Episode 179
Navigating the Film Industry: Bri Okamoto's Journey
In this engaging conversation, Bri shares her journey from a musical upbringing in Raleigh to her aspirations in the film industry. The discussion covers her experiences as a production assistant, the challenges of acting, and the importance of faith in navigating Hollywood. Bri emphasizes the significance of defining success on her own terms and the joy of pursuing her passion for acting. The conversation also touches on her upcoming projects and the balance between personal beliefs and professional aspirations.
Chapters
00:00 Setting the Scene: Behind the Camera
02:55 Introducing Bree: A Journey into Acting
06:05 Culinary Connections: Sushi and Personal Stories
08:49 Whiskey Tasting: A Toast to Creativity
11:56 Bree's Artistic Roots: Growing Up in a Musical Family
14:58 Navigating Pressure: The Weight of Expectations
17:52 Finding a Path: From Athletic Training to Film Studies
20:57 The Transition: From Production Assistant to Actor
24:09 The Role of a Producer: Understanding the Industry
26:59 Acting Aspirations: Bree's Journey to the Screen
30:09 Challenges in the Industry: Navigating Stereotypes
32:54 Faith and Film: Balancing Beliefs in Hollywood
35:51 Defining Success: The Journey Over the Destination
38:52 Upcoming Projects: Bree's Future in Film
41:52 Final Thoughts: Reflections on the Journey
Transcript
welcome back to the Whiskey and Wisdom podcast.
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:I'm Eric Constant co-host Chris
Kellum, and I'm with Tyler, y'all.
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:And after clearing a few NDAs and
talking to a few like cool people
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:in town, we have our special guest.
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:Ms.
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:Brie.
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:Bri: Hi.
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:Thank you guys so much for having me.
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:This has been a long time coming.
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:Tyler: Yeah, I think
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:Bri: we first got in contact like
six or seven months ago trying
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:to get this in the work, so I'm
happy to be here with you guys.
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:Tyler: I mean, the lawyers
get in the way sometimes,
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:Bri: you know those NDAs be tight.
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:Yes.
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:I can't really Gotta do can.
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:Tyler: And then we got freaked out
by like a random tropical storm and
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:then that just never panned out.
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:And I'm like, it ended up being
a beautiful day, but it's fine.
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:It's Wilmington.
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:Bri: Wilmington.
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:Summertime.
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:Yeah.
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:Hurricane to sun in 2.5
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:seconds.
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:Tyler: Right.
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:And you're busy just acting,
traveling, doing all the good stuff.
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:Bri: Life has been busy.
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:Life is great.
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:Life is good right now.
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:Tyler: I love that.
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:So question 'cause I'm gonna butcher it.
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:How do you say your last name?
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:Bri: Bri?
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:Oko.
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:Yes.
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:It's Japanese.
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:Tyler: Okay.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:The way you said OK Mato.
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:I was like, yeah, that's Japanese.
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:Bri: I know Brianna Heto
is, I say it very Asian.
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:Tyler: I love that you did very
well though, was just, yeah, I know.
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:Bri: I'm actually a fourth
generation Japanese.
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:Okay.
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:Okay.
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:So I did not grow up speaking
it in my household, but raised
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:with a lot of the culture.
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:A lot of every Sunday was
a sushi night at my house.
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:Oh, nice.
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:By my dad.
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:So
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:Tyler: I wouldn't mind that.
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:That's awesome.
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:Bri: Yeah.
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:It was a great way to grow
up expecting thinking.
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:Oh yeah.
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:Eating 40 pieces of zmi on a Sunday
night is totally fine and chill.
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:Tyler: Right.
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:So before we get into the whiskey, I have
to ask, what's your favorite sushi joint?
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:Bri: Ooh.
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:In town?
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:Yeah.
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:Tyler: Mm-hmm.
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:Bri: Ooh.
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:You know, even though I didn't have
I, Tokyo 1 0 1, I'll say Tokyo 1 0 1.
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:I will say I worked there for a week.
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:Okay.
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:And quit and cried and left, but
I still go back and get the food.
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:It's still really good sushi.
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:So
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:Tyler: nice.
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:It
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:Bri: wasn't a great place for me to
work, but I still stand by their sushi.
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:When I was working there at the
time, they had tuna in the back that
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:they were slicing the heads off of
and like actually very fresh, fresh
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:tuna, which is the most important.
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:Tyler: Oh, wow.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Everyone always like thinks down
on Tokyo 1 0 1 for some reason.
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:And, but I still stand by
it too for, for two reasons.
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:One, because the sushi's really
good, and two, everyone goes
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:to the other place in town.
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:And sometimes I don't wanna talk to people
and everyone knows me when I go there.
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:Yeah.
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:So when you go
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:Bri: downtown, it's a two
be seen kind of night.
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:Definitely.
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:See
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:Tyler: we go, my wife works on
this side of town and we don't
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:wanna see anybody she works with.
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:So we'll always go to
the point and go to Nori.
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:I haven't been there yet.
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:I'm like, I haven't been there either.
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:I'm like, I just like it 'cause
it's, it's a vibe and I can
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:go watch a movie afterwards.
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:Similar to Tokyo.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:But there's more natural lighting
and it makes me feel like, oh.
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:This isn't a dive bar.
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:Yeah.
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:That's what gets me outta Tokyo.
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:Like, the food's great, but it is so dark.
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:It's dark in there.
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:Sure.
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:I'm like, are you, are
we hiding something?
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:Yeah, we're
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:Bri: hiding the secret.
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:Good Food guys.
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:Secret recipe.
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:Don't let 'em know.
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:Tyler: So the secret recipe to
a great episode is some whiskey.
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:Got it.
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:Right here, Brie is trying
the High West Rendezvous.
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:Rendezvous, which we
had on our last episode.
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:Got it.
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:For Tyler.
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:'cause he's a Rye fan.
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:I am.
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:He said it's, what did you say?
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:Top favorites.
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:Yeah.
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:It's definitely on the top.
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:Favorite of the rise for sure.
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:It's not as spicy as what some
rises are, so it's a good blend.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Which is nice.
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:And I'm just a big high West fan.
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:Almost everything that they come out with,
I'm, I'm a big fan of so High Western Rye.
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:It's the way to go.
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:I don't like rye at all.
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:And this is drinkable for me.
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:Hmm.
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:Bri: I'm excited to try it.
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:It's, I do love a little sip
of whiskey every now and then.
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:And I was telling the guys I do not
normally drink because as an actor,
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:our skin and not aging is the most
important thing I can do right now.
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:But I do like a little sip of
whiskey every now and then.
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:Of
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:Tyler: course.
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:And then she's also gonna try
with me the six and 20 Carolina
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:Cream very controversial name.
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:'cause it is made in South Carolina.
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:Bri: Oh, they're, and
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:Tyler: not see you.
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:Even the thought in your head
was like, oh, the thought
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:Bri: of South Carolina
being called Carolina.
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:I'm like, oh, I didn't know
they were allowed to do that.
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:Tyler: See, we're glad you said that.
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:See, that's the question.
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:So we'll let you try.
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:Bri: Okay.
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:I'm gonna go with our rye first.
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:Okay.
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:Tyler: So this one is.
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:A little bit spicy, has some cinnamon,
has some cherry, apparently there's
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:some plumb notes on the nose.
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:That's really
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:Bri: nice.
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:Very, very smooth.
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:Very.
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:I do like the spice of it too.
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:I feel that cherry in there.
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:At first it was very, very
sweet and then it kind of does
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:warm up to that Nice wiseness.
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:I like that.
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:I'm gonna give that one 8.5
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:out 10.
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:Tyler: Okay.
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:That's very good.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Does, does this give you like
sitting around a campfire vibe?
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:Bri: This is better than
sitting around a campfire vibes.
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:This is a little bit better than
the wild Turkey handle that I
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:might be sipping around a campfire.
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:So, you know, this is, this is elevated.
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:Okay.
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:This
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:Tyler: is like sitting in a yurt.
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:Bri: Yeah.
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:This is giving, you know, after a
long day of shooting on set a little
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:closer with some good friends and
some crew, you know, that might be
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:the time I sip some, sip some whiskey.
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:Tyler: I like that.
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:Nice.
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:And then for me, I'm.
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:Cheers it up with this one
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:Bri: cheer.
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:Cheers.
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:Tyler: I get you.
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:Thank you sir.
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:I just really like the Carolina Cream.
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:So many comments to that one.
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:I know.
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:Bri: Ooh, very like vanilla E in the,
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:Tyler: it's like melted ice cream.
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:It does taste exactly
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:Bri: like melted ice cream.
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:That's a great way of putting it.
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:Alright, I'll give this one.
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:Seven outta 10.
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:Tyler: Yeah.
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:And just very different.
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:So like, if you're expecting
whiskey, this probably isn't the
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:first thing that you think of.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:But it's different.
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:It's fun.
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:To add this to coffee I
think would be very nice.
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:Yeah.
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:Bri: I think this with coffee
or this over some ice cream or
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:something that it needs to do.
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:Tyler: So this one, I don't know
if you broke it down previously.
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:So it's a blend of the five
grand bourbon, uh mm-hmm.
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:With natural cream,
rum and several spices.
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:So that's why
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:Bri: giving the eggnog,
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:Tyler: yes.
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:Yes.
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:Yep.
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:So there's definitely vanilla
cream and cocoa notes.
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:That's perfect.
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:Different drink.
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:Yeah.
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:So I'll be sipping on this for
a little while while you tell
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:us a little bit about yourself.
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:Bri: A little about Brie.
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:Let's see.
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:I grew up in Raleigh.
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:Okay.
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:I was raised by two wonderful artistic
musical parents and the whole wide world.
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:My father is the world's fastest drummer.
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:No way On record.
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:The fast.
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:Like it's insane.
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:Tyler: That's incredible.
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:He
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:Bri: has been touring around
being the world's fastest drummer
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:since I was like 10 years old.
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:So my whole life I grew
up with a rockstar father.
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:Yeah, nice.
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:And somebody who was the best in the
world at something, pressure was on.
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:And then my mom is, plays every
single instrument on the planet.
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:She is the most musical genius ever.
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:She is in two rock bands currently and
all girls rock band that she started,
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:and then a rock band with a bunch of
guys where they do a bunch of like covers
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:and rolling stones and stuff like that.
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:My mom is also a musical theater
director, so we were raised,
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:homeschooled, me and my sister.
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:So every moment of our lives was
consumed with Christian musical theater
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:or music, or just being the nerdiest,
dorkiest, homeschool kids on the
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:block and running around the woods.
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:Tyler: What's Christian musical theater?
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:Bri: Yeah.
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:So my mom wrote all
Christian musical theater.
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:So imagine like the productions
that they do at Megachurches.
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:Okay, okay.
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:You know, the vacation Bible
schools, the skits and plays
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:and songs that she would do.
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:She would write original ones.
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:And we did go to mega church growing up.
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:So, you know, I was thrown on stage
probably at like three or four.
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:Oh wow.
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:You know, expected to sing and
dance and act and I loved it.
