Broadway Roots and Animated Voices | Jennie Kwan (Avatar: The Last Airbender, California Dreams, Street Fighter)

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go another day in paradise. We got today?
<v Speaker 3>Yes, who do we have, Jim?
<v Speaker 1>Why? Why? Look there she is now it's none other
<v Speaker 1>than Jenny Jennyquan, don't you know?
<v Speaker 3>Hello, Thank you so much for being here.
<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me.
<v Speaker 1>Of course, you for being hat that came out wrong.
<v Speaker 1>We're talking amongst yourself. Yeah, no, thanks for being here, buddy.
<v Speaker 2>Thanks.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm usually it's hard to see you because you
<v Speaker 1>have hundreds of fans around you.
<v Speaker 2>I so see as you do.
<v Speaker 1>Well whatever, but thanks thanks for being here.
<v Speaker 2>So happy to be here.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>Now are you We're in California? Now are you local
<v Speaker 1>to California?
<v Speaker 2>I am born and raised. I'm a native. I was
<v Speaker 2>born in Glendelle, California, and yeah, I'm one of the
<v Speaker 2>original og natives to La, born and raised.
<v Speaker 3>Pretty rare.
<v Speaker 2>It is pretty rare, and people are always surprised. They
<v Speaker 2>think I'm from somewhere else, but I say, no, One'm
<v Speaker 2>from here, and they look at me with a funny look.
<v Speaker 1>Like you can't be nobody's from here.
<v Speaker 2>Nobody's from here, and you're not a b pole, you
<v Speaker 2>know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, I mean I try
<v Speaker 2>not to be.
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I have a theory about La. Tell me
<v Speaker 3>as an La native, Okay, if you agree with this,
<v Speaker 3>I try. I feel like I have two theories. I
<v Speaker 3>feel like the reputation that La gets that Angelino's gay
<v Speaker 3>is actually from all the transplants.
<v Speaker 2>That is exactly what I.
<v Speaker 3>Say everybody that comes here, because when you meet people
<v Speaker 3>really from LA, they're a lot less of that fake
<v Speaker 3>you know, that that negative stereotype that Angelino's get. They're
<v Speaker 3>a lot more down to earth.
<v Speaker 2>I think, yeah, I think it's because when people come here,
<v Speaker 2>they think that they have to fit in a certain
<v Speaker 2>sort of bubble, you know, because La can be a bubble.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's the truth, you know. But people are
<v Speaker 2>coming here to follow their dreams, and I think sometimes
<v Speaker 2>when it doesn't happen overnight, people become very suspicious and jaded,
<v Speaker 2>like why isn't this happening overnight? Well, because an overnight
<v Speaker 2>success can take up to ten years, that's what they
<v Speaker 2>say more, you know.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, ten year overnight success. It's kind of the norm,
<v Speaker 1>isn't it.
<v Speaker 2>At least the minimum? I mean, you know, it's not easy,
<v Speaker 2>especially in these days.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and then I feel like that, like all, you know,
<v Speaker 3>as you just described, it's like everybody morphing to fit in.
<v Speaker 3>What they think is they don't realize that everybody's morphing together.
<v Speaker 3>You know. It's like you guys are all creating this identity.
<v Speaker 3>You know, it's not like what we had here.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so I just watch outside from my bubble,
<v Speaker 2>you know, born and raised, you know. I mean, I
<v Speaker 2>wasn't one of those kids who was in the club
<v Speaker 2>every night. I mean once in a while, but every night.
<v Speaker 2>Not every night, no, but often that's right, Wednesdays and
<v Speaker 2>sometimes Sundays.
<v Speaker 3>Did you ever go underage to the club.
<v Speaker 2>No comment.
<v Speaker 3>For me. For me, when I was in high school,
<v Speaker 3>that was like one of the funnest things to do
<v Speaker 3>was go to the club underage, and it was like
<v Speaker 3>an adventure to try and get into the clubs. Oh,
<v Speaker 3>especially as an underage man. You know that they don't
<v Speaker 3>really care about underage women.
<v Speaker 1>That's right, I mean, yeah, that's right.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean at the time I was, you know,
<v Speaker 2>on a show that probably they could have just let
<v Speaker 2>you in. These days are a lot more strict. But yeah,
<v Speaker 2>so maybe maybe once once or twice, I don't know. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>pretty innocent.
<v Speaker 3>Going through the kitchen or like jumping over a fence.
<v Speaker 3>It was like an adventure just to get in. It
<v Speaker 3>wasn't even like the party itself. It was like can
<v Speaker 3>we get in?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?
<v Speaker 3>And we used to steal bottles. Oh yeah, that was Did.
<v Speaker 1>You do that once at the Playboy Mansion?
<v Speaker 3>I did sneak into the Playboy mansion.
<v Speaker 1>That's not bad. That's a good snake.
<v Speaker 2>That's a great sneak. That is that is a snake.
<v Speaker 2>I have not snuck wow, which wow, okay, which I
<v Speaker 2>you know, I mean, I'm still open to that.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I was a sneaker. I was a sneaker.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.
<v Speaker 3>It was thrilling to me.
<v Speaker 1>Trying to be six three and a sneak and a
<v Speaker 1>sneaker still sneak. Yeah, that's that's good sneaky.
<v Speaker 2>That's right, master sneaker, clever sneaker.
<v Speaker 1>But awayda tuned in today.
<v Speaker 3>Speaking of childhoods were you a theater kid?
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's interesting the way that I started when
<v Speaker 2>I got into the entertainment business. I have a very
<v Speaker 2>interesting story. I was tryingudling with a singing group called
<v Speaker 2>Kids of the Century. I was I was extremely shy.
<v Speaker 2>I was I think eleven years old and I was
<v Speaker 2>a singer, but I was always in the background because
<v Speaker 2>I think I was just really shy. But when I
<v Speaker 2>went to New York to do the commemoration of the
<v Speaker 2>Statue of Liberty, we were coming back from New York
<v Speaker 2>and it literally was like a scene from a movie.
<v Speaker 2>I was asleep and drooling on my shoulder, like not
<v Speaker 2>it is pretty real. And my sister comes, she was
<v Speaker 2>she came to wake me up. She said, Jennifer, there's
<v Speaker 2>an agent on the plane. And I was like, okay,
<v Speaker 2>I don't care. So she's like, go meet the agent.
<v Speaker 2>And so I remember walking up the aisle and it
<v Speaker 2>was like a movie like my you know castmates, you know,
<v Speaker 2>juggling doing cartwheels. If you could do the cartwheels, you know,
<v Speaker 2>on the plane. And so I walk up to the
<v Speaker 2>agent and she looks at me and she says, oh,
<v Speaker 2>do you like acting? And I shrugged my shoulders and
<v Speaker 2>she said, well, would you want to come back to
<v Speaker 2>LA and try acting? And I shrugged my shoulders and
<v Speaker 2>she said, well, would you come to my office? Shrug
<v Speaker 2>my shoulders and she said if you get yeah, exactly.
<v Speaker 2>I was not. I was not an outgoing child, you know,
<v Speaker 2>in public. But she said, if you go to an
<v Speaker 2>acting class, will you come to my office and come
<v Speaker 2>meet with me? And I said yes. So it was
<v Speaker 2>just about play for me. Still at that point, I
<v Speaker 2>was eleven. You know, I wasn't one of those very finessed,
<v Speaker 2>you know, theater kids.
<v Speaker 1>But I guss where they were, all right, they were
<v Speaker 1>very polished at that age.
<v Speaker 2>I was still very childlike and and just very innocent,
<v Speaker 2>you know. That was my first exposure to any sort
<v Speaker 2>of Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's pretty amazing.
<v Speaker 2>And then did the bug just automatically. So when I
<v Speaker 2>got into that acting class, I remember the first thing
<v Speaker 2>that we did was improv and again, oh.
<v Speaker 1>Gosh, oh, they just threw you right.
<v Speaker 2>In there a little bit, you know, and I think
<v Speaker 2>it's women, that's right. But I think it was a
<v Speaker 2>way for me to start coming out of my shell
<v Speaker 2>and that was really really helpful. Would so Yeah, So basically,
<v Speaker 2>when I was in my singing lessons, I would not
<v Speaker 2>really talk, and I thought, oh my gosh, these singing
<v Speaker 2>teachers must think she's the most boring child in the world.
<v Speaker 2>But when I would get on stage, that's when I
<v Speaker 2>would really light up for whatever reason.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you hear that about a lot of folks.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was my experience for sure.
<v Speaker 1>Wow. Yeah, you know, I I as a kid, I
<v Speaker 1>would I don't think I was ever shy shy, but
<v Speaker 1>I was really annoying. But then I was when I
<v Speaker 1>got on a stage, I was in you know, you know,
<v Speaker 1>I've been in place since I don't know, grade school anyway,
<v Speaker 1>you know, and and then I just felt so good. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>it just felt right, you know, you know, to put
<v Speaker 1>on somebody else's skin or attitude or profession or something.
