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[0:00] Antonia Gentry: Hi, my name is Tony Gentry, and you are listening to The Art of Kindness.

[0:10] Robert Peterpaul: Hello, beautiful people. Welcome to The Art of Kindness, where we have compassionate conversations with artists from all areas of the entertainment industry who are using their voice to spread joy and make this big spinning planet in the universe a better place to be. I'm Robert Peterpaul, and I'm so glad you're here.

[0:39] Robert Peterpaul: Hello, friends. Thank you for joining us in the kindness audio space for an episode that's just peachy. It didn't even matter that I had COVID when we recorded remotely, don't worry, because the guest was a true vibe and a half. And you know what? I'm convinced this conversation healed me. Today's friend is the star of one of our favorite shows, Antonia Gentry.

[1:07] Robert Peterpaul: Antonia Gentry currently shines bright as the titular character Ginny in the Netflix hit original series Ginny and Georgia, which we love, and is currently in production on a new season. She's earned an MTV Movie and TV Award nomination for her role, and was also honored as a member of Variety's 2021 Power of Young Hollywood Impact List. You may have also caught Tony, she said it was cool if I called her that, on Netflix in TIME CUT, which is a great spooky watch this time of year, or on Hulu in Prom Dates.

[1:50] Robert Peterpaul: Together, we unpack the kind set of Ginny and Georgia, how she's not very kind to herself, what would make up her ideal safe space, hide shoes and champagne. I mean, it's a great time at the kindness party today, and we're thrilled you're coming. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend that could use some peachy sunshine, or go back and listen to the others in the Art of Kindness Podcast Library. We have some great ones. Or if you want to do a little act of kindness with your fingers, tap tap on that five-star review button wherever you listen. It would really mean the world. For videos and other positively unhinged content, check out our social channels at Robert Peterpaul and at Art of Kindness Pod, as well as our new YouTube channel where you can view full episodes in video form. Although I do have COVID eyes in this one, so warning. Now, without further ado, please welcome the amazing Antonia Gentry.

[2:52] Robert Peterpaul: Hi, Tony.

[3:03] Antonia Gentry: Tony, thank you so much for being my guest today on the Art of Kindness.

[3:07] Antonia Gentry: Thank you for having me. This is so exciting. I'm so excited. I have to say, we are huge GNG fans in this household. Me, my wife, and our cats. And I feel like the show is such a gift. And before we start, I've not only been kind of blown away by your talent, but in researching you and sort of like getting to know who you are a bit more, at least publicly, I just can feel the responsibility you seem to carry now as a leader in this industry and as a storyteller, and I admire that so much, and I'm just grateful for that because you have a lot of young people that look up to you, and I feel like it's a great kindness.

[3:45] Antonia Gentry: That's very kind. Thank you.

[3:47] Antonia Gentry: I mean no it's it's um it's a lot. I mean I I guess I I never would have imagined um the show I mean I remember when we first filmed it it was um obviously like my dream come true um but I never realized I didn't know how just how much the show would impact so many people around the world and obviously especially young people who look up to these characters and and really relate to these stories and um really the show has helped a lot of people get through pivotal moments in their lives and to be a part of that is just really insane. It's it's um it's such a privilege and and I just feel so grateful to continue to tell these stories and to be that for um so many people.

[4:47] Robert Peterpaul: And I I wonder Tony as someone who I'm guessing gets a lot of compliments these days, especially for Ginny and Georgia and I'm sure everything under the sun on social media you could see it on a huge level I hope mostly. How are you at receiving that love and accepting compliments?

[5:03] Antonia Gentry: Um I really don't I I mean I feel like a lot of women struggle with sort of um living in their success, living in I mean, you know, you're complimented and you're supposed to be grateful, but not too grateful and not too sure, and not too confident. And I'm never confident one.

[5:30] Antonia Gentry: Retweet, retweet. I'm gonna write that on my wall. Actually, I don't need to. In my head. No, truly. And and that's I'm I'm very introverted and shy. And so it's nice, obviously, of course it's nice to to know and to see just how much people how positively people are responding to me and and my work, but it's also just so nerve-wracking and scary because at the same time, it's like I don't want to disappoint anyone. Um and a lot of what happens is out of my control. And yeah, so it's it's one of those things where I don't read comments, I don't I don't try I try not to read comments. My mom will like call me and she'll give me the rundown because she's literally on Instagram constantly, like talking to people in the in the comments, and like she's on YouTube.

She's like, Did you see that person on YouTube saying this? I'm like, No, mom, I didn't see I don't sit and look myself up like this is crazy. And so she keeps me updated. Um there's definitely a lot more positive than negative, which is what I try to latch on to for sure.

[6:35] Robert Peterpaul: That's really good. It is such a tricky dance because we want compliments and positive feedback, but then when you get it, I know when I've been at a stage door or something and someone's saying a compliment, it's kind of more about them too, right? Like they want you to really hear it and receive it. But then you're sort of like, oh no, like I was sick, or I that scene I was actually like I had COVID, which I do right now. Fun fact, by the way, apparently just a positive. I'm sorry. Snap crackle pop. How are you feeling?

[7:02] Antonia Gentry: It feels very vintage, honestly. Um you know, I chugged a lot of cold meds for this, so I might be moonier than usual. I'm I'm kind of always unhinged and a little cracked out, but um the fact that you're still doing this, like wow, that's because if it was me, I'd be like, I can't. I'm down for the count.

[7:19] Robert Peterpaul: No, you don't, you cannot cancel on Tony. I was so excited for this. I've been looking forward to it. And I'm like, when it rains it pours this week. But people better see it's a tricky thing, and I appreciate you sharing that. And I think just the fact that you take it seriously is a win. So we're here today to talk about your career through the lens of kindness, which I know can sound so like woo-woo and puppies and kittens and rainbows, but it's a bit more complex than that. And I would love if we could just start by getting your definition of kindness.

[7:47] Antonia Gentry: Tony, and how you think maybe it's changed since you grew up in Georgia to now.

[7:55] Antonia Gentry: To Ginny in Georgia.

[7:57] Robert Peterpaul: I know. That's so funny. Um I'm sure you've never heard that before.

[8:01] Antonia Gentry: No, people are always like, oh my god, you you're in Ginny and Georgia, and you're from Georgia. I'm like, yeah, that's me. Um our two cats are from Georgia, by the way, and they're like trying to break into the room right now, but they gotta be.

