On the other side of the screen joining me today is actress vivek a fox you of course know her from rules in the big screen in kill bill independence they set it off she also appeared in the highly successful series empire in vivek has a new film its part of this wrong series which is a sweet girl for her i guarantee i think its like. Beautiful when you get these things plumpton youre alive its beautiful this ones called the wrong step father on july 31st on lifetime whats happened in v. A. How you doing i am good i j how you live it. They make it still seem to be moving away from the chalkboard after don did the raider record way back when on the salt tray. Oh my god did you. Go on i was a very starry corollary with. Yes i too was a soldier a dancer. I used to love it when they would form the 2 lives and the hat would come due in the russian dead sir or it is done lol kick in the slip. And they would always throw it back the dog and dog cornelius is building false was he never was a sweat acting never tried to. Kill us lousier member of. My gosh John Cornelius i mean i was from indianapolis indiana girl friend of mine im down to Orange County i moved from indianapolis to california and my girlfriend was hanging out going so trying she said you know you want to go to so train with me and i was like these children and she was a girl of the so dre and i just remember that i got there i actually the great dress at the 1st time you saw me on the risers was my graduation dress from high school. Yeah and then i got the put me on the rafters which was a big deal and then we went back another show and i got it to do the scramble board and then years later i know the scrambled wart and the crazies think this is that my brother was in the military in germany and he said he was chilling what is going to late at night watching t. V. And so train come on you know the brothers they want to see some from america and he said that i came on and he was like. Mr know my your line and he had. A v. H. S. Was there so he recorded it and wound a bank because listen she says her name and i said never confide back in those were the days when we wrote each other matters and he was like are you on soldiering and im like. So you know i somewhat made big time yeah you know all the brothers are over in germany theyre getting sick of the blonde teutonic women and i want to see some sisters turned back and you know what i love these are people you dont know much. I used to love it after theyd wrapped the scramble and youd see how groovy you could be getting back in their moves like theyd be doing that right back in their thirtys. And then years later i hosted the so train awards i love it was a long lasting relationship noncontiguous was just you know such a gentle man and we miss him dearly we really do is an icon of African American so who history you know he was that guy and 2 american bandstand the best pipes folks that was a trust me i you know barry white always had great pipes but i think don was just one floor below that of the it was a. Ill tell you what because i dont know your your family growing up and all that all be asleep a boy somebody put a work ethic in you because as i go through this. Showbusiness so fraught where you could fall off the radar at any given moment you have been boston asked for years consistently work and you must must have a good agent too but were to get your work ethic i would say that i got that from my mom to be honest with you i watched my mom raised 4 kids you know her my dad broke up when i was 4 years old but i still kept a close relationship you know with my father but i watched my mom work 2 jobs in 2 she ended up working in eilean indiana its not always so my mom working in if she wasnt working then she had us in church so thats just the way it went down and so i was really raised in the house where you worked. You had a Good Relationship with god and you had to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps even if you thought she was cute what a blessing though im telling you my mom was like that too and theres yet times in my life where i thought maybe i dont want to push it this hard i always think are you kidding me are you going to let that on your mom walk in the work to make dessert people at all oh are you really going to betray that memory but you get up get on the plucking fly to the gig youre going to bust your ass just on are the memory right absolutely you know we were raised before you know computers and all that stuff took off you know nowadays kids everybody wants to just write something they want to order it have it brought directly to those to your door we were raised in those times you know im just like you had to go to the airport had to work 23 jobs i mean when i 1st moved to california i worked at a hotdog stand or get a potato palace or to the bookstore and then i would have to go up to l. A. And go up go out for auditions. Thats what makes it so sweet when you hit it i mean to god i always look back i never feel like i cheated sounds like you bust a detail to some time and its coming up to you make it you get a little bit guilty and then you think well listen i didnt have anybody with me when i was broke at age 30 so. Yourself to think hey i wrists that i went for it i and i get paid off and it was good yes it jazz i mean we the fact that were still here and were still you know doing what we love to do like you said is truly a blessing what tell you what a blessing is the series because. Even when your career is going great you always kind of a wrap something and then youre waiting on the next call when you can get a groove like this tell me about this wrong series how does this come abott in your participation in it the new ones called the wrong step father its on lifetime on july 31st but i think its the 14th one tell me about the wrong phil says they are absolutely im actually before corona broke out we were actually on film 80 so weve got a couple