Yes, please.

I want to bring up the Christian Rivera Foundation.

Anyone who grew up in New York City knows who John Gungi Rivera is.

John Gungi Rivera was a DJ.

In high school, I remember going to a couple of Sweet Sixteens with John.

at the time was starting out his career, but John eventually became a music mogul, music producer.

And fast forward to 20, 25 years later, John and I reunite or reconnect because I had sort of been, like I said, I actually went to some of his parties and when he was producing at like limelight or when he was producing at these clubs in the city, and he produced for Marc Anthony and Madonna and all these people.

I don't know shit.

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había ido.

Y eso me puso en un lugar donde ahora... las personas, las audiciones, las personas a las que estaba en frente, ¿verdad? Esas fueron significativas.

Había oportunidades que no había visto antes, no solo desde el punto de vista del nivel del trabajo, sino también dinero, ¿verdad? Un poco de dinero aquí y ahí, y tal vez no necesitar trabajar cada fin de semana.

Y luego, una vez que lo haces, es como si reshapara mi foco en la comprensión cómo necesitaba navegar esas aguas ahora, ya sabes, luego vino la representación, llegué a mi primer, mi primer agente, que yo estaba en realidad freelancé con como tres o cuatro, Dios, era como Hardin y Curtis y un par de otros agentes diferentes, as i was kind of navigating those waters with them i had nothing no written contracts with them but then i landed um with my manager first um monica villarreal and then um after after some time of freelancing uh i landed with uh with paradigm Y mi agente, Matt Kaplan, él y Monica juntos han sido como mis constantes en mi carrera.

Me han ayudado a guiarme a través de eso.

Pero, ya sabes, una vez que estás en esa posición, ahora estás en otro nivel, porque tienes una representación real.

Christian.

Like, when did you start landing roles? When were you like, yo, I'm an actor?

So, you know, those lean years are, you know, they're comprised of going into the city, trying things that don't work, the off, off, off Broadway plays that you do, the student films, trying different agents, trying different managers, studying with a bunch of different people, right? Yeah.

Putting in the work.

Putting in the work and going on these auditions that probably started with like probably some random commercials.

And then, you know, I remember the first type of representation I had was commercial representation.

I landed with CESD.

That was probably around 2001.

I

It was Beulah's security detail, and he talked a little bit about filming that scene.

There's always so much mutual respect.

I love Hart.

But I just, like, he got out of a cab.

I was going in the hotel or coming out, and I just, like, dropped what I was doing, and I just went up to him, and I just gave him a big hug, and it was, like, such a bummer, right? Like, it's not like Chet didn't deserve it.

Most likely.

And so, you know, in the story, you know, that that's what made it that's what made it not, you know, I guess that's what made it a little bit easier for me to swallow was because, you know, we have we have a job to do.