Annalise Basso | From TNT's "Snowpiercer" to "The Life of Chuck" | A Key of Imagination
Actor Annalise Basso from TNT's "Snowpiercer" and "The Life of Chuck" joins us on Story & Craft.
Actor Annalise Basso from TNT's “Snowpiercer” and “The Life of Chuck” joins us on Story & Craft.
Annalise's work includes “Captain Fantastic” and “Snowpiercer.” We talk about her career from childhood to now, growing up in Missouri with a brother and sister who also act, and how ballet and surfing keep her grounded.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Annalise Basso joins Story & Craft
02:23 Family and Pets
03:04 Acting Career and Experiences
06:36 Life in LA and Family Dynamics
07:37 Childhood and Early Career
24:45 Living at Oakwood and Stage Parents
31:29 Discussing the Cast and Plot of the Movie
32:10 Reflections on Life and Acting
33:59 Current TV and Movie Recommendations
36:19 Childhood Movie Memories
38:25 The Value of Physical Photos and Videos
40:30 The Seven Questions
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Annalise Basso: Is that a cat house?
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Yes.
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Marc Preston: What is that again?
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Announcer: An it's a Cayo
Sushi house for the cats.
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Marc Preston: You got some
high-end cats going on there.
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Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft.
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Now here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: Alright, here we go.
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Another episode of Story and Craft.
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Thank you so much, uh,
for stopping back by now.
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If this is your very first episode,
my name is Marc and uh, thank you.
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Thank you for stopping by.
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I appreciate it greatly.
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Uh, today a good episode to
kind of check out the show.
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Very talented actor, Annalise Basso.
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She's been acting since she was a kid.
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Uh, she's been in films like,
uh, the movie camp with Joey
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King, snow Piercer, also Captain.
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Fantastic.
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Uh, a movie I have not yet seen.
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- I really wanna see it's on the list.
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Uh, a lot of people talk about
that, uh, fondly Right now.
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The new film she is in is called The
Life of Chuck, uh, Tom Hiddleston iss
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in it, so's Karen Gillen, Nick Erman.
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Marc Hamill, I mean Luke Skywalker.
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You know, it's gonna be good.
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Uh, but everybody's
talking about this film.
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Lots of good buzz as they say.
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Uh, really enjoyed the opportunity
to sit down, chit chat with Annalise.
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It's right there.
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Alright, so let's jump right into it.
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Today is Analise Basso Day
right here on Story and Craft.
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Where originally did you emanate from?
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Annalise Basso: I was born in Missouri.
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I'm Midwestern.
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Midwestern at heart.
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So that's where I came from.
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That's where I hail from.
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Do you hear the, uh, gar, there are
some gardeners and leaf blowers outside.
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Do you hear that?
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Marc Preston: I do not.
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And even if we do, it's okay.
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It's alright.
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You know?
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So Good, good, good.
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It's real life.
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We have that.
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Hey, know we have, uh,
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Annalise Basso: we have that, I
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Marc Preston: have my, if you
hear a little scratching, I've got
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a, uh, year old golden retriever
upstairs who's, uh, did not happy
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that he's at his crate right now.
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Oh
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Annalise Basso: no.
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But, uh oh no.
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Marc Preston: But if he was here
right now, he would be literally with
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his paws on my shoulder looking in
the camera, looking at the screen.
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He's a little bit of a hot mess.
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So what's
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Annalise Basso: his name?
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Marc Preston: His name is Ranger.
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Uh, he, you know, we, we
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Oh, nice.
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Yeah.
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I live on Is that where
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Where?
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Uh, uh, well, I'm from Dallas
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Uh, spent time in LA
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And then, uh, now I'm on South Padre
Island, uh, in Texas on the, trying
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to do the whole, uh, tropical Mayberry
thing where I'm going right now.
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So, um, I was looking up a little bit of
your stuff, uh, your info last night and I
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had no idea that Gabriel was your brother.
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That's kind of like, I was
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I was like, um, you know, 'cause
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recent episode of, uh, was it night?
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Was it Night action?
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Night agent.
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Night agent.
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Annalise Basso: Night agent.
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Night agent.
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Night
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I think he answers the phone night action.
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I think I. Or I, I forgot what it did,
you know, but, but I just got done once.
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I was like, I should
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I'm his little sister.
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I should, I should know these
things, but I, I forget as well.
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Marc Preston: I don't
wanna get you in trouble.
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I don't, you know.
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Um, but, uh, wait, is, are we
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Annalise Basso: already doing
the part of the interview where
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you're, is this part of it.
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Marc Preston: Oh yeah, yeah.
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We're already recording.
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It's very easy going.
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I thought we were just, you know,
in doing the intro and then, and
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then we were, you were gonna start
asking me the, the real questions.
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Oh, no.
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Now I gotta get my podcaster voice going.
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Marc Preston: No, I was just, I was
just speaking with somebody the other
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day, um, fellow named re diamond and,
uh, I, and I was leaning in, I was
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adjusting some knobs on my thing.
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I was like, can you hear me okay?
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He's like, yes.
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So I was like, wait, let's go and
do this whole thing, like NPR style,
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like Sarah and Elise, uh, tell me, um,
I'm not gonna do that for you though.
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I'm not, I'm not gonna
creep you out like that.
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Um, but no, actually I was
watching, uh, last time.
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My daughter is in town
from, uh, from school.
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She's, uh, now home for
the summer and she's 19.
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And I said, you know, I was like,
let me, let me find some movies.
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I've always wanted to see.
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Uh, captain.
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Fantastic.
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It is on my like, top 10 list of
movies I haven't seen yet, but
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I, I wanna see, I wanna see that.
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I didn't think she would be that into
it, so I'll watch it on my own time.
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But we watched, uh, camp.
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I think that's what it was.
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We were watching camp.
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Oh, camp.
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Yes.
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Something seemed a little bit off
because I'm a big fan of Joey King.
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Loved the stuff she does.
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And that was shot in like 2016, but
they just released it like last year.
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Right.
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It was, am I right on that?
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'cause I was like, wait, did I
miss this when it came to older?
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Yes.
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Annalise Basso: You're
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We, we went back for re-shoots
over the course of several years.
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So I mean,
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Marc Preston: really?
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Annalise Basso: Yes.
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Marc Preston: Oh, okay.
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Annalise Basso: Yeah, we started
shooting that I think back
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in 20, I. Maybe 20 16, 20 17.
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Marc Preston: I, I wanna make
sure it's not on my end, but is
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your camera off by any chance or?
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Yes,
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Annalise Basso: yes, it's,
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Marc Preston: oh, okay.
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Okay.
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I just wanna make sure I didn't
have an error right here.
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We don't, we don't put video
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Annalise Basso: in my, oh,
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Marc Preston: no, no, no, no, no.
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This is just audio only.
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I'm kind of old school, you know,
and actually as funny as listening
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to Marc Marin, who I think does a
wonderful job of doing podcasting
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and, and just kind of, you know, I
came from radio many moons ago, but.
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He, uh, you have
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Annalise Basso: the, you have the voice
for it, but you have the face for tv.
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Marc Preston: Oh.
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Oh, look.
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You sweet talker.
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Look at you.
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No, I was listening to him.
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He had this wonderful, I think his, his,
uh, interview with David Harbor recently
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and he talked about the zen of like long
form chats and, and, and audio only.
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And some people's like, no, you
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I'm like, no.
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I kinda like the, you
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You could do it on a road trip or
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Annalise Basso: it's an art.
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I remember when we first started coming
out to LA we would get really, my
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family would get really excited when
we'd get a, a car that had Sirius XM
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and we'd go to the old radio channel
that they have play these Oh, okay.
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Radio shows from, I don't
know, way back when and.
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I don't know.
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There's definitely an art to it, to create
a whole world and transport someone.
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We're so heavily reliant on like, visuals
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Marc Preston: stuff.
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It's, it's a, something
a little more organic.
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I don't know.
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I kinda like the audio thing, but
the video also, I'm a little lazy,
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the whole editing process on that.
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It would be just, you know, I'm, I mean,
I'm pretending like I'm philosophical, but
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I'm probably just more lazy than anything.
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Um, but, uh, but no.
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So how long have you been in la?
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Annalise Basso: I have been in la so yes.
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Although I do hail from Missouri.
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I came out here, I started coming
out here when I was eight or nine,
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and then was here from nine to 18.
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And then, yeah, I, I did high school
and all that, finished that, and then
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I just went wherever work took me.
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And I lived and worked part-time
in Vancouver while I was on snow
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Piercer, uh, Colorado over COVID
New York over the last couple years.
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And I just moved back to LA about a year
and a half, almost two years ago actually.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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This month it'll be here.
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So where, where were you in Colorado?
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Annalise Basso: Carbondale,
a small mountain town.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, I did.
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I love Colorado.
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My, a lot of my family is, uh, in
the Denver, or was it Aurora area?
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Um, I love that.
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I loved it out there.
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Annalise Basso: Aurora
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Marc Preston: Snow Pierce.
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There's another one I wanna watch.
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Uh, I kind of figure I gotta watch
the movie first and then I'll start
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watching this series, but I have
this long, I don't know about you.
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I got a long list of things I
haven't seen yet that I'm like,
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Annalise Basso: oh, same.
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Marc Preston: really wanna see, you know?
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Uh, but did you do the whole Disney
Channel thing, or, or Nickelodeon,
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or did you do the, uh, young kid
actor thing, or were you doing more
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commercial work when you were younger?
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Annalise Basso: I did not.
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I don't, I mean, my brother
was on an episode of iCarly.
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My sister was on an episode of iCarly.
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And I, I just never, I never had my shot.
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Marc Preston: Well, no, you know
something though, you know, although
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if you've been doing, if you did
commercials, that's actually where
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the money's at when you're younger.
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I think.
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You know, like True.
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Annalise Basso: That's what
got my brother started.
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I did a, I think a KFC commercial
or something, and he was like, Hey,
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how, how much did you make on that?
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And he was 13 at the time
and that's when he started.
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He was like, alright, throw
my hat out in the ring.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, I, I kinda like
your retro headphones you got on there.
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That's kinda like, kind of reminds,
it kind of reminds me of the old, you
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know, Sony Walkman, sorry, I'm showing
my age here with little foam, like,
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you know, thing that was like the jam
back then, you know, it was the jam.
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It's got a little retro ish look.
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I dig that.
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Annalise Basso: Um, these
are, these are cool.
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They're from a company.
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They did a, uh, a company that I like
called Brain Dead, did a collaboration
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with a, I don't know, a tech.
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Tech, tech technical, I don't
know, just like an audio brand.
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Yeah.
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And um, I'm not gonna try to pronounce
it 'cause it's like ai, ai, ai.
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I don't dunno if it's all one word.
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I know I, I'm not as cool
as I present myself to be as
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these headphones make me seem.
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It's,
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Marc Preston: oh, I'm
not cool, cool enough.
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All the
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Annalise Basso: illusion
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Marc Preston: if Ikea made
headphones, that's kind of what
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I think they would look like.
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You know, it's kind of,
got's got a cool vibe to it.
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Um,
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Annalise Basso: thank you.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, I, I'd use these
little in ear things 'cause it's
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just working in voiceover for so
long, having headphones on for a long
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time, it gets kind of hot and I get
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Annalise Basso: fair,
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Marc Preston: you know,
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Annalise Basso: that's why I like
these because they're lighter.
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I, and yeah, I guess if they were
Ikea we could call them something
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like, hi, hi bo Clown Club.
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Marc Preston: Well, it's right off the
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Annalise Basso: tongue.
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Marc Preston: Where's your,
where are your people?
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Where are they?
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Where do they originate from originally?
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Annalise Basso: I have no idea.
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I mean, my mom did one of those, an
ancestral tests, but I don't know.
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I, my dad.
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His side is Italian, Northern Italian,
you know, the paler part of Italy.
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And then mom, the only thing
that I remember her telling me
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about her ancestral test was 72%
Scandinavian on her mother's side.
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So, I don't know, I'm thinking
Scottish, British, Irish.
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But who's to say
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Marc Preston: I did that also?
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And I, it was very interesting.
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'cause I'm, I, I am Jewish, but
most of half of my family is
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uh, uh, Ukrainian and Israeli.
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The other half, and I found this
out, I'm like, one quarter Scottish.
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So it's like, oh wow.
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Jewish, Scottish.
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Yeah.
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So I thought, and I really dug deep
into it and I found it that on one
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side of my family got here in 1907, the
other side, uh, financed the Mayflower.
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I'm like, woo, wait a minute.
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I'm og
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Annalise Basso: what?
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Marc Preston: They even had
a castle and the whole deal.
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There was a handful of people who
financed, uh, the Mayflower to come
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over here, and they were one of them.
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That's well, okay.
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Annalise Basso: Now, now that
you've brought ancestors into
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it, I'm related to Jesse James.
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I know that much.
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Really?
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Jesse James and Patrick Henry.
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- Or gimme death,
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Marc Preston: how relevant right now.
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So, uh, right.
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And I, and I discovered I had
a sister I didn't know, so
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that's a whole other thing.
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Ancestors, Marc.
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No joke.
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Yeah.
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And it was really funny because I, I
know it was, she was born, uh, about
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nine months after I went to summer camp
when I was like eight or nine years old.
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So I think I know what
happened, uh, during that.
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Uh, it's, it's a whole thing.
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How
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Annalise Basso: long
were you at summer camp?
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Marc Preston: Long enough, apparently.
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Let's be honest.
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It doesn't take that long.
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Um, but keeping it PG 13, but
no, it was really interesting.
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So we actually met her and stuff, so
I grew up as an only kid and then my
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father remarried somebody much younger
when I was 30 and I had a little sister,
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so I got like, you know, I grew up
as an only kid wishing I had family,
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but I had went, or I guess I got.
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Like siblings in the most
roundabout way possible.
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But, uh mm-hmm.
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Outside of the dog, the dog is my
closest sibling, I guess, when I was a
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Annalise Basso: kid.
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Oh.
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Marc Preston: Uh, so do you have
any pets, uh, at, at home with you?
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Annalise Basso: I do, I have two cats.
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And where are they?
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They're, they usually harass me
whenever I'm doing anything important.
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Whenever I'm taping an audition, you
know, they sit at my feet or like,
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they, they have a very acute awareness
of when to meow and, you know, crawl
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all over my computer and all that.
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So, but they, they, they
seem to be at peace.
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I don't know where.
