Milana Vayntrub | Playing is Good For The Brain

I guess I had a little bit of a crush on

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Milana Vayntrub: George Clooney when I knew him, but only

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Milana Vayntrub: because he's really really magnetic.

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Milana Vayntrub: But I was also a child and he was in his

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Milana Vayntrub: 30s, you know.

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Milana Vayntrub: So I really just wanted him to like be a

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Milana Vayntrub: I wanted him to like come over.

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Announcer: Welcome to story in craft.

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Announcer: now There's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: Well, hello, how are you?

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Marc Preston: I am Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: Yes, back for another episode of story in

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Marc Preston: craft.

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Marc Preston: It has been a moment, has it not?

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Marc Preston: I have gotten the emails.

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Marc Preston: I appreciate it.

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Marc Preston: I certainly appreciate those who have

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Marc Preston: reached out asking what's going on.

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Marc Preston: Why haven't you been on for a few weeks,

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Marc Preston: been on a little bit of a hiatus, had some

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Marc Preston: projects to work on, some things to Knock

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Marc Preston: out, also some studio upgrades, getting

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Marc Preston: some things set up to better bring you the

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Marc Preston: best quality stuff I can.

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Marc Preston: Also took some time to just kind of do some

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Marc Preston: family stuff.

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Marc Preston: I we had of a golden retriever, a wonderful

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Marc Preston: little guy, buddy, who got sick and so kind

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Marc Preston: of focused on him for a few weeks and

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Marc Preston: Family stuff.

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Marc Preston: You know big dog lovers in this family and

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Marc Preston: unfortunately buddy left us a few weeks ago.

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Marc Preston: So just kind of bouncing back from family

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Marc Preston: wanted to really ramp up and prep some cool

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Marc Preston: things that are coming up with story in

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Marc Preston: craft and Certainly again appreciate the

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Marc Preston: emails I received and those who have

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Marc Preston: reached out asking what's up, dude, where

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Marc Preston: are you?

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Marc Preston: Well, i'm here.

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Marc Preston: I'm back this week.

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Marc Preston: Milana vine Trubb You probably know her as

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Marc Preston: Lily on the AT&T commercials.

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Marc Preston: But she's had a really great career on

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Marc Preston: camera film TV, stretching all the way back

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Marc Preston: to when she was a little girl, i think five

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Marc Preston: or something like that, when she was doing

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Marc Preston: She was on ER back when she was, i think,

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Marc Preston: eight.

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Marc Preston: But she's got a great career, a great

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Marc Preston: conversation.

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Marc Preston: Really cool to have her stop by and just

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Marc Preston: Really jazzed to be able to bring you this

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Marc Preston: conversation.

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Marc Preston: And don't forget anything, everything you

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Marc Preston: You can most certainly appreciate it.

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Marc Preston: Most certainly appreciate you being here

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Marc Preston: right now.

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Marc Preston: Of course, this episode, we're gonna

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Marc Preston: dedicate it to my good buddy buddy.

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Marc Preston: Of course he usually was in the studio with

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Marc Preston: me while I did every episode and interview

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Marc Preston: And of course, gonna miss him, most

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Marc Preston: certainly.

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Marc Preston: So we're dedicating this to the faithful

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Marc Preston: So there you go, an episode just for him.

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Marc Preston: But right now it is Milana vine-trub day,

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Marc Preston: right here on story and craft.

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Marc Preston: We're yet today, like you're in LA, correct.

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Milana Vayntrub: I am.

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Milana Vayntrub: I'm in a barren dressing room, i'm in a sad

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Milana Vayntrub: empty space with nothing but a router, but,

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Milana Vayntrub: but, but.

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Milana Vayntrub: The Wi-Fi connection is strong, and that's

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Milana Vayntrub: all that matters.

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Marc Preston: Exactly.

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Marc Preston: yeah, you know, it's so funny that people

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Marc Preston: think that things are, you know, on a set

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Marc Preston: or Production or so sexy and well put

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Marc Preston: together.

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Marc Preston: a lot of times It's just the most random

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Marc Preston: corner They may stick in.

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, you get a little bit of both.

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Milana Vayntrub: Sometimes you don't even get your own room.

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Marc Preston: Sometimes you get a room share with a bunch

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Marc Preston: of people now I do appreciate you taking

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Marc Preston: time out, especially since you know You're.

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Marc Preston: You're obviously staying pretty busy.

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Marc Preston: And, by the way, i have to kind of get out

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Marc Preston: of the way.

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Marc Preston: My oldest daughter's name is Lily and so I

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Marc Preston: have to go the total dad joke thing.

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Marc Preston: Every time your spot comes on the AT&T

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Marc Preston: spots I'm like, hey, lily, it's Lily, it's

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Marc Preston: been that she's almost 20 now, so it's kind

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Marc Preston: of like the old-school dad joke.

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Marc Preston: So she's like, okay, i get it.

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Marc Preston: So she just tolerates my weird sense of

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Marc Preston: humor.

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Marc Preston: But you're the only Lily, that's that.

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Milana Vayntrub: Where there can only be one.

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Milana Vayntrub: You know, that is true.

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Marc Preston: Yeah it's kind of like a professional

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Marc Preston: athlete.

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Marc Preston: You know when that series of commercials

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Marc Preston: one day ends, they're gonna like retire

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Marc Preston: your number.

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Marc Preston: There can no longer be another Lily, you

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Marc Preston: know.

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Marc Preston: So it'll be.

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Milana Vayntrub: You know, the only one not ever, not on TV

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Milana Vayntrub: at least, but we will allow your daughter

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Milana Vayntrub: to continue using the name.

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Marc Preston: Well, you know, i well you.

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Marc Preston: It's spelled the same way I I'll I'll.

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Marc Preston: Why you know.

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Marc Preston: So, now you, you live in LA.

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Marc Preston: Now, are you from LA originally?

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Milana Vayntrub: I grew up in LA.

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Milana Vayntrub: I grew up in West Hollywood.

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Milana Vayntrub: There's a very dense immigrant community

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Milana Vayntrub: where I was raised and So I had a lot of

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Milana Vayntrub: that influence in my life.

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Milana Vayntrub: But I'm originally from Uzbekistan and my

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Milana Vayntrub: family immigrated when I was I Don't know

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Milana Vayntrub: the number keeps changing, the date is very

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Milana Vayntrub: fluid but I was about two and a half three

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Milana Vayntrub: years old when we got to LA and, yeah, we

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Milana Vayntrub: Made it our home and we stayed and I'm very

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Milana Vayntrub: grateful that, of all the places to land,

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Milana Vayntrub: we landed in LA.

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Marc Preston: Well, i mean, la has such a good, no matter

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Marc Preston: where you come from, you're going to find

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Marc Preston: part of your tribe there, you know which is

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Marc Preston: nice.

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Milana Vayntrub: I've spent something kind of similar about

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Milana Vayntrub: LA that there really is something there for

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Milana Vayntrub: everybody.

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Marc Preston: You Well being a member of our respective

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Marc Preston: tribe.

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Announcer: Are you talking about Jews?

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Marc Preston: Yes, ma'am, And I'm cryptic sometimes.

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Marc Preston: I apologize.

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Milana Vayntrub: The entertainment industry could be a tribe.

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Marc Preston: Oh yeah, i'm sometimes more on the

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Marc Preston: outskirts of the tribe.

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Marc Preston: They let me come to some meetings

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Marc Preston: occasionally, but no, being from Dallas,

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Marc Preston: texas, there was a lot of Russian Jews

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Marc Preston: during the, i want to say, late, mid-late

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Marc Preston: There was massive influx And my family is

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Marc Preston: originally from Odessa in Ukraine, and the

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Marc Preston: motivation for leaving probably was very

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Marc Preston: similar.

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Marc Preston: I'm sure.

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Marc Preston: What do your folks do?

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Marc Preston: What was the?

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Marc Preston: what's your mother and father do, or what

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Marc Preston: did they do?

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Milana Vayntrub: My mom now works in healthcare and like

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Milana Vayntrub: home health and hospice And my dad has a

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Milana Vayntrub: little restaurant.

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Milana Vayntrub: But growing up they had all sorts of

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Milana Vayntrub: different jobs.

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Milana Vayntrub: My mom has kind of been a nurse for most of

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Milana Vayntrub: my childhood There was a little stint of

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Milana Vayntrub: her having a flower shop And my dad has had

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Milana Vayntrub: literally every job that an immigrant can

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Milana Vayntrub: have for being somebody who refuses to

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Milana Vayntrub: learn the language.

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Milana Vayntrub: So he was like a plumber and he delivered

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Milana Vayntrub: doughnuts And he was a handyman And now

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Milana Vayntrub: he's kind of found his thing.

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Marc Preston: You know it's funny.

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Marc Preston: I was my first experience meeting somebody

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Marc Preston: who is Jewish who immigrated from Russia.

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Marc Preston: Was God when was this?

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Marc Preston: Roughly 1993, 1994.

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Marc Preston: I remember them, i was for a press junket.

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Marc Preston: I was.

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Marc Preston: I remember I stayed the four seasons

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Marc Preston: Beverly Hills And I flew out there and I

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Marc Preston: needed to get back to the airport And this

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Marc Preston: really nice fella picked me up in a cab

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Marc Preston: back before Uber And we're going.