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:I thought it was the most normal thing in
the world to, you know, be running around
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:church, you know, three or four times a
week and be singing and dancing and praise
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:Jesus and you know, acting on stage.
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:So that's really where I got my kind of.
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:Acting start.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Is, you know, in my DNAI
was really born with it.
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:And you know, me and my sister
were both homeschooled together
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:until I went to high school.
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:So all of our time was just free
time to consume the arts and really
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:just dive into our passions, which
was such an incredible childhood.
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:At the time, I thought
I was being cheated out.
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:I thought it was torture.
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:I would sit at the window and watch
the school bus drive by every day.
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:Cry.
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:I mean, like, mommy, please, I
just gonna ride the school bus.
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:And she'd be like, no, we're staying home.
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:And you know, but now well, did you
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:Tyler: know that was the dungeon?
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:Yes.
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:Little did I
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:Bri: know that they were saving
me from something, you know?
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:Very, very, very different.
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:So yeah, we grew up just
a lot of time together.
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:A lot of time working on music
and dancing and things like that.
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:Yeah.
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:Tyler: What instruments do you play then?
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:Bri: So that's the saddest part is
that both of my parents are musical
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:geniuses, but the the stress and
the pressure, like when your dad's
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:the world's fastest drummer, what
are you gonna be the world's second,
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:you know, fastest You could play the
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:Tyler: recorder.
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:I could have played
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:Bri: the recorder so fast, but there
was always so much pressure on us to
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:instantly, I remember my first drum
lesson and everyone to, sorry dad, but
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:I didn't know how to read music yet.
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:And he just assumed that I should
know how to read music as like,
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:you know, a four or 5-year-old.
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:And I can just remember, you know,
my dad's taught hundreds and hundreds
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:and hundreds of people and then
five minutes with me, he throws
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:the sticks and like storms out and
I'm crying in there and he's like,
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:alright, we're not doing this again.
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:So my parents, it always, even
though they were the best teachers
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:in the world, they were very
unteachable to their own children.
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:They found that very difficult.
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:So we really.
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:Pushed it away.
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:I did grow up playing piano, but Okay.
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:You know, I, I didn't do
it 'cause I wanted to.
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:Right.
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:And so we, me and my sister both
went really heavy into dance and
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:acting and like, that was more
of our like, joy in life to do.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:So, you know, now I can play
a little ukulele guitar, I
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:can, you know, read chords.
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:I can still read music.
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:So, you know, if I sit on the piano I
can struggle it out for a little while.
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:But unfortunately, you know, I did not
get the musical genes that my parents
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:did, but we got the acting chops instead.
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:So one, one of the two,
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:Tyler: I've actually heard that a lot.
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:So a lot of the kids to parents who
were very mu musically inclined, they
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:begrudgingly took up piano typically.
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:And they're like, my
parents just do so well.
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:And actually the, one of my
best friends, his mom was an
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:incredible pianist, and then his
dad was an incredible drummer and.
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:He was like, I don't really want to be
involved in any, any of these things.
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:And he had to go through piano at the very
least, through the rest of his childhood.
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:But at the end of it, he was like, that
was great and all, and I'm glad you guys
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:do very well, but it's, it's not for me.
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:Bri: Yeah.
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:A piano is a certain kind of
torture as a child, you know?
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:Your fingers are just too little.
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:They're not strong enough, so, right.
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:But, you know, it's, it's just a
process, you know, mature through it.
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:You gotta struggle to sometimes
as a kid figure it out.
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:But yeah, the pressure was just
way too high in my household
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:to do anything musically.
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:Tyler: What brought you
down to Wilmington then?
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:Bri: Yeah, so.
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:When I graduated high
school, I applied to UNCW.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Okay.
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:But I didn't get in and I really
didn't apply to a lot of other places.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:I thought I wanted to go to Wilmington.
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:This is kind of where my track
was, but, so I went to a very small
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:private college called Barton College.
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:Oh yeah.
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:Which is out in Wilson.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:So I spent one year there, and I
think it was like the first week of
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:school I applied to transfer to UNCW.
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:It was almost immediately
I walked in there.
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:It was just a hard culture shock.
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:I had gone from a.
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:You know, growing up in Raleigh.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Super diverse.
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:Right.
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:Super huge.
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:I went to a school with over 2000
kids in it, and then I go to college
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:and it's smaller than my high school.
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:Right.
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:And you know, it's very country.
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:It's, you know, not very diverse.
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:It's kind of everything I
didn't grow up kind of used to.
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:And so I was like, I, I
can't, I can't be here.
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:I can't get sucked into
Wilson, North Carolina.
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:And I, so I applied and thankfully,
you know, got into UNCW in the
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:next year and I moved down here.
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:And originally I was planning on
going to school for athletic training.
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:Tyler: Mm-hmm.
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:Oh, okay.
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:And
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:Bri: I actually stayed until that, until
I was a junior is when I changed my major.
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:And I loved athletic training.
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:I did it all through high school.
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:I loved sports and that kind of
camaraderie and that family vibe you get
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:when you work so closely with a team.
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:But athletic training didn't love me as
much as I loved it, and I had a real.
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:Trouble with the athletic trainers
seeing me for my intelligence
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:and not the way I looked.
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:Hmm.
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:And I remember I was, you know, top, I
was very, very smart in what I was doing.
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:I took it very, very professionally.
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:But I remember one of the coaches,
the baseball, one of the assistant
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:baseball coaches had requested,
he was like, when can we have Brie
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:doing athletic training for us?
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:And the athletic trainer at the
time said, that will never happen.
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:She will never work on baseball
'cause she's a distraction
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:and seen as a distraction.
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:And so once I heard that and it
had gotten back to me and it had
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:told me, I was just like, Ooh.
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:So no matter.
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:Like this is gonna be something
I have to overcome constantly.
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:Is this thing, this, you know, I am girly,
I, you know, do you like to wear makeup?
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:Right?
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:I had all these things.
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:I'm not the typical athlete look.
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:And so I really realized that.
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:I was like, man, I don't know if I want
to struggle with this stigma this whole
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:life that, you know, beauty or attractive
women cannot be around athletes.
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:And I do understand the correlation.
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:You know, they want them to focus a
hundred percent on their sport and
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:not have anything to distract them.
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:And, you know, athletics is money.
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:You know, it's a business
at the end of day.
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:You
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:Tyler: can't have the guys
pretending to be injured.
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:Exactly.
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:Exactly.
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:They
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:Bri: can't fake a pulled muscle.
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:So I really realized that, but
additionally, I took a step back
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:and I looked at these athletic
trainers lives and I said, would I.
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:Trade places with them.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:They are working in a career field where
they are always one degree of separation.
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:They can never be that close with the
athletes because they're the medical team.
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:And so I kind of watched these athletic
trainers devote their entire days,
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:no free time every weekend traveling
with the team, but they aren't a part
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:of the team, but they aren't allowed
to be friends with the athletes.
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:Right.
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:And that was a big thing.
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:You weren't allowed to date athletes.
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:You weren't allowed to
be friends with athletes.
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:If you walk were in a restaurant or a
bar and the athletic team walked in,
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:you were expected to get up and leave to
not cross any kind of past whatsoever.
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:Wow.
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:And I was really, was like,
wow, that's not the kind of
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:relationships in life I wanna live.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:And so, you know, I was going into
my junior year and I had to figure
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:out what to change my major to.
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:And film studies was
another really good option.
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:And it was something I had always
been interested in, but never really
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:saw as a true vision for myself.
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:And I talked to my athletic
trainer advisor and I told
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:him I'm switching majors.
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:And he told me, this is the
biggest mistake of your life.
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:You're not gonna make any money in film.
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:What are you gonna go do?
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:This is, and he was so
aggressively telling me that
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:this was the wrong move to make.
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:And I was like, that's actually pushing
me to think that this is the right move.
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:Like your anger towards like releasing
that control over me to go do what I
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:want to do is kind of the sign that I
don't wanna keep being under people.
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:Like use control over
my career and what I do.
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:And so my junior year I switched my
major and I pivoted to film studies,
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:never expecting of becoming an actor,
but just with dreams of producing and you
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:know, running the business side of it.
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:And really, you know, being that person
in charge that can direct people.
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:Keep the ducks in a row and manage
a budget and create a schedule
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:and have this, you know, vision is
really what I saw for myself instead.
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:Tyler: That's neat.
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:So, go ahead, I'm sorry.
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:I have Chris questions now.
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:Well, before you get into Chris
questions, I hear an echo in the
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:Bri: shot.
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:Nuts.
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:Okay.
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:Yes.
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:Tyler: It only took him
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:18 minutes.
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:Driving me crazy.
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:I just didn't want to interrupt.
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:Bri: Oh my gosh.
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:We gonna always pause
for technical issues.
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:I am a technical girl.
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:Make sure that audio is, the
sound is the most important part.
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:Tyler: The, the sound itself was fine.
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:It was just me hearing
it, it was bothering me.
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:I couldn't tell if it wasn't echo or
I was just hearing people over there
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:Bri: not voices inside your head.
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:Tyler: Well that happens
all the time for him.
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:I don't really hear voices.
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:I run.
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:Do you have an inner dialogue?
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:I, oh, of course.
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:Oh yeah.
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:I definitely have that.
487
:I
488
:Bri: did meet somebody recently
who didn't have an inner dialogue.
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:Tyler: That's wild.
490
:Bri: Today we were all talking about it.
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:We were like, I wanna meet someone.
492
:I wanna meet someone.
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:And he's like, wait, what?
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:What's an inner dialogue?
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:We were like, found, we found it.
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:Tyler: Well, I talked to somebody the
other day and they were like, I read
497
:a book and I can picture the whole
entire scene, like a movie scene.
498
:And I'm like, this is
how this is playing out.
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:And I can draw, draw something
based on what I'm reading, and I
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:talk to somebody else and they're
like, I'm just reading the book.
501
:Bri: Yeah.
502
:I wish.
503
:Mm-hmm.
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:My mind's eye is pretty blank.
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:Like, I can't vividly see pictures.
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:Like I can imagine a picture,
but it's, it's not in color.
507
:3D high def, like for some people, oh,
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:Tyler: I'm sorry.
509
:You get that?
510
:I'm the same way though.
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:Yeah.
512
:Lucky I can't
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:Bri: uhhuh.
514
:Well, let's see.
515
:You gotta be extra artistic then.
516
:Are you?
517
:Do?
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:Oh no, I'm not s the thing
that's the problem is
519
:Tyler: I'm not like super artistic,
but like if someone's explaining
520
:like my wife hates it, well she
loves it sometimes, but hates it.
521
:'cause like I'll try and figure out how
to get to point A and point B and I'll
522
:literally just look at a map in my head
of like how to turn, where to turn and
523
:like I see the trees and everything
and she's like, I'm lost on Apple Maps.
524
:Yeah.
525
:I'm like, I'm lost with Apple Maps.
526
:It doesn't tell me exactly where to turn.
527
:Oh.
528
:But that's a whole nother question.
529
:So I do have two legitimate
questions for you.
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:Film studies is a broad thing.
531
:And Wilmington is one of the best
schools for like film education.