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They're very, very nice.
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Marc Preston: I'm, I'm,
you know, I'm fascinated.
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What is that bar thing behind you?
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Is that like a ballet thing
or a Yes, it's a ballet bar.
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Oh, that's how I thought it was.
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You're, I'm sorry.
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It's like, maybe it's a DH, adhd.
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I don't know, but I'm sitting there
going so that I'm studying this going.
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That seems like one of
those ballet things.
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Annalise Basso: Yes, it is just cat.
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There's like a cardboard.
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Exactly.
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Is that a cat house?
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Yes, it's, it's Marc.
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Marc Preston: What is that again?
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Annalise Basso: An it's a
KAA sushi house for the cats.
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Marc Preston: Ooh, how cool is su?
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So you got some, you got some, uh, you,
you got some high-end cats going on there.
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Yeah, they makes me feel bad.
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I gave a dog pizza crust
a couple days ago, so, no,
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Annalise Basso: it's su no, it's,
no, that's, they, they eat, they
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eat pretty boring, healthy food.
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A pizza crust.
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I'm sure they'd enjoy a pizza crust.
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My cats, but,
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Marc Preston: well, I was, I
was curious, does your brother
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live in the LA area as well?
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Uh, no.
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Did your family migrate there or
do they stay in the St. Louis area?
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Annalise Basso: So we're all
spread out all over the country.
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And he's currently moving all around.
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I mean, he's working so much.
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I think they're, I don't know how
much I'm allowed to say about what
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he's doing, what he is working on.
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Marc Preston: Oh, that's okay.
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Annalise Basso: But, um,
yeah, he is everywhere.
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And my sister, she's in Florida
with her husband and then mom is in
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Tennessee and dad is in the woods.
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Marc Preston: Dad's Wait.
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Dad's is, is he, is he like
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Annalise Basso: cabin?
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Cabin in the woods.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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Okay.
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So I didn't know if he was just sort
of like, you know, uh, going like
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Grizzly Adams into the woods, or if
he's just kinda like he set up a place.
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Oh, that's very cool.
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I've always, I was thinking about that.
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I was speaking to somebody the
other day, it's like, what would
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be the optimal situation for me?
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I said I'd be having some land or
maybe living in the woods, and that's
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cool, but I'm like, I'm a beach guy
and I like to be near the beach, so.
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Oh, yeah.
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Now are you the, I gotta say, are
you the only redhead in your family?
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Annalise Basso: No, my
mom's a redhead dad.
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I mean, he was strawberry blonde.
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It's mostly gray now.
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Okay.
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But sister, she has hair, like
sleeping beauty, but with a hint of
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strawberry, like strawberry gold.
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And then brother is more auburn.
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But I, I would say I have the.
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The most flaming red.
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I think you're,
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Marc Preston: I think the Italian, uh,
line, the Italian DNA kind of came in.
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Your brother seems to have that, you know?
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Uh, yeah.
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'cause he, he's got that,
he's got that, uh, look.
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Did, uh, uh, night agent,
did that get picked up again?
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I know.
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Was it I always could conflate night agent
and, um, oh, there was another one where,
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uh, there was another Netflix show is, um.
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God.
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You
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Annalise Basso: talking
about with Eddie Redman?
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Marc Preston: That's, that,
that, oh, the peacock thing?
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No, the, uh, no, this is, uh,
where he is the, the recruit.
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The recruit.
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That's what it ed where the guy is
recruited, uh, into the ccia A to be
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a, uh, uh, an attorney or something.
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I think one of them didn't get picked up
for the next season and one of them did.
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Do you know if night
agent's coming back or I,
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Annalise Basso: maybe you should
call the night agent line.
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Ask my brother.
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Oh.
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Oh,
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Marc Preston: that was
great promotion right there.
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Thank you.
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I like that.
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That was a, that was a nice
segue because I actually
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Annalise Basso: dunno, I dunno,
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Marc Preston: was this something
growing up you were, like, with your
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brother, like, you know, was the
theater part of your life when you
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were a kid or, or acting, or was this
something that y all just kind of
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independently found your way into?
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Annalise Basso: Well, my sister.
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She, she was, you know, a model.
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She's the beauty of the family and she was
doing her thing back in St. Louis, and I
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would tag along with older sister to these
little local St. Louis fashion shows.
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And at one of those, an agent
approached my mom and she asked if
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her girls would be interested in
trying this out for a little bit.
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And so she talked it over with my dad.
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My dad, who's a very pragmatic lawyer.
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Just said, you know, as long as
it doesn't inter interfere with
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their schooling and all that.
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So then we started booking locally and
we just started this and started making
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money and, uh, it was more of a lucrative
career choice to pursue this full-time.
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It wasn't, oh, we're all enjoying this.
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It was, oh, this, they could
actually have a future in this.
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And so my mom and my dad were
very strategic about the way they.
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Supported our career because it
wasn't about, oh, well they booked
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a couple jobs, let's, you know, pick
up our lives, move out to la mm-hmm.
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It was all very dependent
upon, we took baby steps.
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And I think if you, I don't know for
any parents out there who have children
464
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who wanna be actors, it's, and who are
talented, I don't know, just baby steps.
465
00:16:24,099 --> 00:16:24,594
Um mm-hmm.
466
00:16:24,675 --> 00:16:27,219
Because this has become my whole life.
467
00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:30,160
And there was a time where it felt
like, oh, how did this even happen?
468
00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,300
How did I even get here?
469
00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:37,119
And, uh, you know, in, in high school
I was balancing, balancing a full-time
470
00:16:37,119 --> 00:16:41,140
professional career as an actress
and then a full-time academic career.
471
00:16:41,650 --> 00:16:44,229
Marc Preston: But did you finish up high
school, like regular high school, or did
472
00:16:44,229 --> 00:16:45,880
you just kind of segue out into graduat?
473
00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:46,359
You did finish high school.
474
00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:46,915
Graduated
475
00:16:46,915 --> 00:16:47,194
Annalise Basso: distinction.
476
00:16:47,305 --> 00:16:47,594
Yeah.
477
00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,839
I got my, what is it, GEDI got my GED
and then I, I wanted to get my diploma,
478
00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:54,280
so I just continued going to school.
479
00:16:54,609 --> 00:16:59,500
And I have, I loved my teachers
and so I had continued going to
480
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,469
school and got my diploma and then.
481
00:17:03,195 --> 00:17:09,135
It was really only until recently that
I have decided that this is my destiny,
482
00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:15,135
not just my career or a hobby or just
something that I am, that I like to do.
483
00:17:15,135 --> 00:17:17,715
It is, it's something that
I've become passionate about
484
00:17:17,715 --> 00:17:19,694
and fearless about pursuing.
485
00:17:19,694 --> 00:17:23,595
And that's, that's just, that's very new
all within the last couple years, I'd say.
486
00:17:23,925 --> 00:17:26,655
Marc Preston: Could you imagine
yourself doing anything else or
487
00:17:26,655 --> 00:17:29,715
what, what, was there anything
growing up or even recently where
488
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:31,335
you said, you know, this turns me on.
489
00:17:31,335 --> 00:17:35,505
I could, I could do that thing also,
or was the acting thing just kind of,
490
00:17:35,685 --> 00:17:37,515
were you funneling right into this?
491
00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:37,725
Okay.
492
00:17:37,725 --> 00:17:39,255
The acting thing is the thing for me,
493
00:17:39,735 --> 00:17:43,425
Annalise Basso: I wanna do it all,
which is why acting is such a great
494
00:17:44,535 --> 00:17:48,915
career for me because with each
role you get to explore different
495
00:17:48,915 --> 00:17:51,375
parts of yourself and with Captain.
496
00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:52,095
Fantastic.
497
00:17:52,755 --> 00:17:56,535
For example, I had, I mean, the
director put us through a nature
498
00:17:56,535 --> 00:18:00,735
survivalist bootcamp in the foothills
of the Cascade Mountain Range, really?
499
00:18:00,735 --> 00:18:02,715
And I got to do, uh.
500
00:18:03,765 --> 00:18:05,625
Archery lessons and yoga lessons.
501
00:18:05,625 --> 00:18:06,765
I hadn't done yoga before.
502
00:18:06,765 --> 00:18:12,075
I mean, I was 14 years old and I
was just like encouraged to just
503
00:18:12,135 --> 00:18:15,855
read all these books that I wasn't
even reading at school at the time.
504
00:18:16,305 --> 00:18:23,415
And I don't know, it just acting, I
think is a practice of what or is a
505
00:18:23,415 --> 00:18:25,065
study on like the human experience.
506
00:18:25,065 --> 00:18:30,285
And by pursuing that as a full-time job,
my job as an artist is to try to gather
507
00:18:30,285 --> 00:18:32,295
as many of those experiences as I can.
508
00:18:32,535 --> 00:18:37,935
So when I'm not working, I mean, I, I
teach ballet, uh, to, you know, these
509
00:18:37,935 --> 00:18:42,015
little girls at the figure skating rink
where I first started, uh, I was figure
510
00:18:42,015 --> 00:18:46,425
skating competitively at the time and then
I chose to focus more on ballet 'cause I
511
00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,765
fell in love with my, my ballet teacher.
512
00:18:48,765 --> 00:18:51,285
Not in that way, but I
just loved her teaching.
513
00:18:52,755 --> 00:18:54,945
And we still dance to this day.
514
00:18:54,945 --> 00:18:57,915
I mean, in her, in the laundry
room with her apartment building
515
00:18:58,485 --> 00:19:00,735
because I knew I wasn't gonna
be professional, but I loved it.
516
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:07,320
And, um, I mean, I do Muay Thai because
I think it's important to learn, know
517
00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,800
how to defend yourself, but also I
wanna be a fighter in a movie one day.
518
00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,920
I wanna know what it is to train
and put in the hours, and I'm,
519
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,790
I'm just trying to gather as many
experiences as I can and exploit life.
520
00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:21,270
Marc Preston: It, it sounds like, kinda
like, you want the authentic experience
521
00:19:21,270 --> 00:19:24,389
as opposed to playing, like, you kind of
wanna put the shoes on and you wanna do
522
00:19:24,389 --> 00:19:26,700
the thing before you play it on camera.
523
00:19:26,774 --> 00:19:27,595
Annalise Basso: You're, you're right.
524
00:19:27,899 --> 00:19:28,920
You're exactly right.
525
00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:33,540
And I, I mean, I just wanna
experience as much as I can.
526
00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:37,170
Marc Preston: So, is there, well,
going back, captain Fantas, I'm a big
527
00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:40,830
fan of Vigo Mortenson and, uh, uh,
Steve Za was in that also, wasn't he?
528
00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:41,095
Annalise Basso: Yes.
529
00:19:41,370 --> 00:19:41,760
Yes.
530
00:19:41,879 --> 00:19:42,060
Marc Preston: Okay.
531
00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:43,860
Yeah, he's that love that guy.
532
00:19:44,010 --> 00:19:47,129
Was that your first film that
you had done, you know, something
533
00:19:47,129 --> 00:19:50,070
where, you know, you'd had a
more substantial part, let's say?
534
00:19:50,460 --> 00:19:54,180
Annalise Basso: I would say it
was my first role that, 'cause
535
00:19:54,180 --> 00:19:56,520
I mean, I had worked on Oculus.
536
00:19:57,405 --> 00:19:59,745
Several years prior to to Captain.
537
00:19:59,745 --> 00:20:00,435
Fantastic.
538
00:20:00,465 --> 00:20:03,735
And that was really one of those jobs.
539
00:20:04,005 --> 00:20:05,655
Oculus, and then I'll talk about Captain.
540
00:20:05,655 --> 00:20:06,165
Fantastic.
541
00:20:06,165 --> 00:20:10,545
But Oculus, I remember with working well,
working with Mike Flanagan and he treated
542
00:20:10,545 --> 00:20:16,995
me like an adult where usually on set
when you're in your teenage years, I think
543
00:20:16,995 --> 00:20:21,135
I was 13 at the time, and people don't
really know how to interact with you.
544
00:20:21,225 --> 00:20:26,025
And by that time I had already been
working on sets, um, since, yeah,
545
00:20:26,055 --> 00:20:28,815
for like five years and working with
adults, but people still, they don't
546
00:20:28,815 --> 00:20:31,695
know how to, they either treat you like
a toddler or treat you like you're 40.
547
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:37,245
And here's, and here's this, this
incredible director Mike, he comes along
548
00:20:37,245 --> 00:20:41,175
and he's just like talking to me the same
way he was speaking with Karen Gillen.
549
00:20:41,175 --> 00:20:43,305
And there wasn't any hesitation or fear.
550
00:20:43,305 --> 00:20:48,255
There was just trust and respect
and, uh, to have that at such
551
00:20:48,255 --> 00:20:50,835
a young age was a huge gift.
552
00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,480
Especially on that set because
it was, I mean, it was a lot of
553
00:20:54,540 --> 00:20:56,580
heavy, heavy material, heavy stuff.
554
00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:03,420
And then Captain Fantastic came
along a few years later and that was
555
00:21:03,420 --> 00:21:08,580
honestly one of the first roles where
I actually had to do some research.
556
00:21:08,940 --> 00:21:10,230
You know, I, I mean,
557
00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:12,750
Marc Preston: how, how old were
you when you did, uh, captain?
558
00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:13,290
Fantastic.
559
00:21:13,290 --> 00:21:14,190
You were 14, I think.
560
00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:14,850
Is that what you said?
561
00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:14,940
I, so
562
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,640
Annalise Basso: I must have
been younger when I did Oculus.
563
00:21:17,670 --> 00:21:18,000
I don't know.
564
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,080
It's all kind of blurring together.
565
00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:20,490
'cause I, yeah, I was 14.
566
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,830
I was 14 when I did Captain.
567
00:21:22,830 --> 00:21:23,460
Fantastic.
568
00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:26,760
And I probably 12 or 11 or 12 when I did
569
00:21:27,390 --> 00:21:27,420
Marc Preston: Oculus.
570
00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:30,150
And, and you played the younger
version of Karen Gillen, if
571
00:21:30,150 --> 00:21:31,230
I'm not mistaken, correct?
572
00:21:31,235 --> 00:21:31,830
Annalise Basso: Yes, yes.
573
00:21:31,860 --> 00:21:33,780
Marc Preston: Which is what
she's in the life of Chuck.
574
00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:35,520
So it's kind of a odd full circle.