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Marc Preston: And I find out that he's actually was a

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Marc Preston: surgeon in Russia, but to get all of his

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Marc Preston: licenses and everything to be able to

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Marc Preston: practice in America was a real process.

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Marc Preston: So in the interim he was driving a cab.

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Milana Vayntrub: It's a very common story.

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Marc Preston: Really.

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, i see it so often with people who

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Milana Vayntrub: were professors back in Egypt and here are

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Milana Vayntrub: driving Ubers And yeah, it is bizarre that

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Milana Vayntrub: a lot of the skills don't transfer because

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Milana Vayntrub: of logistics.

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Milana Vayntrub: Like you know, you can understand medicine

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Milana Vayntrub: in, you know in Ukrainian, but you don't

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Milana Vayntrub: understand medicine Because the body is

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Milana Vayntrub: different, because the Ukrainian body and

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Milana Vayntrub: an American body are so different.

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Milana Vayntrub: But it is you know.

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Milana Vayntrub: And then you really have to think about

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Milana Vayntrub: what those people went through, how bad it

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Milana Vayntrub: had to be for them to drop their education

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Milana Vayntrub: and all of their credentials, and you know

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Milana Vayntrub: however many letters they had after their

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Milana Vayntrub: name to come to the States and start over.

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Marc Preston: Well, how hard was that for you growing up?

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Marc Preston: I've always wondered what this was like

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Marc Preston: when you have parents who their first

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Marc Preston: language is certainly not English.

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Marc Preston: But here you are growing up in an

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Marc Preston: English-speaking world, but when you come

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Marc Preston: home, did that create any issues for you

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Marc Preston: I mean, was that kind of a?

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Marc Preston: was it a challenge for you at all?

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, yes, i also do consider myself really

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Milana Vayntrub: lucky because I had an incredibly proactive

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Marc Preston: Oh, no, no, no, i meant like once you were

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Milana Vayntrub: oh, you know acting.

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Marc Preston: Maybe that's a thing too.

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, i just was a really talkative

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Milana Vayntrub: It was always the kind of thing that I was

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Milana Vayntrub: It was very magnetic for me and also the

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Milana Vayntrub: I loved hanging out with the other girls

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Marc Preston: So you're the kid who is very.

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Marc Preston: What's the phrase that they would use these

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Milana Vayntrub: Extraverted.

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Marc Preston: No, no, no, no, That would be a very

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Marc Preston: No, it's whenever they try to talk about a

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Marc Preston: But I literally just turned 50 yesterday.

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Marc Preston: So I think that short term memory thing is

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Marc Preston: My age is.

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Marc Preston: Happy birthday.

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Marc Preston: Well, thank you.

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Marc Preston: Thank you, I mean, it's like I'm feeling

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Marc Preston: like I read something yesterday.

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Marc Preston: I shouldn't have read it yesterday.

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Marc Preston: I'm like God, did it already start?

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Milana Vayntrub: How did you celebrate your birthday?

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Marc Preston: How to celebrate.

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Marc Preston: You know, my two oldest are at you're in

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Marc Preston: we went to Whole Foods, got something, came

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Marc Preston: Just we took it really chill.

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Marc Preston: to do the pescetarian thing.

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Marc Preston: I'm trying it.

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Marc Preston: So I'm going to kick it off at a sushi

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Marc Preston: But the precocious that's the word I'm

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Marc Preston: looking for precocious.

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Marc Preston: Were you a precocious kid.

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Marc Preston: That's the best way to put it.

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, I was really curious and talkative

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Milana Vayntrub: and a pain in the ass.

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Marc Preston: But isn't that a great?

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Marc Preston: isn't this a great outlet, though?

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Marc Preston: acting, isn't it kind of just like you get

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Marc Preston: I don't know.

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Marc Preston: I did a couple things as a kid actor and

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Marc Preston: then I put it on hold for 15 years or so,

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Marc Preston: but to me, being on a set was I was deeply

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Marc Preston: entranced by everything, all the moving

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Marc Preston: I was more interested in the stuff behind

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Marc Preston: So what was it like, as when you were young,

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Marc Preston: what was keeping you intrigued by the gig?

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Marc Preston: Were you doing commercials?

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Marc Preston: Were you doing on camera?

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Marc Preston: What were you up to back then?

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Marc Preston: I mean, were you doing commercials Or were

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Marc Preston: you doing like TV and film?

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Milana Vayntrub: film and I did a lot of commercials And it

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Milana Vayntrub: start bouncing off the walls when I was on

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Milana Vayntrub: a set because I was so happy to be there

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Milana Vayntrub: And I loved every part of it.

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Milana Vayntrub: I loved getting my makeup done, like a

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Milana Vayntrub: fun And I loved being around adults and the

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Marc Preston: Is it still like that though?

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Marc Preston: Do you still enjoy being in the makeup

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Marc Preston: I think, as an adult, probably enjoy.

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Marc Preston: I found the makeup trailer is a very

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Marc Preston: wonderful gossip, den, so is it still fun

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Marc Preston: for you?

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Milana Vayntrub: Well, now makeup feels like a thing you

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Milana Vayntrub: But yes, it feels makeup feels less fun.

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Milana Vayntrub: Dressing up feels a little bit less fun

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Milana Vayntrub: for me now.

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Marc Preston: When was the transition when you kind of

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Marc Preston: started moving into more and more film,

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Marc Preston: Was that college-ish or just shortly after

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Milana Vayntrub: No, i wasn't really acting in any TV.

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Milana Vayntrub: And then I just did college theater, which

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Milana Vayntrub: I just started doing theater in college to

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Milana Vayntrub: So I just auditioned for a couple shows and

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Milana Vayntrub: program And I went to UC San Diego, which I

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Milana Vayntrub: But they have an incredible theater program.

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Milana Vayntrub: Well, because of the La Jolla Playhouse and

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Marc Preston: Well, you brought up something I thought is

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Marc Preston: I'd love for you to kind of elaborate.

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Marc Preston: But you said it is a means of battling

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Marc Preston: depression And I've never of all the people

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Marc Preston: I'm just kind of curious about how that

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Marc Preston: that's actually, like you said, going to

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Marc Preston: How did that come together?

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Milana Vayntrub: I think there's two separate bits.

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Milana Vayntrub: You spend many, many hours together in

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Milana Vayntrub: I knew that I needed to be doing something

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Milana Vayntrub: So play, theater and acting and directing

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Milana Vayntrub: There's scientific proof around the benefit

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Milana Vayntrub: becomes a lot less useful during improv and

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Milana Vayntrub: during play.

467

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Milana Vayntrub: And so I needed less like doing theater in

468

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Milana Vayntrub: a way actually made me less self-conscious.

469

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Milana Vayntrub: So there's that side, there's the science

470

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Milana Vayntrub: and the social, and then also there is, i

471

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Milana Vayntrub: think, that that science is the thing that

472

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Milana Vayntrub: happens for me when I'm directing And I

473

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Milana Vayntrub: think also when I'm improvising.

474

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Milana Vayntrub: But there's like a problem solving.

475

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Milana Vayntrub: You kind of have to be present, because you

476

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Milana Vayntrub: are just actively listening and problem

477

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Milana Vayntrub: solving, you're just putting together a

478

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Milana Vayntrub: puzzle.

479

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Milana Vayntrub: So that feeling and that task feels really

480

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Milana Vayntrub: nurturing for my head.

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Marc Preston: Oh, I love that, I really do.

482

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Marc Preston: I mean, I've been coaching voiceover for 20,

483

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Marc Preston: just over 20 years And one of the things

484

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Marc Preston: some students are a little bit more

485

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Marc Preston: difficult than others to kind of get the

486

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Marc Preston: idea across, but the idea that words are

487

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Marc Preston: powered by emotion And you kind of have to

488

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Marc Preston: get your I call it your thinky side out of

489

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Marc Preston: the way.

490

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Marc Preston: You know, and maybe you're much more in a

491

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Marc Preston: more eloquent scientific way, kind of

492

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Marc Preston: elaborated and like I'm very intrigued now

493

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Marc Preston: by that.

494

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Marc Preston: But yeah, I think it's, you can whatever's

495

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Marc Preston: going on in your life, can't you also just

496

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Marc Preston: kind of tune it out while you're playing

497

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Marc Preston: with other people?

498

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Marc Preston: So, no matter what's going on externally,

499

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Marc Preston: you can kind of at least depart for a

500

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Marc Preston: moment.

501

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Marc Preston: So I kind of found that to be somewhat

502

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Marc Preston: therapeutic over the years at times.

503

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Marc Preston: But you mentioned directing.

504

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Marc Preston: Was that like stage stuff or were you

505

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Marc Preston: directing like the 48 hour film festival

506

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Marc Preston: type of things?

507

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Marc Preston: What kind of projects were you putting

508

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Marc Preston: together?

509

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Milana Vayntrub: Student plays at first, which was amazing

510

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Milana Vayntrub: and so fun and good for me.

511

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Milana Vayntrub: And then I got to assist a few of the

512

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Milana Vayntrub: bigger directors that came into town And

513

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Milana Vayntrub: one of them took me to New York with him to

514

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Milana Vayntrub: assist And I really got a sense of what

515

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Milana Vayntrub: theater is like in the big Apple.

