WEBVTT - Some Time With... Tahj Mowry! (Part 2) 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.800 Hey there, fan Rito's Welcome to part two of our 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:26.840 interview with Taj Maori Marie don't okay, gotta pinch myself. 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:29.320 Welcome to part two of our interview with Taj Maury. 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:29.840 There we go. 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:30.560 That's better. 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.000 It's an interview we have been so excited for, and 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:37.200 now that he's here, we just can't stop talking to him. 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.760 With Taj's extensive career, there's a never ending list of questions. 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.160 To ask, So let's get right to it. Here's Taj. 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.120 I am so impressed by, Like I've watched all the 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.600 like Behind the Street, Sesame Street, Muppet shows. I'm so 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.880 impressed by that because that really truly is you know, 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:56.880 rubbing your stomach and patting your head, also playing drums 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:58.120 and writing a cycle. 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:03.280 They have monit that was there's a lot of firsts 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:08.680 on that show because it's filmed unlike anything. You know, 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:13.039 they have monitors everywhere because obviously they have to be 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.760 like this, but looking where they are, so as an actor, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:21.280 you're not used to seeing five monitors in front of 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.160 you during a scene. So that was a thing. Our 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:29.319 sets are built like three to four feet above ground 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:34.840 to leave room, so like you know, set staircases you 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:39.760 can very easily fall off, so they're they're marked, and 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.080 you know, they kept us very safe obviously, but there 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.520 was just so many things that you're The first day 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.640 on that show was like like. 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.040 It was like yeah, whoa, Like this is a lot. 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:54.480 And then you know, you start to get it. And 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.840 then eye line was a trip because you have to 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:02.520 look at the muppet and not the person speaking, which 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:06.279 is down there, so that was tricky. But oh, Jody, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:11.920 it was just unlike anything, and like you really it 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.560 was cool because I kind of got to know the 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:18.480 performer and the Muppet, so it's like and they're different, 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:19.920 they're different people. 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.600 And then what's really crazy is when it's like a 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.720 Thursday at lunch and you're in you know, month three, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.200 and then they dropped the bomb on you that they're 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.040 also Cookie Monster and you're like, wait, you do that? 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:36.079 Boy sitting So you're just like it blows your mind. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.400 But yeah, one of the most incredible things I've ever done. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:42.880 Bucket list. So grateful those people are family to me now, 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:47.200 and to like that, to have to have a character 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.519 that I've played be a part of that universe now 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.200 is just it's awesome. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.560 How did the character of Moove come about? 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:55.720 Like? 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:56.400 How did that? 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.160 It was very quick. It was a very quick process, 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:05.960 and I don't think I'm thankful because they allowed me 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:10.320 to sort of I had a little bit of creative 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.800 control and how he you know, he was written on 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.200 the paper, but but he was originally written a little 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.880 bit different and then when I came on board, they 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.040 were like, oh, okay, let's maybe like mold him a 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:27.520 little bit so it makes more sense. So, you know, 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.400 anytime you could play a character that really wasn't written 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:34.560 to make sense for you to play it, but then 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.600 you end up playing it, it's just like, Okay, that's 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.200 this is an honor. I'm very I'm very honored to 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:42.040 be doing this. But yeah, it was very quick process. 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:46.280 The team over there, I'm up at studios, they just 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.880 are great. It was it was very fast, and then 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.360 the process of leading up to shooting was like not 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:58.119 fast because it was the first thing that I ever 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.120 did where we did all of the table reads for 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:05.480 every episode before we even stepped foot on set, right Yeah, 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.720 oh yeah. It was like like I think like three 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.640 two to three months leading up to shooting. We were 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:15.120 doing zooms of the table reads because it was during 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.440 COVID and so I had never experienced that before. So 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.040 that was a trip. 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.320 But as a COVID you mean, yeah, it was COVID. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:29.240 What's Up? So that was that was tricky because it 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.760 was something new, But it was helpful because when you 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.000 got on set, you knew your whole character arc, you 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.520 knew where you were going because we we shot it 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.960 in the in a block schedule, so some days you 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:44.520 were shooting like three episodes at once, not full three episodes, 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.000 but like scenes from three episodes. 