575
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,500
Thing for there with her.
576
00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:37,770
Yeah.
577
00:21:39,030 --> 00:21:40,080
Annalise Basso: Oc a mini Oculus reunion.
578
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:40,800
That was so fun.
579
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:40,860
Yeah.
580
00:21:41,730 --> 00:21:44,160
Marc Preston: Um, but yeah, I
think that, I remember being a
581
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,800
kid and I, I always seemed to get
along pretty well with adults.
582
00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:49,889
It was always nice, the one just
sort of just talk to you like you're
583
00:21:49,889 --> 00:21:53,341
just one of them as opposed to,
well, bless your heart, you know?
584
00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:53,715
Mm-hmm.
585
00:21:53,795 --> 00:21:54,690
Like talking down to you.
586
00:21:54,690 --> 00:21:58,020
Um, I grew up in the south where bless
your heart can mean many different things.
587
00:21:58,020 --> 00:21:58,080
Yeah.
588
00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:00,840
Annalise Basso: It often
means the opposite.
589
00:22:01,075 --> 00:22:01,355
Bless
590
00:22:01,355 --> 00:22:02,160
Marc Preston: your, yeah.
591
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,740
So as you're doing this, was it,
uh, was it embraced by your parents?
592
00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:16,350
Were they kinda like, okay, this
is cool, we're, we're all right
593
00:22:16,350 --> 00:22:18,750
with you Missing some school or
doing some traveling or kind of
594
00:22:18,750 --> 00:22:21,600
putting yourself in some situations
maybe you wouldn't normally be in?
595
00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,690
Were they cool with it
or were they cautious?
596
00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:25,620
Annalise Basso: Cautious.
597
00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:26,490
Very cautious.
598
00:22:26,850 --> 00:22:30,750
And yeah, again, yeah, cautious
and, and very strategic.
599
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:36,150
Because my education was really
important to my dad and just, not
600
00:22:36,150 --> 00:22:39,600
even just education, like, oh, you
know, they have to go to college.
601
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,220
They have to follow a traditional path.
602
00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:46,890
He just wanted to make sure that we had
all the tools, that this wasn't just a,
603
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,400
I don't know, something secondary.
604
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:57,180
He's, he's, he always, even his kids made
us organize our priorities and especially
605
00:22:57,180 --> 00:23:05,430
with something that demands so much of
your time and your life acting, he just
606
00:23:05,430 --> 00:23:11,130
wanted to make sure that we were, we were
pursuing it and they, uh, in a wise way.
607
00:23:11,910 --> 00:23:12,150
Marc Preston: I gotcha.
608
00:23:12,155 --> 00:23:14,070
Well, well, you said he was
an attorney or is an attorney.
609
00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:18,360
What, what kinda law, what, what, what
vocation within law does he practice?
610
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:18,990
Annalise Basso: Civil litigation.
611
00:23:19,544 --> 00:23:20,715
Marc Preston: Civil litigation.
612
00:23:20,715 --> 00:23:20,835
Mm-hmm.
613
00:23:21,075 --> 00:23:22,575
So he's good at arguing basically.
614
00:23:23,145 --> 00:23:24,705
Annalise Basso: He is,
he's very good at arguing.
615
00:23:24,885 --> 00:23:25,155
Yeah.
616
00:23:25,649 --> 00:23:27,230
And he taught me to be good at it too.
617
00:23:28,544 --> 00:23:28,815
Marc Preston: No.
618
00:23:28,815 --> 00:23:32,355
Was your, was your mother, uh, or is your
mother, uh, does she work as well or did
619
00:23:32,355 --> 00:23:35,294
she, was she, did she have a career or was
she kind of focused on the kids at home?
620
00:23:35,685 --> 00:23:39,375
Annalise Basso: She was a computer
engineer and then she put her career
621
00:23:39,375 --> 00:23:41,145
in hold to become a full-time mother.
622
00:23:41,145 --> 00:23:48,524
And I mean, she's, she's really
smart as well, and she is
623
00:23:49,935 --> 00:23:54,284
where my dad was supporting us
logistically and financially.
624
00:23:54,315 --> 00:23:58,665
My mom was the boots on the
ground here in, uh, here in la.
625
00:23:58,905 --> 00:24:02,655
So while my dad stayed in St. Louis,
he continued working and he would
626
00:24:02,655 --> 00:24:04,784
come out and visit while he could.
627
00:24:05,534 --> 00:24:11,745
My mom was out here driving all of
us kids to auditions and I mean,
628
00:24:11,895 --> 00:24:14,685
three kids in the industry there.
629
00:24:14,685 --> 00:24:15,200
I mean, we didn't have.
630
00:24:16,125 --> 00:24:19,875
I remember she still had paper maps in
the car and we didn't have the garment.
631
00:24:19,965 --> 00:24:23,085
Like I remember when we would get a
Garmin, 'cause she's like, I just can't
632
00:24:23,085 --> 00:24:24,915
do it anymore because we were all going to
633
00:24:24,915 --> 00:24:25,245
Marc Preston: school.
634
00:24:25,275 --> 00:24:25,635
What was that?
635
00:24:25,635 --> 00:24:25,815
What was that thing?
636
00:24:25,815 --> 00:24:28,755
They had in la, in Dallas where I grew
up, they had something called Mapsco.
637
00:24:28,755 --> 00:24:31,935
In LA they had this thing,
it was a S spiral bound like.
638
00:24:32,465 --> 00:24:35,855
Book and it was laid out on a grid,
and then you could look up an address
639
00:24:35,855 --> 00:24:38,345
and you had to go to a certain
page and find the corresponding.
640
00:24:38,495 --> 00:24:39,425
There was a name for it.
641
00:24:39,425 --> 00:24:42,485
I know every, everybody seemed to
use that, you know, when they went
642
00:24:42,485 --> 00:24:44,915
for their au remember having to
drive around for your auditions.
643
00:24:45,274 --> 00:24:47,254
Now, did you live, did you have an
opportunity to live at, what was it
644
00:24:47,254 --> 00:24:49,325
called that the Oakwood whatever that uh,
645
00:24:49,325 --> 00:24:49,865
Annalise Basso: yes.
646
00:24:49,895 --> 00:24:50,764
Yes, I was there.
647
00:24:50,945 --> 00:24:52,055
Marc Preston: You did awesome.
648
00:24:52,235 --> 00:24:54,845
See, I envy I've, I've asked
a few folks, they're like, no,
649
00:24:54,845 --> 00:24:56,225
I had some friends over there.
650
00:24:56,615 --> 00:25:00,635
To me, it would be so much fun as a kid
to be living in a place with a bunch
651
00:25:00,635 --> 00:25:02,435
of other kids doing this odd thing.
652
00:25:02,629 --> 00:25:04,805
You, you got a tribe around you, you know?
653
00:25:04,805 --> 00:25:04,806
Mm-hmm.
654
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:09,004
And so what was it like living there
that this, for those who, you know,
655
00:25:09,004 --> 00:25:09,815
if you're listening, don't know.
656
00:25:09,815 --> 00:25:13,955
It's basically an apartment complex,
which is populated, which is mostly
657
00:25:13,955 --> 00:25:15,305
furnished, if I'm not mistaken.
658
00:25:15,305 --> 00:25:18,875
And it's just kind of populated by
people in the industry coming out for.
659
00:25:19,140 --> 00:25:21,540
Pilot season or whatever, you know, or
660
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:22,140
Annalise Basso: mm-hmm.
661
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,390
Marc Preston: But I gotta, I
gotta know, what is it like living
662
00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:25,590
there with a bunch of other kids?
663
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,650
Annalise Basso: Well, you said
tribe, and if it is a tribe,
664
00:25:28,650 --> 00:25:30,000
it's more like Lord of applies.
665
00:25:30,990 --> 00:25:31,860
Like, oh, really?
666
00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:31,920
Yeah.
667
00:25:32,790 --> 00:25:34,590
Marc Preston: I thought it'd be a
little bit more chill than that, but,
668
00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:36,270
so y'all are like, okay, I gotcha.
669
00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:37,230
Yeah, I mean, it's,
670
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,640
Annalise Basso: it's very competitive
and it was, everybody has their,
671
00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:47,490
you know, cliques and I, I mean,
it's, the Oakwood was a wild place.
672
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,300
It was a wild place,
673
00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:48,540
Marc Preston: really.
674
00:25:48,570 --> 00:25:48,840
Okay.
675
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,360
I didn't envision it being a
wild place, so it was a bunch of
676
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,900
like, you know, prepubescent kids
talking and the street stuff.
677
00:25:54,930 --> 00:25:57,870
See, that to me would be odd being at
the pool and having a bunch of little
678
00:25:57,870 --> 00:25:59,640
kids talking industry talk, you know?
679
00:25:59,645 --> 00:25:59,755
Mm-hmm.
680
00:25:59,855 --> 00:26:01,740
But what made it wild for you?
681
00:26:02,340 --> 00:26:02,550
Annalise Basso: Wild?
682
00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:03,900
Because were there like
683
00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:06,120
Marc Preston: parties, were
there things going into the pool?
684
00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,230
I mean, what was, or was it
just, uh, a lot of gossiping, a
685
00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:11,910
lot of, uh, drama kind of stuff.
686
00:26:12,375 --> 00:26:15,254
Annalise Basso: It was mostly, yeah.
687
00:26:15,285 --> 00:26:19,965
I mean, I remember these epic
games of, uh, what was it, sardines
688
00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:23,325
where we would play, I mean,
this is a huge apartment complex.
689
00:26:23,655 --> 00:26:29,475
And these kids, we would get
together and, uh, we would play
690
00:26:29,504 --> 00:26:31,155
s do you know the game sardines?
691
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:31,940
I I was gonna
692
00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:34,275
Marc Preston: ask you what
sardines was or is, what is that?
693
00:26:34,514 --> 00:26:40,455
Annalise Basso: So you go, one person's
it, and you go and you try to find, uh,
694
00:26:40,514 --> 00:26:42,465
you, it's basically like hide and go seek.
695
00:26:42,975 --> 00:26:48,855
Only, uh, if you find someone,
I think you hide with them.
696
00:26:48,855 --> 00:26:54,315
I, it's been so long since I've played it,
so I, I mean, they were just epic games.
697
00:26:54,315 --> 00:26:56,025
And so there was comradery.
698
00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:57,465
At some points it's like.
699
00:26:58,215 --> 00:26:58,725
I don't know.
700
00:26:58,725 --> 00:27:03,615
I, when I say wild, I just mean we
would have these karaoke nights too.
701
00:27:03,675 --> 00:27:08,715
The, it was just filled with like stage
kids, stage parents, ah, and all the drama
702
00:27:08,715 --> 00:27:11,415
that that entails and karaoke nights.
703
00:27:11,745 --> 00:27:12,165
So wasn't like
704
00:27:12,165 --> 00:27:13,305
Marc Preston: any, like
bloodshed or anything.
705
00:27:13,305 --> 00:27:14,145
There was no bloodshed.
706
00:27:14,145 --> 00:27:15,495
It was just, you know, I gotcha.
707
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:15,889
No, no, no.
708
00:27:16,245 --> 00:27:17,895
So the parents, of course, it definitely a
709
00:27:17,895 --> 00:27:18,105
Annalise Basso: hierarchy.
710
00:27:19,695 --> 00:27:23,504
Marc Preston: Well, here's the thing,
I, I, I, in coaching voiceover,
711
00:27:23,655 --> 00:27:26,445
uh, which I do, and I work with
some kids, you know, Disney channel
712
00:27:26,445 --> 00:27:27,705
kids occasionally, but mm-hmm.
713
00:27:27,945 --> 00:27:31,425
Um, you know, when you look at the young
kids whose parents are a little more,
714
00:27:31,425 --> 00:27:32,774
okay, this is their thing, it's cool.
715
00:27:32,895 --> 00:27:35,745
And then you have the parents that are
like living vicariously for their kids,
716
00:27:35,745 --> 00:27:38,024
the stage moms, you know, they kind of.
717
00:27:38,409 --> 00:27:40,090
They kind of scare me a little
bit, you know, 'cause they're
718
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:41,590
living vicariously through the kid.
719
00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:41,770
Oh, scared.
720
00:27:42,264 --> 00:27:42,554
Yeah.
721
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:48,129
You know, I was, uh, there was a show
on, on Netflix, uh, called, um, love.
722
00:27:48,129 --> 00:27:50,679
It was produced by a a, a Jet Appan.
723
00:27:51,159 --> 00:27:55,120
It was, um, actually, I think they
shot it at the Oakwood, uh, jet App's
724
00:27:55,389 --> 00:27:59,620
daughter played, um, a, a young actor
in a TV show, and the lead character,
725
00:27:59,620 --> 00:28:02,860
and I'm so sorry, I'm forgetting his
name, but he played an onset, uh, tutor.
726
00:28:03,220 --> 00:28:08,620
Mm. And it was like, you know, David Spade
played her father and her and an, I forgot
727
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,230
who played her mother, but there was
this, this whole like, you know, 'cause
728
00:28:11,230 --> 00:28:12,699
there's a lot of money involved also.
729
00:28:12,699 --> 00:28:15,189
So it gets to be kind of weird
with like the parents, but the
730
00:28:15,189 --> 00:28:16,600
kids like, you know, I don't know.
731
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,275
It's, you know, I'm kinda
glad I didn't have that money.
732
00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:19,990
Annalise Basso: Identity control.
733
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:20,530
Identity.
734
00:28:20,530 --> 00:28:21,100
Marc Preston: Yeah.
735
00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:21,310
Yeah.
736
00:28:21,310 --> 00:28:21,639
Yeah.
737
00:28:21,645 --> 00:28:21,794
Mm-hmm.
738
00:28:22,270 --> 00:28:25,210
It sounds like you kind of escaped a lot
of that though, so that's, that's good.
739
00:28:25,554 --> 00:28:25,875
Annalise Basso: I did.
740
00:28:25,975 --> 00:28:31,060
And you know, I mean, my mother was
a, a stage mother in the best way.
741
00:28:31,179 --> 00:28:32,470
I, I mean, she.
742
00:28:33,315 --> 00:28:41,385
She was relentless when it came to
paving the path for my, my brother and
743
00:28:41,385 --> 00:28:45,705
my sister and I, and it's not easy.
