Hey everyone, it's Sophia and welcome back to this very special two-part work in progress.

Today's guest is Jason Isaacs, a remarkable actor, philanthropist, and someone who makes me laugh

every day at work. And we had so much to talk about that today you are listening to part two of our

chat. We're going to find out more about his life, his career, and his incredible work right here right now.

I am curious about the journey from drama school because you know you mentioned that

in college and it's always so easy to look back right and have perspective. But you talk about how

it is so common that people drink to excess in school. In Britain I think probably more

than in the US too. It's insane. I don't know what it's like in Britain but I know that it's almost

I already had it. I already had it from my teens. What do you mean? I discovered drink first and

then drugs and I would do it a lot with my friends. I would do I would get high, I would do pills,

but a bunch of stuff. And then they would go home and I carry on doing it. I just I liked it more

than other people. I wanted it not to stop. So the time I got to college it was already a thing.

It wasn't really to do with the atmosphere or culture. It was me. I brought it. I don't have

anything against drugs, drink, gambling, sex, whatever it is that people do to excess. I already

was thrilled to go somewhere where there was no adult supervision and I could just do the things I

wanted to do all day, every single day and all night. And it didn't hold me back because of that age.

I was a volcano of energy and creativity and and I was really smart. I don't say that in a kind of

boasting way because I melted most of those brain cells. I'm not anymore. And I just I had so much

potential that it didn't really hamstring me. I could still get so much done. It ground me down

over the years but what you know it was apparent to me even then and to my friends who all did it to

excess because that's what we did. That when they stopped at night I would carry on. So you knew

even then that something was different for your brain chemistry. Yeah. I didn't know. Possibly one

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