Danielle Savre of Station 19
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tommy is joined by actress Danielle Savre who you know and love from playing the beloved role of Maya Bishop on the long-running series, Station 19. Danielle created a character over the course of 7 seasons that means so much to so many, making people all over the world feel represented and seen. This is a conversation that is good for the soul. Today, Danielle opens up about how she has grown the most over the last year full of change, why grief hit her the hardest very recently over not returning to Station 19, if she allows herself to dream of playing Maya Bishop again, when she realized the impact her character’s love story with Carina was having on the world, how she dealt with the pressure of representing the LGBTQ+ community and the female firefighter communities, those #Marina scenes she still thinks about today, navigating a sometimes uncomfortable transitional phase of her career, learning that she is defined by more than her work, allowing herself the space to grow as a human and not just as an artist, the advice she would give to anyone feeling stuck in their personal or professional lives, what she hopes to start, stop and continuing doing for the rest of the year, something she has never said before, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, Tommy DeDario. |
| 0:12.5 | My guest today is the magical actress Danielle Savory, who is one of those people that you chat with and time just stands still. |
| 0:22.8 | I was so utterly absorbed in the present during this conversation that I had no idea almost an hour had gone by. Danielle has |
| 0:28.5 | such a gift with bringing characters to life, but it's through her portrayal of Maya Bishop and |
| 0:33.0 | Station 19 for seven seasons that the world just fell in love with her. It's a character that will forever |
| 0:39.1 | live on to so many as one of the most important representations of love for the LGBTQ plus community. |
| 0:45.6 | And today is a conversation that is good for the soul. It's like a cup of soup, good for the heart |
| 0:51.4 | and soul. Yes, we are celebrating the work of hers that you love, |
| 0:54.8 | but then we are taking on so many things that we all experience in everyday life |
| 0:59.0 | that perhaps we don't always feel comfortable talking about. |
| 1:02.3 | It is such a special episode. |
| 1:04.9 | So, let's see if today we can get Danielle to say something that she has never said before. |
| 1:14.4 | Danielle. we can get Danielle to say something that she has never said before. Danielle Savory, hi. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi, Tommy, how are you? |
| 1:18.8 | I am so good. |
| 1:20.2 | We have been wanting to do this for a long time now. |
| 1:23.2 | We have. |
| 1:24.0 | When was our last one? |
| 1:25.0 | Do you remember when it was exactly? |
| 1:26.9 | I mean, it was well over a year. I think it was May 2024. Wow. I know. I know. Time flies. But we stayed in touch the whole time. Yes. Yes, we have. And we tried to do something beginning of the year, but then, of course, the horrific fires happened. and that was just crazy for everybody so i'm glad |
| 1:44.6 | you're safe and sound and you're here today looking like a dream it's all an illusion it's like |
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