744
00:28:45,855 --> 00:28:49,155
I, it's not easy being a kid out
here, but it's also not easy being
745
00:28:49,155 --> 00:28:53,925
a parent because ultimately, I mean,
you're the one when your child is
746
00:28:53,925 --> 00:28:57,975
underage to make the decision, who
is your child going to work with?
747
00:28:57,975 --> 00:29:00,195
What sets are they going to be on?
748
00:29:00,195 --> 00:29:04,515
And, um, what projects are good
for them, not only as an artist,
749
00:29:04,515 --> 00:29:05,955
but as just like a person.
750
00:29:06,675 --> 00:29:06,765
Mm-hmm.
751
00:29:07,065 --> 00:29:13,575
I, I mean, that's why I love, I I had to
have a couple years that just expanded
752
00:29:13,575 --> 00:29:19,245
my, my gratitude for the career that
I've had this far because it's easy to
753
00:29:19,245 --> 00:29:22,365
look back and be like, a lot of, a lot
of the times people ask me, well, don't
754
00:29:22,365 --> 00:29:23,895
you wish you had a normal childhood?
755
00:29:24,525 --> 00:29:30,255
And sometimes I look at how much time I
was actually able to spend at school and
756
00:29:30,255 --> 00:29:32,175
how I was killing myself on set trying to.
757
00:29:32,550 --> 00:29:38,100
Get all of my work done because once you
take the GED as well, I mean the set,
758
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,550
the production no longer recognizes you
as a minor and they don't have mm-hmm.
759
00:29:41,550 --> 00:29:43,860
Provide a set tutor.
760
00:29:43,860 --> 00:29:47,100
They don't have to build in
time for your schooling on set.
761
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,495
So Really, I mean, even if you're under
762
00:29:48,735 --> 00:29:51,030
Marc Preston: 18, they, they,
they like, they don't have to
763
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,735
really, I didn't even, yeah.
764
00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:53,430
I never knew that.
765
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:56,670
Now are you still, are the rules
still like they're limited in
766
00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:57,840
how much they can work you?
767
00:29:58,140 --> 00:29:58,410
No.
768
00:29:58,410 --> 00:30:01,295
Or once you have your GED, it's
open season to really open season
769
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:02,160
Annalise Basso: legal adult.
770
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,690
So I was, I was working adult hours,
I was taking also advanced course
771
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:12,660
like APS and stuff in, in high school
and I didn't have a tutor and it was
772
00:30:12,660 --> 00:30:16,650
just, it was really difficult and
it pushed me to my, to my limits.
773
00:30:16,650 --> 00:30:21,780
But I'm also, I don't know, I think
suffering and those moments where
774
00:30:21,780 --> 00:30:23,520
you get to push yourself past.
775
00:30:24,510 --> 00:30:27,150
Push yourself beyond what you
think you're capable of and somehow
776
00:30:27,150 --> 00:30:32,550
stretch a 24 hour day to feel like,
I don't know, just break, break.
777
00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:36,720
The, the, the binds of time,
time is relative, right?
778
00:30:36,780 --> 00:30:36,870
Mm-hmm.
779
00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:39,925
I mean, I, we just blur,
believe me, I know that feeling.
780
00:30:40,875 --> 00:30:43,440
Marc Preston: It's just sort of like,
okay, how long till we just get this done?
781
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,280
Are we in overtime?
782
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:44,820
Fine.
783
00:30:44,850 --> 00:30:45,000
Okay.
784
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,139
We just need to get this done.
785
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,590
You know, the, the life of Chuck
though, I, I gotta, I gotta.
786
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,110
Admit a little bit of, uh, casting envy.
787
00:30:52,530 --> 00:30:52,620
Mm-hmm.
788
00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:54,540
You know, you got to look,
work with Luke Skywalker.
789
00:30:54,540 --> 00:30:57,044
I think that's kind of
cool, you know, pretty cool.
790
00:30:57,050 --> 00:31:00,510
Um, the, uh, but also Nick
Offman, I, I gotta note, like,
791
00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:02,040
without giving anything away
792
00:31:02,340 --> 00:31:02,429
Annalise Basso: mm-hmm.
793
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:06,360
Marc Preston: Generally, what's kind
of the premise and how did you plug
794
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,649
in, uh, within the cast and, you know,
it's, it's, it's like even Matthew
795
00:31:10,649 --> 00:31:14,250
Lillard, you know, one of my exes
was, uh, she was like, is my ex-wife?
796
00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:15,479
She was like, you know, um.
797
00:31:15,775 --> 00:31:20,305
Only got one of them, but, uh, but
she was like, she was like, she, she's
798
00:31:20,305 --> 00:31:21,415
like, you remind me of Matthew Li.
799
00:31:21,415 --> 00:31:24,025
She had a crush on Matthew Lillard,
and she thought I looked sort of like
800
00:31:24,025 --> 00:31:27,445
him, which I don't see it, but I'm
like, every time I see Matthew Lillard,
801
00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:28,090
I'm going, I see it a little bit.
802
00:31:28,190 --> 00:31:28,610
Really?
803
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:28,930
Yeah.
804
00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:29,130
Mm-hmm.
805
00:31:29,215 --> 00:31:29,275
Okay.
806
00:31:29,275 --> 00:31:33,775
Well she was al she was always just
like, she had a thing for him and, uh,
807
00:31:33,775 --> 00:31:37,045
she's like, oh, if you're gonna be acting
act in a movie with Matthew Lillard,
808
00:31:37,045 --> 00:31:38,245
you know, I was like, well, I'll try.
809
00:31:38,485 --> 00:31:38,755
You know?
810
00:31:39,295 --> 00:31:42,745
Um, but, but he's always been such
a cool, I mean, such a cool dude.
811
00:31:42,745 --> 00:31:43,045
I don't know.
812
00:31:43,105 --> 00:31:46,885
I just, it's a very intriguing cast,
like folks you wouldn't normally
813
00:31:46,885 --> 00:31:48,205
see showing up in a film together.
814
00:31:48,205 --> 00:31:50,365
But I'm really wanna know a little
bit more about it and kind of how
815
00:31:50,365 --> 00:31:52,135
you kinda, how you plugged into it.
816
00:31:52,945 --> 00:31:57,835
Annalise Basso: Well, it's about
this guy, Chuck and his wife.
817
00:31:57,835 --> 00:31:58,195
I'm kidding.
818
00:31:58,855 --> 00:32:00,295
No, it's, uh, there you go.
819
00:32:00,505 --> 00:32:01,135
Exactly.
820
00:32:01,525 --> 00:32:03,595
Uh, Chuck has.
821
00:32:04,740 --> 00:32:06,000
I think I'm allowed to say this.
822
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:06,389
I don't know.
823
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:06,870
We'll see.
824
00:32:06,870 --> 00:32:09,209
Ask, ask for forgiveness,
not for permission, right?
825
00:32:09,245 --> 00:32:09,659
I, I dunno.
826
00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:18,209
Um, so Chuck has cancer and it's
basically what his life looks like.
827
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:22,620
What that, what those moments look like
right before you know, the end or is
828
00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:28,860
it the beginning or just what is it To
be human and experience the suffering
829
00:32:28,860 --> 00:32:30,540
and the joy and the hope of life.
830
00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:35,490
And it's really a movie about
hope and why, why we keep on, why
831
00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:39,149
we keep living despite suffering
and chaos and all of that.
832
00:32:39,389 --> 00:32:40,889
Just a reason to keep moving forward.
833
00:32:41,730 --> 00:32:41,939
Marc Preston: Yeah.
834
00:32:41,939 --> 00:32:43,199
That's, that's kinda life right there.
835
00:32:43,199 --> 00:32:46,560
You know, certain things happen, positive,
negative, you start seeing things
836
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,480
through a different prism, you know?
837
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:48,570
Mm-hmm.
838
00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:51,659
Like just, and that's the,
to me of acting movies, uh.
839
00:32:52,034 --> 00:32:55,905
Uh, our films and, and TV is you get
to live vicariously through other
840
00:32:55,905 --> 00:32:58,485
people's situations or at least
contemplate something and mm-hmm.
841
00:32:58,725 --> 00:33:02,685
I think, you know, aspirationally maybe
would make us more empathetic as humans,
842
00:33:02,685 --> 00:33:05,955
but, you know, according to Elon Musk,
that's a weakness, which it's not.
843
00:33:06,345 --> 00:33:07,905
You know the heck with that guy.
844
00:33:08,445 --> 00:33:11,564
You know, he knocks the pictures
off my wife, he, they, they
845
00:33:11,564 --> 00:33:13,335
shoot off his, uh, SpaceX rock.
846
00:33:13,335 --> 00:33:14,895
It's about six miles south of me here.
847
00:33:14,895 --> 00:33:17,804
So whenever, oh boy, Sonic boom,
the thing comes down, like the
848
00:33:17,804 --> 00:33:18,855
picture are rattling on the.
849
00:33:20,490 --> 00:33:21,420
Fucking Ilan.
850
00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:28,020
Um, so, you know, when have a dog at Pees
on the floor, 'cause it, it was so loud.
851
00:33:28,020 --> 00:33:30,870
It's kinda like, I'm like,
clean up pee going, damn Ilan.
852
00:33:31,230 --> 00:33:33,990
Um, it's a little sidetrack there.
853
00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:34,935
Oh no.
854
00:33:35,035 --> 00:33:35,495
So no.
855
00:33:36,155 --> 00:33:36,495
Oh no.
856
00:33:36,540 --> 00:33:37,200
True story.
857
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:37,440
Yeah.
858
00:33:37,470 --> 00:33:40,080
Um, well the only other time
is one time they set it off.
859
00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:42,570
They were shooting him off at
like, later on during the day.
860
00:33:42,570 --> 00:33:45,480
Now they used to be like at 7:00
AM and there's nothing like a 60
861
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,980
pound dog landing on top of you.
862
00:33:47,010 --> 00:33:48,600
'cause he got scared
when he jumps up in bed.
863
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,250
I'm like, oh God, you're a boom.
864
00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:50,970
And then a dog.
865
00:33:50,970 --> 00:33:54,150
It's like, fucking Elon
or, or the first episode
866
00:33:54,150 --> 00:33:55,380
Annalise Basso: of Last of Us, you know?
867
00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:57,510
Is it the end of the world
or is it just a rock?
868
00:33:57,565 --> 00:33:58,135
Marc Preston: Yeah, yeah.
869
00:33:58,140 --> 00:33:58,410
Yeah.
870
00:33:58,710 --> 00:33:59,580
Oh, that's a great show.
871
00:33:59,580 --> 00:33:59,820
That's great.
872
00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:02,970
What are you watching right now, by
the way, as far as, uh, films, tv?
873
00:34:02,970 --> 00:34:04,590
What, what's kind of
grabbing your attention?
874
00:34:05,010 --> 00:34:07,410
Annalise Basso: Well,
okay, I keep saying that.
875
00:34:07,410 --> 00:34:07,470
Whoa.
876
00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:12,960
I, I'm not good at watching things.
877
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,530
I'm really not good at staying
plugged in, but I realize.
878
00:34:17,445 --> 00:34:22,275
I, I, I'm getting, it's, I have to make
a conscious effort to, you know, watch,
879
00:34:22,395 --> 00:34:26,415
watch what everybody's watching, and it's
a problem because there's so much content.
880
00:34:26,590 --> 00:34:26,880
Yeah.
881
00:34:26,885 --> 00:34:26,925
Yeah.
882
00:34:26,955 --> 00:34:31,575
And I, I don't know, I, whenever I
wanna watch something, I text my friend
883
00:34:31,575 --> 00:34:36,554
Nicholas Goldstein, who we're writing
together right now, and, uh, I just ask
884
00:34:36,554 --> 00:34:39,014
him what, what to, what I should watch.
885
00:34:39,315 --> 00:34:41,145
And he's made some really good
recommendations, but they're
886
00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:42,315
not, they're not current.
887
00:34:42,825 --> 00:34:43,635
Uh, yeah.
888
00:34:43,665 --> 00:34:45,135
Like, I, I, I don't know.
889
00:34:45,135 --> 00:34:48,045
He recommended, uh, what
was it, what was it?
890
00:34:48,045 --> 00:34:54,435
Was it, it was this Austrian
movie called Rev, and it's, I
891
00:34:54,465 --> 00:34:56,025
think, a directorial masterpiece.
892
00:34:56,025 --> 00:35:00,285
And I was never one of those
to be like, oh, film cinema.
893
00:35:00,285 --> 00:35:02,055
I mean, I, I love Jurassic Park.
894
00:35:02,085 --> 00:35:03,195
I love The Matrix.
895
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:03,920
I love mm-hmm.
896
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,135
I, I don't know, I, I love lots of movies.
897
00:35:06,135 --> 00:35:09,495
I'm not, I'm not a snob, but I am picky.
898
00:35:10,605 --> 00:35:14,115
Marc Preston: Uh, so am I. So am I,
and I, I, I, I really, my favorite
899
00:35:14,115 --> 00:35:17,865
thing to do is to happen across an
independent film, which is just.
900
00:35:18,465 --> 00:35:19,455
You know, just kind of cool.
901
00:35:19,455 --> 00:35:21,045
He is like, I'm, how did I miss this?
902
00:35:21,450 --> 00:35:23,775
I, I I, my drives my daughter Emma nuts.
903
00:35:23,775 --> 00:35:25,305
I got all the streamers.
904
00:35:25,485 --> 00:35:25,605
Annalise Basso: Mm-hmm.
905
00:35:26,055 --> 00:35:28,545
Marc Preston: Besides the stuff I need
to watch for, you know, doing this.
906
00:35:28,845 --> 00:35:32,385
I, I'm going through 'em going, part of
me is like, I got all these damn channels.
907
00:35:32,385 --> 00:35:34,875
I mean, all these things,
I can't find anything.
908
00:35:35,265 --> 00:35:38,025
And the one thing I think we're
missing is great comedies.
909
00:35:38,055 --> 00:35:40,785
You know, like we don't have
nearly as many as we used to.
910
00:35:41,145 --> 00:35:42,735
Like I mentioned Judd AAL before.
911
00:35:42,735 --> 00:35:46,275
I like those goofy, just absurd,
like anchor manish kind of stuff.
912
00:35:46,275 --> 00:35:49,005
See, you know, when the world
gets a little too serious,
913
00:35:49,005 --> 00:35:49,995
I just wanna watch comedies.
914
00:35:49,995 --> 00:35:53,445
But a kinda like you, I have a
hard time staying kind of zoned in
915
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:56,535
because I'm always kinda like working
on my laptop or doing something.