516

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Milana Vayntrub: And but really I think the biggest takeaway

517

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Milana Vayntrub: is that theater, especially in college, is

518

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Milana Vayntrub: just like all hands on deck Everybody's

519

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Milana Vayntrub: doing everything and you learn so much and

520

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Milana Vayntrub: you everyone benefits from a group dynamic

521

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Milana Vayntrub: and from creating.

522

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Milana Vayntrub: So when I graduated and I decided to act

523

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Milana Vayntrub: and I wanted to act right and direct I

524

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Milana Vayntrub: realized that a lot of it requires begging

525

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Milana Vayntrub: people for opportunities And I hadn't been

526

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Milana Vayntrub: doing that in college because I was just

527

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Milana Vayntrub: always able to make.

528

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Milana Vayntrub: So I started to just make things out in the

529

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Milana Vayntrub: world.

530

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Milana Vayntrub: That was the.

531

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Milana Vayntrub: That was the biggest skill that college

532

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Milana Vayntrub: gave me wasn't necessarily any class, it

533

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Milana Vayntrub: was the ability to generate.

534

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Marc Preston: Now were you a good student, though, or I

535

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Marc Preston: mean outside of theater.

536

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Marc Preston: we know you're a good theater student, so

537

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Marc Preston: you're just.

538

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Milana Vayntrub: No, i wasn't.

539

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Milana Vayntrub: I wasn't even a good theater student.

540

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Milana Vayntrub: I was.

541

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Milana Vayntrub: I was a good performer.

542

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Milana Vayntrub: I was like I was.

543

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Milana Vayntrub: I learned my lines and I showed up on time

544

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Milana Vayntrub: and I did the work.

545

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Milana Vayntrub: But I was never a good student in anything

546

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Milana Vayntrub: really Maybe in math.

547

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Milana Vayntrub: I was like I had a period where I was a

548

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Milana Vayntrub: good math student, but that didn't last

549

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Milana Vayntrub: very long.

550

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Marc Preston: Oh, for me, no, neither My.

551

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Marc Preston: My kids talk about pre-calculus and You

552

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Marc Preston: know it's really sobering when your kids

553

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Marc Preston: surpass a time like where you like I got

554

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Marc Preston: nothing for you.

555

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Marc Preston: I can't help you, you know so it's like a

556

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Marc Preston: big joke.

557

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Marc Preston: My daughter will tell me what she's working

558

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Marc Preston: on at college.

559

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Marc Preston: I'm like you need any help on that, cause

560

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Marc Preston: she knows I'm of no use whatsoever, you

561

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Marc Preston: know.

562

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, well, i think what's interesting

563

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Milana Vayntrub: about that?

564

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Milana Vayntrub: I mean, i have a kid now too and I've been

565

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Milana Vayntrub: thinking a lot about his education and what

566

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Milana Vayntrub: kind of experiences I want to impart.

567

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Milana Vayntrub: And I am, and my husband and I differ here

568

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Milana Vayntrub: because he has his masters and I never got

569

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Milana Vayntrub: good grades in anything, so I'm like I

570

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Milana Vayntrub: don't really care if he goes to college.

571

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Milana Vayntrub: Why would he ever need to know pre-calculus,

572

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Milana Vayntrub: unless he's really excited about you know,

573

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Milana Vayntrub: unless he wants to be a physicist?

574

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah.

575

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Marc Preston: I'm the exact same way.

576

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Marc Preston: I think it's so ridiculous that you force

577

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Marc Preston: kids and it's really advanced math Now if

578

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Marc Preston: they have an aptitude for it or a desire or

579

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Marc Preston: career they want to do or go into, that

580

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Marc Preston: needs, that Yeah.

581

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Marc Preston: But it's like I feel like all I did is push

582

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Marc Preston: my GPA down.

583

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Marc Preston: I mean I could have stopped at algebra and

584

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Marc Preston: been good.

585

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Marc Preston: I don't even know if I've used algebra in

586

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Marc Preston: the last 30 years, so but that's.

587

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Milana Vayntrub: It's not applicable.

588

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Milana Vayntrub: I find it to be not applicable And I find

589

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Milana Vayntrub: the regurgitation to be useless as well,

590

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Milana Vayntrub: when they could be spending their time

591

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Milana Vayntrub: learning something that would benefit them

592

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Milana Vayntrub: or that just or just would make them more

593

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Milana Vayntrub: interesting.

594

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Milana Vayntrub: Like it doesn't have to be.

595

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Milana Vayntrub: You don't have to spend that time learning

596

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Milana Vayntrub: how to file your taxes, which would be a

597

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Milana Vayntrub: very useful skill, But it could just be

598

00:23:04,848 --> 00:23:07,404

Milana Vayntrub: like astrology, It could just be whatever

599

00:23:07,444 --> 00:23:10,376

Milana Vayntrub: it is you're weirdly interested in.

600

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Milana Vayntrub: Spend that time.

601

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Milana Vayntrub: Invest your life in the things that are

602

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Milana Vayntrub: interesting to you is my TED talk.

603

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Marc Preston: I think we're moving in that direction a

604

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Marc Preston: little bit.

605

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Marc Preston: I mean, when you look at how much college

606

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Marc Preston: is costing and how little return on

607

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Marc Preston: investment people are ultimately getting

608

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Marc Preston: from it, And like my kids, I'm glad because

609

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Marc Preston: they're getting actual professors.

610

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Marc Preston: But when I was in college I remember

611

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Marc Preston: teaching assistants were teaching a lot of

612

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Marc Preston: the classes.

613

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Marc Preston: I'm like I kind of felt like, well, I'm

614

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Marc Preston: paying for a professor, Why shouldn't I?

615

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Announcer: Yeah.

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Marc Preston: What was your favorite part about living in

617

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Marc Preston: San Diego?

618

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Marc Preston: I'm just kind of curious.

619

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Marc Preston: Somebody used to live there.

620

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Marc Preston: Where did you like to hang out out there?

621

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Milana Vayntrub: Um, I think it's just the beach.

622

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Milana Vayntrub: I lived at Wendon Sea for a second.

623

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Marc Preston: Oh, okay, Well, that's up and like that's

624

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Marc Preston: up in the North County right.

625

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, And I spent.

626

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Milana Vayntrub: It's close to Encinitas And I spent.

627

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Milana Vayntrub: You know, my rent was $450.

628

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Milana Vayntrub: I had a boyfriend at the time and we shared

629

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Milana Vayntrub: a room and, um, and we had another roommate

630

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Milana Vayntrub: and my rent was so cheap and I lived at the

631

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Milana Vayntrub: beach, I could make a cup of coffee and

632

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Milana Vayntrub: take it with me on the beach and it would

633

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Milana Vayntrub: still be hot.

634

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Marc Preston: My, i had a dog and we did the exact same

635

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Marc Preston: thing, man, and we did something about,

636

00:24:18,047 --> 00:24:20,739

Marc Preston: like, i love the San Diego beaches, you

637

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Marc Preston: know.

638

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Milana Vayntrub: But Oh, and the dog beaches are hilarious.

639

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Milana Vayntrub: I didn't have a dog, but I would go and

640

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Milana Vayntrub: just watch the dogs play because they were

641

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Milana Vayntrub: living their best lives.

642

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Marc Preston: Oh, i still remember there's a place called

643

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Marc Preston: surf dogs Java hut, right across from

644

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Marc Preston: Hanson surf shop, right on the 101.

645

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Marc Preston: And I'd always go in there and get my

646

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Marc Preston: coffee and go, you know, hang out on the

647

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Marc Preston: beach.

648

00:24:40,802 --> 00:24:43,054

Marc Preston: And uh, that a lot of people had the bond,

649

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Marc Preston: not bonfires but campfires, they had the

650

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Marc Preston: little setup.

651

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Marc Preston: You know it's like how cool is that hanging

652

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Marc Preston: out?

653

00:24:47,262 --> 00:24:48,474

Marc Preston: Like if you're in high school, you know,

654

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Marc Preston: you go out with your friends hang out at

655

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Marc Preston: the beach, you know.

656

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Marc Preston: But so, progression wise, you're out of

657

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Marc Preston: college.

658

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Marc Preston: Are you working a civilian job or are you

659

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Marc Preston: just putting yourself in every situation

660

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Marc Preston: you can, to, to, to, to act?

661

00:25:03,770 --> 00:25:04,091

Milana Vayntrub: Both.

662

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Milana Vayntrub: I got a job as a, i was a hostess and a

663

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Milana Vayntrub: waitress and I worked at a smoothie bar and

664

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Milana Vayntrub: I was a nanny.

665

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Milana Vayntrub: and some jobs lasted longer than others,

666

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Milana Vayntrub: but that was my gig while I was going on

667

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Milana Vayntrub: auditions here and there, booking a few

668

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Milana Vayntrub: commercials, a few web series, like little

669

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Milana Vayntrub: things, here and there.

670

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Marc Preston: Were you back in Los Angeles at this point

671

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Marc Preston: in time?

672

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Milana Vayntrub: Yes, I came back to Los Angeles after doing

673

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Milana Vayntrub: a play in New York and came back to LA and

674

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Milana Vayntrub: just figuring out how to stay above water

675

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Milana Vayntrub: and pay my rent And then I realized that

676

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Milana Vayntrub: the only way I was going to have any kind

677

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Milana Vayntrub: of success in my life is if I made my own

678

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Milana Vayntrub: anything.

