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30 | Finding Inspiration and Mastering Emotions: Cameron Lawson's Acting Journey from Perth to Queensland
What happens when passion meets perseverance in the world of acting? Join us for the season finale of Uplift You, where I sit down with my soon-to-be son-in-law, Cameron Lawson, an aspiring actor who shares his inspiring journey from Perth, Western Australia, to the vibrant scenes of Queensland. We explore the rich tapestry of experiences that have shaped his career, highlighting his admiration for iconic figures like Ryan Reynolds, Heath Ledger, and Paul Walker. Cameron opens up about the profound impact of storytelling in his life and his decision to hone his craft at the New York Film Academy. His love for Jess Knox and the relationships he's formed enrich his narrative, adding depth to his artistic pursuits.
Acting is not just about portraying a character; it's about embodying an emotion. Cameron and I delve into the emotional complexities of acting, discussing the initial fear that grips actors and the techniques used to transform personal experiences into compelling performances. We share insights on how to harness emotions like humor and fear, exploring how accomplished actors have influenced Cameron's approach. Our conversation reveals the dedication and emotional depth required to evoke authentic reactions from an audience, shedding light on the challenges and triumphs faced in the world of acting.
Feedback fuels growth, and community is the foundation of connection. We emphasize the importance of constructive criticism in an actor's development and the role of feedback in enriching our podcast content. As I reflect on the values portrayed by legendary actors and how they resonate with personal beliefs, I invite listeners to contribute their thoughts on the future of the podcast. With exciting plans for a fresh format and potential YouTube expansion, this episode promises new perspectives and unscripted interactions, all while staying committed to genuine connections within our community.
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Speaker 1:It's time to Uplift you, together with your host, leanne Knox.
Speaker 2:Welcome to the next episode of Uplift you, the podcast that helps you build a stronger body and a stronger mind through practical tips, powerful tools and inspiring stories. Well, today we have come to the end of Uplift You's first season. There's been tears, tantrums, laughs, fears and uplifting stories that have empowered us all to think, grow and act. And on that topic of acting, I have an up-and-coming actor right here now, none other than my soon-to-be son-in-law, cameron Lawson. Cameron, if you could take on the persona of any actor, who would that be and why? Okay?
Speaker 1:Okay, actor, who would that be? And why okay, does it have to be just one? Because there's, I've got three and if I could like put them together, I would be that person that's great.
Speaker 1:Let's, let's, let's list the three and morph them into one super actor okay, so the first one would be ryan reynolds uh, I love all of the movies he's in. He's absolutely hilarious. Uh, yeah, absolutely love him. The second two unfortunately both have passed away being Heath Ledger and Paul Walker. If I could merge the three of them together, I would say that would be the actor and kind of person in real life that I would want to be and that I look up to being.
Speaker 2:So what are the three? Um, those three actors, what? What is the one thing that you admire the most about each of those actors? If you could summarize that person into one or two words, why is it that you love them so much?
Speaker 1:uh, okay, I would say r Reynolds is hilarious, but also very, I would say, like, cautious. He's very, very hilarious and very cautious, intelligent and breathtaking in everything that he's ever worked in. He's absolutely amazing. Paul Walker, an unsung hero on and off the screen, and I would say the way he portrays and that he was a father is what I would say.
Speaker 2:So it sounds to me like those three actors, the things that you're describing about them. They're values as human beings, yes, and you also value what they have portrayed through their acting.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:So, in saying that, what do you think is the most challenging part of now? Listen, cameron, we're going to go backtrack a little bit here. Cameron's going to tell us where he's come from and how he's got into acting and where he's currently at in his acting journey, and we'll go from there. So, cameron, I'm a very proud Queenslander. Yes, so, I'm a very proud Queenslander. Yes, and it's just a thing for the people that are listening overseas Australia has seven states and Queensland is the best, and we sometimes allow other people into our state. Now, cameron has escaped from the other side of Australia and crept into Queensland, so can you tell us a little bit about that, how you did that, cameron, and how they let you in?
Speaker 1:Um, only just I. So I'm originally from Perth, western Australia. I was born in the Fremantle area, a very beautiful, very absolutely stunning place Full of history and amazing jails.
Speaker 1:Full of history.