<v Speaker 1>You know, it just felt it was it was a
<v Speaker 1>lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. And
<v Speaker 1>I've set it before and the girls kind of liked
<v Speaker 1>it and it was like yeah, absolutely, yeah, okay.
<v Speaker 2>Yeaeah, it's a great way to meet girls.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, so yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Oh that's that's quite the sign.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but don't tell anybody, I will, okay, but it's
<v Speaker 1>so it's always nice to see you because we do
<v Speaker 1>a lot of conventions. Yea together and what what? Because
<v Speaker 1>you've got a lot of stuff here. Who do people
<v Speaker 1>gravitate the most toward of your characters.
<v Speaker 2>In the moment, Because it is the twentieth year anniversary
<v Speaker 2>of Avatar the Last Airbender, it's it's huge, it's it's
<v Speaker 2>it's huge right now, and you know, the creators are
<v Speaker 2>just creating more content. And because of Netflix, we're so
<v Speaker 2>very fortunate to have such a world to be a
<v Speaker 2>part of. So I would say in the moment, it
<v Speaker 2>would be Suki, who is the character I voice on
<v Speaker 2>the show, And that's been for some time. But it's funny.
<v Speaker 2>I forget when when some people will come up and
<v Speaker 2>they will, you know, name some obscure I don't want
<v Speaker 2>to say obscure, but yeah, a character that I'm I think,
<v Speaker 2>did I do that? And they say, yes, you did,
<v Speaker 2>and it's this and this and your lines were this.
<v Speaker 2>I say, oh great, But what an interesting thing is
<v Speaker 2>I used to be on a TV show in the nineties,
<v Speaker 2>and sometimes younger people will come up and they say,
<v Speaker 2>I love you as Suki on Avatar, but my mom
<v Speaker 2>loves you Samantha Well in California Dreams. And before I
<v Speaker 2>used to think, oh my gosh, I am really really
<v Speaker 2>getting up there in age, but now I think of
<v Speaker 2>it as like, thank God, you know that I've been
<v Speaker 2>able to be in this crazy business for I don't
<v Speaker 2>know how many I'm teen years.
<v Speaker 1>I've believe that's right, that's right.
<v Speaker 2>And you know the times that I wanted to quit,
<v Speaker 2>something has always pulled me back. Oh and so now
<v Speaker 2>I just accept it. I'm like, well, this is what
<v Speaker 2>I do, you know, for the rest of my life,
<v Speaker 2>in whatever form it wants to come in, because it
<v Speaker 2>has never been the same throughout the years. It's always
<v Speaker 2>sort of morphed into something new.
<v Speaker 1>And you know that's a gift, that's a special strength
<v Speaker 1>and power right there. Good for you.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I feel really lucky about that because I
<v Speaker 2>feel like I've touched so many genres of being in
<v Speaker 2>the business. It's it's kind of weird. I don't really
<v Speaker 2>think about it until someone kind of points it.
<v Speaker 1>Out right, Yeah, yeah, I've got some of that too.
<v Speaker 1>I understand exactly what you mean. And then well, you know,
<v Speaker 1>and I've said it before. We you know sometimes like
<v Speaker 1>like for me, you at least do on camera and
<v Speaker 1>stage and this and that. I'm usually alone in a
<v Speaker 1>dark room, so I have no idea of anybody will
<v Speaker 1>ever really listen. I guess at this point they do,
<v Speaker 1>for sure, I do now, but but you know, you
<v Speaker 1>just don't know, and you certainly don't get any immediate feedback.
<v Speaker 1>It's not like there's an audience in there going, oh
<v Speaker 1>that was really good. You know, you're just flying solo,
<v Speaker 1>and that part I'm not too crazy about. But the
<v Speaker 1>rest ain't.
<v Speaker 2>Bad, No, not bad at all. We're so lucky, Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>we are.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And like I say, going to those conventions it
<v Speaker 1>gives you a sense of oh, so you were paying attention,
<v Speaker 1>someone was paying attention, right, and you really do. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>they really do more than me.
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I'm so surprised, you know, to the detail that
<v Speaker 2>people are so interested, you know, and how committed they
<v Speaker 2>are to what they really love. It's quite incredible, you know,
<v Speaker 2>because I actually learned so much from people who they
<v Speaker 2>come up and they talk about the show, and it's
<v Speaker 2>funny I'm more interested in what they do. I find
<v Speaker 2>myself asking and then I have to remember people want
<v Speaker 2>to know about, you know, whatever shows you've been a
<v Speaker 2>part of or whatever projects. But it's funny because I'm
<v Speaker 2>just I like to learn about other people. It's just
<v Speaker 2>how I am. So but I have to remember that part.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's a beautiful thing.
<v Speaker 3>I'd like to ask you to clarify something for me.
<v Speaker 3>So I'm doing my research on you. I see that
<v Speaker 3>you played Kim in Miss Sagon. Yes, was that the
<v Speaker 3>original cast?
<v Speaker 2>So what happened was in the nineties. I think when
<v Speaker 2>there was that surge of Broadway musicals happening. There was
<v Speaker 2>the London cast, right, that was the original cast, and
<v Speaker 2>then they brought it from the West End to Broadway, okay, right,
<v Speaker 2>and so the original Kim was the legendary Leyah Salanga right, right.
<v Speaker 2>And so then when they started to do Broadway tours
<v Speaker 2>around the country, they did auditions here in Hollywood at
<v Speaker 2>the Franklin Church on Highland, which is I mean, I've
<v Speaker 2>been to hundreds of auditions in that church, right, but
<v Speaker 2>that that's where they found me. There were so many
<v Speaker 2>people there, I don't even remember, like three hundred people
<v Speaker 2>there for various parts, but at least at at least
<v Speaker 2>two hundred for Kim, you know. So that was an
<v Speaker 2>interesting process because I went and again, I mean, I
<v Speaker 2>still have these shy parts of myself, but I went
<v Speaker 2>in saying. And then probably two weeks later, the casting
<v Speaker 2>people called to ask if I would come to New
<v Speaker 2>York and audition, and I remember, for the people who
<v Speaker 2>aren't my age, I go to the theater and the
<v Speaker 2>woman who went ahead of me was Na People's from fame,
<v Speaker 2>and I was just this little kid. I was barely eighteen,
<v Speaker 2>and I thought, oh my gosh, Nia in there, She's
<v Speaker 2>for sure gonna get it. I went right after any
<v Speaker 2>of people's oh gosh yeah.
<v Speaker 1>And then she had her own show.
<v Speaker 2>She had her own show. And then I remember they
<v Speaker 2>had brought his name was Jared Emmick who they brought
<v Speaker 2>him in on my audition to sing with me. And
<v Speaker 2>it was just like you see in the movies, like
<v Speaker 2>the creators were in the audience, and it was that
<v Speaker 2>bright light that blind you and you can't see a thing,
<v Speaker 2>and they're talking and you see their shadows. I don't
<v Speaker 2>know what happened, but throughout my whole callback all I
<v Speaker 2>did was cry. I'm like, great, I'm just not going
<v Speaker 2>to get this part because I'm just blubbering through this
<v Speaker 2>guy Jared is amazing and we're singing together, but I'm
<v Speaker 2>blubbering through this. Okay, great, Well that was an experience.
<v Speaker 1>M Yeah, and the music's plaining us solo sex.
<v Speaker 2>Exactly exactly, that's right, Jim. Yeah. And so then I
<v Speaker 2>get back to my hotel room and I remember a
<v Speaker 2>couple hours later, Vinnie Cliff had called that was a
<v Speaker 2>casting director rest in Peace, and he said, oh, Jenny,
<v Speaker 2>you got the part, and I hung up on him.
<v Speaker 2>So my manager called him back. She's like, oh, Johnny's
<v Speaker 2>just excited. She's just excited. I think I was just,
<v Speaker 2>you know, zeoned down.
<v Speaker 1>You thought it was a prank call for I did
<v Speaker 1>it was?
<v Speaker 2>It was, yeah, right, was exactly.
<v Speaker 4>I was like, thank you you were thunderstruck.
<v Speaker 2>I was thunderstruck.
<v Speaker 1>Wow, that's you might strike.
<v Speaker 3>You must have some pipes. I mean you got a
<v Speaker 3>belt for that.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Yeah, it was. It was quite the role. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>it was quite the role. Yeah it was. It was
<v Speaker 2>like one of my first dreams come true.
<v Speaker 1>To that song.
<v Speaker 3>I still believe. That's like literally, like one of my favorite.
<v Speaker 2>Songs is that Chris Oh my gosh.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. It got me through like a really hard time
<v Speaker 3>in college. Yeah. I was going through like a really
<v Speaker 3>like yeah, life changing kind of wow moment in college.
<v Speaker 3>I won't get into the details, but I remember like
<v Speaker 3>I was in this musical theater class.
