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Dichen Lachman

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219 total appearances

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The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

I think everyone's journey is up and down and that's what makes it so beautiful, you know, because we get to have that contrast of the rejection and the highs of the wins and everybody started somewhere.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

I think everyone's journey is up and down and that's what makes it so beautiful, you know, because we get to have that contrast of the rejection and the highs of the wins and everybody started somewhere.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

Thank you for noticing. Yeah, I mean, to go back to the whole journey of being an actor, many years ago, I realized that so much of this business is out of our control. You know, it's not really a competition because it's just like there's just a person who's right for the part. And 99% of the time, it's not going to be you.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

Thank you for noticing. Yeah, I mean, to go back to the whole journey of being an actor, many years ago, I realized that so much of this business is out of our control. You know, it's not really a competition because it's just like there's just a person who's right for the part. And 99% of the time, it's not going to be you.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

Thank you for noticing. Yeah, I mean, to go back to the whole journey of being an actor, many years ago, I realized that so much of this business is out of our control. You know, it's not really a competition because it's just like there's just a person who's right for the part. And 99% of the time, it's not going to be you.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And it's such a frustrating thing that, I mean, we all know what that feels like to have a million no's. And I think I got to a point where I wasn't even feeling like I was being able to be creative. I guess I just decided like... okay, I can't control whether I get the job or not.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And it's such a frustrating thing that, I mean, we all know what that feels like to have a million no's. And I think I got to a point where I wasn't even feeling like I was being able to be creative. I guess I just decided like... okay, I can't control whether I get the job or not.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And it's such a frustrating thing that, I mean, we all know what that feels like to have a million no's. And I think I got to a point where I wasn't even feeling like I was being able to be creative. I guess I just decided like... okay, I can't control whether I get the job or not.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

But when things started moving to taping, which I would often push for, I was like, this is my opportunity to be creative. This is my opportunity to, you know, I learned how to use a camera. I learned like a very little bit about lighting. I got the best microphones I could. And I just decided that any tape I sent out, whether I got it or not, I just, I wanted it to

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

But when things started moving to taping, which I would often push for, I was like, this is my opportunity to be creative. This is my opportunity to, you know, I learned how to use a camera. I learned like a very little bit about lighting. I got the best microphones I could. And I just decided that any tape I sent out, whether I got it or not, I just, I wanted it to

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

But when things started moving to taping, which I would often push for, I was like, this is my opportunity to be creative. This is my opportunity to, you know, I learned how to use a camera. I learned like a very little bit about lighting. I got the best microphones I could. And I just decided that any tape I sent out, whether I got it or not, I just, I wanted it to

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

be a really great quality product and represent my commitment to my work and my creativity, especially when you get something so wild like this. When I got those sides, I had absolutely no context. So it was like, what is this woman saying and why is she saying it like this? But it was an opportunity to be creative and get into my imagination.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

be a really great quality product and represent my commitment to my work and my creativity, especially when you get something so wild like this. When I got those sides, I had absolutely no context. So it was like, what is this woman saying and why is she saying it like this? But it was an opportunity to be creative and get into my imagination.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

be a really great quality product and represent my commitment to my work and my creativity, especially when you get something so wild like this. When I got those sides, I had absolutely no context. So it was like, what is this woman saying and why is she saying it like this? But it was an opportunity to be creative and get into my imagination.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And Max, my husband and I, we sort of do it for each other now. And I'll go handheld. I'll learn the lines for him. And we'll get the bounce boards out. And it's like we're working. It feels like we're working, which is, you know, sometimes you don't get to do that.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And Max, my husband and I, we sort of do it for each other now. And I'll go handheld. I'll learn the lines for him. And we'll get the bounce boards out. And it's like we're working. It feels like we're working, which is, you know, sometimes you don't get to do that.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

And Max, my husband and I, we sort of do it for each other now. And I'll go handheld. I'll learn the lines for him. And we'll get the bounce boards out. And it's like we're working. It feels like we're working, which is, you know, sometimes you don't get to do that.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

No, Ben and I got on a Skype call. Ben, do you remember you told me on the Skype call that Gemma was Miss Casey? Yeah, I had no idea because I hadn't read anything.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

No, Ben and I got on a Skype call. Ben, do you remember you told me on the Skype call that Gemma was Miss Casey? Yeah, I had no idea because I hadn't read anything.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E7: Chikhai Bardo (with Dichen Lachman and Jessica Lee Gagné)

No, Ben and I got on a Skype call. Ben, do you remember you told me on the Skype call that Gemma was Miss Casey? Yeah, I had no idea because I hadn't read anything.