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Are you happy in your marriage?
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Look!
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I did not go there with you, pal!
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Millie, Louie, we've brought you here today to take a lie detector test.
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One of you will be hooked up to the machine while the other will ask the questions and then you'll switch.
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This is Herman, our polygraph operator.
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Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Who wants to be in the hot seat first?
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I think I need to get it out of the way.
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I think it's for the best.
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I'm already feeling the sweat patches form.
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Yeah, I can feel it from you.
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- Your heart rate is quite elevated.
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- It's 'cause he's with me, okay.
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- And you look like you're about to enjoy this.
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- I am.
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Louis, to calibrate the machine, I'm going to ask you some straightforward questions.
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Please answer honestly.
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- Okay.
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- Is your full name Louis Patrick James Partridge?
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- Yes.
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- Are you from London, England?
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- Yes. to test?
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To the best of my knowledge, yes.
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Are you nervous?
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Yes.
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Harmon are we good to go?
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Good calibration, yes.
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Good calibration.
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Let's get started.
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Like me, you've been acting since you were a child.
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Do you think you handled childhood fame better than me?
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Yes. Is that because...
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Is that because I started a much bigger show than you and thus far had more pressure?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Do you think I turned out okay despite the childhood fame?
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Yes.
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Is that true?
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I'm seeing slight deception.
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- You're freaking me.
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Okay.
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- Slight deception.
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- Be honest.
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Did you ever submit a tape for Stranger Things?
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- Yes.
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Yes.
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- What?
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- Yes I did.
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You don't wanna know who?
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- I do wanna know what role.
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- God, look at that.
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- The sweat.
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- I submitted a tape for the guy who runs the Hellfire Club.
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- Eddie Munson.
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- Eddie Munson, that was his name.
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- And that's all true, I'm guessing, right?
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- No signs of deception.
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- Okay, next.
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You previously mentioned you wanted to be a model before becoming an actor, but you were told you were too short for the runway.
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- I'm gonna interrupt, no. I did not want to become a model before acting.
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- Okay, so is that true?
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- Deception noted.
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- Oh, come on.
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- You always thought you could be a product, please.
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Okay, did you ever consider leg lengthening surgery?
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Do you consider yourself a short king?
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No, I'm six foot two.
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Do you think there is something wrong with bearing the title short king?
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Absolutely not.
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Felt like...
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You picking up deception?
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I feel like I am.
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Are you Herman?
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That's a deceptive answer.
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So you don't want the title short king?
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Hang on.
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Hang on a minute.
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There's been deception on some things I know to be true, so I'm starting to doubt the machine.
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Can you put your...
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If we could just keep your hands still.
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Keep your hands still because clearly you're trying to you're trying to manipulate.
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There is nothing wrong.
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Typical Louie You once said in an interview with me That there's Millie and then there's Millie.
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Yeah, what are you saying?
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I'm two faced No, I don't think that's what I meant.
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What are the differences between my two Millies?
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I think I meant that like You're pretty crazy I know you well enough to know that you're pretty goofy.
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Then you're really goofy.
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Right.
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Do you fear one of my Millies more?
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Um, no. Can you ask that question again?
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Maybe rephrase it?
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Are you scared of me?
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No. I'm sorry, that's a deception.
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That wasn't even a slight deception, that was a straight deception.
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Oh!
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Since you're a Gemini, do you ever feel like you fit the split twin personality stereotype?
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Yeah, I think so.
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So which version of Louie am I talking to right now?
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Number one Character A?
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What I take to mean by that is I think I'm quite an adaptable person.
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I think I change depending on which person I'm around quite a lot.
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with a few people is what I'm trying to say.
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- You can hang?
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- I can hang.
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- You're so sick.
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- Can I hang?
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- Is that true?
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Can he hang?
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- Apparently, Louis can hang.
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- Thank you.
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Okay.
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Is there an astrology sign you would never date?
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- I am not too acquainted with astrology signs.
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- So are you saying that you're like rejecting astrology entirely?
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- No, actually, I quite enjoy a bit of astrology.
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You're being deceptive there when you said that.
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You don't enjoy astrology.
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Well, I feel I have mixed feelings about astrology, obviously, but a part of me enjoys it.
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Most of me thinks it's...
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Silly.
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Yeah.