<v Speaker 2>Wow.
<v Speaker 3>On it was like our midterm or our final. We
<v Speaker 3>had to like listen to clips of different Broadways and
<v Speaker 3>then be able to like identify like, oh, this was
<v Speaker 3>the Phantom of the Opera premiered you know whatever day
<v Speaker 3>and that song Miss Psycho, Oh my god, with that Ko,
<v Speaker 3>with that song Kod, Like I'm getting emotion, Like I
<v Speaker 3>broke down in the middle of class, like just started bawling, bawling,
<v Speaker 3>and like had to leave class, and like my professor
<v Speaker 3>was amazing and like she took me like a side
<v Speaker 3>and was like I just like went into her office
<v Speaker 3>and was like, this is what I'm going through right now,
<v Speaker 3>and like this is way too relatable like.
<v Speaker 2>For some something.
<v Speaker 3>You know, I was never in Vietnam or anything like it. Yes, absolutely,
<v Speaker 3>and what's so crazy? Like I was going through something
<v Speaker 3>with my girlfriend at the time, and she was like,
<v Speaker 3>Katie literally came in and did the same thing yesterday
<v Speaker 3>and like neither of us knew, Oh, go away, and
<v Speaker 3>she let us both like retake the test, like and yeah,
<v Speaker 3>that was such like an impactful moment in my life.
<v Speaker 3>And I have that. I have the the vinyl of it,
<v Speaker 3>like it's yeah, I need I should have brought it
<v Speaker 3>and got it signed.
<v Speaker 2>I'm just around the corner. I can sign it any
<v Speaker 2>time you want. But thank you for sharing that story.
<v Speaker 1>Is that nice? Yeah?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was listening to that song last night actually
<v Speaker 3>in preparation for this.
<v Speaker 2>Are we going to sing this together?
<v Speaker 3>Curs?
<v Speaker 2>Remember that I would remember that, gentleman.
<v Speaker 1>Now that's bonus content.
<v Speaker 2>I love that. Thank you for sharing that.
<v Speaker 1>It's great to hear.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, of course, of course. I think that's the magic
<v Speaker 3>of this industry, you know, from voice acting to singing
<v Speaker 3>to you both can attest to that, you know, and
<v Speaker 3>see hundreds of people with way more emotional reactions that conventions.
<v Speaker 1>You know.
<v Speaker 3>It's yes, it's quite a magical thanks business.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, do you get a lot of that too, people,
<v Speaker 1>you know, and then that time when you and and
<v Speaker 1>then oh you know, and then they fall apart. It's
<v Speaker 1>it's it's kind of sweet.
<v Speaker 2>It is kind of sweet, you know, and it's really touching.
<v Speaker 2>And that's why, you know, as crazy as you know
<v Speaker 2>the travel that we know. And it's what I tell
<v Speaker 2>people is, you know, when you're an actor and you're
<v Speaker 2>hustling and doing these auditions and you know, the rejection
<v Speaker 2>and this and that and when you book something amazing,
<v Speaker 2>but doing conventions is a different type of hustle. It's
<v Speaker 2>that you your body and I mean the fact that
<v Speaker 2>Jim is still out there and like I mean, like
<v Speaker 2>so youthful. It's it's literally an inspiration and goal. No,
<v Speaker 2>but really because sometimes I feel like, oh my gosh,
<v Speaker 2>I just the burnout can be extreme, just because the
<v Speaker 2>nature of what you're putting your body through, getting on
<v Speaker 2>a plane almost every weekend, depending on you know, some
<v Speaker 2>people they do so many shows, some people they don't,
<v Speaker 2>or you know, I mean, it's just a different sort
<v Speaker 2>of hustle, and it's a different sort of self care
<v Speaker 2>and you know routine, you know, and a mental routine.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yeah, mental is the biggest partner, right you know.
<v Speaker 1>It's a lot of times, you know, at the end
<v Speaker 1>of the day, I'll just be drained. And it's not
<v Speaker 1>from jogging around the block or anything like that or
<v Speaker 1>what have you. It's a it's a you know, I
<v Speaker 1>have a philosophy that I don't want anybody to go
<v Speaker 1>away and go Jez was he asleep? I mean it
<v Speaker 1>seemed like he wanted to go back to take a nap.
<v Speaker 1>Because I like to be up for everybody, that's right,
<v Speaker 1>you know, every single person you know. And I have
<v Speaker 1>I have this little miniature philosophy anyway about. You know,
<v Speaker 1>all I do is vo but I treat everyone every
<v Speaker 1>session like it's the super Bowl, you know, because for
<v Speaker 1>somebody out there, you know, and they could be three
<v Speaker 1>thirty or you know, however old it's gonna be, it
<v Speaker 1>could very well be meaningful for them and get them
<v Speaker 1>through a tough time, as we all know, and something
<v Speaker 1>speaks to them, and so you have to be up
<v Speaker 1>for it. You have to be up for the task,
<v Speaker 1>for the challenge. And that's that's my mini philosophy. And
<v Speaker 1>that's all I have to say.
<v Speaker 2>I love that and exactly and I feel the same
<v Speaker 2>ways that people sometimes they you know, save their money
<v Speaker 2>for a year to be able to attend and meet
<v Speaker 2>Jim Cummings you know what I mean, and and just
<v Speaker 2>have that experience. So when I hear sometimes if there's
<v Speaker 2>an actor who's unpleasant to someone, you know, these people
<v Speaker 2>have have waited their whole lives to perhaps have any
<v Speaker 2>sort of contact with you. And that's a privilege that
<v Speaker 2>we have to be able to give back because we've
<v Speaker 2>been given. You know, someone may be working at the
<v Speaker 2>local supermarket and saving their money for five years, you know,
<v Speaker 2>and you're getting on a plane, you're having a good meal,
<v Speaker 2>you know, like you're getting per diem. It's like you
<v Speaker 2>can you can last five minutes to be pleasant to
<v Speaker 2>someone in here care story.
<v Speaker 4>You know.
<v Speaker 2>So again and this is you know, I learned from
<v Speaker 2>people like you, like legendary people who've been in the
<v Speaker 2>business forever, and you can see how people react to that.
<v Speaker 2>And it's important. And so you know, hopefully one day
<v Speaker 2>if I if I, you know, continue to do this,
<v Speaker 2>I just always remember that, you know, even if I'm
<v Speaker 2>exhausted and have bags under my eyes, you know, oh
<v Speaker 2>my gosh, you know, I can't talk anymore. Tomorrow I
<v Speaker 2>have to get into the studio and I have no voice.
<v Speaker 2>It's like, you know, it's a privilege.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree. Yeah, that's that's the word I use.
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't agree more. And like I always say, it's
<v Speaker 1>the stuff you used to get me kicked out of class,
<v Speaker 1>So you have to be grateful somebody who's buying that.
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely. I mean I'm always surprised. I'm like, you want
<v Speaker 2>to come and meet me?
<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, okay? Sure?
<v Speaker 3>Was there a time in your life? I find, you know,
<v Speaker 3>asking people on this podcast, there's usually like a defining
<v Speaker 3>moment in your career where you're like, I've arrived.
<v Speaker 2>Ooh Have I ever felt like that?
<v Speaker 1>Yeah?
<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, hmm. I mean I think looking if I
<v Speaker 2>were to step outside of myself. Sure, but I think
<v Speaker 2>as that actor, thinking oh my gosh, when's the next
<v Speaker 2>when's the next job coming? It's weird. I have this
<v Speaker 2>weird sort of duality around my thoughts around that. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm sure there have been times, you know
<v Speaker 2>that I've thought, Sure, I could have thought when I
<v Speaker 2>was doing Miss Saigon, you know, as a young girl,
<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, I've already no, But there have been,
<v Speaker 2>you know, experiences.
<v Speaker 5>That I thought, oh my gosh, this outweighs the U
<v Speaker 5>the thought that I could, you know, just think that
<v Speaker 5>this is gonna last forever, but I would like to
<v Speaker 5>be able to celebrate those moments more.
<v Speaker 2>I think I am now, And it doesn't even have
<v Speaker 2>to be like I'm winning a Grammy or I'm winning
<v Speaker 2>an Oscar, I'm winning an Emmy. I think the fact
<v Speaker 2>for me that I've been able to have longevity in
<v Speaker 2>a career that maybe I've struggled in in the past,
<v Speaker 2>or also that I love, you know, and allow it
<v Speaker 2>to morph into what it's morphed into, that feels like
<v Speaker 2>a win.
<v Speaker 1>It is a win.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that is a way.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is. Well. I always say, anytime you make
<v Speaker 1>a living doing something you'd do all day long for free,
<v Speaker 1>that's a win. Yeah, that's the way I've always looked
<v Speaker 1>at it. And you've had a lot of wins, I
<v Speaker 1>mean Broadway, Yeah, I mean, that's that's crazy. You know
<v Speaker 1>how many there are not many people that say, oh, well, yes,
<v Speaker 1>I remember that time when I was on Broadway, Oh
<v Speaker 1>what's that? What's that? See? I was on Broadway too,
<v Speaker 1>but I was it a red light. It's not the same.
