Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] Speaker A: So yeah, when I have a thought
[00:00:05] Speaker B: I gotta let it out It's a bright spot that I can't even doubt
[00:00:12] Speaker A: my opinions, my point of view Even if things are a little tripped and
[00:00:16] Speaker B: sweet so, yeah, even if you disagree so, yeah, even if I'm not in your pedagree so yeah, especially if you
[00:00:28] Speaker A: agree so, so, so, so, yeah Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever and whenever you're listening to it. Welcome to the podcast with your girl, Caroline M. Diamond.
I think the thing that I love most about having my own podcast, one doing whatever the I want to do.
And also the fact that I can really just talk about anything that I want. And I believe personally that I have a lot. There's a lot to me, there's a lot of depth that I have. I could talk about some deep. I could talk about politics, I could talk about art, I could talk about sports, but I can also talk about, like, a lot of, like, frivolous things. And I think that's the beauty of what I possess. At least, like, we could talk about any, anything. And I love to learn as well. Like, if I don't know about something, I like to learn something new. And I think that that is the key to, you know, always getting better and being better and all that kind of. So I was thinking about it the other day, and I love being a versatile, multi dimensional, multi hyphenate type of artist, type of person.
And for a long time and still sometimes I get like, oh, you might want to, like, take like the 10 things that you do and like, shrink it down just a little bit. And while I do believe that does have a time and place, I think that there is something beautiful about having so much dimension. Like, I, obviously I'm a dancer, and that's the thing I've been doing the longest. But I also, I do comedy, I have a podcast, I do makeup, I've written a book, I've come up with my own little merch line. And, And I've, like, done assistant work for a wide range of things. I've done make makeup, assisting choreographer, assistant styling assistant, Pennsylvania. Like, I've done a lot of different things, and I think that all of those things have a place into where I'm going.
And I said this before, and I'll say it again. One of my dream jobs is to be the host of the Tonight Show. And I truly believe that in my, in my personal opinion, the way that I'm going to be able to do that job and execute that job so well is if I Know how the different departments are run. And I have worked in almost every type of production level except like high level executive, but you know, who cares about them? But that's a lie. So sorry NBC, you know, my future, my future employers.
But I truly believe that like it's so important and you can tell when somebody respects every puzzle piece that goes into the level production because when you just enter at Star and you don't understand how everything goes together, you don't respect like you don't truly respect every department. And I think that is imperative for making an amazing outcome.
So yeah, like, so yeah, that's why I really believe that like doing a bunch of different things has a time in place and it has taught me so much and I take it into all the other different jobs that I do and I am looking for work. So you know, if you have a job for me, I will be an amazing personality hire.
And then also, you know, when you, when you get into numbers and doing your art and when you've been doing your art as long as I have, like I've been living in LA professionally for 10, over 10 years now, you kind of hit a moment where you're like, oh my God, like I just feel like I'm shouting into the boy. Nobody hears me, nobody loves me at all.
X, Y and Z. The ego chomps it and takes over.
But I would say in general with my like videos that I post from this podcast onto Instagram, I get about 500 views generally, which each video, which if you look at one side of the coin, to some people that's like not a lot of views, like that's pretty low on a low scale. But on the other side, If I had 500 people sitting in front of me listening to me talk, which is the goal, by the way. Okay, I would love to tour, I would love to do stand up shows. And then everybody was like, we want to see another show, Shut up and give me money. Because that requires money, my love.
And I want to do another show. But here I am, mucho de niro, you know, So I think that like it really comes down to just continue to put your work out there, continue to open yourself up. Because at the end of the day you really never know who's watching your.
Okay. And then who's consistently watching it or just who comes around to it. And like that person may not have a job for you right now, but then when there is a job for you, they're gonna be like, oh my God, then. And I really believe that, like that's kind of where I'm at. I've had a lot, you know, I've been honest, I've had a lull in my professional career for a little over two years now. And I still like truly believe that my resources and my connections are going to pay off eventually. It's just that there isn't a space quite yet for me. But I still wake up every day. I still choose joy. I always affirm and I manifest. I said my life can change for the better at any moment. And I affirm that I manifest that. I say to myself every day that I wake up because you never know, I could get a call today saying, hey girl, what you doing for the next six months?
And it better be that movie that I want.
Better be.
So I didn't really plan on talking about all that today, but my podcast, I can do whatever I want.
And anyway, so to be absolutely transparent, I am filming this episode before the Oscars. And when this episode comes out, it will be post Oscar. So I won't have any dialogue about who wins and stuff. But I would like to talk about some of the Oscar nominated movies that I have seen. And I think that this year I watched more Oscar nominated movies than I have last year. Like I still haven't seen like a Nora or the Substance.
Maybe I'll get to it and maybe I won't. You know, maybe like six years from now I'll be like, oh my God, you guys, did you watch the Substance?
Sometimes I just like I need to be let there on my own time. I can't be bullied to going there. I do believe in bullying though, not being shoved into lockers. But like, we gotta bring bullying back in a little bit of a sense. So the Oscar nominated movies that I've seen, almost all of them, I would never watch again.
And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. But I don't think I loved like any of them that I watched. Obviously I'm glad that I saw them.
And I watched Hamnet the other day because it's now streaming on Peacock and everybody leading up to it was like, oh my God, it's gonna tear your heart out of its chest. You're going to be crying and I'm a blubber ball, okay?
I love to cry. I be, I stay crying, okay? And babe, I wasn't, I wasn't.
I don't know what that says about me. And like, you know, maybe at the end of the day, maybe I'm a little dumb.
Maybe my taste is kind of low, low key.
Low brow maybe.
I feel like the part that I did cry, which this is no spoilers, is with the death.
