#89 LeVar Burton on The Secret to Believing In Yourself
Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory
Impact Theory
4.7 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody, welcome to Impact Series. |
| 0:06.0 | Our goal with this show and company is to introduce you to the people and ideas that |
| 0:10.0 | will help you actually execute on your dreams. |
| 0:13.0 | Alright, today's guest is a legendary actor, director, producer and author with an unprecedented |
| 0:19.5 | entertainment legacy. |
| 0:21.0 | He's a triple crown of iconic roles to his name and he's won 12 Emmys, a Grammy, and |
| 0:27.0 | 5 NAACP awards. |
| 0:29.0 | He was on the cover of Time Magazine at the age of just 19 when he made his acting |
| 0:33.5 | debut starring in the Revolutionary Television Mini-Series Roots, which smashed pretty much |
| 0:40.0 | every viewing record there was when it first aired in 1977. |
| 0:43.8 | To this day, the finale of that series stands as one of the most watched episodes in television |
| 0:49.6 | history. |
| 0:50.6 | From there, he spent 26 years as the host and producer of one of the most important and |
| 0:55.1 | long-running shows in PBS history, Reading Rainbow. |
| 0:58.4 | Over the shows Historic Run, they won 26 Emmys, a Peabody, and helped entire generations |
| 1:04.4 | of kids learn to read. |
| 1:06.5 | Despite all of that success, however, he's probably still best known for his role as Blind, |
| 1:11.6 | Chief Engineer, Lieutenant Commander, Jordy LaForge, on the mega hit Star Trek, the |
| 1:16.3 | next generation. |
| 1:17.7 | That show also launches Directing Career, which has been just as storied as his acting |
| 1:21.5 | career and his credits include The Most Star Trek Episodes Directed by any cast member, |
| 1:26.4 | several TV movies and runs on hit shows like Charmed and NCIS New Orleans. |
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