From Saturday Night Live (Page Program) to Black Mafia Family actress Kerri J. Baldwin has done a little bit of EVERYTHING in the entertainment industry!
On this episode of The Demia Avery Show – The Industry, Demia sits down with actress, former sports journalist, and multimedia personality Kerri J. Baldwin for a fun, candid, and inspiring conversation about her incredible journey through show business.
Kerri shares stories from her days working at NBC, covering the New York Knicks, and making her way back into acting after a 15-year break. With television credits including BMF, Atlanta, THEM, and Hush, Kerri knows a thing or two about navigating the ups, downs, and unexpected turns of this industry!
And this interview is EXTRA special because Kerri is represented by The Avery Agency, making this one a little more personal and a whole lot of fun!
In this episode:
Behind-the-scenes stories from NBC and Saturday Night Live
Going from sports journalism to acting
Returning to the entertainment industry after a 15-year hiatus
Auditions, rejection, and staying confident
The business of commercials and voiceovers
Balancing motherhood, caregiving, and an acting career
And a hilarious round of "I'd Rather" that you don't want to miss!
ALSO, Don't forget to catch her on today's episode 1204 of Chicago Med as Dr. Thea Heart.
Whether you're an aspiring actor, a working professional, or someone who believes it's never too late to reinvent yourself, this conversation is for YOU!
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00:00:32 --> 00:00:33 Hello everyone. This is Deia Avery with
00:00:33 --> 00:00:36 the Demia Avery Show, the industry. Now,
00:00:36 --> 00:00:39 my next guest has done a little bit of
00:00:39 --> 00:00:41 everything, and I mean everything in
00:00:41 --> 00:00:43 this entertainment business from working
00:00:43 --> 00:00:45 behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live
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00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 Family, Atlanta, and Hush. She has
00:00:53 --> 00:00:55 definitely earned her stripe. She's an
00:00:55 --> 00:00:58 actress, former sports journalist,
00:00:58 --> 00:01:00 television personality, and a woman who
00:01:00 --> 00:01:02 knows how to reinvent herself and keep
00:01:02 --> 00:01:05 it moving. And this interview is extra
00:01:05 --> 00:01:07 special because she's also part of our
00:01:07 --> 00:01:10 very own Avery Agency family. Now, I
00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 already know this woman has a big
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00:01:22 --> 00:01:25 Baldwin. Welcome. Oh, thank you so much
00:01:25 --> 00:01:28 for having me. That was a wonderful
00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 introduction.
00:01:29 --> 00:01:31 >> I want to record that and take it with
00:01:31 --> 00:01:35 me everywhere I go. Look, [laughter]
00:01:35 --> 00:01:36 >> I love it.
00:01:36 --> 00:01:38 >> I love that. It's so nice to see you.
00:01:38 --> 00:01:39 Thanks for having me.
00:01:39 --> 00:01:41 >> You are so welcome. I'm so happy to see
00:01:41 --> 00:01:45 you before we got started. I feel like
00:01:45 --> 00:01:47 I've known Carrie forever. And I usually
00:01:47 --> 00:01:51 Jared now she deals with my uh sister
00:01:51 --> 00:01:54 which is her agent but she and I mostly
00:01:54 --> 00:01:56 talk on social media so we never
00:01:56 --> 00:01:59 actually talk but I feel like [laughter]
00:01:59 --> 00:02:01 we talk about we feel like we're cousins
00:02:01 --> 00:02:01 or something.
00:02:01 --> 00:02:05 >> We are cousins. Yes we are from Delaware
00:02:05 --> 00:02:07 to South Jersey. We can have those
00:02:07 --> 00:02:10 conversations, you know, to every and
00:02:10 --> 00:02:13 anything. It's so good to finally um
00:02:13 --> 00:02:16 connect outside of of social media,
00:02:16 --> 00:02:17 >> right? I'm I'm very honored that you'd
00:02:18 --> 00:02:19 bring me on your show. I' I've enjoyed
00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 watching it. Um you've done a great job
00:02:23 --> 00:02:25 uh with it and sharing invaluable
00:02:25 --> 00:02:27 information and bringing, you know, some
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29 really big heavy hitters on the show
00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 that really have a lot of intel about
00:02:31 --> 00:02:34 the industry as things are changing.
00:02:34 --> 00:02:37 It's like every day there's something
00:02:37 --> 00:02:39 different going on. So,
00:02:39 --> 00:02:40 >> thank you for that. Thank you for
00:02:40 --> 00:02:41 sharing with us.
00:02:41 --> 00:02:43 >> You are so welcome. Now Carrie,
00:02:43 --> 00:02:45 >> now you lived about five different
00:02:45 --> 00:02:47 entertainment lives, girl. So [laughter]
00:02:47 --> 00:02:49 you you've been a beauty pageant
00:02:49 --> 00:02:51 contestant, sports journalist,
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54 television host, actress. Is there
00:02:54 --> 00:02:56 anything you haven't tried? And out of
00:02:56 --> 00:02:58 all these careers, which one brought out
00:02:58 --> 00:03:01 the real Carrie Baldwin?
00:03:01 --> 00:03:04 >> Wow. I would say I haven't done any
00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 stunts, right? And I probably will never
00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 do anything. Well, I have. I've done
00:03:09 --> 00:03:11 stunts, but not real real stunts, you
00:03:11 --> 00:03:13 know. Um,
00:03:14 --> 00:03:17 >> I would probably gosh, it's I've enjoyed
00:03:18 --> 00:03:20 I've enjoyed doing everything, but
00:03:20 --> 00:03:24 really acting has always just been in me
00:03:24 --> 00:03:26 ever since I was a child, you know,
00:03:26 --> 00:03:28 starting in theater in South Jersey.
00:03:28 --> 00:03:29 Yeah.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:32 >> And just performing. Um, [snorts]
00:03:32 --> 00:03:34 >> that's just always been what I've
00:03:34 --> 00:03:36 enjoyed to do. And it's really helped
00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 me. Um, you didn't mention my sales
00:03:39 --> 00:03:40 career. That's that's something else I
00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 have going on, right? Um, so it's really
00:03:44 --> 00:03:47 helped me in every aspect um, facet of
00:03:47 --> 00:03:50 my life, you know, just being able to to
00:03:50 --> 00:03:52 be confident and to speak to people to
00:03:52 --> 00:03:55 get the things that you need right to
00:03:55 --> 00:03:57 not be afraid to ask for what you need.
00:03:57 --> 00:03:59 Um, and interacting with so many
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 different types of people. So, I would
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 definitely say being an actress by far.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:06 >> Yeah. Well, okay. So, the whole Saturday
00:04:06 --> 00:04:07 Night Live thing.
00:04:07 --> 00:04:08 >> Yes.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 >> Okay. So, I know you have some stories.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 So, what was one of the craziest or
00:04:13 --> 00:04:15 funny things that you have witnessed
00:04:15 --> 00:04:17 maybe like behind the scenes or did you
00:04:17 --> 00:04:19 ever have one of those moments where you
00:04:19 --> 00:04:20 thought, I cannot believe they're paying
00:04:20 --> 00:04:23 me to be here, [laughter]
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26 >> you know? SNL. So, I was a page. Are you
00:04:26 --> 00:04:29 familiar with the NBC page program?
