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00:11Oh
00:11That's so overwhelming
00:14Oh my God
00:15Is she here?
00:18Dear
00:19Hello, hello
00:20Hello
00:23It's lovely to see you all
00:24Am I here?
00:26Yeah, you're in a hot seat
00:27Rose in between two thorns
00:32Your name? Anna
00:34Hey Anna
00:37Hi Anna, I'm Martin
00:38Nice to meet you
00:40I hope you don't eat fruit or vegetables
00:42I'd say I have a phobia
00:44I have a little fear
00:47Of sandwiches
00:48Okay, why is that?
00:50No one else feels similarly
00:51No, you can't even relate, can you relate?
00:54No
00:55No
01:06What age are you?
01:07Harry, would you like to introduce us?
01:09Right, of course
01:10Good luck Harry
01:13Hello
01:13Hello
01:14And welcome to the assembly
01:16Thank you for having me
01:17Our collective of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled interviewers
01:23Our rules are
01:24No subject is out of bounds
01:27No
01:28No question is off the table
01:30And all might happen
01:32Please tell us who you are
01:35My name is Anna Maxwell-Martin
01:37I'm an actor
01:38I do a bit of advocacy as well as my spare time
01:41But mostly acting and mumming
01:44Very nice to have you here today, Anna
01:45So you're, you know, motherland as well
01:48Yeah, motherland was a big part of my life
01:51Would you be in Streetly?
01:53No
01:54We're going to start with a question from Nicola
02:00How are you?
02:01Hi, Nicola, hello
02:02How much are you getting paid for this?
02:12I'm not being paid for this
02:14How do you know?
02:15If I say it?
02:16No
02:17OK
02:20Can you eat a roll or a bat?
02:23That's in the area of sandwiches, isn't it?
02:29Yes, I think I could if it was very plain
02:31What about ketchup?
02:33Yeah
02:34I don't agree with ketchup
02:36Thank you
02:38Thank you, Nicola
02:40Next we're going to hear from Jamal
02:43Hey, you all right?
02:44Hi, Jamal
02:45How are you? You good?
02:46I'm good, how are you?
02:47I'm good
02:48I just came from Nottingham today
02:49Did you on the train?
02:50Yeah
02:50This morning?
02:52Yeah, early
02:52That was early
02:52I know, I know
02:54Yeah, visit sometime
02:56I will, I will
02:58OK
02:59Have you ever used your acting skills in real life
03:02to maybe hide an aspect of yourself?
03:08Yes, I definitely can put on more of a show with people than I would feel naturally
03:16to be comfortable in a social situation
03:21I have also used my acting skills when I got into a spot of bother at an airport
03:25I didn't have the right ticket
03:27So I did a lot of crying
03:29Why?
03:30And pretending of sort of having a breakdown
03:32That's good
03:33So they'd let me on the plane
03:34Oh, OK
03:35That's cool
03:36Yeah
03:36Yeah
03:36Well, I was just like, hey, I really went to it for it
03:39It was in Singapore, so I was a long way from home
03:47Yeah
03:47Yeah, so sometimes you have to, don't you?
03:49Get you out of a spot of bother
03:50Yeah
03:51Yeah, I like that
03:52It's cool, it's cool
03:53Thank you
03:53Thank you
03:54Thank you
03:57Our next question is from Essin
04:00What do you think of method acting?
04:07I really think on acting, each to their own, do you know what I mean?
04:12No judgement, whatever you want to do to fulfil your job title, it's totally up to you
04:17Yeah
04:17I would probably say maybe more men are able to method act than women who are probably doing an online
04:25shop to the supermarket whilst also doing their job
04:29Yeah
04:30So, yeah
04:33Thank you very much
04:34Thank you
04:35Ali, you're up next
04:39Did you ever stand up for yourself when you were bullied in the industry?
04:44Yeah
04:45Yes, I've always stood up for myself
04:48Oh, that's good then
04:49Yeah
04:50I'm glad you did
04:50Yes
04:52That's kind of a short one, OK
04:55How often do you laugh every day?
