00:00Hi, nice to see you, I'm Valentina from Italy. Ciao. How are you doing Valentina? Fine, and first of all,
00:07let me say that you really know how to rock a suit. You look amazing in a suit. Yeah. Thank
00:14you. I appreciate it.
00:21When did you discover the body? I knocked on the door at 8.01. That's when I found him lying
00:25next to his bed.
00:27You were the last person to see Cal alive. Did you kill him? No.
00:34In the show, Cal says to Xavier that the world is 19 times more fucked than anyone realizes. After making
00:44this show, do you agree with him?
00:48I am an eternal optimist, Valentina. Even in the midst of circumstances that I personally find uncomfortable at the moment,
00:59I still choose to see the silver lining and see the resolve of people that want to make the world
01:08better.
01:08Like, that's the thing. Like, people aren't sitting back and sort of just comfortably accepting the status quo. You see
01:16people pushing back, especially, you know, in my country saying like, you know what, the way in which we're going
01:22is not a way in which I wish to go.
01:24And so you're hearing opposition. And I think that that is important. Are things, you know, ideal by no stretch
01:32of the imagination, but I choose to believe that there is good that can come out of any situation, including
01:41the present.
01:42So there you go.
01:44And speak about that. One character in the ending says that people had the chance to build a new world.
01:55Instead, they made more of the same. Why, in your opinion, do humans never learn from their mistakes?
02:06In my opinion, Lord, Valentina. I think we do. But I do think that we are inherently selfish beings.
02:22Now, you know what? There is a selflessness when it serves the greater good, but it's also because it serves
02:29us. Right? I think there is a global turn towards nationalism, which is countries saying us first, whether it's the
02:38U.S. has to take care of the U.S. first.
02:40You know, other countries do similar things. And there's something kind of positive about it, but it's also like we
02:50are a global community now, like every decision that we make affects everybody else.
02:56And so to think of us as individuals, self-contained, like is sort of myopic and it doesn't make sense
03:04anymore because we know that like, you know, our commerce, you know, affects our economy, affects the world's economy.
03:12So instead of just thinking of ourselves, like who our tribe is, who our brothers and sisters are, as just
03:19people who are American, maybe if we were able to expand that definition and see it more as like all
03:25of humanity is in this thing together, then I think there would be more cooperation.
03:31Right now there's separation and a desire to be first instead of a desire to be together. I think that's
03:39part of the problem.
03:43And also in the ending, the same character says that the American dream is a prison. Do you agree with
03:51him?
03:54Lord, these are not softball questions you love.
03:58No.
04:01There is something about the American dream, the idea that if you work hard and you come to this country
04:11and you're
04:12provided the opportunity that hard work will get you whatever it is that you want, right?
04:18There's something about that, that, that because some people are able to do it, but it's a fraction of a
04:26minority of people that everybody thinks that it's possible for them.
04:30And sometimes circumstances don't allow people to escape from whatever rung of class that they are in. To move from
04:41one class to another is hard. It's not an easy thing, right?
04:45So oftentimes what you see is rich people becoming richer and poor people becoming poorer and the disparity between the
04:53two becoming greater.
04:54So in that way, it does seem, but because that hope is still there, that carrot is still being dangled
05:02in front of people.
05:03Sometimes we may be overly pacified and not necessarily do what's necessary in order to change the fundamental structure of
05:12how the country operates so that true equality is possible for everyone.
05:17This is a very political conversation that we're having right now, Valentina. That's the best answer I can give you.
05:24Yeah, but the show is really political. So I think it's also really entertaining, but I think it's a really
05:34interesting show because it's question and thought provoking.
05:39So I am throwing in another tough question.
05:42Give it to me. Come on.
05:43Yeah. And you were saying that you are optimistic. And I think, too, that the show is optimistic because even
05:52if it's a post-apocalyptic story, the American president is a nice guy.