Speaker 1:Full of history, wa is and will forever be home. I know it basically like the back of my hand. I, my parents, moved away from perth and moved down to the countryside about three and a half four hours south, fairly close to um, quite a large um town, slash city, called albany. They moved there in about 2020, no 2019,. They moved down there and I followed soon after in 2020, I moved down. I spent a few years there, got a little bit off track with life, got into a bit of trouble, got out of trouble, getting into it or was just still really struggling to find what I wanted to do and who I wanted to be.
Speaker 1:Acting has always been a part of my life. Movies, tv shows, animations, cartoons everything has always been a huge part of my life. And telling a story. I did drama in high school and absolutely loved it. I fell in love with it. I fell in love with the fact that you can be anyone in the world. You have kids that say they want to be an astronaut, and then you've got kids they want to be an astronaut, and then you got kids that want to be an actor. Then they sort of fulfill the dream of like, oh, I'm gonna go and play an astronaut, so I'm gonna be an astronaut today, but tomorrow I'm gonna go and be a doctor and then next week I'm gonna go and play a teacher, sort of thing. So I always loved the concept of being anyone, so I struggled for a while, trying to figure out what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go.
Speaker 1:I found the new york film academy online and I looked into it in 2016, when I was 18 years old. I looked into it, didn't? I just didn't pull the trigger and just do it, and it's something that I don't regret, but I wish I'd, kind of. I wish I did it, because who knows where my life would be now. But I'm also very grateful and happy that I didn't do it and that I did move to Queensland and go to the New York Film Academy, because I wouldn't have met such wonderful people here, I wouldn't have learned as much as I did and I wouldn't have fallen in love.
Speaker 2:I fallen fallen in love with acting or fallen in love with a Miss Jess Knox. I falling in love, I fallen. Fallen in love with acting or fallen in love with a miss jess knox I falling in love with jess knox, which so let me backtrack.
Speaker 1:Moving to queensland was very difficult for me. I first had to move back from the country back up to the city for about six months and I had to go back into an old job that I left to earn enough money to move to Queensland. So I was going back, working ridiculous hours, working 10-hour days, 11-hour days, killing my body, killing myself and just rough in. I would say. I think it was january of 2023. I was just about ready to go. I was all set. I had my flights booked, I had a hotel booked. I didn't have a house to stay in, I didn't have a rental to move into.
Speaker 1:I was getting on a plane, landing down in the Gold Coast at I think it was like five o'clock in the morning, and I drove, got into an Uber and went straight to the hotel, stayed in the hotel for about three nights, I believe it was, and from there I didn't have a plan. I knew that if I was going to do it, I needed to just jump and move. I couldn't sit and think and try and work too much out, because it would. It would scare me and I wouldn't do it.
Speaker 1:So moving and just going? No, no go, everything will work out. You'll figure something out when you're there. It's easier to find somewhere to stay when you're there. That's what I told myself. And so I got on the plane, said goodbye to my parents, said goodbye to my friends, got on the plane, came over and basically, yeah, everything from there is history. I mean Jess had mentioned it in the last episode a bit of what went on, but yeah, it was. I would say it was pretty scary to do, especially at how old was I 25? It's still a very intimidating and scary thing to do.
Speaker 2:So it sounds to me like you snuck in at 5am and Queensland didn't know you were coming and therefore we let the Western Australian in.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But in all seriousness that was a very brave action in putting yourself in a new environment without a plan. Some people may say that was silly or whatever word they want to use.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Other people would say that that's brave and also it means something about you. What do you think that that means about you? That the fact that you flew over here with nowhere to stay, just knowing that all you really wanted to do was act what does that say about you?
Speaker 1:Oh, a few words come to mind. I don't know. I would say it's pretty. Yeah, I would say it was very brave and courageous sort of thing to do. Not many people would do it because of the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. So a lot of people either won't do it or they'll stop themselves from even trying to do it because it's too hard to figure out what to do and where to go and things like that. Especially when I was by myself, I didn't. I have no family here, nothing. So I had no friends and you go and do it by yourself and that's the scariest part is not knowing anyone that you could go and ask for help.
Speaker 2:So I would say, yeah, they're pretty brave and pretty courageous yeah, it is a very brave step and it also and it also speaks to me, or sounds to me like you were very confident in your desire to pursue an acting career.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, there wasn't a whole lot that was going to stop me from doing it. I had people back in WA telling me not to go and to try and find something in WA to do and, yeah, I just knew that I had to do it and it was more of a thing of I had to do it for myself and no one else.