[8:14] Antonia Gentry: I also know two cats.

[8:15] Antonia Gentry: Butters is from Georgia.

[8:18] Antonia Gentry: What are your cats' names?

[8:19] Antonia Gentry: Buttersworth and Pippin, named after Pippin from Lord of the Rings.

[8:25] Robert Peterpaul: Oh my gosh. I was gonna say Lord of the Rings or Broadway, and I think both.

[8:29] Antonia Gentry: Why not both? It can be both.

[8:31] Antonia Gentry: We kind of have actually we have a similar thing. It's not butter, but we have honey, and then we have Winnie, which is from not Winnie the Pooh, but Hocus Pocus, but it could also be.

[8:41] Antonia Gentry: Thanks. I sorry, to answer your question, I'm also No, I'm sorry. I'm rambling about cats.

[8:47] Antonia Gentry: Um, I love cats. I'm literally I love cats. Um I think I don't, you know, that's I I feel like I grew up with a mother who always like she just kind of like really instilled in me putting yourself in another person's shoes and really not I mean really acknowledging that you don't know what people are going through and that the version of someone that you see in a day, you could see them at their best, you could see them at their worst, and you won't know. Sometimes you won't know the difference.

[9:22] Antonia Gentry: And I think that for me, I've always tried to it's a there's a fine line between I don't know, giving someone grace and allow, but also enabling them. And I I think that for me, kindness is really just about sort of as much as I can seeing someone, meeting them where they are. It's really about expectations.

[9:55] Antonia Gentry: Um if you have too high of expectations on someone, you're only gonna be disappointed and they're only going to disappoint you or themselves. Even for yourself, like that that refers to like, you know, your expectations for yourself, your expectations for others. And I think that to me, kindness really revolves around a sort of flexibility.

[10:21] Antonia Gentry: Um you can't be too rigid in receiving people in, you know, you can't be too rigid in you know, your own experiences and projecting them onto others. You can't be too rigid of a human being. You have to be flexible and open so that you not only are learning about yourself, but you're learning about others, and through that sort of common ground is where you can make connection.

[10:51] Antonia Gentry: And I think kindness can be a number of things where it's you know being someone who listens, a listening ear, helping a stranger see just like sorry, let me like let me put my thing.

[11:05] Robert Peterpaul: Is that from a stranger?

[11:06] Antonia Gentry: No, this is great because I I don't think anyone's ever said flexible. And I mean, first of all, I do want to stretch now. I'm like I've got to be physically flexible, but I can't wait. My back's like and yeah, it's I know I'm giving you all my ailments today.

[11:20] Antonia Gentry: It's very true because kindness means something different to everybody. And so you might think you're being kind to somebody else, but because of how they grew up, who they are in this crazy system of a society that we have, they might not think that's kind. And so if you're if you're kind of flexible and reading the room, you know, I don't know.

[11:39] Robert Peterpaul: That's an interesting point, an interesting word to attach it to.

[11:43] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, I think just different people require different things of you. Um, and knowing like having the privilege to know someone well enough to understand their different requirements and to love them enough to want to meet those different requirements is all wrapped in, I guess kindness is a form of love to me, and it can extend to strangers, it can extend to friends and family, but I think just ultimately it's about being able to move through life in a way that is um malleable and and and I because I think otherwise there's no, you know, point in community. There's no point in doing the things that you do if you're not I don't know, extending yourself with um as much kindness and and and uh love as you possibly can.

[12:43] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, and you know, I'm so honored that you wanted to come here today to talk about kindness a little bit with this little Muppet over here. And it makes me wonder because I feel like you haven't done too many podcasts, you know. What made you say yes to talking about kindness? You know, why is it important to you?

[12:59] Antonia Gentry: Um, well, to be honest, it's because I think one of the main things that I've been I've gotten to a place now where I feel like I know how to I don't know if cope is the right word, but um one of the things that I struggled with almost immediately, especially when the show came out and you're suddenly a public-facing person, um was how to filter negativity from people who don't know you at all and how to sort of block that out and still carry yourself in a way that you know that you can be proud of. Um and I think you know, it was really, really hard for me in the beginning to sort of face certain criticisms that were a lot of the time not based on anything um real to me. But you know, like I'm I think I'm speaking vaguely. I don't know. Also, also like half the time I'm just talking, and if you're like, I lost the point, just let me know.

[14:10] Robert Peterpaul: Listen, I never know where the point is. I'm a very circuitous talker, so we'll just like run around in a circle together.

[14:14] Antonia Gentry: And I think it's a good thing.

[14:17] Robert Peterpaul: No, this is great. I just you know, I'm here to give you the space to find wherever you land. And I think that's beautiful what you're saying, and I appreciate your vulnerability there because in a sense, we're in a weird world where everyone can sort of relate to that, even if they're not quote unquote famous because we have social media and everyone's weighing in on your life and they kinda know what you're doing and even just strangers on the street to some extent. So it is a weird thing just to be judged. And yeah, there's the four agreements, and one of them is like don't take anything personally, right? But it's so hard, Tony. I don't know sometimes.

[14:53] Antonia Gentry: Yeah.

[14:55] Robert Peterpaul: Like this morning I went on a walk and I already took something personally because a neighbor waved at me, but it wasn't like the biggest smile, and then I'm like, Oh my gosh, what did I do that? I only got like a no-teeth smile. What does that mean? And it doesn't it's not real. Doesn't matter.

[15:09] Antonia Gentry: No, it's true. I think, you know, uh I loved the idea of talking about kindness on in this sort of format because it's just I think a lot of the times people forget that, you know, like you said, like whether you're quote unquote famous, which I hate that word, but it's a thing. Um, whether you're famous or whether you're you know, um not everything that you do isn't on display for millions of people, it doesn't really matter. I think ultimately at any point in your life you're going to be judged by yourself and others. And I think that there's just it's just nice to be reminded that we're all human beings with real feelings, with real experiences, with real lives, that we're trying our best to live every single day and I just think that there isn't enough kindness I think especially in today's like you said this weird society that we have now with social media and and just really everything but but I think I think any opportunity to promote kindness and to talk about it um at least for me having the platform that I do have it it's it more a little bit more meaningful um it's a more meaningful thing for me to feel like I want to do.

[15:47] Robert Peterpaul: I appreciate that a lot and I'm glad you want to do that and it makes me wonder you know early on maybe before Ginny in Georgia or if another one comes to mind that's okay too do you feel like there was an act of kindness that changed your trajectory in the arts and kind of set you on this path?

