- No like I'm like blushing.
I like what in the world?
- That's so crazy.
- You should buy a lottery ticket.
- The type of person I'm looking to date,
is someone that can hang out with my friends,
hang out with my family and hold their own.
Someone who likes to laugh.
No pity laughs though.
Absolutely no pity laughs.
- Dating other actors is like having a child,
because they're so intense and they're so dramatic.
And I like to think that I'm not quite that way .
So it's tough, When I meet one who is.
- what I'm going to do is show you photos of the person,
that you're going to go on a date with okay?
This is your person.
- An actor
- What's your first impression?
It looks like a fake smile.
- Yeah, for sure an actor?
- Key picture.
Would you date him?
[upbeat music]
- Your name is Alex and this is your story.
You are 27 years old for work.
You are an actor /bartender.
You grew up in Florida.
Your height is 5'9". For COVID isolation,
you are with your family at your parent's house.
- My name is Jonathon and this is my story.
I am 26 years old for work, i am an actor.
I grew up in new port Richey Florida.
My height is 5'8.5".
and for COVID isolation,
I am with my mom at her home in Florida.
- I crushed it
- You really did.
Your name is Jillian.
And this is your story.
You are 24 years old, for work you are an actress.
You grew up in Boston, MA.
Your height is 5'4".
And for COVID isolation,
you are with roommates at your apartment.
- .
How in the world did you get my right name?
You guess my name?
- Swear to God.
- You said Jillian?
- Are you for real?
- How in the world did you discuss my name?
I don't even think it's that common name that's so wild.
- Neither I thought of a friend I had
and I was like that's a good name.
- I feel like I'm like flushing, I like why in the world?
- That's so crazy.
- You should buy a lottery ticket.
.
So yeah, my name is Jillian.
And this is my story.
I am 26 years old.
For work, I am an actor / I work at a hotel.
I grew up in Rochester, MI.
And my height is 5'2".
I know you're off a little bit sorry.
.
But I appreciate that you thought I was taller .
For COVID isolation,
I am with my roommate at my apartment.
- Crushed it.
- Starting strong ended strong.
- There you go.
Exactly.
- Really nothing.
- So how did you know I was an actor?
I specifically did not put my head show in the pictures.
- I know, Oh yeah I put mine so that kind
of gave it away for one of the pictures--
- You did I know.
- In one of the pictures it looks like you were in some
kind of dance studio, Ripley Greer,
or one of those--
- Sure so you're in New York?
You just have Ripley Greer.
- I live in New York.
I have an apartment in New York--
- But you are in Florida?
- In Florida with my mom when the whole craziness
is happening.
So then I funny enough as soon as I drove down here.
My mom's a PA a physician's assistant.
So she flew up to New Jersey
to be on the front lines
and be a better nurse like she did--
- Bless her if I never speak to you again
like tell her thank you,
from the girl you went on a blind date with.
- Done
- I'll be clapping for her at 7:00 PM.
- Ooh that's nice.
- What kind of actor are you?
Are you theater?
- Musical theater.
- Me too.
- Nice.
- Very cool.
Your favorite movie quote is
"I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy,
"asking him to love her".
You would rather be never famous
but consistently working.
Your favorite musical is Hamilton.
'Cause it's everyone right now I guess.
You have not considered giving up being an actor.
- Okay So, my favorite movie quote,
I went with a Harry Potter quote.
I'm like butchering it.
It's the one where he's like,
of course it's happening inside your head Harry,
but why on earth should that mean that it's not real?
- Mmm
And I would rather be never famous,
but constantly working for sure.
And my favorite musical slash play again a lot
of question but I did see Hamilton.
I have considered giving up on being an actor.
Okey so your favorite movie quote is
"Do or do not,there is no try!"
From Star Wars and that's not right as well.
You would rather be never famous,
but consistently working.
Your favorite musical slash play is the
"Guys And Dolls".
You have not considered up on being an actor.
- My favorite movie quote is Holy schnikes!".
It's from Tommy boy, the number one movie of all time.
That's a fact.
I would rather be never famous, but consistently working.
But that was a very very difficult choice.
I spent a lot of time thinking about that one.
My favorite musical is the producers.
Such a good it's hysterical,
good music Mel Brooks is a genius.
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, blah, blah, blah.
I have not considered giving up on being an actor.
It's literally the only thing I knew how to do.
Yeah, Hamilton that was a fair guess honestly.
Hamilton is great,
but I hate being on the train like everyone else.
like I didn't want to see it for so long
'cause I'm like, okay, I get it,
Everyone loves it and it's going to be good,
You ever see the movie Tommy boy?
I've not.
And now it's on my list.
because you said it was the number one movie.
All time.
Why was it so hard to choose between being famous,
or consistently working?
Being famous You have such a voice,
in society and you can do so much good with it.
I think the biggest example the best example
is Ellen Degeneracy at John Krasinski.
During all of this, doing this some good news,
like that's the kind of stuff I would want to do,
but they have that fan base.
They have that recognition and all of that,
that it was immediately like a thing.
that was like the best answer I could
have imagined for that.