Speaker 2:It was me. So, in that process of you put yourself out there, um you landed here. You eventually obviously found somewhere to stay, you made some friends and some connections, which is which is really important part and, um, you went through your your 12 months, um at the new york film academy. Yeah, what were some of the highlights, what were some of the challenges and some of the highlights? What were some of the challenges and some of the highlights of that 12 months? Was it what you expected?
Speaker 1:Yes and no. I was expecting a lot more paperwork and sitting down behind a desk sort of learning, and that's not how I learned. I learned practically. I'm a tradesman. I learned with my hands, and so when I got there and walked into the classroom on the first day and saw that there were just chairs, no desks, there was a whiteboard, you know a small whiteboard on the board, and that was it. And I sat down in the first class, had no idea what was going to happen or anything, and then, all of a sudden, within the first two minutes, I'm standing up in front of a group of people that I don't know, with a script in my hand, acting, starting my journey as an actor, and it was amazing, it was absolutely amazing. The things that I don't know, it was all really, really good. Some of the subjects didn't quite make a lot of sense, and a lot of the um, like questions and things that we had to do, um regarding like assessments and stuff like that didn't quite make a lot of sense to a lot of us.
Speaker 2:So I I would say that, really, but other than that, everything else was pretty, pretty amazing can you, can you take us through this journey of your standing there, being given no preparation and if this is the way that it happened, you're standing there and your lecturer if that's what you call them gives you a script and says you've got, however long, let's go. What goes through your mind at that very point in time?
Speaker 1:panic and the instant need to go to the toilet.
Speaker 2:Uh and once the panic subsides, how do you step into that role and have the, the bravery and the and the confidence to take on that role, that identity?
Speaker 1:I know, it was actually so long ago I think I kind of blacked out for a bit and you have to put yourself in the mindset of imagining that no one is actually there. No one is actually watching you perform. No one is actually watching you perform the way you do it, the way you sort of transform and change the way your mind thinks about it. You almost close your eyes and act with your eyes closed so that you know that whatever's happening is natural to yourself and what you read off the script comes out naturally. And that's when you know that you're one, you're acting and that you don't have the fear of people judging or criticising what you're doing. And then you've also got to remember that when you're standing up there, everyone else is thinking the exact same thing you're thinking.
Speaker 1:You know we used to get asked to put a hand up. Who would want to go first? No one would put their hand up because they're too scared to get in front of a group of people they don't know to start acting. It's just like in primary school. You know, teacher asks you to read a section from a book.
Speaker 1:You know you sit there for the first three seconds and you're like no, why did you ask me that? I don't know. I don't know, I can't read this, I don't know what this is. But then all of a sudden, you forget that, what you're doing and who's around you, and you do it, and you do it perfectly, and everyone then turns around and starts clapping and like telling you how amazing you're doing and how well that was. And then you'll have those people that will turn around and go that was that was really good. Next time, try doing it this way, try changing the slight tone in your voice, or turn your body this way when you, as you're saying this line, slowly turn. As you turn, there'll be a feeling of aggression in that line towards your fellow actor, which portrays the emotion coming off you. Then an audience will receive that emotion and you'll amaze people.
Speaker 2:So it sounds to me like a good actor can tap into their emotion yes, the emotion of whatever that identity is or whatever that role is, in order to be able to tap into the emotion and portray the emotion. Because let's take a step back and, as an audience, why do we watch movies? Why do we watch acting? Why do we go to theatre? It's because it makes us feel the emotion. Whatever the emotion is happiness, sadness, laughter, you know, fear but people love to invoke that emotion by watching actors. So, in order to be able to portray an emotion, you you need to be very aware of what that emotion feels like, have experienced it before or at least be able to imagine it and then portray it. How do you do that? How do you do that?
Speaker 1:Depending on the emotion. Every emotion can have a different trigger. For instance, if you're going for quite a sad, emotional, almost traumatic scene, people say the best way to do that is to think of something traumatic that's happened in your life and not to reenact the story of it, but to remember the feeling you felt in that situation. Felt in that situation and that will genuinely ignite the record. Like you, your brain will recognize that feeling again and then you instantaneously feel that feeling in your gut and, as that happens, your whole body changes and that's when your emotion will come out and then the tone of your voice will change, your body language will change, the way you look at someone will change. That's how I've used quite an emotional, sad, emotional feeling. Emotional, sad, emotional feeling.