916
00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:56,610
Mm-hmm.
917
00:35:56,730 --> 00:35:59,625
So I'm kind of like halfway
paying attention and if I really
918
00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:01,890
wanna see something, I gotta
go to the theater, you know?
919
00:36:01,890 --> 00:36:02,210
Yeah, yeah.
920
00:36:02,215 --> 00:36:03,675
Like, because I can't go anywhere else.
921
00:36:04,035 --> 00:36:05,565
Uh, like what did you grow up watching?
922
00:36:05,565 --> 00:36:08,415
Like what were, I don't wanna say
inspiration necessarily, but what were
923
00:36:08,415 --> 00:36:11,385
you watching where you're like, just
kind of grabbed your attention and kind
924
00:36:11,385 --> 00:36:14,595
of like became a spot on the timeline?
925
00:36:14,595 --> 00:36:17,295
If you remember back like, oh yeah,
I watched that movie when I was.
926
00:36:17,370 --> 00:36:18,930
This age or whatever.
927
00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:22,950
Annalise Basso: I mean, I, all
the Disney classics, like the, the
928
00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:25,710
classics, Cinderella, sleeping Beauty.
929
00:36:25,710 --> 00:36:28,950
I mean, I, I like the Princess movies
and Cinderella's one of my favorite
930
00:36:29,430 --> 00:36:36,810
princesses because I mean, just despite
enduring a whole lifetime of just abuse,
931
00:36:37,410 --> 00:36:41,430
she remains sweet and kind and hopeful.
932
00:36:41,430 --> 00:36:44,490
And, you know, I, I don't know.
933
00:36:44,490 --> 00:36:49,740
I think there's, it takes a great amount
of strength to be able to, to do that.
934
00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,380
Um, so I like her.
935
00:36:52,380 --> 00:36:53,279
I liked Cinderella.
936
00:36:53,279 --> 00:36:57,630
I liked, I, I remember watching
The Matrix with my family.
937
00:36:57,630 --> 00:37:04,170
I remember watching Gladiator and
the Patriot and just sweeping epic,
938
00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:10,455
hopeful movies that I. Going back
to how we, how we started in this.
939
00:37:10,455 --> 00:37:13,755
My sister was always directing
and creating the worlds that my
940
00:37:13,755 --> 00:37:16,425
brother and I would, would play in.
941
00:37:16,425 --> 00:37:16,515
Mm-hmm.
942
00:37:17,475 --> 00:37:19,905
I mean, I was younger than them.
943
00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:24,045
My, my sister's 32 and my
brother's 30 right now.
944
00:37:24,045 --> 00:37:28,635
So I, I'm, I was too young to really
play in their game, so most of the
945
00:37:28,635 --> 00:37:30,075
time I'd just be watching them.
946
00:37:30,250 --> 00:37:30,410
Marc Preston: Yeah.
947
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:33,410
You didn't have any voting rights
you were justt participating in?
948
00:37:33,450 --> 00:37:38,085
Annalise Basso: I didn't voting rights,
but, um, you know, I learned a lot from
949
00:37:38,085 --> 00:37:43,215
the way that my siblings told stories
and my dad was there with a video camera.
950
00:37:43,215 --> 00:37:44,055
He documented.
951
00:37:44,609 --> 00:37:45,279
Everything.
952
00:37:45,285 --> 00:37:45,524
Everything.
953
00:37:46,004 --> 00:37:46,395
That's
954
00:37:46,395 --> 00:37:46,875
Marc Preston: awesome.
955
00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:47,895
That's, yeah.
956
00:37:47,895 --> 00:37:51,075
'cause back when you were, uh, younger,
before we all had cameras on our phones.
957
00:37:51,075 --> 00:37:53,564
I mean, the kids don't realize,
you know, it's actually kind cool.
958
00:37:53,564 --> 00:37:56,774
You watch an old movie from like
the eighties or maybe early nineties
959
00:37:56,805 --> 00:37:57,975
maybe, and they're always walking.
960
00:37:57,975 --> 00:38:00,825
There's somebody walking around
with a video camera that's like the
961
00:38:00,825 --> 00:38:02,384
size of a suitcase, it seems like.
962
00:38:02,384 --> 00:38:02,386
Mm-hmm.
963
00:38:02,392 --> 00:38:03,794
You know, so it's cool.
964
00:38:03,794 --> 00:38:08,084
You got, I, I just, I'm glad I grew up
without a phone to document everything.
965
00:38:08,205 --> 00:38:08,294
Mm-hmm.
966
00:38:08,564 --> 00:38:11,205
Uh, but I also wish I
had a phone to document.
967
00:38:11,205 --> 00:38:12,285
There's certain things I'd love.
968
00:38:12,314 --> 00:38:16,035
Like, it's more like family
stuff or like, you know, what
969
00:38:16,035 --> 00:38:17,115
was I up to with my friends?
970
00:38:17,115 --> 00:38:18,645
What kind of a knucklehead
was I when I was younger?
971
00:38:18,651 --> 00:38:18,799
Yeah.
972
00:38:18,799 --> 00:38:19,845
You know, that kind of a thing.
973
00:38:19,995 --> 00:38:20,774
No, my mom always
974
00:38:20,774 --> 00:38:24,555
Annalise Basso: had a a, a camera and
my dad always had the video camera.
975
00:38:25,154 --> 00:38:28,424
It's, it was, it was inter like
they, my mom created these incredible
976
00:38:28,455 --> 00:38:31,035
scrapbooks of just our entire childhoods.
977
00:38:31,035 --> 00:38:34,935
And then my dad would be there actually
capturing it and I don't know, just the
978
00:38:34,935 --> 00:38:39,615
actual home videos, putting in the VHS
or the tape and then watching that back.
979
00:38:39,615 --> 00:38:41,625
It's, I don't know, having something.
980
00:38:42,285 --> 00:38:44,654
Tactile instead of digital.
981
00:38:45,285 --> 00:38:45,375
Mm-hmm.
982
00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:48,524
I mean, sometimes I look at the
10,000 pictures I have on my phone
983
00:38:48,674 --> 00:38:52,665
and it's like, yeah, I have all these
memories, but I don't know, if the
984
00:38:52,665 --> 00:38:56,805
cloud were to disappear tomorrow, then
all of these memories would be gone.
985
00:38:56,805 --> 00:38:58,185
And I think there's a lot Yeah.
986
00:38:58,185 --> 00:38:58,725
Of value.
987
00:38:58,725 --> 00:38:59,145
And I, I
988
00:38:59,145 --> 00:39:00,975
Marc Preston: was watching an
episode of, I mean, way back
989
00:39:00,975 --> 00:39:02,535
when I watched Walking Dead.
990
00:39:02,595 --> 00:39:03,944
I kind stopped watching after a few years.
991
00:39:03,944 --> 00:39:05,529
It, it, sorry.
992
00:39:06,029 --> 00:39:10,125
I'm well, well, you, I remember
one of the characters said, I
993
00:39:10,125 --> 00:39:12,254
don't, they had a child who died.
994
00:39:12,435 --> 00:39:15,015
Uh, they said, I don't, I can't
remember what they looked like, you
995
00:39:15,015 --> 00:39:18,044
know, 'cause you know, you'd have
pictures, but everything was digital.
996
00:39:18,044 --> 00:39:19,065
So that was all gone.
997
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:19,484
I was like, wow.
998
00:39:19,484 --> 00:39:22,154
That's kinda what, it's funny, I've
got a photo album sitting right
999
00:39:22,154 --> 00:39:26,294
next to me here of all the pictures
I'm needing to scan, uh, in color.
1000
00:39:26,294 --> 00:39:26,685
Correct.
1001
00:39:26,685 --> 00:39:28,665
'cause some of 'em gotten that
little yellowness going on.
1002
00:39:28,815 --> 00:39:28,904
Annalise Basso: Mm-hmm.
1003
00:39:29,145 --> 00:39:29,147
Marc Preston: But yeah.
1004
00:39:29,265 --> 00:39:31,154
Have y'all scanned all these old pictures?
1005
00:39:31,154 --> 00:39:32,865
You know, have y'all, have you done that?
1006
00:39:34,035 --> 00:39:37,004
Annalise Basso: My mom digitized
all of our home videos.
1007
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:39,300
So those are, those are safe.
1008
00:39:39,630 --> 00:39:42,870
I mean, 'cause over time the
film deteriorates and all that.
1009
00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:42,960
Mm-hmm.
1010
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:48,210
So my mom digitized all the home
videos and then the pictures.
1011
00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:51,060
She still has the photo albums.
1012
00:39:51,060 --> 00:39:53,850
I don't think those have been,
I think she's printing photos,
1013
00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:55,259
not scanning them, which,
1014
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,210
you know, she wants to have
the actual, the actual thing.
1015
00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:03,900
Marc Preston: Because that's, that's
my new thing is I have all this tape.
1016
00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:07,560
I'm like, I need, I need to digitize this
before this stuff gets wonky, you know?
1017
00:40:07,620 --> 00:40:07,950
Yeah.
1018
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,375
You know, one of the things I like to do
is something I'd call my seven questions.
1019
00:40:18,525 --> 00:40:21,255
Just my little random bit of
fun to kind of find out little,
1020
00:40:21,645 --> 00:40:23,025
little, little extra nuggets.
1021
00:40:23,025 --> 00:40:26,055
And I always say this, I always
talk food at least once in my show.
1022
00:40:26,055 --> 00:40:27,165
I'm a big food nerd, you know.
1023
00:40:27,285 --> 00:40:27,315
Oh,
1024
00:40:27,315 --> 00:40:27,615
Annalise Basso: great.
1025
00:40:27,705 --> 00:40:28,605
I'll talk food any day.
1026
00:40:29,535 --> 00:40:30,075
Marc Preston: Awesome.
1027
00:40:30,105 --> 00:40:30,615
Well, here we go.
1028
00:40:30,615 --> 00:40:34,335
Well, the first question I got is,
what is your favorite comfort food?
1029
00:40:34,755 --> 00:40:35,235
Bad day.
1030
00:40:35,235 --> 00:40:36,465
Good day doesn't make a difference.
1031
00:40:36,465 --> 00:40:38,115
It lands every time for you.
1032
00:40:39,735 --> 00:40:41,115
Annalise Basso: I have
to be honest, right?
1033
00:40:41,565 --> 00:40:42,225
Absolutely.
1034
00:40:42,375 --> 00:40:42,645
Marc Preston: Yeah.
1035
00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:44,235
Annalise Basso: Okay.
1036
00:40:44,235 --> 00:40:47,715
So ever since moving back to la,
there is an air wand that's two,
1037
00:40:48,015 --> 00:40:51,435
like two blocks away from me and I
1038
00:40:52,005 --> 00:40:53,205
Marc Preston: That's that fan,
that's that fancy grocery where
1039
00:40:53,205 --> 00:40:54,615
everything, it's absurd, pricey.
1040
00:40:54,825 --> 00:40:55,995
Annalise Basso: It's absurd.
1041
00:40:56,475 --> 00:41:02,865
But they have this buffalo cauliflower
that is just, I'm, I'm addicted to it.
1042
00:41:02,865 --> 00:41:04,935
And now I've built in.
1043
00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:10,530
A part of my budget where I'm
sacrificing other things in life so
1044
00:41:10,530 --> 00:41:12,510
that I can accommodate this cravings.
1045
00:41:12,810 --> 00:41:16,500
Marc Preston: Really, I gotta be honest
with you, you know, and people busted
1046
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:19,980
on me for going Whole Foods, you know,
well, whole Foods got a little weird after
1047
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,390
what's its name, bought it from Amazon.
1048
00:41:21,630 --> 00:41:24,750
But, uh, or it's not really the
same, but I, I'm like, I like
1049
00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:25,830
stuff that's relatively healthy.
1050
00:41:25,830 --> 00:41:27,270
I like good selection,
you know, that kind thing.
1051
00:41:27,275 --> 00:41:27,385
Yeah.
1052
00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:27,425
But
1053
00:41:27,425 --> 00:41:29,585
Annalise Basso: I remember stuff that
makes me feel good as well as tastes good.
1054
00:41:29,935 --> 00:41:30,425
Exactly.
1055
00:41:30,630 --> 00:41:30,780
Marc Preston: Yeah.
1056
00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:35,010
I was, we, I was at a, uh, uh, an awards
show in LA and a good friend of mine, she
1057
00:41:35,010 --> 00:41:37,350
and I were, uh, I love going to Canter.
1058
00:41:37,350 --> 00:41:39,060
Cantor Deli is my jam.
1059
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,200
It's, I talk about it regularly on the
show, but, uh, I always love going there.
1060
00:41:43,650 --> 00:41:46,230
But, uh, but she was like, ah, you
know, let's just run back over to
1061
00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:47,220
my place and just kinda hang out.
1062
00:41:47,220 --> 00:41:48,570
Let's go get some stuff from the grocery.
1063
00:41:48,570 --> 00:41:49,290
I'm like, all right, cool.
1064
00:41:49,290 --> 00:41:50,010
That's, that's fine.
1065
00:41:50,010 --> 00:41:51,120
You know, my heart's a little broken.
1066
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,010
I really want a Matza
ball soup, but I digress.
1067
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,880
So we went to this Air one and all
I remember, I'm, I'm walking around.
1068
00:41:57,825 --> 00:42:00,075
And, you know, stolen my suit and
everything, you know, from the thing
1069
00:42:00,075 --> 00:42:02,805
and just kinda walking around and
had to put my reading glasses on.
1070
00:42:02,805 --> 00:42:04,395
'cause I was like, is it
really that expensive?
1071
00:42:04,425 --> 00:42:05,205
Are you kidding me?
1072
00:42:05,205 --> 00:42:05,265
Yeah.
1073
00:42:05,265 --> 00:42:06,900
It was like, what is it?
1074
00:42:06,905 --> 00:42:09,795
It, and the thing is we got like a
little, uh uh, I remember getting
1075
00:42:09,795 --> 00:42:12,435
like a sandwich, like a little wrap.
1076
00:42:12,855 --> 00:42:14,715
It was like 12, 13 bucks or something.
1077
00:42:14,715 --> 00:42:15,106
It was like, yep.
1078
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:16,065
I had, sorry.
1079
00:42:16,365 --> 00:42:18,045
But anyway, but yeah, I know
what you're talking about.
