I have to tell you, in the first few minutes of my conversation with actress Lisa Vidal,

I understood why people love working with her. She was impeccably prepared, fully present,

and so, so genuine. Right now, she's starring in ABC's The Baker and the Beauty. We talk about

that. We talk about life off-screen, battling breast cancer at the same time as her sister,

supporting her son through addiction, and not letting work define who she is. One more thing, you're going to notice that I was able to have this incredible conversation

with Lisa in her natural environment, her home in the middle of a pandemic.

So you're going to hear some home sounds in the background.

Keep listening. I promise it is worth it.

So, Lisa, when you were first starting out and you'd book a pilot, how would you approach it?

The way I was trained was, you know, you read the whole script, and then you start to work

from the, usually from the inside out.

Sometimes there's a character where you can kind of create outside in, right?

But usually you start to imagine the life of this character, who she was, how she grew up, how she thinks.

You read about what the other characters say about her

so that it gives you an idea of how people think of her.

Why do people say that about her, you know?

So when you read the script for Baker and the Beauty,

what was your first thought?

Well, when I first read the script for Baker and the Beauty, what was your first thought? Well, when I first read the script for Baker and the Beauty, I was like,

thank you, God, because I had been praying for it.

I kid you not, I had been praying for a family show.

I wanted to play a mom on a show.

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