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You don't realize that 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.160 that's like going on in these people. That's why they 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.520 get articulate. That's whatever a sense of value when they 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.880 start talking and speaking. In addition, she recently launched an 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:48.200 online clothing boutique PS by Pat Smith, and a portion 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.680 of the proceeds support the emergency needs of women and girls. 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:53.880 We have a lot of talk for talking about, Like 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:57.960 I said, she's a minister, author, executive producer and we 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:02.000 will talk about those projects. Speaker, entrepreneur and philanthropists, please 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:06.400 work on the money making conversation. Pat Smith, thank you. 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.240 It's good to be here and it's good to connect 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.079 back with you. Awesome of course you and I I 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.760 watch your work and I'm glad to be reconnected with 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.040 you and half of you on my show. Because take 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.160 your little background of the show are we live in Atlanta, Geargia. 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.160 And it's on podcasts and series exam It's on all 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:27.000 HBCU campuses and and the beauty of what I try 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.280 to do on this show pad is to take us 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.600 sexful people, successful people are and then just break it 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.480 down what they do and hear their stories and and 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.880 let's everyday people whe they're successful not realized that they're 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.120 crossing the same path. And if you're not doing what 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.360 these people are doing, you might want to change your game. 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.799 And so when I when I encounter individual like you, 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.520 you know your you you spread blessings to your ministry. 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.600 You know you're an author, an executive producer, you know, 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.680 which means that you walk on your decision maker. That's 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.239 all your executive producer or anything, your decision maker. You 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.160 got you gotta be yearless because a lot of people 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:02.960 look at you, go, am, I will you be paid? 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.120 Could I cut this scene? Can we move forward? Or 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:07.959 is it all right? The weather? This type of outfit. 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.000 Executive producers make those type of decisions as well as casting. 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:17.600 Then your speaker, entrepreneur, philantropritches, philanthropists, Yeah, charity, let's start, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:22.560 let's start. Let's start, Minister orde Elder, absolutely absolute, let's 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.519 started off with that. Now. Now let's talk about you. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:30.080 Based in Dallas, UM married to Emmett Smith, very talented 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:34.560 hall of fame dancing dancer. Okay, I got that started off. 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:40.360 Can you dance? Look not like him? God, I had 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.520 no idea. I mean we we met dancing Um at 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:48.000 sen Bad Music Festival years ago in the Ruba. I've 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.840 been almost two years ago, um, and I knew he 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.760 could throw down, right, But you know, but what you know, 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:59.840 you said, Matt dancing? That was like you know, regular yeah, girl, yeah, yeah, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:04.240 all right, you're dancing. He was dancing? Oh yeah, he was. 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.680 He was getting he was not only was he you know, 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.280 he could move, but he was ballroom dancing, which is 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.840 which is a phenomenon and also changed the game and 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.840 perspective of what athletes thought what athletes can do in 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:19.479 that particular genre, you know, because he wanted. But let's 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:20.760 get back on with you actual want to put that 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.280 out that little joke about dancing out there. Let's talk 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.719 about a lot of your organizations out there that are 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.360 changing people's lives. Let's start with Treasure You, which is 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.880 a nonprofit organization founded by you, of course, dedicated to 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.840 supporting women and financial, emotional, and spiritual needs. Let's talk 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.200 about that. You know that That's why I call it 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:43.719 my baby, um, because it's wow. It was. It was 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:50.479 a very difficult birthing process for that's all babies, okaybies, 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.840 but you know our biological babies usually take about nine months. 0:04:55.360 --> 0:05:00.400 This baby took about you know, fifteen years, UM. Because 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:05.240 it started with with pain and hurt and disappointment as 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:10.800 a woman, you know, making some bad decisions, um, you 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.760 know on my part, and through that journey of pain 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.839 and discoveries what led me to um to start Treasure 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.760 You years ago because I just felt like there needed 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:24.560 to be a place for women to go to that 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.039 was safe first of all, UM, where we could share 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.760 honestly and openly in an authentic and transparent way with 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:39.360 each other. Um I got into a place where, you know, 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.839 with with some of the loss is going through a divorce, 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.279 going through a lot of nodes in the entertainment industry, 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.520 um I lost a lot of my self esteem and 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.320 a lot of my self worth. And so I felt 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.280 like they're you know, there needed to be this place 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.600 where we could come together and inspire one another and 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.280 share and grow. Um And so I hosted my first 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.800 retreat with women that were very similar to me, that 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.640 were married to high profile men who had just lost themselves. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.640 And then that then grew into something even larger, which 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:15.920 was just I realized as women, we all sometimes lose ourselves, 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:20.479 whether it's to our children, to our careers too, um 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.440 just being overwhelmed with life in general, we we forget 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:28.200 who we are and why we're here. And I've learned, 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.560 you know, it's not about just having a career, it's 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:35.040 about having a mission in life. And so Treasure you 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:39.760 just really grew. And then um I developed a heart 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:41.920 to stay in the gaps for women or be a 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.240 bridge for women. There was a woman who helped me 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.520 years ago when um I was going through it, you know, 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.039 left my house middle of the night with with my 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.920 my baby girl, she's nine months old, and she took 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.040 me in and provided a safe place for me. And 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.560 so I said, you know what I want to do 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.080 that for women to treasure you went for retreats you 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.440 know too, events too, then raising dollars to help women 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.680 that were just like me who needed a bridge, Um, 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.160 just to get you know, hey, it's gonna be all right, girl, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:14.000 I got you, sister. Um. You know, maybe she needs 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:18.200 a you know, a place to stay, temporary housing. Maybe 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:19.920 she needs, you know, to get her vehicle fixed so 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:21.800 she can get to work or get her kids to school. 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:25.760 Whatever that is. Um, we provided you know, women with furniture. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.880 When you know, the tornado hit here in Dallas years ago. Um, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.160 there's a lot of single mothers who were put out. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.240 We were able to partner with the Dallas Furniture Bank 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.320 and help them. So that is that's kind of where 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.920 we've grow into today. I haven't done a retreat in years, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.120 but we are always there for for someone who needs 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:48.960 just the bridge. So yeah, yeah, that's my that's my 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.880 baby that's just taking a long time to to birth. 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.040 But you know the thing about it is because there's 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:58.160 so many layers and a lot of people. Uh, you know, 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:00.640 there's so many you you chan be in so many 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.080 situations because I'm sure you know, uh the best in 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.840 violence situation falls in line with that. How you come 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:10.880 to the rescue of women in period and try to 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.080 point them in the right direction and build their self 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.560 esteem and so and so when you say, how do 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.560 you go about raising funds for this organization? If anywhere 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.960 I can help assist and promote that, how do you 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:25.480 res funds for Treasure you? You know what's just going 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.400 to trusture you dot org um and you know, making 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:33.679 a donation, which it's a blessing because we're continually like 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.720 trying to um support women. I mean I get requests 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:39.120 all the time, and you know I have not been 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.559 able to do a fundraiser in a long time. So 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:45.400 people just making donations that will definitely help. Also, you 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.240 mentioned my clothing line with PS by Pat Smith. A 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.760 portion of the proceeds I always donate back to Treasure 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.480 You what what what is what is that closing line? 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.640 What is it? When you when you say that is it? 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:58.160 Is it? What? What is it? What is it? Gear 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.880 towards the professional woman, the cash aware, What is the 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.840 what is the cloning MPs? What is pois the fashionable 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.760 so ps um? It's Pat Smith, but it also means 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.839 PS like just one more thing, right, So I played 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.880 off of that because you know what, with women, I 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.280 think sometimes we weighed so many of our resources and 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:24.040 money on clothes and stuff that is not eternal, um, 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.240 when we should be saving our money. So I didn't 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.000 want a cloth in line that was going to drain 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.600 people's pockets. At a clothing line where people could get affordable, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.960 you know, cute outfits that were different because of course 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.040 we all like to look nice, um and feel good 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.559 about ourselves. And then knowing that a portion of your funds, 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.920 then we'll go back to help another woman who is 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.560 in need. It's empowering. I wanted to create this, this 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.200 community of women that yes, you can come shop, but 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:56.360 it's not gonna you know, we're not not design aware, right, 0:09:56.679 --> 0:10:01.480 affordable ware, but it's still they're still you a unique peace. Okay. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:05.760 What is that website? Okay? That is ps by Pat 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.240 Smith dot com. See, I gotta get all these websites. 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.880 Oh we go. We want to make conversations not bad. 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.840 Remember what show y'all not money making conversations. Okay, let's 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:18.680 move on to the other project. Because of the fact 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:20.120 that I know I got another second, I want to 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.280 squeeze a little bit this conversation. Then you're an executi 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.040 producer alongside your husband Hall of Famer, NFL Hall of 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:30.160 Famer and Smith of Canal Street. A faith driven film, 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.800 uh that speaks to millennials who find confident in the 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:37.160 belief systems were driven. Is a propeller and inspires movement. 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.800 So let me just clarify, And this is no disrespect, 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.480 but I think it's important for other women to know. Um, 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:49.839 So i am, I'm executive producer without him. So okay, 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.640 he's very supportive, but I'm I'm actually um executive producer. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.120 Well that's good because they wrote it on a piece 0:10:56.120 --> 0:11:00.720 of paper just like that, because I'm I'm I'm Let 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.640 me just tell you something. My whole thing is that 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.679 this shows about you. And so I remember our manager 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.360 Steve Harvey many years and I had to define what 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.640 my accomplishments were because a lot of people kind of 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.040 like you know, shared our shared my success story with him. 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.079 And this show is about allowing you, as a successful 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.240 female in the in the industry to show that this 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.400 is a project. So let's talk about executive producer of 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.240 Canal Street, Miss past Smith. Let's get it right and 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.000 let me let me if you don't mind, let me 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.280 just say this and why it's important for me personally, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:34.000 It's because, like I said, I started treasure you because 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.480 I literally was drowning in the shadows when I met 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.000 you years ago. I was in l A, you know, 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.360 trying to overcome a divorce, back in acting classes and 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.920 studying and trying to get my grind on and and 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.840 working really hard. Um and then of course I moved 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.280 to Dallas and got married in two thousands, and I 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.240 lost myself, you know, with the cowboys, you know, kind 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.720 of getting lost in the shadows of raising children. I 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.720 just kind of lost Pat. So I want people to 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.280 know that, you know, now I'm forty eight years old. 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.480 I started in this business when I was twenty two, 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:12.040 and it's never too late. It's never too late to 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.760 find yourself, rediscover yourself and continue to pursue your dreams, 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.920 your purpose, your passion. So I wanted to make that 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.600 clear because many times people do want to, you know, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.560 connect me to emmet or Emma Smiths wife, which yes 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.240 I am his wife, he's my husband. But I want 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.679 women to know that you can. We all have our 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.640 own unique purpose and it doesn't necessarily want to be 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:36.160 in films or do films, but pat does. Well, that's 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.400 that's that's good that you say that, because that's what 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:42.280 I try to tell everybody about gold Sitting, about being 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.840 able to understand who you are. You're just doing what 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.720 you but we had a mission to do. When you 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.040 was in your twenties, yeah, you know, and you learned 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:51.400 those skills and now you mature and you said, you 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.719 know something, the doors open, you show that crack. Now 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.760 you're building your brand. It's about multi multi levels of 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.920 exposure because you've always you've been you know, ever since 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.040 Beauty Patriage. You know, you've been a game changer. You 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.200 know you use you use the first out the door 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.839 person way back then and so and a lot of 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.080 people don't recognize that. That's why I had to let 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.560 everybody know at the very beginning. You know, you have 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.920 a degree in journalism, you know, because a lot of 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:15.360 things you can get lost in and if you get 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.640 lost their looks, you get lost the association and realized 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:22.360 that the basis of who you are is educated woman 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.080 who has her own ideas, and it's changing the games 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.040 of women on the daily basis. That's who past myth is. Now. 