00:04:29 --> 00:04:30 >> I am not. No,
00:04:30 --> 00:04:31 >> you're not. So, if you've ever watched
00:04:31 --> 00:04:34 30 Rock, I think they do like they've
00:04:34 --> 00:04:36 had like episodes where they feature the
00:04:36 --> 00:04:39 pages and we wore these navy blue suits
00:04:39 --> 00:04:43 >> and we toured NBC. So, people pay to
00:04:43 --> 00:04:44 tour NBC.
00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 >> Okay.
00:04:45 --> 00:04:47 >> Throughout that tour, you take them to
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 SNL. At the time, it was the Rosie
00:04:49 --> 00:04:52 O'Donnell show that was on the Today
00:04:52 --> 00:04:54 Show. This is when Katie and Matt were
00:04:54 --> 00:04:55 there.
00:04:55 --> 00:04:58 >> Um, Nightly News with Tom Bro. I was his
00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 production assistant. uh you have NBC
00:05:01 --> 00:05:04 Sports. It was just every studio within
00:05:04 --> 00:05:07 the in the building and it was
00:05:07 --> 00:05:09 absolutely amazing. Like I just I made
00:05:09 --> 00:05:11 the best of it. I did not make a lot of
00:05:12 --> 00:05:12 money
00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 >> back then. I made $10 an hour.
00:05:15 --> 00:05:17 >> I was about 24 years old.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:18 >> Yeah.
00:05:18 --> 00:05:22 >> Um very prestigious program to get into.
00:05:22 --> 00:05:24 I mean thousands and thousands of
00:05:24 --> 00:05:28 postgraduates apply to be a page. Okay.
00:05:28 --> 00:05:31 But in that you get so much invaluable
00:05:31 --> 00:05:34 like training. I mean handson being
00:05:34 --> 00:05:36 right there front and center. So I did
00:05:36 --> 00:05:39 have the opportunity to work SNL a few
00:05:39 --> 00:05:41 times. And I mean you know you'd bump
00:05:41 --> 00:05:45 into um gosh why am I drawing a blank?
00:05:45 --> 00:05:48 My girl with the glasses. Um Tina.
00:05:48 --> 00:05:49 >> Okay.
00:05:49 --> 00:05:50 >> Tina Fay.
00:05:50 --> 00:05:53 >> You could bump into Tina Fay. Um, you
00:05:53 --> 00:05:55 know, you watch them, you know, as they
00:05:55 --> 00:05:58 practice going up into the stands. It
00:05:58 --> 00:06:01 just, it just was live. I mean, and we
00:06:01 --> 00:06:05 worked a lot. I worked like 80 60 to 80
00:06:05 --> 00:06:07 hours a week sometimes.
00:06:07 --> 00:06:09 >> It was a lot. So, with SNL, you weren't
00:06:09 --> 00:06:12 getting off until like 3:00 3:30 in the
00:06:12 --> 00:06:13 morning.
00:06:13 --> 00:06:16 >> Okay. So, I really I worked SNL a few
00:06:16 --> 00:06:19 times, but my main um pub, my main
00:06:19 --> 00:06:21 assignment for the most part was nightly
00:06:21 --> 00:06:23 the nightly news with Tom Bro.
00:06:23 --> 00:06:24 >> Okay.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:25 >> So, go ahead.
00:06:25 --> 00:06:29 >> But I I I I bet doing all of that, I
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 mean, that had to cultivate your work
00:06:32 --> 00:06:34 ethic because doing all those hours and
00:06:34 --> 00:06:36 stuff like that, I I just couldn't
00:06:36 --> 00:06:39 imagine. Does that help you with with
00:06:39 --> 00:06:42 your acting now? like the whole work
00:06:42 --> 00:06:43 ethic thing.
00:06:43 --> 00:06:45 >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Working like
00:06:45 --> 00:06:48 that, being young, right? I had a little
00:06:48 --> 00:06:50 bit more energy. I'm I'm a little older
00:06:50 --> 00:06:53 now. [laughter]
00:06:53 --> 00:06:56 Actually, 25 years later, um I think
00:06:56 --> 00:07:00 though what it's done for me more than
00:07:00 --> 00:07:03 anything is it's strengthened my faith.
00:07:03 --> 00:07:04 >> Deia.
00:07:04 --> 00:07:08 >> Okay. Um, it's been 25 years and I have
00:07:08 --> 00:07:12 so many full circle moments that started
00:07:12 --> 00:07:14 with NBC
00:07:14 --> 00:07:16 >> that I can think of and I'm like, and
00:07:16 --> 00:07:19 I'm a very um, sentimental person. I
00:07:19 --> 00:07:21 always like to put meaning with
00:07:21 --> 00:07:23 something and really understand and be
00:07:24 --> 00:07:27 like, God, like you did not forget.
00:07:27 --> 00:07:30 >> You didn't forget. I don't care if it
00:07:30 --> 00:07:31 didn't happen right away. It didn't
00:07:31 --> 00:07:33 happen today. It didn't happen tomorrow.
00:07:33 --> 00:07:36 25 years later, you never forgot what I
00:07:36 --> 00:07:39 asked for. And I think that's what's
00:07:39 --> 00:07:42 actually more important to me than
00:07:42 --> 00:07:44 anything because I know he is so
00:07:44 --> 00:07:46 faithful and he is so real.
00:07:46 --> 00:07:46 >> Yeah.
00:07:46 --> 00:07:48 >> And it's just Yeah. It's I get I get
00:07:48 --> 00:07:50 sentimental when I think about those
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 things with NBC.
00:07:52 --> 00:07:53 >> I bet. I bet. Well, let's talk about
00:07:53 --> 00:07:56 your sports reporting days cuz you you
00:07:56 --> 00:07:58 covered some New York Knicks stuff. So,
00:07:58 --> 00:07:59 you've been around
00:07:59 --> 00:08:03 >> some pretty big personalities. So, who's
00:08:03 --> 00:08:04 harder to deal with, a professional
00:08:04 --> 00:08:07 athlete after losing a game or an actor
00:08:07 --> 00:08:10 who didn't get the role?
00:08:10 --> 00:08:13 What [laughter] did sports journalism
00:08:13 --> 00:08:15 teach you about rejection? You know,
00:08:16 --> 00:08:19 >> I will tell you that um my experience is
00:08:19 --> 00:08:22 such with dealing with an athlete. Um I
00:08:22 --> 00:08:25 did a lot of freelance reporting through
00:08:25 --> 00:08:27 NBC. So, I got the gig uh through
00:08:27 --> 00:08:29 Pan-American Sports, but through NBC
00:08:30 --> 00:08:32 covering the Knicks on a few occasions,
00:08:32 --> 00:08:35 and I can remember being in the locker
00:08:35 --> 00:08:36 room,
00:08:36 --> 00:08:38 >> being the only female in the locker
00:08:38 --> 00:08:41 room. This is New York media.
