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: things that we put on ourselves to make ourselves insecure, 125 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: to make ourselves even as much hard work as we 126 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: may put into what we do. Unfortunately, because the industry 127 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: is so subjective, we put a lot on that on 128 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: ourselves as well. Quite frankly, when I walked into Be 129 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: a Different World audition, I was the only person in 130 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: the room. I didn't know. I saw models. I saw 131 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: after as I've seen on television. I saw people who 132 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: were assize too, with fair skin and green eyes and 133 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: long hair. And I'm like, I know everybody in here 134 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: except me. Okay, as you say that your character was 135 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: a game changer for television for exactly, you know, because 136 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: you weren't a science too, you weren't light skinned. You 137 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: was like or somebody in the neighborhood that I went 138 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: to high school with, or somebody that I grew up 139 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: with looking like when you look at like my sister, 140 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: and and you are attractive, you as articularly, you have 141 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: a defined personality, and you are and you are you 142 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,239 Speaker 1: are a professional and all those things. I feel that 143 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: you know, you're a role model, and you're still a 144 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,679 Speaker 1: role model today and so and I'd say that because 145 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: I wanted to. I wanted I asked you project an 146 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: interview because I talk about your New Day Foundation because 147 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: it kind of it has those traits of being able 148 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: to talk about empowerment and education for you and underserved communities. 149 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: Let's talk about that a little bit well. To be 150 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: honest with you, the New Day Foundation, thank you for 151 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: that again. I don't want that to go by without 152 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: me not acknowledging that. It's really humbling to know that 153 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: that was the end result of me wanting to do 154 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: my job and me standing for myself and saying, in 155 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: spite of what I mean think of myself in this 156 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: room that I think I'm the smallest person here. God 157 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: was able to use me to take myself to a 158 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: different level and being example for others who want to 159 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: take themselves to a different level. So I am really 160 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: humbled and uh honored to have been a part of 161 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: a project like that that put me in a position 162 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: to do that and be that and continue to be that. 163 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: That's thirty two years now and people are still watching 164 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: that show and coming up to me saying, I wanted 165 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: to go to school because of you little kids who 166 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: are ten and eleven, the little kids in the show 167 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm doing now the seen a turn of musical on Broadfast. 168 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: I watch your show all the time, Missed Dawn. I'm 169 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: now miss Dawn. Most Jesus, when did that happen? When 170 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: did I become an older person. But going back to 171 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: the foundation, the A New Day Foundation, I formalized that 172 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: about three years ago now basically to put under a 173 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: formal five or one three seed nonprofit umbrella the work 174 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: I've been doing for more than forty years. Um ever, 175 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: since I was in elementary school, I was a person who, 176 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: like I said, who was inspired, who was supported by 177 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: my teachers, who from different parts of my family, was 178 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: completely misunderstood. Growing up in a very traditionally reliligious family. UH, 179 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: the entertainment industry was Satan's playground, and UH, I was 180 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: being encouraged by my my mom and my tea teachers 181 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: to basically live in that playground. So I was getting 182 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: really mixed mess messages. By one hand, I was being 183 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: told that the gifts that I had were a gift 184 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: from God and I couldn't do it without God's blessing. 185 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: And on the other hand, I was being told that 186 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to be sent straight to Hell if I 187 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: keep entertaining the singing and dancing. It was. It was 188 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: very confusing, it was very difficult and emotionally stressful. Know 189 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: this was when I was eighty, This is when I 190 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: was eight, when all of this first started manifesting itself. 191 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: So my elementary school teachers, particularly Karen Fogler and Barbara Ames, 192 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: who actually also happened to be lin Manuel Miranda's chie teachers, 193 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: and he credits them also with inspiring him and guiding 194 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: him to be the amazing creative genius that he is today. 