Speaker 1:I would say the best one that everyone, a lot of actors, struggle with is to cry on cue.
Speaker 1:That is one of the hardest things to do and people have so many different ways of doing it.
Speaker 1:For any of the viewers that have seen Friends and seen Joey in the scene where he cuts a hole in his pocket and he just starts pulling his hairs off his legs to cry, I've seen that happen, I've seen people try and do that and it works, depending on who you are. A lot of people tend to find that emotion if they connect it with someone they love, if it's a happy memory, if it's a sad memory, a traumatic memory, the memories of a loved one are always a really strong way to start crying for a scene, and it's one of those scenes. You can't do it as like the camera's rolling on you. You really have to mentally prepare yourself before you get in front of the camera to be able to do that. So you prepare yourself and then, 10 seconds before you know you're about to cry, you need to be able to get in front of that camera and be like all right, let's go. I've got three seconds until I'm waterworks and I'll need a tissue and to blow my nose.
Speaker 2:What are your favourite emotions to act?
Speaker 1:not told that I could. I can pull off a very serious, angry, silent emotion I can generally put on like a very good um, plain face and just sort of good um, plain face and just sort of put the emotion of what I can't remember what they said it was. It was like um, it was almost like being like the bully, but being but not actually like bullying people, like that sort of fear of putting people um into the other. One is humour. I really enjoy doing like comedies and stuff. I love that feeling and like making people laugh is a really good one. It's a lot nicer emotion than making people fear you. I'm not too sure I haven't done too much with strong emotions like sadness or anything, so I'm not entirely sure how to do them properly. I would have to ask one of my friends on how they do it, because some of them are just amazing at how they can just turn a switch on and all of a sudden they're crying and they're babbling on and in just trauma.
Speaker 2:So I mean I could be wrong, but I'd imagine that jess wouldn't be too bad at that one uh, no, just yeah, just pretty quickly could start crying pretty quickly.
Speaker 2:Thinking back to the three actors that we originally started with and thinking about the emotions that we were just talking about. Often people gravitate towards other people and feel a connection with other people because they share emotions with them, and that actor might only be acting, but if they portray an emotion consistently that you are feeling yourself, then you're attracted to that actor. You think that actor's great. So think back to your three actors. What? What's the main emotion that those three actors could be described as regularly portraying in their roles and and which led you to to really love them?
Speaker 1:okay, ryan reynolds is the easy one. He is is um, he is. His humour, his comedy. He's very funny, very quick-witted, on and off the screen. Heath Ledger I'm going off.
Speaker 1:The biggest impact I had from Heath Ledger was his role as the Joker in the Dark Knight. The sense of fear that he portrayed in that movie was just astonishing. Everyone was terrified of Heath Ledger, especially during filming. There's stories of Heath Ledger sitting behind the camera whilst other people sitting behind the camera, whilst other people, other actors, are on set in his full joker makeup and costume, just standing there behind the camera staring at them, so that they had that sense and that feeling of fear and like uncertainty, still there looking at them whilst they're filming a scene. So I would say thatath ledger is definitely fear.
Speaker 1:Paul walker, I would say his one would be leadership. His biggest emotion would be his family and leadership, especially in the fast and the Furious franchise. The way he can control so much by doing like very little and just his presence on set put everyone at ease and he made everyone feel comfortable and he knew what was going on and who needed help and he knew everyone's name. He would go and introduce himself to all the cast and crew members, and so the leadership that Paul Walker portrayed is, yeah, one of my favourites. Yeah.
Speaker 2:So listen, cameron, I'm sure that somewhere in your um journeys of, especially further education, you have come across um when someone's asked you what your your top values are in life. Um, and thinking about that, and thinking about those three emotions that you just described. So, one is humor, one is fear, and if we think about, if you don't want to be fearful, the opposite of that is bravery, and the third one you're talking about is leadership and family. Do those three emotions correlate to three of your values?
Speaker 1:correlate to three of your values. Yes, family humour. I would say bravery.
