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There's going to be hardship in life, and no matter what.

And so the best thing to do is be prepared for that.

And I was brought up that when the hardship comes, get working on it immediately.

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For the past few years, Wendell Pierce's work as an actor has taken him all over the world.

I was in Montreal. I was in Morocco. I was in Colombia. I was in London and Paris and Moscow.

Wendell was shooting scenes for the Amazon series Jack Ryan, filming the movie Clemency,

and for three months last fall, playing Willie Lohman in London's Westin staging of Death of a Salesman.

But when acting work stalled back in March, Wendell, who's now 56, decided to hunker down in his hometown of New Orleans.

Eating seafood on the lakefront in New Orleans in the summertime has been a treasure

and I've been able to do that with my father and have some crawfish or crabs. It's been great,

you know. I'm appreciating this summer even more because, you know, there's all the things you did for some of that you took for granted.

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