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Or a little bogus, but I enjoy it a little bit.
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No deception.
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You played a younger version of our castmate Henry Cavill in Argyle.
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I did.
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That's Henry Cavill.
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Yeah.
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- Nola Holmes.
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- Oh gosh, what's coming up?
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- Did you have to reintroduce yourself to him like it was the first time you met?
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- Nah.
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- So you think you made a strong impression on him?
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- I don't like where this is carrying, but I think I made an impression on him sufficient enough that I didn't need to reintroduce myself.
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- That's truthful.
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- Do you think you played a really good version of him?
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- Younger version of him?
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- Yeah.
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No. Truthful.
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I had one scene and it was fun.
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I wasn't trying to go young Henry.
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That film was pretty crazy.
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So I was kind of doing my thing.
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I love that you're very, very humble.
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I just got nothing to hide.
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Okay.
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Have you ever had an interaction with another celebrity and they didn't know who you are? Of course.
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Who was it?
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Oh, there'll be many.
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Sam Rockwell.
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I said hi to you.
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And he didn't know who you were.
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No, but I wouldn't expect him to know who I was.
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Actually, that maybe I would have...
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Would you expect Sam Rockwell to know who you are?
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You...
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Uh...
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Is it on the paper?
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Yeah.
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That's true.
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But, but, but, but, but, but, but, we were...
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Shut up!
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Let me tell you what actually happened.
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- We filmed together.
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- Oh, right.
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- And yet he still didn't know where it was.
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- Okay, that makes sense, that tracks.
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You had an interview with this man, where he called you super loquacious?
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- Yeah.
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- As you discussed songwriting as something you're actively trying to figure out, do you know what loquacious means?
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- Yes, I do.
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- What does it mean, Louis?
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- Loquacious means someone who's quite fluent and in the way they talk.
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This photo is crazy, I can't believe I'm looking at this.
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Have you figured out songwriting?
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No. True?
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That's true.
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How many more interviews are you allowed to give about songwriting before you have to show your work?
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Do you want a number?
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50. That's ink inclusive.
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Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Do you think you're a good songwriter?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Would you say that confidently in front of Phineas and Billy?
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No chance.
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No. No, you know what?
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They respect it.
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They see it as an individual medium.
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I would never say that in front of Phineas and Billy.
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Is that true?
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You are all over the place right now.
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Maybe rephrase the question.
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Okay, rephrase.
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Oh, do you think you're a better songwriter than and Phineas.
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No and no. No deception.
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I'm starting to think this is quite accurate now. Be honest.
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Have you ever recommended a band just because you wanted to sound interesting?
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Yeah.
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Have you ever sent a girl a playlist to be cool?
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I've sent a girl a playlist.
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To be cool.
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I've sent a girl a playlist.
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To be cool.
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Yes. So truthful.
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Okay.
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I think they need to add a new love language.
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You know, you've got touch, you've got all of the others.
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And music should be another.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Or like, act of collation.
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All right, this isn't, okay.
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Like collaging.
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Did it work when you sent the playlist to the girl?
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Yeah.
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Deception.
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I love this.
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I can't be losing it in my own love language.
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It didn't work.
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It did work.
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- It did work.
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- Maybe not long term.
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- No, no, yeah.
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- What's the most pretentious recommendation you've ever made?
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- The most pretentious, there's a few I've got to choose between.
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I'm not particularly pretentious, I don't think.
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- Was that deception?
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- That was deception.
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- Yeah, I know it was.
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- I'm struggling.
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- Have you ever taken-- film that I've not seen before.
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Probably.
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Some French film.
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Is that true?
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That's true.
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Louis, mate, what?
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Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Can you guess who my top played artist was this year?
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Oh, it would be, who do you love?
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Sabrina Carpenter?
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Ariana Grande?
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There'd be some - Keep going.
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- Who was it?
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- Taylor Swift.
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- Oh, yeah.
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- Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test and we didn't catch you?
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- No. - True.
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- He thinks he's being truthful.
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- He thinks he is.
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Okay, congratulations, you did it.
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I learned so much more about you.
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I'm so glad you know you're pretentious.
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- Do everything seem comfortable?
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- Yes, Hammond.
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- So to calibrate this machine, I'll ask you some straightforward questions, okay?
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Please answer honestly.
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Is your full name Millie Bon Jovi?
