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Hey GQ, I'm Jensen Ackles and these are the 10 things that I can't live without.

Drowning out the world.

My Apple headphones.

I mean, I'll pick like a song and I'll be like, AI the rest.

Let's see what journey this is.

I'll go from like Tyler Childers to Metallica to some jazz.

It just depends on the mood I'm in.

You'll see I've got the small phone.

This is strictly like texting and talking.

It's something I try not to be glued to my face.

And of course, reading, working, communicating, my iPad.

I'm gonna be honest, I just watch movies on it.

That's all I do.

I will download all my scripts onto these.

I can make notes on them, and it's always just nice to have them on person at all time.

Although I am a bit old school, I do like getting a hard copy of them from time to time, and that way I can really mark them up but this way I always have them with me.

A case, no, no. So what's inside the case?

A solid pair of sunglasses.

You gotta have sunglasses, not just to look cool.

That's fine, that's what you're into, but I've got light eyes, so the sun is a little bit more effective on me,

and it's always nice to have a pair.

These are Jacques Marie Marge, which are some fancy glasses.

But my wife bought them for me, so I don't know.

If I'm going in, if I'm shopping for some shades, I will try to find the person working there that I think has the best sense of style.

And I will try on several and just go, what do we think?

And when I get thumbs up, that's usually when I, but man, I will, if I'm running low,

I will go in and buy like three or four pair and then I'm done for like a couple years.

I rotate, you know, between about three or four pair.

I always keep a pair on me.

I lose them, I misplace them, I break them.

I'm not kind to them.

You know, it's always like the drugstore ones that stick around the longest.

You can't get rid of them.

You throw them out the window down the highway and then somehow end up in the back seat, so.

An amazing suitcase.

Now I am a, I'd like to say an expert packer.

I could live for close to two weeks out of this thing right here.

But I've traveled a lot, I continue to travel a lot.

I've tried a lot of different suitcases and this is the one that has beat them all.

It's a Ramoa.

Literally if I see somebody with it, I'm like, ah, you know, you get it.

They are incredibly sturdy, incredibly well built.

If anything happens to them, you can literally drop them off at any shop around the world because they are everywhere.

They will fix it on site, get it back to you within minutes.

But its best feature, in my opinion, is I can just sit on this thing, right in the terminal, waiting, I don't have to look for a seat.

I can just plop down right on this thing.

It supports my weight.

Thanks, Ramoa.

Keep making what you make.

A pen.

I mean, I've gone through the really nice pens, the Mont Blancs or the crosses or all those things now.

Just a straight up uniball air.

I mark up my scripts every morning when I show up on set.

This is the pen I reach for.

And I will say I've lost many of these.

And I thought I was losing my mind when I realized

that my kids were taking them out of my backpack and using them to write me notes.

Which brings me to my next thing I cannot live without.

My kids like to surprise me with notes and art.

They'll throw it in my bag before I depart for wherever I'm going.

These are the latest masterpieces.

This one is from my son.

He drew a die, I guess.

Not dice, but I guess it could be dice.

I don't know, what's the...

Jury's out on that one.

There was thought.

I was like, did you just randomly...

He's like, no, dad, that's you and mom.

Here's the three kids.

And that's Frank, our dog.

His twin sister, she's eight.

That's not bad.

She looked at a stuffed animal and just recreated that.

She's a bit of an artiste.

She also does comic strips.

So sometimes I'll get little comics that are really cool.

This one came with a note.

It said, I love you very much.

I want you to know that I miss you so much when you leave.

I don't ever want you to leave ever, ever, ever again.

Love, Arrow, your number one child.

Then she's got all this art stuff on the back.

Those are tough and beautiful to read all at the same time.

My oldest, my 12 year old, she says this to me every time I leave, she's like, she looks me in the eye and she's like, please be safe.

I'm like, what?

You killing me, kid.

I don't know what she thinks is gonna happen to me, maybe she's seen too many Supernatural episodes, she thinks some monsters or demons are gonna attack me, But it is very sweet and it's,

again, it's very hard to read but also very heartwarming to read.

So, ah, kids.

This doesn't cut itself.

And I've been through tons of these trying to find a good beard trimmer.

This is the latest find by Manscaped.

You guys nailed it with this one.

This does everything I need it to.

It's like highly adjustable.

It can give you a fade if you need to.

It can trim out some lines.

This is something that goes with me everywhere.

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This next one has a little bit of a story.

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There's no markings on it.

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I don't know what it is.

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Eric Dane sent me to his, What would, not a, not a,

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what's a, like a face, facialist maybe?

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Dermatologist?

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Maybe it's a dermatologist.

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I don't know.

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Eric Dane's like, hey, you gotta go see this lady.

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She's fantastic.

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She's gonna hook you up.

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And she's like, you fly a lot, don't you?

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I can see it.

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And I'm like, what?

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There's like a roadmap on my face.

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And she's like, here, take this face oil, put it on when you get on a plane.