679

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Milana Vayntrub: And this was around the time where YouTube

680

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Milana Vayntrub: was really becoming a thing.

681

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Milana Vayntrub: And I had a few friends from UCB, the

682

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Milana Vayntrub: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, who I

683

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Milana Vayntrub: credit with my success and I still think is

684

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Milana Vayntrub: I mean UCB theater.

685

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Marc Preston: Oh, you studied at UCB.

686

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Milana Vayntrub: I did yeah.

687

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Marc Preston: Oh, okay.

688

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Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, when I came back to LA, i had a

689

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Milana Vayntrub: friend take me there and I thought it was

690

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Milana Vayntrub: absolutely magic and I signed up for

691

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Milana Vayntrub: classes and I've done their whole program

692

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Milana Vayntrub: and I would do it again and I love

693

00:26:26,377 --> 00:26:26,940

Milana Vayntrub: performing there.

694

00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:28,182

Milana Vayntrub: I really think it's.

695

00:26:30,346 --> 00:26:33,693

Milana Vayntrub: It's the only piece of advice I would give

696

00:26:33,953 --> 00:26:41,508

Milana Vayntrub: every actor is to study improv And so, yes,

697

00:26:41,588 --> 00:26:43,993

Milana Vayntrub: so I lived next to UCB theater.

698

00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,741

Milana Vayntrub: I worked there, i worked near it, i

699

00:26:46,862 --> 00:26:50,816

Milana Vayntrub: performed there and I realized, well, i

700

00:26:50,856 --> 00:26:52,161

Milana Vayntrub: started to see a lot of the people around

701

00:26:52,201 --> 00:26:55,109

Milana Vayntrub: me make their own videos and I was like I

702

00:26:55,129 --> 00:26:55,831

Milana Vayntrub: could do that.

703

00:26:55,941 --> 00:26:57,691

Milana Vayntrub: Like I directed theater, i could direct a

704

00:26:57,711 --> 00:27:00,643

Milana Vayntrub: web series, i could figure this out And I

705

00:27:01,626 --> 00:27:04,653

Milana Vayntrub: had some friends teach me how to edit and

706

00:27:06,137 --> 00:27:09,344

Milana Vayntrub: that web series ended up getting me my reps

707

00:27:10,407 --> 00:27:11,829

Milana Vayntrub: and my.

708

00:27:12,210 --> 00:27:16,659

Milana Vayntrub: I ended up selling that web series as a TV

709

00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:17,809

Milana Vayntrub: show to the.

710

00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:18,859

Milana Vayntrub: MTV pilot.

711

00:27:20,888 --> 00:27:24,121

Marc Preston: Yeah, back when MTV was a big factor, i was

712

00:27:24,141 --> 00:27:25,833

Marc Preston: like trying to explain to my kids okay,

713

00:27:25,873 --> 00:27:28,010

Marc Preston: used to be, mtv was the tastemaker for

714

00:27:28,111 --> 00:27:29,000

Marc Preston: everything that ever happened.

715

00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:31,263

Milana Vayntrub: Oh, this was way after that, this was way

716

00:27:31,343 --> 00:27:31,745

Milana Vayntrub: after that.

717

00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:35,643

Milana Vayntrub: It was already not a tastemaker, oh, it was

718

00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:39,053

Milana Vayntrub: already kind of like mostly reality at that

719

00:27:39,113 --> 00:27:40,156

Milana Vayntrub: time, which and?

720

00:27:40,176 --> 00:27:43,004

Milana Vayntrub: they were doing some comedy, but it was

721

00:27:43,064 --> 00:27:43,425

Milana Vayntrub: mostly.

722

00:27:43,445 --> 00:27:45,191

Milana Vayntrub: I mean, they didn't pick up the show

723

00:27:45,340 --> 00:27:47,205

Milana Vayntrub: because it honestly didn't really align

724

00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:49,171

Milana Vayntrub: with their content.

725

00:27:50,923 --> 00:27:52,326

Milana Vayntrub: But but it was a good.

726

00:27:53,148 --> 00:27:55,393

Milana Vayntrub: It was a really good step for me to make

727

00:27:55,453 --> 00:27:57,904

Milana Vayntrub: something and to sell it and to feel that

728

00:27:57,944 --> 00:28:02,331

Milana Vayntrub: kind of confidence and, i don't know,

729

00:28:02,372 --> 00:28:03,714

Milana Vayntrub: velocity in my career.

730

00:28:04,260 --> 00:28:07,392

Marc Preston: Now, you know, going forward now, i loved

731

00:28:08,195 --> 00:28:10,623

Marc Preston: and wished you would show up more and the

732

00:28:10,684 --> 00:28:13,404

Marc Preston: TV show love Anything Judd Apatow touches,

733

00:28:13,644 --> 00:28:14,487

Marc Preston: i'm like all about it.

734

00:28:14,687 --> 00:28:16,965

Marc Preston: you know, how did you end up on that show?

735

00:28:17,541 --> 00:28:18,966

Marc Preston: I know it was only a couple episodes, but

736

00:28:19,026 --> 00:28:20,490

Marc Preston: how did that come together for you.

737

00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:22,286

Milana Vayntrub: A little fashion audition.

738

00:28:23,060 --> 00:28:24,406

Marc Preston: Did I see something somewhere that you

739

00:28:24,426 --> 00:28:26,435

Marc Preston: would acted on ER at one point in time?

740

00:28:26,937 --> 00:28:27,098

Marc Preston: I think?

741

00:28:27,961 --> 00:28:28,864

Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, when I was a kid.

742

00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:30,844

Marc Preston: Was it, oh, is it an Instagram post?

743

00:28:30,864 --> 00:28:32,642

Marc Preston: I'd seen that you trade You and George

744

00:28:32,682 --> 00:28:35,970

Marc Preston: Clooney next to your trailer, i think, and

745

00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:36,431

Marc Preston: I think it's.

746

00:28:36,672 --> 00:28:40,408

Marc Preston: the post is something like all the guys in

747

00:28:40,428 --> 00:28:41,872

Marc Preston: my past or something like that.

748

00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,367

Marc Preston: You know, moving forward, how do you, in

749

00:28:46,407 --> 00:28:50,400

Marc Preston: parallel with having a very recognizable I

750

00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,868

Marc Preston: mean, which is, i mean to be a very, to

751

00:28:52,888 --> 00:28:54,560

Marc Preston: have a character which is you know what it

752

00:28:54,661 --> 00:28:58,689

Marc Preston: is, in a commercial, on par with flow from

753

00:28:59,330 --> 00:29:01,261

Marc Preston: progressive or who people just will know

754

00:29:01,301 --> 00:29:03,568

Marc Preston: the name and know the person, is it at all

755

00:29:03,664 --> 00:29:06,083

Marc Preston: a challenge to establish an acting career

756

00:29:06,179 --> 00:29:07,846

Marc Preston: and, parallel to that, when you're so

757

00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:10,841

Marc Preston: recognizable as being Lily, is that

758

00:29:10,881 --> 00:29:11,484

Marc Preston: difficult at all?

759

00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,266

Milana Vayntrub: I don't know what kind of conversations

760

00:29:14,366 --> 00:29:16,352

Milana Vayntrub: people have when they decide to put me in

761

00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:17,605

Milana Vayntrub: their project or not.

762

00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,106

Milana Vayntrub: So I don't, I haven't.

763

00:29:20,748 --> 00:29:22,435

Milana Vayntrub: No one would tell me to my face that

764

00:29:22,455 --> 00:29:24,943

Milana Vayntrub: they're not going to hire me because of

765

00:29:24,983 --> 00:29:25,645

Milana Vayntrub: that reason.

766

00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,884

Milana Vayntrub: But I've been able to continue working a

767

00:29:29,965 --> 00:29:32,570

Milana Vayntrub: nice, modest actor's life.

768

00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,468

Milana Vayntrub: So I can't, I can't say yet that it's hurt

769

00:29:38,508 --> 00:29:40,792

Milana Vayntrub: me, but let me get back to you in a few

770

00:29:40,852 --> 00:29:41,113

Milana Vayntrub: years.

771

00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:43,484

Marc Preston: Well, no, not as much as like.

772

00:29:44,105 --> 00:29:46,511

Marc Preston: As far as getting cast more like internally

773

00:29:46,631 --> 00:29:48,492

Marc Preston: for you, are you, is there a line of

774

00:29:48,564 --> 00:29:50,599

Marc Preston: delineation that you have to create like,

775

00:29:50,671 --> 00:29:52,404

Marc Preston: okay, this is a thing, that's, that's,

776

00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:53,187

Marc Preston: that's rolling.

777

00:29:53,761 --> 00:29:55,866

Marc Preston: I mean, a lot of people would give a lot

778

00:29:55,906 --> 00:29:57,149

Marc Preston: just to have, you know, a couple of

779

00:29:57,209 --> 00:29:57,991

Marc Preston: national spots.

780

00:29:58,071 --> 00:30:00,506

Marc Preston: And here you are, this is, this is a really

781

00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:01,248

Marc Preston: cool thing.

782

00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:02,544

Marc Preston: You know, i think anybody would think that

783

00:30:02,564 --> 00:30:05,145

Marc Preston: was pretty badass, but with that is it is

784

00:30:05,245 --> 00:30:05,326

Marc Preston: it.