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:47.480 Right, we need this set. 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:52.760 Is he more confident? Yeah? Okay, he's a little bit 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:54.880 more confident now, So I got it right, because. 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:58.679 It's block shooting for a movie is hard, let alone 0:04:58.680 --> 0:04:59.240 an entire sit. 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.880 It was a very tricky, but it was it was, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.000 it was. It was great, and Moog was just I 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.560 don't think I've ever loved a character quite like quite 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.760 like Moog. He just And anytime you get to do 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.840 a show where your character is kind of like the 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.719 heartbeat of it is just an honor because it's like 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.480 you kind of you walk into the role knowing that 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.839 you people are probably gonna like your character, which is 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.039 always nice. Yeah, but it's a little. 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:34.080 You're like built in you have some also, you know, right, 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.920 so very curious, like I know you're gonna like me, 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:37.520 but I can't. 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.760 So that was that was that was cool for me. 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.080 And I think you know, the way he dressed, the 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.719 way he was, that that all, you know, helped with 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:52.000 with finding who Moog was and the whole team was 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:56.320 just incredible. Man. It was just those people will always 0:05:56.400 --> 0:06:00.599 be in my heart and anytime I will drop whatever 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:06.279 if the Muppets call me, you know, I'm there, right, I. 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:11.120 Am there if you need an assistant, like if someone 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.240 if someone just needs to stand next to the performers 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.279 and hold a muppet, you know what I mean, like 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:17.719 I I'm your gal. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.240 Let me tell you. It was very because since we 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.160 did it during you know, the height of COVID, there 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.279 were so many people that you know, you could have 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.120 brought to set with you, but you just couldn't because 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.520 of you. Just yeah, exactly, it was I'm sure Jody, 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:35.880 I will remember that and if you know, if they 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:36.960 call me and Jarrett. 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.280 It is a life dream of mine to do something 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:45.080 with the Muppets. I have loved them since the beginning, 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:48.000 since the only time I ever got starstruck was when 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.800 I met Carol Spinney at a convention man who was 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.240 the voice of Big Bird and several others. But like 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.440 I was like, oh my god, my child. Yeah, so 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.720 Muppets all the way, Muppet Christmas, Carol, I will fight 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.159 anyone that it says that is not the best Christmas 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:05.760 movie and best version. 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:10.760 Anyway. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:13.600 Let it be known. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:21.200 Number number one position, always, always, The Muppets are my favorite. 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:26.400 Always. They have massuses on set. They have. 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.480 Oh that would be because like this all day, because 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:32.400 you gotta do that. 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:37.080 They have their own hair and makeup team, wardrobe. You 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:41.560 gotta fly if animal has a flyaway the whole the 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:47.080 whole scene again, oh yeah, yeah, it is no very joke. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.680 It is no joke. And something simple like you know, 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.600 you the writing credit to the writing team, because you 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:57.720 can't write whatever you want for a Muppet to do, 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:01.720 because that takes a lot of war, and like they 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.080 have to maybe create another body part that works differently, 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.480 like they can't like pick things up, or like if 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.400 the Muppets like swimming, how are you gonna shoot that? 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.560 You know? Right, So there there were a lot of 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.760 times where you have you know, every now and then 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.320 you'd have a guy in a green suit because the 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.600 muppet has to do something that he can't do regularly, right, 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.440 But all that was cool. It was just yeah, it 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:27.000 was an amazing experience. Amazing. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.480 Well, I love that. That's that sounds like so much fun. 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.600 Now, let's you have the singing career as well. How 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.960 what made you want to pivot sort of from acting 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.720 to singing. I mean it's not like it's a huge leap, 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.040 you know what I mean? But I like, it's not 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:42.600 like you're like, wait and then. 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:43.360 You became. 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:47.480 Yeah no, but. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.680 Yeah, Like what was it? Was that something that you 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.480 always loved to do? Was that like something your family did? 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.199 Yeah? I think my mom grew up singing in church, 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.960 so like she would always be singing, my sisters singing. 