04:58Yeah
04:58Well, I'm a big giggler
05:00Big giggler
05:01I think I laugh a lot, I laugh with and at my kids a lot
05:05That's what I thought you would say
05:07And luckily they laugh a lot, which I'm quite glad because, you know, they've had a tricky road and they
05:15still do laugh a lot
05:15I laugh when something was funny, but you're a great laugher
05:20Oh
05:21She's good at that
05:22Well, yeah, I find quite a lot funny
05:24Yeah, OK
05:26OK, thank you for your time
05:28Thank you
05:29Anna
05:30Thank you, Annie
05:31Mikey, you're up next
05:32Go on, Mikey
05:33Hi, Mikey
05:34Hi, Anna
05:35It's nice to meet you
05:36You too
05:37I just wanted to ask you a question about, it is about loss
05:42Because I've recently just lost my dad
05:45Oh, Mikey, I'm so sorry
05:47So I just wanted to know, how are your kids sort of dealing with their dad's loss?
05:52And do you have any tips?
05:53Oh, he's going to give you a cuddle
05:55You don't have to have a cuddle
05:57Should I just rub your arm?
05:59Mikey
06:00I'm so sorry
06:02Sorry
06:03No, you don't need to apologise
06:04Hey, you don't need to apologise
06:07But how are your kids sort of getting through it?
06:10Well, thank you so much for asking because sometimes, I don't know if you've found this
06:14People don't ask because they're scared, aren't they?
06:18Yeah
06:20For my kids, it was four years ago
06:25I give you all the strength I can muster because it's a long road where you need a lot of
06:30patience, don't you?
06:31Yeah
06:34I'm lucky because I have this very nice support, they're very supportive
06:37We all have your back, Mikey
06:38Yes, Mikey
06:39I think if it was like last year or any time before that, I wouldn't have got through it
06:46Mikey, I'm so pleased you found your people
06:49And, you know
06:55He's looking down on me and he's proud of me
06:57Oh, gosh, without a doubt
06:59I'm quite grateful for that
07:00So, my next question is, and it's a bit shady, so you might want to
07:06Here we go
07:07Muckle it down a bit
07:08My next question is, I heard you met your lovely new man at work
07:14Yes
07:14Because you spilled the tea on how you met
07:16Yes, I will spill the tea
07:18What do you mean man?
07:19He is a cameraman
07:21Really?
07:23Is he one of these cameras?
07:25He's not here right now
07:26Oh, I thought that was him over there
07:28Who is he?
07:31His name is Richard
07:33We'd just come out of Covid and I was on a production
07:35And I thought, he looks nice
07:37Oh
07:38And so I made it clear to him that I thought he looked nice
07:42And then we went on a date
07:45And you got married
07:46It's nice
07:47You get married to the cameraman
07:48We're not married
07:49I'm not marrying any of these cameramen
07:50Are we?
07:51Yes
07:53No, he's lovely
07:54You're lovely
07:55No, he's lovely
07:55But I've got a dicky now, so I don't need you
07:58Thank you very much
08:00Thank you very much
08:01Thank you
08:02Now we're going to hear from Julis
08:07Hi
08:07Hi
08:08Bringing the energy down a bit again
08:12I also lost my father four years ago when I was 16
08:16And I know how difficult losing a loved one at a young age can be
08:19Or at any age
08:21I was wondering if, because I know you also experienced that
08:25Do you feel it put you in a better position to comfort your children?
08:30Because you'd also been through that
08:31Or was it maybe a more traumatic thing that you found quite difficult to get through
08:36While also being there for them?