<v Speaker 1>It's just not the same.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've been really again, I've been really fortunate
<v Speaker 2>to to be able to have different projects that and
<v Speaker 2>you know, I've worked my butt off, you know whatever.
<v Speaker 1>I yeah, but she deserves it, okay, yea, yeah, I'll
<v Speaker 1>say it for you.
<v Speaker 2>But it's it's been a long road, you know what
<v Speaker 2>I mean. And whatever I dip my toes into, it's
<v Speaker 2>hard for me if I don't put one hundred and
<v Speaker 2>ten percent just because I'm a virgo and a workaholic.
<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm getting better now. I'm getting better now.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's it's been an interesting road, and I
<v Speaker 2>really try and take whatever lessons I've learned from those projects,
<v Speaker 2>and hopefully it's like muscle memory now, you know what
<v Speaker 2>I mean, just whatever is important from that project or whatever, again,
<v Speaker 2>lesson I was supposed to have learned from that. Hopefully
<v Speaker 2>it's transferring over to each thing, you know, and it
<v Speaker 2>becomes easier hopefully, you know, but it has. For example,
<v Speaker 2>I used to get I have this story, and I
<v Speaker 2>used to do on camera acting a lot more when
<v Speaker 2>we were able to go in person to auditions instead
<v Speaker 2>of self tapes. I had the worst stage fright since
<v Speaker 2>I was really young. I don't know how I've stayed
<v Speaker 2>in this business. The worst stage fright that I thought, oh,
<v Speaker 2>my gosh, I have to take medication, and that's fine,
<v Speaker 2>you know, I know a lot of people who do
<v Speaker 2>for that. But my nerves used to be so bad. Right,
<v Speaker 2>So I had this thing where I wanted to do
<v Speaker 2>the skit where you know, I seem very calm and
<v Speaker 2>cool and collected on the outside, but the skit is
<v Speaker 2>that I'm writhing on the floor like God, like my
<v Speaker 2>insides are gonna come out and I can't handle it.
<v Speaker 2>And then they say, Jenny, are you ready? And I say, oh, yeah, sure,
<v Speaker 2>I'm ready, and then I go in.
<v Speaker 1>You know.
<v Speaker 2>So I've had to battle that throughout the years, and
<v Speaker 2>so doing stage work has really helped because it is
<v Speaker 2>exhilarating to just be in the moment. You cannot take
<v Speaker 2>it back, and you have to really just go in
<v Speaker 2>the moment no matter what happens. And things have happened.
<v Speaker 2>I broke my thumb on stage and Missy gone during
<v Speaker 2>the show.
<v Speaker 4>During the show, yes you make it through the scene,
<v Speaker 4>oh very painfully, very painfully.
<v Speaker 2>I slammed the door on my thumb and because I
<v Speaker 2>lost grip of the door, I gripped with my thumb
<v Speaker 2>and it shut my thumb in and so I was like,
<v Speaker 2>do I rip my thumb out or do I open
<v Speaker 2>the door and close it again? And so I decided
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to open the door and shut it again,
<v Speaker 2>and so I had time. I ran back to the
<v Speaker 2>stage bump. I was like, oh, but I ran to
<v Speaker 2>the stage manager's office and they wrapped it up really quick,
<v Speaker 2>and they said, do we need to stop the show?
<v Speaker 2>I said no, let's just keep going. So I had
<v Speaker 2>this wrapped thumb until the end of the show and
<v Speaker 2>then I went straight to the ear. I'm a little
<v Speaker 2>hardcore that way.
<v Speaker 1>Wow.
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, yeah, yeah.
<v Speaker 3>I bet you gave a hell of her performance that
<v Speaker 3>night too.
<v Speaker 2>It was toward the end, and it served me well
<v Speaker 2>toward the air.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's funny how that works. I remember I was
<v Speaker 3>in a was in an acting class one time, and
<v Speaker 3>it was a weird acting class. Honestly, looking back at it.
<v Speaker 1>They are they all are, they all are.
<v Speaker 3>They all are, but this one particular one. We would
<v Speaker 3>do like little shows like little like one acts for
<v Speaker 3>like the rest of the class, and it was like,
<v Speaker 3>it was weird to me because it was like meant
<v Speaker 3>to be training for like film and television, but then
<v Speaker 3>we're doing like a little one acts in I don't
<v Speaker 3>know that that's good. The act Yeah, the acting coach
<v Speaker 3>was kind of just like I think it was his
<v Speaker 3>little like fun little projects, like I get to choose
<v Speaker 3>scenes and you know, you guys get it performed for me.
<v Speaker 3>And like he was very flamboyant.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we saw him. I think he brought him to
<v Speaker 1>life there.
<v Speaker 3>But if this one performance these this it's a couple.
<v Speaker 3>It's like a one act of like a couple in
<v Speaker 3>an apartment, and you know, things are getting hot and heavy,
<v Speaker 3>and there's one moment where the girl slams her hand
<v Speaker 3>on the table and there was a real champagne glass
<v Speaker 3>like we weren't using plastics and just blood everywhere. And
<v Speaker 3>right at that moment was a stage direction where all
<v Speaker 3>the lights go black and then the lights come back
<v Speaker 3>up and they're hooking up. You know, they're like hooking up.
<v Speaker 3>It's like meant to insinuate, you know, like you know
<v Speaker 3>you don't want to see that, and boom, smashes, lights
<v Speaker 3>go out, lights come back up. This guy's in a
<v Speaker 3>white dread shirt, white dress shirt, covered in blood, covered
<v Speaker 3>in blood life and they just kept going, kept going,
<v Speaker 3>kept going, and it was so compelling and everybody's sitting there,
<v Speaker 3>like I love that. God, this is like so real,
<v Speaker 3>and people are like ten feet away from you, you know,
<v Speaker 3>like do you need help? And like just ignored it,
<v Speaker 3>kept doing it.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's what they call a trooper.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.
<v Speaker 3>One of my favorite professors used to always say, like,
<v Speaker 3>I love featers so much. I want to be in
<v Speaker 3>the front row and field their spit. I want to
<v Speaker 3>field their I.
<v Speaker 2>Might not want their spit. I want to field their energy.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah maybe not, maybe not, or the blood.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but you know, you guys both know people that
<v Speaker 3>are so into that. You know that it's like I
<v Speaker 3>on every you know, smell the sweat. I want that.
<v Speaker 3>It's like Shakespearean. You know, they used to have a
<v Speaker 3>audience members on stage at the Globe. You know, they
<v Speaker 3>used to do performances and they'd be right there and
<v Speaker 3>it's some crazy, crazy, you know, experimental theater. I've been
<v Speaker 3>to a show that was inside a girl's apartment and
<v Speaker 3>like I have thirty people and they had all these
<v Speaker 3>couches in there and it was like interactive and kind
<v Speaker 3>of uncomfortable. But that's like theater, you know.
<v Speaker 2>Oh gosh, you're reminding me Chris One time I did this.
<v Speaker 2>It was not maybe it was the Fringe Festival here,
<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, you are reminding me I've done Oh
<v Speaker 2>at the Fringe Festival. I went to a play that
<v Speaker 2>was in a trailer that was really fun. And then
<v Speaker 2>here I did the Fringe Festival and this was kind
<v Speaker 2>of cool. It was down at La TC was I
<v Speaker 2>can't remember, but it was. They were car plays, and
<v Speaker 2>so people would go to these different cars and they
<v Speaker 2>would come in our car and they would sit in
<v Speaker 2>the front seat and then we would do the play.
<v Speaker 2>It was really fun and so we did that for
<v Speaker 2>a little series and it was.
<v Speaker 1>It was.
<v Speaker 2>It was actually very well written and uh, just a
<v Speaker 2>trip to kind of do live theaters so close that
<v Speaker 2>they're in the front seat, and I remember it was
<v Speaker 2>kind of a doomsday sort of play where it was apocalyptic.
<v Speaker 2>Oh god, yeah, yeah, it was. So it was feel good,
<v Speaker 2>feel good.
<v Speaker 1>You always remember Tony and Tina's wedding, Yes, it was that.
<v Speaker 1>It was. It was the rub was that you were
<v Speaker 1>invited to a wedding reception. That's right, Tony and Tina.