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Yes.
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Just to clarify, there's no more brown in there?
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No. Were you born in Spain and raised in England?
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Yes.
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Are you about to take a lie detector test?
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Yes.
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Are you nervous?
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No. not to crack.
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We got this, Am.
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You've taken a lie detector test, you've done this before, where you admitted to lying during the test.
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Did you come here planning to lie more?
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No. So you're going to be truthful?
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Yes.
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Even if it means throwing yourself under the bus?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Is Enola Holmes the best film of the franchise?
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Enola Holmes 3.
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Yes, that's what I meant.
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Yes.
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signs of deception.
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It's the best question to ask in price.
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Okay.
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You've said that a man holding an umbrella gives you the ick.
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Is it unacceptable for men just to arrive at their destination soaked in water?
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Yes, that would be much hotter.
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Truthful.
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So you don't care if they catch pneumonia?
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A man cold?
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No. Also truthful. Is that true?
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Yes, it is true.
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It is true.
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Wow.
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Have I ever done anything to give you the...
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Yes.
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You remember what?
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When you walked into the ocean in Malta and the waves were crashing against you.
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Oh, actually, that's deceptive.
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Okay, okay.
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Apparently I did it.
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You liked it.
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It's like reverse Baywatch going into the water.
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It was more of a slow kind of paddle into the water and I just thought, ooh.
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But that's it.
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Well that's not what the lie detector test says.
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Apparently not, Hammond.
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Apparently not.
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I loved every second of it.
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Okay, you have a farm with 60 animals.
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Are you a good animal mother?
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Yes.
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Do you have favorites?
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Yes.
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Do you eat any animals that you also look after?
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Never.
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I don't mean the exact animals.
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I mean, would you raise a lamb, but then go and have a rack of lamb for dinner?
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There are certain animals I don't eat.
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- That wasn't the question.
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- So is it specifically a lamb?
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- Is there an animal that you rear that you would also eat at restaurant?
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- Some of my animals I wouldn't eat.
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I eat chicken.
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- You do have chicken?
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- I do have chickens.
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- So, okay, the answer's yes.
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- Yeah, but I wouldn't eat, like, sheep or horse.
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Do you know what I mean?
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Or a pony.
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- That is truthful.
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- Thank you.
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- I've attempted to push this, but I will.
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- Don't!
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- Survive life as a farmer?
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- Absolutely not.
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- No deception.
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- Going back to the pretentious.
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- Eagle -eyed fans noticed on the Enola Holmes 3 poster that you're wearing gel nails.
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Was that a character choice?
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Or did you just think they looked cute?
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- They looked cute.
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And it's my film.
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- Truthful.
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- Were they contemporary to the time?
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- I don't know.
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- Deception.
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- Yes, they were contemporary to the time.
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- Extreme deception.
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- We got to the bottom of it.
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- Can you ask if I give a ?
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- Do you give a ?
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- No. - Extreme truth.
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- Oh my gosh.
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- Thank you.
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- Okay, I'm starting to believe there's something here.
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- There is something here.
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- It's probably got the same veracity as star signs.
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- Yeah, maybe.
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- Maybe there's a bit of that going on.
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What am I saved as in your contacts?
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- Louis.
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- Just that?
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- Yeah.
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- Okay.
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In an emergency, how many people would you have to go through before you called me?
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- Thousands.
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- No signs of deception.
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- Okay.
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You once threatened to replace me with Timothee Chalamet on set, don't remember that.
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But how would you sort me out for Timothee Chalamet in "In Our Homes 4"?
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No?
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If he says, "Look, Milly, I love the franchise.
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I would really like to play this character." What do you say? For Tewkesbury. For Tewkesbury?
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To play my character?
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No. Deception.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I love you, Louis.
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No one else can play Tewkesbury.
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That's why I wanted to clarify.
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I genuinely disagree with you on that, Hammond.
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Okay.
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What is your favorite of my work?
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The Sex Pistols.
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Flatline.
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Good.
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Have you seen the Sex Pistols?
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I have.
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Hmm.
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I have.
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I watched it from top to bottom.
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Okay.
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Truthful.
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Excuse me.
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You don't tend to die, I think.
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I don't.
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Am I the best That's fine.
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That's...
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That's not performance based.
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That's honestly fine.