[15:47] Antonia Gentry: Yeah looking back actually, um my so I went to a I went to a fine arts middle and high school so from sixth through twelfth grade I was like we all we had like different tracks that we would go on you know whether it was dance or theater or music choir whatever um and so I was fortunate enough to attend a school through my formative years that every single day some sort of performance was a part of my education. Which is very, very rare, increasingly rare today for kids to have access to. Um, but at the same time, uh when I was a senior in high school, and it was you know, time for us all apply for college and figure out what we're doing. Um that exhale you just gave when you said that was real. Time to apply for college. Figure out who we are at the age of 17, 18, what we're doing for the rest of our lives. It's so unfair, right?

[17:59] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, undecided is underrated, I think.

[18:04] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, and I changed my major like seven times. So like I have and I still whatever. Um but I remember really loving theater and and and loving being on stage, and um for me performing was a way for me to understand not only myself more, but hum I this sounds so like humanity and and and people like other people, it it just helped me a lot, um, because I am someone who like I said, I am very introverted, and I think especially at that time, I was very um I wouldn't say that I had low self-esteem, but I didn't feel right. I didn't feel all correct. Like I always felt that there was something off about me compared to my peers. And doing theater really, really helped me um understand myself more.

[19:06] Robert Peterpaul: And but that being said, no, I get that, because then you're sort of like, what even is right?

[19:13] Antonia Gentry: Right.

[19:13] Robert Peterpaul: Like it's it's in my mind.

[19:15] Antonia Gentry: Exactly. You know, what do I think is right? Um, I remember really wanting to pursue acting. I really wanted to go to New York, and um, like I wanted to go to Tish. I wanted to be in New York and do theater and and just whatever and you had done a lot of community theater, right? With your mom, I think she wrote some of the plays you've got to do.

[19:40] Antonia Gentry: When I was really young, yeah. I was introduced to performing on stage through my mom. And then obviously, like at my school, I and I had the opportunity to do it more. And I'm my drama teacher at the time, um, Betty Walpert. I love her. She I remember like we did, we used to do these things like Fezcons where we'd go to the state, whatever, and we'd like um bring one act plays and we'd perform and compete and that kind of thing. But also at these conventions were like college scouts where you could go and you can audition for different conservatories and things like that. And I remember the night before I had my audition day, I like had a mental breakdown. And I was just sobbing and feeling really unsure of myself and and thinking like who do I think I am?

Like, I don't I'm literally no one. I grew up in a in a place that doesn't have opportunity, really. And what makes me think that I can just change my life and go and be successful and be an actor. And for me, it was just being a working actor, like let alone, you know. I just was like, how am I gonna pay my bills? Like, how am I gonna do anything? Am I good enough? Probably not. Also, I look weird. Like, like there's just like all these things. And I was having a mental breakdown, and my um high school drama teacher pulled me to the side and cause she noticed something was wrong, and she sat me down and I basically told her how I was feeling. And she said to me that basically I'm one of one and we're all one of one and that the industry will always need people who are one of one and that I have everything there's not basically she just was saying to me that there's nothing that I can't do unless I stop myself from doing it.

Like I'm in my own way and that the industry needs people like you, blah blah blah blah blah. But she basically made me feel seen for the first time, made me I guess sort of realize my own worth for the first time, not only as a person, but obviously as a as a creative and really sort of broke down and demystified everything that I was overthinking and just told me to go for it. And had she not sat me down and had that conversation, I probably wouldn't be doing this. Like I'd probably be like teaching English in South Korea, which is also really cool. But you know what I mean? Like that this would not be my life if it wasn't for her.

[22:40] Robert Peterpaul: Wow. That's amazing. I mean, we gotta praise the teachers. Teachers really just don't get enough respect. My wife was an English teacher, and then during the pandemic, it just weighed too heavily on her because you're like virtually teaching and the parents are just emailing you every second. So I love when a teacher is the person that kind of changed your course and shout out. Thank you. That's amazing. Thank you for sharing that. That's such an act of kindness. And I'd love just to kind of like warm up a bit, if we could do a quick act of kindness, a rapid fire round in this random segment that I've never played before, and I just made up for you, and I hope makes sense called Just Peachy.

[23:20] Antonia Gentry: Just peachy.

[23:21] Robert Peterpaul: There's no theme song. If we want to make one up, maybe I'll do that by the time this airs.

[23:26] Antonia Gentry: Please do.

[23:27] Robert Peterpaul: Just peachy. Ooh. I'll give you Susanna.

[23:33] Antonia Gentry: Thank you so much for seeing me now.

[23:36] Robert Peterpaul: I do want to be right now. I'm like, give me all the roles. I'll give you a scenario and you tell me the act of kindness that would make you feel just peachy.

[23:44] Antonia Gentry: Oh my gosh.

[23:44] Robert Peterpaul: In that moment.

[23:45] Antonia Gentry: Okay.

[23:46] Robert Peterpaul: You ready?

[23:47] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, I think.

[23:48] Robert Peterpaul: I'm gonna be so bad at this, but let's do no, they're gonna be good. I don't like what even is this? I don't know.

[23:53] Antonia Gentry: A self-kindness, you think is just peachy.

[23:57] Antonia Gentry: Ooh, a self-kindness that I think is just uh for me, give me a glass of Chardonnay.

[24:03] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, there we that's amazing. A fan interaction that would be just peachy.

[24:09] Antonia Gentry: This is a little a fan interaction that will be just peachy if I'm eating.

[24:16] Robert Peterpaul: Or drinking Chardonnay, I guess.

[24:18] Antonia Gentry: With my Chardonnay. Just a little nod and smile.

[24:22] Robert Peterpaul: Yes. I love that. That's I've I've heard that commonly said. Yeah.

[24:27] Antonia Gentry: Let the people eat just peachy. Food is one of the joys in this crazy world.

[24:33] Robert Peterpaul: The most just peachy way to wrap a long day on set.

[24:37] Antonia Gentry: Ooh, we finish on time.

[24:41] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[24:41] Antonia Gentry: The sun is still out.

[24:44] Robert Peterpaul: Somehow.

[24:45] Antonia Gentry: Impossible, but somehow.

[24:48] Robert Peterpaul: And it's a long weekend.

[24:51] Antonia Gentry: That's beautiful. That's like a trifecta. I love that.