<v Speaker 1>Tony and Tina got married. They were from Jersey and look,
<v Speaker 1>let me tell you something. You know, and it was everybody,
<v Speaker 1>the whole family is kind of like that. And and
<v Speaker 1>and you go to the men's room and two of
<v Speaker 1>the bridesmaids come running in. All right, go ahead, you
<v Speaker 1>just go ahead, do it, do whatever you want. If
<v Speaker 1>I don't fix these eyelashes, I'm gonna go out on
<v Speaker 1>my fricking mind. Over here, that's all right, baby, I'm
<v Speaker 1>gonna help. You know. Her mother's over there. Go ahead
<v Speaker 1>talking saying, oh, you know, and I love that. And
<v Speaker 1>it was it was hysterical, you know, and I think
<v Speaker 1>I just went I just thought it was the damnedest
<v Speaker 1>thing in the world. And it kind of reminds it
<v Speaker 1>cut from that same cloth, like you were talking about,
<v Speaker 1>you know, can't can't do that in animation, but uh huh,
<v Speaker 1>but yeah, that would be fun. Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>I I never saw that. I wish I didn't. I
<v Speaker 2>didn't know it was so interactive like that.
<v Speaker 1>It was pretty wild. That was the thing for a while.
<v Speaker 1>There was another one. I can't think of the name
<v Speaker 1>of it, but it was really anyway, a lot of fun. Sorry. Yes,
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<v Speaker 3>I've always thought that they I'm sorry, I'm talking so
<v Speaker 3>much in this episode. Whatever, please whatever, fire me. Oh,
<v Speaker 3>I can't even remember. I was gonna.
<v Speaker 1>Say, well, that is good.
<v Speaker 3>I've always thought that they should do that. You know,
<v Speaker 3>they're talking about movie theaters dying right less and less
<v Speaker 3>people are going to the movie. I always thought, like,
<v Speaker 3>why don't they incorporate, like make a movie and there's
<v Speaker 3>like a couple parts that are outside of the.
<v Speaker 2>Screen Rocky Horror Picture show.
<v Speaker 3>Yes, and then like you can get like all these
<v Speaker 3>local theater students or actors you know, some work at least,
<v Speaker 3>you know, and go and like play this part in
<v Speaker 3>the movie, you know where it's like somehow you interact
<v Speaker 3>with the screen or yeah, you know, something cuts off
<v Speaker 3>and then there's a spotlight. Ladies and gentlemen, you know,
<v Speaker 3>don't panic Universal Studios like they would do that with
<v Speaker 3>like the Terminator show. Remembering Yes, what a great show
<v Speaker 3>where like water World on most there's not really a screen,
<v Speaker 3>but you know.
<v Speaker 2>What splash people with water, get buckets of water, the
<v Speaker 2>hose and the beer.
<v Speaker 1>That was quite the experience Avatar. They did that with Avatar,
<v Speaker 1>was it?
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, that's it the Disney World disney World Water Yeah,
<v Speaker 3>likes misting.
<v Speaker 1>It was really interesting. You know. The the conceit is
<v Speaker 1>that you're on the back of your critter of those dragons. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>and you're flying and then you go down through you
<v Speaker 1>always almost always hit your head on a on a
<v Speaker 1>one of the overhangs. Did that, and then when the
<v Speaker 1>water on the screen splashes, you get splashed. I don't
<v Speaker 1>know how the hell they get water to come perfectly
<v Speaker 1>on you. Then you go through the the orchids over
<v Speaker 1>there and and it smeuths great, it's fresh flowers and
<v Speaker 1>it's kind of interesting.
<v Speaker 3>And you can feeling breathing. Yeah, and it's like on
<v Speaker 3>your legs, on your thighs, like expanding and contract. Oh god,
<v Speaker 3>it's wild wow.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, scratch technology.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was good stuff.
<v Speaker 3>So you're on Broadway, you're doing your thing on Broadway.
<v Speaker 3>When does voice acting come into your career?
<v Speaker 2>You know, what's interesting is, again from that whole experience
<v Speaker 2>with that agent on the plane, I started as on camera. However,
<v Speaker 2>my very first gig was a voiceover gig. So they
<v Speaker 2>did a cartoon which was on Fox at the time,
<v Speaker 2>called Little Shop, which was based off of Little Shop
<v Speaker 2>of Horrors. Me, yeah, exactly. So they they had their cast,
<v Speaker 2>and anybody who knows what with voiceover, sometimes you do
<v Speaker 2>voice matchings, right, you do voice match So what happened
<v Speaker 2>was the young girl who was playing the character of
<v Speaker 2>Audrey couldn't sing, so they wanted a real singer to
<v Speaker 2>come in. So I matched that voice profile of this
<v Speaker 2>young girl who was doing the voice of Audrey. So
<v Speaker 2>I came in and I sang all the songs for
<v Speaker 2>the show. And that was my very first gig, no kidding, Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I think I was sixteen at this.
<v Speaker 1>It's not a bad intro.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So, actually, somebody a few weeks ago brought a
<v Speaker 2>collage of a Little Shop. They made a collage of
<v Speaker 2>that cartoon, and that's what I mean. Sometimes it's so
<v Speaker 2>strange that they know history about maybe who you are
<v Speaker 2>or your work. But I was so surprised. Yeah, it
<v Speaker 2>was really that was my first gig. Well, I lie.
<v Speaker 2>My first gig I meant right, I think I did
<v Speaker 2>a show. It wasn't a voiceover gig. I forget about this.
<v Speaker 2>I did a variety show for Disney and I think
<v Speaker 2>it was on cable. Maybe that was my first gig.
<v Speaker 2>But what I consider my real first gig was the
<v Speaker 2>Little Shop gig.
<v Speaker 1>Oh nice, Wow, you had two incredibly cool first gigs.
<v Speaker 1>Disney Broadway. No'll that'll do.
<v Speaker 2>I mean it's been a ride, that is for sure.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, no doubt about it. Well it's not over, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>not going to west far from over, far from.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah.
<v Speaker 1>And I get a kickout because we did some researcher
<v Speaker 1>had I did not know you were Jasmine from Aladdin?
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, so at the time, if you're familiar with
<v Speaker 2>California Adventure, which I'm sure you ays are right. So
<v Speaker 2>they opened the hyperi In Theater, which is a beautiful
<v Speaker 2>state of the art theater at at DCA, and what
<v Speaker 2>they wanted to do was they wanted to do a
<v Speaker 2>test run of Aladdin because they wanted to bring it
<v Speaker 2>to Broadway. And so what they did is when they
<v Speaker 2>opened that show at the hypeer In Theater, they brought
<v Speaker 2>Broadway caliber people to start the show, and so that's
<v Speaker 2>what happened. They brought they had It was an interesting
<v Speaker 2>configuration of how they set up the show because it's
<v Speaker 2>a park, but it's also corporate. But they wanted to
<v Speaker 2>test out the show, so they had multiple shows, but
<v Speaker 2>they hired Broadway people and then they did a little
<v Speaker 2>combination for different ensemble parts with local talent. And so
<v Speaker 2>for example, I was in one cast and then and
<v Speaker 2>then they had other Broadway actors fill into so there
<v Speaker 2>was a bunch of us. So when we started the show,
<v Speaker 2>that's who they cast and throughout you know, the period
<v Speaker 2>of time. They didn't know how long that show would run,
<v Speaker 2>but it lasted for a long time. But since then
<v Speaker 2>after I started the show and I had done it
<v Speaker 2>for a while, then I actually left because I got
<v Speaker 2>cast in Avenue Q, so I left to go do that.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean it was you know, now I
<v Speaker 2>can say I've been Jasmine and you can have sung
<v Speaker 2>a whole New World so many times you know in
<v Speaker 2>my sleep.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I bet.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that flying carpet, which is amazing to say, let's move,
<v Speaker 2>let's do it. Yeah, so that was fun.
<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh, that's amazing. Yeah, well Scott and Linda,
<v Speaker 1>they everybody. They are quick to tell you, no, I
<v Speaker 1>don't sing no, no, I don't know. No, that's not me,
<v Speaker 1>you know. So it's it's fun. Yeah, it's fun because
<v Speaker 1>you get the gold record or if it goes gold,
<v Speaker 1>you know, if they do have a gold record.
<v Speaker 2>I know, I don't even know how I have it.
<v Speaker 2>I mean it was a compilation album. But yeah, but
<v Speaker 2>I get to have a gold record, which is fun.
<v Speaker 1>Yay, oh ray, Yes, yeah, I have a few of
<v Speaker 1>them too, and I can't take credit for any of
<v Speaker 1>them because I had nothing to do with it.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>I didn't write I didn't. I didn't, you know, I
<v Speaker 1>didn't either. I was a hired gun. Okay, you know,
<v Speaker 1>I'll take it. Yeah, it's still looks good on.
<v Speaker 2>The wall, it looks great. And you could say a
<v Speaker 2>gold record, which is fun. You know, I don't have
<v Speaker 2>anything to do with it.
<v Speaker 3>But what are you going to mean you have nothing
<v Speaker 3>to do with it?
<v Speaker 1>Well, you didn't write it, you didn't. And for me,
<v Speaker 1>most of the time, I'm singing for someone else.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but that's the same thing as like pop stars,
<v Speaker 3>like a lot of pot like Britney Spears doesn't write
<v Speaker 3>her own music.