532
:But you did mention going
into like producing and like
533
:being behind the scenes.
534
:As a person who hates Google,
and I just like to ask people to
535
:their face a lot of questions.
536
:What's a producer do?
537
:Bri: Yeah, so a producer is basically
in charge of where all the money goes.
538
:So a producer's job is securing
that money, securing that funding,
539
:and then deciding how and what
is the best use of that money.
540
:They're kind of like, you know, the
financial overseer of the film in a
541
:lot of ways, but they also are very
deeply involved with making some of
542
:the most important decisions on set.
543
:You know, where the film might be shot,
who you're gonna hire for each department.
544
:Those are kind of the
things the producer decides.
545
:And then, you know, there's
so many, you know, positions
546
:in between, you know, others.
547
:You know, a line producer, which is
in charge of making the schedule, they
548
:take the script and break it down and
say, okay, this scene at the beach,
549
:that beach location's gonna cost a
thousand dollars to rent that day.
550
:The, it says there's 50 people in the
background, you know, and they kind of
551
:go through and dissect every prop, every
location, every costume, everything,
552
:and line it out and make a budget.
553
:Tyler: Okay.
554
:So
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:Bri: you could be that kind of a producer,
you know, and so there's a lot of niche
556
:producers, but kind of the overarching
thing is, you know, the big honcho who's
557
:in charge, who the director ultimately
has to co conspire with and make happy.
558
:Tyler: Yeah.
559
:I always see executive producer
and I'm like, oh, there's one.
560
:Nope, there's two, three.
561
:I'm like, how do you have.
562
:Five people in charge of money and
then you have regular producers.
563
:So my brain just is,
564
:Bri: yeah, sometimes executive
producer can be the overarching
565
:title or it could be given the title
of producer is kind of flexible.
566
:Sometimes you give it to people just
'cause you ought make them happy.
567
:Sometimes you know, there is somebody
who was so crucial, who introduced you
568
:to the head of your movie, who gave
you the funding, and if they played
569
:a massive pivotal role in your film,
you might credit them as producer.
570
:Tyler: Oh, okay.
571
:Or
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:Bri: executive producer if they
gave you all of the money for it.
573
:But then said, I don't have
anything else to do with it.
574
:I don't know how to make a
movie, but here's $5 million.
575
:They're the executive
producer kind of thing.
576
:Yeah.
577
:Tyler: There's being in the finance
world, there's a few different areas
578
:that you can get some very nice
tax write offs in the film area.
579
:And if you give the right amount of
money, then you can also be like,
580
:like we just said, you can be the
producer for that, for that reason.
581
:So yeah, you get, you
see, see a lot of like
582
:Bri: Kickstarters, right?
583
:If you donate, you know, if you're
the top donator or whatever, you know,
584
:they'll put your name in the credits
and they will call you a producer.
585
:So it's a very literal role.
586
:And then it can also be a
very figurative role as well.
587
:Tyler: Okay.
588
:Okay.
589
:That makes sense.
590
:I looked into this information while I
was looking at your IMDB trying to figure
591
:out this stuff which leads me into acting.
592
:How did you transition, this
is a multi-part question.
593
:How'd you transition from film studies?
594
:Like, what got you into acting?
595
:Were you just like.
596
:Hey, this background work is great,
but I kind of wanna get in front of it.
597
:Like what drew you into it?
598
:Bri: Yeah, so after I graduated college,
I was very lucky to get a job as a
599
:production assistant on the TV show, good
Behavior, which was filming in Wilmington.
600
:Mm-hmm.
601
:At the time on TV BS.
602
:And it was such a hard thing
to get that connection.
603
:And I think at, when I graduated, I was
the only kid who graduated from UNCW
604
:that got a production assistant role.
605
:So it was so sought after,
it was so hard to get.
606
:But I had interned the summer before at
Screen Jams and I'm in the back of the
607
:lighting and grip office for that summer,
and it is the Dustiest dirtiest office.
608
:You know, we got under the dome is
filming, so you know, I'm answering
609
:phone calls, I'm, you know, counting
extension cords and lights and
610
:like, you know, doing all this.
611
:But I had my eye on the prize.
612
:I was like.
613
:This is great, but I wanna be on set.
614
:I need to go meet the people
who are running the set so
615
:they will see value of me.
616
:So something smart.
617
:I had an idea I had at
the time, I was like.
618
:I should interview the
person I want to hire me.
619
:Very similar to a podcast, right?
620
:If you interview the person that
you, you know, have on a pedestal,
621
:you get one-on-one time with them.
622
:Mm-hmm.
623
:So at the time, I, you know, asked
around, I was like, who hires PAs?
624
:And they told me it was the second,
second assistant director hires PAs.
625
:So I reached out to the second,
second assistant director and I, you
626
:know, told him I wanted to interview
him for, you know, film studies
627
:and he agreed and we gotta sit down
for, you know, two or three hours.
628
:Wow.
629
:And I gotta hear his whole journey.
630
:And in turn he heard mine as well.
631
:And when that time came around, I
had reached out and emailed, you
632
:know, trying to get on that job.
633
:And then, you know, he ran into
me and he was like, sorry, I
634
:have been ignoring your emails.
635
:But yes, we're gonna get you on
set and we're gonna give you a job.
636
:So a couple months later I started
as an additional PA on good behavior.
637
:And it was a whirlwind, like it was
the most exciting day of my life,
638
:walking onto a humongous production
with two, 300 people on crew.
639
:And when you walk onto a film set,
it is like a mix of the circus.
640
:And the military had a child together.
641
:It is so chaotic, but behind the
scenes, everything is ran to the t ev.
642
:You know, everybody has walkie-talkies and
earphones and there are a thousand moving
643
:parts in the background at all times.
644
:And so I was in this production
assistant role and it was.
645
:Very unfulfilling, unfulfilling
people were really mean to me.
646
:Wow.
647
:PE people were physically bullying, you
know, bullying me, threatening violence.
648
:You know, they would tell us
so many stories like, you know,
649
:you're never allowed to sit down.
650
:You're never allowed to take a break.
651
:You know, if you do,
you'll be thrown off set.
652
:If you're a minute late,
don't even bother showing up.
653
:You know, back in hard days, we used
to roll up production assistants in
654
:carpets and beat 'em up and put 'em
in the back of trucks and drive.
655
:So they, you walk, she's so ridiculous.
656
:And
657
:Tyler: these
658
:Bri: men, only men were telling me
these horrible stories about what
659
:it was gonna be like as a production
assistant, but at the same time, I'm
660
:having so much fun, I'm loving it.
661
:And so there was this weird dichotomy
where it's like a little bit abusive,
662
:but then they shower you with
love and alcohol at the same time.
663
:So it was this really kind of
toxic workplace environment
664
:that was building up and.
665
:I didn't think I was worth what
those people were treating me about.
666
:Mm.
667
:I saw myself and respected myself
more than what I was receiving, and
668
:so I was really trying to identify.
669
:I was, instead of being a production
assistant or wanting to be an
670
:assistant director, I started
looking at the other departments.
671
:I was like, who is living a good life?
672
:Who is respected here?
673
:And who I respected most on set
were the actors, you know, these
674
:were people who were working
more hours than anybody on set.
675
:Usually the first people in, you know,
one of the last to leave with the hair
676
:and makeup and the transportation team.
677
:But they were treating everybody so
nice, like they were walking in with
678
:grace and with respect and love and
doing this incredibly difficult job,
679
:but not acting the way the crew was.
680
:Right.
681
:And obviously, you know,
they're treated a lot better.
682
:Their job is really different
than everybody else.
683
:But I was, you know, I had watched an
incredible actress, Michelle Dockery was
684
:the number one of our TV show and every
day she would come in there with so much
685
:grace and like elegance and just respect.
686
:And she would do these heavy hitting
the hardest scenes that I had watched.
687
:You know, somebody do,
and she would do it.
688
:In a second, you know, the producers
would walk up in the morning and
689
:hand her completely different
script and be like, oh, we're having
690
:some rewrites, some revisions.
691
:And you know, within an hour
she was on set performing those.
692
:And it was like, blew my mind.
693
:I was like, how is she doing this?
694
:How can somebody be so fast, learn
so much, and then deliver these
695
:like painstaking performances?
696
:While also in her personal life she was
going through a huge tragedy of grief?
697
:Mm-hmm.
698
:And so it gave me so much respect for
the actors and I was just like, wow.
699
:Like that's who I have on the pedestal.
700
:Just 'cause their work
ethic was so amazing.
701
:And so I've wrapped that show, started
another show with Jessica Beal,
702
:who was the star of the Sinners.
703
:And the same thing, like I
was just watching a woman who.
704
:Was the actor, but, but then she was
also the executive producer of the show.
705
:Mm-hmm.
706
:So instead of me just seeing her
as actor, I also gotta see her as
707
:that multifaceted business woman.
708
:Mm-hmm.
709
:Too, she was the first one there,
the last one there on top of it.
710
:She was a new mother.
711
:She had her son there.
712
:And so I was just so inspired
by watching these actors work.
713
:And I remember looking over and, you
know, Jess needs to be set in like
714
:10 minutes and she's about to go
murder somebody in this next seat.
715
:And she, you know, tells us,
you know, just don't let,
716
:just gimme a couple minutes.
717
:Don't let somebody interrupt me.
718
:And I see her go into the corner and
like, get into character in this darkness.
719
:Overcome her.
720
:Wow.
721
:And I was like, this is the hardest
job I've ever seen anybody do.
722
:And that made me want to do it.
723
:I was like, that challenge that
like there is something that like
724
:scared me about being an actor.
725
:I was like, I could never do that.
726
:But telling myself I could
never do that made me want to
727
:experience that challenge too.
728
:And so, you know, I had
wanted to be an actor.
729
:You gotta have a lot of
money to get into acting.
730
:I'll say.
731
:It's not something you can do
unless you have a nest egg.
732
:And I remember talking to
an actor and they were like,
733
:yeah, you should get into it.
734
:You should get an agent.
735
:But you, you know, you will have to, you
know, I had to drive to Asheville for an
736
:audition the other day and get a hotel
for myself and pay for that and come back.
737
:And at the time I was driving a 96
Honda Accord, like I was working
738
:as a waitress and a pa, you know,
I didn't have money to drive to
739
:Asheville and put myself up in a hotel.
740
:So I was kind of bummed.
741
:I was like, this is a dream that I
love and I want, but financially,
742
:you know, my parents do not have a
fortune to give me, you know, they,
743
:we were raised on food stamps, you
know, I knew that the only person
744
:who was gonna support me was myself.
745
:So I really had to put my dream of being
in the film industry or being an actor on
746
:pause until I could be financially set up.
747
:So then I.
748
:Did did the hard thing.
749
:I put my dream aside and I got
a job at Spectrum Enterprise in
750
:sales and it was the best thing
I could have done at the time.
751
:'cause I was a 22-year-old kid
in:
752
:Like it changed my life and my
perspective completely about work and
753
:you know, what it takes to be successful.
754
:And so I was working at this job for
I think two and a half years and.
755
:I was selling my soul.