785

00:30:06,290 --> 00:30:07,957

Marc Preston: Is it something for you, where you're, as

786

00:30:07,977 --> 00:30:09,723

Marc Preston: you're charting your career, if you're

787

00:30:09,743 --> 00:30:11,448

Marc Preston: going to do some heavier stuff, do you see

788

00:30:11,468 --> 00:30:13,260

Marc Preston: yourself doing more heavier, dramatic

789

00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,442

Marc Preston: things that maybe are not what we come to

790

00:30:15,502 --> 00:30:16,403

Marc Preston: expect from your?

791

00:30:16,983 --> 00:30:20,749

Marc Preston: you know both commercial or THE TV projects

792

00:30:20,769 --> 00:30:21,231

Marc Preston: you've been doing.

793

00:30:21,271 --> 00:30:22,615

Marc Preston: Are you wanting to do something more

794

00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:23,136

Marc Preston: dramatic?

795

00:30:25,309 --> 00:30:28,249

Milana Vayntrub: I Could, I suppose.

796

00:30:28,349 --> 00:30:31,678

Milana Vayntrub: But it is what comedy is so fun.

797

00:30:33,505 --> 00:30:36,894

Milana Vayntrub: Comedy is such a joy and and it allows me

798

00:30:36,934 --> 00:30:38,198

Milana Vayntrub: to play and be silly.

799

00:30:39,646 --> 00:30:43,037

Milana Vayntrub: So I like staying in that space, but I'm

800

00:30:43,418 --> 00:30:43,739

Milana Vayntrub: open.

801

00:30:43,980 --> 00:30:45,745

Milana Vayntrub: I mean, that's the right thing you know.

802

00:30:46,046 --> 00:30:47,611

Marc Preston: Well, for a lot of people comedy is very

803

00:30:47,691 --> 00:30:49,456

Marc Preston: difficult, you know, because that's.

804

00:30:51,368 --> 00:30:52,874

Milana Vayntrub: It feels at home for me.

805

00:30:53,367 --> 00:30:55,134

Marc Preston: So that's that kind of goes back to your

806

00:30:55,435 --> 00:30:57,725

Marc Preston: being the, the precocious little kid.

807

00:30:57,886 --> 00:30:59,455

Marc Preston: It just kind of like you know you're just a

808

00:30:59,475 --> 00:31:00,944

Marc Preston: little older, but still the same kid, you

809

00:31:00,965 --> 00:31:01,045

Marc Preston: know.

810

00:31:01,105 --> 00:31:02,949

Marc Preston: So it's easy, you know, for you to get

811

00:31:02,969 --> 00:31:04,192

Marc Preston: together with adults and play.

812

00:31:04,272 --> 00:31:06,717

Marc Preston: But now going back, you mentioned you have

813

00:31:06,757 --> 00:31:06,977

Marc Preston: a.

814

00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:07,619

Marc Preston: How old's your son?

815

00:31:08,247 --> 00:31:08,969

Milana Vayntrub: He's almost two.

816

00:31:09,311 --> 00:31:11,419

Marc Preston: So is he very verbal yet Is he?

817

00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:12,503

Marc Preston: is he gotten to the point of being

818

00:31:12,543 --> 00:31:12,964

Marc Preston: talkative?

819

00:31:12,985 --> 00:31:15,995

Milana Vayntrub: Oh, Yeah, he's so, so, so funny.

820

00:31:17,786 --> 00:31:20,195

Milana Vayntrub: He's like the most funny.

821

00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:24,456

Milana Vayntrub: He's like really cute and silly and

822

00:31:26,465 --> 00:31:30,313

Milana Vayntrub: Interested and curious and he's my favorite

823

00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:30,594

Milana Vayntrub: guy.

824

00:31:31,075 --> 00:31:32,578

Marc Preston: So when is he's mommy on TV?

825

00:31:32,678 --> 00:31:33,159

Marc Preston: How does he?

826

00:31:34,288 --> 00:31:36,922

Milana Vayntrub: Oh, he hasn't made me, he doesn't care.

827

00:31:37,465 --> 00:31:38,968

Milana Vayntrub: No We watch all that.

828

00:31:38,988 --> 00:31:40,592

Milana Vayntrub: We watch home videos all the time.

829

00:31:40,712 --> 00:31:45,571

Milana Vayntrub: So, and also I don't Watch a lot of my own

830

00:31:45,611 --> 00:31:48,662

Milana Vayntrub: commercials, so he doesn't care and he

831

00:31:48,863 --> 00:31:50,336

Milana Vayntrub: doesn't get it yet Maybe when he, maybe

832

00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:51,105

Milana Vayntrub: when he's older, he'll care.

833

00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:53,231

Marc Preston: You know, going forward, if you had to kind

834

00:31:53,252 --> 00:31:55,358

Marc Preston: of like, if you can kind of map out the

835

00:31:55,398 --> 00:31:57,625

Marc Preston: next few of you like that five-year thing,

836

00:31:57,746 --> 00:31:59,060

Marc Preston: what kind of things would you like to be

837

00:31:59,120 --> 00:31:59,484

Marc Preston: working on?

838

00:31:59,966 --> 00:32:01,732

Marc Preston: Do you have anything that you haven't done,

839

00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:03,518

Marc Preston: or things you have done you want to keep on

840

00:32:03,578 --> 00:32:04,421

Marc Preston: doing or do again?

841

00:32:04,441 --> 00:32:04,461

Marc Preston: I?

842

00:32:05,869 --> 00:32:10,852

Milana Vayntrub: I'd really like to Run a show with my

843

00:32:10,932 --> 00:32:14,749

Milana Vayntrub: writing partner That's based on some

844

00:32:14,809 --> 00:32:15,793

Milana Vayntrub: original ideas.

845

00:32:16,937 --> 00:32:20,812

Milana Vayntrub: I Would love to create things that other

846

00:32:21,613 --> 00:32:25,468

Milana Vayntrub: people get to use as their showcase, and

847

00:32:25,508 --> 00:32:28,779

Milana Vayntrub: then, yeah, showing up to just act in other

848

00:32:28,859 --> 00:32:33,010

Milana Vayntrub: things is also a joy, and so doing

849

00:32:33,030 --> 00:32:36,317

Milana Vayntrub: meaningful films that are funny would be

850

00:32:36,337 --> 00:32:43,049

Milana Vayntrub: the dream job, and Also, i'd like to keep

851

00:32:43,089 --> 00:32:43,470

Milana Vayntrub: directing.

852

00:32:44,807 --> 00:32:49,609

Marc Preston: Now I did see one show That I did down, if

853

00:32:49,649 --> 00:32:51,272

Marc Preston: you wrote it or if this is your creation,

854

00:32:51,353 --> 00:32:53,356

Marc Preston: but I've got to see it the Shabasco I.

855

00:32:54,078 --> 00:32:57,053

Marc Preston: Was that your Creation, or oh okay?

856

00:32:57,113 --> 00:32:59,545

Milana Vayntrub: No, that was created by a writer, director,

857

00:33:00,086 --> 00:33:02,050

Milana Vayntrub: composer at Talia Olstein.

858

00:33:02,572 --> 00:33:03,293

Milana Vayntrub: It's very funny.

859

00:33:03,554 --> 00:33:04,716

Milana Vayntrub: It's definitely worth checking out.

860

00:33:04,776 --> 00:33:05,598

Milana Vayntrub: I think it's great.

861

00:33:13,289 --> 00:33:14,745

Marc Preston: Okay, guys, we sort of wrap up here.

862

00:33:14,845 --> 00:33:15,206

Marc Preston: I want to.

863

00:33:15,667 --> 00:33:17,672

Marc Preston: I always have my seven, my seven questions.

864

00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:19,617

Marc Preston: Just a little fun extra, get to know you.

865

00:33:20,466 --> 00:33:22,411

Marc Preston: But I am curious.

866

00:33:22,712 --> 00:33:25,178

Marc Preston: First question What is your favorite

867

00:33:25,258 --> 00:33:26,100

Marc Preston: comfort food?

868

00:33:26,622 --> 00:33:27,805

Milana Vayntrub: I love Mac and cheese.

869

00:33:28,827 --> 00:33:30,510

Milana Vayntrub: I love cheese period.

870

00:33:30,571 --> 00:33:32,595

Milana Vayntrub: So cheese pizza sounds really good.

871

00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:34,338

Milana Vayntrub: But Mac and cheese right now, in this

872

00:33:34,418 --> 00:33:36,412

Milana Vayntrub: moment, that's like a little crunchy at the

873

00:33:36,452 --> 00:33:36,753

Milana Vayntrub: top.

874

00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:39,325

Marc Preston: That's my really another cheese fan.

875

00:33:39,465 --> 00:33:39,847

Marc Preston: I like that.

876

00:33:40,148 --> 00:33:40,710

Marc Preston: I got it Well.

877

00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:42,466

Marc Preston: One kind of side question on that What is?

878

00:33:43,168 --> 00:33:44,231

Marc Preston: I don't know if it's a comfort food, but

879

00:33:44,271 --> 00:33:47,500

Marc Preston: something that you register as being a

880

00:33:47,886 --> 00:33:50,461

Marc Preston: Really great Russian dish that your folks

881

00:33:50,541 --> 00:33:51,185

Marc Preston: make you know.