Speaker 2:Well, you've already shown us that you're pretty brave getting on a plane with nowhere to live at the other end, yeah. And for those of you that don't live in Australia Perth, Western Australia, is 4,000 kilometres away from Queensland.
Speaker 1:I think so. It's a very, very long way.
Speaker 2:It's like, if you live in Europe, it's several countries of travel, it's not just the next state.
Speaker 1:Yeah it takes five hours.
Speaker 2:Okay, so it takes five hours on a plane, all right, um, and the reason I'm asking you this is um, before we started today, I was talking to you about um, one thing that helps you become a better actor, and you were, um. You said to me um having that connection with others. Yeah, um, and there's a specific way. There's a specific way um that helps you, helps you grow as an actor. There's a specific specific um technique used in um the acting industry and in many other industries. But before we get into that, your three top values. Would you say that people gravitate towards actors and movies without even knowing, because of the values that we hold as individuals?
Speaker 1:Yes, absolutely. Every movie, every TV show, every video game, animation, every piece of content that anyone consumes. The person in front of the camera is there to tell a story and subconsciously, they put their values and themselves in front of that camera to share with the world. And that's where people have the connection of falling in love with their favorite actor, loving a tv show, falling in love with a video game, anything like that. The values that the people in front of the camera have and portray on the camera are what people are connected to and that's so I would say, would you say?
Speaker 2:that's a great way for people who have never even really thought about. What are my top values in life, what do I really value in life, what is my why? That could be a great place to start is what's your favorite movie, right? What do you love watching? What's your? Even if we think about social media, who are the people that you follow? And if you really think about that, stop and think what is that person, what's that person's story, what's that person's message? Why is that person doing what they're doing? Then that can give you a clue about what your values are, absolutely.
Speaker 1:Okay so that's yeah.
Speaker 2:That's where acting is such a powerful medium for people. Who for allowing people to understand themselves on the screen, like the actors themselves and the audience.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:So, in the vein of this podcast Uplifting you, you can uplift yourself by stopping and thinking. Why am I always drawn to the romantic comedy for women, for example? What are my values, what do I love about that movie, what message is that movie giving me and what am I connecting with?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So it's a real. It's an opportunity for all of us to learn more about ourselves.
Speaker 1:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So going back to the particular thing that I talked about just before this, and that was as an actor, what do you really value to grow as an actor? What is the one thing that your connections give you to help you grow?
Speaker 1:Community, everyone around you, your team, your managers, your agents, your friends, family, husband, wife, their communication with you and their feedback, and even like the director or the assistant director or the producer of a film or tv show, the communication you have with that person will significantly help you grow. Even if you don't realize it, even if you get given a piece of advice that you completely disagree with, they're all. They're there and they're doing it to help you grow and to become the actor or the person that you are meant to be. They wouldn't tell you if you weren't meant to know and you weren't, like, ready to hear it.
Speaker 2:So how? This feedback that you're talking about is very interesting because that can be very confronting, right? You might think you've done a fantastic job and someone might point out where you can do better. How important is that feedback to your growth?
Speaker 1:The criticism on any anything you do is always the best part of being in the film industry, because that is your. That is like the root of your growth. That is, if someone turns around and tells you that you're looking at the camera too much. That criticism is the starting point of okay, where do I go from here? What do I need to do? How do I learn not to do that? How do I learn not to look at the camera? Who do I need to go and talk to to stop doing this and to learn better ways of doing my job? So, yeah, I would say it's the base. Anyone giving you like self-criticism or, yeah, even yourself giving yourself criticism, anyone giving you notes or criticism or trying to like tell you that there's something that you could work on is all is the base of where you can start and where you can start asking yourself questions on how do I improve on this, starting today it's very similar to, uh, this podcast.
Speaker 2:Um, because you have a finished product when you, when you, if you, if you're acting and you film it, that's recorded. Yeah, right, so you can go back and give yourself some feedback, other people can give you feedback and there is no escaping what you thought happened and what actually happened. Yeah, now I'm going to go straight into this podcast because this is the last. As I said at the start, this is the last episode of this season and when I go back and listen to my first three, four, five episodes, I take a big deep breath and I, inside, I my chest tightens up and I'm like did I really sound like that? You know, like what in the world was I thinking and doing when I started? Because it was all so new to me.