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.120 You know I had wrapped it up at Rushan McDonald 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:38.480 stop because we're gonna come back years ago without up 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.400 on Paler. This show here is changing people's lives and 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.440 our individuals like you who are honest that comes on 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.360 the show. It allows me to be able to tell 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.360 the story even better because anybody can be successful and 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.840 moneymaking conversation is just a brand, a force, a vehicle, 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.959 a podcast. We'll be right back with more past ps 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:03.800 ps ps high on the phone with Patsis. She's my guest. 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.440 And when you bring a guest one like that, who 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:10.960 has a legacy of success, who is a mom, who 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:15.520 is a entrepreneur, a minister treasure you a nonprofit organization 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.280 founded by her dedicated supporting women and financial, emotional and 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:23.200 spirit and provide spiritual needs. Which is really key because 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.920 I when I interviewed Uhlane of Adams, is a clear 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:29.960 understanding that faith plays a major role in any decision 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:33.320 that you make. It determines effort, it determines a belief 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.040 that you can do things that you may seem a 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.880 deem impossible. And when you're entrepreneur, a lot of your 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.080 goals are derived through the amount of faith that you have. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.880 She has another PS, which by past a fashion critique, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.400 it's not there to break you. It's there to allow 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.080 you to accessorize, to be able to add more to add, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:53.760 to give you an option to to be able to 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.080 build your your your clothing brand like visince. I'm a guy. 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.280 You know, I got eight shoes in my closet, you know, 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.360 you know PS. You know, she needed to set up 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:07.000 something for me, you know, PS for Rushan McDonald because 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.280 I loved me some clothes. And then we want to 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.520 talk about The Canal Street, which is the faith driven 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.440 film that you executive produce. Tell us about this film 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.000 right quick. I know you're based out of Dallas. How 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.240 did it all come about? And it's focused on millennials? Yes, 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.600 and you know what it's so and I'll tell you 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.200 at the beginning, we really thought this film for millennials, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.600 but we are getting so much feedback from people. You know, 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:32.560 even that someone texts me to their grand They took 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.040 their grandparents to see it with them and their kids 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.280 and they're grand she's like my grandmother and Grandpather loved 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.560 this film. So I think it speaks to everyone, um 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.360 in different ways. But it came about UM like before 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.920 you get started to let you know it's an influencing movie. 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.640 I was just laid there everybody, because see what happens 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.480 is uh, you know when people say is for young people, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.000 but the movie like this, Faith Driven is an influencing 0:15:56.040 --> 0:16:00.720 movie because because of the fact that adults, parents, grandparents, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.400 all these people influence young people their decisions that they 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.040 do in life. And that's why it's important to say 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.520 the global picture is that this is this is more 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.280 of a family movie that allows the family to come 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:15.800 together along with friends, co workers, people who are who 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:19.000 need to understand the value of faith. And so I 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.200 just want to let you know when you say grandparents 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.920 and parents and all these people, that we're not the 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:28.120 target audience, but they are the influencers. Yes we um. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.520 One of the TV jakes, he was at one of 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.600 the screens that had here in Dallas and he summed 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.800 it up beautiful. He said, you know this is this 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:38.800 film is bigger than the church because not only are 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:43.160 there these themes of course, of faith, forgiveness, grace. There's 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.320 also a lot of social justice issues that are addressed 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.520 through the film, and I'm really proud of the writers 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.880 um the director Ryan Lamar, because they did a beautiful 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:56.000 job of addressing all these issues while making sure the 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.280 cast was I mean diverse. The cast is when I 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:04.399 tell you there's African Americans, Caucasians, Spanish, Asians, Muslims, Jews, 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.920 I mean, everybody is representing the cast. And then everyone 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.879 can sit and watch this film and in the room together. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.000 I feel very comfortable because every voice is at the table. 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.560 And what it does is it really for me? I said, 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.680 you know what, we all have a lens in which 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:26.240 we see things through based on our perspective. We all 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:31.439 do right, And I've got to be able to listen. 