882

00:33:52,047 --> 00:33:54,371

Milana Vayntrub: Um everything, everything that my.

883

00:33:55,152 --> 00:33:57,437

Milana Vayntrub: so we're not, we're not Russian, we're

884

00:33:57,557 --> 00:33:57,998

Milana Vayntrub: Uzbek.

885

00:33:58,198 --> 00:34:02,047

Marc Preston: Oh, I'm sorry and We.

886

00:34:02,528 --> 00:34:05,055

Milana Vayntrub: My grandma makes pluff, which is this a

887

00:34:05,075 --> 00:34:12,487

Milana Vayntrub: traditional Uzbek rice with, with Carrots

888

00:34:12,607 --> 00:34:15,958

Milana Vayntrub: and beef and some people look our bonzo

889

00:34:15,978 --> 00:34:19,550

Milana Vayntrub: beans and cardamom and it is just the

890

00:34:19,710 --> 00:34:23,372

Milana Vayntrub: yummiest, looks like the fattiest rice you

891

00:34:23,412 --> 00:34:26,503

Milana Vayntrub: can eat and it's my favorite.

892

00:34:26,543 --> 00:34:27,165

Milana Vayntrub: I could eat that all day.

893

00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:28,951

Milana Vayntrub: Also, my grandma makes a borsch that's like

894

00:34:29,212 --> 00:34:32,808

Milana Vayntrub: out of this world, bleachy, which are just

895

00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:34,973

Milana Vayntrub: crepes, but they're like better than any

896

00:34:35,013 --> 00:34:36,557

Milana Vayntrub: crepe I've ever had, even in Paris.

897

00:34:36,878 --> 00:34:39,792

Milana Vayntrub: So Can't I can't pick favorite grandma's

898

00:34:39,832 --> 00:34:40,675

Milana Vayntrub: dish, you know.

899

00:34:41,807 --> 00:34:43,474

Marc Preston: Yeah, I'm so sorry to me say Russian I'm is

900

00:34:43,494 --> 00:34:44,941

Marc Preston: because of course you expect something in

901

00:34:44,961 --> 00:34:46,247

Marc Preston: Soviet Union nuts That's.

902

00:34:46,308 --> 00:34:47,475

Marc Preston: it was part of the Soviet Union.

903

00:34:47,495 --> 00:34:49,185

Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, so part of the Soviet Union, for sure.

904

00:34:49,386 --> 00:34:49,608

Marc Preston: Always.

905

00:34:49,628 --> 00:34:50,896

Marc Preston: That's one of things I've always wanted to

906

00:34:50,916 --> 00:34:52,185

Marc Preston: know a little bit more about that cuisine.

907

00:34:52,546 --> 00:34:52,747

Marc Preston: I was.

908

00:34:52,787 --> 00:34:53,529

Marc Preston: It was a banyas.

909

00:34:53,590 --> 00:34:54,714

Marc Preston: Is that the thing that people go to?

910

00:34:54,734 --> 00:34:55,235

Marc Preston: they have a.

911

00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:57,813

Marc Preston: It's like a spa slash eating.

912

00:34:57,854 --> 00:34:58,356

Marc Preston: I've always wanted.

913

00:34:58,376 --> 00:35:00,545

Marc Preston: I think LA has got a at least couple of

914

00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:00,645

Marc Preston: them.

915

00:35:00,645 --> 00:35:00,906

Marc Preston: I want to.

916

00:35:00,926 --> 00:35:02,052

Marc Preston: I've always wanted to check that out.

917

00:35:02,795 --> 00:35:04,363

Marc Preston: Now, if you're gonna sit down, like with

918

00:35:04,383 --> 00:35:05,869

Marc Preston: three people, you're gonna have coffee or

919

00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:10,509

Marc Preston: lunch or whatever Living, living or not Who

920

00:35:10,529 --> 00:35:12,423

Marc Preston: would it, who would you like to sit down

921

00:35:12,483 --> 00:35:15,292

Marc Preston: and talk, just kind of talk story with and

922

00:35:15,332 --> 00:35:16,696

Marc Preston: have a cup of coffee with you know, you and

923

00:35:16,736 --> 00:35:17,237

Marc Preston: three people?

924

00:35:21,346 --> 00:35:24,897

Milana Vayntrub: I'll pick Steven Spielberg.

925

00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:33,876

Milana Vayntrub: This is hard, this is really hard bell

926

00:35:33,916 --> 00:35:38,372

Milana Vayntrub: hooks and I think I'd want my husband to be

927

00:35:38,412 --> 00:35:41,172

Milana Vayntrub: there, just so that afterwards we could

928

00:35:41,232 --> 00:35:42,175

Milana Vayntrub: like recap.

929

00:35:42,436 --> 00:35:44,248

Milana Vayntrub: You know, just so that after, so that I

930

00:35:44,269 --> 00:35:46,734

Milana Vayntrub: could the conversation could live on every

931

00:35:46,775 --> 00:35:48,178

Milana Vayntrub: moment that we're together afterwards.

932

00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:50,208

Marc Preston: Isn't that a now?

933

00:35:50,228 --> 00:35:51,693

Marc Preston: That's a really wonderful idea.

934

00:35:51,994 --> 00:35:53,399

Marc Preston: I love that being able to have somebody

935

00:35:53,439 --> 00:35:54,964

Marc Preston: with you and keep it's like on a vacation

936

00:35:54,984 --> 00:35:55,125

Marc Preston: with.

937

00:35:55,526 --> 00:35:56,270

Marc Preston: That's why I love it.

938

00:35:57,153 --> 00:35:59,041

Marc Preston: I don't like taking vacations Just like me

939

00:35:59,121 --> 00:35:59,965

Marc Preston: or like another adults.

940

00:35:59,965 --> 00:36:01,758

Marc Preston: I want to be with my kids because it'll be

941

00:36:01,821 --> 00:36:02,184

Marc Preston: a story.

942

00:36:02,248 --> 00:36:03,874

Marc Preston: We always get to kind of rehash it.

943

00:36:03,938 --> 00:36:04,423

Marc Preston: That's wonderful.

944

00:36:04,423 --> 00:36:05,408

Marc Preston: I've never had somebody mentioned their

945

00:36:05,448 --> 00:36:06,152

Marc Preston: spouse before.

946

00:36:06,192 --> 00:36:06,997

Marc Preston: That that's great.

947

00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:09,127

Marc Preston: Now, now, bell hooks, bell hooks.

948

00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,611

Marc Preston: Why am I drawing a blank bell hooks.

949

00:36:11,032 --> 00:36:14,749

Milana Vayntrub: Bell hooks wrote all about love and many,

950

00:36:14,809 --> 00:36:22,129

Milana Vayntrub: many other books on The systems, the

951

00:36:22,189 --> 00:36:25,195

Milana Vayntrub: systems of oppression, the system, the

952

00:36:25,235 --> 00:36:26,978

Milana Vayntrub: structures of love, the structures of

953

00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:34,724

Milana Vayntrub: patriarchy, and How they honestly hurt us

954

00:36:34,804 --> 00:36:34,865

Milana Vayntrub: all.

955

00:36:36,649 --> 00:36:38,253

Milana Vayntrub: That's maybe just one of her many, many,

956

00:36:38,314 --> 00:36:39,938

Milana Vayntrub: many incredible points.

957

00:36:41,026 --> 00:36:44,393

Milana Vayntrub: Love as the antidote to a lot of the broken

958

00:36:44,453 --> 00:36:46,858

Milana Vayntrub: systems, the care that we have for each

959

00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:50,252

Milana Vayntrub: other and For the earth, for animals, i

960

00:36:50,332 --> 00:36:55,232

Milana Vayntrub: mean mostly people Is the antidote to so

961

00:36:55,292 --> 00:36:59,590

Milana Vayntrub: much of the greed and fear Which is, which

962

00:36:59,872 --> 00:37:02,526

Milana Vayntrub: is, which is the sickness that that

963

00:37:03,108 --> 00:37:07,530

Milana Vayntrub: manifests as racism and prejudice and

964

00:37:07,691 --> 00:37:08,133

Milana Vayntrub: misogyny.

965

00:37:09,466 --> 00:37:11,955

Milana Vayntrub: But I first discovered her work in in

966

00:37:12,015 --> 00:37:14,764

Milana Vayntrub: college and then just kept digging in as an

967

00:37:14,824 --> 00:37:16,809

Milana Vayntrub: adult And it keeps, honestly, it keeps

968

00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:18,333

Milana Vayntrub: mattering and almost becoming more and more

969

00:37:18,373 --> 00:37:21,648

Milana Vayntrub: relevant as our world becomes more fucked

970

00:37:21,749 --> 00:37:21,829

Milana Vayntrub: up.

971

00:37:23,586 --> 00:37:25,612

Marc Preston: Now, now, the next question I got for you

972

00:37:25,652 --> 00:37:27,597

Marc Preston: was who's your who when you were a kid?

973

00:37:27,646 --> 00:37:29,105

Marc Preston: Who is your first celebrity crush?

