Episode 104 - Sheila Vand
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Sheila Vand joined us this week to talk about her California childhood(1:57), how she got her start as a performer(6:46), her continued growth as a person in the world (15:59), her relationship with "acting" in Hollywood (25:27), her experience working with Robin Williams on Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (47:10), and the current state of contemporary film (51:50). For more episodes visit www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:07.0 | Some of the things. Some of the things I'm the most proud of have been some of the worst experiences |
| 0:19.0 | making those things. I'm one of those people who's like I really care about the result and I will do a lot for my art I'll do almost anything for my work |
| 0:28.2 | So if it's gonna turn out great if it's gonna be something I think is meaningful and, I'll do anything it takes and I'll work with any asshole in the world to be part of it and make it. |
| 0:38.0 | I just don't think there needs to be assholes. |
| 0:40.0 | And also, a lot of the times it doesn't turn out great. |
| 0:43.1 | And you're like, so I went through all that. |
| 0:45.0 | I sat around and smiled and nodded at that asshole. |
| 0:48.4 | And that asshole made a piece of garbage. |
| 0:50.4 | And I'm totally embarrassed about my work in it and that's the thing you want to be a tyrant you want to be a narciss |
| 0:57.3 | You want to be all those things you damn well better make a good-ass movie |
| 1:04.0 | That was Sheila Van. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm San Francisco, and this is Talk Easy. |
| 1:09.0 | Welcome to the show. It's not a particularly easy time to be an actress in Hollywood right now. |
| 1:37.0 | Although that sentence implies that there was a previous time in which it was easy to be a woman in Hollywood. |
| 1:46.0 | I don't want to say that. |
| 1:48.0 | It's just especially difficult and touchy in this moment. And to have someone like Sheila Van on this week is |
| 1:57.2 | something I think I need to do more of and that we need to do more of in public conversation. |
| 2:04.4 | Sheila is an actress you may not know by name, |
| 2:08.2 | although you may know by name, |
| 2:09.9 | but you've definitely seen her work in a girl walks home alone at night. |
| 2:14.5 | Argo, Whiskey Tango Fox Trot, 68 Kill. |
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