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00:00Oh, Maya, Gal, we talked about everything, everybody, we dished, we shared secrets, you
00:12know, Greg Ricard is my love, and Rebecca was adorable, and they know a lot about what
00:19we do over there, so it was just like having coffee with old friends, it was lovely.
00:28You know, we don't really have a venue anymore where there are in-depth interviews, and I
00:34mean in-depth interviews, for daytime people, so as an actor, I get to talk about things
00:44that never come up in conversation, never come up in interviews, and that I wouldn't
00:49feel comfortable especially doing with somebody that I didn't trust with the information.
00:54I think part of the magic behind Soaps is that we reflect what's going on in everybody's
01:04lives.
01:05There's always a young love story, there's always a heartbreak somewhere, there's always
01:10some new discovery, there are great friendships, there's great tragedy, and in every show there's
01:19something that somebody can relate to that is part of their own lives.
01:25A terrible loss.
01:27Drake brought up short by that because it would happen so quickly.
01:34And Wayne, Wayne, I hadn't seen Wayne for about a year, and we used to go up to the ranch,
01:38both the kids and I, and two men so full of life, so full of adventure and excitement and joyous
01:50families.
01:52And to lose them both within months of each other?
01:57Ridiculous.
01:57Ridiculous.
01:58My co-stars, Eric Martzoff and Martha Madison, held a walk for cancer, for pancreatic cancer,
02:09and raised a bundle of money.
02:12And that's one way that we give back, is by helping them find a cure for it.
02:17You know, it's such a difficult medium, and we have so little time to produce a show.
02:28And I call it working without a net.
02:30I would go out there with Drake and just think, oh, you got me.
02:34I got you.
02:35You got me.
02:35Okay, fine.
02:36And there are moments where you look at your co-star and think, he doesn't have a clue.
02:43And so you think, what's his line?
02:44Okay, I'll lead into that again.
02:47Yeah, I'll circle around again.
02:49So we don't stop the take.
02:50We keep trying to get it done.
02:53And that's a partnership.
02:55That's a safety net.
02:57Obviously, we run lines, you know, ferociously before we get on the set.
03:02And then at that point, we're given our mark, so we don't know even where we'll be standing
03:06for a certain scene.
03:08But it's that, I just call it the eye contact.
03:11Like, Kim, is that it?
03:14I'm done.
03:15Yeah, that was my, okay.
03:16Your turn.
03:17And we all get it.
03:19And we all work the same way.
03:20And we all have that same level, regardless of how comfortable we are with the lines that
03:26we've been given that day, as far as having learned them.
03:28And it's still that, whew, you're on the skinny branches out here.
03:33Let's see if we can do it.
03:35And somehow, Wayne used to say, whatever happens when I leave here, NBC will be in my rearview
03:41mirror.
03:42And we got it.
03:43It's there.
03:43It's in the can.
03:44We get to go home now.
03:45When he left the show, I went out and I got a rearview mirror, took a picture of NBC and
03:52mocked it up in the rearview mirror.
03:56So it's an impossible job, and we do it every day.
03:59And we only do it by locking arms and supporting each other.
04:02I think Greg and Rebecca are interesting people.
04:13And they're curious, and they keep asking, and they don't ask a typical question.
04:20I haven't had a conversation like this, I don't think, probably ever.
04:25Usually it's, what was possession like, or who are your friends on set, which is fine,
04:31but they're good, and they're deep, and they're thought-filled, and it makes them very good
04:37at this.