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Your skin's gonna love it.

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There's literally no markings.

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I don't know what this is, but hey, doctor's orders.

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Between my wife and any makeup artist I've ever worked with, the resounding note is hydration, hydration, hydration.

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So, La Mer, expensive, yes.

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Does it work?

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Yes.

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I think it does, I don't know.

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Maybe not perfect for me, I don't know.

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I don't know, but it works, and it means the C.

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Isn't La Mer French for the C?

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God, I hope I'm right on that.

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That'd be so cool.

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It's just like wiping the sea all over your, that sounds bad.

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It literally doesn't leave my wrist.

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A timepiece, something to tell time.

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I have an affection, some might call an obsession, with mechanical watches.

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I have a number of them that I rotate between.

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This one is my vintage Submariner 5513 for any of those nerds out there.

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I always keep a watch on, even if I'm on set playing a character.

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I usually always pick out a watch because I always want to have something on my wrist.

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If I don't, I feel like something's wrong in the world.

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I am mildly obsessed with it.

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I like having it.

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Plus, it's like really the only thing for a guy, jewelry-wise, other than if you're married,

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that you can really kind of get away with and play with.

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It's something that I will forever have, and you know, it's dad's watch.

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It's very important.

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Some supplements, some fuel for the road.

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I keep a bag of this stuff called Optimize Minerals.

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Started taking it, I don't know, maybe about a year ago.

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It's a great kind of electrolyte blend of good stuff.

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Usually it's the first thing I put on my stomach in the morning is a big, big, tall glass of water with this in it.

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And it does the trick on a multitude of levels, if you know what I mean.

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I always have some sort of protein bar in my bag.

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I usually have a couple of them, different ones.

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Today I've got Quest.

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Cookies and Cream's the best one, I think.

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I usually will always have some sort of snack in my bag in case the airplane food just isn't up to par.

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My favorite flavor, not a candy bar, Although it kind of tastes like a candy bar, which is why I like it.

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I did not buy it.

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There's a friend of mine, some of you may know, Jared Padalecki.

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He has an affinity for winter headgear, beanies, toques, if you're from Canada.

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I was headed to the airport and I was like, man, I wish I had one of those just

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so I could pull it down over my eyes and go to sleep because I'm dead tired.

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He reached into his bag and tossed me one of his beanies.

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I think I've had this for a year.

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And it stays in my bag and anytime I'm on the plane, I can just throw it on, throw it over my eyes, and I'm out like a light.

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I've washed this, because otherwise I would smell like him, and that's not necessary.

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Did I wash it?

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I washed it.

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I don't know.

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Gotta have a travel bag.

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In order to make sure I know it's my bag, and not somebody else's bag, I like to put just a little something on it, just so I can recognize it and it won't get lost.

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So I've got a couple of pens that I have acquired from various shows.

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You might recognize that guy.

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That is a 1967 Chevy Impala, a little show I did back in the day.

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Also on this side, you've got the boys.

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Now it says Finn, which means the end.

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This is the season five pen that was made up for the boys.

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Phil Segrecia, who also did Supernatural, also does the boys.

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He makes these up.

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He makes one every season, gives them out to cast and crew.

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So I've got a collection of these, but I usually like to put them on my bag somewhere as just a little identifier,

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knowing that it's mine, knowing that it's not gonna get mixed up with anybody else in the airport, because I highly doubt that they were on both Supernatural and The Boys.

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Although, I think there have been a few people that have.

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So all of those essentials that you saw, all of that stuff goes in here, and it is over my shoulder wherever I go.

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Those things are all with me.

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They help me feel like I got a little piece of home with me.

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I know that whatever I'm facing that day, I've got the things that I need to face it.

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All right, GQ, thank you for having me, talking about my 10 essential things that I cannot live without.

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Deze video bevat 187 zinnen en 1927 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:25. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 185 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
wash werkwoord	/wɑʃ/	wassen, spoelen
comic zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑmɪk/	komiek, humorist
pen zelfstandig naamwoord	/pɪn/	pen
script zelfstandig naamwoord	/skɹɪpt/	geschrift
candy zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkæn.di/	snoepje
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	waar, waar ook
wrist zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɹɪst/	pols
sunglasses zelfstandig naamwoord		zonnebril
rotate werkwoord	/ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/	roteren, ronddraaien
suitcase zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsutkeɪs/	valies, koffer
mood zelfstandig naamwoord	/muːd/	humeur, stemming
stomach zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈstʌmək/	maag
hook zelfstandig naamwoord	/hʊk/	haak
strip werkwoord	/ˈstɹɪp/	strippen
twin zelfstandig naamwoord	/twɪn/	tweeling

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	I've traveled · I've tried · I've gone
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	be glued · was thought · was headed
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	Marge, which are · bar, which is · Finn, which means

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 75 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/, hydration /haɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, mechanical /məˈkænəkəl/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, affinity /əˈfɪnɪti/, adjustable /əˈd͡ʒʌstəbəl/

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