I was like a little worried.
I was like really?
I cause I didn't take you for that kind of person.
I didn't--
- I get it.
And that's why I would have definitely had to explain.
- Yeah Yeah.
- But why were you considering giving up being an actor?
- So I started to realize that there's a lot
of theater people,
that I don't not that I don't like them,
but I don't like the way that they act.
I feel like I've been on a couple of gigs,
where it was like everyone was
just competing with each other.
People were kind of starting to ruin it for me.
- I feel like that's a big struggle
that everyone has in this business.
And yeah I agree with that.
I did a tour and a lot of the people were a little jaded.
And I was like man this is what it's like?
They're working, getting paid really well.
And they're acting like this?
- Right.
- I did let it affect me a little bit.
But then I had to just talk to myself and be like self.
Don't let, like you keep doing you.
- Yeah
And cause there are good people in the business as well.
- You are still friends with an ex.
You would not turn down a role
if your partner was uncomfortable with it.
I said that the hardest lesson you learned
from a past relationship,
is not every person can support you
in the way that you need.
And I said that you were single
because you recently got out of a serious relationship,
and just got back into the dating pool.
- That's not bad.
- Not bad?
- I am still friends with both of those axes.
I would not turn down a role
if my partner was uncomfortable with it.
'Cause then I wonna be with the right partner.
The hardest lesson I learned from a past relationship
is being honest with myself.
Yeah Just being honest with myself of what I need
and what I'm willing to accept
from a partner in a relationship.
- Was it you stayed in a relationship too long
and you weren't like trusting yourself?
- Yeah I was in the relationship more for hope,
thinking like all right like these things will change
and they don't have to,
and the person is still a good person.
And there's nothing wrong with them.
It's just too good people not good for each other.
And that is okay--
there are so many people on this planet.
There are so many cool people too.
And just 'cause they're cool, doesn't mean they're the one.
And that's cool.
I am still single because I'm a bit picky.
They need to get it.
And that's in quotes.
There's so many people that are just like
just have a facade of niceness.
Which is great and there's nothing wrong with that.
Or there's a facade of like I'm a bitch
and I'm not gonna change about it.
But when people are just genuinely themselves,
like it's so it's so great.
And it gives you the opportunity to be yourself.
So I think it's just the pure genuine,
- No no no
- Yeah that I am very much drawn to--
- I'm with you.
It's a vibe thing.
- Yeah big live thing.
Alright my turn.
- Okay
- Jillian, which I guessed correctly.
- Yeah bring it up again okay.
- You are not still friends with an ex.
You would turn down a role if your partner
was uncomfortable with it,
the hardest lesson you learned
from a past relationship is trust.
You are still single because you haven't found the one.
I use quote a lot I just realized
- I am still friends with both of my exes.
I would not turn down a role
if my partner was uncomfortable with it.
Agreed It's like, then they're not the right partner.
The hardest lesson I learned from a past relationship is
that some good things come to an end.
- Mmh
- And I think I'm still single because I expect sparks
to fly right away in a first date.
I kinda write it off if that didn't happen.
That makes sense.
So kinda what you said,
- Yeah
there was something that you said
that I was like Oh gosh, what does he think of me?
Oh oh when you said that I would turn down a role
for a partner.
I was like wondering like do I come off as like a way
of like where I would be
I don't know let people control me?
kind of a thing.
- The reason why I said that you would is
because you seem very nice
and I feel like you would do it to appease.
- Sure I get that.
I you know what?
It's it's interesting 'cause it's something
about myself that
I think my personality was way more in that realm,
earlier on in my life.
And I very much like in the past couple
of years had like a Pam beach day.
- I get it
Where I was like I'm not doing that.
- That's a good moment to have that's
those are important milestone moments.
- So when I first saw you,
I said that I would not date you,
but now that I've gotten to know you,
I said that I would date you
- When I first saw you,
I said, that I would not date you,
and now that I've gotten to know you,
I said, I would not date you, but let's be besties.
- Fantastic.
- Yeah I really would like to be your friend
and talk all things business and not all things business.
But like about the business--
- Yeah
- about the business and all of that.
I think you're, you're super sweet.
- You're so nice. Absolutely We're friends now.
- Cool.
- Honestly, I wasn't that surprised?
He kept like going on about like,
Oh you're so nice.
And I was like, okay, sure,
I already know this is not a thing for you.
But I was like that's okay.
It just gave me more permission to just like be me.
Cause it was like, okay, there's no stakes in this
.
- I think she's too nice.
And I feel like when I would say something
after she gave an answer,
she'd be like, well yeah yeah yeah that.
And that doesn't hold true to the whole
genuine thing.
But that's also I mean it's a kind characteristic.
There's nothing wrong with it.
And again she's super kind,
and I would love to be your friend.
But she just seemed very nice
and said the right things on purpose.
It really was so nice to meet you.
And we will be friends and I will see you in the city
when all this crazy cray miss is over.
- Absolutely
- Take care of Jillian.
- Yeah
- Thank you so much for watching tell my story.
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