Speaker 2:It was also a solo, which was extremely uncomfortable. I've never sat in front of a camera and just talked to a camera for 30 minutes before, and I didn't have, because it was so new to me and I was so scared of failing and out of my comfort zone. I wasn't in the flow at all and it was so stilted. Yet those early efforts in my podcast are so important for my growth, so for me to get better, going back and listening to each and every one of these episodes and giving myself feedback is only going to make me better, just like you, as an actor. So I have a really important request for my audience to help me grow this podcast. Before we get into where this podcast is going in season number two, and that is if you go to Spotify or Apple, straight under the description of each episode, there is either text me or what was the other one that you've got on your phone.
Speaker 1:Add a comment. Yeah, leave a comment. Leave a comment.
Speaker 2:Leave a comment or text. Now, I'm a big girl, I'm 51. I can handle any type of feedback negative, positive, give it all to me, because I'm doing this not only for myself, but I'm doing this to help people uplift their bodies and minds. So if there's something that you loved, let me know, I'll do more of that. Something that you want more of, I can focus in on that. If there's something that you really didn't like, I want to know that as well, because the surefire way to improvement is to become aware of where your weaknesses are. Just like, if you're learning a back squat right, learning a back squat you might say I can do a 100 kilo back squat. And then I might look at your back squat and go you're doing half a back squat, you're not hitting the bottom position. So here you are celebrating geez, I'm doing a great job. I can do a hundred kilo back squat. And then I say you can do a hundred kilo back squat to halfway. So what we're going to work on now is the bottom section, okay, which means you might need to go backwards to go forwards. So what I'm asking my audience is give me that feedback, and I would so highly value that. And the easiest way to do that is to jump on Spotify and Apple, leave a comment, send me a text or come on LK Strength Coach, find me on Instagram or Facebook. Send me a message on there, because after this episode I will be planning my next season, which is going to be a bit of a change in the format.
Speaker 2:Okay, one thing I have developed as a podcast host over the past few months is my ability to really listen to people, hone in on what they're saying and ask questions that help people understand what that person's values are, because I believe people connect to us not because of what we do, but because why we do it. If you don't understand why someone is doing something, then you can't connect fully with that person. So if I want my audience to connect with me and what I do, then I really want my audience to understand why I do it, and the same can be said of my guests. If I want my audience to connect with my guests that I'm bringing on, then I really want to delve into the why. You know, why are you doing what you're doing, why are you passionate about what you do and, by extension, how can that help other people uplift their whys Like, understand their whys and become better versions of themselves. So that feedback is a really important part of this process for me, and I will be forever grateful if you send me a text or a comment.
Speaker 2:I mean, I'm even open to you. Suck, that's. At least it's something. Okay, something's better than nothing. I won't lose any sleep over it, right? Yeah, this is a hobby. I'm not earning millions. And so, going on to the next season of Uplift you creating stronger bodies and stronger minds I'm really going to delve into one of my pillars and my values that we've discussed today. We've discussed values and why we do what we do. Yeah, and you've already mentioned it, cameron, and what is the one thing that you said is most important to you as to become the best actor that you can be? What was that one word?
Speaker 1:Community.
Speaker 2:Yep community. So for me to become the best podcast host and for me to be able to uplift other people and be the best version of me, so you guys can be the best version of you. I am focusing in on the pillar that I have, which is my top value of community and connection, so I don't want to give everything away, just some little teasers. Number one I'll be going out into the community. So, instead of sitting here in front of my books in my safe place, this is now my safe place. When I started, this was my scary place. Okay, I've grown to to that level and in order to become the best version of you, you don't ever, you don't settle at one level. You don't stay there, you go. Where's my next level? So my next level is to leave my little safe place here. I might even take, if you're watching my be brave sign and talking about One little bit of feedback that I'd love to hear from the audience is would you like to see Uplift you on YouTube?