756
:I felt like I was truly
selling my soul to the devil.
757
:I was like, I'm having to go in this
job and I have people's businesses on
758
:the line and we fail a lot of the time.
759
:You know, spectrum isn't perfect
and I am having to sell this
760
:service and guarantee it.
761
:And then I'm having people call me in
disaster moments because our network
762
:is down and their business is down.
763
:And I really just saw, you know, a lot of
people were just like, oh, just forget it.
764
:You know, you're getting the
paycheck, Brie, it doesn't matter.
765
:Just say what you gotta
say and get off the phone.
766
:But I personally couldn't do that.
767
:I'm a little bit empathetic, like I, you
know, feel people's and businesses pain.
768
:And I would take that on and,
you know, it would stress me out
769
:and I just couldn't sell myself.
770
:I remember I would.
771
:I would have all this money and I, all
of my friends were working as restaurants
772
:and in bartending and I was the only
one in this kind of financial moment.
773
:And I could just remember, I would
walk around the mall on the weekend and
774
:cry because I had all this money, but
nothing I could buy would make me happy.
775
:And that's when I knew, I was
like, okay, it's time to put this
776
:spectrum career to the side and go
back and do what's fulfilling to
777
:you and do what you love instead.
778
:Tyler: That's really neat.
779
:The thing that's really interesting
about the story starting in the
780
:film industry, right, is a lot of
people that I hear, they see the
781
:person that's on stage, right?
782
:And they always wanna be like,
I wanna make that kind of money.
783
:I wanna have that fame.
784
:It doesn't sound like that was
exactly the way that you saw the
785
:people on stage or originally.
786
:And then just seeing like, you
know what, that's the hardest job.
787
:That's why I want to go after.
788
:I want something that's challenging.
789
:I think that's something that makes you.
790
:Insanely unique compared to almost anyone
else that goes into the business, at
791
:least from the side that I see anyway.
792
:Or maybe it's the people that
just pretend to be the famous one.
793
:Right.
794
:Versus the one that actually makes it.
795
:Bri: Yeah.
796
:So I think
797
:Tyler: that's really
interesting with your story.
798
:Bri: Thank you.
799
:Thank you.
800
:No, I remember somebody telling me very
early on, they're like, Brie, is there
801
:anything else you wanna do besides acting?
802
:And I was like, no.
803
:Like this is really like, now that
I realize I grew up doing this,
804
:like I've actually been preparing
for this for my whole life.
805
:He was like, okay.
806
:'cause anything else will
be easier for you acting.
807
:Is going to be the hardest path
like any other thing could be.
808
:If there's anything else you
wanna do, like please go do it.
809
:But I was like, no, originally
I didn't wanna do acting 'cause
810
:I thought that was the easy job.
811
:I thought it was relying on your looks.
812
:I had like all these kind of
just stereotypes over actors.
813
:Mm-hmm.
814
:And then when I saw them in person, I
was like, oh no, this is really hard.
815
:This is what I wanna do.
816
:I do wanna do the hardest job here.
817
:And so that kind of opened me up to it.
818
:You know, I reached out to my
actor friend and I said, Hey, I got
819
:the money in the savings account.
820
:I'm ready to make this chance on
myself to take this chance on myself.
821
:And so I quit my job at Spectrum and I had
an appointment to go meet a talent agent,
822
:and I got signed without any experience.
823
:Wow.
824
:Which was really weird to think about.
825
:Mm-hmm.
826
:Now that I've been in the industry for
so long, and they took a chance on me
827
:and I was like, I'm going full force into
this, like this is going to be my life.
828
:And I really did treat it like
a job from that day forward.
829
:And I put all my eggs into that basket
and I remember my agent telling me like,
830
:you didn't, you didn't quit your job.
831
:Right?
832
:Like, you, you just, and I was
like, oh no, no, it's fine.
833
:I also do like film editing
and like some other stuff.
834
:It's okay.
835
:But truly from that day forward,
I never went back and worked,
836
:you know, a full-time job again.
837
:And from the day I got an agent
until now, I've been working
838
:exclusively as an actor and model.
839
:Tyler: Wow.
840
:Noise.
841
:So.
842
:That leads into the amazing question.
843
:Yes, you guys, I do actually use
Google, but if I have the source
844
:here, I can't trust Google's ai.
845
:So I ask the people 'cause my brain
was thinking along those lines.
846
:So you, how many acting gigs do you
have to do so you can qualify for sag?
847
:Bri: Good question.
848
:So SAG eligibility is very important,
but in the Southeast it's not as
849
:important as you would think it is.
850
:Mm-hmm.
851
:In the Southeast, we're in a right
to work state, so actually s projects
852
:don't often come to North Carolina.
853
:Oh,
854
:Tyler: interesting.
855
:Bri: So the, all productions have the
option of being union or non-union
856
:in North Carolina as well as Georgia.
857
:A lot of them are gonna choose non-union
and not work with SAG because it's cheaper
858
:and easier and less hoops to jump through.
859
:And they know that down here
there's also a lot of talent that.
860
:Isn't a part of sag.
861
:I am in a, I am SAG eligible, which
means I have met the requirements
862
:to join sag and at any time I can
pay the $3,000 or so dues to join.
863
:But I have chosen not to join SAG yet.
864
:And that is because since North
Carolina is a right to work state,
865
:if I joined SAG right now, I would
no longer be able to work in any of
866
:the commercials or independent films.
867
:Mm-hmm.
868
:Or you know, music videos or
anything that wasn't through sag.
869
:So until I moved to a state like
California or New York, I'll
870
:probably hold off on joining.
871
:But how you get into SAG is a whole beast.
872
:It is.
873
:Every actor's like bane of their
existence, like how to like it into sag.
874
:And the way I did it was,
you know, very unique.
875
:I don't know any other buddy, anyone else
who has gone about it the way I did I, in
876
:2020 I was hired to be the stand-in on a
show called Hightown and I was standing
877
:in for the lead actress, Monica Raymond,
who played Jackie Quinonez on a high town.
878
:We love her.
879
:She is incredible.
880
:So a role of a stand-in is you are
there all day long with the actor.
881
:Every, the actor goes in for rehearsal.
882
:The stand-ins go in and
watch the rehearsal.
883
:The actors leave, go relax, sit down
in their chairs, read their scripts.
884
:The stand-ins take their
place while the crew lights.
885
:So a stand-in is basically the
rehearsal stand-in for the crew.
886
:So I get to go in there
with the camera guys.
887
:They're practicing their shots.
888
:I'm with sound, doing
sound checks for them.
889
:You know, the lighting guy is lighting
me instead of the actor, you know, and
890
:so everybody, all the crew gets like,
you know, 15, 20 minutes to kind of
891
:set the scene and practice with me.
892
:Mm-hmm.
893
:The best part of being a stand-in is that
you are handed the script first thing in
894
:the morning, and so you don't have to read
and memorize the lines, but just so you
895
:can understand what the scene is about.
896
:Brie as a, you know, eager young actress.
897
:I took that job as seriously
as you could take anything.
898
:I would get there, you know, an hour
to 30 minutes before my call time,
899
:eat breakfast, get into costume,
and then I would sit down and I
900
:would memorize the entire script.
901
:Every word that I had, I would speed
memorize that and then, you know, I knew
902
:in 15 minutes I was gonna go get called
to perform it, and I would walk in.
903
:Being completely prepared.
904
:So the actor would leave and then
I would jump into character and I
905
:would do the full scene, full out.
906
:And it was the most helpful,
incredible thing for the camera guys.
907
:And you know, they weren't used
to that and they loved that.
908
:Like they, I'm sure it
was saving so much time.
909
:It was so much effort.
910
:The directors could have a vision,
like the actors could kind of watch
911
:and see what to do or what not to do
based on, you know, what I was doing.
912
:They're like, that looks weird.
913
:Don't do what Breathe did.
914
:Or like, oh, that was
actually a kind of good idea.
915
:I liked what she did.
916
:So, you know, and I gotta have
this incredible relationship.
917
:It was just like the
most exclusive access.
918
:'cause in the morning I would get
a walk in and listen to the private
919
:conversations of the director,
the producer, the lead actors.
920
:And I would get to hear how
Monica would workshop this scene.
921
:You know, there's a, there's
a trouble, there's something
922
:that doesn't quite make sense.
923
:And getting to listen to how they
workshopped a scene, it was like.
924
:Full-time acting school.
925
:Yeah.
926
:Every single day.
927
:And that's really how I treated it.
928
:And I just wanted to be the best
I absolutely could at that job.
929
:And so I think maybe like four or five
episodes in, I'll never forget it.
930
:I, you know, had this killer monologue
and I just like, you know, performed in
931
:front of the whole crew and like, I just
knew, I was like, that was pretty good.
932
:That's awesome.
933
:And then the executive producer
walked up to me and she's like,
934
:Brie, we know what you're doing.
935
:We know you wanna be an actor
and we can see it, so we're
936
:gonna write you into the script.
937
:Tyler: Nice.
938
:Oh wow.
939
:Bri: And I was like, you're
gonna write me in to High Town?
940
:And sure enough they did and they
wrote, you know, a very small, cute,
941
:little, you know, one line moment where
I was a waitress and I just woke up.
942
:Oh yeah.
943
:You know, talk to them and then go.
944
:And I was like, this is it.
945
:This is my big break.
946
:I am, and I, I am telling
everybody that will listen.
947
:Like this is the most exciting
thing that has ever happened to me.
948
:And then it's about maybe like a
month before the episode is set to
949
:air and the, the creator of the show
emails me and she's like, Brie, we
950
:are so sorry to tell you this, but
we have to cut 15 minutes off of
951
:the episode, and your scene got cut.
952
:Oh no.
953
:So you'll not be an eye down anymore.
954
:And I just remember
crying my little eyes out.
955
:I just could, I was like, I've
told everybody I worked so hard,
956
:like why is this happening?
957
:And I had, you know, called my other
standin friend and he was like.
958
:You got a letter, the creator of the
show personally reached out to you
959
:and told you and apologized and said
she wanted to work with you again.
960
:Like that is a gift.
961
:Like that is uncalled of in the industry.
962
:Yeah.
963
:Most people find out
while they watch it on tv.
964
:So I was like, okay, you're right.
965
:You're right.
966
:This is a blessing in disguise.
967
:Like this isn't the worst thing ever.
968
:This is actually really nice.
969
:Like I still got my SAG eligibility.
970
:I am, you know, still in the credits.
971
:They still credited me and I actually
still earned residuals from the episode.
972
:No, I was cut out of, so what I thought
was the worst thing ever actually
973
:ended up being a great thing because
they brought me back in season three.
974
:First day on set, they said, Brie,
we're gonna, we're going to fix this.
975
:You're gonna be in high town.
976
:But that time they had
even more trust into me.
977
:So instead of just writing me
into a random character, they were
978
:actually sending me auditions and
real characters that were already in
979
:the show that I could audition for.
980
:Which felt much more validating as an
actor that it wasn't just handed to me,
981
:that I did have to work on it and stuff.
982
:And so then I got my audition and I had
two auditions that they had given me.
