00:00All right. All right. Well, perfect. So first, thank you so much for coming and being an honoree at the Gen Next Awards.
00:07What does it mean to you to be an honoree here tonight?
00:10Well, I'm just I'm just so grateful that I get to be in this room with all of these amazing women who are really just forging the way in the marketing and media and entertainment industry.
00:19And, you know, I'm excited to really like more than just say my own two cents, but to actually be a fly on the wall and listen to what everybody else has to say and hear about what everybody else is working on.
00:32It's really great. How does listening to empowering women empower you?
00:37Like what does it just drive you to do?
00:39I just feel like sometimes you just need to get in a room with a bunch of people in order to jumpstart you into your next big idea, your next goal.
00:47Because, you know, in New York, we get so like we put blinders on.
00:52We're just like sort of focused on where we're going and what we're doing that day.
00:55But what's so great about this is that it's, you know, not just like a place to network, but also a chance to celebrate, celebrate women in leadership positions, celebrate people who are trying to be in leadership positions.
01:07You know, it's it's awesome.
01:08And I feel like especially in the last year, there's been kind of a reckoning for women to get behind the camera, get into leadership roles, producing roles, writing roles,
01:17and just doing things on their own without a man's help because we don't need that.
01:22But why do you think that there is kind of been this reckoning?
01:25And do you think that it's going to continue?
01:28What changes would you like to see?
01:30Well, you know, it's it's been proven and studied that more women in leadership positions, you know, those those companies, those places, those boards,
01:41they have a really healthy balance and there's a lot less going on that might be questionable.
01:50And, you know, we want to see an environment where people think they can be productive and safe and feel like they can be heard.
01:58So, you know, to bring in women, to bring in people of color, to bring in diversity, we really want to see it start from the top.
02:05And that's where you see the most change happening.
02:08Well, I'm speaking of bringing in people who are diverse and of different backgrounds.
02:13You start in Hamilton, which was, I mean, one of the first Broadway shows that we saw people of so many diverse backgrounds come together to play our founding fathers.
02:24Tell me, how has life changed for you since the role of Eliza Skyler?
02:28I mean, it changed everything, you know, like I I'm like and not just in my career, but in my life, you know, I met my husband during that time.
02:38And I just feel like I was really my eyes were just like wide open in that moment.
02:44And I think what was beautiful about that experience was that, like you said, like people coming together from all different backgrounds,
02:50really just trying to tell a story at the end of the day about what it means to be an American in today's world.
02:59And I think what was beautiful about that is, you know, for a lot of people for the first time, they were seeing themselves in that story.
03:07They were seeing themselves in the founding fathers as opposed to the founding fathers being this sort of like removed, like, you know, we see them in paintings,
03:17we see them in statues, but like we didn't really know that they were real people.
03:20So to make that connection and to show people the humanity and what it what it took to start this nation, I think, was really awesome.
03:29Well, and I think also it gave people a motivator when times came when they needed to stand up for what they believed in and they needed to push against, you know, the hierarchy.
03:41And that moment came and people rallied.
03:44So what do you think?
03:46I mean, what do you think the like main messages in Hamilton are that people are really using today?
03:52Gosh, I mean, the phrase rise up comes to mind.
03:57I feel like in the past two years, we've all been really aware of actually asking ourselves what we stand for.
04:05And if given the opportunity to defend it fearlessly, will we do that?
04:10And clearly, like we live in a complicated country with a lot of problems, but it's a great country and we love it, you know,
04:17and we can have a sense of pride in defending what we truly believe, like defending what you believe is an American thing.
04:26And to, you know, to peaceably protest and use your, you know, use your voice to really say what you believe in.
04:38I mean, like there's nothing more beautiful than that.
04:41But it's hard.
04:42It's hard. It is hard.
04:43I feel like also your role especially did a lot for women and women kind of taking initiative and like running shit.
04:53Tell me a little bit about that and how you incorporate, you know, the lessons of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton into your daily life now.
05:00Well, she, I mean, she lived a long life.
05:04And I think, you know, I think she kind of knew that that was her path.
05:09Like, you look at all of the amazing things that she did and she had such a, like a grace and a patience.
05:19You know, she was like this slow burn, whereas Hamilton was like this, like lightning bolt, you know,
05:25like he had something to do and he was going to do it then and there.
05:28And I think for Eliza, you know, her path was like a little bit more of a long stretch.
05:33So I think it's important to remember to like take advantage of opportunities in your life,
05:39but also remember that like you can do a lot within a long span of time if you have the patience for it
05:45and to see small ideas come to fruition, you know, just to like keep at it, be patient, be loving.
05:53And what are you working on now?
05:56What is next for you?
05:57What's coming up?
05:58What are you dreaming about?
06:00Well, I'm about to start shooting a new television show called The Code for CBS.
06:06We start shooting in a little bit and I'm very excited.
06:09That's like the next, the next thing.
06:12So watch out for it in, I guess, in 2019.
06:15So you'll see it.
06:16That's amazing.
06:17And then one last question.
06:19What is something that you, a platform or something that you're promoting right now
06:23that you're really passionate about and why?
06:25Well, I mean, frankly, I think like this evening says it all, right?
06:30It's like about bringing women into leadership positions, inspiring women to speak up for themselves,
06:37to start businesses, to really like just get a jump start on everything.
06:41Because now like we're not going to just sit back and wait for someone to hand us permission.
06:46Like go for it.
06:48Ask for permission later.
06:49Ask for forgiveness, not permission.
06:52You know what I mean?
06:52But not even.
06:53Like go for what you truly believe in.
06:56Yeah.
06:57Thank you so much.
06:58This is great.
06:59Thank you for coming tonight.
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