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Speaker 1: I Am all In.

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Speaker 2: Oh, Let's kiss you. I Am all in with Scott Patterson,

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Speaker 2: an iHeartRadio podcast.

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Speaker 1: Everybody, Scott Patterson I Am all In podcast, one on

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Speaker 1: one interview with Devin Servari. She first appeared as Honor

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Speaker 1: Huntsburger for four episodes two thousand and five two thousand

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Speaker 1: and six. First appearance season five, episode nineteen, But I'm

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Speaker 1: a Gilmour. Last appearance season six, episode twenty, Super Cool

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Speaker 1: Party People. Her character is Logan Huntsburger's sister. She's first

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Speaker 1: seen waiting in Logan's Sweet at Yale to be announced

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Speaker 1: that she's gonna marry Josh and that Logan needs to

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Speaker 1: come home for dinner so that the parents will be

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Speaker 1: time here too, and proceeds to spill and Garrison childhood

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Speaker 1: secrets about her brother Logan. Her bio very impressive by

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Speaker 1: the way. She was born in Ontario, Canada, to American parents.

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Speaker 1: Her family soon moved to New Mexico to be near

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Speaker 1: a very large Array Astronomical Radio Observatory, and then to Massachusetts.

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Speaker 1: She earned her equity card at age of eleven and

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Speaker 1: acted in productions in Boston, include many at Wheelock Family Theater.

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Speaker 1: She also danced leading roles at the Acting School of Ballet.

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Speaker 1: She graduated from Acton Boxboro Regional High School, moved to

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Speaker 1: New York City on her eighteenth birthday. She graduated from

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Speaker 1: the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she

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Speaker 1: studied at Circle and Square Theater School and the Classical Studio.

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Speaker 1: She worked for many years in regional theater before touring

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Speaker 1: the country as Elaine Robinson in the first national tour

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Speaker 1: of the Graduate Wow. Missus Robinson was played on the

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Speaker 1: tour by Jerry Hall, Linda Gray, Lorraine Broco, Kelly Megillis

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Speaker 1: at separate times. They didn't play at all together at once, obviously.

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Speaker 1: Her subsequent move to Los Angeles introduced her to both

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Speaker 1: the Antist Theater Company, which became her theatrical home base,

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Speaker 1: and to her husband, actor Stephen Brand. In addition to

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Speaker 1: her work in theater, film and TV. Devon is an

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Speaker 1: audiobook narrator specializing in young adult fiction Ladies and Gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: The One and the Only Honor Huntsberger Devon Sarvari Hi, Devin, Hi,

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Speaker 1: how you doing.

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Speaker 2: I'm good?

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm fine? In dandy, and thanks for coming on, very

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Speaker 1: very excited to talk to you. Your resume is very impressive,

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Speaker 1: and I want to get into all of that, but

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Speaker 1: let's get into this. How'd you start your career?

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Speaker 2: I guess technically, when I was eleven, I was taking

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Speaker 2: in Maynard, Massachusetts. And the guy that was teaching the

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Speaker 2: Memoirs in Stoughton, Massachusetts. And I was obviously right for

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Speaker 2: a Jewish character, of course, but I got the job.

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Speaker 2: I dyed my hair brown. I got my equity card

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Speaker 2: when I was eleven.

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Speaker 3: But I.

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Speaker 2: I was born like this, like I always wanted to

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Speaker 2: do that, So I did school plays beforehand. I always

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Speaker 2: loved it. So I was just really, really lucky that

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Speaker 1: What was it about acting that grabbed you that's on

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Speaker 2: You know, I think about that a lot, because I

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Speaker 1: It's always always a fascinating answer that I get when

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Speaker 1: I ask people that, because because I can't answer what

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Speaker 2: And then and then once you once you know how

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Speaker 1: And also you learn when you have your process, you

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Speaker 1: if you're one of those people that can, you know,

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Speaker 2: Part one in college and it was really fun. I mean,

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Speaker 1: And what do you think it gave you over people

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Speaker 2: I loved it, and it also was like the right

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Every young actor that approaches me, whether I'm interviewing

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Speaker 1: about the dinner scene, the class dinner scene. It's probably

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Speaker 1: Yeah, since endless, those days are endless.

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Speaker 2: There's just so much coverage. It's just unbelievable. It just

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Speaker 1: You know exactly? Yeah, it really was a case. It

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Speaker 2: Tell us what it's like, Well, it's a blur, it was.

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Speaker 2: It was well. First of all, I was a huge

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Speaker 2: but I remember everyone being really gentle and kind and supportive.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a blur. It is a blur. Though.

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Speaker 1: What about meeting Matt Zuger for the first time? Tell

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Speaker 2: He was great? He wasn't We didn't like hang out

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Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah that's Maddie. That sounds like Maddie. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It was great, It was It was a really it

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Speaker 1: There you go, good, good, good good. You played Elaine

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Speaker 2: Sure, she gave a she was she was ferocious as

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Speaker 2: I hope I know any of the answers. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: If you don't know, I'll give you the answers no worse.

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Speaker 1: How do you like your coffee.

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Speaker 2: Black?

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Speaker 1: There you go? Have you binged the entire Gilmore Girls series?

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Speaker 2: I have not?

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Speaker 1: Are your team Logan Team Jess or Team Dean Team Logan?

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Speaker 1: There you go? We love Logan on the podcast, We

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Speaker 1: Coffee Harvard or Yale.

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Speaker 2: Oh what what did you think? You thought I was

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Speaker 1: Because a Yale rap.

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Speaker 2: No, I should have said Yale. That would have been

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Speaker 1: Said Harvard?

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Speaker 2: Why? Because I grew up in Massachusetts and like that

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Speaker 1: Gilmour would you not want to be stuck on a

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Speaker 3: With oh gosh, oh that's copyrighted.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, I would not be on a desert island

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Speaker 2: Laura because she would drink all the coffee.

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Speaker 1: There you go. Who would you want to be stuck

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Speaker 2: Suki?

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Speaker 1: Why Suki? Because she could she could cook up a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'd find Yeah, she can cook up a storm

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Speaker 2: and keep me in stitches. Yeah, we'd find like edible

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Speaker 2: then she'd make it right.

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Speaker 1: Best memory of Gilmore Girls.

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Speaker 2: Rapid fire if I start moving, that count as an answer.

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Speaker 2: Best memory of Gilmore Girls Bride'smaids revisited episode The Wedding

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Speaker 2: Dress Day.

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Speaker 1: Gotcha? Okay, show your binge watching right now.

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Speaker 2: Oh, Couple's Therapy.

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Speaker 1: Gotcha? Cast member you texted most recently?

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Speaker 2: Oh, Nick Holmes.

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Speaker 1: Nick, We just talked to him. Nice something in your life.

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Speaker 1: You are all in on storytelling. Beautiful Devin Sorvari, brilliant

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Speaker 1: talking to you. We would love to have you back.

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Speaker 1: Good luck with everything, Thank you for your time.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. This has been a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Oh, absolute pleasure on our part. And and good luck

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Speaker 1: with everything. Well, hopefully talk to you very soon. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, bye, Hey everybody, and don't forget Follow us

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