[24:54] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. On time. Rarely happens, but we needed to a kindness New Yorkers can do that's just peachy.

[25:03] Antonia Gentry: Paying for someone's subway ticket.

[25:07] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, I kind of knew you were gonna say that.

[25:09] Antonia Gentry: Like that popped into my head as you were saying that. That's that's a good thing. Yeah. Like just tap that. Tap it twice. Who cares? Tap that up on the floor. Tap that. Sorry. That'll that's not the sound. Okay. Bye. Good to see you. A snack someone could surprise you with that's just peachy. Ooh, Haichu. Haichu peach, actually. Look at that. I love it. Maybe they could sponsor this game. Yeah. Hai chew is good. I probably need that right now with my mental state. Oh my goodness. An act of kindness in the fall. Ooh. That's just peachy. Ooh, and oh, buying someone a um Woodwick candle. Oh my gosh, the ones that crackle. That crackles, yeah. I love those so much. And the first time I got them, I like thought I lit my house on fire because of the sound?

Yes. Yes. Yes. But it was also comforting at the same time. And I don't, did you realize this when you moved? I'm getting this vibe because I'm like a very flammable person. All I have are candles and books. And I was like, if something happens, bye. Probably safe. We have a gas stove now, and I've had one before, all right? I've had a gas stove before, but it was years ago, and I forgot how to use one. And the first time we tried to use it, the clicking sound, I was like sweating. I was like, and then we successfully made breakfast, and I was like, that's great. We didn't blow up the entire. Yeah, I'm really happy that you didn't. And sometimes it goes out, and then you have to like stick a match in it.

And it's like Mrs. Doubtfire. Yeah. It's not, it's kind of scary. But okay, you win the game. I mean, that was awesome. Let's give you a hand for being totally just peachy. I have this. Actually. Did you hear that? There's sound effects. Yeah, I forgot I have it because I blacked out. This is like iCarly. Oh my gosh, thank you so much. That's a dream come true. Yeah. Throwing it back. I wish I had that little clicker. Yeah. Well, I feel like one act of kindness you have given all of us is your performance in Ginny and Georgia. Like I said, congrats on season three. Third time really was the charm and also the harm because there was a lot of darkness. But I feel like, you know, obviously your role in this show is pretty heavy to say the least.

And I imagine it affects you both on and offset. I was thinking about it, and I kind of feel like you were crying in almost every episode. I mean, on those taxing shoot days, how are you kind to yourself on set? Besides, you know, high chew.

[27:40] Antonia Gentry: Besides the high chew. Um the chardonnay, which is great. The high chew. Not on, not while I'm working. Chardonnay's waiting for me when I get home. There we go. You could drop a high chew in it, see what happens. We might have invented a new drink. That might be good or terrible. We'll see. I'll test it. Okay, let me know. Let me know. I man. Do you know what? I don't know that I am very kind to myself on those days. But Brienne is and all of my castmates really, whether it's a scene, a lot of the crying scenes, Brianna's there with me. Um but whether it's Brianne Nate who plays Zion, my Jenny's dad, um, Felix, who plays Marcus. I'm trying to think of I think those are the main people that I'm like sobbing to in the in the show.

Um my sob circle. They really take care of me. Like and and and we take care of each other. I think I think especially, you know, having the privilege of three seasons down. You are working with essentially your family at this point. Um I just have so much love and trust for them that when I do have to cry for eight hours. Um they are like they just help keep me grounded and and they encourage me and they keep me going, and they're such wonderful, beautiful people that um it really doesn't feel I mean by the time I get home I'm exhausted. Um season two was particularly hard for me because I think that was the first season where I was crying or every single episode. That was Jenny's real sort of mental health journey arc.

And I and also it was in the middle of COVID protocols and it was in the middle of winter in Toronto, so I didn't see the sun for like five and a half months, and I was crying every day, and it was COVID, and there was lockdown still, so like I wasn't allowed to leave my house. Oh yeah. And if any of us got sick, then that's like you pause production for and you can't do that. And so I was in a really, really low place personally because I just felt so isolated and so sad. Um but this season I was able to really um sort of unplug when I got home and like really just I don't know. I was taken care of by my castmates. And and my my my boyfriend visited too, so that helped. But that's nice as well. Yeah, they like brought me out of the world of the show and back into reality.

[30:44] Antonia Gentry: Yeah. You know, I I wonder in looking at that, are do you have any stories of acts of kindness on set you can share from a castmate? Like, is there something someone's done for you? It it might just be more of the little things, but I'm curious because it really does come through that you all love each other. Like it it shines through the screen. You can tell that you guys have that dynamic. Oh, well, Greg, good, that's good. That's a good thing. Because it's true. I do, I do love, I love everybody. Um, I don't know if this counts, but and I definitely know that Brianne did not do this for me. Oh, okay. When she brought Siggy to set her daughter, whenever her daughter would visit, it would just be I mean, we could be having the most annoying day on set where where we all want to like kill each other.

And when will the day end? And then I go to the green room and Siggy is sitting there, like cheesing and smiling and waving, and I just get to to play with this beautiful child who you know, I mean, there's just such a joy to I love babies. I love babies. But when they turn like five, I'm like, all right. Bye. I'm like, bye. Bye bye, baby. Um, and she just was such this like innocent, pure, beautiful soul that kind of just like I there was just there was no reason to be upset about anything when she was on set. And um Breed Bree definitely didn't bring her for me, but I was really I'm like, Brienne, you have to bring Siggy today because I have a cry and um I need my comfort. Um But I just man, her her daughter is just so precious, and it just sort of every time she was there, I was just like over the moon. And um Yeah.

[32:32] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, and also we'd like to buy each other McDonald's. Oh my god, what's your McDonald's order? Are you still getting a happy meal? Because I gotta say, the happy meal toys right now. Wait, what are the toys? They're mini McDonald's. Like they have like a mini drive-thru, they have a a little mini like happy meal. Sorry, I literally sound like I'm five, but we didn't. It sounds amazing. I don't have it in here, but yeah. I haven't had a happy meal in years, but I think I might have Sam. That's that would be so weird. Like that, yeah. That wasn't even like my friend got it. I just saw it. Yeah, I'm like, it totally wasn't me. They're like, sir, you have to stop coming back here. Your photo is on the wall.