195 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: So I just want to give a shout out to 196 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: public school teachers. Thank you for investing in your kids. 197 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: We hear you, we receive you, and you continue to 198 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: make a difference in our lives because of them. I 199 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: would go like into junior high school and come back 200 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: to my elementary school and visit them, and while I 201 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: was there, talked to the kids in the class and say, 202 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: this is what junior high school is like I used 203 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: to be in this class. You have to listen to 204 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: your teachers. Don't be afraid of bullies. Tell somebody I 205 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: used to get bullied as as a kid, just for 206 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: having good grades, just for wanting to do something with 207 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: my life. People would just beat you up and jack 208 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: you for your lunch money, etcetera, all kinds of things. 209 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: So gratefully I listened to the positive voices more than 210 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: I listened to the negative rasis. So while things may 211 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: sound like they just roll off my tongue and come 212 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: easily to me, or have come easily, that is that 213 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: couldn't be further from the truth. And then when I 214 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: went to high school, I'm sorry. And that's the basis 215 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: of the of the of the foundation, right to the 216 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: foundation is to be empowering to those kids and to 217 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: those communities where you don't see yourself succeeding, where you 218 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: don't feel you have the resources, where you don't feel 219 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: you have the support or the encouragement. Trust me as 220 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: a person who has been able to come through and 221 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: continues to come through on the other side of maysayers 222 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: of the people who are supposed to be the closest 223 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: to you encouraging you, and they don't. You've got to 224 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: find a way to encourage yourself and you can't let 225 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: that continue to be your story. Well, if so and 226 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: so help me, I would have been able to do this, 227 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: and if so and so did this. But at some 228 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: point you have to take responsibility for what happens in 229 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: your life. And being a New Day Foundation does what 230 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: what we can through creative and cultural experiences, um and 231 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: career experiences that a lot of these young people across 232 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: the country are not exposed to. We do programs for 233 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: young boys called mentors which stands for men talking of 234 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: Relevant sid situations and SIS Sisters hang Out which is 235 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: for teenage girls. Mentors as teenage boys, Sisters hang Out 236 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: as teen teenage girls. We do similar programs for them 237 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: and take them on outings. UH. Then we do our 238 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: annual Focused and Fit f I T which stands for 239 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: Financially and Technologically Informed once a year on college campuses. 240 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: We do it for high school juniors and seniors and 241 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: their parents so that we can give them information so 242 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: that whole household goes home informed on how they can 243 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: get to and through higher education and careers. And we 244 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: also opened that conference up to college freshmen and sophomores 245 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: so that we can help them answer the questions. It's like, okay, 246 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: I got into college. Now what now I'm like a 247 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: thousand dollar donation to your man. Thank you, thank you, 248 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 1: thank you, because we turned around and give that money. 249 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: That's why I gotta stop you. You can't keep telling 250 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: what you're doing. And I'm just sitting up. They're going 251 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: to coop. You keep going, girl, you go, you go, 252 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: you make it and you go get We give out 253 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: eight scholarships of two thousand dollars each to qualify it 254 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: twos well as a new computer. It's two thousand dollars. 255 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: Then the scholarship is two Okay, that's what I'm doing. 256 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: I'm donating two thousand dollars. Man, and we can give 257 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: it in your name. How about that, girl? You give whoever? Okay, 258 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: give it. What I'm saying, consider this a scholarship. Donat you? 259 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: I know, don Look, look girl, you're beautiful. Are we 260 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: gonna come back to the next break? I just had 261 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: to stop you and let you know. You know it's 262 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: not gonna come on money, make conversations. All the great 263 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: stuff you're doing in the community. I'm just going to 264 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: sit over the girl. You go, girl, we gonna be 265 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: back with my girl dog Little talk about a Broadway show. 266 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: She's on that doing Mama Mama Cool and a lot 267 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: of other things. Verona Kamal is a lot of great 268 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: things happening right back with more. Don Lewis, Oh, she's 269 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: back on the air with me. She's the War winning actress, songwriter, filanthroprist, producer. 