WEBVTT 00:15.600 --> 00:17.200 I am bertil Adamas. 00:17.200 --> 00:19.300 And where am I from? 00:19.300 --> 00:21.700 Well, you know, I was born in Cuba. 00:21.700 --> 00:23.700 So I guess that's where I'm from 00:23.700 --> 00:25.000 and 00:25.000 --> 00:26.400 I was raised in 00:26.400 --> 00:28.100 New York and Miami 00:28.100 --> 00:30.900 and I Live Now in Hollywood right down the 00:30.900 --> 00:36.700 block from Paramount. 00:36.700 --> 00:38.700 Gosh, you know what? Actually what comes to mind 00:38.700 --> 00:40.200 is a play that I did 00:40.200 --> 00:41.800 with 00:41.800 --> 00:44.400 the person that plays chakotay on Voyager with Robert 00:44.400 --> 00:45.300 Beltran. 00:45.300 --> 00:46.600 It was amazing amazing. 00:46.600 --> 00:48.000 We did a play called the touch of the 00:48.000 --> 00:49.000 poet 00:49.000 --> 00:50.600 which is a Eugene O'Neill play 00:50.600 --> 00:53.300 and we adapted it to the Mexican Revolution. 00:53.300 --> 00:54.100 So 00:54.100 --> 00:56.600 instead of the character being an Irish drunk who 00:56.600 --> 00:58.800 was formerly in the Army. 00:58.800 --> 01:01.500 He is a Mexican drunk. 01:01.500 --> 01:04.800 It was quite wonderful and 01:04.800 --> 01:06.700 I know we didn't mean for it like 01:06.700 --> 01:07.700 That's 01:07.700 --> 01:08.200 the Irish. 01:08.200 --> 01:10.400 The Mexicans have a lot in common and 01:10.400 --> 01:12.400 I played his wife 01:12.400 --> 01:13.800 and 01:13.800 --> 01:14.900 why it was memorable is 01:14.900 --> 01:18.400 memorable is that it's probably the best performance I've 01:18.400 --> 01:19.400 ever had 01:19.400 --> 01:21.500 for myself where I was just so connected. 01:21.500 --> 01:22.400 And 01:22.400 --> 01:23.100 so wonderful. 01:23.100 --> 01:25.100 We got such amazing reviews. 01:25.100 --> 01:28.300 I was compared to Helen Hayes for God's sake 01:28.300 --> 01:31.400 very nearsighted reviewer and 01:31.400 --> 01:37.100 and Robert to we just wait was wonderful. 01:37.100 --> 01:39.700 What really got me to La afterwards actually live 01:39.700 --> 01:42.400 here after going back and forth between New York 01:42.400 --> 01:45.700 and La doing the bicoastal actor thing 01:45.700 --> 01:47.600 is that I began moving 01:47.600 --> 01:48.700 booking these 01:48.700 --> 01:50.400 features these films 01:50.400 --> 01:52.800 and I worked with Jillian Armstrong on a film 01:52.800 --> 01:54.400 called fires within 01:54.400 --> 01:57.300 with Greta sake and Vincent D'Onofrio and Jimmy Smits 01:57.300 --> 01:57.800 and 01:57.800 --> 01:59.800 I was the best friend it was great. 01:59.800 --> 02:01.700 And 02:01.700 --> 02:03.600 and then right after that I did another movie 02:03.600 --> 02:06.800 with Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase and Demi Moore. 02:06.800 --> 02:09.500 And again, I was the second female lead. 02:09.500 --> 02:11.500 And then after that I did a movie called 02:11.500 --> 02:13.300 stop or my mama will shoot 02:13.300 --> 02:15.200 which I was cut out 02:15.200 --> 02:17.600 but here's the Brilliance about being an actor 02:17.600 --> 02:19.400 if you're cut out of a movie 02:19.400 --> 02:21.000 at a particular time 02:21.000 --> 02:22.000 in the 02:22.000 --> 02:23.600 development of the film. 02:23.600 --> 02:25.900 You still get residuals. 02:25.900 --> 02:26.800 It's fabulous. 02:26.800 --> 02:28.700 So 02:28.700 --> 02:31.900 and then I did another movie right after that 02:31.900 --> 02:32.900 for Allison Anders. 02:32.900 --> 02:34.500 I did a movie called me Vida Loca, so 02:34.500 --> 02:35.300 I began this 02:35.300 --> 02:36.600 feature career. 02:36.600 --> 02:39.200 That turned into a kind of a television career. 02:39.200 --> 02:40.000 So 02:40.000 --> 02:41.700 I eventually moved out here. 02:41.700 --> 02:43.500 I said she I should move out here 02:43.500 --> 02:45.000 better weather 02:45.000 --> 02:47.300 better weather cuter people. 02:47.300 --> 02:51.500 So I moved 02:51.500 --> 02:53.400 We knew what I auditioned for it. 02:53.400 --> 02:55.300 I guess the first job was 02:55.300 --> 02:56.300 secona 02:56.300 --> 02:57.000 on 02:57.000 --> 02:58.500 Deep Space 9 02:58.500 --> 02:59.800 the Marquis episodes 02:59.800 --> 03:02.900 part 1 and 2 03:02.900 --> 03:05.100 and I gave a killer audition, 03:05.100 --> 03:06.300 you know, you really have to work for that 03:06.300 --> 03:07.200 job. 03:07.200 --> 03:08.300 Junie Lowry 03:08.300 --> 03:09.000 is 03:09.000 --> 03:10.400 in reims Irma 03:10.400 --> 03:13.000 who cast our fans of Mind they've given me 03:13.000 --> 03:15.200 jobs on other shows as well and why PD 03:15.200 --> 03:16.800 blue and 03:16.800 --> 03:18.900 other things that Judy has cast movies is a 03:18.900 --> 03:20.100 week 03:20.100 --> 03:21.900 and they called me and 03:21.900 --> 03:23.000 And 03:23.000 --> 03:24.600 I gave him the job and I think David 03:24.600 --> 03:26.800 Livingstone was the director 03:26.800 --> 03:28.000 and I think what had him give me the 03:28.000 --> 03:29.500 job is that 03:29.500 --> 03:31.500 I was very spocky. 