You're freaking us all out. I'm like, I'm a child, but so sorry. Um I like a number nine, but I don't know if they'd do that anymore. Oh, it was the two the two cheeseburger meal. Um and I would get the two cheeseburger meal with no onions, a large fry, and a Dr. Pepper, and I'd s save the other cheeseburger and give them to a friend. Thank you for saying Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper's underrated. I do want to say the best. She is not she's been around forever and she's not going to be able to do that. She's better than Coca-Cola. She's better than Pepsi. I see it. I'd say my full chest. There we go. Get it out there. Maybe this could be the start of something new. A whole campaign for you. I um, you know, I wonder, maybe Dr. Pepper's there, but I feel like part of Jinny's struggle as a viewer, I think is her not having her own sort of stable, safe place because her home life is so turbulent. I wonder what does your safe space kind of look like for you? Like what's sort of your ideal safe space, if that makes sense.

[34:10] Antonia Gentry: Dr. Pepper can be there. Let me paint the picture. Please do. Dr. Pepper, hi Chew. I'm in my bed. Chardonnay. Okay. There's a Chardonnay. I have to have the three liquids liquids, right? There's water, but it's five days old. Yeah, I'm just gonna use the stand. Poured one of those out. Covered in cats. Right? Because that's why. And it's like, well, I can't drink this, but I'm also too lazy to pour it out. Um and there's Chardonnay. And but also maybe some sort of warm drink, like a like a tea, like maybe a um a chamomile. There's a candle burning. Yeah. My two cats were right next to me. I'm watching the Gilded Age. I'm not caught out. Me either. I'm on like season two. Like I just started it.

Same. Yeah, okay. Okay. It's like a Broadway red carpet. It's so good. Oh my gosh. I love that show. Um it's just like peaceful, and you don't really have to pay attention, but like you you can be cooking. It's just it's cozy. It's really, really I'm like, now I'm down a rabbit hole where I'm reading about the Gilded Age, and I'm like, I have to go to the Vanderbilt mansion and tour it. I know. And it's all we've had a few folks from that show on here, and I have I have a friend on the show, and it's it like a lot of it seems like they might be making it up, but it's all it's all true, it's all based on something. It's really cool. It's fascinating. And I love Carrie Kuhn. I'm obsessed with her.

She's insane. Did you watch White Lotus? Yeah. Oh my gosh. She's unreal. She's unreal. Yeah, she's so good. But let's go back to your set. I feel like we talked a little bit about your No, I'm sorry. I'm literally taking you on 87 tangents. I'm the one who brought up the Gilded Age. Bring up whatever you want. I'm down to go there. Your set environment, it seems to be a very positive one. And I wonder whether you kind of view yourself this way or not. You and Brianne are kind of co-number ones on the call sheet. Are there things you're aware of doing to try and make the set a very positive space for all? Especially when you have a new guest star coming in or you know, a day player who maybe maybe you're having a tough day, but they have one line and you know they're super excited. Like are there are there things that you you do to kind of make it that safe space?

[36:30] Antonia Gentry: I think for me, something that I really prioritize is treating, and I love our crew because they're really they are the bones. Um and I think for me, it really just starts in the morning. And you know, when you go the and I'm not a morning person at all. Um whatsoever. Um, but that doesn't matter because they're there hours before you are, and they're there hours after you. And so for me, the thing that I really really make a point of doing is making sure that um the crew is taken care of, the crew is taken care of, uh, hair, makeup, wardrobe, camera, um, grips, like PAs, like the crew needs to be taken care of. And I love in the morning, this isn't really something that I do, but Stacey, um, who was ahead of hair last season, she's coming back this season. I'm so excited. Um she has such this such a vibrant energy, it's very warm and inviting and calming.

[37:45] Antonia Gentry: And anytime she notices, because like they're in our faces all the time, start to bottom. Like they are covering all my pimples, they're like plucking out my gray hairs, they're like doing all sorts of things all the time. You get very, very close very quickly, and she senses your energy almost as soon as it switches. If there's like a slight dip in your energy, she'll know. And she had this big counter space in the hair trailer where she just had like all of these snacks that she would just steal from crafty, and like just go in, and you can just pig out there, and she plays such beautiful music, and it's just such a warm hug from the beginning. And so whenever I'm having a hard time, she knows.

And whenever she's having a hard time, I know. And so I try to like focus on that, and especially if there's new people, you know, day players. I'm like jaded. I'm like ready to go home. But they're bright-eyed and they're like so excited. Um, it's actually wonderful. It's a wonderful change of mood because it reminds you basically that we're all living our dream. And how wonderful is that, you know? Like, yeah, I haven't slept in three days, but it doesn't matter because this is what we're doing. And you know, we're not curing cancer, we're not rescuing people from the waters, but yeah, people are playing you from a hospital bed that have cancer. Yeah, you know, like people are watching you during these times. And I know we that's like such a common phrase that we all say, and it's true, but at the same time, it is that comfort and that foundation that helps people move forward.

[39:45] Robert Peterpaul: And you mentioned not sleeping. I wonder, is that like a struggle for you, or is it just because of the schedule? Like, do you struggle with going to sleep after all that adrenaline?

[39:55] Antonia Gentry: I would say a little bit of both. I think the schedule is really demanding. I work pretty, I think I had like season two. I think I had one day off that wasn't a holiday. Wow. Um, season three, they gave me, I think, three days, which is cool. Oh, wait, it's just Georgia now? Just Georgia. Okay. No, it's a lot. It's like 16-hour days, and um, and as you said, like it is very emotionally demanding. So I think I just like after a certain point, there's like a point of no return. So I will get home and I'll be in bed, like staring at the ceiling, and I'm like, well, I have to wake up in like four hours. Um, that's the worst.

[40:43] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[40:43] Antonia Gentry: But I do I like hibernate like crazy on the weekend. Like I don't go outside on the weekend.

[40:49] Robert Peterpaul: That makes sense.

[40:49] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, you gotta refuel.

[40:51] Robert Peterpaul: You've got to fill up your sleep bank from what I've heard.

[40:53] Antonia Gentry: There's literally a bank and you gotta pay the date. You know, I've heard you say that showrunner Sarah is actually really welcome about input from the cast. How much of your feedback? I mean, I'm assuming at this point it's more on Ginny. Do they sort of welcome as now you're going into a new season? And what are your hopes for her? I mean, we saw this kind of switch where you're almost in spoiler alert, the Georgia seat at the end of the season. Like you kind of take this really delicious twist, which must be so fun to play.