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, but she's still she's a performer, but a performer,
<v Speaker 6>you know, Like I think I think a lot of
<v Speaker 6>people get it confused that like singers aren't like there's
<v Speaker 6>a difference between a singer and a performer, you know,
<v Speaker 6>and a pop star, you know, like they're not necessarily
<v Speaker 6>doing all the which, like there's a huge team like
<v Speaker 6>marketing and choreography and you know, Beyonce has had like
<v Speaker 6>twenty one writers on an album. You know, like yeah,
<v Speaker 6>it's like a huge collaborative effort. But I'm not saying
<v Speaker 6>any of that to disparage any of these people, but like,
<v Speaker 6>you know, but I feel like there's not a big
<v Speaker 6>enough lens on like what a performer is, you know,
<v Speaker 6>like you can't just be a performer.
<v Speaker 3>You know. Britney Spears didn't have the best singing voice,
<v Speaker 3>but she was an amazing performer, right.
<v Speaker 2>I mean she knew how to capture that camera, right
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you see some behind the scenes stuff of her
<v Speaker 3>and she's like goofing around, goofing around action locked in.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's so cool to see that. Like we had
<v Speaker 3>Raven Simona on yesterday and like it's so fascinating to
<v Speaker 3>me to see, like she's fours who have been performers,
<v Speaker 3>like from the day they were born pretty much, you know,
<v Speaker 3>and it's like they can just snap like snap into
<v Speaker 3>the snap out of it. Like it's fascinating to me.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think there was speaking of Raven just to
<v Speaker 1>just on that point home. I think there was what
<v Speaker 1>a year in her life where she wasn't performing.
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, like her oldest memories. She doesn't even remember
<v Speaker 3>not being on camera.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, she can't remember what it was like to be
<v Speaker 1>in show business, right, it was boomed, like literally no
<v Speaker 1>memory of it, Like think about your oldest possible memory.
<v Speaker 2>It's just always been a part of her, I mean
<v Speaker 2>since she was I'm sure a baby.
<v Speaker 1>You know.
<v Speaker 2>It's really interesting. Yeah, so you developed this sort of
<v Speaker 2>personality like you're saying, where all of a sudden, you're
<v Speaker 2>on and you know how to turn it on and
<v Speaker 2>then you know how to turn it off if you've
<v Speaker 2>been doing it that long.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's for sure. You know, did you do? You
<v Speaker 1>have a lot of actors, a lot of musicians, singers
<v Speaker 1>or whatever in your family.
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's funny. I consider myself the odd man out,
<v Speaker 2>you know, Filipino. You know, all my relatives are lawyers,
<v Speaker 2>their doctors, their nurses, their business people. I'm the actor,
<v Speaker 2>the performer.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>But my mom says that when she was younger that
<v Speaker 2>she used to sing in the church choir, but not
<v Speaker 2>anything to this caliber. It's really me. Like I was
<v Speaker 2>at my niece's wedding a few weeks ago, and the
<v Speaker 2>family's like, oh, Jennifer, we're always watching you. We watch
<v Speaker 2>you since your age, you know. So it's like they
<v Speaker 2>always want to ask me about what I'm doing or
<v Speaker 2>following what I've done, what I've been doing. But yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty much the only one who yeah, has.
<v Speaker 1>Continued, Yeah, I'm the only weirdo. Well that's not true.
<v Speaker 1>I've got plenty of wardos in my family. What I
<v Speaker 1>mean by that, to clarify, is I'm the only wordo
<v Speaker 1>who did this same. Yeah, plenty of wardos.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I'm definitely weird. I mean, to be
<v Speaker 2>able to stay in this business.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well that's true, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, Well
<v Speaker 1>they're stuck with us, now.
<v Speaker 2>That's right. They can't get rid of us. I don't know,
<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna hold on.
<v Speaker 1>That's right, loose milk this sucker for right. Did I
<v Speaker 1>say that out loud? Oh?
<v Speaker 2>Okay, and I love it. You know that's all right.
<v Speaker 1>People edit that out. He said he's milking it. It's okay,
<v Speaker 1>it's all right.
<v Speaker 3>You know what's to do, Zach?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's don't cancel us, come on.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, but it's a There was a line about
<v Speaker 1>but you do that for a living. No, I do
<v Speaker 1>it to keep from starving.
<v Speaker 2>To death, exactly. You know, God, keep it real, that's
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. Oh my gosh, yeah, my unreal.
<v Speaker 1>Keep it unreal.
<v Speaker 3>We'll speaking of keeping it real. You mentioned earlier in
<v Speaker 3>the podcast that there's been moments in your career, which
<v Speaker 3>I think every actor experience is where you felt like
<v Speaker 3>giving up.
<v Speaker 2>Of course.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. What brings upon those moments is it like not booking?
<v Speaker 3>Is it?
<v Speaker 2>It's happening maybe two hundred auditions and getting rejected for
<v Speaker 2>almost every audition when you're with a fantastic agency and
<v Speaker 2>there's all this pressure. You know, I don't think enough
<v Speaker 2>people talk about it these days. Enough people don't talk
<v Speaker 2>about it these days, but especially with TikTok, because everybody
<v Speaker 2>wants to be insta famous.
<v Speaker 1>Oh sure, and I think, good.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, and some are some are which
<v Speaker 2>is great lucky for you.
<v Speaker 1>Great, I guess, but I you know, I think I
<v Speaker 1>think the trick for me. And I remember distinctly thinking
<v Speaker 1>this we were talking about earlier. I did the very
<v Speaker 1>first thing I did was Dumbo Circus and that was
<v Speaker 1>sixty five episodes. So I thought, well, that's pretty good.
<v Speaker 1>I'll have a living for a little over year. And
<v Speaker 1>then because you have to stop and think, well, what
<v Speaker 1>if I never And I remember thinking this, what if
<v Speaker 1>I never ever get another job? What if? What if?
<v Speaker 2>This is such a common thought.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, you're thank you. Oh yeah, well, you know,
<v Speaker 1>for me, I just thought that, you know, and I'm
<v Speaker 1>living in little Corona, California, and uh, and I thought, well,
<v Speaker 1>I guess at least I get to say I did
<v Speaker 1>that once, you know. And you think it's kind of
<v Speaker 1>a sad little thought to reminisce on because you don't know,
<v Speaker 1>you don't know, you just don't know, especially for all
<v Speaker 1>I did was voiceover. Of course I sang, but it's
<v Speaker 1>same thing. And because they're they're coming up with people
<v Speaker 1>left right and center, who can who are looking for
<v Speaker 1>your job? And and they're looking for the same job
<v Speaker 1>that you're hoping is your next job, right, and then
<v Speaker 1>one after that. And it's and and I mean even
<v Speaker 1>since I've been in the business that we're we're joking
<v Speaker 1>about it. A prior U there were like ten people
<v Speaker 1>who made a living just doing voiceover and it's like,
<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh. And I used to joke around, well,
<v Speaker 1>anybody can make it if they get to use their face.
<v Speaker 1>Thank God I didn't have to rely on my face.
<v Speaker 1>But but it's just that that mindset, you don't know,
<v Speaker 1>and especially just doing voiceover. Yeah, and you know, you
<v Speaker 1>have those dark knights at the soul and it's like,
<v Speaker 1>oh wait, wait, I just had a kid. I have
<v Speaker 1>to feed this little weasel, you know, you know, so
<v Speaker 1>uh you know, but but we but we're still here.
<v Speaker 1>Good And I made it. I made it to retirement,
<v Speaker 1>although you could still hire me.
<v Speaker 2>That's right, we're not done yet.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, not really retired. Retired, yeah, because retired in this
<v Speaker 1>business means you just hit finally, hit sixty five or
<v Speaker 1>whatever time you want to take your retirement, and then
<v Speaker 1>you go home, you get that check and then hope
<v Speaker 1>you get out there and get others because you can
<v Speaker 1>still work like my dad, you know, the gang back
<v Speaker 1>in the Aungstown, Ohio they retire from the steel mill. Wow,
<v Speaker 1>they're not hoping. God, I hope I get to go
<v Speaker 1>to the steel milling about put it in. No, maybe just
<v Speaker 1>like fifteen hours next week. No, you don't want to
<v Speaker 1>do that, Yeah, but we do, Yeah, we do want
<v Speaker 1>to do that. Yeah.
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I mean it's been interesting because when things
<v Speaker 2>started shifting for me with on cameraon all those sorts
<v Speaker 2>of things, I decided I want to get I wanted
<v Speaker 2>to get back into voiceover. And it wasn't happening right away.
<v Speaker 2>But I had this really strong vision that I would
<v Speaker 2>say every day that you know, I want to be
<v Speaker 2>on uh an animated series and video Like it was
<v Speaker 2>really specific how I put that into my vision. Over
<v Speaker 2>time that started to happen.
<v Speaker 1>And now is that like the secret? I mean, like
<v Speaker 1>the quote unquote secret because I've read that book Logge.
