Modern Family's Nolan Gould on reinventing yourself and living outside of your comfort zone

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Chris Van Vliet

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4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Nolan Gould is best known for playing Luke Dunphy on Modern Family. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet for this conversation from his home in Los Angeles, CA and Modern Family coming to an end earlier this year after 11 seasons, a huge part of his life has also come to an end. In fact, Nolan has spent more than half of his life on that TV show and he grew up before America's eyes each week. We talk about what's next for him in his career, how he got started in acting because of his older brother, why he thought he bombed the audition for Modern Family, the first big purchase he made with his Modern Family money, being mistaken for Shawn Mendes, an interesting theory about aliens, who his acting inspiration is and so much more. Support the show by supporting our sponsors:BOSLEY- Get a free info kit and a $250 off gift card by texting CVV to 203-203 or visit https://www.bosley.com/lp/chrisvanvliet/ INDEED- Get a $75 credit to boost your job post by going to http://indeed.com/BlueWire BETONLINE- Get a new sign-up bonus by using the promo code BLUEWIRE at http://betonline.ag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2003, Nike signed 13-year-old Fredia Dew to a seven-figure contract.
0:06.6	But Fredi didn't live up to the hype.
0:08.9	He has turned down every single documentary project looking closely at the details of his career.
0:16.0	Until now, people are going to look at everything you did because of the hype surrounding your arrival
0:20.9	and what they think you can be. I'm Grant Wall, and this is American Prodigy,
0:26.4	Fredia Dew from Blue Wire Podcasts.
0:30.5	It's Chris Damania, brother. That's a great question. Look at you, man.
0:35.0	That's a powerful question. Woo!
0:37.7	This is the Chris Van Vleachow.
0:40.6	Chris Van Vleachow.
0:42.6	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Vleachow.
0:50.8	Well, welcome back, my friends.
0:52.5	To the Chris Van Vleachow, this episode is brought to you by Bosley, Indeed, and Bet Online.
1:00.3	And it's pretty crazy to think that my guest today, Nolan Gould,
1:04.8	spent more than half his life on the same TV show.
1:09.0	He started on Modern Family when he was just 11 years old,
1:12.5	and when he was 21, the show came to an end earlier this year.
1:16.8	And a lot of this interview is talking about reinvention.
1:20.7	And this happens in all of our lives, whether you're on TV or not.
1:24.8	This happens to all of us, because oftentimes our identity is tied to a certain job,
1:30.1	or maybe a specific relationship.
1:33.1	And when that comes to an end, you have to look ahead to what's next.
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