00:08:41 --> 00:08:45 >> Okay. I'm 24 years old trying to ask
00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 questions. Yeah.
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 >> And Allan Henderson, I will never
00:08:48 --> 00:08:51 forget. And I don't know where he is now
00:08:51 --> 00:08:53 or what he was like, I mean, can I put
00:08:53 --> 00:08:55 my clothes on, you know? And I was like,
00:08:55 --> 00:08:57 "Oh my god." Like, I'm the only one. So,
00:08:57 --> 00:08:59 I don't know if you know Chris Brousard,
00:08:59 --> 00:09:02 who's now on ESPN. He was back then um a
00:09:02 --> 00:09:04 writer, I want to say, for the New York
00:09:04 --> 00:09:06 Times at the time. So, I'm in this
00:09:06 --> 00:09:08 locker room with a bunch of men. I'm
00:09:08 --> 00:09:11 this young girl, and I'm I'm just I was
00:09:11 --> 00:09:13 proud of myself cuz I was forging my way
00:09:13 --> 00:09:15 in getting my questions. And I will tell
00:09:15 --> 00:09:17 you who showed up for your girl was
00:09:18 --> 00:09:19 Latrell Spreewell.
00:09:19 --> 00:09:19 >> What?
00:09:20 --> 00:09:23 >> He gave me the best interview ever. I
00:09:23 --> 00:09:25 will never forget that when Allan when
00:09:25 --> 00:09:27 Alan Henderson was like, "Let me put my
00:09:27 --> 00:09:29 clothes on." I want to be like, "I'm not
00:09:29 --> 00:09:32 even looking at you." [laughter] Like,
00:09:32 --> 00:09:35 you know what I mean?
00:09:35 --> 00:09:38 >> So, yes, Latrell Spreewell was awesome.
00:09:38 --> 00:09:42 And I want to say that this was
00:09:42 --> 00:09:44 this was after I don't know if you
00:09:44 --> 00:09:46 remember the contra when he choked PJ
00:09:46 --> 00:09:48 Carissimo when he was when he was on the
00:09:48 --> 00:09:50 Golden State Warriors. I want to say he
00:09:50 --> 00:09:53 went to the Knicks after.
00:09:53 --> 00:09:54 >> Okay.
00:09:54 --> 00:09:55 >> I want to say this was after, but he was
00:09:56 --> 00:09:56 wonderful.
00:09:56 --> 00:09:56 >> Yeah,
00:09:56 --> 00:09:59 >> he was wonderful. So, it made up for it.
00:09:59 --> 00:10:00 But, yeah, dealing with a bunch of of
00:10:00 --> 00:10:02 grown men that are athletes and really
00:10:02 --> 00:10:06 trying to gain the respect, right? Um,
00:10:06 --> 00:10:08 and them not be like, "Hey, what's up?
00:10:08 --> 00:10:10 How you doing? Give, you know, that was
00:10:10 --> 00:10:12 very challenging for me
00:10:12 --> 00:10:13 >> as well." That was very challenging.
00:10:13 --> 00:10:15 When I was in college,
00:10:15 --> 00:10:17 >> my first gig was covering the uh, at the
00:10:17 --> 00:10:19 time the Washington Redskins. Okay,
00:10:19 --> 00:10:22 >> this is when North Turner was the coach
00:10:22 --> 00:10:25 and he had his own show called the North
00:10:25 --> 00:10:27 Turner show. So I would cover training
00:10:27 --> 00:10:29 camp with Renie KN who was the lead
00:10:29 --> 00:10:32 sport sports cer for the ABC affiliate
00:10:32 --> 00:10:34 in DC and that was a little challenging
00:10:34 --> 00:10:37 really trying to find a balance between
00:10:37 --> 00:10:38 how do you do good work? How do you
00:10:38 --> 00:10:41 still be nice, want to be respected but
00:10:41 --> 00:10:43 not have guys hit on you?
00:10:43 --> 00:10:44 >> Right.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:45 >> That was challenging.
00:10:45 --> 00:10:46 >> I bet. I bet I bet
00:10:46 --> 00:10:48 >> that was challenging back then cuz I
00:10:48 --> 00:10:49 knew my stuff.
00:10:49 --> 00:10:51 >> I still know my stuff to me [laughter]
00:10:51 --> 00:10:53 and they be Listen, I still got guy
00:10:53 --> 00:10:55 friends that be calling me talking
00:10:55 --> 00:10:57 about, "Hey, my my homeboy don't know
00:10:57 --> 00:11:00 much about football, you know, for which
00:11:00 --> 00:11:01 what what you think's going on with the
00:11:01 --> 00:11:04 Eagles? What which you know, and we have
00:11:04 --> 00:11:06 those conversations." [laughter] So, I
00:11:06 --> 00:11:09 knew my stuff, but it was getting past
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 all the politics, right? The all the all
00:11:11 --> 00:11:13 the other stuff that was kind of
00:11:13 --> 00:11:16 challenging for me. Well, I I definitely
00:11:16 --> 00:11:19 want to get into your acting career
00:11:19 --> 00:11:21 because you took some time off. You took
00:11:21 --> 00:11:24 about 15 years off and then I know the
00:11:24 --> 00:11:25 industry didn't just roll out the red
00:11:25 --> 00:11:27 carpet for you when you, you know, when
00:11:27 --> 00:11:29 you came back. What was your biggest
00:11:29 --> 00:11:31 reality check when you returned? And
00:11:31 --> 00:11:33 what would you tell actors who trying to
00:11:33 --> 00:11:36 make that that type of comeback?
00:11:36 --> 00:11:39 >> Every day now is something different.
00:11:39 --> 00:11:42 Um, coming from theater,
00:11:42 --> 00:11:44 >> I had done mostly theater, right? So,
00:11:44 --> 00:11:47 growing up, I had my mom um did have an
00:11:47 --> 00:11:49 agent. I had an agent in New York.
00:11:50 --> 00:11:52 >> Uh, my mom worked in the casino, so it
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54 was really difficult for her to get me
00:11:54 --> 00:11:56 back and forth to auditions up to New
00:11:56 --> 00:11:59 York. So, it was one of those things
00:11:59 --> 00:12:00 where
00:12:00 --> 00:12:03 um the TV and film part of it wasn't
00:12:03 --> 00:12:04 really happening, but the theater part
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05 was.
00:12:05 --> 00:12:07 >> Okay. And when I went to the University
00:12:07 --> 00:12:09 of Maryland, I'd grown up in theater. I
00:12:10 --> 00:12:11 didn't want to major in theater. So, I
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13 took the journalism route and and
00:12:13 --> 00:12:14 majored in journalism and
00:12:14 --> 00:12:17 communications. And once I decided to
00:12:17 --> 00:12:20 get back in, I was like, "Wow, this is a
00:12:20 --> 00:12:23 this is a whole different ballgame. You
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 know, this is TV and film. This is
00:12:24 --> 00:12:26 Atlanta. This is a new market." At the
00:12:26 --> 00:12:29 time, Atlanta was a lot newer, right?