<v Speaker 2>Oh I did read that. Yeah, I mean I think
<v Speaker 2>I had to just start shifting my brain activity because again,
<v Speaker 2>you know, as an on camera actor, when everything started
<v Speaker 2>changing and I thought, oh my gosh, it's not happening here,
<v Speaker 2>Well what else can you do? You know, you don't
<v Speaker 2>have to stop that, but you do have other skills
<v Speaker 2>in this area. And it just seemed like it was
<v Speaker 2>something that was really fun that I wanted to get
<v Speaker 2>into and uh that I thought could be just some
<v Speaker 2>thing that was lucrative, you know. So yeah, I just
<v Speaker 2>put it out there for a very long time. And
<v Speaker 2>so now I'm like, Okay, now what do I want
<v Speaker 2>to manifest? You know, what do I really want to
<v Speaker 2>get clear on? What do I want the second half
<v Speaker 2>of my life to look like? Do I want, you
<v Speaker 2>you know, can I do a career like Jim Cummings?
<v Speaker 2>Can you know what I mean? Can I, you know,
<v Speaker 2>work past my retirement and and how does that look like?
<v Speaker 2>How do I really want it to look? You know?
<v Speaker 2>I I think I want to get more behind the
<v Speaker 2>scenes sort of things, like because I like to produce things,
<v Speaker 2>you know, so I've kind of dabbled in that, but
<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's tiresome. Oh my gosh, it is a
<v Speaker 2>tiresome into.
<v Speaker 1>It's actual work.
<v Speaker 2>It's actual work. But yeah, yeah, so you know, to
<v Speaker 2>each as, but yeah, I like creating things and I
<v Speaker 2>like to see how things, you know, come to life.
<v Speaker 2>So doing my voice over work and doing conventions has
<v Speaker 2>helped me, you know, provide financially to just do something
<v Speaker 2>small projects that I really wanted to do.
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, that's nice. Yeah, anything we should be on
<v Speaker 1>the lookout for. You know.
<v Speaker 2>I've been producing the past couple of years concerts for
<v Speaker 2>the TV show I used to be on because people
<v Speaker 2>love nostalgia, you know, And it hasn't been the easiest road,
<v Speaker 2>but it's been a fulfilling road when I see what
<v Speaker 2>it produces and see how people react to it. Like
<v Speaker 2>we have a lot of fans in the UK and
<v Speaker 2>they've flown to the States to come and see the concerts.
<v Speaker 2>And even at conventions, people come up to me and say,
<v Speaker 2>are you going to be doing any more things?
<v Speaker 1>Are you?
<v Speaker 2>And I tell them I've been producing these things, but
<v Speaker 2>I'm a one woman show. You know, I need some
<v Speaker 2>power behind me.
<v Speaker 3>So do you perform in the concerts?
<v Speaker 1>I do.
<v Speaker 2>So it's like I perform. I wrangle all my castmates,
<v Speaker 2>you know, which is interesting because we've known each other
<v Speaker 2>since we've been in our twenties, or like my brothers
<v Speaker 2>and sisters. But then when I step into this position,
<v Speaker 2>it's you know, I'm like, you guys get off my back,
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. But it's it's still it's
<v Speaker 2>it's like we're family, but too when I step into
<v Speaker 2>that position, it could be interesting. Yeah, I'll just keep
<v Speaker 2>it at that interesting interesting.
<v Speaker 3>Do you know? Do you know Susan Egan? I know
<v Speaker 3>of her, Yes, Yeah's You're Striking Me is very similar
<v Speaker 3>to her very musical theater. She also produces concerts with
<v Speaker 3>like Jilby Benson, and they do like a bunch of
<v Speaker 3>you know, Disney. Yeah, what's the word for it when
<v Speaker 3>they do like a whole bunch of different movie songs. Yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I can't think of the word. Amalgamation, compilation of interesting
<v Speaker 3>it Okay, you know. So they'll do like all these
<v Speaker 3>Disney songs and put on concerts like that and stuff.
<v Speaker 1>Fun.
<v Speaker 3>You should try and get in touch with her about
<v Speaker 3>you guys would come up with something really cool.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, so that would be I mean, I just
<v Speaker 2>love to learn from people's experiences around that, because even
<v Speaker 2>though you know, I have ideas, you got to know
<v Speaker 2>what's worked for people and and you know what road
<v Speaker 2>they've taken, because you could really learn from that.
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<v Speaker 3>I think it's time that we play a game.
<v Speaker 2>Oh gosh, games, Yes, what games are? Are are we
<v Speaker 2>getting into here?
<v Speaker 3>This is the game. It's the voice swap the old.
<v Speaker 2>Great Okay okay.
<v Speaker 3>So how this game works is Jim can start.
<v Speaker 1>Basically, you take a character, one of your favorite characters,
<v Speaker 1>and come up with a catchphrase. There's always a catch
<v Speaker 1>phrase or something that tags that individual character separates them
<v Speaker 1>from the like for me, Dark Wing Dug would be
<v Speaker 1>let's get dangerous, or I am the terror that flaps
<v Speaker 1>in the night or you know that type of thing,
<v Speaker 1>and then you do it in your character, and then
<v Speaker 1>you come up with one of your characters expressions and
<v Speaker 1>then tell me to do it in one of my characters.
<v Speaker 1>And so it's it's the oldie voice swap.
<v Speaker 2>Okay okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
<v Speaker 1>Can compose yourself. Isn't that a thing? What do people do?
<v Speaker 1>Actors do all this in the corner and they jump
<v Speaker 1>up and down.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. No, so.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know new York, you need New York. You
<v Speaker 3>know you love unique, you York unique.
<v Speaker 2>You see, I can't even do it.
<v Speaker 1>Okay, how about got a bet it? But I got
<v Speaker 1>to get a good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood,
<v Speaker 1>good blood beds. Okay, great, Okay, go ahead, try this
<v Speaker 1>at home. I usually say, don't try this at home,
<v Speaker 1>but do it, but try Yeah, take that. Okay? So
<v Speaker 1>should should I go first?
<v Speaker 4>Yes?
<v Speaker 2>So you could lead the way, so I could I
<v Speaker 2>could see what we're doing here, what I'm getting myself into.
<v Speaker 1>The wonderful thing about tiggers, it's tiggers. They are wonderful things.
<v Speaker 1>And don't forget to spit.
<v Speaker 2>So now I say, oh gosh, Now you pick.
<v Speaker 1>A character and and and you repeat the wonderful thing
<v Speaker 1>about tigers. Tigers are wonderful things.
<v Speaker 2>The wonderful thing about tiggers is tiggers are wonderful things.
<v Speaker 3>Yes, which character is that? That?
<v Speaker 2>Suky? I mean, I had to I had to warm
<v Speaker 2>up into her. But you know, I once it's funny
<v Speaker 2>because when you gris like, oh, that's the character I
<v Speaker 2>wanted Jim to do.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there was a song called sukiyaki un that's nobody
<v Speaker 1>knows that song but me. We're moving right along.
<v Speaker 3>What does Suki say? What she's known for saying?
<v Speaker 2>Okay, So because you did tigger m h jim mm hmmm.
<v Speaker 2>The quote that I get asked to write the most
<v Speaker 2>is I am a warrior, but I'm a girl too.
<v Speaker 1>Wait, she didn't say mine quote. You have to say
<v Speaker 1>mine first.
<v Speaker 2>I did, but I said you're lying.
<v Speaker 1>I know, but I wanted to hear Okay, okay, okay,
<v Speaker 1>but give me what do I have to say?
<v Speaker 2>I am a warrior.
<v Speaker 1>I was afraid you were going to say that.
<v Speaker 2>I am a warrior. Oh, but I'm going to add
<v Speaker 2>something to him to make it perfect, to make it
<v Speaker 2>even more heightened.
<v Speaker 1>Even uh huh.
<v Speaker 2>I am a warrior, but I'm a girl too.
<v Speaker 1>I think that should be task responded, I am a warrior,
<v Speaker 1>but I'm a girl too. Don't try that a go ahead,
<v Speaker 1>try wash. That was great. That's pretty good. I was
<v Speaker 1>unexpected to von mott.
<v Speaker 3>I feel like you have to do dark wing ducks
<v Speaker 3>since you're adorning the purple today.
<v Speaker 1>That is true. Yeah, I do have that. Okay, well
<v Speaker 1>here I'll throw some dark wing duck at you and
<v Speaker 1>I'll let you figure out who I am, the Terror
<v Speaker 1>that flaps in the night.
<v Speaker 2>Okay, So now I'm doing I'm the terror who flaps
<v Speaker 2>in the night. I'm trying to think what caaracter I
<v Speaker 2>should do. Oh, I'll do I'll do a Disney character
<v Speaker 2>that I'm doing right now. I am the tear flaps
<v Speaker 2>in the night.
<v Speaker 1>That was really.