more that are going to be coming out with this by every year. Hybrid films we produced a mom with david de kock too who is our director we do. What if i film and then a christmas film for them every year and they just trusted the brand and we started. Making a couple and then it was like everybody was like i really like seeing good look at it and so after the 3rd when my agent have a good agent said hey were getting a producer credit on this ok and it worked like time t. V. And the Lifetime Movie Network have turned me into a movie maker i mean i had no idea that now i would be on film 18 and people literally sit around and binge watch these films we had our one came out last of the 2 new instruments the wrong wedding planner last friday and people they just loved it they had like a hot day and i said then i lie to you with all the fans i mean im talking about the story line i always deliver the title and one of the cheesiest ways like one honey you just met the wrong wedding planner or whatever the title of the. And so i had a couple people say oh yeah. You guys but in the day remember when we used to love to read like Harlequin Books yeah now we make those kind of movies where they love to just sit around and they skate and watch these oh we came along its amazing how much its caught on. And you know they its funny they always use a vaguely dismissive term about things like those we have books or movies or theater they always called guilty pleasures and im thinking hey what what do you pleasure thats the key. They always throw that little big but i always think boy whats better than a guilty pleasure you know its perfect tell me for instance on the wrong step father want to help tolbert listeners the viewers haul the wrong part works into this to give us a a glimpse at the wrong stepfather exactly the wrong step father. I play a principal and this is a great thing about me being a producer is that i could cast myself for roles that i normally dont get cast in so i play our the principal allen and one of our teachers is recently divorced played by krista allen and shes dating again and she has a young daughter and she meets a gentleman by the name. Played by corn and mick who is all about wanting to get married real quickly hes on the fast track of wanting to have a relationship and the darter is like mom this duke is going to make the wrong step father so we go on this. Journey of finding out hes doing all the right things but guess what he is the wrong step father and hes got a past history that is just not that great and you know her being recently divorced she just jumps into a relationship so fast and thats something that i want to let the fans know about all of our friends like theres always a message theres a message in this one about not getting and jumping from relationship to relationship also they can daughters she is in. A social group called the social and its about all of the you know the pressure thats on these kids to fit in with all of these social media groups and things like that and theres a. A lot of good messages that you can learn not only just for women also for guys because i think thats mainly why they have given a fox was to bring a phallus over to like time to sit down with a girl to say great check it out tonight while you watch like time to grab him confide and its worked. Of course were talking of a very big a pox and by the way if they do that story without the child next time i got a good title for you for one maybe its 19 or 20 the wrong mr right hows that theres a little more in the wrong mr right and yes why did i guess what were about to do that. I just want to oh my. God oh. Great bides think alike in the park the film is called the wrong stepfather comes out on july 31st on lifetime and how are these people at lifetime they have this down they know what their audience wants how are they to work for for you now that youre in the production and about oh my gosh the fact like i said that they give me an opportunity like find the network and my time t. V. To become a movie maker has been so rewarding for me lifetime also was the 1st network to give me a series i had a series on a Lifetime Television network missing right after i finish kill bill that i started for 4 years then i brought in some strippers and we made it rain every wednesday night for this black magic so. Nothing wrong. 6 trying to strip. Him of with the so wrong its right friend. Mistake in the caboose would be. All. Were going to talk more i want to talk about set it off i want to talk about the films you know. Kill bill i want to talk about where she 1st developed her chops shes been with us vica has been given as the great product for a while from soul train all the way up to the wrong stepfather july 31st on lifetime well talk more with the delightful the phlox right after this on Dennis Miller plus one. Thanks to it. Join me every day on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics business im show business ill see you then. Every crisis in america has been packaged as a bond and sold into the junk bond market with a longer maturity at a slightly lower rate and theyve been doing this now for 40 years to the point where americas indebtedness says. They engineered to the point of an extinction event as many countries as below. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area russia. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. Take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. By folks welcome back to Dennis Miller plus one were joined by the delightful visit to a fox she has a new film coming out on life. Number 14 theyve got another 4 in the can its the wrong step theyre part of the part of the wrong series as well called nothing wrong about it. Its all right and im going back i want to talk about my favorite film of yours and ill be a sense in your many films but i always love said it all i thought the car. Was great and im thinking is it true that you have the worlds highest paid acting instructor for the pro that will jump in and help you i do i mean you know i love this story has finally come out i was actually filming Independence Day with will smith and at the time will and dado were in the early stages of dating and the director f. Gary greeted by the set and kind of was checking me out and i got a call and they were like you know you know we want you to come in audition for set it off on but we cant have another actor stats in the role of frankie which every great wanted me for but at the time they had rosie perez there so i was filming Independence Day in my case and i went one day and i was talking a little about in notting hill going to make not just for 2 rows and he was like you know i want to coach you i was like are you kidding me so i went to will smith bigelow trailer and he coached me and frankie and t. T. He didnt care for the role of t. T. For me its like you know youre frank lets do it go on your passion you know just take the rope and i did. Rosencrantz allow and i was f. Gary gray 1st choice the directors. You know when i think back on the 1st times i see will smith a my life i always think even way back when 6 degrees of separation stuff like im thinking who is this young cat with this preternatural confidence and when you say he helped you with your acting the some degree part of it is just getting in your head make can you believe in yourself there are so many naysayers in hollywood imagine being sent into battle by a kid like that so confident so charismatic so exuberant you must the one in their jacked up and ready to seize the day. I did i was so focused and you know i think earlier today you may have called me and was like good luck like he was so supportive and you know always has been i mean even we were filming Independence Day like we filmed the 1st 11 days out of window over utah and i had 4 days off and i was just like children having a margarita and hes like why didnt do you realize how great this movie is going to be the look i buy outs of wheat and that particular you see it with my margarita down and went upstairs and we had to sit up. Well smith. You got to say you got to stay roped you got to come then you got to play. And still dont really need 100000000. 00. Unbelievable everybody in the world saw the plec you know what i think back on you in indianapolis im trying to think do you have dreams aspirations back then or were do you come to indianapolis from or is that where you were raised to one did you 1st get the bite the just see yourself as an actress i was i got the bug actually when i was like about 50 from my auntie who passed away she was the 1st person to cut my hair and put me on a runway and a field day that audience and those lights it just it bit me and then i went to see Michael Jackson and diana ross in concert and i had never seen such amazing africanamericans on stage and diana ross with her wig and nails that yes that i was like where do they live in california thats where im going and i laughed. Well i tell you what yet to have some support to do that better or were you just a a balls and kid who thought yeah im going to go try that or did jeb support who was in your corner i mean i definitely had support my family my mother was scared for me ill keep that role. And but she made me be independent from jump street shes like im not mine your plane ticket youre going to save up so remember i worked at. At burger chef yeah those days are gone burger chef and stuff and i saved up my money and i bought my ticket and my brother at the time happened to be dating a girl that was living in california i didnt say with her that mom and we live with diana for about 3 weeks and then after that i started waiting on tables going to college doing just like everybody else does that when they come to california in search of a dream and i just never gave up on myself i kept knocking on all those doors getting told no more than yes and then one day i was discovered by gentlemen by the name of Trevor Walton who was a producer believe it or not at lifetime. Are you getting it my time he was it paramount but he ended his career at lifetime and telling people that i discovered you but he did so. Because i remember when i 1st moved to california folks you know if there were any young people out there id tell you between 20 and 30 ought to roll the dice and try a few things and one of them if youre into the arts you got to come to l. A. Where the weather will answer and i losses broadway go to new york but when you 1st do get the l. A. Dont let a freak out because i remember i came in from l. A. X. To go to a friends us i came in through last sciatica and you know it does not look like. Its under a quarter think it was or are you kidding me with the head wound why the little guy was so scared but you just got to get up and put one foot in front of the other youve got to get it right you cant take it all that personally its a big reason you got to get on with it and shirk it off and move right yes i mean like i said i remember my 1st started you jeffrey your know a lot more than you do yes but the moment that you start hearing yes if you then do the work and apply yourself the doors that are that will open for you are just amazing i did a book i dont know if you know this about me im an author now too and i wrote about i call it every day im hustling and i share my secrets of success about going into the different chapters of a career not a moment a career. Give me a couple insights i love this demand thats the lean give me a few of the core tenets you Better Believe i said make it turn your haters congratulate all those naysayers that arent there for you and support you 100 percent its going to be great when they call you monday though you were just fanless i say knock on success door you know matter of fact you dont have to knock on success door you gotta go in there you gotta get in but you got to do the work