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The Assembly UK S02E04 Anna Maxwell Martin
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00:11Oh
00:12Overwhelming oh
00:17Hello
00:23It's lovely to see you
00:24Okay smart. Am I here? Yeah, you're in a hot seat. Rose in between two thorns
00:32Your name Anna hey, I don't
00:37Hi, Anna, right to a Martin nice to meet you nice to meet you
00:40I heard you don't eat fruit or vegetables. I say I have a phobia. I have a little fear of
00:48Sandwiches, okay, why is that no one else feel similarly? No. No, you can't even relate. Can you relate? No
00:55No
01:06What age are you? Harry would you like to introduce us? Of course. Good luck Harry
01:13Hello hello, and welcome to the assembly. Thank you for having me our collective of autistic
01:20Neurodivergent and learning disabled interviewers our rules are
01:24No subject is out of bounds
01:27No question is off the table and all might happen. Please tell us who you are
01:35My name is Anna Maxwell Martin. I'm an actor do a bit of
01:40Advocacy as well as my spare time but mostly acting and mumming very nice to have you here today
01:45I know so you're you know motherland as well. Yeah motherland was a big part of my life. Would you
01:51be in Strictly?
01:53No
01:54We're gonna start with a question from Nicola
02:00Hi, hi Nicola. Hello. How much are you getting paid for this?
02:12I'm not being paid for this. How do you know? You can't say it? No. Okay
02:20Can you eat a roll or a bat? That's in the area of sandwiches isn't it?
02:29Yeah
02:29Yes, I think I could if it was very plain about ketchup. Yeah, I don't agree with ketchup
02:36Thank you
02:38Thank you Nicola
02:40Next we're gonna hear from Jamal
02:43Hey, you're right. Hi Jamal. How are you? You good? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. I'm good
02:48I just came from Nottingham today. Did you on the train? Yeah this morning. Yeah. That was early. I know
02:53I know
02:55Yeah, visit sometime
02:56I will, I will
02:58Okay
02:59Have you ever used your acting skills in real life to maybe hide an aspect of yourself?
03:08Yes, I definitely
03:10Can put on more of a show with people than I would feel
03:16Naturally to 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
03:26I didn't have the right ticket so I did a lot of crying
03:29Why? And pretending I was sort of having a breakdown so they'd let me on the plane
03:34Oh, okay
03:35Yeah, that's cool
03:36Yeah
03:36Yeah
03:37Well, I was just like, hey, I really went to it for it
03:41It was in Singapore so I was a long way from home
03:47Yeah, so sometimes you have to, don't you?
03:49Getting out of a spot of bother
03:50Yeah
03:51Yeah, I like that
03:52That's cool
03:52That's cool
03:53Thank you
03:53Thank you
03:54Thank you
03:55Thank you
03:57Our next question is from Essen
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 is totally up to you
04:17Yeah
04:18I would probably say maybe more men are able to method act than women who are probably doing an online
04:25shop
04:26Uh, to the supermarket whilst also doing their job
04:29Yeah
04:30So, yeah
04:33Thank you very much
04:34Thank you
04:36Ali, you're up next
04:39Um, did you ever stand up for yourself when you were bullied in the industry?
04:44Yes, 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, okay
04:54Um, how often do you laugh every day?
04:58Oh, I'm a big giggler
05:00Big giggler
05:01I think I laugh a lot
05:03I laugh with and at my kids a lot
05:05That's what I thought you would say
05:07Uh, and luckily they laugh a lot
05:09Which I'm quite glad
05:12Because, you know, they've had a tricky road and they still do laugh a lot
05:16I laugh when something was funny
05:19But you're a great laugher
05:21She's good at that
05:22Yeah, I find quite a lot funny
05:24Yeah, okay
05:26Okay, um, thank you for your time
05:28Thank you
05:29Thank you, Ali
05:31Mikey, you're up next
05:32Go on, Mikey
05:34Hi, Mikey
05:34Hi, Anna
05:35It's nice to meet you
05:36You too
05:37I just wanted to ask you a question about
05:39It 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, um, how are your kids sort of dealing with their dad's nuts
05:52And do you have any tips?
05:53He's going to give you a cuddle
05:55You don't have to have a cuddle
05:57Shall I just rub your arm?
05:59Mikey
06:00I'm so sorry
06:03Sorry
06:03No, you don't need to
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
06:11Because sometimes, and I don't know if you've found this
06:14People don't ask
06:16Because they're scared, aren't they?
06:18Yeah
06:19For my kids, it was four years ago
06:25I give you all the strength I can muster
06:27Because it's a long road where you need a lot of patience, don't you?