Speaker 2:Would you like to watch the video of Uplift you? So if you can put that in the comments, that would be great. And I'm going to go out into the community and I'm going to have some authentic, on-the-spot conversations with the community, which will be no doubt confronting it, will be vulnerable, it'll be funny. No doubt There'll be a lot of humour in there. Okay, because ad lib conversations, you never know what people are going to say, right? You never know what you're going to say, right? You never know what you're going to say back to that person. Really, because it's not, it's not going to be planned. I'm not going to be sitting in this chair, um, and, and I will be meeting new people and you guys are going to listen to me, meet new people and have conversations with our community without me knowing that person. That's exciting yeah it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's exciting because this first season of Uplift you, every single person I've spoken to I have known to some extent. I've either followed them on Instagram and never talked to them in person yet, because I've followed them for long enough, I know what their values are, I know their why okay, and my job is to bring out their why because I believe that that person can provide so much value to people who are trying to get stronger bodies and stronger minds, and that's why I asked that person to come on my show, because I know they have a lot to offer to the audience. So I've known the people. I'm about to step into the unknown and put on my big girl pants and go and talk, have some great conversations with people that I've never met before. So that's just a little teaser.
Speaker 2:I'm so excited to bring that to you and in the meantime, I'm going to play, go through my podcast episodes and replay some of the most favorite moments, and the way that I know that their favorite moments is they have the most downloads. So here's the other thing If you love my shows, please share them with your friends, because the more feedback I get whether it's through downloads, whether it's through comments, directly texting me through Spotify or Apple, then that's what I want to hone in and bring more of to the people. So, cameron, going back to your three top values of community, Yep.
Speaker 2:Bravery.
Speaker 2:Sorry it wasn't community, it was actually humour, it was humour. Okay, bravery. And Sorry, it wasn't community, it was actually humour, it was humour. Okay, bravery. And family Family is community in a smaller sense okay, but it's leadership and connection with other people and being part of a larger, you know, group of people. Going back to those three values and thinking about those three actors, I'm going to put you on the spot here. Can you, can you give us one of your favourite quotes from those three actors? So you have to choose. Is it funny, is it, is it, um, scary, or is it? Is it scary or is it heartfelt leadership?
Speaker 1:I think I would have to go funny. I think I would have to go. Humour, really, have put me on the spot.
Speaker 2:I've got nothing. Think of your favourite movie Okay, think of your favourite movie. And can you think of a quote from your favourite movie? A scene, okay, and can you think of a quote from your favourite movie? A scene.
Speaker 1:Okay, so the one that comes to mind is Ryan Reynolds in the new Deadpool movie. It's not really necessarily funny, but it's one of the last scenes where him and hugh jackman are fighting each other to try and um go into a room to stop um, this machine from exploding and destroying the what destroying the world. They're fighting over the fact of who should be the one that dies, which one has to protect the other. And in that scene Hugh Jackman goes to open a door and as he's opened the door, Ryan Reynolds comes up behind him with a fire extinguisher and smacks him on the back of the head and knocks him out and then pulls him away. And then Ryan goes into the door, closes the door and locks it and Hugh Jackman is left outside safe.
Speaker 1:And as Hugh Jackman's yelling and screaming at him, you see Deadpool start doing like mime moves and he starts like doing like swimming past the glass whilst Hugh Jackman's yelling and screaming at him. And then he does like the old elevator trick where he presses the button and then like drops below. And so that's real. That is quite a funny scene, I think that's the one that comes to mind first is that scene. That was quite funny. All the others are highly inappropriate and I can't say them so that's pure acting, right, but that's pure like physical acting.
Speaker 2:Yeah, um, yeah, I of. Yeah, of course there's limited talking in there, but yeah, yeah, I'll be honest, I haven't watched that movie, but that does sound like a pretty funny scene.
Speaker 1:It is a hilarious movie. I don't know. Ask the boys. They'll be able to get it and show you. It's quite a funny movie. I think the boys would have seen it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, no, I've. I think the boys would have seen it. Yeah, no, no. I've heard a lot of people talk about it and you know I'm just going to leave this with the audience as my favourite movie. You know, if you don't want to text me about the Uplift you podcast, I'm more than happy for you just to text me your favourite movie, right? Text me something, anything.
Speaker 1:Give me some recommendations.
Speaker 2:I'm just going to end this podcast right now with one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite movies of all time.
Speaker 1:Okay, is it the one I'm thinking of?
Speaker 2:Well, I'm just going to say it and pressing stop. So thank you for being here, cameron, thank you for being here. Audience, thank you for being here, cameron, thank you for being here. Audience, stay tuned in for the next season of fears, phobias, laughs, authentic conversations and, especially, some great stories that are going to help uplift you. And here it is you ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.