[41:22] Antonia Gentry: It was really fun, but people were like really upset. Ah, people are always gonna be upset. I was like, Yeah, that was tough. I don't know. I it was also really hard to be mean to Sarah, even though like we were both our characters and we're just like it's whatever. But I was like, I don't want to be mean to you.

[41:44] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, that's hard.

[41:46] Antonia Gentry: But that happens in real life in that, you know, in that setting. It's very common.

[41:50] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, it's so high school.

[41:52] Antonia Gentry: Um, I so I mean, I uh Lambert listens to feedback, but it's usually just like, I mean, she has a very specific vision for the show, and I think that's what makes it so successful is that it's you know, tonally it's all over the place, but there's this tightrope that we walk, um, yeah, where it's lighthearted and campy and fun, and then it's like the most devastating thing you've ever seen. Um, and sometimes within the same scene, it can be both. And so she's very, you know, I try not to mess with that. Like, you know, I'm not here to change any of that because I when I watch the show, granted, I only can watch it through once so that I can remember what happened for press. I can't watch myself like that. But um, I can imagine as an audience member being like, whoa, what? Like having so much whiplash because filming it, I'm like, what is going on all of the time? A hundred percent of the time, I'm like, what is happening?

[43:01] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[43:02] Antonia Gentry: Um, but she's very accessible, which is nice, the show creator. And so we get to, whenever we have questions about, you know, why what is the motivation for this? Why is Ginny making this decision here? Um, when we talked about Ginny's arc and turning into some sort of version of Georgia by the end of season three. Um, I was so excited because I was like, I mean, it's been three seasons of me being really sad.

[43:31] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[43:32] Antonia Gentry: Like I got to have a little bit of agency in season three, um, as Ginny, but she kind of gets sort of power hungry, and we kind of see that shift happening. Um, and I'm just excited to see a version of her. I don't know, I still don't know what's gonna happen for season four. I have like an idea of it. Um, but I won't be able to like get in there and start demanding things until we get closer to shooting, which is very soon. Um, but I would like to see a version of Ginny. I hope that she heals, but she will never not be scarred. And I just want to see a version of her that rather than being ashamed of her scars, she embraces them, even if that means being a little evil for a bit.

[44:25] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, going in the other direction for a little bit.

[44:28] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, I think she has to operate in extremes first before she balances in the middle. Um, and I think, you know, she's only 16 years old, and she's had to deal with what would it be for any normal girl going through these abnormal situations, quite literally life-altering. Um, I think that she's honestly like I would if I even now as a 27-year-old, if any of that, if like my mom texted me right now and she was like, Hey, so I've killed three men. I'd be like, You have to turn yourself in. Like, no, I'd be like, No, absolutely not. You should not have told me that. Now I'm an accomplice.

[45:12] Antonia Gentry: That would be tough. Tough pill to swallow. You'd get the Chardonnay and you just hand the phone to FBI agents.

[45:17] Antonia Gentry: I'd be like, I can't do this and be like, love you, mom, but I can't do this. I can't do that. I'll see you behind bars, man.

[45:22] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[45:22] Antonia Gentry: That's tough. That's tough to get by. And I do feel like one of the things I really connect with about Ginny is the fact that she's had to grow up so fast at such a young age, just because of like my childhood and what I've gone through, sort of having to parent your parent very early on. And I think we all get there one day as our parents get older, eventually you become sort of the parent. Is that something that you kind of like wrestle with as you're breathing life into this character? Because at such a young age, you're supposed to be the one that's protected, and then your character is sort of in the position of having to protect.

[46:01] Antonia Gentry: Yeah.

[46:01] Antonia Gentry: It really is. I think when we did season one, I found it so odd. First of all, my mother is Jamaican. I was raised very differently than how Ginny was raised. So, like having a mother who you treat like your sister or your friend was like so foreign to me. I mean, it helps that Brianna's literally like nine years older than I am. So you know, but um, but yeah, it was so bizarre to um play at least initially this 15-year-old girl who gets to talk back to her mom. But then the more I understood Ginny's history and Georgia's history and um the sort of psychology behind their relationship, I almost feel a sort of grief for Ginny sometimes because she's so used, we're so used to seeing her having to navigate things that even grown adults are unable to navigate that no one else really would have to navigate.

[46:02] Robert Peterpaul: And it's just a lot of pressure.

[47:23] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[47:24] Antonia Gentry: And then, but then in the moments where she actually is a child, I find it interesting. What I've seen is a lot of criticisms for when she makes mistakes as a child. And she doesn't get to be both.

[47:40] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[47:41] Antonia Gentry: For a lot of people who watch the show, which I because I live this character, and I feel like she should be allowed to make every single mistake possible and be given the utmost grace for it because of what she has to deal with. But you don't, it's not always viewed in that way, which I find so interesting.

[48:06] Robert Peterpaul: That is interesting.

[48:07] Antonia Gentry: Because it's like she's 16.

[48:10] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[48:11] Antonia Gentry: She's had to grow up so fast, but she's still a child.

[48:15] Robert Peterpaul: And it's like the standards that she's held to, the goalpost keeps moving, depending on the situation, which I always found so interesting.

[48:28] Antonia Gentry: Because then it's like you have a character like Georgia who also faces a lot of criticism, but she's the adult, and yet we are used to seeing her acting like the child.

[49:05] Robert Peterpaul: It's really fascinating to me.

[49:08] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, I think it's sort of interesting because at the top you were talking about kindness in regards to expectations. Mm-hmm. And I think the expectation of Ginny is that she's gonna be the one that sort of has her shit together and does sort of quote unquote save the day. And Georgia's like gonna make that silly mistake and you know, come back around. So it could be something with that. Like we expect and put a lot of more pressure on Ginny, but at the end of the day, she is she should just be allowed to be a kid. It's a sad thing for me to watch because she's sort of the mom, but then also the mom to her mom, who's like doing all these crazy things, and it's funny and out there, but it's her life, you know.

[49:49] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, and I think you do a beautiful job at portraying that.

[49:52] Antonia Gentry: So well, thank you.

[49:55] Robert Peterpaul: And I know we're running out of time here, but before we I just keep talking about I don't know.

[50:00] Antonia Gentry: That's that's what you're here.

[50:01] Robert Peterpaul: This is a podcast.

[50:02] Antonia Gentry: You're doing great.