974

00:37:29,949 --> 00:37:32,001

Milana Vayntrub: I wasn't one of those kids who had slept,

975

00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:35,510

Milana Vayntrub: who, like I, had crushes on like boys in my

976

00:37:35,570 --> 00:37:38,496

Milana Vayntrub: class and those felt huge, like like

977

00:37:38,817 --> 00:37:39,318

Milana Vayntrub: crippling.

978

00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:43,473

Milana Vayntrub: But you know, i knew people who like put up

979

00:37:43,533 --> 00:37:47,132

Milana Vayntrub: posters of Jonathan Taylor Thomas and it

980

00:37:47,152 --> 00:37:48,656

Milana Vayntrub: just never made sense to me.

981

00:37:48,745 --> 00:37:49,487

Milana Vayntrub: I didn't, wasn't really.

982

00:37:49,828 --> 00:37:51,553

Milana Vayntrub: I guess I had a little bit of a crush on

983

00:37:51,593 --> 00:37:53,267

Milana Vayntrub: George Clooney when I knew him, but only

984

00:37:53,327 --> 00:37:55,334

Milana Vayntrub: because he's really really magnetic.

985

00:37:56,829 --> 00:37:58,855

Milana Vayntrub: But I was also a child and he was in his

986

00:37:58,875 --> 00:37:59,457

Milana Vayntrub: 30s, you know.

987

00:37:59,497 --> 00:38:01,483

Milana Vayntrub: So I always I really just wanted him to

988

00:38:01,543 --> 00:38:02,285

Milana Vayntrub: like be a friend.

989

00:38:02,445 --> 00:38:05,848

Marc Preston: I wanted him to like come over You sound a

990

00:38:05,888 --> 00:38:07,292

Marc Preston: lot like I was when I was younger.

991

00:38:07,553 --> 00:38:09,399

Marc Preston: I felt very comfortable with adults.

992

00:38:09,525 --> 00:38:12,091

Marc Preston: I had no like I could eat, had a lot of

993

00:38:12,172 --> 00:38:12,312

Marc Preston: ease.

994

00:38:12,332 --> 00:38:13,655

Marc Preston: Was that same thing with you when you were

995

00:38:13,675 --> 00:38:13,936

Marc Preston: younger?

996

00:38:14,196 --> 00:38:14,838

Milana Vayntrub: I think so.

997

00:38:17,289 --> 00:38:17,936

Milana Vayntrub: We just didn't I.

998

00:38:19,607 --> 00:38:22,212

Milana Vayntrub: I think so, i think I was just honest, and

999

00:38:22,653 --> 00:38:24,537

Milana Vayntrub: so when people would ask me things, i would

00:38:24,618 --> 00:38:28,913

Milana Vayntrub: reply Genuinely so George Clooney on set

00:38:29,053 --> 00:38:29,915

Milana Vayntrub: with, was that he?

00:38:29,996 --> 00:38:32,201

Marc Preston: was he easy going with with kids or like?

00:38:32,262 --> 00:38:33,485

Marc Preston: I mean you may have been the only kid on

00:38:33,585 --> 00:38:33,886

Marc Preston: The set.

00:38:33,906 --> 00:38:34,729

Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, he was the best.

00:38:35,351 --> 00:38:36,335

Milana Vayntrub: He was absolutely the best.

00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:40,616

Marc Preston: I think it's hard to dislike George Clooney.

00:38:40,676 --> 00:38:42,082

Marc Preston: He's just one of those guys like this, kind

00:38:42,102 --> 00:38:42,765

Marc Preston: of like Tom Hanks.

00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:43,872

Marc Preston: You just can't not.

00:38:43,912 --> 00:38:45,845

Marc Preston: You know you can't not like him, you know.

00:38:47,710 --> 00:38:49,796

Marc Preston: Now, if you were next question, if you were

00:38:51,126 --> 00:38:52,590

Marc Preston: Going to be living on an exotic island,

00:38:52,650 --> 00:38:53,894

Marc Preston: somewhere you actually want to be, you're

00:38:53,914 --> 00:38:55,146

Marc Preston: gonna be there for a year, but you don't

00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,731

Marc Preston: have any Wi-Fi, you don't have any means of

00:38:56,771 --> 00:38:58,296

Marc Preston: streaming, watching whatever you got to

00:38:58,316 --> 00:38:58,556

Marc Preston: bring.

00:38:59,347 --> 00:39:00,331

Marc Preston: If you want to watch a movie, you got to

00:39:00,371 --> 00:39:02,459

Marc Preston: bring one DVD with you and maybe you also

00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:06,352

Marc Preston: bring an album And so that's, you know, or

00:39:06,413 --> 00:39:08,890

Marc Preston: CD, or, but nothing streaming.

00:39:08,930 --> 00:39:09,914

Marc Preston: You just got to have one.

00:39:09,954 --> 00:39:11,240

Marc Preston: You're gonna listen to it for the entire

00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:12,545

Marc Preston: year you, your husband, your son.

00:39:12,786 --> 00:39:14,757

Marc Preston: It's gonna be a wonderful getaway.

00:39:15,782 --> 00:39:16,344

Marc Preston: What would you bring?

00:39:18,381 --> 00:39:21,047

Milana Vayntrub: I think for the album I would just bring

00:39:21,789 --> 00:39:23,773

Milana Vayntrub: the Beatles one album which is like their

00:39:23,793 --> 00:39:33,623

Milana Vayntrub: best of, and Then for a movie, fire Island.

00:39:33,783 --> 00:39:38,783

Milana Vayntrub: No, um, i don't, i don't know, i Can't.

00:39:38,883 --> 00:39:41,984

Milana Vayntrub: I can't think of anything serious, i Can

00:39:42,025 --> 00:39:43,611

Milana Vayntrub: only think of bad and can't say that, while

00:39:43,631 --> 00:39:45,036

Milana Vayntrub: I'm drinking coffee, fire island.

00:39:45,096 --> 00:39:46,181

Marc Preston: I'm like that's like, okay, that's

00:39:46,269 --> 00:39:46,690

Marc Preston: interesting.

00:39:46,778 --> 00:39:48,711

Marc Preston: Like are you, are you a reader?

00:39:48,799 --> 00:39:50,438

Marc Preston: Is there a book you'd bring with you?

00:39:50,526 --> 00:39:51,333

Milana Vayntrub: I'm not a reader.

00:39:51,373 --> 00:39:52,034

Milana Vayntrub: I have a baby.

00:39:52,334 --> 00:39:53,555

Marc Preston: Yeah, every time I read, I don't know about

00:39:53,595 --> 00:39:54,897

Marc Preston: you, but I start falling asleep.

00:39:55,341 --> 00:39:56,544

Marc Preston: So now I got to do audiobook.

00:39:56,584 --> 00:39:57,687

Marc Preston: If I want to check out a book, it's got to

00:39:57,707 --> 00:39:58,429

Marc Preston: be the audiobook.

00:39:58,790 --> 00:39:59,792

Milana Vayntrub: I do love an audiobook.

00:40:00,394 --> 00:40:05,349

Milana Vayntrub: I Right now I'm listening to a book on the

00:40:05,450 --> 00:40:08,995

Milana Vayntrub: Enneagram, which is a fun, silly thing I'm

00:40:09,015 --> 00:40:09,740

Milana Vayntrub: not sure if you know about.

00:40:10,482 --> 00:40:11,966

Marc Preston: No, what do you call Enneagram?

00:40:12,588 --> 00:40:13,510

Milana Vayntrub: It's an Enneagram?

00:40:13,530 --> 00:40:17,485

Milana Vayntrub: Yeah, it's, it's a personality type, but

00:40:17,505 --> 00:40:20,071

Milana Vayntrub: they use it a lot in like leadership,

00:40:20,111 --> 00:40:24,843

Milana Vayntrub: coaching and Basically figuring out how you

00:40:24,883 --> 00:40:28,266

Milana Vayntrub: think, and There are nine different kinds

00:40:28,346 --> 00:40:31,197

Milana Vayntrub: and it's a very interesting and very

00:40:31,358 --> 00:40:34,505

Milana Vayntrub: weirdly Informative and accurate.

00:40:34,725 --> 00:40:36,729

Marc Preston: so well, you know that's gonna help you as

00:40:36,769 --> 00:40:38,573

Marc Preston: a director, i'm sure, dealing with people.

00:40:38,994 --> 00:40:42,405

Marc Preston: You know Now, if you're just defined.

00:40:42,446 --> 00:40:44,372

Marc Preston: Next question what for a perfect day?

00:40:44,493 --> 00:40:46,299

Marc Preston: from time you get up till time you lay down

00:40:46,339 --> 00:40:49,942

Marc Preston: in bed, what would be the optimal Perfect

00:40:49,962 --> 00:40:50,484

Marc Preston: day for you?

00:40:50,705 --> 00:40:51,949

Marc Preston: the component parts of that day.

00:40:53,301 --> 00:40:56,130

Milana Vayntrub: Well, my son would sleep until like 7, 30,

00:40:57,242 --> 00:40:58,872

Milana Vayntrub: which would be a dream, dear Lord.

00:40:58,972 --> 00:40:59,133

Milana Vayntrub: How?

00:40:59,395 --> 00:41:00,200

Marc Preston: early does he wake up?

00:41:01,142 --> 00:41:02,365

Milana Vayntrub: Usually like 6 15.