00:12:29 --> 00:12:31 So, I'm coming from New Jersey, um, in
00:12:31 --> 00:12:35 the New York market, um, Philadelphia.
00:12:35 --> 00:12:38 It was just very different. So to actors
00:12:38 --> 00:12:41 who are trying to get back into it and
00:12:41 --> 00:12:43 want to I called myself a resurgent
00:12:44 --> 00:12:46 actress. I'll never forget. Um
00:12:46 --> 00:12:47 [laughter]
00:12:47 --> 00:12:49 Ron Rico cracked up at me. He had come
00:12:49 --> 00:12:51 to one of my acting classes. This is
00:12:51 --> 00:12:52 when I used to study with Dwayne Boyd
00:12:52 --> 00:12:54 and the Pan Fam
00:12:54 --> 00:12:56 >> and he had brought Ron Rico in. And I
00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 was like, I'm Carrie J. Baldwin and I'm
00:12:58 --> 00:13:00 a resurging actress. He said, "Okay,
00:13:00 --> 00:13:00 [laughter]
00:13:00 --> 00:13:03 this resurgent act." And I was like, "Oh
00:13:03 --> 00:13:07 gosh, did I just like embarrass myself?"
00:13:07 --> 00:13:09 [laughter]
00:13:09 --> 00:13:12 >> So, I would say definitely stay a breast
00:13:12 --> 00:13:15 of the industry changes, right, and
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 what's going on. And as we all know now
00:13:16 --> 00:13:19 in 2026, social media is taking over.
00:13:19 --> 00:13:20 >> Yeah.
00:13:20 --> 00:13:22 >> Right. So, we're trying to those of us
00:13:22 --> 00:13:25 who've been tried, true, and tested and
00:13:25 --> 00:13:29 been doing this for over 30 year, you
00:13:29 --> 00:13:32 know, oh gosh, more 40 years, you know,
00:13:32 --> 00:13:34 it changes. The industry changes all the
00:13:34 --> 00:13:36 time. The way you get paid,
00:13:36 --> 00:13:38 >> you know, the residuals, lack thereof
00:13:38 --> 00:13:41 residuals, the way you get, you know,
00:13:41 --> 00:13:43 everything is just changed so much. So,
00:13:43 --> 00:13:44 the best thing you can do is really
00:13:44 --> 00:13:46 study the industry and really study what
00:13:46 --> 00:13:49 those changes are and try to maybe have
00:13:49 --> 00:13:51 uh a little bit of a head start on it,
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 right? To see how things are moving and
00:13:52 --> 00:13:54 where things are shifting too.
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 >> Yeah,
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 >> that would be my advice.
00:13:56 --> 00:13:58 >> Now, you've appeared on Black Mafia
00:13:58 --> 00:14:00 Family Atlanta.
00:14:00 --> 00:14:02 >> Let's say you walk into a set
00:14:02 --> 00:14:04 >> and discover your scene partner is
00:14:04 --> 00:14:06 somebody you've admired for years. Are
00:14:06 --> 00:14:08 you playing it cool or are you secretly
00:14:08 --> 00:14:12 freaking out inside? And how do you
00:14:12 --> 00:14:16 >> I am listen I am always one
00:14:16 --> 00:14:19 >> to fan out like over like
00:14:19 --> 00:14:23 >> but I do it in a very um
00:14:24 --> 00:14:26 uh inconspicuous kind of way. You know
00:14:26 --> 00:14:28 what I mean? Like I'm like oh my god oh
00:14:28 --> 00:14:30 my god. You know I admire your work. For
00:14:30 --> 00:14:33 instance, uh, Nicole Briana White, who I
00:14:33 --> 00:14:35 played my scene partner, who played
00:14:35 --> 00:14:36 Lucille,
00:14:36 --> 00:14:41 >> and she reminded me, she said, "You
00:14:41 --> 00:14:44 deserve to be here." Like, she's one of
00:14:44 --> 00:14:46 the ones who, she was like, "We've been
00:14:46 --> 00:14:48 trying to figure out where actors like
00:14:48 --> 00:14:50 you are. Like, you should have been
00:14:50 --> 00:14:52 here, you know?" And I don't know if it
00:14:52 --> 00:14:54 was I had a story. I always have a
00:14:54 --> 00:14:56 story, right? [laughter] I had a story
00:14:56 --> 00:15:00 for her about raising Kanan and um she
00:15:00 --> 00:15:03 had introduced me to the showrunner, the
00:15:03 --> 00:15:05 producers, everybody. They were like,
00:15:05 --> 00:15:06 "Oh, you got the leads talking about
00:15:06 --> 00:15:08 you." You know, that's a great thing,
00:15:08 --> 00:15:11 you know? So, it's just
00:15:11 --> 00:15:13 once you're there and you're in that
00:15:14 --> 00:15:16 space while you know nobody's superior,
00:15:16 --> 00:15:19 right? You admire their work. It's once
00:15:19 --> 00:15:22 again God's little token of letting you
00:15:22 --> 00:15:24 know you this is where you belong.
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 supposed to be.
00:15:25 --> 00:15:28 >> And she made me, she really made me, she
00:15:28 --> 00:15:30 set the tone. She really was the
00:15:30 --> 00:15:31 matriarch for that show.
00:15:32 --> 00:15:32 >> Yeah.
00:15:32 --> 00:15:35 >> And she set the tone. It was beautiful.
00:15:35 --> 00:15:39 >> So, yeah, that's an example of um of
00:15:39 --> 00:15:41 somebody that I truly truly enjoyed
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 working with and that I do keep in touch
00:15:42 --> 00:15:43 with.
00:15:43 --> 00:15:46 >> Oh, well, that's wonderful. Now, now you
00:15:46 --> 00:15:48 talked about some different characters,
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 but you play some interesting
00:15:49 --> 00:15:51 characters, including a rude aunt,
00:15:51 --> 00:15:54 >> a [laughter] a comedic nurse, and and
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 when you get a character who's just
00:15:55 --> 00:15:58 downright mean, do you pull the attitude
00:15:58 --> 00:16:01 from like some somebody you actually
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 know? Because I have a feeling you got a
00:16:02 --> 00:16:06 pe somebody in mind. Listen,
00:16:06 --> 00:16:06 [laughter]
00:16:06 --> 00:16:08 >> the me if you saw
00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 >> unbelievable
00:16:09 --> 00:16:12 >> if you saw the shenanigans that me and
00:16:12 --> 00:16:15 my mom my mom is really funny
00:16:15 --> 00:16:18 >> and we laugh at stuff all the time and
00:16:18 --> 00:16:22 growing up in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:22 >> Yeah,
00:16:22 --> 00:16:25 >> I have a number of characters to pull
00:16:25 --> 00:16:30 through. So it is always somebody that I
00:16:30 --> 00:16:32 can think of from home, you know, like
00:16:32 --> 00:16:34 I'll say something and my mom will be
00:16:34 --> 00:16:37 like, "Oh my god, little Curry." You
00:16:37 --> 00:16:39 know, like we just start imitating we
00:16:39 --> 00:16:40 just start imitating people. So yes,
00:16:40 --> 00:16:43 there's always somebody that I'm that
00:16:43 --> 00:16:45 I'm pulling from or or an experience
00:16:45 --> 00:16:47 that I'm that I'm pulling from. But
00:16:47 --> 00:16:49 growing up in Atlantic City, we had a
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 ton of
00:16:50 --> 00:16:51 >> stuff. I bet.