08:39That's such a sweet and insightful question
08:41Thank you so much for that question
08:42Sorry, I missed your name
08:43Julis
08:44Julis
08:44Julis, I'm so sorry
08:46I'm sorry about what happened
08:47It's really hard
08:48Yeah
08:50Erm
08:55I think it's sort of a
08:58It's a yes and a no
08:59Mm-hmm
09:01I lost my dad when I was 24
09:03And
09:05It was very, very hard
09:06And I felt very, very, very alone
09:09Mm-hmm
09:10So
09:12That was that
09:13And then obviously it happened to my children
09:15And I think in a way I could understand better, of course
09:18Because I understand about loss
09:21I really tried to be the best mum that I could for them
09:28I think
09:29Sometimes I failed in that
09:31And I, you know, sort of pick myself up and apologise
09:34And, um, trundle on
09:37I just think it's so individual
09:39Yeah
09:40It's so hard
09:40I can see how hard it is on you
09:43Because you, Mikey's getting upset
09:44And we absolutely
09:46You know, we all feel it
09:48Do you know, I can say
09:50Do you know, I can say
09:50I know this is a real cliché
09:51It is
09:52But I do think it's true
09:54It
09:54It has made me
09:57Like, bizarrely
09:58Such a positive
10:00Tenacious person
10:01And so actually, in the end
10:04It's been
10:05It's been really fucking hard
10:07I'm not going to lie to you
10:09But
10:10It makes me
10:12Like
10:14Just smash the doors off of life
10:22Yeah
10:25We all, we all got your backs
10:34To check, see the children at 6th
10:37Your daughter
10:38So I, I just do worry about them a bit
10:40So I check
10:41I could check a lot
10:43So I do have to get somewhere
10:45So I hope they are trying to get there
10:47Okay
10:47And not lying in their beds
10:49Oh dear
10:50Yeah
10:50Now we're going to hear from Tomislav
10:52Hello, my name is Tomislav Ivan
10:58Translated from Slavic, Croat, Croatian
11:00Into English, Thomas John
11:02I'm diagnosed with autism, bipolar
11:04And I'm morbidly obese
11:06And I adore Celine Dion
11:09Don't we all?
11:10She's a lovely person
11:12Well, it would be a great honour for me
11:15If you read my poem
11:16It's called
11:17Mr. Jupiterian
11:18He's from Jupiter
11:20Read it
11:21Anna Maxwell Martin
11:22Star on stage and screen
11:24Okay, it's called
11:25I wrote it myself
11:26Mr. Jupiterian
11:27Yeah
11:30Mr. Jupiterian drives back again
11:32He drives
11:33No one knows when
11:36Mr. Jupiterian marches down the slope
11:38Of his flying saucer
11:40He says to the crowd
11:41That he's a fan of Chaucer
11:44I've come here from planet Jupiter
11:46Here to your Earth is giant Gulliver
11:50Is there some place to let?
11:52With a 50 metre bed
11:53He had a packet of Marlborough light
11:55Before he slept
11:57For home he wept
11:59He got a grip
12:01And entered his ship
12:05I told the crowd
12:07I'll miss you
12:08I told the crowd
12:09So then off he flew
12:10That is absolutely brilliant
12:12Thomas Walden
12:13Thank you
12:13Keep it
12:14Keep it
12:14Your present
12:15I love
12:16He got a grip
12:18And entered his ship
12:19Do you write?
12:23Question mark
12:24I write but not as well as that
12:27Now we're going to come to Sophie
12:29Your shoes are amazing
12:31Marks and Spencers
12:32I know they do some really good things
12:34They are on form at the moment
12:37Hello
12:37Hi, hi Sophie
12:39What did you shoplift from the shops?
12:42And?
12:42Did you ever get caught?
12:44Yay, shoplift
12:45Okay, so I...
12:47Look, I'm not advocating this
12:48Okay guys
12:49Just so when I make that very clear
12:51No one go shoplifting
12:53What I found out Sophie was
12:55I don't even know if this is true
12:58That for a year after you've had a baby
13:01They think you're a bit
13:03Off
13:04And so they don't really prosecute you for shoplifting
13:08And I got this into my head
13:10So I thought, yeah I'm going to
13:13Yay
13:13I'm going to have a few things
13:15And I would take very big things
13:18So like a case of wine
13:20Yes
13:21You used to get these big boxes of nappies
13:25And I would just keep the big thing in the trolley
13:27And I'd go through
13:28And if they said, oh love, you haven't paid for that big box of wine
13:32I'd go, oh God, sorry
13:33Or I'd get the babies to hold things
13:36Did love got one off, love?
