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The goop Podcast

Reflections on Marriage, Stunts, and Dim Sum (with Michelle Yeoh)

The goop Podcast

Goop, Inc. and Audacy

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.47K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

GP is joined today by actress Michelle Yeoh. They talked about Yeoh's beginnings as a ballet dancer in England, which unexpectedly led to her career in acting, and how she landed her first commercial with Jackie Chan. They talked about responsibility in family and why Yeoh decided early on in her career to step away from acting to prioritize her first marriage and how she feels about that decision now. Other highlights: how the pair felt winning their respective Oscar awards at very different stages in their lives, maintaining friendships with exes, what it was like for Yeoh to work with GP’s husband on The Brothers Sun, and what they order at dim sum. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get

0:08.8

criticized. You do? Yeah, did you hear about that? I didn't find the one.

0:14.0

I found someone I respected, and we made it the one.

0:17.0

In the sort of longing kind of view of love,

0:19.0

people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.0

Nothing itself is addictive on one hand.

0:25.0

And on the other hand, everything could be addictive

0:27.0

if there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled.

0:30.0

I now know that nobody changes until they change their energy and when you change your energy you change your life.

0:37.0

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop, bringing together thought leaders, culture

0:44.5

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers, and

0:50.1

seekers. Here to start conversations, because simply asking questions and listening

0:55.5

has the power to change the way we see the world.

0:59.3

Here we go.

1:01.4

I'm very honored to introduce today's guest, the award-winning actress and icon

1:06.1

Michelle Yo. Michelle and I sat down at the Goop office the day her new show

1:10.9

The Brother's Son premiered on Netflix. I might be biased because my

1:15.4

husband Brad wrote it and produced it but it is truly phenomenal. In it Michelle

1:20.2

plays a complete badass of a mother in a way that only she could.

1:25.0

Today we talked about Michelle's beginnings as a ballet dancer in England,

1:29.0

which unexpectedly led her to a career in acting.

1:32.0

We also talked about responsibility and family and

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