270 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: We just go talking about her New Day foundation or 271 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: she gives out eight two tho dollar scholarships to students, 272 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: and I've just told her that I am going to 273 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: be a contributor to one of those scholarships for eighteen 274 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: and U you're gonna provide the paperwork to me. Samath 275 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: is gonna reach out to you, and we're gonna change 276 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: your kid's life for your foundation said, all right, you 277 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: know you're walking on money main conversation. That's what happens done. 278 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: You know, UH, God has blessed me. My wife is 279 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: a she's a fantastic person too, and uh we try 280 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: to uh distribute information to uh through our through our success. 281 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: And then you you're doing something that I cannot do. Well, 282 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: I can't write a check, and that's what I'm doing 283 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: your organization. Okay, but I appreciate that, but please don't 284 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: sell yourself short. The fact that you use this platform, 285 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: you use your voice, you use the people who tune 286 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: into you to bring them information that can help benefit 287 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: their lives. Yes, yes, you are doing some something my 288 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: brother and is greatly appreciated. Well, thank you really appreciate. 289 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: We talked about that, We talked about your past, we 290 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: talked about your foundation. Now you own a new Broadway 291 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: musical called Tina about the legendary team to turn herself. 292 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: And you played the role of Zelma, Mrs turn but 293 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: Mrs Turner's mother. Yes, I played my mama, Tina Turner's mama. 294 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: When when Zelma refers to Tina, she always refers to 295 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: her as anim animal Bullock, which is her given name, 296 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: and which is something that is true for far too 297 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: many of us. They did not have a great, loving, hugging, 298 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: warm mother's daughter relationship. It was very complicated. It was 299 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: very strange, uh, right up until there was no more 300 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: relationship when when Mrs Bullock passed away, Um and unfortunate. 301 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: That is a hard thing to play in this show. 302 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: It is a musical. Of course you're going to hear 303 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: the music of the legend and the performances of the 304 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: lead legend. We have an amazing cast, but make no mistake, 305 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: we get to the heart of a lot of issues, 306 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: and some of them are different and challenging to watch. 307 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: But that's what makes Miss Turner's journey so amazing and 308 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: so victorious in what she was able to overcome. And 309 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: one of the reasons, and people ask me, well, you know, 310 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: I know you do you do theater, et cetera. But 311 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: this is a long commitment. I'll be here for Justice 312 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: about a year and we just opened. Uh So people 313 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: are saying, well, what about the television shows, what about 314 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: the movie? All of that is still happening, and you 315 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: mentioned some of them, even the Veronica Mars show that 316 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: just launched this a couple of months ago. I'm I'm 317 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: a regular on that show, and we'll be seeing starring 318 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: in the Amazon series The Boys starting at the top 319 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: of the year in their second season. I'm really about that. 320 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: That's excited, right, But that's the one that las Alonzo 321 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: on that right, Alonzo, it was so cool working with 322 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: them in Canada. But getting back to Tina, one of 323 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: the big reasons why I really wanted to do this 324 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: like that, How you gonna do me like that? You're 325 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: gonna take me over to the boys, and then you're gon, 326 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: we got time. Now this is your show. Now we 327 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: talked about Now. Now, that's an exciting series to be 328 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: a part of because because they sigh fire effects of 329 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: the super it's kind of like an anti superhero movie. 330 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: It's like superhero like superheroes on the dark side, right, 331 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: different things. They're they're good guys who do not such 332 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: good things all the time, and you kind of don't 333 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: know whether you're supposed to love them, hate them, be 334 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: mad at him, check them, or just cheer them on. 335 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: And the cast itself is just they are off the 336 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: It's that side. That's the side of the series where 337 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you look at superheroes, you go, Okay, 338 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: they know they're famous, they know they're superhumans. They know 339 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 1: they can day and they body, they know they can 340 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: Actually they want money, they can go get get a 341 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: diamond out of the ground. Because they superhero they just 342 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: they can just start all they can just go find ore, 343 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: you know. And that's what these characters are. They are 344 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: very much aware that they're superheroes. Now, before we digress, 345 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: Jack Quaid, who's one of the stars of The Boys, 346 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: also starts with me in the CBS animated series Star 347 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: Trek lower Deck, and that's gonna be primiary at the 348 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: beginning of the year as well. She's so