00:16:51 --> 00:16:53 >> Yes. And it was very diverse for me,
00:16:53 --> 00:16:56 too. I was around, you know, one of my
00:16:56 --> 00:16:58 really good friends in high school was a
00:16:58 --> 00:17:01 Jewish guy named Nate. You know, he used
00:17:01 --> 00:17:03 to bring me his uh kosha turkey
00:17:03 --> 00:17:05 sandwiches to school. Like, I have that
00:17:05 --> 00:17:08 story. I grew up with a lot of the girls
00:17:08 --> 00:17:11 not liking me and she thinks she cute,
00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 you know, all of that, dealing with
00:17:12 --> 00:17:16 that. So, it it I have a lot to pull
00:17:16 --> 00:17:18 from. [laughter]
00:17:18 --> 00:17:19 >> Yes.
00:17:19 --> 00:17:21 >> I love it. I love it. Now, you've also
00:17:21 --> 00:17:22 done a lot of commercials. So you've
00:17:22 --> 00:17:24 done like major brands like Harvey
00:17:24 --> 00:17:27 Supermarket or the lottery. Now some
00:17:27 --> 00:17:29 actors overlook commercials because
00:17:29 --> 00:17:31 they're chasing television and film. So
00:17:31 --> 00:17:33 what do you know about the commercial
00:17:33 --> 00:17:35 world that you wish more actors
00:17:35 --> 00:17:37 understood?
00:17:37 --> 00:17:40 >> You can make a lot of money doing
00:17:40 --> 00:17:41 commercials,
00:17:41 --> 00:17:42 >> right?
00:17:42 --> 00:17:46 >> I absolutely The Harvey shoot was one of
00:17:46 --> 00:17:50 my favorites till this day. Oh my gosh,
00:17:50 --> 00:17:52 they treated me so well. Um, they
00:17:52 --> 00:17:55 treated me well. I had a lot of fun. I
00:17:55 --> 00:17:57 was in that big old shopping cart
00:17:57 --> 00:18:01 riding.
00:18:01 --> 00:18:03 >> Uh oh, Carrie, I think I lost your I
00:18:03 --> 00:18:08 think I lost your sound.
00:18:08 --> 00:18:15 Uh oh.
00:18:15 --> 00:18:17 I don't know. There you go. Uh oh.
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 >> Okay. Yeah,
00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 >> you got me.
00:18:19 --> 00:18:22 >> Yeah. So, tell me more. So, let I'mma go
00:18:22 --> 00:18:23 back a little bit.
00:18:23 --> 00:18:25 >> Okay. I know where I left off.
00:18:25 --> 00:18:26 >> Okay.
00:18:26 --> 00:18:28 >> Or you tell I'm sorry. You tell me the
00:18:28 --> 00:18:28 last
00:18:28 --> 00:18:30 >> No, go ahead. Go ahead and finish where
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31 where you left off at.
00:18:31 --> 00:18:33 >> Okay. So, I was saying I had a great
00:18:33 --> 00:18:36 time filming that commercial in that big
00:18:36 --> 00:18:37 old shopping cart.
00:18:37 --> 00:18:38 >> Uhhuh.
00:18:38 --> 00:18:39 >> Riding through Charlotte, North
00:18:39 --> 00:18:41 Carolina, waving at people like I just
00:18:41 --> 00:18:44 won the Miss America pageant. [laughter]
00:18:44 --> 00:18:46 And it was raining. Believe it or not,
00:18:46 --> 00:18:48 it was raining.
00:18:48 --> 00:18:49 >> Wow.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:51 >> So, it was crazy cuz I was like, "Oh my
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 gosh, my hair is about to frizz up." You
00:18:52 --> 00:18:53 know, us in our hair,
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 >> right?
00:18:54 --> 00:18:57 >> Um I want to say BMF was probably the
00:18:57 --> 00:18:59 only time I ever had like any type of
00:18:59 --> 00:19:01 extension or anything in my hair and
00:19:01 --> 00:19:03 that was because it was a period piece,
00:19:03 --> 00:19:06 but my I wasn't worried about my hair
00:19:06 --> 00:19:08 frizzing and we made it. You would have
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 never known it was raining.
00:19:10 --> 00:19:10 >> Wow.
00:19:10 --> 00:19:12 >> Every time we cut they had an umbrella
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 over me. They you know
00:19:13 --> 00:19:17 >> Uhhuh. It was it was a lot of fun. So So
00:19:17 --> 00:19:19 what I would say to to people and you'll
00:19:19 --> 00:19:21 even see A-list actors are doing more
00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 commercial.
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 >> Yes, they are.
00:19:23 --> 00:19:26 >> The money is there. If you can book a
00:19:26 --> 00:19:30 good national spot um that runs, you
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 know what I mean?
00:19:31 --> 00:19:32 >> Yeah.
00:19:32 --> 00:19:35 >> A long time. Like sometimes I look at
00:19:35 --> 00:19:37 >> commercials that I auditioned for and
00:19:37 --> 00:19:39 didn't book and I'm like, dang, they
00:19:39 --> 00:19:40 getting
00:19:40 --> 00:19:42 >> they making some money, you know?
00:19:42 --> 00:19:44 >> Yeah. You get that surprise check come
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 in.
00:19:45 --> 00:19:47 >> Yeah. [laughter]
00:19:47 --> 00:19:49 >> Yeah. Commercials pay well. They pay
00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 very well.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:52 >> Yeah. No, let's talk about auditions for
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 a minute.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:56 >> So, have you ever walked out of an
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57 audition thinking, "Oh, I absolutely
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 killed it
00:19:59 --> 00:20:02 >> only to hear absolutely nothing about
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 it. What did that experience teach you
00:20:04 --> 00:20:06 about separating your confidence from
00:20:06 --> 00:20:09 whether or not you booked a job?"
00:20:09 --> 00:20:11 >> It happens. It happened a lot in the
00:20:11 --> 00:20:13 beginning. I'm not like that now.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:15 >> Um, in the beginning I thought I was
00:20:16 --> 00:20:19 booking everything. [laughter]
00:20:19 --> 00:20:21 You couldn't tell me, you know,
00:20:22 --> 00:20:25 >> but once you realize and you don't take
00:20:25 --> 00:20:27 it personally,
00:20:27 --> 00:20:29 >> um,
00:20:29 --> 00:20:31 it doesn't bother you.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:31 >> Yeah,
00:20:31 --> 00:20:33 >> it doesn't bother you. When you don't
00:20:34 --> 00:20:36 take it personally, you leave it all in
00:20:36 --> 00:20:39 the room now all in the studio cuz we do
00:20:39 --> 00:20:40 a lot of self tapes. Right.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:41 >> Right.