[50:03] Robert Peterpaul: Before we let you go, which I don't want to, this is great. I would love if we could just play one more game. It's called the compliment game.

[50:08] Antonia Gentry: This is a bit of a surprise.

[50:12] Robert Peterpaul: I do always play this game. And basically, Toni, I reached out to someone in your life for a loving statement about you.

[50:20] Robert Peterpaul: I'm gonna read it to you, slash maybe play one to you, and then you have to guess who said it.

[50:26] Antonia Gentry: Oh god, okay.

[50:27] Robert Peterpaul: Okay.

[50:28] Robert Peterpaul: And oh, I actually got two because you're so loved.

[50:31] Robert Peterpaul: And so yay, there's at least two.

[50:34] Robert Peterpaul: There's yeah, there's you sometimes there's just usually there's just one.

[50:37] Robert Peterpaul: So this is great. People love you. And I think these were the only two people I reached out to.

[50:41] Robert Peterpaul: So we got it. Here we go. Let's do it.

[50:43] Robert Peterpaul: Everyone's beauty is full in their own way. It's the compliments, game on me.

[50:46] Antonia Gentry: Yay, okay. Compliments.

[50:48] Robert Peterpaul: Compliment.

[50:50] Antonia Gentry: Yay!

[50:50] Robert Peterpaul: Okay.

[50:52] Antonia Gentry: Mom.

[50:53] Antonia Gentry: Probably should redo that. Blah blah blah blah blah bum.

[50:56] Robert Peterpaul: Okay. This is the first one is an audio message that I tried to distort. So this is not gonna be their voice.

[51:05] Robert Peterpaul: Maybe, but I'm gonna play it for you now, and then you can ask me yes or no questions.

[51:09] Antonia Gentry: I don't really know anything, Tony, but I'll try and help you out.

[51:12] Robert Peterpaul: Wait, okay. You get three guesses.

[51:15] Antonia Gentry: Are these people I work with?

[51:16] Robert Peterpaul: Never mind. Let's just play it. You'll find out. That could be one of your questions.

[51:20] Robert Peterpaul: Okay, here we go.

[51:22] Audio message: What I admire most about Tony is that she is brilliant and she's fiercely creative. She's a poet, she's a writer, as well as just being a phenomenal actor. Um, but she also always just makes me laugh. Uh, you might not know how silly and goofy she can be, in addition to being deeply thoughtful. Uh, and then the hint to who I am is one of the biggest belly laughs that she ever gave me on set. Um I'll love you forever. Oh, wait, you keep the bad? Okay, bye.

[51:56] Antonia Gentry: That's Sarah Lampert.

[51:58] Robert Peterpaul: Yes!

[51:58] Antonia Gentry: Ding ding ding. You got it right, correct. Woo!

[52:02] Antonia Gentry: Wait. She mentioned like an initial sorry, wait, let's finish the game.

[52:08] Antonia Gentry: That was just really funny.

[52:09] Robert Peterpaul: Oh no, you got you can respond to that.

[52:10] Antonia Gentry: I was just gonna reveal her voice is that she is brilliant and she's fiercely creative. We could listen to the whole thing again if you want. It's super sweet.

[52:20] Antonia Gentry: Okay. I also felt bad how I threw. I'm like, she's hearing this with a crazy monster voice, but I hope it still means a lot to her.

[52:27] Antonia Gentry: I immediately knew it was her though. The cadence, her laugh. That's so funny.

[52:32] Antonia Gentry: Oh my gosh. Um, no, she mentioned the moment on set where we both cracked up. There was like an original version of the scene, and it's a really like oh my gosh, scene uh where Marcus spoiler, but it's been out.

[52:47] Antonia Gentry: Um but we're right. Like I could say it. Yeah, you pause this and and finish the series if you have to pause okay.

[52:54] Antonia Gentry: Where Marcus is really, really drunk after he finds out he's not graduating with his class and he wets the bed with Ginny there.

[53:04] Antonia Gentry: And Ellen comes in and Ginny has to leave. Um, and then he shortly goes away. Um, the original, one of the original versions of that scene, there it was just it was just written like Jinny looks down, Marcus has wet the bed, and then it was like Ginny says, Marcus, I think you wet the bed.

[53:28] Antonia Gentry: And then Marcus is like, I love you, Ginny. I love you forever. And then Ginny just says, Jesus. And then leaves. Just gets out of there.

[53:38] Antonia Gentry: And I was like, Sarah, what? No. Oh my gosh. I was like, this can't, this cannot be the way this plays out.

[53:44] Antonia Gentry: And she was like, Oh my god, you're right. What was I thinking? We were just laughing so hard. I thought it might be a reference to that.

[53:51] Robert Peterpaul: Wait, that's really funny. Thank you, Sarah.

[53:53] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, it was actually so hilarious. Can you imagine?

[53:56] Robert Peterpaul: Well, what have you learned from Sarah about leadership?

[54:00] Antonia Gentry: Feels like she's a very kind leader in the way she runs the show. Um, I really admire Sarah's ability to be honest without being cruel.

[54:13] Antonia Gentry: And I think that is a skill that is hard to develop, and especially since this is her first show as well, um, that she's created. And she's so open and honest in a way though that makes you feel like you can be too without judgment, without sort of like a backlash, and um and also she's just so funny, like she's she's there are people who are like I'm gonna put my professional hat on, and I'm a completely different person, yeah.

[54:51] Antonia Gentry: And she's she's she manages to be both, where she's herself and so dedicated. She's she's she's the boss, but she's still a human being, and I think that that's really um what I admire about her.

[55:09] Robert Peterpaul: That's phenomenal. That's hard to do.

[55:11] Antonia Gentry: I know I feel like my professional hat is a visor because I put it on and then like my crazy hair is still poking through, and I'm like, I don't know, I'm still crazy. Spoiler, it's still me.

[55:22] Antonia Gentry: Thank you so much, Sarah. We have one more here, not a voice note, but I'm gonna read it to you, and there is a hint if you need it, which you might, because I'm assuming a lot of people that you work with, this is another work one feel this way about you.

[55:33] Robert Peterpaul: Tony is truly the best company to keep on and off screen. I don't know how I got so lucky. Each season, her brilliance, her dark sense of humor, and her adoration for her cats makes me love her more and more. I miss her.

[55:49] Antonia Gentry: Wait, at first I thought this is Brie, but now my adoration for my cats.

