- Hello, everybody.
My name is Brie Larson.
This is my channel, and here I am
making my first gaming video on National Gaming Day,
which for gamers, is irrelevant,
'cause every day is National Gaming Day.
Anyway, I was gonna show you guys my island
that I've been working on for a very long time,
but I set it up on my Nintendo Switch Lite,
and no shade, it doesn't allow you to share it
up on the thingie so that it can go into
the other thingie and I can record it.
And also, you can't transfer your game
from one Switch to another yet.
So I will start this video off by saying please,
Nintendo, please, I know you're saying you're gonna
do it soon, but like, could you do it really soon,
because I've worked very hard on my island,
and I was excited to share it with everybody.
You did me dirty.
With all that said, we're gonna build a new island together.
Oh, also, P.S., I'm gonna answer questions while I play,
so let's have a sweet time hanging out, playing video games.
So here we are, we're at the airport.
If you're not familiar with this game,
you're about to learn a whole lot about it,
'cause it's super, super sweet.
So, they're gonna congratulate us.
It's very exciting.
Okay, so my name, my name is Brie.
Am I okay with Brie?
Let's do it.
My birthday.
This is a great way to get to know somebody.
October first is my birthday, thank you so much.
Take a picture of me.
I'm gonna be ponytail.
Okay, here we go.
I think I'm like that, I can change my look later.
I'm all set, oh, whoops.
I just did skin color and that was it.
Okay, whatever.
Ooh, okay, this is the very exciting part.
So now we get to pick which island we wanna move to.
Gosh, you know, this is a tricky one.
Because I've played this before,
I think this one is calling to me.
Yeah, I like this one.
Okay, so while we travel to our new island,
I just wanted to say a little bit
about my love for this game, so I think
this game came out like 10 years ago,
and it was a very big deal in my house.
Me and my sister were in school at the time,
and we were just obsessed.
Oh, yes.
What was I saying?
So we would fight over the game.
Oh, look at that bug, what the heck?
Like, who could hate on this game?
Look at that pile of books.
Dang.
Look at these mushrooms.
Oh my gosh, these neighbors are cute.
Christmas.
Oh, so I was telling my story.
So the only way that my mom could get us
to like slow down with this game was,
she had to make rules for us with it.
Whoever finished their homework first got to play first.
So it was a great tool to get us
to finish our homework quickly.
Oh my gosh, our neighbors are so cute, party people.
Wait, what?
I'm tripping out, 'cause I have been playing this
on the Switch, on the handheld version this whole time,
so seeing it on the screen, I'm like tripping out.
What is this person?
Who are you?
Antonio, you're gorgeous.
And who are you?
Yes, Agnes, yes.
Dang, guys, this island might be
better than my personal island.
Okay, we just got our tent, and I'm gonna figure out
where to place it.
As I do that, I'm gonna answer some questions.
So our first question is from hey@simon,
and their question is, "Who is your
favorite Animal Crossing villager?"
Oh, gosh.
My favorite is Soleil, I think.
Soleil is so cute.
I think they're a hamster, and they have like
a little purse, so let's see.
I think after doing a little loop around.
Oh, I see where my friends are going.
I like to be near a waterfall.
I care mostly about views.
I mean, I don't want my home to block the waterfall,
but I love a waterfall view.
So should I put it here?
Dang, it's gonna block the waterfall.
I'm gonna say let me imagine it.
No, no, no, no, honey.
I need to rethink this.
So let's try, we'll just go here,
and I'll think about building perhaps
a little suburb as time goes on.
Yeah.
Let's imagine it.
Gorgeous, let's do it.
Yeah, I set up a tent.
Marropark asks is it possible, or "Do actors have
the control to create more diversity behind the camera?"
And the answer is complicated.
You know, I found it to be a lot easier
when I'm a producer on a project
to be able to have the control to create more inclusion
and diversity behind the camera,
but I will say that I think overall,
there's been a lot of progress made,
and I'm now at the point where I have active conversations
where productions are coming to me saying,
"Hey, we wanna make sure that there's more diversity,"
rather than me bringing that to the table.
So thank you for the question.
All right, so we're with Tom Nook now.
Aww, what are we getting?
A phone!
So this is a brand new development in this game.
Oh no.
See, this is the thing.
He gives you a phone, and then he gives you a bill.
You know what I mean?
It's like, mm-hmm, we love our new life here, yeah.
Dun dun dun dun da da.
I can do whatever I want.
Okay, duncan.sy asks the question,
"French fries or onion rings?"
So I think that this question's kind of whack, actually,
because I don't think that french fries
and onion rings should be in the same category.
An onion ring is way closer to something like
a deep-fried oyster, or like a chicken nugget, honestly.
