Hi everyone, this is Kate Snow, so happy to share a great conversation I had with actor

and singer Chrissy Metz.

For my series The Drink, it's always about how people got to the top.

Chrissy tells this hilarious story of the day that she landed her role on the hit show

This Is Us and how she had pennies in her bank account pennies before getting that big

break.

You can hear a lot more stories of success from top artists, entrepreneurs and visionaries.

You can find them all at NBCNews.com slash The Drink.

How did This Is Us find you or did you find that?

By the grace of God, by the universe, honestly, I don't know.

Chrissy Metz, actor, singer, author, your drink is not vodka, it's water.

It's absolutely water, cheers, thanks for having me.

We're at the 48 lounge from Midtown Manhattan.

The Drink is always about how you became Chrissy Metz.

Can we go back in time?

Yes.

You've written in your book, your autobiography about your stepdad.

Yeah.

It sounds like there were a lot of rough years.

Yes.

My parents divorced my mom and married and what I could say about my step-athers, he was

such a great provider and he really took my mom's kids in.

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