983
:One was for a grieving mother who had her.
984
:Yeah, her boyfriend had just died.
985
:She was now the caretaker of a son, and
they were at her like a funeral scene.
986
:Mm-hmm.
987
:And I'm like, this is mine.
988
:I am going to be the most
beautiful, crying, grieving
989
:wife, bride you've ever seen.
990
:And I go in and I do this
audition and it's just tears.
991
:And I'm like, wow,
they're gonna love this.
992
:And then, you know, I submit it.
993
:I'm like waiting on set, hoping
they're gonna say something.
994
:And you know, my friend goes
up and asks them, I'm like, oh,
995
:what'd you think of Bri's audition?
996
:Oh, we didn't even watch it.
997
:Oh, okay, okay.
998
:Yeah, yeah.
999
:Like, you're busy.
:
00:42:19,930 --> 00:42:20,890
It's fine, it's fine.
:
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,860
And then the next day I get
another audition from them
:
00:42:24,820 --> 00:42:25,990
for stripper number one.
:
00:42:28,435 --> 00:42:30,925
And I'm sitting there, I'm
like, wait, wait, wait.
:
00:42:30,925 --> 00:42:32,185
No, no, no, no.
:
00:42:32,185 --> 00:42:36,115
I was supposed to be this like beautiful
scene of this crying, grieving girl.
:
00:42:36,115 --> 00:42:37,705
Not, not stripper number one,
:
00:42:38,275 --> 00:42:39,680
Tyler: but it's better
than stripper number six.
:
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:41,120
Stripper number
:
00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:41,440
Bri: six.
:
00:42:41,755 --> 00:42:43,105
So I'm having a breakdown.
:
00:42:43,105 --> 00:42:44,095
I call my best friend.
:
00:42:44,095 --> 00:42:50,185
I'm like, I cannot have my introduction to
the acting world as stripper number one.
:
00:42:50,185 --> 00:42:52,405
Like that's all they see me as.
:
00:42:52,405 --> 00:42:56,485
Like I wanna be seen as more than
just like my looks or my body.
:
00:42:56,935 --> 00:43:00,595
And then we had a real conversation
and I was on the phone.
:
00:43:00,595 --> 00:43:03,955
I was like, let me think about this.
:
00:43:04,315 --> 00:43:09,805
Every single actor on High
Town is, has an nudity scene.
:
00:43:10,075 --> 00:43:12,295
Everybody has an intimacy scene.
:
00:43:12,295 --> 00:43:15,085
Everybody is either a
stripper or if they're not a
:
00:43:15,085 --> 00:43:16,105
stripper, they're a murderer.
:
00:43:16,165 --> 00:43:18,445
Or if they're not a murderer,
they're a drug addict.
:
00:43:18,475 --> 00:43:20,245
Or if they're not a drug
addict, they're a dirty cop.
:
00:43:20,425 --> 00:43:23,725
So I was like, so what would be better?
:
00:43:23,755 --> 00:43:24,745
Like, good point.
:
00:43:25,315 --> 00:43:26,815
And so I really thought about it.
:
00:43:26,815 --> 00:43:27,385
I was like.
:
00:43:27,745 --> 00:43:31,856
You know, re this character
Riley, she's a stripper.
:
00:43:31,885 --> 00:43:36,026
Do I judge her as Riley
for being Renee a stripper?
:
00:43:36,205 --> 00:43:38,035
No, I respect her for that.
:
00:43:38,245 --> 00:43:39,595
Like, do I judge this person?
:
00:43:39,595 --> 00:43:43,316
I really just had to come to terms
with the fact that just because
:
00:43:43,345 --> 00:43:47,276
they might be seen as a stripper or
something on set, that doesn't change
:
00:43:47,276 --> 00:43:49,495
how you see the actor in real life.
:
00:43:49,705 --> 00:43:53,095
And I was like, I actually
respect these people so much.
:
00:43:53,095 --> 00:43:57,836
So that made the decision so much easier,
like rationalized it for me that I was
:
00:43:57,836 --> 00:43:59,336
like, do you wanna be an actor or not?
:
00:43:59,575 --> 00:44:01,465
Like, do you want this?
:
00:44:01,465 --> 00:44:04,945
And so, you know, I'm like,
okay, you're gonna do this.
:
00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:06,296
Like you're gonna be the.
:
00:44:07,090 --> 00:44:12,040
Most great, wonderful stripper you can
be, but the scene had no stripping in it.
:
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,890
You know, it was just a
character in a strip club, right?
:
00:44:14,890 --> 00:44:17,620
So I'm like, you got this
girl, you can do this.
:
00:44:18,130 --> 00:44:20,860
Then it's the night
before I'm set to go on.
:
00:44:20,860 --> 00:44:26,380
I'm so excited, and the intimacy
coordinator calls me and she goes,
:
00:44:26,380 --> 00:44:29,590
Bree, we have a nudity clause
to send you for your contract.
:
00:44:29,590 --> 00:44:31,810
If you just don't mind signing
that and sending it back to us.
:
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:34,480
Nudity, nudity, clause.
:
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,560
Like what, what, what?
:
00:44:36,130 --> 00:44:37,570
Because I'm gonna see naked people.
:
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,400
'cause like there'll be naked
people in the background.
:
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,670
Like, she's like, no, no, no.
:
00:44:40,670 --> 00:44:43,120
Every stripper in high town is
topless and wears a G-string.
:
00:44:44,170 --> 00:44:45,035
Tyler: You are like, oh,
:
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:47,680
Bri: oh, no, no, no, no.
:
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,090
Not the stripper though.
:
00:44:49,090 --> 00:44:50,800
This, this doesn't do that.
:
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,980
Like there could be one
that doesn't write guys.
:
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,280
And then I had the moment where I
was like, are you gonna take this
:
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,130
opportunity or are you gonna say no?
:
00:45:01,495 --> 00:45:03,535
Boundaries is a superpower.
:
00:45:03,865 --> 00:45:04,046
Tyler: Yeah.
:
00:45:04,225 --> 00:45:05,006
Bri: Boundaries.
:
00:45:05,006 --> 00:45:09,566
I was like, no, Bri is, Bri is worth
more than being stripper number one and
:
00:45:09,566 --> 00:45:11,785
being naked for one second on screen.
:
00:45:11,785 --> 00:45:15,116
So I told her, I was like
let's renegotiate here.
:
00:45:15,935 --> 00:45:19,866
I will not do that because it was not
told to me at the time of my audition.
:
00:45:19,866 --> 00:45:24,395
It was never informed to me that that
was an option or a requirement of this.
:
00:45:24,576 --> 00:45:30,816
So I will not do that unless you guys
write me in for five episodes and
:
00:45:30,816 --> 00:45:32,765
then we can have this conversation.
:
00:45:33,096 --> 00:45:36,395
I don't think she ever told the producers
that, but they went back and they're like,
:
00:45:36,395 --> 00:45:37,805
yes, Bri can wear whatever she wants.
:
00:45:37,805 --> 00:45:38,316
It's fine.
:
00:45:38,375 --> 00:45:42,276
And so I go to my fitting
beautiful, gorgeous little
:
00:45:42,276 --> 00:45:44,225
bikini type outfits instead.
:
00:45:44,225 --> 00:45:44,316
Right.
:
00:45:44,316 --> 00:45:45,546
So I pick out my outfit.
:
00:45:45,816 --> 00:45:46,386
Stunning.
:
00:45:46,386 --> 00:45:46,986
Love it.
:
00:45:47,015 --> 00:45:48,185
They were so nice.
:
00:45:48,696 --> 00:45:52,895
But I was still stripper number
one and I still had to do that.
:
00:45:53,136 --> 00:45:57,995
So it was the night before shooting and I
was on set like a stand-in, like always.
:
00:45:57,995 --> 00:46:02,046
And the executive producer is talking
to me and I was like, Hey Ellen.
:
00:46:02,705 --> 00:46:07,116
Just wanted to ask him real quick, is
there any way we could change my name?
:
00:46:07,971 --> 00:46:10,716
And she was like, looks so, she
goes, why do you wanna be called?
:
00:46:10,716 --> 00:46:11,826
And I was like, breezy.
:
00:46:12,306 --> 00:46:13,326
She goes, I love it.
:
00:46:13,326 --> 00:46:14,586
Sure, we'll write it in.
:
00:46:14,586 --> 00:46:18,246
And so in that moment she changed
this, the script, everybody on set, you
:
00:46:18,246 --> 00:46:20,346
know, all the new scripts sent down.
:
00:46:20,346 --> 00:46:20,386
You can new strip.
:
00:46:20,386 --> 00:46:20,671
This says breezy.
:
00:46:20,741 --> 00:46:21,031
Yeah.
:
00:46:21,185 --> 00:46:25,926
And so thankfully I get to be breezy
on, high down, not stripper for one.
:
00:46:26,226 --> 00:46:31,776
Which was very just validating of when
you set a boundary and say no and ask for
:
00:46:31,776 --> 00:46:34,326
what you want and deserve, you can get it.
:
00:46:35,256 --> 00:46:36,216
Tyler: I'm glad you bringing that up too.
:
00:46:36,216 --> 00:46:39,576
'cause that actually leads in kind of to a
question that I wanted to ask you anyway.
:
00:46:40,145 --> 00:46:40,596
So.
:
00:46:41,285 --> 00:46:45,425
I saw, I forget how I found you on
Instagram, but I found you on Instagram
:
00:46:45,425 --> 00:46:46,955
one, it's probably through Angela.
:
00:46:47,435 --> 00:46:50,316
Anyway, I saw that you're in acting.
:
00:46:50,316 --> 00:46:52,326
We were gonna do like
a whole acting month.
:
00:46:52,436 --> 00:46:54,596
All actors have a lot of stuff
that they have to deal with.
:
00:46:54,896 --> 00:46:56,876
So it wasn't just you, it was everyone.
:
00:46:57,266 --> 00:46:59,666
And we were like, okay, we'll we'll
go a different route with that.
:
00:46:59,996 --> 00:47:02,546
So I started following you on Instagram.
:
00:47:03,116 --> 00:47:06,806
Obviously find out that faith is
a big portion of your life too.
:
00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:09,506
You go to church and I see everything
that you post about that and whatnot.
:
00:47:10,076 --> 00:47:14,006
So a lot of people think like
Hollywood, they're like, oh, the devil.
:
00:47:14,066 --> 00:47:16,196
Like, or not a lot, a
bunch of people think that.
:
00:47:16,586 --> 00:47:19,946
How do you kind of marry those
two together with staying with
:
00:47:19,946 --> 00:47:23,336
your faith but also getting into
acting knowing that there is some
:
00:47:23,336 --> 00:47:24,716
of those things behind the scenes?
:
00:47:25,016 --> 00:47:25,496
Bri: Yeah.
:
00:47:25,496 --> 00:47:31,076
You know, it is, faith and Hollywood
are at conflict at all times.
:
00:47:31,496 --> 00:47:31,586
Mm-hmm.
:
00:47:31,826 --> 00:47:32,696
And it is really.