00:20:41 --> 00:20:43 um you're okay.
00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 >> It's it's something you do. It's a part
00:20:44 --> 00:20:47 of the job that nobody sees, right?
00:20:47 --> 00:20:49 >> Nobody sees what we do.
00:20:49 --> 00:20:52 >> So, um I'm so much better now.
00:20:52 --> 00:20:55 >> I used to take it so personal before. I
00:20:55 --> 00:20:56 mean,
00:20:56 --> 00:20:58 >> I know I I know I KILLED THEM. WHY
00:20:58 --> 00:21:01 DIDN'T THEY say anything? Yeah. Imagine.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:03 >> And not getting any feedback can be
00:21:04 --> 00:21:06 really challenging, especially when you
00:21:06 --> 00:21:09 audition for somebody multiple times.
00:21:09 --> 00:21:11 And I'm talking
00:21:11 --> 00:21:15 I will say no names, but I have cast and
00:21:15 --> 00:21:17 directors that I've auditioned for well
00:21:17 --> 00:21:20 over a hundred times and have booked.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:21 >> Wow.
00:21:21 --> 00:21:22 >> You know what I mean? So, I just charge
00:21:22 --> 00:21:24 it to
00:21:24 --> 00:21:27 whatever God's doing, God knows best.
00:21:27 --> 00:21:29 And and he really does. Right.
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 >> That's right.
00:21:29 --> 00:21:32 >> He knows my heart's desires. he knows um
00:21:32 --> 00:21:35 what I'm looking for as far as the path
00:21:35 --> 00:21:39 of my career and and what um was
00:21:39 --> 00:21:41 beneficial. So yeah, I don't allow it to
00:21:41 --> 00:21:44 bother me anymore.
00:21:44 --> 00:21:46 >> That's wonderful. Now you balance, let's
00:21:46 --> 00:21:48 talk about balancing acts and what I
00:21:48 --> 00:21:52 mean by that. Motherhood,
00:21:52 --> 00:21:55 >> acting, caregiving, and everything else
00:21:55 --> 00:21:57 that life throws at you. So be honest.
00:21:57 --> 00:21:59 Have you ever been learning lines while
00:21:59 --> 00:22:01 cooking dinner, answering emails, or
00:22:01 --> 00:22:03 trying to get five minutes a piece? How
00:22:03 --> 00:22:07 do you love keep your love for acting
00:22:07 --> 00:22:09 alive when everybody and everything
00:22:09 --> 00:22:11 needs a piece of you, if you get what
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 I'm saying?
00:22:12 --> 00:22:17 >> My family is very engaged in my acting
00:22:17 --> 00:22:19 >> and they have been
00:22:19 --> 00:22:22 um full circle moment. When I was
00:22:22 --> 00:22:24 younger, my mom worked in the casino.
00:22:24 --> 00:22:26 she couldn't get off. You know, casino
00:22:26 --> 00:22:29 workers is open 24 hours, right? My mom
00:22:29 --> 00:22:31 wasn't home with me on holidays, let
00:22:31 --> 00:22:32 alone,
00:22:32 --> 00:22:34 >> you know what I mean? Just just being
00:22:34 --> 00:22:37 able to do things. And once she retired,
00:22:37 --> 00:22:40 she moved here. So, she's a lot of help
00:22:40 --> 00:22:43 with me with my children. And in doing
00:22:43 --> 00:22:46 so, like my son, even before he went to
00:22:46 --> 00:22:48 college and now that he's home, you
00:22:48 --> 00:22:50 know, he reads with me most of the time.
00:22:50 --> 00:22:52 Yesterday, I just turned in an audition.
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54 Thank you, Jara. My daughter, my
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55 daughter read with me,
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 >> okay?
00:22:56 --> 00:22:58 >> And and she's brutal.
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 >> She's like, "Oh, no. We need to do that
00:22:59 --> 00:23:02 again. I [laughter] I don't know what
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 she was do. We need to do that again."
00:23:03 --> 00:23:06 My son's a little nicer about it. But,
00:23:06 --> 00:23:09 um, they're all engaged in it. And Corey
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 used to act. She used to act and
00:23:10 --> 00:23:13 Jaylen's done some stuff. So, I have the
00:23:13 --> 00:23:16 family involved and I I I think that's a
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 good thing.
00:23:17 --> 00:23:17 >> Yeah.
00:23:17 --> 00:23:19 >> Yeah. They all assist with me and they
00:23:19 --> 00:23:20 all help. So,
00:23:20 --> 00:23:23 >> it's wonderful. Yeah.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:25 Okay. So, Carrie, so
00:23:25 --> 00:23:25 >> yes.
00:23:25 --> 00:23:26 >> Gotta be honest about this part since
00:23:26 --> 00:23:28 you're a part of the Avery Agency
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 family.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:29 >> Yes.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:31 >> I gotta ask you something. If you
00:23:31 --> 00:23:31 >> Okay.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:34 >> If you could have your wish that Jared
00:23:34 --> 00:23:37 could make happen for you tomorrow and
00:23:37 --> 00:23:39 don't say a million dollars cuz we
00:23:39 --> 00:23:41 already working on that one. Okay.
00:23:41 --> 00:23:44 >> Oh, I love it. Listen, we all winning.
00:23:44 --> 00:23:47 >> Yeah. What kind of opportunity would you
00:23:47 --> 00:23:49 let industry see a side of Carrie Bowwin
00:23:49 --> 00:23:52 that no one has seen just yet? Jared
00:23:52 --> 00:23:55 knows I send her I manifest things and I
00:23:55 --> 00:23:58 send them to her and she's like I love
00:23:58 --> 00:24:04 it. So the two um things that are always
00:24:04 --> 00:24:06 that have been in my heart within the
00:24:06 --> 00:24:10 last well one probably for the last 10
00:24:10 --> 00:24:13 years another one more recently. Um I
00:24:13 --> 00:24:15 would love to be a series regular on a
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 different world
00:24:16 --> 00:24:18 >> and I also want to be a series regular
00:24:18 --> 00:24:22 on the power origins. I just I am a huge
00:24:22 --> 00:24:25 fan of the Power series. Power Origins
00:24:25 --> 00:24:28 is coming out. Jar knows I bug her about
00:24:28 --> 00:24:31 both of these. Like I'm like, "Look,
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 Jar,
00:24:32 --> 00:24:34 >> can't you see me? I'll take a picture."
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 And I send it. I'm like, "We're going to
00:24:35 --> 00:24:37 manifest this, aren't we?"
00:24:37 --> 00:24:40 >> She's like, "I love you, Carrie." A
00:24:40 --> 00:24:43 >> So, yes, she knows my heart's desires
00:24:43 --> 00:24:47 and you know, um it was a blessing that
00:24:47 --> 00:24:49 she connected me as well with Rock
00:24:49 --> 00:24:51 Talent. So, you know, I'm with the
00:24:51 --> 00:24:53 Chicago agency now and that's turned out
00:24:53 --> 00:24:56 to be pretty spectacular as well.
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 >> Awesome. Awesome.
