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Eric Roberts, you were just in Dubai?

Yeah, I was in Dubai.

What were you filming?

Because I know you're always working.

I wasn't filming.

I was showing up going, hi, I'm Eric Roberts. And isn't as beautiful, whatever it was, that kind of thing.

Okay, wait, I'm not going to make this about me, but I'm going to make this about me.

I was just saying I want to go to Dubai. So you flew, wait, wait, wait. When we were working on dancing with the stars, I remember we had show night one night.

And then, I mean, you guys, it's a maddening schedule, wonderfully fulfilling.

But it's crazy and epic.

And it doesn't stop.

And I remember it's show night.

And you had to get on a plane the next morning to go to New York and then come back,

learning another dance for another week.

And you were fine.

You just keep going.

Well, that's my life.

And I love my life, even though it's a little crazy sometimes, but it's great fun.

And occasionally, they pay me well's but that's what i love about

you like do you wait i i have a question do you ever go anywhere for pleasure are you guys always

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