06:32Yeah
06:34I'm lucky because I have this very nice support
06:36They're very supportive
06:37We all have your back, Mikey
06:38And I think, I think if it was like last year or any time before that
06:44I wouldn't have got through it
06:46Mikey, I'm so pleased you've found your people
06:50And
06:51You 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
07:03And it's a bit shady, so you might want to
07:07Muckle it down a bit
07:08My next question is
07:10I heard you met your lovely new man at work
07:14Yes
07:14Could you spill the tea on how you met?
07:17Yes, I will spill the tea
07:18What do you mean man?
07:19He is a cameraman
07:21Really?
07:22Ooh
07:23Is he one of these cameras?
07:25He's not here right now
07:26Oh, I thought that was him over there
07:28His name is Richard
07:33We'd just come out of Covid and I was on a production
07:35And I thought he looks nice
07:38Oh
07:39And 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
07:46He's nice
07:47You're getting married to the cameraman
07:48We're not married
07:49I'm not marrying any of these cameramen
07:51Are we used to do that?
07:53No, he's lovely
07:54You're lovely
07:56But I've got a dickie now
07:57So I don't need you
07:59Thank you very much
08:00Thank 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 or 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
08:35Get through while 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
08:45I'm so sorry
08:46I'm sorry about what happened
08:47It's really hard
08:48Yeah
08:55I think it's sort of a
08:58It's a yes and a no
09:01I lost my dad when I was 24
09:04And it was very very hard and I felt very very very alone
09:11So that was that and then obviously it happened to my children
09:15And I think in a way I could understand better of course because I understand about loss
09:21I really tried to be the best mum that I could for them
09:28I think sometimes I failed in that and I'm you know sort of pick myself up and apologise
09:35and trundle on
09:37I just think it's so individual it's so hard I can see how hard it is on you
09:42Because you're Mikey's getting upset and we absolutely
09:46You know we all feel it
09:48Do you know I can say I know this is a real cliche
09:51It is but I do think it's true
09:54It it has made me
09:57Like bizarrely such a positive tenacious person
10:01And so actually in the end it's been it's been really fucking hard
10:07I'm not going to lie to you
10:10But it makes me like
10:14Just smash the doors off of life yeah
10:24We all we all got your backs
10:37So I just do worry about them a bit so I check
10:42We could check a lot
10:43So do you have to get somewhere so I hope they are trying to get there
10:47And not lying in their beds
10:51Now we're going to hear from Thomas Lav
10:52Hello um my name is Thomas Lav
10:56Ivan translated from Slavic Croat Croatian into English Thomas John
11:02I'm diagnosed with autism bipolar and I'm morbidly obese
11:07And I adore Celine Dion
11:09Don't we all
11:10She's a lovely person
11:11Well it would be a great honour for me if you read my poem
11:16It's called Mr Jupiterian
11:18He's from Jupiter
11:20Read it Anna Maxwell Martin star on stage on the 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 no one knows when
11:36Mr Jupiterian marches down the slope of his flying saucer
11:40He says to the crowd that he's a fan of Chaucer
11:44I've come here from planet Jupiter
11:46Here to your earth is giant Gulliver
11:49Is there some place to let with a 50 metre bed
11:54He had a packet of Marlborough light before he slept
11:57For home he wept
12:00He got a grip and entered his ship
12:05I told the crowd I'll miss you
12:08So then off he flew
12:10That is absolutely brilliant Thomas Rump
12:13Thank you
12:13And keep it keep it
12:14It's your present
12:15I love
12:16He got a grip and entered his ship
12:21Do you write question 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
12:38Hi Sophie
12:38What did you shoplift from the shops and did you ever get caught
12:43Yay shoplift
12:45Okay so I look I'm not advocating this okay guys
12:49Just so when I make that to be 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
13:04Yeah
13:05And so they don't really prosecute you for shoplifting
13:09And I got this into my head
13:10So I thought yeah I'm going to
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
13:21Or those big
13:22You 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
13:43I 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
13:56Yeah just blame the six month old baby
13:59If in doubt
14:00Tell us something
14:02That you've never told anyone before
14:08Um
14:10I would say I do have a crush
14:13On
14:17Where's that camera man
14:18Oh he's like
14:19Oh no
14:20Oh no
14:21Tell us dead
14:22You like him he's dead
14:23No it's not him
14:25Oh okay okay okay
14:26Um
14:27On
14:27Is it Ant or is it Dec
14:30Uh
14:30The littler one
14:32Dec
14:33Ah Dec
14:33I'd say I've got a little crush on him
14:35Oh
14:36Yeah I've never said that before
14:38But now I have
14:40Okay next we have a question from Chardonnay
14:45Hi Anna I'm Chardonnay
14:47Are you Labour, Conservative or Reform UK
14:55I would never support the Tory party
14:58I would never ever ever support reform
15:00Thank you for that
15:02Thank you for that
15:21See 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
15:31He did listen to TV presenting
15:33Is that because the acting work was actually drying up
15:36Gosh Gary you're completely right
15:40Aren't you an insightful person Gary
15:44It 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 like 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
16:08I did enjoy it but it was yeah to fill a little
16:12It was yeah some employment
16:15Our next question is from Joseph
16:19Hello hello 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
16:43There is ASD in my family
16:48If I was neurodivergent
16:51It's not affecting my life overly like I think I can be a quite a good mum
16:58Um there's nothing that affects my job
17:02So I wouldn't necessarily feel like I had to go and get a test and and get a label
17:07That's a bit vague
17:09No I completely feel what you're saying
17:11I feel like the only time labels really are beneficial is when uh whatever you may have is seriously impacting
17:17your daily routine in your life
17:19That's right
17:19But in a sense of like you know putting people in a box which is a lot of us get
17:24put in is what the main issue is so
17:27The right avenues
17:27I'd love a label if it gets support rather than systems that are set up almost for us to fail
17:34So true
17:35Exactly yes
17:36Yeah
17:36Yes
17:36But my kids do talk about that a lot
17:38Good
17:39Yes
17:40Oh yeah
17:42All right speaking of um families
17:45I want to start a family
17:47But I'm worried about passing my traumatic experiences down to my children
17:53How do you break the cycle?