I feel like a breaded thing, it's way closer
to it than a french fry, so definitely french fries.
If we wanna get into the details of french fries,
like, I love a curly fry, I love a criss-cross cut fry.
I was going to try and say which french fry I like the most,
but now I'm just naming french fries,
and they all sound really, really good.
Shoestring french fry, sweet potato french fry.
I mean, come on.
I think the french fry is, it's a way of life.
I'm checking my mail.
Aww, thanks, Nintendo.
Man, three letters from Nintendo.
What a treat.
I'm gonna pick up these presents,
and we'll do a little virtual unboxing of these presents.
First one, ooh.
Oh, whoa, this is big.
A Nintendo Switch!
Let's put on the snorkel mask.
Whoa, okay, so this is, there's been
the new update where you can swim.
I have not done it yet, so let's check this out.
Let's see if we can go swim.
Do I just jump in, or?
Come on, am I not allowed?
Do I not have the right?
No, okay, well I guess I'm just
chilling with a snorkel mask now.
While I run around with this snorkel,
and try and figure out how to swim in the ocean,
I'm gonna answer another question.
Kim_ttw asks what is my favorite
thing to cook during quarantine?
Well, Animal Crossing actually inspired me
to start a garden.
If it won't bore you all to tears,
I was thinking of doing a video showing it to everyone.
So I have a ton of lettuce, so I've been eating salad
pretty much every single day,
and I have zucchini, and beans, and cucumbers,
so I've been making pickles.
My favorite thing is kabocha squash.
I think that's like my favorite food,
at least for right now, so I've been eating
a lot of like roasted or steamed kabocha squash.
It's just so comforting to me.
Everything I just said makes it sound
like I'm super healthy.
I'm definitely not.
I love vegan nuggets, pizza, pizza pockets,
so it's kind of a balance for me.
I follow my gut.
As I am pulling more weeds, I'll answer another question.
Sydneysicilia asks, "What are the best
BLM movies and TV shows to watch?"
I'd say for docs, you could watch The 13th,
or I Am Not Your Negro, for just like a traditional
fictional movie, but kind of more like a biopic thing,
you could do Fruitvale Station, or Just Mercy,
which, you know, full disclosure, I am a supporting role in,
so definitely not trying to promote myself right now,
but the man who it's based off of, Brian Stevenson,
is a true, true hero.
His story's amazing, he's still doing this work right now.
His organization's called EJI, it's really worth your time.
And then for TV, my favorite show period is Pose.
To answer your question thoroughly,
I'm not sure what, you know, is fully considered
BLM content, that's probably best answered
by a black YouTube creator, or somebody else
who can really speak to that, but I'd say for myself,
all of those things I mentioned have been
really eye-opening and educational for me.
I could sit here and pull weeds for hours,
and I know maybe that seems like a really crazy gameplay,
but it's really, really relaxing.
Thefreshprince_01 asked what is my
fitness routine while I'm quarantined?
Well, let me tell you.
It's been wild.
It's been getting up and walking to the fridge,
and then walking back to the couch.
Yeah, seriously, I really took a break on all of it.
You know, with my job, I feel like sometimes
I go so all in with it, and I'm learning
that my body needs rest time, and then it allows me
to do more in the long run.
You know, we're all kind of easing back into life again,
and it's totally okay to respect your body
in a way that means not overtaxing it,
and then I also love getting back into my body
and exercising, so I am getting back into it.
I just wanted a little bit of a break.
A recipe for a leaf umbrella? Yes.
Let's do our first DIY project.
So while I'm going to build this fishing rod,
I'm gonna answer another question.
Okay, lucy_97 asks what advice
do I have for a young woman with big dreams?
I mean, a lot of this is very specific
to what it is that that big dream is.
I can't really say that I have the clue,
or like the hidden piece, or the answer to any of it,
but I would say that the absolute best thing,
and what I think this world thrives on,
is authenticity and people being themselves,
and when I think back on being a young girl,
the thing that just tortured me
was the moments and the times that I felt pressured
to be somebody else, and now, these are the things
that, I like thrive in, and I am where I am
because of the unique way that my mind works,
and the unique way that I see the world.
I would say just enjoy you and your time with you.
As an aside, enjoy saying no
as much as you enjoy saying yes.
That took me a really long time to realize,
that no is a complete sentence.
You don't need to qualify it in any way,
you can just say no, and you can walk away feeling happy.
Okay, so we made a fishing rod.
Let's fish.
I can feel it vibrating in my controllers.
Yes!
We caught our first fish, it's a black bass,
which is very common.
Stellaxhays asks, "What has helped you
get through tough times in your life?
So first, it's like, friends, family,
being able to talk about how I'm feeling
and not feel shame about expressing how I feel
is so important, so if you have even one person
in your life that you feel like you can talk to,
that is first and foremost.