[55:59] Antonia Gentry: I have a hint, which I think we'll probably give it away, but yeah.

[56:06] Antonia Gentry: Wait, I'm like, I don't know who who why would my cats be brought up? I don't know. I don't know.

[56:13] Antonia Gentry: I'm bad at this.

[56:20] Antonia Gentry: Hint. We're the only two people in the entire world who have no clue what a la boo-boo is.

[56:27] Robert Peterpaul: It is Bree.

[56:28] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, it's Bree.

[56:30] Robert Peterpaul: It's Bree and Howey.

[56:31] Antonia Gentry: Yes. You got it right. I just found out what will do. Sorry, Bree.

[56:36] Antonia Gentry: You're the only person now. I do too. And I don't know if it's like corporate America or what's going on, but why are why are these things trending? Like why I I'm so sorry, but they're they're scary.

[56:47] Antonia Gentry: I don't know. But I think they're growing on me.

[56:51] Robert Peterpaul: Okay.

[56:52] Antonia Gentry: I don't want I've actually never seen one in person. I don't want one. My best friend is obsessed with them.

[56:57] Antonia Gentry: Um and I have another. Someone just like appears behind you.

[57:01] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, no, actually would love that. That's a hor that's a horror movie, honestly, in itself.

[57:06] Antonia Gentry: That's really freaky. But I was like, what is a yeah, because we did an interview and the question was just la boo-boo or sunny angel, and we both were like, What the hell are you saying? What are you talking about? Are we having a stroke?

[57:21] Antonia Gentry: Oh my gosh. Yeah, it just it doesn't sound like I mean a lot of these words I can't even imagine when I'm older and I mean I'll be grateful when I get there. I don't even know what the words are gonna be.

[57:31] Antonia Gentry: People are gonna be flying around saying things like Riz and TikTok and Labooo Boo, and you're just like I I love those tweets that are like us when we're like Gen Z when they're in the retirement home. It's like old lady like the laboo boo Boo Sunny angel was rissing out, and then there's like the nurse being like, okay, whatever you say, grandma.

[57:54] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, we'll be with the walker. I'll be like, smack that up on the floor.

[57:58] Antonia Gentry: And I'd be like, oh no.

[58:01] Robert Peterpaul: Yes, exactly.

[58:04] Antonia Gentry: Okay. Well, talk to me about your your relationship with Brie, because she also just seems like such a ray of sunshine. And I wonder how she's, you know, shown you kindness as your mother figure.

[58:14] Antonia Gentry: Truly onset. Truly, when we talk about kindness on set, I think about her because she's just so um, she somehow manages to make people walk away from I'm I can be off-putting. It's just like my monotone voice. I could be giving someone the best compliment and they think I'm lying, which is so upsetting.

[58:35] Antonia Gentry: Um, that is Brianne. You're like, I'm genuine.

[58:38] Antonia Gentry: Yeah, like no, I'm like, no, I'm being for real. I'm being serious. And they're like, I'm really like, no, no, no, no. And then when I double down, it's like I'm making fun of them, but I'm really not.

[58:47] Antonia Gentry: It's worse. Yeah, it's worse. It's worse.

[58:49] Antonia Gentry: So bad. Um. But Brie, I man, I I yeah, I also don't know how I got so lucky to be able to work with someone like her. She carries herself in a way that is just um so wonderful.

[59:07] Antonia Gentry: She's I mean, I like I said, I'm not a morning person. And she manages to put whatever she literally is the definition of leave it at the door. She is so selfless, I think, in that sense, to the point where we've helped each other, where I've sort of helped her to like you can be upset about like it's okay.

[59:31] Antonia Gentry: Like you can have this opinion, or you can feel this way and you can make it known. Um you don't have to make everyone else feel good right now, that kind of thing.

[59:42] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[59:42] Antonia Gentry: And she's helped me to become someone who even more so um really sort of just considers our position as being the leads of the show and just how much that means to everyone on set and how our attitudes literally control the environment um in a in a meaningful way.

[1:00:11] Antonia Gentry: And so she's helped me sort of come into that responsibility with a better understanding of what it means to be a lead on a set. Um, and she's just so wonderful. She's just a wonderful, welcoming, open human being who um I'm just so happy to know. So lucky to know so beautiful, and that compliment did sound genuine to you from the yay!

[1:00:39] Robert Peterpaul: Okay, you did it. That was beautiful, and I I think you're wonderful, and I would just love if we could not end this time together, but we have to end this time together. I gotta let you go with a tangible kindness tip.

[1:00:51] Robert Peterpaul: So, could you please just talk to our listeners and give them one tangible tip, something they can do on their own corner of the world, just to try and contribute to making the world a little kinder?

[1:01:03] Antonia Gentry: Um I know it's a big question. For me, when you're meeting someone new and you're learning someone's name after that interaction, repeating their name at the end of it, whether it's with a compliment or a thank you, repeating their name and looking them in the eyes helps to reiterate an appreciation for the interaction, an appreciation for them, um, and an acknowledgement of connection having been made, having been made.

[1:01:43] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[1:01:44] Antonia Gentry: I love that.

[1:01:45] Robert Peterpaul: No one said that before either.

[1:01:46] Antonia Gentry: Well, thank you.

[1:01:47] Robert Peterpaul: I'll say thank you, Tony. Thank you so much, Robert.

[1:01:50] Antonia Gentry: Oh well, I am just such a fan of yours. Now I'm an even bigger fan, and I can't wait to see what you do with this new season, what you do out there in the world. But I am just grateful that a lot of the young folks out there, the young and have you to look up to because you just seem like such a a great role model with a good head on your shoulders.

[1:02:09] Robert Peterpaul: And I am, you know, grateful for you being here.

[1:02:12] Antonia Gentry: I appreciate that. Um and I appreciate you doing this even though you literally have COVID. So please rest, feel better.

[1:02:22] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you.

[1:02:22] Antonia Gentry: Uh, dip some haichu and some Chardonnay as soon as you can.

[1:02:26] Robert Peterpaul: That sounds like the remedy I need. Thank you, doctor.

[1:02:27] Antonia Gentry: I'm gonna tell them you told me to take that.

[1:02:30] Robert Peterpaul: Honestly, this might have been a COVID fever dream. I don't know. I could be sleeping right now.

[1:02:34] Antonia Gentry: You could be.

[1:02:36] Robert Peterpaul: Hello. Until next time, remember everything is gonna be a okay.