17:57We do pass down sort of um 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 and down our line like badass bitches
18:15Like just off the chain strong
18:19But I
18:21Yeah, I did have like
18:23Thoughts I had to kind of control
18:26After my children's father died I thought
18:30This is a real overshare but I thought
18:33Is there something around what's circulating around me and that my dad died that I've
18:38Created an environment where that happened again now obviously that's not the case
18:43It doesn't
18:44That isn't what's happened at all
18:46But I suppose there's an insight into how our thoughts can be quite intrusive can't they
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 going to change the course of
19:02Because you seem like a lovely person and I'm sure you would meet your children with unconditional love and support
19:08And that's all children need and that is what you would do so
19:13You know you're not going to pass on
19:16Yeah
19:19I feel like I'm about to start oversharing but um
19:22I think I'll move on
19:24To the next person but yeah, honestly really lovely to talk to you
19:29Oh lovely to talk to you
19:34Thank you so much
19:36Thank you for those questions
19:37You used to be in line of duty
19:39I was in line of duty for for a little bit
19:43Did you smash it?
19:44I absolutely smashed it well done
19:47Off to you Ben
19:49All right
19:51What is fart tennis?
19:55Oh fart tennis
19:56Okay
19:57That sounds interesting
19:58Yeah
19:58Okay so fart tennis is pretty basic
20:02Anyone can learn this game really really quickly
20:05So you you lie in bed with your partner or someone
20:08I'd be willing to play with my children that would be fine
20:11You feel a fart coming on but you have to sort of have bums touching but clothed
20:16Clothed bums
20:17So with
20:18And you do the fart
20:20Oh 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 then the other person needs to respond pretty quickly
20:30Yes
20:31Okay
20:33That sounds interesting then weird
20:35Yes
20:35Oh so weird
20:36That's what it is
20:39And now Elijah
20:45Hello
20:45Hi
20:46Is it Elijah?
20:48Yeah
20:48Yeah hi
20:52Last question is when were you happiest?
20:58Oh that's such a good question
21:02Do you know I am really naturally an optimist
21:07I feel it's one of my greatest genetic luck outs
21:11Yeah
21:13So when you say to me when were you happiest
21:16I don't go to a period in time
21:18I think oh well it'll be today with my kids having dinner
21:23or I'll get home I'm going to go and see them now we're going to the orthodontist
21:26and we'll probably have a laugh there and I'll think oh god I feel so lucky
21:32I feel happy
21:34I feel like
21:37I'm going to always try to find a little bit of happiness every day
21:41That's probably the sweetest answer you could have given
21:44Oh thank you
21:45That was really nice
21:46Thank you
21:47Yeah
21:48Thank you
21:48Thank you
21:49Thank you love
21:56Well that was the assembly
22:06What do you all do now? Do you have a little lunch and things?
22:08Nice
22:09Thank you Adam Axel Martin
22:10Thank you
22:11Thank you for looking after me
22:14It's been great to meet you for the first time in my mind
22:18Why are you speaking so beautifully?
22:26I'm hopefully moving in my new place
22:28Where are you moving to?
22:29Not far from her actually
22:31It's still quite scary
22:32Is that frightening? I get that
22:34It's not me, it's mum
22:35Oh is it? Is she fussing?
22:37Yes she is
22:38Yeah
22:38Well that's what we're here for
22:40For the fuss
23:11The one I see
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