1080
00:42:18,045 --> 00:42:21,585
But yeah, if you have something
that's your jam, make no excuses.
1081
00:42:21,585 --> 00:42:22,605
If it brings you joy,
1082
00:42:23,085 --> 00:42:25,785
Annalise Basso: if that's not
around though, but just loaf of
1083
00:42:25,785 --> 00:42:28,335
sourdough and, and bread, or sorry.
1084
00:42:28,335 --> 00:42:28,905
And butter.
1085
00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:30,300
Sourdough and butter.
1086
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:30,555
You know what?
1087
00:42:31,154 --> 00:42:32,384
Marc Preston: You know
what's really good sourdough?
1088
00:42:32,384 --> 00:42:33,585
If you get like a really good one.
1089
00:42:33,735 --> 00:42:37,095
Uh, do, uh, I like to get like
olive oil and kinda crush up a
1090
00:42:37,095 --> 00:42:39,975
little bit of garlic and like spit
some, uh, well, you're Italian.
1091
00:42:39,975 --> 00:42:42,884
Yeah, you got his Italian roots, you know,
and dip the bread in there, you know.
1092
00:42:43,305 --> 00:42:44,025
Oh, that's good.
1093
00:42:44,085 --> 00:42:44,625
You can tell.
1094
00:42:44,805 --> 00:42:45,375
I always do.
1095
00:42:45,465 --> 00:42:48,525
I always typically do this before
I've had lunch, so I just go
1096
00:42:48,525 --> 00:42:50,145
and go off on a tangent on food.
1097
00:42:50,955 --> 00:42:54,045
My next question, if you're gonna sit
down and talk story, you got three
1098
00:42:54,045 --> 00:42:58,035
people, uh, you and three people,
and oh, you're gonna have coffee
1099
00:42:58,035 --> 00:43:01,185
and just talk for an hour, living or
not, who would those three people be?
1100
00:43:01,185 --> 00:43:03,194
You would like to have
sitting down with you?
1101
00:43:03,585 --> 00:43:05,625
Annalise Basso: Rod Sterling, uh, rod,
1102
00:43:05,775 --> 00:43:07,185
Marc Preston: er, you're
the first Rod Sterling.
1103
00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:09,345
I could ask you though, why Rod Sterling?
1104
00:43:09,674 --> 00:43:10,785
Annalise Basso: Twilight Zone.
1105
00:43:11,115 --> 00:43:11,775
Twilight Zone.
1106
00:43:11,835 --> 00:43:20,235
Just how he was able to tell
so many stories and just he
1107
00:43:20,235 --> 00:43:21,404
created a whole universe.
1108
00:43:22,170 --> 00:43:25,140
And he was fearless in his storytelling.
1109
00:43:25,140 --> 00:43:28,890
He broke so many rules
and he didn't preach ever.
1110
00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:30,210
He did it in a, but
1111
00:43:30,210 --> 00:43:32,190
Marc Preston: there was a
lot of social commentary.
1112
00:43:32,670 --> 00:43:35,940
And his daughter is, uh, posting a
lot of, like, his old quotes, and
1113
00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:40,470
I've really kind of gotten into,
he was really dialed into the human
1114
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:41,820
condition, or whatever you wanna call it.
1115
00:43:41,825 --> 00:43:41,855
Yes.
1116
00:43:41,875 --> 00:43:46,020
But like some of her shortcomings, he, he
understood and, and could tell stories in
1117
00:43:46,020 --> 00:43:50,460
a very, in a digestible way where people
are like, oh, I didn't see it like that.
1118
00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:51,630
Annalise Basso: You know,
that's, that's great.
1119
00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:53,070
He told stories, but he,
but he never preached.
1120
00:43:53,070 --> 00:43:55,860
And that's something that I really
respect and that's something that I
1121
00:43:55,860 --> 00:43:57,240
have to be aware of as a storyteller.
1122
00:43:57,240 --> 00:44:00,390
It's like, oh, as much as I
wanna put what I wanna say, he,
1123
00:44:00,450 --> 00:44:04,710
he served story and the truth.
1124
00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:12,150
He served the truth and he was able
to, to, uh, pursue the truth of what
1125
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:16,710
the story needed as opposed to what
he wanted to say, if that makes sense.
1126
00:44:16,710 --> 00:44:16,711
Mm-hmm.
1127
00:44:16,995 --> 00:44:20,610
Um, and there was, he had like,
just an incredible amount of.
1128
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,160
Creative integrity, and
I see that in his work.
1129
00:44:23,310 --> 00:44:25,290
Marc Preston: It felt like that
he was on a mission to tell some
1130
00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:26,640
stories that made a difference.
1131
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:26,730
Mm-hmm.
1132
00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:27,600
You know, I don't know.
1133
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,450
But he's, you know, I didn't
have an appreciation for him
1134
00:44:30,450 --> 00:44:31,770
until I was very much an adult.
1135
00:44:31,770 --> 00:44:33,779
I mean, the full appreciation
till I was an adult.
1136
00:44:33,779 --> 00:44:37,230
But yeah, I'm, I've never had anybody
say Rod Sterling and that he, he's
1137
00:44:37,230 --> 00:44:38,759
gotta go on my shortlist now as well.
1138
00:44:38,759 --> 00:44:40,799
I never even thought about
having Rod Sterling, but
1139
00:44:41,069 --> 00:44:41,339
Annalise Basso: yeah.
1140
00:44:41,430 --> 00:44:41,939
Yay.
1141
00:44:42,299 --> 00:44:42,839
Marc Preston: Very cool.
1142
00:44:42,839 --> 00:44:43,020
Very.
1143
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,870
But for, for your age though,
I mean, I'm assuming, were your
1144
00:44:45,870 --> 00:44:47,339
parents watching the Twilight Zone?
1145
00:44:47,490 --> 00:44:49,919
Annalise Basso: We would watch
the Twilight Zone because there's
1146
00:44:49,919 --> 00:44:53,939
a Twilight Zone marathon that
happens every, uh, new Year's Eve.
1147
00:44:54,419 --> 00:44:56,430
They just play all the episodes, I think.
1148
00:44:56,430 --> 00:45:00,210
I mean, they start at, I mean, they're,
I don't know, five, six seasons.
1149
00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:00,629
I forget.
1150
00:45:01,515 --> 00:45:03,405
But they play all the episodes.
1151
00:45:03,795 --> 00:45:07,665
I think starting like a week before New
Year's Day or two weeks, I don't know,
1152
00:45:07,845 --> 00:45:12,225
but it's just, it's a marathon and we
would turn it on New Year's Day, have
1153
00:45:12,225 --> 00:45:16,635
it, or New Year's Eve, have it on all day
and then have it on all New Year's Day
1154
00:45:18,315 --> 00:45:20,115
Marc Preston: Now you got
like, I can itch to go.
1155
00:45:20,415 --> 00:45:23,265
My son, I don't think has ever seen, he
would be the one that would be into it.
1156
00:45:23,265 --> 00:45:24,225
My, uh, 20-year-old.
1157
00:45:24,945 --> 00:45:26,355
Annalise Basso: Have
you ever read his plays?
1158
00:45:26,475 --> 00:45:28,125
'cause he was a playwright as well.
1159
00:45:29,265 --> 00:45:29,325
Marc Preston: No.
1160
00:45:29,325 --> 00:45:29,535
Yeah.
1161
00:45:29,685 --> 00:45:30,495
How did I not know that?
1162
00:45:30,495 --> 00:45:32,115
I didn't, I didn't know that Reem.
1163
00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:33,315
I did not know Heavyweight.
1164
00:45:33,705 --> 00:45:36,435
Annalise Basso: He has a play called
Requiem for a heavyweight, and I mean
1165
00:45:36,435 --> 00:45:40,725
it, he did, it was made into a movie,
but it started out as a play first.
1166
00:45:40,725 --> 00:45:44,715
And I think he also has
one called Patterns and.
1167
00:45:45,310 --> 00:45:48,495
I'm, I'm working my way through
them, but I really, yeah, rec
1168
00:45:48,495 --> 00:45:49,485
wing for a heavyweight is fun.
1169
00:45:49,815 --> 00:45:51,855
Marc Preston: I think it's wonderful
when you can kind of discover a thing
1170
00:45:51,855 --> 00:45:54,735
like, oh, this is something like,
with, with him and like, I'm kind
1171
00:45:54,735 --> 00:45:57,645
of getting into, it's one of those
things I was too young to appreciate,
1172
00:45:57,915 --> 00:45:59,025
you know, when I was much younger.
1173
00:45:59,025 --> 00:45:59,115
Mm-hmm.
1174
00:45:59,115 --> 00:46:01,395
But now I'm like, I'm enjoying
getting into his stuff.
1175
00:46:01,395 --> 00:46:04,605
So we got Rod Sterling sitting
down for a cup of coffee.
1176
00:46:04,605 --> 00:46:06,885
Who would be the other two
folks who you would enjoy?
1177
00:46:07,185 --> 00:46:09,170
Annalise Basso: CS Lewis and,
1178
00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:13,370
uh, ies?
1179
00:46:15,950 --> 00:46:18,255
Marc Preston: You like
a thinker over there?
1180
00:46:18,255 --> 00:46:18,975
You're like, wow.
1181
00:46:18,975 --> 00:46:19,216
That's no,
1182
00:46:19,221 --> 00:46:20,235
Annalise Basso: wait, no, no.
1183
00:46:20,235 --> 00:46:20,595
Sorry.
1184
00:46:20,595 --> 00:46:21,435
I, sorry.
1185
00:46:21,465 --> 00:46:22,185
Sorry, buddy.
1186
00:46:22,395 --> 00:46:23,865
You ripd, I gotta kick you out.
1187
00:46:24,015 --> 00:46:24,495
Shakespeare.
1188
00:46:25,305 --> 00:46:25,785
Shakespeare.
1189
00:46:26,205 --> 00:46:27,015
Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
1190
00:46:27,645 --> 00:46:30,075
Sterling Shakespeare and CS Lewis.
1191
00:46:30,255 --> 00:46:30,465
Marc Preston: Yeah.
1192
00:46:30,465 --> 00:46:31,455
Shakespeare would be interesting.
1193
00:46:31,455 --> 00:46:31,605
Go.
1194
00:46:31,605 --> 00:46:31,725
Okay.
1195
00:46:31,725 --> 00:46:34,995
Do you really talk like you write,
you know, or It is like, it'd be
1196
00:46:34,995 --> 00:46:38,175
really funny if Shakespeare like this
chill, relaxed guy is like, you know,
1197
00:46:38,175 --> 00:46:39,945
using like really common language.
1198
00:46:39,945 --> 00:46:42,495
And only his writings
are like Shakespeare.
1199
00:46:42,495 --> 00:46:46,095
That's he, he's one of the reasons
why he got scared of stage, you know?
1200
00:46:46,155 --> 00:46:46,635
But Oh,
1201
00:46:46,635 --> 00:46:46,875
Annalise Basso: really?
1202
00:46:47,205 --> 00:46:47,985
Marc Preston: Memorizing me.
1203
00:46:48,165 --> 00:46:49,395
Memorizing a whole script.
1204
00:46:49,755 --> 00:46:50,445
Anybody listen to the show?
1205
00:46:50,445 --> 00:46:50,715
No.
1206
00:46:50,715 --> 00:46:54,045
Always says I can memorize
a few pages of a screenplay.
1207
00:46:54,555 --> 00:46:54,585
Annalise Basso: Mm.
1208
00:46:54,765 --> 00:46:55,545
Marc Preston: I can do that.
1209
00:46:55,785 --> 00:46:58,035
But a whole, I'm like, oh God no.
1210
00:46:58,035 --> 00:46:59,775
I don't know if I could, I
don't know if I could do that.
1211
00:46:59,775 --> 00:46:59,955
I'm
1212
00:47:00,975 --> 00:47:02,205
Annalise Basso: you, I think
I could, I could imagine you
1213
00:47:02,205 --> 00:47:03,825
on the stage with that voice.
1214
00:47:03,825 --> 00:47:06,340
Just be or not to be.
1215
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:06,980
Marc Preston: No.
1216
00:47:06,985 --> 00:47:10,575
There, there are certain people that,
that I think that, that I, down here
1217
00:47:10,575 --> 00:47:12,135
we don't have a lot of stage stuff.
1218
00:47:12,135 --> 00:47:14,205
Like there, there are people
I would like to see like, uh,
1219
00:47:14,865 --> 00:47:16,065
like last night I saw him on tv.
1220
00:47:16,095 --> 00:47:17,205
Uh uh, Sam Rockwell.
1221
00:47:17,235 --> 00:47:18,075
I would love to see.
1222
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:18,340
Oh wow.
1223
00:47:18,340 --> 00:47:18,460
Yeah.
1224
00:47:18,460 --> 00:47:19,275
Him on stage.
1225
00:47:19,275 --> 00:47:21,975
Or there are certain people who I
want to see them on stage doing their
1226
00:47:21,975 --> 00:47:23,985
thing, you know, but me performing.
1227
00:47:24,375 --> 00:47:25,215
Nobody needs that.
1228
00:47:25,785 --> 00:47:26,565
Uh, maybe one day.
1229
00:47:26,625 --> 00:47:27,225
Maybe one day.
1230
00:47:27,525 --> 00:47:29,715
Now let next question, let's go
back to when you were younger.
1231
00:47:29,745 --> 00:47:32,355
Uh, very first celebrity crush.
1232
00:47:32,355 --> 00:47:33,345
Who was that for you?
1233
00:47:33,345 --> 00:47:34,005
Annalise Basso: Oh, no.
1234
00:47:34,635 --> 00:47:34,725
Oh no.
1235
00:47:35,655 --> 00:47:37,305
Toby McGuire and Spiderman.
1236
00:47:38,235 --> 00:47:39,135
Marc Preston: I can see that.
1237
00:47:39,195 --> 00:47:42,495
Um, now let's say you're gonna
be on an island for a year.
1238
00:47:42,555 --> 00:47:45,705
Uh, the next question, it's
an island you wanna be on.
1239
00:47:45,705 --> 00:47:46,965
It's great, it's exotic.
1240
00:47:46,965 --> 00:47:50,235
It's al pretty much like a resort,
but you gotta be there a whole year.
1241
00:47:50,355 --> 00:47:54,675
There's no streaming, so if you wanna
listen to music, you gotta bring one CD
1242
00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:59,295
and to watch a movie, you gotta bring
1D VD, something you can listen to and
1243
00:47:59,295 --> 00:48:00,855
watch over and over and over again.
