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  • Kayla Pink.

  • It is the head of Overbrook Film and television.

  • Overbrook is is my company.

  • And, uh, Caleb is Jada's brother on.

  • He came to me and said that he wanted to be in the entertainment industry, So I want a job to here.

  • Kayla Pink.

  • It's story of success.

  • I was 21 at the time, just moved out from Marino Valley, where I went to high school at, and I remember it was my first trip to New York.

  • I was young and I'm talking to will in daytime, like, Yo, I know you guys make movies and do it is, but you know, you need to be doing really like are you?

  • I would do something like this.

  • I created a biblical fiction tale of Kane, his curse and his eventual redemption.

  • He said.

  • I like that cane project, he said.

  • You might have just changed your life.

  • Maybe that thing that you just did is innate storytelling.

  • For whatever reason, you you get it.

  • I was very surprised.

  • Somebody who wasn't in the business has that much innate story ability.

  • If you do everything that I say, I promise you'll have more money than all your friends and you'll be able to do whatever it is that you want to do.

  • No questions asked me.

  • Listen to me, you get it.

  • I'm like, OK, he said, All right, first thing you're skinny with a good until you have a six pack.

  • I'm not dealing with and I'm like, Okay, like all right, he says.

  • So my trainer, Darrel Foster, who trained me for Ali, sure, right, because everybody was scared of Darryl because Darryl's the hardest man has walked this Earth Originally, I wasn't quite sure.

  • You know, I like you.

  • That's Darrell Foster, who now is my daughter's godfather.

  • So that should tell you what our relationship came to.

  • So I go and I'm like, Okay, I work with Darryl.

  • So he said, Great call Darryl Monday Get started.

  • I call Darrell.

  • Darrell's like, yeah, right.

  • I mean, there are 9 a.m. I'm there.

  • Hell, I test you physically, Mentally, spiritually, emotionally.

  • I'm throwing up.

  • I hate it because I'm like, This is just stupid.

  • That's my mind screaming.

  • Wanted me to quit.

  • Wanted me to stop Dream building.

  • Life building is an athletic event.

  • I couldn't allow will to know that I would quit or that I didn't like it.

  • So I sucked it all up sober, abused to complain about anything.

  • I just did everything Daryl say, Don't waste my time So months go by months go by and with Darrow every day I'm getting in shape.

  • I'm getting ready.

  • So my nephews birthday.

  • Jaden's turning eight were in the kitchen area and will cross the room just casually laughing and talking your love.

  • Pull your shirt.

  • I'm like, What?

  • Girls?

  • Like a song?

  • I was like Grass.

  • Hopper is ready like it's it is time he did.

  • He didn't know the hard part was just about to start.

  • Here we go, he said.

  • So the first thing I gotta do is I need to give you a screen writing education.

  • And I said screenwriting.

  • Oh, yeah, we're gonna write, came together.

  • Okay, so he said, The first book that I want you to read it's called Story by Robert McKee.

  • Story is like the Bible, and I I mean, like, it's that big.

  • It's like it's like 1000 pages, and you're like, what?

  • The and I mean this using words.

  • And at the time I wasn't well, read it It's a big ass book in the good old fashioned sense of a big ass book.

  • He made me read The art of Dramatic Writing by Lakos Angry the moral premise by Stanley Williams And on and on and on.

  • He said, These are all the elements of storytelling.

  • You don't have to put every single element into your story, but your story will have some form of these.

  • Uh, what does he or she wants?

  • Why do they want it?

  • What's gonna happen if they don't get it?

  • And what are the obstacles keeping them from getting it?

  • When you can answer all of those questions?

  • You got a screenplay?

  • He was like Mr Miyagi in my ass with I'm not helping you build a career.

  • We're building a Caleb.

  • By the time I was 26 Will was like, Listen, I need you at Overbrook.

  • And I was like, wow, like OK.

  • And he started me at the bottom.

  • I was driving.

  • I was driving people.

  • I'll become the Overbrook right here.

  • Here's these bags.

  • Take this.

  • Go pick this person up.

  • Do this.

  • I didn't do nothing with story.

  • I think most people would be really surprised how few people are actually willing to do what it takes to achieve their dreams.

  • And Caleb is wanted a rare few that is literally willing to do anything that a mentor tells him to do to achieve his dreams.

  • If you can't stand on your own, your food in this world right in the only way you could be a value or asset to anybody else is you got to be you.

  • You have the power, and that is what Darrell Foster taught me through training.

  • That's what Will Smith taught me through being my mentor.

  • So if you want to know, like all but that was then like you know, how you looking now?

  • You know, I've said, I mean, like, not everybody just walks around.

  • Sub six body fat At 38 years old, every Mother's Day I created a monster.

Kayla Pink.

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