00:41:02,405 --> 00:41:04,911

Milana Vayntrub: Today was like 6 5, with maybe a wake up or

00:41:04,931 --> 00:41:07,783

Milana Vayntrub: two in the night, so He was sleeping till

00:41:07,803 --> 00:41:13,105

Milana Vayntrub: like 7 30 and then we would Walk somewhere

00:41:13,125 --> 00:41:16,844

Milana Vayntrub: beautiful to get food And I honestly this

00:41:16,924 --> 00:41:19,589

Milana Vayntrub: is cheesy, but I really just love when my

00:41:19,629 --> 00:41:21,833

Milana Vayntrub: husband and I can go together with him to

00:41:21,854 --> 00:41:24,537

Milana Vayntrub: the park So we would just go and run around

00:41:24,618 --> 00:41:26,724

Milana Vayntrub: somewhere, maybe go on a hike, see some

00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:27,546

Milana Vayntrub: waterfalls.

00:41:27,686 --> 00:41:28,468

Milana Vayntrub: that would be perfect.

00:41:28,548 --> 00:41:30,453

Milana Vayntrub: Actually, i would love to go see waterfalls

00:41:31,716 --> 00:41:39,643

Milana Vayntrub: and And then take a nap After, like like

00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:41,208

Milana Vayntrub: going along, hike, see some waterfalls,

00:41:41,248 --> 00:41:44,659

Milana Vayntrub: take a nap and then have somebody come and

00:41:45,501 --> 00:41:48,759

Milana Vayntrub: Bring us meals and then clean up and take

00:41:48,779 --> 00:41:48,920

Milana Vayntrub: it away.

00:41:51,006 --> 00:41:52,349

Marc Preston: You almost were excited about the cleaning

00:41:52,389 --> 00:41:52,750

Marc Preston: up part.

00:41:52,851 --> 00:41:53,633

Marc Preston: You know, yeah.

00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:58,006

Marc Preston: Physical labor ever a bless your heart.

00:41:58,046 --> 00:41:59,349

Marc Preston: You do have a two-year-old, don't you?

00:41:59,609 --> 00:42:00,150

Marc Preston: okay, so?

00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:00,611

Milana Vayntrub: I do, i do.

00:42:02,222 --> 00:42:03,828

Milana Vayntrub: It's a lot of chores.

00:42:05,361 --> 00:42:07,746

Milana Vayntrub: So, yeah, it's really just like resting,

00:42:07,846 --> 00:42:10,092

Milana Vayntrub: being in nature and eating good food with

00:42:10,112 --> 00:42:10,833

Milana Vayntrub: the people I love.

00:42:11,801 --> 00:42:12,583

Milana Vayntrub: And then maybe, yeah, maybe.

00:42:12,603 --> 00:42:13,866

Milana Vayntrub: At the end of the night There's a big

00:42:13,966 --> 00:42:16,952

Milana Vayntrub: dinner party with my closest friends and

00:42:16,993 --> 00:42:17,253

Milana Vayntrub: family.

00:42:17,922 --> 00:42:19,367

Marc Preston: I'm very good Now is your family still live

00:42:19,387 --> 00:42:19,709

Marc Preston: in LA a?

00:42:21,121 --> 00:42:23,107

Marc Preston: Lot of my family still lives in LA so,

00:42:23,167 --> 00:42:24,772

Marc Preston: every so, a lot of your family came over

00:42:24,832 --> 00:42:26,878

Marc Preston: and landed in, out and the art found

00:42:26,898 --> 00:42:27,540

Marc Preston: themselves in LA.

00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:28,845

Marc Preston: That's nice, that's very nice.

00:42:30,341 --> 00:42:32,267

Marc Preston: Now, if you were not doing what you were

00:42:32,287 --> 00:42:35,163

Marc Preston: doing now, if you were doing commercials,

00:42:35,243 --> 00:42:38,585

Marc Preston: tv film, what would you be doing?

00:42:39,881 --> 00:42:44,833

Milana Vayntrub: Um, trying to be doing commercials.

00:42:48,321 --> 00:42:49,685

Marc Preston: So you're not like that I'd be a teacher,

00:42:49,725 --> 00:42:50,567

Marc Preston: i'd be an astronaut.

00:42:50,688 --> 00:42:51,971

Marc Preston: No, there's no that.

00:42:51,991 --> 00:42:54,017

Marc Preston: This is just it's hardwired new DNA.

00:42:54,281 --> 00:42:56,754

Marc Preston: This is kind of your happy place and

00:42:57,056 --> 00:42:57,559

Marc Preston: vocation.

00:42:57,579 --> 00:43:01,808

Milana Vayntrub: I think, if this weren't an option for me,

00:43:02,952 --> 00:43:04,859

Milana Vayntrub: i would be doing something around healing,

00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,868

Milana Vayntrub: like You know, honestly, like physical

00:43:07,968 --> 00:43:11,882

Milana Vayntrub: therapy or masseuse or Body work or

00:43:12,163 --> 00:43:12,844

Milana Vayntrub: something like that.

00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:14,728

Milana Vayntrub: I, i would like to be a.

00:43:15,369 --> 00:43:18,716

Milana Vayntrub: I'd be working with people physically and

00:43:19,241 --> 00:43:20,325

Milana Vayntrub: Helping them feel less pain.

00:43:21,922 --> 00:43:22,564

Marc Preston: It's very nice.

00:43:22,624 --> 00:43:23,086

Marc Preston: I like that.

00:43:24,382 --> 00:43:25,968

Marc Preston: And now the last question I've got for you

00:43:26,008 --> 00:43:28,378

Marc Preston: if, if you were to jump into a DeLorean and

00:43:28,438 --> 00:43:30,104

Marc Preston: go back in time, you're gonna be talking to

00:43:30,164 --> 00:43:31,268

Marc Preston: 16 year old Milana.

00:43:32,844 --> 00:43:34,007

Marc Preston: You're gonna go back in time.

00:43:34,228 --> 00:43:34,689

Marc Preston: What's that?

00:43:34,829 --> 00:43:36,334

Marc Preston: one piece of advice you tell yourself

00:43:36,715 --> 00:43:38,179

Marc Preston: either to make your life at that moment

00:43:38,260 --> 00:43:41,541

Marc Preston: better, or to set yourself on a track For

00:43:41,581 --> 00:43:43,406

Marc Preston: even more success, or to do what you want

00:43:43,446 --> 00:43:43,667

Marc Preston: to do.

00:43:43,707 --> 00:43:45,792

Marc Preston: What's a piece of advice to 16 year old you?

00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,265

Milana Vayntrub: Listen more, talk less.

00:43:49,007 --> 00:43:49,629

Marc Preston: That can be hard.

00:43:49,990 --> 00:43:52,842

Marc Preston: Yeah, that could be very hard really hard

00:43:52,962 --> 00:43:54,526

Marc Preston: for somebody like me.

00:43:54,987 --> 00:44:00,167

Milana Vayntrub: But I think I, i Think I had a lot to learn

00:44:00,207 --> 00:44:03,301

Milana Vayntrub: and I was very cocky a lot of the time, or

00:44:03,321 --> 00:44:04,945

Milana Vayntrub: I needed to show myself I've.

00:44:05,306 --> 00:44:06,689

Milana Vayntrub: You know, like I said, i loved being the

00:44:06,729 --> 00:44:07,411

Milana Vayntrub: center of attention.

00:44:07,471 --> 00:44:13,983

Milana Vayntrub: So I think I really, you know, would maybe

00:44:14,043 --> 00:44:15,669

Milana Vayntrub: make things about me that weren't about me,

00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:21,383

Milana Vayntrub: or Would just Be less considerate.

00:44:23,562 --> 00:44:23,903

Milana Vayntrub: I wouldn't.

00:44:24,645 --> 00:44:26,449

Milana Vayntrub: I could be more considerate about the space

00:44:26,489 --> 00:44:27,130

Milana Vayntrub: I was taking up.

00:44:28,012 --> 00:44:28,473

Milana Vayntrub: You know what I mean.

00:44:28,781 --> 00:44:30,446

Marc Preston: What you're talking about sounds a lot like

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Marc Preston: to me, like a lot of the folks have spoken

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Marc Preston: with.

00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:34,984

Marc Preston: It's kind of You have to to be able to

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Marc Preston: thrive and doing the thing you're doing.

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Marc Preston: It sounds like to me that you do have to.

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Marc Preston: Not be self-centered is not the word but

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Marc Preston: very aware of the space you're in.

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Marc Preston: But sometimes that could be taken, as you

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Marc Preston: know, occupying too much of other people's

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Marc Preston: space.

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Marc Preston: You know, that's really wonderful.

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Marc Preston: Now.

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Marc Preston: I really do appreciate you taking time out

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Marc Preston: to chat.

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Marc Preston: You've been very generous and it's it's.

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Marc Preston: I can't wait to tell my daughter, lily I

00:44:56,701 --> 00:44:57,966

Marc Preston: was like you know, look at, listen to.

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Marc Preston: I talked to you today.

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Marc Preston: Thank you so much, be well and hopefully

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Marc Preston: we'll catch up down the line.

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Milana Vayntrub: Okay, thanks, Marc, i appreciate your time.

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Marc Preston: Well, there you go, milana Vine Trubb.

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Marc Preston: It was a fun conversation.

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Marc Preston: Certainly appreciate her taking time out to

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