Art has been like one of the biggest things in my life
that has just kept me grounded and sane,
in particular because my job allows me to express
and remember the struggles that I have,
and then I can put them into characters.
And it's like a way of sending out a little message
in a bottle, and asking, "Am I the only that feels
like this, or do sometimes blah blah blah?"
I've learned that I'm not alone,
that the things that I'm feeling,
the things that I'm going through,
there are other people experiencing them too.
So being able to turn things that feel like burdens
into shared experiences, or turn them into light,
is so important.
Also, I'll just say like games like this, like kind of
meditative games, have helped me so much.
Ooh, furniture!
So I was told that there's actually three pieces
of furniture hidden in trees every day.
I don't know if that's totally true.
I've tried my best to shake the trees in my island.
It's just so risky, 'cause there's so many wasps.
Oh, see, there we go.
That's exactly what I'm talking about.
No no no no no no no no no no no.
No, hopefully my snorkel will save me.
No.
Let's sell some weeds.
We gotta make some money.
Sebastianstan asks, "What's your favorite cartoon series?"
Well, gosh, I mean, I've actually been re-watching Doug,
and I kind of love it still.
Like, a lot of things from my childhood
that I've been re-watching while I'm quarantined,
I've been like, "Ooh, that doesn't hold up."
What the heck is in the water here, folks?
What the heck, there's like a, oh, it's a turtle!
Wow, Kathryncd12 asks, "How are you?
What's your favorite book you've read?"
Hello, I'm good, thank you for asking.
Hope you're doing well as well,
I'm just trying to find some bugs on my island right now.
Gosh, my favorite book that I've read recently
was by an author named Harriet Lerner
called "Why Won't You Apologize?"
It's been really helpful.
It kind of just breaks down all the ways
that we think that we're apologizing authentically,
but really we are not.
Being effective and honest in apology making
is just amazing, because mistakes are gonna happen,
so learn how to apologize from the heart.
Next question.
Valerie_complex, hi, Valerie.
How do I practice being anti-racist?
Well, it's a lifelong process, and it's about
really paying attention to your surroundings,
and what you're doing.
You know, for me personally, it's reading.
I read a lot, watch diverse films, support diverse films,
watch a lot of documentaries, and then I question things
a lot, you know, I'm really into sitting with myself
and thinking about, you know, in what ways
am I supporting systems that seek to oppress,
in what ways am I clinging on tightly to my privilege,
how can I share more, oh shoot.
My net broke.
Rob.o44 asks what's my favorite 80s movie?
Dang, the 80s had a lot of great movies.
I love Alien, Willows Wonderful,
I'm not really good with dates,
so I'm just like remembering people's hair,
and being like, "I think that was the 80s."
Okay, next question.
@theholdfast asks, have I ever turned down
a role that I wished I haven't?
So far, no.
I have been turned down for roles
that I wish I'd gotten, but not the other way around.
Okay, I'm gonna keep selling these things.
Okay, so katielowryyy asks do I have advice
for female filmmakers, and for sure I do.
And it's like the same advice that I have for everything,
which is just stay true to yourself.
It's so important that we have new fresh voices,
and that's only gonna come if people really stay true
to who they are and how they see the world.
Anybody who's listening who's thinking about
making a movie, just do it.
I mean, that's the main thing, is we have
the ability to do it on our phones now.
So just make stuff. Don't wait.
There's been great examples of that, like Tangerine
is an awesome movie, it was shot on an iPhone.
Make a movie, put it on YouTube, put it on Vimeo,
put it wherever, just like start making stuff.
Emosloves asks what are my upcoming videos about?
Great question. Any ideas?
I'm not totally sure.
I'm kind of just feeling it out and seeing how it goes.
I wanna do also just like conversations.
You know, one thing I've been thinking about
is the fact that I have the privilege
of getting a lot of interesting people on the phone,
and I've had just so many thoughtful conversations
during this quarantine time, and it's a huge part of
where I'm at in my life.
I hope this channel can be a place where I can shere
these conversations that I'm having,
just so that we can all be educated and learn more
about, you know, how we can be better humans.
If there's ever a thing to do with our brief time
here on this planet, it's that.
Yay, I caught a bluegill.
Da, okay, so my fishing rod just broke,
my net is broke, so I'm gonna call it a day for now.
Thank you so much for all of your questions.
I hope this was enlightening.
I enjoyed getting to have this time with you.
We're building this island together,
please leave in the comment section any ideas you have
for what we can do, how we can build out this new world
together, also ideas for future videos,
because this is a community, we're gonna keep
learning and growing together, so have a wonderful day.
Thank you so much.
Okay, bye.
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