And I thought that was like really beautiful and moving and that was like heart wrenching and do I. And those kids, they were acting the faces door.
And thank God I watched it with Madison because her BFA was at work with me because I don't really like, I, I read Shakespeare in high school, AKA I had the Cliff Notes and I had the side by side because some of the, the language I like, what are we talking about? And again, I might just have gloopy brain, but I was like, what?
Where?
With who? Like, I, I was confused and I think that like Jesse Buckley's acting was like really beautiful. And Paul Mescal, like the Internet, that's the Internet's boyfriend. And I can't say that that's my boyfriend. In some shots I was like, oh, that's a, that's a good looking man.
And in other shots I was like, that's just a white English man who's going to age like sour milk.
I'm sorry. Like, I don't get it. I don't really see it again. Maybe I'm the minority here. I don't know.
And like I thought the coloring was beautiful. Like we can, we could talk about all that kind of stuff, the cinematography, those camera shots. And I think that this played into the script and into like the plot line, but they were so stationary and I was like, if you don't move this damn camera, I'm gonna lose my, I'm going to lose my mind.
And minus the ending, there was like no scoring.
Max Richter, where were you for like the first hour and a half?
I was like, oh my God, this movie is dragon. And thank God it was only two hours. If it was more than that, I would have been like, like, oh, ideos mio. But anyway, I'm glad I watched it. I wouldn't watch it again. I gave it three and a half stars on letterbox.
Does that make me an uncultured swine? Maybe. The next day I watched Charlie's Angels Full Throttle and I gave that, what, five stars? You bet your bottom dollar. So that's like kind of how my taste is. I mean, maybe I am a little low brow. I always like to say that my taste is like a 3.5 out of 5 stars because I just like things that are like kind of bad, a little funny, a little stupid. That's kind of my vibe. But anyway, that's a deviation. What other things I watch a sentimental value again kind of bored and like yes, I get. I, I have a thing called discernment.
Learn it.
And I think that just because I don't like something in my taste doesn't mean that I don't. I think it's inherently bad. I think that like somebody else could like it, but like do I love it? Am I like gagging over it? No. But does that make it bad also? No.
So I was just kind of like bored in it and I think that like the, the main daughter, she was amazing. Like her. If she doesn't win an Oscar, I'd be like whoa. Because I think that she really deserves it.
So I thought that was amazing. Like again, would I ever re watch it? No, I wouldn't.
I saw one battle after another which I thought that like at least the pacing of that, at least we were rolling down the hill.
We were rolling down the hill.
And the cinematography was I think amazing. Like I think that like if that doesn't win for the Oscars, I'll be shocked because you know, Paul Thomas Anderson. Woohoo. I actually need Madison. I need to do a deep dive on Paul Thomas Anderson. Even though we hated licorice pizza. And I love Alana Heim. Okay. You know, I love the Heim Sisters. I hated that movie. But I need to like watch like Boogie Nights. I need to watch like Phantom Thread. So like maybe I'll get there eventually one day. And Sean Pence character in one battle after another is scary, spooky, but you can tell that that man is really evil in real life. Okay?
Don't think I ever forgot that he almost pummeled Madonna to bits. Okay. When they were married. I will never forget, especially now that I'm a die hard Madonna fan. I will never forget you.
Never.
And then the other Oscar Oscar nominated movie that I watched was Sinners and, and when I saw it, like I liked it.
Do I think that that's at the level of like all this Oscar nominated verbiage? Not really. If I'm being totally honest.
I enjoyed it.
I actually probably should watch it again.
Just like bring it back into my, my mind. But what's better than one Michael B. Jordan is to Michael B. Jordan. Okay, all right.
So obviously like I talked a lot about the Oscar movies that I've seen and obviously there's so many that I haven't because they're not streaming and I'm not watching F1 but so I don't really think I should do full currently But I will, like, I will talk about what I'm listening to, which is the Harry Styles album. And I believe that, first of all, kissing all the Time Disco. Occasionally.
That title sucks.
Sucks.
Back to the drawing board with that. And I think, like, leading with that title made me think that this is going to be a dance album. We're going to be, like, kissing, making out, dance for make out. You know, I love a dance. One Hangout was not a dance album. I mean, there were a couple, like, groovy songs, but, like, as a total.
No. No, it would. It was not.
So when I first listened to the album, I was like, what?
And then I had to remove the expectation and the narrative that I thought the album was gonna be.
And then I listened to it again, and I was like, oh, wait, I actually like this album. When I. When I listened to American Girls the first time, I was like, this is a One Direction song. This sounds exactly like a One Direction song. And I was a 1D girl, okay? I was a directioner. I was a Harry Styles fan, of course. But honestly, more than that, I was a Zayn Malik fan. Okay? He was my phone background for, like, years.
And, I mean, I've always loved brown men. What can I say? And even if we remove skin color from it, which we shouldn't, because skin color is important.
I don't see color, bitches. Yeah.
Anyway, looking at his face, the structure of his face, the bone structure, he is.
He is stunning.
I love that man. Oh, my God. So American Girl sounds like a One Direction song to me. And what else is there? I love Ready, Steady, Go. Are you listening yet? Pop is a good one. I think Dance no More should be a single.
Those last two songs, Paint by Numbers and Carla Song Chop. Gross. Hate. You know, I just. I hate a ballad. You know me, I like to just dance. I like to move.
And if I'm not doing that, I'm bored.
I'm bored.
Well, thank you so much for listening, watching wherever you're consuming this content for this week's episode. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.
And, you know, you never know who's watching.
And if you're an executive that can give me a job, I'm hiring Caroline llc.
Yeah, Personality Hire for the win. And I'll give you some good product and I'll be kind for the most part, you know, hire me.
It was me about to burp, so, yeah.