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:06.800 So I always enjoyed singing. So there came a point 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.199 in my life and in my career where I was like, Okay, 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.920 I want to maybe do that professionally and not just 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:18.319 for fun. I'm not I'm always going to be passionate 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:22.440 about music, but the music industry is just a whole 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:28.240 nother thing that I didn't find myself loving as much 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:32.840 as I love my acting side. So for for a 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.640 big part of my life I was doing music, you know, 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:41.200 in the studio, recording, releasing things. But at the height 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.000 of it, I was also doing Baby Daddy, so it 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:51.319 was very rushed and it was like, oh, I'm on hiatus, 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.319 I gotta get in the studio and write this like 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:54.440 thep real quick. 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.640 It was the side project. Yeah, just kind of the 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.040 side as opposed to the mean. 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.640 And I don't. I don't think i've ever like now. 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.079 Like like I said, it's a huge passion of mine. 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.320 If if if that I have to be inspired to 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.320 do anything, I have to, I have to feel the 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:14.559 itch to want to do that creative outlet, whatever it is. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:21.080 And so I don't have that anymore for music, for 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:25.120 for for the industry. I always love music and I 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.480 always love to sing, but I think now I'd rather 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:35.560 do it in the acting medium instead of separating them. Again, 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.480 I never never say never. I might, you know, next 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:42.040 year be like a record album, but like I just don't. 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:46.080 I'm also very private, and I feel like the music 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.439 industry now is just like they want to know everything, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.560 and I'm just like ooh, like I'm barely on ig, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:54.080 Like is this gonna work? 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.160 I think yeah, I think I'm generation just don't want 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:58.640 to do. 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.600 That, but yeah, I love it. I love to sing, 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:07.400 but yeah, I just it's it's a whole different beast 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.240 and it's like, you know, it's a whole other thing. 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.240 And I just know, like right now, I'm like, you know, 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:17.560 let me, let me focus on this side. But yeah, 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:21.360 never never never say never down the road, right. Yeah. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.800 So it's it's not You're like, I am a character. 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:28.000 That's ye, but I'm not out there hustling touring doing 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:28.240 a thing. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:28.960 Yeah I don't. 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.280 He's like business is it is. It's a more so 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:32.120 I think than. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.680 Actually yeah, oh yeah, without a doubt, and like it's 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:40.280 just a lot I don't know, it just runs differently 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:44.000 and it's just like like you can't really trust a 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:47.320 lot of people and like yeah, it's just like weird 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.360 and I'm just like I don't know if that's like 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:50.920 my vibe, like you know what I'm. 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:54.840 Saying, right like that of people? Yeah? 0:11:54.960 --> 0:12:00.480 Yeah, yeah, no, you I mean. Adding to the list 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:04.199 of things that you have accomplished, you also have done 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:04.680 a ton. 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.520 Of voice acting. Yeah, which is so great. 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.640 I mean probably one of your best known roles would 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:16.560 be on Kim posses, So like, did you start doing 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:18.120 that as a kid and then. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:22.880 Key you know, yeah, voiceover was It's kind of funny 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:27.800 because back in the day, you know, when I started, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.720 you had a voiceover agent, a regular agent. You had 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.320 a dance agent too, right, So like I was doing 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.520 it all, So voiceover was just a part of it. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:43.400 When Kim Possible came around, it was during the time 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.200 that it was like the height of like the Disney Channel, 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.480 like you know, the Circle of Life, like Me Shia, 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:55.120 Hillary Raven, you know, that whole thing. But it was 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.280 also during the time that I took a break from 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:01.880 like on camera stuff, and it was I think Kim 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:08.440 Postle we did that for like maybe five years, but 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:14.120 I think when we started, I was like maybe eighth 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.120 grade maybe, and then like as the show went on, 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.080 I was like, Okay, I want to take a break 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.240 from acting and just be like a high school kid. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.320 But it was easy to still do because you're only 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.920 in the booth for like an hour once a week, 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.760 and you could show up in your pjs if you want, 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:34.680 you know what I mean. It wasn't bothersome to me, 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.040 and it wasn't that I hated acting at that time, 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.960 I just wanted to just play football. You know. I 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.000 ended up playing football, got a scholarship, played for a 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.559 year in college, and then ultimately was like miss acting. 