Diana Nyad
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Podcast Appearances
There's nothing that can match.
You know, the high octane feeling it is to pursue something physical like an athlete and achieve it and be on top of the world.
You can't get it again.
So what am I going to do?
Well, and if you don't mind my saying, because I mean this, you know, with all due respect, but
Clearly, you're at the upper echelon, so there are so many actors, directors, et cetera, who have one series and feel very lucky that they did, but they don't ever get another one.
That's a real depression, and that's a real worry.
sort of washing around for years saying but i had that one that one eight year you know series that was so great but never whereas in your case uh if you don't mind my saying so when you get done even though you can mourn you know those those moments of of working on that project that that film or that series you know you chances are you're going to have another series and another movie and
And always look back at the ones that you felt most fond about, whereas the athlete is almost always never going to have that again.
Oh, I see what you're saying.
Bonnie, you know, we're quite opposites in just about every way.
And it's one reason that I value her friendship so much is she plays her cards very close to the vest.
So when I first told her, you know, first of all, she saw the goggle lines around my eyes and she said, what is that?
Because I wasn't a swimmer.
You know, when I met her, I was just like in the movie.
Right.
Oh, yeah.
I forgot that was in the movie.
Yeah.
She, you know, and and I said, no, no,