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Toure Show

Kym Whitley–I Feel Funny

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8880 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Kym Whitley is hysterical. Every time I see her I just want to smile. She’s been on a million shows throughout her career. How has she kept it going and kept people laughing and what is Kymism??? She’s so much fun to talk to. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show! Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And Kim Whitley is such a star that when she goes on set they have to make time for

0:21.8

Kimism. What is Kimism? Let her explain. You've been out there for a long time. What has led to your success.

0:32.6

What are the things within you that has led to your success?

0:41.0

God, I'm praying mother, and being only 17, loving what I do,

0:51.6

being a kid inside that I love what I do what's next what do we I want to create, I want to do this and that, okay, let's do this.

1:06.7

So I think what has led to the success is being

1:15.0

happy success is being happy,

1:17.4

professional showing up at work,

1:21.3

saying thank you,

1:27.2

working with people making work fun, and that everyone on that set is important. My job is just as important as the person who's

1:38.3

holding the wires to make this great show or whatever we're doing, to be gracious.

1:45.0

But I think the biggest success is,

1:50.0

that I have for my success is the ability to make people laugh.

1:58.0

The ability, as Steve said, is to be free.

2:19.4

And I was my freest on curbial enthusiasm. And they have a saying on certain sets, not all of them, but it started becoming a thing. It was called a chemism. They're like, okay, Kim, the directors will say, it's time to put that chemism on it. I'm like, okay.

2:24.5

What does that mean? That means I always on every set I always ask the director I'm going to give you everything you want.

2:36.9

Give me one. Just one take. That's all I need.

2:41.9

And let me go. I said

2:45.0

just give me one thing you got everything you need they're like yeah all right she

2:47.8

gonna do her kennism and that is to take what they gave me and to turn it upside down. Even on Black A. I was like,

2:57.3

Ken, you got what you need. I said, because you know I'm going to throw some sauce on it. I'm

3:01.1

I'm going to act a pole. And that would be taking a scene where, you know, you kids come on outside because you know your daddy's out there waiting on you you know if that's the

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