00:24:57 --> 00:24:58 >> So, yeah.
00:24:58 --> 00:25:00 >> Yeah. So, okay, we gonna have a little
00:25:00 --> 00:25:02 fun. So, we talked about career
00:25:02 --> 00:25:04 experiences and all the different hats
00:25:04 --> 00:25:06 that you wear, but now I want to find
00:25:06 --> 00:25:08 out just how crazy you really are. So,
00:25:08 --> 00:25:09 because [laughter] I know your
00:25:09 --> 00:25:11 personality and I already know you're
00:25:11 --> 00:25:14 not going you're um you're gonna not
00:25:14 --> 00:25:15 going to make this easy for me. So,
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 we're gonna play a game.
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 >> Okay.
00:25:17 --> 00:25:20 >> Called I'd rather. So, you have two
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 choices.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:23 Um, you have to pick one.
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 >> Okay?
00:25:24 --> 00:25:27 >> And no explaining your way out of it. No
00:25:27 --> 00:25:29 calling your agent and no pleading fit.
00:25:29 --> 00:25:31 So, you kind of got to answer. So,
00:25:31 --> 00:25:32 ready?
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 >> Okay. Let's go.
00:25:34 --> 00:25:36 >> First one. I'd rather accidentally call
00:25:36 --> 00:25:39 Tyler Perry daddy during an audition or
00:25:39 --> 00:25:42 accidentally call Samuel L. Jackson
00:25:42 --> 00:25:45 grandpa on set.
00:25:45 --> 00:25:47 Call Tyler Perry daddy at in an
00:25:47 --> 00:25:51 audition. [laughter]
00:25:51 --> 00:25:55 Okay. Okay. I'd rather have my entire
00:25:55 --> 00:25:58 Google search history read aloud at a
00:25:58 --> 00:26:01 casting session or have my last 10 text
00:26:01 --> 00:26:04 messages displayed on a movie screen at
00:26:04 --> 00:26:07 a premiere.
00:26:07 --> 00:26:09 >> Have my last 10 text messages displayed
00:26:09 --> 00:26:12 on a on a [laughter] movie. Yeah.
00:26:12 --> 00:26:15 >> Yeah. I'll be googling some crazy stuff.
00:26:15 --> 00:26:18 So, yeah.
00:26:18 --> 00:26:20 >> Okay. Okay. Here's one.
00:26:20 --> 00:26:20 >> Okay.
00:26:20 --> 00:26:22 >> I'd rather play a character who gets
00:26:22 --> 00:26:25 slapped by Angela Basset in every
00:26:25 --> 00:26:28 episode or a character who gets cursed
00:26:28 --> 00:26:30 out by Samuel Jackson Samuel Jackson in
00:26:30 --> 00:26:33 every scene.
00:26:33 --> 00:26:36 >> Probably cursed out by Samuel Jackson in
00:26:36 --> 00:26:38 every cursed out.
00:26:38 --> 00:26:41 >> Yeah. Because the the the smacking after
00:26:41 --> 00:26:44 a while, you know what I mean? Like
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 [laughter]
00:26:45 --> 00:26:47 >> I'll be like, "Okay, now wait a second.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:51 That was a little hard. [laughter]
00:26:51 --> 00:26:53 Be easy now."
00:26:53 --> 00:26:57 >> Right. Right. Funny. Okay. I'd rather
00:26:57 --> 00:26:59 show up to an audition wearing two
00:26:59 --> 00:27:02 completely different shoes or discover
00:27:02 --> 00:27:04 halfway through your audition, halfway
00:27:04 --> 00:27:06 through your audition, that your wig is
00:27:06 --> 00:27:09 sliding backwards. Oh, two different
00:27:09 --> 00:27:11 shoes.
00:27:11 --> 00:27:13 [laughter]
00:27:13 --> 00:27:15 >> Two different You can find humor in
00:27:15 --> 00:27:16 that. Right.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 >> Right. Right.
00:27:17 --> 00:27:19 >> It depends on what you do with it cuz
00:27:19 --> 00:27:21 cuz a cast and director might be like
00:27:21 --> 00:27:23 that, you know, they like to see your
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 personality.
00:27:24 --> 00:27:25 >> That's right. That's true.
00:27:25 --> 00:27:28 >> The wig thing. Uh-uh. Uhuh. [laughter]
00:27:28 --> 00:27:29 >> No, we're not doing that.
00:27:29 --> 00:27:31 >> No. Look.
00:27:31 --> 00:27:35 >> All right. Okay. Just a few more. I I'd
00:27:35 --> 00:27:38 rather win an Oscar and trip go and trip
00:27:38 --> 00:27:40 going up the stairs
00:27:40 --> 00:27:43 >> or win an Emmy and accidentally thank
00:27:43 --> 00:27:46 your ex-husband instead of your agent.
00:27:46 --> 00:27:51 >> Oh, I rather trip an Oscar. [laughter]
00:27:51 --> 00:27:53 >> I want to thank no exes that ain't have
00:27:53 --> 00:27:55 nothing to do with my Uhuh.
00:27:55 --> 00:27:57 >> I know, right?
00:27:57 --> 00:27:59 >> Nope. [laughter]
00:27:59 --> 00:28:00 >> Okay,
00:28:00 --> 00:28:03 >> Oscar. I'd rather have to kiss an actor
00:28:03 --> 00:28:06 with terrible breath for 20 second takes
00:28:06 --> 00:28:09 or do a dramatic crying scene while
00:28:09 --> 00:28:15 somebody keeps making noises off camera.
00:28:15 --> 00:28:18 Probably do a dramatic crying scene
00:28:18 --> 00:28:19 while somebody's make So you're
00:28:19 --> 00:28:21 basically saying stay focused, right?
00:28:21 --> 00:28:23 Trying to stay focused. Yeah, I would do
00:28:23 --> 00:28:24 that.
00:28:24 --> 00:28:27 >> Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat]
00:28:27 --> 00:28:30 Not the 20. No, [laughter]
00:28:30 --> 00:28:32 no nasty breath.
00:28:32 --> 00:28:33 >> No nasty breath.
00:28:33 --> 00:28:35 >> I mean, it happens. Listen, it's
00:28:35 --> 00:28:36 happened before.
00:28:36 --> 00:28:38 >> Oh my gosh.
00:28:38 --> 00:28:41 Okay. I'd rather have I'd rather have
00:28:41 --> 00:28:44 your agent accidentally
00:28:44 --> 00:28:47 uh send your grocery list to a casting
00:28:47 --> 00:28:49 director
00:28:49 --> 00:28:51 >> or have your agent accidentally submit
00:28:51 --> 00:28:54 your worst audition tape for your dream
00:28:54 --> 00:28:54 role.
00:28:54 --> 00:28:57 >> Oo, send that grocery list.
00:28:57 --> 00:28:59 >> Send that list. Send that grocery list.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:02 >> See all of that bad stuff. I mean,
00:29:02 --> 00:29:04 [laughter]
00:29:04 --> 00:29:06 >> send that grocery list. Listen, we can't
00:29:06 --> 00:29:09 be sending bad auditions for for my
00:29:09 --> 00:29:12 dream rolls. We can't do that.