:
00:47:33,086 --> 00:47:39,086
A struggle to kind of understand how
I can live in such a sinful industry,
:
00:47:39,326 --> 00:47:40,856
we'll say, for better or less.
:
00:47:40,856 --> 00:47:40,946
Mm-hmm.
:
00:47:41,186 --> 00:47:45,146
But I really think like my purpose in the
world is to spread God's light, right?
:
00:47:45,236 --> 00:47:48,956
Like it is to spread the message
of Jesus Christ to this world.
:
00:47:48,956 --> 00:47:53,696
And like I want that to be
an actor because I want.
:
00:47:54,596 --> 00:47:56,456
To show people that it can
be done a different way.
:
00:47:56,456 --> 00:47:56,516
Yeah.
:
00:47:56,546 --> 00:48:01,616
That like, you don't have to feed the
beast to reap the rewards that you
:
00:48:01,616 --> 00:48:06,776
can like serve and live for God in a
higher power and be so much more blessed
:
00:48:06,776 --> 00:48:08,246
and so much more internally filled.
:
00:48:08,486 --> 00:48:12,836
My pastor today was telling us that,
you know, through psychology, what it
:
00:48:13,106 --> 00:48:18,356
teaches you is that attention is the
most powerful resource on the planet.
:
00:48:18,746 --> 00:48:24,146
That everybody is just fighting for
attention and the easiest form of
:
00:48:24,146 --> 00:48:26,096
attention to get is negative attention.
:
00:48:26,516 --> 00:48:30,206
And so I really want to counteract that.
:
00:48:30,236 --> 00:48:34,706
You know, I really want to inject
myself into the sinful industry
:
00:48:34,706 --> 00:48:37,316
because I know I have God on my side.
:
00:48:37,316 --> 00:48:40,826
Like I know I, I was raised with
him and like my boundaries are
:
00:48:40,826 --> 00:48:44,996
stronger than the devil's temptations
I pray and that continues.
:
00:48:45,366 --> 00:48:48,696
And so I really see that I
need to be in this industry.
:
00:48:48,696 --> 00:48:49,866
Like I need to be.
:
00:48:50,375 --> 00:48:53,586
Showing people that there's a
different way I need to be encouraging
:
00:48:53,586 --> 00:48:56,076
people to, you know, believe in God.
:
00:48:56,076 --> 00:48:59,856
And I hope that people will see
like the brightness and light and
:
00:48:59,915 --> 00:49:03,246
positivity that I bring and the
professionalism that I bring, and
:
00:49:03,246 --> 00:49:06,156
ask me why, why, what is different.
:
00:49:06,156 --> 00:49:10,236
And so I can then share with them that
the difference in my life has always
:
00:49:10,236 --> 00:49:15,066
been that like I have a best friend
that is the controller of the world
:
00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:18,906
who loves me more than any, anyone
else on this planet could possibly do.
:
00:49:18,906 --> 00:49:23,196
Like my confidence in God is so
strong that like I know I can be
:
00:49:23,196 --> 00:49:26,676
thrown to the, the lion's den and
that he's gonna guide me through it.
:
00:49:26,676 --> 00:49:31,956
He's not going to not let bad
situations or sin or you know,
:
00:49:32,375 --> 00:49:35,466
pain or suffering happen to me,
that's a part of the world, right?
:
00:49:35,466 --> 00:49:38,736
But with him, I can get through
it and get out on the other side
:
00:49:38,736 --> 00:49:43,026
stronger and have positive outcomes
come from those bad moments.
:
00:49:43,026 --> 00:49:44,086
So, you know, it.
:
00:49:44,676 --> 00:49:48,665
Something I think about a lot, like
I am a little bit scared to move to
:
00:49:48,665 --> 00:49:54,426
LA because I've always been scared of
having that intense pressure and that
:
00:49:54,426 --> 00:50:00,245
kind of seeing people seeing me and
wanting to take something from me.
:
00:50:00,250 --> 00:50:00,330
Mm-hmm.
:
00:50:00,546 --> 00:50:06,245
And so I always, you know, had decided to
myself that I wouldn't move unless I had
:
00:50:06,245 --> 00:50:08,796
been called there and that I was set up.
:
00:50:08,796 --> 00:50:10,716
I wouldn't go seeking something.
:
00:50:10,716 --> 00:50:14,256
Like I had to find it here
and then elevate to that one.
:
00:50:14,256 --> 00:50:18,006
But I couldn't go to LA seeking
fame or seeking attention or
:
00:50:18,276 --> 00:50:23,435
seeking money even that I needed
to like do my career for myself.
:
00:50:23,466 --> 00:50:27,845
And that I know if I work on my
soil, God is in charge of the growth.
:
00:50:27,875 --> 00:50:27,966
Right.
:
00:50:28,026 --> 00:50:31,716
So he's in charge of my growth and my
success and I'm really just in charge
:
00:50:31,716 --> 00:50:34,535
of developing my relationship with him.
:
00:50:35,301 --> 00:50:37,671
Being, you know, the steward
of the world instead.
:
00:50:38,180 --> 00:50:38,870
Tyler: That's amazing.
:
00:50:39,201 --> 00:50:42,321
And I think you did a really good
job of kind of explaining how those
:
00:50:42,321 --> 00:50:45,591
small steps of faith that you've
taken just in high town, right.
:
00:50:45,801 --> 00:50:47,600
That anyone else should
have been like, yeah, sure.
:
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:47,930
Whatever.
:
00:50:47,930 --> 00:50:50,180
You send me that contract,
like I wanna be famous.
:
00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:50,481
That's it.
:
00:50:50,486 --> 00:50:50,636
Mm-hmm.
:
00:50:50,716 --> 00:50:51,471
That's go.
:
00:50:51,830 --> 00:50:53,961
So I think you're already making those
right steps, so that's really good.
:
00:50:54,350 --> 00:50:54,591
Thank you.
:
00:50:54,591 --> 00:50:54,796
Thank you so much.
:
00:50:54,995 --> 00:50:55,196
Absolutely.
:
00:50:55,580 --> 00:51:01,611
So question with in general,
you got a lot going on 'cause
:
00:51:01,671 --> 00:51:03,381
besides acting you coach also.
:
00:51:04,051 --> 00:51:05,790
But I feel like that's
a whole nother episode.
:
00:51:05,881 --> 00:51:11,101
I don't wanna take you up all day, but
at this point I do wanna ask what's a
:
00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:14,581
success look like for you as a breed?
:
00:51:15,361 --> 00:51:23,971
Bri: Success is almost not
achievable because my ideas and
:
00:51:23,971 --> 00:51:26,611
thoughts and expectation of success.
:
00:51:27,256 --> 00:51:32,296
Has been so grand since the day
I was born that I really have
:
00:51:32,536 --> 00:51:37,756
to put success at the back of my
mind and be on it for the journey.
:
00:51:37,756 --> 00:51:43,216
I always say that the journey is the
destination, because every little step
:
00:51:43,216 --> 00:51:45,706
that I take is the success and the reward.
:
00:51:45,706 --> 00:51:51,016
Every small inch forward, or next job
or next connection I get like all the
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00:51:51,016 --> 00:51:55,546
little stuff that people don't see as
success, like even being on this podcast.
:
00:51:55,546 --> 00:51:55,636
Mm-hmm.
:
00:51:55,936 --> 00:51:59,836
Like this is a part of the journey
to, you know, be that famous, you
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00:51:59,836 --> 00:52:01,996
know, notable, wonderful actor.
:
00:52:02,266 --> 00:52:06,256
You know, that I hope to be one
day, but I really have to focus on
:
00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:11,416
just loving the journey and just
celebrating the journey as success.
:
00:52:11,416 --> 00:52:16,306
Like every day that I get to work as
an actor is the best day of my life.
:
00:52:16,336 --> 00:52:17,596
You know, I am.
:
00:52:18,106 --> 00:52:21,556
Never working because I'm
so fulfilled by my job.
:
00:52:21,556 --> 00:52:22,846
And so like, that's success.
:
00:52:22,851 --> 00:52:26,686
Like to me, oh my God, like I already
have reached success because I'm living
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00:52:26,686 --> 00:52:32,806
my dream and I haven't let it overtake me
that I'm still have this amazing balance.
:
00:52:32,806 --> 00:52:35,086
And I owe that a lot to Wilmington too.
:
00:52:35,086 --> 00:52:39,286
It's like, this is such a beautiful
town where people are so supportive
:
00:52:39,316 --> 00:52:44,476
and kind to you and your dreams even
know they're not stepping on you and
:
00:52:44,626 --> 00:52:46,276
pushing you down to get somewhere.
:
00:52:46,996 --> 00:52:52,156
And so I think it's all like I
choosing this and leaving, you know,
:
00:52:52,186 --> 00:52:57,796
spectrum for to pursue myself like
is the definition of success I want.
:
00:52:58,196 --> 00:53:00,686
But obviously I wanna be more successful.
:
00:53:00,686 --> 00:53:04,196
Obviously we only wanna go to
the top and you know, I have
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00:53:04,196 --> 00:53:08,036
very big dreams of, you know, the
kind of projects I wanna work on.
:
00:53:08,036 --> 00:53:12,386
And I hope to be able to produce
and direct and act in the shows
:
00:53:12,386 --> 00:53:13,766
I'm in eventually one day.
:
00:53:13,766 --> 00:53:16,766
Like that would be an ultimate
goal is to be able to do.
:
00:53:17,126 --> 00:53:20,216
The three, the three top
jobs on a film as myself.
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00:53:20,876 --> 00:53:21,206
Tyler: Awesome.
:
00:53:21,686 --> 00:53:24,776
After looking forward a little bit to
take a look back, if you were to tell your
:
00:53:24,776 --> 00:53:26,576
younger self one thing, what would it be?
:
00:53:31,256 --> 00:53:35,276
Bri: If I were to tell my younger self
something, I would think it would be,
:
00:53:35,516 --> 00:53:37,676
don't be afraid of being a distraction.
:
00:53:38,066 --> 00:53:45,446
Like don't be afraid of being wonderful
and great and gifted in just how you are.
:
00:53:45,446 --> 00:53:49,646
Like don't try to conform yourself
to meet other people's definition of
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00:53:49,646 --> 00:53:57,056
success is that make your own definition
of success and you know, also be a
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00:53:57,056 --> 00:53:58,796
great financial planner along the way.
:
00:53:58,976 --> 00:54:03,386
And you know, I do have a financial
planner because I think that's such a big
:
00:54:03,386 --> 00:54:09,116
part of it, is having your business mind
and set and your finances and set as well.
:
00:54:09,201 --> 00:54:09,491
Tyler: Nice.
:
00:54:12,116 --> 00:54:13,951
So Tyler did mention your Instagram.
:
00:54:15,430 --> 00:54:19,540
Do you have one or multiple you wanna
plug so people can follow your journey
:
00:54:19,540 --> 00:54:20,921
and all the cool stuff you got going on?
:
00:54:20,921 --> 00:54:21,580
Bri: Yeah, definitely.
:
00:54:21,580 --> 00:54:25,035
So my main Instagram is just brico OK.