1244
00:48:01,365 --> 00:48:02,085
What would that be?
1245
00:48:02,655 --> 00:48:03,075
Annalise Basso: Oh, no.
1246
00:48:04,395 --> 00:48:07,095
I should have had, I, maybe
I need to consult my list.
1247
00:48:07,095 --> 00:48:10,035
I, I, the thing, the
movie that comes to mind,
1248
00:48:13,035 --> 00:48:15,465
maybe The Secret Garden 1993, though
1249
00:48:15,885 --> 00:48:16,455
Marc Preston: I'm trying to remember.
1250
00:48:16,455 --> 00:48:18,855
I know my kids watched
one, uh, the Secret Garden.
1251
00:48:18,855 --> 00:48:20,180
I just recently, two recently.
1252
00:48:21,044 --> 00:48:21,930
Annalise Basso: I, I just read was did
1253
00:48:21,930 --> 00:48:24,705
Marc Preston: they come out with
another one after 93 or was 93?
1254
00:48:24,705 --> 00:48:24,855
It did.
1255
00:48:25,154 --> 00:48:25,544
Okay.
1256
00:48:25,725 --> 00:48:25,964
Annalise Basso: Yeah.
1257
00:48:25,964 --> 00:48:29,024
No, they came out with one, I
think, I don't know, within the last
1258
00:48:29,145 --> 00:48:31,754
probably 10 years, 10, 15 years.
1259
00:48:32,145 --> 00:48:33,765
But I know my kids, we watched it,
1260
00:48:34,634 --> 00:48:38,625
Marc Preston: I'm trying to
think, 2009 I think is when we
1261
00:48:38,685 --> 00:48:39,404
watched it when they were young.
1262
00:48:39,404 --> 00:48:39,495
Mm-hmm.
1263
00:48:39,944 --> 00:48:41,569
Um, that was, that was a great move.
1264
00:48:41,595 --> 00:48:41,805
Okay.
1265
00:48:41,805 --> 00:48:42,825
So Secret Garden.
1266
00:48:43,064 --> 00:48:43,125
Yeah.
1267
00:48:43,125 --> 00:48:45,464
And what, what Now I will say a box set.
1268
00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:46,035
You can do that.
1269
00:48:46,035 --> 00:48:47,535
You can do a box set
when it comes to music
1270
00:48:47,790 --> 00:48:48,290
Annalise Basso: if you'd like.
1271
00:48:48,310 --> 00:48:48,529
Ooh.
1272
00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:50,720
Okay.
1273
00:48:53,259 --> 00:48:58,395
Uh, this is, I don't know if this is
cheating, so let me know if I need to.
1274
00:48:59,950 --> 00:49:03,944
I change my answer, but I would do the
Chronicles of running a audio books.
1275
00:49:04,305 --> 00:49:06,435
Marc Preston: You found
a loophole just then.
1276
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:06,509
Mm-hmm.
1277
00:49:06,589 --> 00:49:09,045
You the an audiobook
music You said Boxset, you
1278
00:49:09,045 --> 00:49:11,895
Annalise Basso: said I could do, you
said I could do boxset, but Okay.
1279
00:49:11,895 --> 00:49:12,254
Music.
1280
00:49:12,254 --> 00:49:13,125
You're right, you're right, you're right.
1281
00:49:13,125 --> 00:49:13,305
Right.
1282
00:49:13,785 --> 00:49:14,145
Marc Preston: No, no, no.
1283
00:49:14,145 --> 00:49:14,835
That, that's good though.
1284
00:49:14,835 --> 00:49:17,685
That's you did find, so you know
what, I'll, I'll, I'll allow that
1285
00:49:17,685 --> 00:49:20,625
for all of my guests, but I'm
curious, musically, what grabs you.
1286
00:49:22,725 --> 00:49:24,165
Annalise Basso: I listen to everything.
1287
00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:25,634
I really do.
1288
00:49:25,694 --> 00:49:33,825
I, I, I'm trying to think of my
favorite album or what, but it
1289
00:49:33,825 --> 00:49:35,745
really just depends on the day.
1290
00:49:35,805 --> 00:49:37,995
And I, I don't discriminate.
1291
00:49:37,995 --> 00:49:39,375
I li I do listen to everything.
1292
00:49:39,795 --> 00:49:41,504
There's even country sometimes.
1293
00:49:42,464 --> 00:49:42,495
Marc Preston: Oh.
1294
00:49:42,495 --> 00:49:45,615
That, that would make my, my youngest
is the country fan, and they, uh, like
1295
00:49:45,615 --> 00:49:48,585
her boyfriend, I think they're one
of their main connecting principles
1296
00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:49,815
is they both like country music.
1297
00:49:50,234 --> 00:49:53,444
Mm. So it's kind of a, you
know, so she's, she has a cup.
1298
00:49:53,819 --> 00:49:54,180
Annalise Basso: It's just
1299
00:49:54,180 --> 00:49:54,779
Marc Preston: simple.
1300
00:49:55,350 --> 00:49:58,080
Annalise Basso: And Willie Nelson, um, oh
1301
00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:58,410
Marc Preston: yeah,
1302
00:49:58,734 --> 00:50:01,200
Annalise Basso: I, I would listen
to the blues with my dad a lot.
1303
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:05,279
Like, you know, Stevie
Ray Vaughn, and, um,
1304
00:50:05,580 --> 00:50:06,629
Marc Preston: okay, now you,
now you're sit in home runs.
1305
00:50:06,629 --> 00:50:07,620
He's a Dallas boy.
1306
00:50:07,620 --> 00:50:10,529
A big, you know, and it was funny
because, uh, down here on the
1307
00:50:10,529 --> 00:50:13,290
island, uh, my daughter bartended
this big bar, a Clayton's Beach
1308
00:50:13,290 --> 00:50:14,459
bar free promotion for them.
1309
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,080
Just real big, enormous deck thing.
1310
00:50:16,350 --> 00:50:19,770
And, um, but they have like rap
acts and some accent, like, I'm
1311
00:50:19,770 --> 00:50:23,580
like, and here on the island, I, I'm
going to spring break, I'm sorry.
1312
00:50:23,584 --> 00:50:23,975
Mm-hmm.
1313
00:50:24,055 --> 00:50:27,000
So the spring break circa when I was.
1314
00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:28,215
Spring breaking.
1315
00:50:28,215 --> 00:50:32,025
I didn't have a chance to come here,
but Stevie Ray Vaughn was playing on
1316
00:50:32,025 --> 00:50:34,185
the beach and the crowd was insane.
1317
00:50:34,185 --> 00:50:36,675
Like, that would be a cool spring break.
1318
00:50:36,675 --> 00:50:37,035
Yeah.
1319
00:50:37,035 --> 00:50:39,675
I mean, he, he had to, they had
put a stage on the beach and it
1320
00:50:39,675 --> 00:50:42,735
was like, this was the spring break
destination for many, many years.
1321
00:50:42,735 --> 00:50:46,275
And then I go down there and I'm like,
uh, to see, you know, my daughter.
1322
00:50:46,305 --> 00:50:49,860
And like, it's like, you know, oh,
you know, I, I'm feeling like old now.
1323
00:50:49,860 --> 00:50:49,901
Spring now.
1324
00:50:49,901 --> 00:50:49,995
Spring break.
1325
00:50:49,995 --> 00:50:50,115
Oh
1326
00:50:50,115 --> 00:50:50,535
Annalise Basso: boy.
1327
00:50:50,595 --> 00:50:50,955
Yeah.
1328
00:50:50,955 --> 00:50:51,780
And then Stevie Ray.
1329
00:50:51,945 --> 00:50:53,385
Oh my, that's so cool.
1330
00:50:53,595 --> 00:50:54,140
That's so cool.
1331
00:50:54,315 --> 00:50:55,905
Marc Preston: Um, now,
now the next question.
1332
00:50:55,905 --> 00:50:58,875
If you were to go from STEM to stern
to, from the time you wake up to
1333
00:50:58,875 --> 00:51:00,465
the time you go to sleep mm-hmm.
1334
00:51:00,705 --> 00:51:03,435
Um, what are the component
parts for you of a perfect day?
1335
00:51:03,615 --> 00:51:07,005
You know, those things that they all
happen, it's just a glorious day for you.
1336
00:51:07,695 --> 00:51:08,085
Annalise Basso: Wow.
1337
00:51:08,595 --> 00:51:13,425
I mean, I have to think about that
because it's really just one thing.
1338
00:51:13,425 --> 00:51:19,815
I have a daily practice that I do,
and if that happens, then I don't
1339
00:51:19,815 --> 00:51:22,425
know, everything else is just a bonus.
1340
00:51:22,485 --> 00:51:23,175
I mean, is it kinda like a
1341
00:51:23,175 --> 00:51:25,935
Marc Preston: meditative
or, uh, exercise thing or.
1342
00:51:26,580 --> 00:51:30,570
Annalise Basso: I mean, it's a, it's
like a, a spiritual practice and mm-hmm.
1343
00:51:30,870 --> 00:51:33,660
Um, yeah, it's definitely
a part of my daily routine.
1344
00:51:33,660 --> 00:51:34,320
Sometimes.
1345
00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:40,320
I mean, just the last couple, uh,
last month or the month before last,
1346
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:46,410
actually back in March, I put up a play
that I wrote, directed and produced.
1347
00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:51,780
And it was just like the days would just
start to blend together and I forgot
1348
00:51:51,780 --> 00:51:56,370
to make time and this is how we know
what our true priorities are, and I do.
1349
00:51:56,370 --> 00:51:56,460
Mm-hmm.
1350
00:51:57,285 --> 00:51:58,860
I mean, I prioritize.
1351
00:51:59,595 --> 00:52:04,305
Uh, this, I, I thought I did at least
this like, piece of my life that I
1352
00:52:04,305 --> 00:52:09,555
cherish and hold sacred and, you know,
sometimes we just get so busy that the
1353
00:52:09,675 --> 00:52:14,115
things like when the days go by and
you're like, oh, something's missing.
1354
00:52:14,115 --> 00:52:16,755
And I'm like, oh my gosh, it's
been two days or three days.
1355
00:52:16,755 --> 00:52:18,046
I, it's such a part of my life.
1356
00:52:18,230 --> 00:52:18,450
We
1357
00:52:18,450 --> 00:52:20,985
Marc Preston: could, it's so
easy to develop new habits, but
1358
00:52:20,985 --> 00:52:23,505
also get out of certain habits.
1359
00:52:23,510 --> 00:52:23,610
Mm-hmm.
1360
00:52:23,690 --> 00:52:24,855
You gotta be mindful of that.
1361
00:52:24,855 --> 00:52:25,005
Yeah.
1362
00:52:25,005 --> 00:52:27,405
So I'm dealing with the
same thing myself here.
1363
00:52:27,405 --> 00:52:29,805
So without getting all into
it, 'cause it's not about me.
1364
00:52:31,215 --> 00:52:32,715
Uh, but, but, but no, I,
I know that very well.
1365
00:52:32,715 --> 00:52:35,055
So, but are you a coffee, a tea person?
1366
00:52:35,055 --> 00:52:36,090
Are you, do you get exercise?
1367
00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:36,690
I love in the day.
1368
00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:36,693
I love coffee.
1369
00:52:37,245 --> 00:52:38,115
Annalise Basso: I love coffee.
1370
00:52:38,115 --> 00:52:43,155
I dance, I do, I I do like to
do something active every day.
1371
00:52:43,665 --> 00:52:49,935
Um, I mean, I, I think I
mentioned I du Muay Thai, I surf.
1372
00:52:50,865 --> 00:52:51,705
Um, really?
1373
00:52:51,705 --> 00:52:51,735
Okay.
1374
00:52:52,245 --> 00:52:55,935
Any days where that happens in the
morning, like I have my Dawn Patrol group.
1375
00:52:55,935 --> 00:52:58,725
We go out at probably 5 36.
1376
00:52:59,415 --> 00:53:03,735
In the morning up to Malibu
and just, you know, that's,
1377
00:53:03,735 --> 00:53:05,145
that's a great day when happens.
1378
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:05,360
I,
1379
00:53:05,565 --> 00:53:08,565
Marc Preston: I, I'm the biggest surf
nerd that has actually not surfed
1380
00:53:08,565 --> 00:53:11,865
and I got people who are on the
island trying to get me to do it.
1381
00:53:11,865 --> 00:53:15,375
I just haven't had an opportunity,
but, oh, we actually, I've got it.
1382
00:53:15,495 --> 00:53:16,755
I can't really see it on the wall.
1383
00:53:16,965 --> 00:53:18,975
Have you ever seen the movie,
the documentary, uh, writing
1384
00:53:18,975 --> 00:53:22,815
Giants about big wave surfing,
about Laird Hamilton and, uh,
1385
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:24,735
Annalise Basso: uh, writing Giants?
1386
00:53:25,215 --> 00:53:25,935
Marc Preston: Oh, it's
a great documentary.
1387
00:53:26,205 --> 00:53:26,565
I haven't seen,
1388
00:53:27,015 --> 00:53:30,915
Annalise Basso: I, I've seen Tim b uh,
what's his, what's his, what's his name?
1389
00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:35,595
Tim Bo Bonnie I, I don't know how to
pronounce his last name, but he did
1390
00:53:35,595 --> 00:53:39,045
a documentary about big wave surfing
that when I saw it I was like, Ugh.
1391
00:53:39,495 --> 00:53:40,245
And I think it's just called, oh, well
1392
00:53:40,245 --> 00:53:42,000
Marc Preston: this, this,
this came out in 2004.
1393
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,665
You just look it up Riding giants.
1394
00:53:43,665 --> 00:53:44,055
It's so great.
1395
00:53:44,055 --> 00:53:47,595
I got the movie poster and I've got
Greg Noll, who is a, uh, kind of the
1396
00:53:47,595 --> 00:53:50,475
og, uh, big wave surfer in lad Hamilton.
1397
00:53:50,475 --> 00:53:51,675
Do they all sign, have this.
1398
00:53:52,154 --> 00:53:54,134
It's called writing giants.
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00:53:54,134 --> 00:53:54,136
Mm-hmm.
1400
00:53:54,140 --> 00:53:56,625
Writing giants and, uh, but
yeah, I got the movie poster sign
1401
00:53:56,685 --> 00:53:58,755
hanging out the end of my stairway.