yes you know what vivir get even at my worst in show business i dont know if you always said this i had something called my his make lump in the armpit theory where if something bad in show business would happen id sell cmon its show business i could be in the shower tonight the moaning the fact i didnt get this gig in fact both wont bring my arm and then Everything Else just pales in comparison to that youve got to keep some perspective here pokes everybody wants the gold ring its going to be up youre going to have to go through a bunch of people to get to it you know youre going to get your ass handed to somewhere along the way dont let it throw you off keep your eye on the prize keep moving towards it Better Believe it Better Believe it as they say theres an old saying rome wasnt built in a day and you find that out with experience and. What was the 1st big thing where you got some money when you 1st started playing it ok i am kick in the door and right now what tell me tell me what that moment what i got us over called generations and and we were on and i was working 5 days 2 weeks so im from so world and but ill never forget that when i got canceled i had 25000 dollars in the bank and i thought i was rich well i would do them money real quick if you are already know trying to play grant and Southern California that money went just like that so im going to really went back and like you know was about to start wait on tables again and then i started giving again i started you know getting bit parts here and working and but its been a journey it really has but yeah i got the 1st amount that big deposit in the in the bank account and i had kind of went. But you know that could be it on Something Like generations like a boxer its like Floyd Mayweather going into the gym when you talk about 5 days a week youre not going rushed off youre learning your jobs your mood to me of motion what great training the subs must have been right absolutely ive always said that about soap operas and actually i got Independence Day because i went back to soaps i was doing young and the restless and the producers wife bill faced some young and the restless and i asked my agent why my not just for Independence Day she said well honey youre just on a soap opera you dont have a big enough name 2 weeks later they gave me a call you never know whos watching you always show up with the attitude of gratitude and put your best foot forward because you never know who may see you that day. Were talking to vivek a fox you can tell shes a force of nature im getting jazz i feel like going out not dition after the interview today you know on the big screen kill bill Independence Day set it off shes good friends with sable the dog and shes got the teeth so in the wrong series coming up the wrong stepfather comes out july 3431st pardon me on lifetime im trying to think back to do you have any it doesnt sound like youre a person who dwells on regrets but you know i usually find it interesting when somebody says they had a chance at a role and they passed it up you have any of those stories or you just always it sounds to me like you take things if theyre in the wheel house because you like it are absolute i think the only job that i was sad that i didnt get was it came down to me and how the very poor storm and now and what is actually an absolute im sad about that and halle did a great job no hate on her if you see that girls body right now shes a force of nature in her fiftys as well too so if i was going to lose that job to anybody it list it halle berry so you know thats the only job that i really want with storm. Listen vivek a youve been a delight its good to talk to you i can see listen theres a lot of tools you can put your kit in hollywood folks and one of them is a vibe vast city and i defy you to think of this young woman coming in your room can you imagine the dent she made where they walk out i can just see everybody else a table go walk while whatever if we dont have that port for we go to 5 this part because she just ate a big youre good they record a vivek a fox you know or from obviously as i said my favorite set it off but empire but shes got this new series 14 theyve got 18 a day of the next christmas one and they can already not yet cling on khurana to past that amp when were just fingers crossed and i got it open california so you know prayers out there for everyone to stay safe and have patience and we will get through this together you guys so ill have some more so from now its right for you just stay tuned and if you want to expedite getting through it go binge the wrong series for. The wrong stuff there comes out july 31st on lifetime youve been a delight kiddo good to talk to you you too darling take it carries out something next time folks on that asparagus one will buy a. The sudden fullest and illegal takeover of a government by a small group. Rather than revolution results so just that small group the corporations when you have a tiny trip of people who have all the power you have to have some means to make sure the rest of us dont get together and take it back. These are sacrificing. Places that capitalism exploited and destroyed for profit and left behind misery poverty environmental devastation and so you see things like Voter Suppression building more prisons you seem gerrymandering all sorts of undemocratic practices are well in that world are well into this world and theres no question that the. Greetings and sal you taishan is my friends since the very 1st protesters took to the streets in minneapolis over the murder of george ward to the recent protests in portland were groups of mothers fathers and military veterans are joining hands and readying their leaf blowers to push back against the tear gas and nightsticks the us establishment class and their mindless pundit followers have tried with all of their might and Public Relation to paint these protesters as dangerous terroristic groups of crazy