13:38Yes, I did get caught
13:40With a warning a couple of times in the supermarket
13:44I started acting again crying
13:45Saying, I'm very, very tired
13:46I've just had a baby
13:47I can't cope
13:48Sorry Maggie, give me back that mascara
13:51Why are you holding?
13:51Why are you taking a mascara Maggie?
13:53No, no
13:56Yeah, just blame the six month old baby
13:59If in doubt
14:00Tell us something
14:01That you've never told anyone before
14:08Um
14:10I would say I do have a crush
14:13On
14:17On
14:17Where's that camera man?
14:18Oh
14:18I knew it!
14:21Do you like him? He's dead
14:23No, it's not him
14:25Oh, okay, okay, okay
14:26Um, on
14:28Is it Ant or is it Dec?
14:30Er
14:31The littler one
14:32Dec?
14:34I'd say I've got a little crush on him
14:36Oh
14:36Yeah, I've never said that before
14:38But now I have
14:40Okay, next we have a question from Chardonnay
14:44Hi Anna, I'm Chardonnay
14:47Hi Chardonnay
14:47Are you Labour, Conservative or Reform UK?
14:53Yeah
14:56I would never support the Tory party
14:58I would never ever ever support reform
15:00Thank you for that
15:02Yes
15:02Um, I'm not a reform girl
15:05Um, and Labour
15:06Who I did used to support
15:08Unfortunately
15:10Have made big cuts to the adoption of special guardianship
15:13Um, support fund
15:15Who support really vulnerable children
15:17And I'm so disappointed that Labour government have cut that therapy funding
15:21You see what happens when you vote for Labour
15:23You see?
15:24A bunch of donuts
15:25They're probably a bunch of something
15:28Okay, and now we're gonna hear from Gary
15:30Oh yeah
15:31Are you listening to TV presenting?
15:33Is that because the acting work was actually drying up?
15:36Gosh Gary, you're completely right
15:39Oh yeah
15:40Aren't you an insightful person, Gary?
15:43Um, it was just after my kid's dad had passed away
15:48And I couldn't really leave for long stretches of time
15:52I didn't take a big acting job for quite a while after that
15:55And actually presenting
15:56Like I could just bobble in
15:58Yeah
15:59Do a bit of presenting for the day
16:01Or just do a panel show in the evening
16:04Get paid
16:05So, yes, to answer your question
16:08Um, I did enjoy it, but it was
16:10Yeah, to fill a little
16:12It was, you know, some employment
16:15Our next question is from Joseph
16:19Hello
16:20Hello, Anna, nice to meet you
16:21Hi, nice to meet you, Joseph
16:24So, the way you describe your sensory problems
16:28It gives neurodivergent vibes
16:31Have you ever...
16:32You're not the first person to say that
16:35Have you ever, like, considered that you might have something?
16:39Yes, I have
16:41Um, there is ASD in my family
16:48If I was neurodivergent
16:51It's not affecting my life overly
16:53Like, I think I can be quite a good mum
16:57Um, there's nothing that affects my job
17:00Mm-hm
17:01So, I wouldn't necessarily feel like I had to go and get a test
17:06And get a label
17:07That was a bit vague, but...
17:09No, I completely feel what you're saying
17:11I feel like the only time labels really are beneficial
17:13Is when, uh, whatever you may have
17:16Is seriously impacting your daily routine
17:18That's right, yeah
17:19But in a sense of, like, you know, putting people in a box
17:23Which is, a lot of us get put in
17:25Is what the main issue is
17:27So, the right avenues
17:27I'd love a label if it gets support
17:29Rather than systems that are set up almost for us to fail
17:34Exactly, yes
17:36Yes, but my kids do talk about that a lot
17:38Good
17:39Yes
17:41All right, speaking of, um, families
17:44I want to start a family
17:47But I am worried about passing my traumatic experiences
17:50Down to my children
17:53How do you break the cycle?
17:57We do pass down, sort of, trauma, don't we?
18:01And my mum's history was really, really interesting
18:03She'd come from real, real poverty
18:07And, actually, I think it had made the women in her family
18:11And down our line, like, badass bitches
18:15Like, just off the chain, strong
18:18But, I...