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.200 I mean I always agree, but I've got to be 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.760 able to listen and hear somebody else's perspective based on 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:43.680 their lens. That's important. So what what what became the 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:48.280 you know, the germ or the ground zero idea for 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.119 the project? How did that? How did that come about? Well, 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:53.600 let's talk about how God works. First of all, I 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.440 always again wanted to be in film and television. I've 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.720 always wanted that from you know Miss Usa on to 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:06.320 way would you do in your twenties? Yes, that's how 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.399 God works, you just how he worked. And that's why 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:10.840 I really feel like I'm I'm supposed to be a 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.119 voice to that because many times we get so discouraged 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.880 on our life's journey because we see and want things. 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:18.440 And I'm gonna tell you it was in my gut, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.760 but nothing that was happening for me was leaning towards this. 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.720 It felt. I felt like every time I got closer, 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:27.399 like God would take you know, would take me in 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.359 a different direction. And it became very frustrating because I 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.280 felt something in my spirit, but yet the results were 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.960 not showing that. You know, I was going, like again, philanthropy. 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.040 I'm a mother of five of a blended family. You know, 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.720 I moved to Dallas away from l A or New York. 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.480 I mean, everything was pushing me away. When I did 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:47.240 go back to l A, it was just cheer my 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.920 husband on Dancing with the Stars, and I'm like, wait 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.280 a minute, wait a minute, really like this is you 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.960 had really flipped this on me? And so I was 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.439 I struggled. I was so frustrated, almost gave up and 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.399 then I'm having a meeting. Someone reached out out to 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.280 me out of the blue about a TV show concept 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.600 that I loved because I love getting second chances to people, 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.119 and that's my book. I wrote a book called Second Chances, 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.159 and so this show was really kind of that feeling 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:17.919 of giving people an opportunity, another chance as something that 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.359 they felt like they missed. And then all of a sudden, 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:25.800 the conversations twist and turns towards this, this other project, 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:27.720 this film, and I said, oh, let me see the trailer. 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.440 And when I saw the trailer, the director Ryan was there. 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:33.800 I'm like, wait a minute, How did I not get 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:36.760 an audition for this? This came out my mouth, and 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:38.960 he goes, well, actually, you've been an audition the whole time. 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:40.840 I have a role that I think would be perfect 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:43.320 for you if you could be in New York next month, 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.520 and we were already scheduled to be there for pattent 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:49.680 Emmitt Smith charities we take. We were taking a group 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:52.800 of kids up that we mentor the same date as 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:56.439 the filming, so I end up, of course going up 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.160 for that. I filmed my scene at the Breakfast Club, 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.520 and in all of a sudden I'm in this film. 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:07.880 I'm in a major film, but like like not just 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.040 you know, I mean a major from this out in 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:15.879 theaters right, yeah, we already Yeah, we had red carpet 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.040 premier in La and all that, but it just it's 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:21.439 more about God. Like, look at God, I didn't have 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:25.480 to audition. Really, I didn't pursue this. It's just it 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:30.080 came after me. That's the God we honor. So end up. 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.320 Of course, at once I got involved in the project 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.640 and I've really I've read the script and and really 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:37.600 took it all in and got to know the team. 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:39.160 I'm like, no, I really want to be a bigger 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:42.159 part of this, boy, because I believe that we have 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:45.040 platforms because God wants to use those platforms. So I 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.600 knew this was bigger than just me having you know, 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:50.280 a small partner film. It was really bigger than that. 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.120 And so I became you know, an investor and executive 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:56.280 producer from that point on. And so you know, we 0:20:56.560 --> 0:20:59.320 sometimes want I just wanted to crumb, like just give 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:01.639 me a part, and God's like, no, I got something 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:03.960 bigger for you. And so not only am I going 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:05.879 to give you this part, but I'm also going to 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:08.639 allow you to lead, and I'm gonna give you a voice, 0:21:08.880 --> 0:21:11.320 and I'm going to amplify that voice for my glory. 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.760 So I just believe it because we think small, right, 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:17.119 and God just had something so much bigger. We just 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.840 have to be patient because it is a process. You know. 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:22.840 The thing I love about hearing your tone and what 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:26.120 you're saying is that you talk about now I understand 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:30.240