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00:54:25,756 --> 00:54:27,070
O-K-A-M-O-T-O.
:
00:54:27,220 --> 00:54:27,310
Mm-hmm.
:
00:54:27,590 --> 00:54:31,100
And that is where I post
all of my acting content.
:
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:33,200
That's where I post all my modeling jobs.
:
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,720
That's kind of my
billboard for the industry.
:
00:54:35,750 --> 00:54:35,840
Mm-hmm.
:
00:54:36,290 --> 00:54:39,380
And then additionally, I have
another Instagram called, what
:
00:54:39,380 --> 00:54:40,400
are you doing, Willie Wood.
:
00:54:40,610 --> 00:54:43,430
It's abbreviated WYD Willie Wood.
:
00:54:43,850 --> 00:54:46,070
And I love that one so much.
:
00:54:46,100 --> 00:54:49,910
I, it is a monthly calendar that
I put out where I post every
:
00:54:49,910 --> 00:54:53,360
single film modeling theatrical.
:
00:54:53,750 --> 00:54:56,091
Industry event going on in Wilmington.
:
00:54:56,540 --> 00:54:59,571
And it's kind of just like a resource
for everybody in the industry
:
00:54:59,571 --> 00:55:01,370
to get together to connect more.
:
00:55:01,701 --> 00:55:04,910
'cause I was always seeing these
events after they had happened and
:
00:55:04,910 --> 00:55:07,370
I of course was like, everyone's
doing the coolest thing I've ever
:
00:55:07,370 --> 00:55:09,231
seen and I didn't get invited.
:
00:55:09,620 --> 00:55:12,171
You know, marketing, it just takes
a lot of time and seeing things.
:
00:55:12,171 --> 00:55:14,241
So I made this other Instagram, I love it.
:
00:55:14,631 --> 00:55:18,531
And selfishly I also made it
for myself because I wanna be
:
00:55:18,531 --> 00:55:20,000
the new source of Wilmington.
:
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,600
Like when projects are coming to
town, I want people to tell me about
:
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,040
it before they tell anybody else.
:
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,401
So I was like, if I make this
Instagram page, it is putting me
:
00:55:28,401 --> 00:55:32,361
in the captain's chair, like I
can make myself the news source.
:
00:55:32,571 --> 00:55:34,221
So it's been really, really fun.
:
00:55:34,250 --> 00:55:36,290
It has grown so much.
:
00:55:36,350 --> 00:55:36,981
It's like.
:
00:55:37,415 --> 00:55:39,035
So blowing up so quickly.
:
00:55:39,035 --> 00:55:42,620
I love seeing how many people
are like connecting with it.
:
00:55:42,625 --> 00:55:46,925
It only has 400 followers right now,
but it had 15,000 monthly views.
:
00:55:47,225 --> 00:55:47,285
Wow.
:
00:55:47,285 --> 00:55:50,195
And I was like, oh my gosh,
this is actually helping people.
:
00:55:50,345 --> 00:55:51,215
So I love that.
:
00:55:51,215 --> 00:55:52,535
So give that page a follow.
:
00:55:52,535 --> 00:55:56,375
If you're in the industry and wanna stay
connected and meet more like-minded people
:
00:55:56,375 --> 00:55:58,625
and get involved more, it's a great page.
:
00:55:58,625 --> 00:56:03,485
So that one, and then just my, my
main Instagram one is, is where
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00:56:03,485 --> 00:56:04,655
I like to keep people connected.
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00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:05,300
Tyler: Always.
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00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:05,660
Perfect.
:
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:12,665
So before we end it, always
ask a super random question.
:
00:56:12,716 --> 00:56:14,636
And I have two for you.
:
00:56:14,636 --> 00:56:14,786
Okay.
:
00:56:16,046 --> 00:56:24,716
One, what is one song that you think
would be played in hell to torture people?
:
00:56:25,051 --> 00:56:25,270
Bri: Oh.
:
00:56:26,185 --> 00:56:27,266
Oh goodness.
:
00:56:28,796 --> 00:56:31,586
Tyler: Obviously there's not actually
music playing down there, but.
:
00:56:33,836 --> 00:56:35,846
Bri: A torturous song.
:
00:56:35,966 --> 00:56:41,486
I mean, the song that like tortures
me is like, baby shark, like I
:
00:56:41,486 --> 00:56:43,311
said, last time seems so annoying.
:
00:56:43,556 --> 00:56:47,006
Like I feel like that's the most
like obvious dumb choice to pick.
:
00:56:47,396 --> 00:56:53,486
But I mean, like that, or maybe like
some like nails on a chalkboard like
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00:56:53,486 --> 00:56:55,016
that, on a repeat, that would torture
:
00:56:55,016 --> 00:56:55,256
Tyler: me.
:
00:56:55,316 --> 00:56:57,206
That's how you know how old people are.
:
00:56:57,776 --> 00:57:01,196
So like your age demographic,
you're all saying Baby shark.
:
00:57:01,481 --> 00:57:04,136
My age, I would say he's
not that much older than us.
:
00:57:04,226 --> 00:57:04,616
I'm not.
:
00:57:04,856 --> 00:57:07,906
But the, the song that doesn't end.
:
00:57:07,966 --> 00:57:11,596
Oh yeah, that's what like
plays soothe my head.
:
00:57:11,596 --> 00:57:12,391
I forget that exists.
:
00:57:12,391 --> 00:57:13,191
That's like that
:
00:57:13,196 --> 00:57:16,366
Bri: actually, now that you're saying
that the song, I changed my answer.
:
00:57:16,786 --> 00:57:23,356
The song that would play in hell is row,
row, row your boat in rounds on a repeat.
:
00:57:23,386 --> 00:57:26,926
That is what my mother would do
to pass the time on a row trip.
:
00:57:27,286 --> 00:57:31,126
And she'd be like, all right girls,
let's start singing Harmonize in rounds.
:
00:57:31,126 --> 00:57:34,936
I'll take the first course and
you jump in four counts later.
:
00:57:34,936 --> 00:57:38,026
And my sister would happily
sing along with my mom and I
:
00:57:38,026 --> 00:57:39,136
would just sit there like this.
:
00:57:39,166 --> 00:57:40,516
This is my personal hell.
:
00:57:40,846 --> 00:57:44,836
So row, row, row your bow, go
in rounds, harmonized on repeat.
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00:57:45,616 --> 00:57:46,336
Tyler: I'm down for it.
:
00:57:46,606 --> 00:57:48,406
So, 'cause you're in the acting world.
:
00:57:48,616 --> 00:57:50,416
I know you said you have
a few things coming out.
:
00:57:51,156 --> 00:57:51,376
Bri: Yes.
:
00:57:51,556 --> 00:57:51,776
Yes.
:
00:57:51,826 --> 00:57:52,336
We'll let you
:
00:57:52,336 --> 00:57:52,856
Tyler: shout those out.
:
00:57:52,926 --> 00:57:53,216
Okay.
:
00:57:53,371 --> 00:57:55,081
Bri: I do want, I'm very excited.
:
00:57:55,081 --> 00:57:57,241
Next month in New York City.
:
00:57:57,541 --> 00:58:01,921
During New York Fashion Week, I
have a project coming out about
:
00:58:01,921 --> 00:58:03,901
the life of Alexander McQueen.
:
00:58:03,931 --> 00:58:10,056
It's called Provocateur, and it is
kind of an art exhibition mixed with.
:
00:58:10,876 --> 00:58:14,956
Visual media mixed with a Broadway
performance about the life of
:
00:58:14,956 --> 00:58:17,806
Alexander McQueen, who is an
incredible fashion designer who
:
00:58:17,806 --> 00:58:19,516
really rose to fame in the nineties.
:
00:58:19,756 --> 00:58:22,966
More popularly, everyone will
probably know him from designing
:
00:58:23,146 --> 00:58:24,346
many of Lady Gaga's garments.
:
00:58:24,376 --> 00:58:24,466
Mm-hmm.
:
00:58:25,066 --> 00:58:27,736
When she was first rising fame
in the, you know, the early
:
00:58:27,736 --> 00:58:29,806
two thousands and::
00:58:30,046 --> 00:58:36,091
So, he actually died by suicide
oh maybe::
00:58:36,256 --> 00:58:41,236
And so this incredible production company,
these artists have come together to create
:
00:58:41,236 --> 00:58:44,656
a 13 room exhibition about McQueen's life.
:
00:58:44,686 --> 00:58:45,046
That's pretty Wow.
:
00:58:45,196 --> 00:58:48,706
So it's gonna premiere in New York
and then have a tour around the world.
:
00:58:49,056 --> 00:58:53,736
And in the very last room, you enter,
it's a runway and you put virtual reality
:
00:58:53,736 --> 00:58:58,116
gall asses on, and you're transported
back into time into the runway.
:
00:58:58,116 --> 00:58:59,796
And our film starts playing.
:
00:59:00,006 --> 00:59:04,476
So you see me backstage, I play one of
the runway models working with McQueen,
:
00:59:04,536 --> 00:59:06,756
and it's this really incredible.
:
00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:11,336
Like immersive film experience and
then they're also doing it in a
:
00:59:11,336 --> 00:59:13,226
company off-Broadway show as well.
:
00:59:13,406 --> 00:59:17,576
So if you guys are in New York in
August, September, October, I'm not
:
00:59:17,576 --> 00:59:21,776
sure how long it'll run to, there's
an off-Broadway play you can see, or
:
00:59:21,776 --> 00:59:26,606
you can go to the exhibition called
Provocateur and see me in the film there.
:
00:59:26,666 --> 00:59:27,221
I see.
:
00:59:27,386 --> 00:59:29,426
So I'm a big fashion girly.
:
00:59:29,426 --> 00:59:32,276
I am a love the runway.
:
00:59:32,276 --> 00:59:34,646
I do a lot of modeling on runway as well.
:
00:59:34,646 --> 00:59:34,736
Mm-hmm.
:
00:59:34,976 --> 00:59:37,646
And it's just one of the most
fun things you could possibly do.
:
00:59:37,916 --> 00:59:45,716
So definitely check that out this
December in this holiday season.
:
00:59:45,776 --> 00:59:49,616
I hope you guys will also watch
my new film, the Christmas Rewind.
:
00:59:49,986 --> 00:59:54,546
We have not, our distributor is still
securing its home for that, so I'll
:
00:59:54,546 --> 00:59:56,676
let you guys know where that is out.
:
00:59:56,676 --> 01:00:01,806
But that is going to be like the most
fun family friendly, like comedy.
:
01:00:02,881 --> 01:00:03,961
Movie ever.
:
01:00:03,961 --> 01:00:06,931
And I play the character Holly,
one of the leads of that one.
:
01:00:06,931 --> 01:00:08,251
So I'm very excited for those two.
:
01:00:08,371 --> 01:00:08,701
That's awesome.
:
01:00:08,701 --> 01:00:12,631
To come out and to continue
working and continue filming more.
:
01:00:13,201 --> 01:00:17,701
Tyler: So that is leads to my real
question, which is what's a movie
:
01:00:17,701 --> 01:00:19,921
that you think everybody should watch?