06:00He cares about people. Instead, in the world right now, in Italy, in Germany, in America, I don't see so
06:07many leaders that care so much about people and about the environment.
06:12So in your opinion, what makes a good leader?
06:17That's a good question.
06:19You know, like, it's funny because in one form of question, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson and I were asked who
06:27would be the best president.
06:29And we would all say each other, because I think ultimately it's somebody who doesn't want the job will probably
06:36be the best person to have the job because they see themselves as a public servant rather than a ruler.
06:43Right. I think the people who actually want to see good things happen for everybody are the people who will
06:51be best equipped to be in that job.
06:53I think Kyle Bradford actually wants people to succeed.
06:59He wants the best for people. Right.
07:03And you would like to believe that that is the case in most people that hold that occupation.
07:09You would like to believe that.
07:11I don't I don't know if I can say anything beyond that, because sometimes it's hard to believe that.
07:16But I think that like people who care about people, that's it.
07:20I don't mean to oversimplify. Right.
07:24But like who have some point of empathy to understand what it's like to have certain struggles and want to
07:32make those struggles a little bit easier.
07:35Empathy.
07:37And I think I think that another interesting thing is how much time is precious, because in the show, time
07:46is running out.
07:48And the important thing is really how you how do you want to spend it and with with whom?
07:56So how important is to never give anything or anyone for granted?
08:02And how can we do that? Because we forgot it every day.
08:05So how can we not take everything for granted, in your opinion?
08:10I love that question.
08:12I think.
08:14I think what it is, is being present to every moment.
08:17I think the greatest gift that you can give to another human being is your presence.
08:22Right.
08:22So instead of being concerned about what's going to be happening next or who you got to talk to after
08:27this, et cetera, like being present for the people that you are in their space and their environment, it's because
08:35it's about quality.
08:36Right.
08:37It's not about quantity necessarily.
08:39Like if you're really present with me for five minutes, that'll leave more of an impact than if we spend
08:44an hour with each other.
08:46But you're on your phone the entire time thinking about somebody else or thinking about what you have to do
08:50next, like actually being there for people.
08:53And it's a lost art, Valentina, because we get caught up on these devices all the time and sort of
08:59like just what's next and how do I do this and how do I do that?
09:02Instead of just being with people where they are, when they are, I think it's something that we need to
09:07return back to profoundly.
09:11And Gabriela says to Sinatra that when you are at Disneyland and the ride stops and they bring the lights
09:22on, turn the lights on, the magic is lost forever.
09:26It's like red pill, blue pill.
09:28Yeah, yeah.
09:28Do you believe that sometimes in life it's better not to know something or it's better to always follow the
09:36truth?
09:37That is such a good question.
09:39I think knowledge is power.
09:42Like even in the Bible, we say my children perish from lack of knowledge.
09:46And then there is a part of me, and I think this is slightly different, like for me right now,
09:53I don't listen to the news every day because most news is bad news.
09:58Because I think we as human beings, for some reason are drawn to the negative, and I think you need
10:04to retrain your brain to learn that there is positive things that are happening in the world.
10:09So if you're going to give yourself some negative, make sure you balance it out by giving yourself access to
10:14something that is of virtue and beautiful as well.
10:20It is good to know, I think it is ultimately good to know, because as Cal said in the end,
10:26people need to decide how they want to spend this time.
10:29Like once you know, then you can make your own decisions, right?
10:32Could it have caused a panic?
10:35Possibly too.
10:35Like there is that, and there's repercussions to those sorts of decisions as well.
10:40But I think ultimately it is better to know.
10:45Okay, thank you so much.
10:47And the show is amazing.
10:48Let's hope it's not, it not will be a prophecy, but it's amazing.
10:53Thank you very much.
10:54And thank you for your questions, Valentina.
10:56You kind of killed that.
10:57You're welcome.
10:57Thank you.
10:58You're welcome.
10:59Talk to you later.
11:11You're welcome.
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