<v Speaker 2>Cute, so I play. So I'm doing this. Uh, I'm
<v Speaker 2>doing super Kitties, which super Kitties is super cute and
<v Speaker 2>once in a while people well they're super cute, but
<v Speaker 2>it's on Disney Junior, so I kept it in the family.
<v Speaker 2>So that character's name was Biscuit.
<v Speaker 1>Bis Biscuit super grit. Yeah, well what a shock. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>and of course she is if she's you super Kitties.
<v Speaker 3>Is that is that like anime?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, no, it's animation. It's on Disney Junior.
<v Speaker 3>It's what was We had a guy last week, remember
<v Speaker 3>that YouTuber I forget his name, Yes, I know. He
<v Speaker 3>was talking about something kind of like I think he
<v Speaker 3>said super kitties. Oh, maybe yes, but it's not drawn
<v Speaker 3>like anime.
<v Speaker 2>It's they're uh, I'm trying to think they're real. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know.
<v Speaker 1>It's not like it's not with the big.
<v Speaker 2>It is with the big eyes, big eyes, real colorful.
<v Speaker 2>It's it's really for the toddlers. So it's it's kind
<v Speaker 2>of like mmmm, like a like the Gabby's dollhouse, look
<v Speaker 2>like real colorful, real big.
<v Speaker 1>Track the little ones. Well, we'll see if if little
<v Speaker 1>Jackson likes it. Yeah, we'll find out.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah grandson, Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>We'll see what happens. Thank you.
<v Speaker 3>So, so wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
<v Speaker 3>wait wait I just wanted to hear your chun lead.
<v Speaker 2>Oh here, oh boy, okay, okay, I'm gonna give you
<v Speaker 2>two lines. Are you? Are you playing street Fighter six?
<v Speaker 3>Have not yet? I have not yet?
<v Speaker 2>You better main chun lead. That's what I'm saying. When
<v Speaker 2>you do okay, okay, so okay, So what she says
<v Speaker 2>to get started is ready then show me or keep cooking.
<v Speaker 2>All right, anybody who knows street Fighter you're going to
<v Speaker 2>know it.
<v Speaker 1>Take it away.
<v Speaker 2>I think you should get totally.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you want me to do it?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?
<v Speaker 1>The game? Now? Ready?
<v Speaker 3>Okay, what was the What was the line the first one?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the first okay, so both whenever she starts the
<v Speaker 2>game with the op when she's getting ready, ready, then
<v Speaker 2>show me.
<v Speaker 3>Ready, then show me that was the other word. That's
<v Speaker 3>the other word. Keep going, keep coking.
<v Speaker 2>You could be a part of Street Fighter.
<v Speaker 1>Not there you go and all of a sudden, all
<v Speaker 1>the doors opened. That's right, there was some magical.
<v Speaker 3>That's my gus. That's my gus from Kung Fu Cow.
<v Speaker 3>We're working on a cartoon right now.
<v Speaker 2>That's cute.
<v Speaker 3>But then you have to do it too, Jim, it'd
<v Speaker 3>be a disservice the same thing.
<v Speaker 4>Okay, okay, ready, ready, then show me okay ready, then
<v Speaker 4>show me pastoi. I don't think that was the I
<v Speaker 4>might have screwed up the ending.
<v Speaker 2>No, it's perfect, it's perfect.
<v Speaker 3>And then the Japanese is a Japanese word. What's that mean?
<v Speaker 2>It's like a kick? Oh yeah, exactly, surekan yeah yeah, Shakira.
<v Speaker 1>I don't know.
<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay, let's hear poods speak some Japanese.
<v Speaker 1>Then I'll tell you I've seen poo some of the
<v Speaker 1>Japanese and he sounds like he's piste off. Oh show
<v Speaker 1>know you you know, and it's always like one word
<v Speaker 1>that pop shot that that doesn't translate.
<v Speaker 2>You're wondering what's happening there? Yeah, very interesting, very interesting.
<v Speaker 3>Quick, is there anything that you want to announce, per Bo,
<v Speaker 3>anything else? Traveling where people can find you.
<v Speaker 2>Let's see the things that I will just say. The
<v Speaker 2>thing that I probably can announce now because they have
<v Speaker 2>just released it is tune into Squid Game the challenge
<v Speaker 2>if you guys are Squid Game reality TV show junkies,
<v Speaker 2>because I will be torturing more people as the narrator
<v Speaker 2>of the show. I know it was. It was. It's
<v Speaker 2>real fun. The first season game. Yeah, and they love
<v Speaker 2>what I do because I'm cruel with pleasure. Yes, yes,
<v Speaker 2>which is very fun. But yeah, a lot of people,
<v Speaker 2>even some of my best friends, didn't know I was
<v Speaker 2>the voice for that, and so yeah.
<v Speaker 1>That's great.
<v Speaker 2>Here we go the season two coming out November.
<v Speaker 3>Nice. Yeah, nice that show, Oh squid Game.
<v Speaker 2>Did you watch the reality show?
<v Speaker 3>I sure did. I watched all of them.
<v Speaker 2>So then you heard me torturing everybody. People didn't even
<v Speaker 2>know it was me. I had no idea, no, Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>and just a little tidbit. It was kind of cute.
<v Speaker 2>I did this convention last yeah, cute, torture love you.
<v Speaker 2>But some of the contestants were at the convention, so
<v Speaker 2>I when I did the concert, I produced that concert
<v Speaker 2>for California Dreams, and I was on stage and I said,
<v Speaker 2>I want to just say I want to kind of
<v Speaker 2>scare them. So they came to the show and I said,
<v Speaker 2>player three sixty five, you are eliminated, and they freaked
<v Speaker 2>out me. They didn't know it was me, and I
<v Speaker 2>didn't lost their minds. That's great, So we'll see so
<v Speaker 2>season two check it out. I'm going to torture you
<v Speaker 2>with so much love.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I love any variation of squid game. I love
<v Speaker 3>the Beast games. When he did it, you know, I
<v Speaker 3>forget what he called is you know, variation of squid game? Whatever? Yeah,
<v Speaker 3>I have one more question for you.
<v Speaker 2>Sure, I'm sorry. I keep going, Oh no, no, happy
<v Speaker 2>to be here.
<v Speaker 3>Are there a lot of people that when at conventions
<v Speaker 3>that come up in chun Lee cosplay?
<v Speaker 2>Oh they do?
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I need to find it.
<v Speaker 2>They look good too. I'm like, I gotta work out.
<v Speaker 2>I want to be able to stand with my leg
<v Speaker 2>up to my neck, you know. And they look good. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I do. I have cosplayed as Chun Lee you. Yes,
<v Speaker 2>no way, I have, and uh, it's quite the It's
<v Speaker 2>quite the cosplay because the woman who made my cosplay,
<v Speaker 2>she did the back with the ties, and so I'll
<v Speaker 2>be there for half an hour just waiting to get
<v Speaker 2>tied into my cosplay. But that's a fun one because
<v Speaker 2>I did not realize how iconic she is and so
<v Speaker 2>I didn't know, you know. And yeah, so when I cosplay,
<v Speaker 2>it's pretty fun.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, it's pretty fun period. Yeah, some of the
<v Speaker 1>people that do these things. Last week, we're here of
<v Speaker 1>place and a guy came as Galactis. I don't know
<v Speaker 1>if everybody out there knows who that is, but he's
<v Speaker 1>a gigantic world eater from the Marvel universe. Okay, and
<v Speaker 1>this guy was big enough to eat the auditorium and
<v Speaker 1>it was it was all with like styrofoam head yea
<v Speaker 1>and three foot stilts. Yeah, and it was amazing. I
<v Speaker 1>get the world of these comic CODs and conventions is incredible, incredible.
<v Speaker 3>Have you ever been to Dragon Con?
<v Speaker 2>Not yet?
<v Speaker 1>Oh man, Oh well, they would love you there.
<v Speaker 3>That's the most fazzy playing I've ever seen it. Mention
<v Speaker 3>it's like I fell out of place not being in
<v Speaker 3>cause play so many so many and like man, I
<v Speaker 3>saw like these guys they're like fifteen feet tall on stilts,
<v Speaker 3>like playing characters from like Warhammer forty k and like
<v Speaker 3>you just look at these costumes and it's like, yeah,
<v Speaker 3>the level of craftsmanship that goes into is incredible. It's
<v Speaker 3>like that I heard that they even used in Star Wars.
<v Speaker 3>You know what's that? What's that unit that they use
<v Speaker 3>the final first first? Yeah, Disney went to them and
<v Speaker 3>was like, hey, we need some more Stormtroopers. Can you
<v Speaker 3>guys supply your cause.
<v Speaker 2>You really are I mean again.
<v Speaker 1>There's a slight chance. They said yes, yeah, we'll do
<v Speaker 1>it for free.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, totally totally.
<v Speaker 1>Oh that's funny. Thanks again so much for being here.
<v Speaker 1>This is great.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.
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