much, she's 349 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: so she's so busy, she's so busy. I don't know 350 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: how you know God's good because of the fact that 351 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: you know, first of all, I've been trying to get 352 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: you on the show. I see why I can't get 353 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: you on the show. What she's doing, What she's doing, 354 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: what's she doing? Not know? I'm sorry. I apologize for 355 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: talking aboud to my staff. You know I'm saying, you know, 356 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: talking about to my staff, you know, because she said, 357 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: you know, she said, like taking over the show. Now 358 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: you know she's promoting her stuff. I'm my little pizza 359 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: paper all over the place. Now you're talking about that 360 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: right now. Don come on now, let's now, let's going 361 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: back to Tina. Let's get your bast go back to Tina. 362 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: To Tina. You will be there for a year now. 363 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: Now talk about what is that like? You have a 364 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: dark day of one day a week is usually dark, right, 365 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: and the rest of the days you're performing correct, Talk 366 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 1: about that you have talk about the whole set up, well, 367 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: that whole schedule that we are on. When we were 368 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 1: in previews, we officially opened on November seventh. Prior to that, 369 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: we were in what it's called previews for about three 370 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: and a half weeks, and that is our creative team's 371 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: last opportunity to make any changes or restructuring to the 372 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: show before we get in front of the official run audience. 373 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: So we do the show at night, the same three 374 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: hours at night for an audience, but during the day, 375 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,479 Speaker 1: the producers and the directors and the creative team come 376 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: to us and say, Okay, this work last night, this 377 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: didn't work. We're gonna change this dance number. We're gonna 378 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: cut this song and replace it with that song. So 379 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: we're rehearsing still all day long, take a dinner break, 380 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: and come back and perform all the stuff that we 381 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: just changed for the next audience that night. So we 382 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: can do that all the way up until we officially open. 383 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: So now the show is what what they call locked. 384 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: They can't make any more changes. Okay, but we normally 385 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: get one day off a week because of this particular week, 386 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving holiday. We don't have a show on Thanksgiving, 387 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: do you think. Okay, but we normally do eight shows. 388 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: This week, we'll only do seven. No such luck. They 389 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: moved Thursday show to tonight. So at the end of 390 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: this week, which ends after the evening show on Wednesday, 391 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: we will have done twelve straight shows. We will have 392 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: worked every day straight since last week. Two days. Okay, 393 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: we're not we're not complaining, right, We're not going to complain, 394 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: but I just need y'all to understand eight shows a 395 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: week is no singing and dancing and jumping around for 396 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: three hours at the highest level of adrenaline. You can 397 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: you playing you want to come? You're playing come, You're 398 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: not jumping around to talk to me about doing twelve. 399 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: I love this interview. I love this interview. So so 400 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,959 Speaker 1: so let's let's talk about this because I gotta come 401 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: and see you. I gotta come up there and see yes, please, 402 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: so I know, probably probably gonna be to January. You know, 403 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: I love that time. We will still be there, grace 404 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: for God. The audiences have been loving the show, on 405 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: their feet, singing and dancing with us. Some of y'all 406 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: need to calm down because you're singing a little louder this. 407 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: And I understand you bought a ticket, but hello, hello, Hello. Okay. 408 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: You see, if you're having a lot of fun with 409 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: your life, the fact that you have the charity, the 410 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: fact you have your own production company, that means the 411 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: creative side. And now you're locked into a year long production. 412 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: And we know as as as entertain as we know 413 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: as people who get out there, that that regular check 414 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: means something. Okay, we can kind of like calm down 415 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: our lives and to be able to focus things and 416 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: buy things that we want to do. And then when 417 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: you always tell people when you're working, and that's when 418 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: you can get another job. When you're working, exactly now 419 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: is the time to position yourself for the next thing. 