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Question 1

-what am I calling you?
-what do you like people call you?
-I actually really like lady, because felani calls me lady
-I don’t want to be like everybody else. What if I call you miss lady?
You live in la now too
-because i was giving you a hard time because you were staying in a hotel room or something.
-when you sang at felanis funeral, I don’t know if you saw her, but you were amazing

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Question 2

• now, is this true? That you’re going to play her in a movie?
• and it’s always been my dream to play felani and it’s actually happening
• so, she had said that when she was alive? She wanted you to play her
• what an amazing honour that is!
• it blows my mind
• I’ve always looked up to felani
• I can’t speak about her because it’s like a huge task
• when do you start shooting? Do you know?

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Question 3

• I don’t know at the moment, it’s early production
• think about it, like, it’s not just two, three decades of career, this woman had a lifetime of a career. That’s like 70 years
• i can not even begin to imagine how long it’s going to take to cover
• you’re going be shooting for 70 years
• we may never see it
• I need to get one too
• well you need to know that the dogs will love the cat!
• you think that the dogs will get along with the cat?

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Question 4

• they have no choice, I think they will get along just fine
• I believe that you have the winner of the voice on your team.
• you think so? I do already you think so?
• what’s that girls name?
• isn’t she amazing? She in incredible
• obviously you have a long way to go. There is other people
• and I hate to do that to other people who …
• and when you sang with her, amazing

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Question 5

• you didn’t even throw your shoe at her
• she says she wants to sing with me, I said baby I’m ready what you want to sing?
• and I had to get up there.
• but will you be throwing your shoes at people?
• don’t you think she should have, like, a bucket of shoes that you can throw, instead of wasting your shoe? Because those are good shoes
• I tried to get felani to give me his shoe one day to throw, because sometimes I have straps and I can’t get them off, kind of thing
• but he’s got boots, that’s harder

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Question 6

• that’s going to hurt somebody.
• who’s your biggest competitor there? It depends , at the moment I feel like it’s felani, because we have a similar background, so it’s hard for me to get up and say “well, I came from where you came from”
• and then she’s adorable, because by the time she’s done pitching, I want to be on her team, too
• and then felani , he is so, just like, he just, …
• i love them all though, it’s kinda hard to say
• I think you have a good shot at winning with her.

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Question 7

I saw some pictures of your, did you get a new little puppy? Did you get a new french bulldog?
-and they all get along?
-yeah, they do, they all get along, well, every once in a while, there’s a little fight over the food.
-oh god, that little puppy is adorable.
-I don’t want to take full credit for your career, but I do believe I’m partially responsible.
-when you were here, I don’t know when it was.
Was it the last time five years ago?

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Question 8

• do you remember me telling you you should act?
• I didn’t remember that.
• do we have the clip?
• I’m obviously not good at remembering things.
• good thing we’re on tv, I can show you the clip
• you’ve got to go into acting next, right?
• when I talk about acting, I’m always surprised that no one ever asks me to audition.
• I told you you should act, and was I right?

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Question 9

• I mean she is an amazing actress isn’t she?
• felani couldn’t go that night, when I went to the screening. And I came home and I was like, not only is the movie great, your, obviously singing is great, but your acting is so natural and effortless.
• and it almost looked like there was no script. It looked like you were just kinda having a conversation, and there couldn’t have been more like no take was the same. that’s how it felt.

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Question 10

You know that is 100% testament to felani, as an incredible filmmaker, an incredible director, an incredible singer , I’m sure you can all agree
-and he just provided for such a sanctuary on the set, and you know he says that to me in the film, and he said it to me in real life, all you have to do is trust me. And I felt like I can trust him every day on set, and it was just thrilling.
—it was a totally different experience than I’ve ever had

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