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.000 So then I went back. But I'm grateful that I 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.720 had that opportunity to step away. But yeah, Kim Possible 0:13:54.880 --> 0:14:01.760 was a huge part of my adolescence. Did multiple seasons. 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.080 We did movies. A lot of people don't know. We 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:09.559 also did a It was the most extensive recording I've 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:13.040 ever had to do for anything. But we did a 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:18.240 adventure walk through at Disney World for Caim Possible, like 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.240 where you, as a Disney guest, would have like a 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.920 communicator and then I Wade would be talking you through. 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.760 But it was like a choose your own path thing 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:31.920 like before that was like a thing. 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.480 Right, It was like those choose your Own adventures. 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:39.360 That said I had to record something for every entry 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.760 invent that you had to so I remember the script 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.960 was like it was insane. I was doing that for months, 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.640 but you know, it's it was cool because that show 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:54.200 kind of spawned multiple things, and then they did a 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:58.480 live action version, which you know was crazy. Nothing I've 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:03.000 ever done had spawned and like a spin off of 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.520 it in like a for a new generation. So that 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:09.400 was cool to witness and you know, meet the the 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.000 kid who was playing the new Wade like that was 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.080 fun for me. But yeah, that was just we had 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:19.280 so much fun on that show Man. Shout out to Christy. 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:23.040 I've been praying for I hope she's getting better, but 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:27.480 she that whole that whole crew was just you know, 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:31.720 those those those studio days were so fun, especially when 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.960 you got to do them together because, as some people 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.720 may or may not know, when you do voiceover stuff, 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.680 not all the time you're with the whole cast, it's 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:44.880 just you a lot of amount of so anytime we 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.600 were with each other, with you know, Will and everyone else, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.360 there was always like a fun time. But yeah, that 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.800 was such a such a great time in my life 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.160 because I still got to keep my foot in the 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.960 industry but also take a break that I needed at 0:15:59.000 --> 0:15:59.720 the same time. 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.880 I think we've all again, we've that's something that we've 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.160 all kind of done. Is like the three of you know, Andrew, 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.840 you really stepped away from the business for a while. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:16.800 I had kind of. 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.000 Stepped away from it for a while, Like it does, 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.000 I think when you've been in it since you were 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.480 literally a child that it's kind of you know, you 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.000 step away and get some perspective and. 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:29.160 Decide like, is this is this still what I love? 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:29.600 Is this? 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:30.040 You know? 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.080 And like I think we've all had to ask ourselves 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.680 that question, like I really like this or is it 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:35.640 just all that I know? 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:36.320 Right? 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.240 And it's you know, and then you go do something 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:38.920 else and you're. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:45.360 Like, yeah, that's exactly what happened to be and it's 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.600 I think it's it's it's helpful for your mental health, 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:50.040 it's it's it's. 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:55.120 Helpful for growth in general to experience life without the 0:16:55.160 --> 0:17:00.840 glitz and glamour of it all and allow yourself space. So, 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.480 like you said, realize that you are in love with 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.040 it or you're not, you know, but you have to 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.000 give yourself an opportunity to be like, hey, I do 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.320 like this. This is my passion. And like I said, 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.840 I don't like to do anything that I'm not passionate 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.600 about because then I can't give it my all. I'm 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.840 not being true to whatever it is. And I believe 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.560 when people watch things you do, they can feel your 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.959 passion behind it, if you're passionate about it, and then 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.800 they can tell when you're going through the motions, and 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.119 I never want to go through the motions an effort 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:32.960 in any case. 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.639 So this business, I think it really kind of like 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:39.119 splits at a certain point with the. 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.320 Kids who either have been in the business and who 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.479 are like, I'm going to go become a lawyer and 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:46.480 I'm done, and then those of us that are like, 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.960 you know, I think I'm going to keep playing around 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.399 with us, like at some you know, decades. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.399 Of all the roles you've done, your huge body of work, 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.200 what do you get recognized for the most when you're 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:58.000 out in public. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:07.240 Ooh, It's hard because it depends on the age because 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.400 and then it's also interesting because people know me from 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:12.679 something and then they didn't even know that I was 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:17.480 in that. So it's like, I think it depends. So 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:22.320 it's it's funny because Kim Possible is up there. I've 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.840 been on on the phone and someone was like, are 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.560 you eight? And I'm just like, bro, are you serious? 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:32.479 Like yeah, but how did you know that? So but 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:36.440 I mean, it's it's probably between smart Guy and Baby 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:40.560 Daddy the you know, I think, and then the fans 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:47.640 of Baby Daddy that age range wasn't familiar with Smart 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:54.040 Guy until maybe after, but fans of Baby Daddy no 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.399 Full House. So it's like it's like some some skip over, 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.560 you know what I mean, And then there's some that 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:03.600 I'll get recognized just from a film and you know, 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:06.159 they have no idea but anything else I've done. So 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.800 it just depends. But I'd say the top tour Baby 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:12.560 Daddy and Smart Guy like without and then full Houses 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:20.719 is definitely up there. Full House is interesting because, for 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:23.639 an example, Melissa Peterman, who I did Baby Daddy with, 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:28.760 shout out Melissa, love you so much. Her son was 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:32.600 a fan of Full House while we were shooting Baby Daddy, 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:38.199 and he was so confused when he saw me because 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:41.639 he was like, wait, you're teddy, but you're not. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:43.680 But you're old. 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.440 You're old. You don't look like that like you kind 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.119 of do. But and I'll never forget his face. He 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:51.800 was like blown away. But it was also cute because 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.760 he was like starstruck but like didn't know if he 0:19:54.800 --> 0:20:00.320 should be and it was confusing for him. And yeah, 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:04.359 so that's always interesting because shows like that and like 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:09.240 Smart Guy, you have new generations watching them now because 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:13.199 I believe Full House is it on Hulu? Yeah, And 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:17.320 then Smart Guys on Disney Plus and then Baby Daddy's 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:20.680 also on Hulu. So like you get these new generations 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.480 from the older stuff because the parents are now showing 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:26.800 their kids that. And then it's always fun when you 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:30.040 meet a fan who's like a parent and they're freaking out, 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.120 but then they're trying to get their kid to freak out, 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:36.919 but their kid has no idea who you are. I 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:37.880 don't know who that. 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:41.920 Is, right, So yeah, that's it is funny to hear 0:20:41.960 --> 0:20:44.280 how many parents though, like when we you know, do 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.639 the nineties con or just comments and stuff are like, 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:52.199 oh my gosh, like I was a fan and I 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:56.520 knew full House, but my kids started with Fuller. Oh 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:59.800 you went back and watch you know, full House. So 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:03.280 like the new generation I think has done it almost 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:04.160 in reverse. 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:08.919 Such a test to like that to Full House. And 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.080 obviously there's other shows that that can do that, but 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:17.680 there's very few where they last and you can watch it, 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:20.439 like you can watch full House now and be like 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:21.720 this show is fire. 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.800 Like you know what I'm saying, This show Stampower, you 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:25.680 know what I mean, Like. 0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:29.199 It's just a classic. And so there's very few shows 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.520 that are like that. So, I mean, I'm not a parent, 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:33.960 but I can imagine as a parent how joyful it 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:37.680 must be to show your your children something that you 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:42.560 grew up on. And also you were you know, like 0:21:42.640 --> 0:21:45.080 that's probably so cool, Like it's probably so cool. 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:47.840 No, my kids were never really impressed. They were like 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:48.399 that's weird. 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:50.159 Yeah, yeah, kids aren't impressed. 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:56.080 They don't care anyway, something else less interesting. I'll tell 0:21:56.119 --> 0:21:59.200 you nothing more humbling than having children tell you my neverew. 0:21:59.440 --> 0:22:01.840 I don't think that was another thing about muppets. My 0:22:03.280 --> 0:22:07.240 never did I have friends like texting me hyper than 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:10.240 I was, you know what I mean, my nephew, you 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:12.480 acting out scenes. I'm like, oh what did you actually 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:15.080 just like, oh wow, you usually don't watch the stuff 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:16.320 I'm made. But well, okay, wow. 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:20.160 So yeah, that's always everyone together. 0:22:20.280 --> 0:22:20.720 You know what. 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:23.160 I'm voting for a muppet next time. That's what I'm doing. 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:24.080 That's muppets. 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:25.119 Oh my gosh. 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.360 Yes, did you. 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:32.040