420 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: While you're in this in this industry, while you're hot, 421 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: while folks have eyes on you, you do what you 422 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: can to present yourself in a way that positions you 423 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: for whatever comes next. Because in this industry is much 424 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: A year sounds like that's nothing. Some people have been 425 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: in the same job for ten years, twenty years, so 426 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: they look at you and say a year, that's no 427 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: big deal, And it's like, but yeah, in this industry 428 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: is because jobs come and they go, they last a month. 429 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: You could be in a hit show or what you 430 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: think is a hit show. Come to work and there's 431 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 1: a sign on the signing door that says we are 432 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: about to close in two weeks. Because you learn no 433 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: one else has bought a ticket beyond a certain date. 434 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean the shows we shoot these TV shows, trust me, 435 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: there's only eight ten episodes. Now, that means what do 436 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: you do for the other nine months in the year. 437 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: But you still got to You still gotta pay your rent, 438 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: you gotta eat, pay your insurance, all of those things. 439 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: So it really does behoove you to just keep things moving. 440 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: Our resumes change weekly. People have the same resume they've 441 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: been using for a few years. The the I would say, 442 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: the nine to five working persons, they have the same 443 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: resume they've used for years. Our resume gets updated almost 444 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: every week, at least every month of whatever new job. 445 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: Of you out there husky and trying to maintain your 446 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: marketability and try to convince somebody why you should hire 447 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 1: me over over the thousand other possible actresses that are 448 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: out there, And that's that's that's it's a lot of work. 449 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 1: It's a lot of work, and are really powerful. Before 450 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: we go, I want to just talk about your being 451 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: able to have a major role in the animation Vossover world. 452 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: Talk to us a little bit about that. Talk to 453 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: my my listeners how that, How are you able to 454 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: break that that wall from acting to animation Vossover resson. 455 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: Before we move away, This one thing I really want 456 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: to say really quickly, and I will talk about that 457 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: is one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to do, Tina, 458 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: And this is for anyone who was out there. Tina's 459 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: story is amazing, it is victorious. It is about a 460 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: woman who not only survived domestic violence and all kinds 461 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: of hurdles and she tried her best to be her 462 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: best self. But she is victorious, she is thriving and 463 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: who she is now. So that's my story as well. 464 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: I was raised in the home of domestic violence. I 465 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 1: was raised in an environment where I was, like I 466 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: mentioned before, bullied all kinds of things. But my mom, 467 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: like Tina's mom, had to step away, and then Tina 468 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: had to deal with issues of abandonment. My mom had 469 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: to leave myself from my three brothers for almost a 470 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: year and a half to get out of the situation 471 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: she was in to position herself in a way where 472 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: she was able to come back and get a and 473 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: do her best to raise me and my three brothers. 474 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: And I give all shout outs to moms, even to 475 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: men who are suffering from domestic violence, because some women 476 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: can be very violent as well. All that to say, 477 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: do not quit on yourself. Believe that you deserve to 478 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: be loved, Believe that you deserve to be in a 479 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: safe and healthy environment. And if you are not, please 480 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: get help, Please get yourself out, because you cannot be 481 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: good for your children if they are witnessing you being 482 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: abused and attacked. You want to break that cycle of violence. 483 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: You want to promote a cycle of healing and healthy living. Okay, 484 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 1: tell us how to get tickets. No, no, because because 485 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: I gotta go to the tickets of the show. Okay. 486 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: We are at the lunch Fontane Theater in New York City, 487 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: So go to Broadway dot com. Tina the Musical we 488 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: are running. We are looking forward to seeing you. Please 489 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: come check us out, Please please please, Well, my friend, 490 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: the cat is amazing. My friend, you're an amazing person. 491 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: You've got me into your foundation again. Samatha will reach 492 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: out to you. I will see you in January. Dawn 493 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: Rushan mcdonal is a friend of your family. Okay, I 494 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: know that I am a fair much. Thank you for 495 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: supporting Tina Be a New Day Foundation, my animation work, 496 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: film work, my company, The Morning Morning jewel Ink. We 497 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: didn't get to talk about you know, you know you 498 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: gotta come back on the show. You know that you 499 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: know that I'll be back. Okay, I'll be back