03:31.500 --> 03:33.900 I really was and I was a little bit 03:33.900 --> 03:35.900 of a trekking myself. 03:35.900 --> 03:37.000 It's the little 03:37.000 --> 03:37.900 you know, I love the show. 03:37.900 --> 03:39.000 I watched it all the time. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.800 So I really 03:40.800 --> 03:43.100 kind of gave it a Nimoy thing, 03:43.100 --> 03:44.300 you know, and I think that's what got me 03:44.300 --> 03:45.500 the job really? 03:45.500 --> 03:47.600 He said I understood 03:47.600 --> 03:49.600 who a Vulcan was. 03:49.600 --> 03:55.000 definitely 03:55.000 --> 03:57.700 Easy aspect of Spock that is so cool is 03:57.700 --> 03:58.600 his 03:58.600 --> 04:01.700 you know, he is ever certain. 04:01.700 --> 04:03.100 His forever certain 04:03.100 --> 04:06.200 Forever Strong and forever confident 04:06.200 --> 04:08.100 and that's really what I used from Spock to 04:08.100 --> 04:09.600 bring to secona 04:09.600 --> 04:10.300 and 04:10.300 --> 04:12.000 Leonard Nimoy did this thing where he was always 04:12.000 --> 04:13.900 very still when he played Spock. 04:13.900 --> 04:16.800 He never had any extra movements. 04:16.800 --> 04:19.600 There was nothing extra about what he was doing. 04:19.600 --> 04:21.800 And so I brought that to it also 04:21.800 --> 04:24.200 do you eat in this Grand manner every night 04:24.200 --> 04:26.200 certainly not this is a special occasion. 04:26.200 --> 04:27.200 It is 04:27.200 --> 04:29.600 the commencement of a new business relationship 04:29.600 --> 04:31.500 is the most special occasion for 04:31.500 --> 04:32.600 Frankie 04:32.600 --> 04:37.000 it's a cause for opening great bottles of wine. 04:37.000 --> 04:39.900 Dancing into the wee small hours of the morning. 04:39.900 --> 04:42.200 We let her read for a few minutes 04:42.200 --> 04:43.100 very well. 04:43.100 --> 04:45.900 I will attempt to respect some of your cultural 04:45.900 --> 04:47.700 idiosyncrasies. 04:47.700 --> 04:49.600 I will drink the wine, 04:49.600 --> 04:51.600 but I won't dance 04:51.600 --> 04:53.600 maybe you'll change your mind after you bring the 04:53.600 --> 04:54.400 wine. 04:54.400 --> 04:55.300 No, 04:55.300 --> 04:58.100 I will all come on 04:58.100 --> 05:02.200 somewhere inside that cool control exterior of yours. 05:02.200 --> 05:06.000 There's a wild woman screaming to get out maybe 05:06.000 --> 05:06.800 by the end of the 05:06.800 --> 05:09.800 To be dancing on the table tops, 05:09.800 --> 05:14.800 maybe not 10. 05:14.800 --> 05:18.200 The difficulties between playing 05:18.200 --> 05:19.200 Vulcan 05:19.200 --> 05:20.400 and a borg. 05:20.400 --> 05:21.200 Well, 05:21.200 --> 05:22.900 the Vulcan was easy because of the fact that 05:22.900 --> 05:25.000 I really was a Spock fan 05:25.000 --> 05:26.600 and you know, 05:26.600 --> 05:29.200 so it was really just a matter of really 05:29.200 --> 05:30.600 being still 05:30.600 --> 05:32.500 truly being still and just going with into that 05:32.500 --> 05:34.500 place and just being really solid still 05:34.500 --> 05:35.500 and strong, 05:35.500 --> 05:36.300 you know, I was 05:36.300 --> 05:38.700 playing most of the time with Armin shimerman, 05:38.700 --> 05:39.300 you know, 05:39.300 --> 05:40.000 who is 05:40.000 --> 05:41.300 you know Clark who's 05:41.300 --> 05:42.900 fantastic actor? 05:42.900 --> 05:44.500 So what kept us calm 05:44.500 --> 05:47.000 Was that during the and what kept me calm 05:47.000 --> 05:48.800 and kind of centered and in that 05:48.800 --> 05:50.300 sort of classically 05:50.300 --> 05:52.100 straight place as a Vulcan 05:52.100 --> 05:54.100 was that we would recite 05:54.100 --> 05:56.600 lines from Shakespearean plays. 05:56.600 --> 05:58.100 In fact to the point where we drove David 05:58.100 --> 06:00.400 Livingstone kind of crazy. 06:00.400 --> 06:02.400 How did that kept me really really straight 06:02.400 --> 06:06.000 and the costume was incredibly tight liked 06:06.000 --> 06:06.800 it was so tight. 06:06.800 --> 06:08.900 It was like a Scarlett O'Hara thing for me. 06:08.900 --> 06:11.400 I was just like one more Notch butterfly. 06:11.400 --> 06:13.400 And 06:13.400 --> 06:14.400 so that helped keep 06:14.400 --> 06:16.400 keep me very very still 06:16.400 --> 06:19.500 the wig also helps, 06:19.500 --> 06:21.200 you know, because you just so afraid that your 06:21.200 --> 06:22.500 hair is going to fall out. 06:22.500 --> 06:24.500 So there is the in-depth look at that.