00:29:12 --> 00:29:14 [laughter]
00:29:14 --> 00:29:17 >> Okay. They Look, I don't care about all
00:29:17 --> 00:29:19 that. I all that wine and stuff. They
00:29:19 --> 00:29:21 might see all that, but that's okay. I
00:29:21 --> 00:29:23 just just do the other thing.
00:29:23 --> 00:29:24 >> It's okay. I don't I don't drink, so
00:29:24 --> 00:29:25 it's fine.
00:29:25 --> 00:29:27 >> There you go. It's okay.
00:29:27 --> 00:29:29 >> Okay, [laughter] last one. Last one.
00:29:29 --> 00:29:31 >> Okay, this is fun.
00:29:31 --> 00:29:33 >> I'd rather star in a blockbuster movie
00:29:33 --> 00:29:36 where nobody recognizes you under all
00:29:36 --> 00:29:39 the makeup or become famous for
00:29:39 --> 00:29:40 ridiculous commercial where your
00:29:40 --> 00:29:44 catchphrase follows you everywhere.
00:29:44 --> 00:29:46 >> Ah,
00:29:46 --> 00:29:49 probably the blockbuster. The
00:29:49 --> 00:29:51 blockbuster movie. Yeah, because that'll
00:29:51 --> 00:29:52 that's money.
00:29:52 --> 00:29:54 >> That's right. That's right. I don't care
00:29:54 --> 00:29:56 if you
00:29:56 --> 00:29:58 >> Yeah. They'll know when we, you know,
00:29:58 --> 00:29:59 whoever's with me, they'll they'll know.
00:29:59 --> 00:30:02 Stay back and and read the credits.
00:30:02 --> 00:30:03 >> Awesome.
00:30:03 --> 00:30:05 >> But I do like commercials like that.
00:30:05 --> 00:30:07 Like that's one of the things that I
00:30:07 --> 00:30:10 have found even when I've had and then I
00:30:10 --> 00:30:13 don't I don't like to say a small role
00:30:13 --> 00:30:15 cuz no role is small,
00:30:15 --> 00:30:15 >> right?
00:30:15 --> 00:30:18 >> But I always say something that sticks
00:30:18 --> 00:30:20 that's important. You know, like for
00:30:20 --> 00:30:22 instance with Skinned, it was like she's
00:30:22 --> 00:30:25 just so dark. That was everywhere. That
00:30:25 --> 00:30:28 was on radios. That was I love uh
00:30:28 --> 00:30:30 >> I love having those moments and those
00:30:30 --> 00:30:31 opportunities.
00:30:31 --> 00:30:32 >> Yeah,
00:30:32 --> 00:30:33 >> I do. Mhm.
00:30:33 --> 00:30:35 >> So, look, before we get out of here,
00:30:35 --> 00:30:38 what what are you working on or what
00:30:38 --> 00:30:42 would you um like to say to to aspiring
00:30:42 --> 00:30:44 actors
00:30:44 --> 00:30:46 um that go through some of the same
00:30:46 --> 00:30:48 things that you've gone through or have
00:30:48 --> 00:30:49 gone through?
00:30:49 --> 00:30:52 >> Yes, God is faithful.
00:30:52 --> 00:30:56 >> God is faithful. Um I've been doing this
00:30:56 --> 00:31:00 for a [snorts] really, really long time.
00:31:00 --> 00:31:02 And when it's in you, it never leaves
00:31:02 --> 00:31:05 you. you may take a break. Life happens.
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08 You know, I'm a single mom. I've had to,
00:31:08 --> 00:31:10 you know, I take care of my family, my
00:31:10 --> 00:31:13 mother as well. Um, life happens. But
00:31:13 --> 00:31:15 when it's in you, it's in you and it
00:31:15 --> 00:31:17 will never leave. And it's so true. You
00:31:18 --> 00:31:19 think it's cliche when people say just
00:31:19 --> 00:31:21 keep going. Just put keep putting in the
00:31:21 --> 00:31:23 work. Keep going and keep putting in the
00:31:23 --> 00:31:26 work because it's going to land. It's
00:31:26 --> 00:31:29 going to happen. And it may be at, you
00:31:29 --> 00:31:30 know, it may be something that you never
00:31:30 --> 00:31:32 even really thought of. I mean, I've
00:31:32 --> 00:31:34 done prank shows. Like, I have
00:31:34 --> 00:31:38 experience teleprompter, ear wigs,
00:31:38 --> 00:31:39 sports, you know what I mean? Like, just
00:31:39 --> 00:31:42 there's just so much and you just don't
00:31:42 --> 00:31:45 know when or how it's going to come. But
00:31:45 --> 00:31:47 when you are faithful to the art, the
00:31:47 --> 00:31:49 art is faithful to you.
00:31:49 --> 00:31:52 >> Got it. Love it. Love it. Thank you,
00:31:52 --> 00:31:53 Carrie. Thank you.
00:31:53 --> 00:31:56 >> Thank you for joining me today. And when
00:31:56 --> 00:31:58 the next big role that you you book,
00:31:58 --> 00:32:00 please come back on the show because I
00:32:00 --> 00:32:01 want to talk about that I want to hear
00:32:01 --> 00:32:02 all about.
00:32:02 --> 00:32:05 >> Absolutely. I want everybody to tune in
00:32:05 --> 00:32:11 though. Um, tonight or uh October 28th,
00:32:11 --> 00:32:13 8 o'clock p.m.
00:32:13 --> 00:32:13 >> Yes.
00:32:13 --> 00:32:16 >> Chicago Med Dr. Thea Hart will be in the
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 building. Okay.
00:32:17 --> 00:32:19 >> All right. All right. So,
00:32:19 --> 00:32:20 >> make sure you guys check her out. Make
00:32:20 --> 00:32:22 sure I'mma make sure I leave all the
00:32:22 --> 00:32:25 information so they'll know exactly what
00:32:25 --> 00:32:28 text to look at it. any links that you
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 have that you want me to include, I'll
00:32:29 --> 00:32:31 make it easy for everybody to check it
00:32:31 --> 00:32:32 out for you. Okay,
00:32:32 --> 00:32:34 >> I'll send it to you. I'll definitely
00:32:34 --> 00:32:36 send you um send you the poster, the
00:32:36 --> 00:32:38 flyer that I have.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:38 >> All right.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:41 >> It's been so wonderful.
00:32:41 --> 00:32:41 [laughter]
00:32:41 --> 00:32:43 >> Carrie, please come back. Okay.
00:32:43 --> 00:32:46 >> Of course. Absolutely.
00:32:46 --> 00:32:48 I love you. Thank you so much.
00:32:48 --> 00:32:50 >> Love you, too. All right, guys. We are
00:32:50 --> 00:32:51 out of here. This is Deia Avery and the
00:32:51 --> 00:32:53 industry show. We'll talk to you later.
00:32:53 --> 00:32:54 Bye. Bye.
00:32:54 --> 00:32:57 >> Bye.