:
01:00:20,671 --> 01:00:21,431
Bri: Oh, oh my gosh.
:
01:00:21,526 --> 01:00:21,746
And
:
01:00:21,751 --> 01:00:24,571
Tyler: it doesn't have to
be like, Schindler's List or
:
01:00:24,571 --> 01:00:26,881
Shaw Sha, Kiki g, anything.
:
01:00:27,181 --> 01:00:34,171
Bri: You know, I love Wes Anderson, so
I'm gonna say the Grand Budapest Hotel.
:
01:00:34,651 --> 01:00:34,681
Okay.
:
01:00:34,681 --> 01:00:34,741
Yeah.
:
01:00:34,741 --> 01:00:34,831
Good.
:
01:00:34,831 --> 01:00:40,711
It is so visually exciting and
stunning and there's, it's, it's
:
01:00:40,711 --> 01:00:42,481
just a visually beautiful movie.
:
01:00:42,481 --> 01:00:46,981
And also like all of Wes Anderson
films are just so quirky and
:
01:00:46,981 --> 01:00:48,691
weird, so quirky and dark.
:
01:00:48,931 --> 01:00:49,891
Did you see his newest one?
:
01:00:50,171 --> 01:00:51,431
Not yet, but
:
01:00:51,491 --> 01:00:52,546
Tyler: I'm watching that this week.
:
01:00:53,636 --> 01:00:56,216
Bri: I'll have to watch it after
I hear your reviews about it.
:
01:00:56,216 --> 01:00:59,185
But anything West Anderson
excites me so much.
:
01:00:59,486 --> 01:01:02,336
So Grand Budapest Hotel is
something that I rent should watch.
:
01:01:02,336 --> 01:01:02,486
Awesome.
:
01:01:02,665 --> 01:01:03,176
Tyler: Nice.
:
01:01:04,346 --> 01:01:06,326
I never asked you this question.
:
01:01:06,326 --> 01:01:06,806
Send it.
:
01:01:08,516 --> 01:01:12,625
I love Christopher Nolan, so
pretty much anything by him.
:
01:01:14,156 --> 01:01:15,476
I need a suggestion, sir.
:
01:01:16,165 --> 01:01:16,946
Can't say anything.
:
01:01:16,946 --> 01:01:18,145
What if I've never heard of him.
:
01:01:20,096 --> 01:01:25,016
So the most recent one that I just watched
again is Interstellar, which I don't mind.
:
01:01:25,256 --> 01:01:29,026
And then the what's the
one that he did with?
:
01:01:29,076 --> 01:01:29,736
It was The Life.
:
01:01:29,766 --> 01:01:32,405
It was ba it was based off
the life of Nicola Tesla.
:
01:01:34,296 --> 01:01:35,345
Oh, prestige.
:
01:01:35,765 --> 01:01:37,296
No, that's a good one too.
:
01:01:37,296 --> 01:01:39,575
Yeah, I think it was, was it?
:
01:01:39,725 --> 01:01:40,475
I don't remember.
:
01:01:40,715 --> 01:01:43,025
I'm not good with maybe
names, but yeah, whatever.
:
01:01:43,086 --> 01:01:45,155
Find out what that one
is and I'll find one.
:
01:01:45,155 --> 01:01:45,176
That one.
:
01:01:45,245 --> 01:01:45,546
Okay.
:
01:01:45,725 --> 01:01:46,086
Something.
:
01:01:46,086 --> 01:01:46,895
Bri: Christopher Nolan.
:
01:01:47,375 --> 01:01:48,725
Christopher Nolan films.
:
01:01:48,725 --> 01:01:50,165
All of 'em are pretty cool.
:
01:01:50,526 --> 01:01:52,775
Tyler: I'm just over here, the
one based off of Nicola Tesla.
:
01:01:52,775 --> 01:01:53,675
I forget what that one's called.
:
01:01:53,855 --> 01:01:55,355
It might be the Prestige actually.
:
01:01:55,355 --> 01:01:55,655
Do you have one,
:
01:01:55,656 --> 01:01:56,075
Bri: Chris?
:
01:01:56,555 --> 01:01:57,215
Tyler: Oh, I have a lot.
:
01:01:58,175 --> 01:01:59,736
So that's a whole other
Well, you only get one.
:
01:01:59,736 --> 01:02:00,010
Yeah.
:
01:02:00,245 --> 01:02:00,935
Oh, I know this.
:
01:02:01,145 --> 01:02:02,465
That's the running joke, so.
:
01:02:02,675 --> 01:02:03,065
Hmm.
:
01:02:03,425 --> 01:02:05,075
I'm gonna pick something totally random.
:
01:02:06,365 --> 01:02:07,595
I haven't said it before.
:
01:02:07,985 --> 01:02:08,585
So
:
01:02:11,345 --> 01:02:12,545
500 days a summer.
:
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:13,660
Bri: Oh, okay.
:
01:02:14,135 --> 01:02:14,675
Classic.
:
01:02:15,005 --> 01:02:15,155
Tyler: Yes.
:
01:02:15,155 --> 01:02:15,845
I haven't heard of that.
:
01:02:16,295 --> 01:02:17,255
Oh, such a good movie.
:
01:02:17,735 --> 01:02:19,205
It, it's one of those movies.
:
01:02:19,205 --> 01:02:22,205
I just like, anything that has
like time manipulation and you see
:
01:02:22,205 --> 01:02:23,405
like different points of views.
:
01:02:24,305 --> 01:02:24,935
I changed Fine.
:
01:02:24,935 --> 01:02:26,165
Monty Python on the Holy Grail.
:
01:02:26,375 --> 01:02:27,065
Oh, so good.
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Og.
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And that one's great.
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Don't worry.
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01:02:30,060 --> 01:02:30,755
I'm still not seeing that.
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01:02:30,755 --> 01:02:30,845
What?
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01:02:32,705 --> 01:02:34,205
Oh no, that's right down your alley, dude.
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01:02:34,610 --> 01:02:38,000
I worked at Movie Stop and at
a movie theater, and there's
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so many, like top one hundreds.
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01:02:39,860 --> 01:02:41,120
I've never seen a touch wound.
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01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:41,210
Right.
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01:02:42,740 --> 01:02:43,820
I know the quotes.
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01:02:43,820 --> 01:02:46,965
I was gonna say, that's the quoted movies.
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That's what we were talking about before.
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Like a lot of these classics are like
one of the most like quoted movies,
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01:02:51,470 --> 01:02:52,520
like different things on there.
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01:02:52,565 --> 01:02:54,130
I know I'm the worst.
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01:02:54,130 --> 01:02:54,610
I'm not dead yet.
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01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:55,210
Yeah.
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01:02:55,650 --> 01:02:56,450
I'm not dead yet.
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01:02:56,975 --> 01:02:58,145
Bri: Bring out the dead.
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01:02:59,315 --> 01:02:59,885
It's a great one.
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01:02:59,885 --> 01:03:01,505
Now see, now I'm gonna
have to go watch money.
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01:03:01,505 --> 01:03:01,745
Right.
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01:03:02,855 --> 01:03:03,605
Tyler: That's what we're here for.
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01:03:04,085 --> 01:03:06,065
But I just wanna say
thank you for coming on.
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01:03:06,365 --> 01:03:07,295
It was a blast.
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01:03:07,535 --> 01:03:08,735
Bri: Thank you so much for having me.
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01:03:08,735 --> 01:03:10,445
It was so fun talking with you guys.
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01:03:10,445 --> 01:03:10,530
Yeah, thanks.
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01:03:10,530 --> 01:03:10,730
You too.
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01:03:11,015 --> 01:03:13,565
Reliving down this Journeys trails.
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01:03:13,565 --> 01:03:16,265
It's always fun to look back and
think about all the little things
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01:03:16,265 --> 01:03:17,555
that got you to where you are.
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01:03:17,615 --> 01:03:17,765
Yeah.
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01:03:18,065 --> 01:03:21,570
Tyler: We'll have to have you on again
when we have more natural lighting, right?
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01:03:21,570 --> 01:03:21,770
Yeah.
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01:03:21,990 --> 01:03:23,970
We have the 10.0.
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01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:24,490
Yeah.
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01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:24,810
Yeah.
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01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:26,130
I'll have some more stuff to plug.
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01:03:26,130 --> 01:03:27,635
I think technically it's 4.0
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01:03:27,755 --> 01:03:28,505
at that point.
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01:03:28,535 --> 01:03:28,715
Yeah.
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01:03:28,895 --> 01:03:29,885
It'll be four or 5.0
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01:03:29,885 --> 01:03:30,305
at that point.
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01:03:30,425 --> 01:03:32,945
We've, we've been all, we've
been doing this for over three
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01:03:32,945 --> 01:03:34,145
years now, so we're like,
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01:03:34,150 --> 01:03:34,210
Bri: what's that?
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01:03:34,835 --> 01:03:36,095
Projecting upwards.
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01:03:36,095 --> 01:03:37,595
You guys are doing good though.
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01:03:37,655 --> 01:03:38,825
Continue the growth.
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01:03:38,825 --> 01:03:39,485
We love it.
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01:03:39,635 --> 01:03:42,725
Tyler: One day we'll have a studio
where everything's just already set up
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01:03:42,725 --> 01:03:45,215
and I can just walk in and go click.
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01:03:45,276 --> 01:03:45,485
Bri: Yeah.
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01:03:45,485 --> 01:03:49,205
And then you have your own producer
who's there clicking it for you?
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01:03:49,205 --> 01:03:49,325
I
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01:03:49,325 --> 01:03:52,320
Tyler: would love a producer I gotta
find, but I don't the money for it.
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01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:54,725
Do you know Rich Cardona?
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01:03:57,185 --> 01:03:58,295
She's like, I know that name.
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01:03:59,165 --> 01:03:59,645
Bri: No.
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01:03:59,915 --> 01:04:00,275
Tyler: No.
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01:04:00,365 --> 01:04:00,605
Okay.
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01:04:00,605 --> 01:04:04,175
He, he has a lot of stuff in the
podcasting world in Wilmington and
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01:04:04,175 --> 01:04:06,965
he actually has like a full studio
with like three different sets.
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01:04:06,965 --> 01:04:08,135
So like it's, it's amazing.
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01:04:08,315 --> 01:04:08,795
Bri: Oh, that's cool.
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01:04:08,795 --> 01:04:09,305
I'll have to check it out.
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01:04:09,305 --> 01:04:09,785
Yeah.
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01:04:09,845 --> 01:04:10,085
Tyler: Yeah.
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01:04:10,085 --> 01:04:10,715
He's a good guy.
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01:04:11,075 --> 01:04:13,535
So thank you guys for listening.
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01:04:14,285 --> 01:04:18,375
Hopefully you'll share it, like,
comment and subscribe and check
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01:04:18,375 --> 01:04:21,465
out all of Bree's cool stuff and
we'll catch you in the next one.
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01:04:21,765 --> 01:04:22,095
Cheers.
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01:04:22,095 --> 01:04:22,455
Cheers.
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01:04:22,455 --> 01:04:23,055
Bri: Thanks guys.