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Do you have any notes for me to improve as an actor and a co -star?
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Yes.
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Ha!
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Yeah.
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Are you a good mother?
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That's not the question.
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Are you gonna ask the question?
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Are you a good mother?
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Yes, I am a great mother.
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As someone who became a mother, wife and entrepreneur before the age of 22, do you feel that you can still relate to Taylor Swift's song "22"?
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Yes.
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Do you feel happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time?
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No. Deception.
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Apparently I do feel lonely.
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That's a note from the song apparently.
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Yeah.
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Your happy, freezing and lonely at the same time.
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I know.
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Yeah, I know that.
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Would you recommend other early 20 -somethings get married young?
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If they're in love and they've found their person.
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Truthful.
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Are you happy and you're married today?
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That was also not the question.
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I didn't need to answer.
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I did not go there with you, Pam.
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Yeah, yeah.
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There was a lot more to have at you.
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Yes, I am extremely happy in my marriage.
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I know, I know you are.
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Do you enjoy working with me?
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Yes, I do.
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Truthful.
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I've got one.
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Would you like to do another film with me?
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Yes.
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Also a truthful.
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Okay.
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You once said you leave reviews under a fake name So sometimes you have to give it back.
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That's a quote.
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Have you ever left a review commenting on one of my performances?
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No. What has been the spiciest reviews you've ever left?
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If somebody is being rude to me and I'm asking for their help in like a store or something.
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Would you name them?
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In the review?
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I do name people, yes.
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That's truthful.
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Okay.
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Strong.
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Stranger Things.
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Yeah.
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Some people, not me, some people have said that they're unsatisfied with Eleven's ending.
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Are you happy with how things wrapped up?
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Yes.
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If you could have chosen another character to die instead of Eleven, who would it have been?
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Let's go for Hopper.
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Truthful.
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Why is that?
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Because he's not gonna get annoyed at me about it Because David's gonna take it on the chin,
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so everyone else I Should live and and be happy you once said that our relationship involved into a deep friendship
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Do you think there's anything I could do to break it?
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Yes.
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Do you consider me one of your closest friends?
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Yes closer than this person?
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- No. - So truthful.
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- Closer than this next person.
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- The top hat of the Met Gala.
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- What do you think of my outfit?
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- I hate it.
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- Unbelievable.
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- I hated it when you showed me when we were on set.
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- Unbelievable.
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- You said I'm wearing this for the Met Gala, I said why?
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- Unbelievable, what would you change about it?
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- The hat and the weird kind of scarf you're wearing underneath.
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- No deception.
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Excuse me.
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- Okay, you're just straight up, huh?
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- I am, yeah, I've got nothing to hide.
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- Do you care about hurting my feelings?
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- Yes.
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- There's deception.
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Oh my goodness.
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- I really don't.
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- She's beating the game.
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She can't be beat.
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Okay, okay.
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Okay, thank you.
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Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test?
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- Yes.
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- That is truthful.
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Did you lie at any point in this lie detector test - Yes.
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- Also truthful.
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- She's dangerous.
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You're dangerous.
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- I know.
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- 'Cause you tell the truth, even when it's hard.
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- I believe my own lies.
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- And you believe your own lies.
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- I think that's what might make you a good actor.
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Having been opposite you as well, I think you can really just like, buy into something in a second and just run with it.
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- So I'm a psychopath.
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This video is perfect for intermediate English learners looking to boost their english speaking practice and conversational fluency. The casual, back-and-forth dialogue between Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge mirrors real-life interactions, making it ideal for practicing natural rhythm and response timing. If you’re working on understanding colloquial speech or want to try the shadowing technique (repeating lines aloud as you hear them), this is a great resource—its mix of humor, tension, and quick exchanges keeps you engaged while you learn.
Words & Idioms Worth Stealing
- Hot seat: A stressful situation. Example: "I’m not ready to be in the hot seat during the meeting."
- Sweat patches: Damp areas on clothing from nervousness or heat. Example: "He had sweat patches after running to catch the bus."
- Calibrate: To adjust a device for accuracy. Example: "The technician will calibrate the thermometer before using it."
- Slight deception: A small lie or untruth. Example: "The polygraph detected slight deception in his answer."
These phrases add color to everyday speech and are easy to incorporate into your own conversations.
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