18:21Yeah, I did have, like, thoughts
18:23I had to kind of control
18:25After my children's father died
18:28I thought
18:30This is a real overshare
18:31But I thought
18:33Is there something around what's circulating around me
18:35And that my dad died?
18:37That I've created an environment
18:39Where that happened again
18:40Now, obviously, that's not the case
18:43That isn't what's happened at all
18:46But I suppose there's an insight into how
18:49Our thoughts can be quite intrusive, can't they?
18:52Yeah, very
18:52But I would say, when there is, like, trauma
18:56That's your point to go, I'm not passing this on
18:59I'm gonna change the course of...
19:01Because you seem like a lovely person
19:03And I'm sure you would meet your children
19:05With unconditional love and support
19:08And that's all children need
19:09And that is what you would do
19:12So, you know, you're not going to pass on
19:16Yeah
19:19Yeah
19:20I feel like I'm about to start oversharing
19:21But I think I'll move on
19:24To the next person
19:26But yeah, honestly
19:27Really lovely to talk to you
19:29Oh, lovely to talk to you
19:34Lovely, thank you
19:35Thank you so much
19:36Thank you for those questions
19:37Were you to be in line of duty?
19:40I was in line of duty for a little bit
19:43Did you smash it?
19:43Yes
19:43I absolutely smashed it
19:45Well done
19:47Off to you, Ben
19:49Alright
19:51What
19:52Is fart tennis?
19:55Oh, fart tennis
19:56That sounds interesting
19:58Yeah, okay, so fart tennis
20:00It's pretty basic
20:02Anyone can learn this game really, really quickly
20:04So you lie in bed with your partner or someone
20:08I'd be willing to play with my children
20:10That would be fine
20:11You feel a fart coming on
20:13But you have to sort of have bums touching
20:15But clothed, clothed bums
20:17So whizz
20:18And then you do the fart
20:19Oh God
20:20But the other person has to reciprocate pretty quickly
20:23You've got to remember it's like a game of tennis
20:25You can't linger too long
20:27You've got to do the fart
20:28Then the other person needs to respond pretty quickly
20:30Yes
20:31Okay
20:33That sounds interesting then weird
20:35Oh, so weird
20:36That's what it is
20:38That's what it is
20:39And now, Elijah
20:44Hello
20:45Hi
20:46Is it Elijah?
20:48Yeah
20:48Yeah, hi
20:52Last question is
20:53When were you happiest?
20:54Yes
20:58Oh, that's such a good question
21:02Do you know, I am really naturally an optimist
21:06I feel it's one of my greatest genetic luck outs
21:11Yeah
21:13Yeah
21:13So when you say to me
21:14When were you happiest?
21:16I don't go to a period in time
21:18I think
21:20Oh well it'll be today with my kids having dinner
21:23Or I'll get home
21:24I'm going to go and see them now
21:25We're going to the orthodontist
21:26And we'll probably have a laugh there
21:27And I'll think
21:29Oh God I feel so lucky
21:32I feel happy
21:34I feel like
21:38I'm going to always try to find a little bit of happiness everyday
21:41That's probably the sweetest answer you could have given
21:44Thank you
21:45That was really nice
21:46Thank you
21:48Thank you, lovely meeting you
21:49Thank you, thank you love
21:56Well
21:57That was the assembly
22:06What do you all do now?
22:07Do you have a little lunch and things?
22:09Yeah, yeah, yeah
22:10Thank you
22:12Thank you for looking after me
22:14It's been great to meet you for the first time in my life
22:17Wow, you're speaking so beautifully
22:20I'm hoping to be moving to my new place
22:28Where are you moving to?
22:29Not far from her actually
22:31It's quite scary
22:32Is that frightening? I get that
22:34It's not me, it's mum
22:35Oh, is it?
22:36Is she fussing?
22:37Yeah, she is
22:38Yeah
22:38Well, that's what we're here for
22:40For the fuss
23:09No one's
23:10The music
23:10Feels like does it
23:11It's funny
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