1402
00:53:59,384 --> 00:53:59,565
Yeah.
1403
00:53:59,565 --> 00:54:01,725
So it's like a odd prize possession.
1404
00:54:01,725 --> 00:54:04,245
Told my kids when I pass one day,
you're not allowed to sell it.
1405
00:54:04,245 --> 00:54:05,355
This is a special thing.
1406
00:54:06,285 --> 00:54:08,055
Um, now the weather's right man.
1407
00:54:08,055 --> 00:54:11,924
I'm ready to get out and, you know,
hit, you know, look like a, look what
1408
00:54:11,924 --> 00:54:13,545
they call it, a kook, you know, for
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00:54:14,205 --> 00:54:14,805
Annalise Basso: Oh yeah.
1410
00:54:14,805 --> 00:54:14,807
Oh yeah.
1411
00:54:15,525 --> 00:54:19,005
And it's so fun to go out there and just
clog up the lineup and just be a, be a,
1412
00:54:19,245 --> 00:54:21,645
like, I don't take myself very seriously.
1413
00:54:21,645 --> 00:54:25,634
Like I, I am not a. I'm very amateur.
1414
00:54:25,665 --> 00:54:28,694
Like, I mean, the biggest wave
I've probably, I've paddled into is
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00:54:28,694 --> 00:54:33,254
probably like six feet, seven feet,
um, which isn't too small, but still
1416
00:54:33,254 --> 00:54:35,234
I bomb more often than I shred.
1417
00:54:36,975 --> 00:54:38,654
Marc Preston: Well, well, as long
as you're out there doing it,
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00:54:38,654 --> 00:54:39,705
that's what makes a difference.
1419
00:54:39,734 --> 00:54:40,065
Annalise Basso: Mm-hmm.
1420
00:54:40,305 --> 00:54:42,076
Marc Preston: Um, now last
couple questions I got for you.
1421
00:54:42,254 --> 00:54:45,225
Uh, my, my youngest is out suntanning.
1422
00:54:45,225 --> 00:54:46,665
She's like, are you done
with your interview yet?
1423
00:54:47,355 --> 00:54:49,455
That's not what she sounds like,
but that's the way I'm interpreting.
1424
00:54:49,964 --> 00:54:54,555
Um, so if you weren't doing this for
a living, what would you be doing?
1425
00:54:54,645 --> 00:54:57,165
What would be the number
two thing to bring you joy?
1426
00:54:57,254 --> 00:55:00,915
You know, if somebody said, uh, TV and
film doesn't exist anymore, you know,
1427
00:55:00,915 --> 00:55:05,565
or theater or anything, acting creative,
you've gotta come up with something else.
1428
00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,915
What would fit for you?
1429
00:55:07,875 --> 00:55:08,444
Annalise Basso: So,
1430
00:55:10,605 --> 00:55:11,565
I'm sorry, lawyer's, daughter.
1431
00:55:11,565 --> 00:55:13,095
I'm seeing what the loopholes are.
1432
00:55:13,095 --> 00:55:15,290
I'm seeing hypothetical.
1433
00:55:15,509 --> 00:55:15,730
Um,
1434
00:55:16,035 --> 00:55:17,745
Marc Preston: you got the
disclaimers running in your mind.
1435
00:55:17,745 --> 00:55:17,924
Yeah.
1436
00:55:18,225 --> 00:55:19,569
Annalise Basso: So does, does.
1437
00:55:20,685 --> 00:55:22,335
Could I be a dance teacher?
1438
00:55:22,335 --> 00:55:23,775
Because I do that and I love it.
1439
00:55:23,780 --> 00:55:23,950
Yeah,
1440
00:55:24,105 --> 00:55:24,255
Marc Preston: yeah.
1441
00:55:24,255 --> 00:55:24,945
Absolutely.
1442
00:55:24,945 --> 00:55:25,575
Absolutely.
1443
00:55:25,635 --> 00:55:25,875
Annalise Basso: Yeah.
1444
00:55:26,205 --> 00:55:28,995
Marc Preston: Uh, I, I see outside
of what we mostly know you for.
1445
00:55:29,025 --> 00:55:29,115
Mm-hmm.
1446
00:55:29,115 --> 00:55:30,405
And that would be the dance teacher.
1447
00:55:30,555 --> 00:55:31,005
There you go.
1448
00:55:31,005 --> 00:55:31,395
See that.
1449
00:55:31,730 --> 00:55:33,285
And, and you could have
folks in your living room.
1450
00:55:33,290 --> 00:55:34,515
I, I, I gotta get one of the bar.
1451
00:55:34,515 --> 00:55:36,855
I'm looking at that going, man, I
could really stretch out my backs.
1452
00:55:36,915 --> 00:55:37,335
It's great.
1453
00:55:37,335 --> 00:55:37,845
And I'm like, it's
1454
00:55:37,845 --> 00:55:38,145
Annalise Basso: great.
1455
00:55:38,535 --> 00:55:39,735
I mean, I, I stretch on it.
1456
00:55:39,750 --> 00:55:41,265
I'm like, almost every day and use it.
1457
00:55:41,265 --> 00:55:43,485
Like, I go through the lesson
plans and there's something
1458
00:55:43,695 --> 00:55:46,245
that's so lovely about teaching.
1459
00:55:46,425 --> 00:55:50,385
'cause when I teach these girls, like
the youngest in the class is I think
1460
00:55:50,385 --> 00:55:53,295
seven or eight, and the oldest is
nine, nine and a half, about to be 10.
1461
00:55:53,715 --> 00:55:58,935
And just going through the basics, it's
not just about teaching them how to dance,
1462
00:55:58,935 --> 00:56:05,505
it's teaching them body awareness and how
to be strong and disciplined and poised.
1463
00:56:05,505 --> 00:56:08,625
Like one of the girls was like, why
are you pushing us so hard today?
1464
00:56:08,925 --> 00:56:10,635
And I was like, because
that's how you make progress.
1465
00:56:10,635 --> 00:56:11,445
That's how you grow.
1466
00:56:11,445 --> 00:56:13,455
And she had this moment,
I'm like, oh yeah.
1467
00:56:13,455 --> 00:56:18,075
And she, you know, worked through the rest
of the class and she got tired and I mean.
1468
00:56:19,170 --> 00:56:22,710
Teaching kids how to, I don't know.
1469
00:56:22,710 --> 00:56:27,330
Not only just push through discomfort,
but to be strong and give them
1470
00:56:27,330 --> 00:56:31,110
a, yeah, teach them, like sharing
the love of dance with them.
1471
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:32,640
It's just, it's fun.
1472
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:33,270
I love it.
1473
00:56:33,450 --> 00:56:35,310
Marc Preston: I think with that, a
discipline like that, they could stand
1474
00:56:35,310 --> 00:56:37,830
on their own two feet literally and
figuratively, you know, it's kind
1475
00:56:37,830 --> 00:56:41,760
of a know or one foot or, or yes.
1476
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:42,480
Or one foot.
1477
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:42,810
Yeah.
1478
00:56:42,815 --> 00:56:44,040
And, and, and spin.
1479
00:56:44,045 --> 00:56:45,270
Sorry, sorry.
1480
00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:46,650
No, no, no.
1481
00:56:46,650 --> 00:56:48,180
Believe me, I'm a, I'm a dad joke.
1482
00:56:48,420 --> 00:56:49,740
Like Jedi.
1483
00:56:50,220 --> 00:56:51,870
Um, now the last question I got for you.
1484
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,720
If you were to jump into that DeLorean
and travel back to when you were
1485
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:58,710
16 years old and you got a piece of
advice you wanna drop to yourself to
1486
00:56:58,710 --> 00:57:01,920
make that moment in your life somehow
better or put yourself on a little bit
1487
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,670
different track, what would that piece
of advice be to 16-year-old, to you?
1488
00:57:07,185 --> 00:57:12,450
Annalise Basso: Um, probably
just trust yourself.
1489
00:57:13,230 --> 00:57:17,250
Trust yourself more people's
opinions really don't matter.
1490
00:57:17,340 --> 00:57:17,400
Yeah.
1491
00:57:17,970 --> 00:57:22,020
And don't let their opinions
of you or your art or your
1492
00:57:22,020 --> 00:57:24,180
life define what it means.
1493
00:57:24,180 --> 00:57:26,280
Like you Yeah.
1494
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:26,880
Trust yourself.
1495
00:57:27,390 --> 00:57:28,470
Marc Preston: Very, very good.
1496
00:57:28,470 --> 00:57:29,100
I like that.
1497
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:30,780
Well, to Annise, thank you so much.
1498
00:57:30,780 --> 00:57:34,320
I, I appreciate you sharing some
time and, uh, it was a lot of fun.
1499
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:38,010
And, and I'm looking forward to,
uh, checking out the, uh, film like
1500
00:57:38,010 --> 00:57:42,210
again, you know, the cast of life at
Chuck just is just excited to see it.
1501
00:57:42,210 --> 00:57:44,340
That's actually, you know, I'm gonna
go to the theater to see this one.
1502
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,100
Annalise Basso: I appreciate you going
to the theater because I think seeing
1503
00:57:47,100 --> 00:57:52,290
this is one of those movies where, yeah,
you could stream it, but seeing it in a
1504
00:57:52,290 --> 00:57:58,620
theater with people, hearing them laugh,
hearing them cry, hearing them being
1505
00:57:58,620 --> 00:58:00,635
a part of this experience, it's like.
1506
00:58:02,010 --> 00:58:05,010
Yeah, it, I would, I would
recommend going to the theater, so
1507
00:58:05,250 --> 00:58:05,640
Marc Preston: very good.
1508
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:08,130
The life of Chuck, but I, I
enjoy the life of Annalise.
1509
00:58:08,130 --> 00:58:08,640
Just now.
1510
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:08,940
See.
1511
00:58:08,945 --> 00:58:09,540
Annalise Basso: Thank, thank you.
1512
00:58:09,990 --> 00:58:10,320
Marc Preston: Okay.
1513
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:10,410
So
1514
00:58:10,620 --> 00:58:11,280
Annalise Basso: nice.
1515
00:58:11,445 --> 00:58:12,000
I love it.
1516
00:58:14,040 --> 00:58:14,610
Marc Preston: All right.
1517
00:58:14,730 --> 00:58:15,690
Annalise.
1518
00:58:15,690 --> 00:58:16,440
Basso.
1519
00:58:16,710 --> 00:58:18,150
What a fun conversation.
1520
00:58:18,150 --> 00:58:18,870
So charming.
1521
00:58:18,900 --> 00:58:23,010
Really enjoy the sit down with, uh,
Annalise and, uh, really looking forward
1522
00:58:23,010 --> 00:58:24,810
to seeing her in the life of Chuck.
1523
00:58:25,050 --> 00:58:31,680
It is in select theaters right now, but
tomorrow, Friday, June 13th, it releases.
1524
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:33,370
Wide, as they say.
1525
00:58:33,460 --> 00:58:34,540
So check it out.
1526
00:58:34,540 --> 00:58:38,680
It's got, uh, Tom Hiddleston, uh,
Karen Gillen, Matthew Lillard, Nick
1527
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:41,080
Offerman, of course, Luke Skywalker.
1528
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:43,360
I'm a, I'm a kid of
the, uh, star Wars era.
1529
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:44,470
Marc Hamill.
1530
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:46,600
Anything he's in, I'm gonna go see.
1531
00:58:46,900 --> 00:58:50,080
Uh, but the buzz on this
film is, uh, is pretty big.
1532
00:58:50,290 --> 00:58:52,150
A lot of people saying a lot
of great things about it.
1533
00:58:52,150 --> 00:58:57,160
So, uh, I am going to go see that
in the theater as we discussed.
1534
00:58:57,430 --> 00:58:59,440
And, uh, pick up that podcast app.
1535
00:58:59,470 --> 00:59:01,840
Make sure you're
following story and craft.
1536
00:59:01,900 --> 00:59:03,220
Uh, new episode comes out.
1537
00:59:03,220 --> 00:59:03,580
Boom.
1538
00:59:03,580 --> 00:59:05,830
You got yourself a notification.
1539
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:07,060
Uh, do me a favor also.
1540
00:59:07,060 --> 00:59:09,850
Uh, leave some stars, leave a
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1541
00:59:09,910 --> 00:59:11,230
Uh, show a little bit of love.
1542
00:59:11,255 --> 00:59:14,255
It is so appreciated and reciprocated.
1543
00:59:14,255 --> 00:59:16,565
I'm, I'm giving you a
big bear hug right now.
1544
00:59:16,565 --> 00:59:18,905
An uncomfortable hug, you
know, 'cause that's how much
1545
00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:20,645
appreciation I got for you.
1546
00:59:20,705 --> 00:59:24,035
Uh, coming, uh, stopping by
every week and coming up soon.
1547
00:59:24,095 --> 00:59:28,805
I believe next week we're going to
start releasing two episodes per week.
1548
00:59:29,015 --> 00:59:30,245
That is the plan.
1549
00:59:30,305 --> 00:59:33,455
So, uh, I believe it's gonna
be on Monday and Thursdays.
1550
00:59:33,485 --> 00:59:37,805
So, um, uh, so that's kinda how that
rolls more of me throughout the week
1551
00:59:37,805 --> 00:59:42,125
to join you in your EarPods or in
your car or wherever you listen.
1552
00:59:42,415 --> 00:59:45,415
Just thank you for making
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1553
00:59:45,475 --> 00:59:49,315
Part of whatever you've got going
on, it is greatly appreciated.
1554
00:59:49,645 --> 00:59:53,215
Alright, I'm gonna get on out of here,
uh, ranger the studio dog looking
1555
00:59:53,215 --> 00:59:54,715
at me like we got business to do.
1556
00:59:54,805 --> 00:59:56,305
So I'm gonna do that.
1557
00:59:56,305 --> 00:59:59,995
You go take care of yourself, be
safe, and, uh, we'll talk to you next
1558
00:59:59,995 --> 01:00:02,635
time, right here on Story and Craft.
1559
01:00:02,845 --> 01:00:05,575
Announcer: That's it for this
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1560
01:00:05,635 --> 01:00:08,065
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1561
01:00:08,275 --> 01:00:12,475
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1562
01:00:12,565 --> 01:00:14,635
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1563
01:00:15,275 --> 01:00:20,495
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1564
01:00:20,825 --> 01:00:24,365
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1565
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1570
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