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Live Free or Die Hard's, Justin Long, talks about his mother being an actress and why the girls in school got him into doing the plays. He also tells us about the Volunteer Abroad program at the GBK Gifting Lounge at the Stoli Hotel in Hollywood, California. Hosted by Lesa Amoore.

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Go go go go go. What do you need? When when did you realize you wanted to start acting? When I was in high school and I I realized I was uh I was never going to be a professional athlete and I was also um not socially very uh adept so I needed an outlet to, you know, you need to find girls in high school and um all the girls were doing the plays. I wish you had a more noble kind of like creative my mom was an actress so I kind of grew up in that in that world. I was a struggling, you know, working actress. She wasn't uh Meryl Streep. She was good though. Taking myself a hole. Yeah. Especially for your mother, see your mother coming back going. What brings you to this place?

Well, to be specifically this uh the volunteer abroad program. It's an organization that that pays for you to go out, fly, stay wherever in a in a um in a third world country that needs uh volunteers. Well, in my work as a volunteer moil, I drink a lot of vodka. I got to admit. I'm not a recovering alcoholic. I'm a current alcoholic and uh I'm not a um I'm actually not a volunteer moil. And I and I don't have foreskin. It's not just about age. It's about attitude.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Justin Long

    Interviewed guest

  • Lesa Amoore

    Interview host

  • Meryl Streep

    Mentioned as an example of a successful actress

FAQ

Why did Justin Long start acting?+
Justin Long started acting in high school plays because all the girls were doing them, and he was also influenced by his mother, who was an actress.
What is the Volunteer Abroad program?+
The Volunteer Abroad program is an organization that pays for volunteers to travel and stay in third-world countries that need assistance.
Who hosted this interview?+
This interview was hosted by Lesa Amoore at the GBK Gifting Lounge at the Stoli Hotel in Hollywood, California.
Was Justin Long's mother a famous actress?+
Justin Long mentions his mother was a struggling, working actress, not as famous as Meryl Streep.

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