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“The first trip I remember taking as a child was to Orlando, Florida,” says “The Baker and the Beauty” actress Lisa Vidal. “My aunt took me to Disney World when I was about eight years old and I had a blast. I loved all the activities and the sunshine in the palm trees.”
The Claudettes’ Johnny Iguana says he will always try to speak Spanish when he can to natives: “I almost always have to say, “Mas despacio, por favor,” as the answers come flying back too fast for my brain to apprehend.”
“Recent trips to Japan and Buenos Aires both changed the way I’d imagined the plot and setting and sent me in entirely new directions in the books,” says “Stone Cross (An Arliss Cutter Novel)” author Marc Cameron.
“I was a massive Sci-Fi nerd as a kid and used to love “The X-Files,” says Jack Osbourne. “It was that show that got me into (the supernatural). I wanted to investigate like Fox Mulder.”
“I’ve always loved Japan,” says “Council of Dads” actress Sarah Wayne Callies. “It’s ancient and modern at the same time, from the food, to the clothes, to the architecture. I stayed in a ryokan that had been in the same family for 16 generations and ate kaiseki dinner every night.”
“The Rise Festival in the Mojave Desert was one of the most magical experiences of my life,” says “Little Fires Everywhere” actress Jade Pettyjohn. “I went with a couple of my closest friends and we wrote our hopes, wishes and dreams on paper lanterns, ignited them and listened to the sweet sounds of RY X’s performance.”
“I speak Arabic and Hebrew, they’re my main languages,” says Nuseir Yassin. “English was my third language and is my foreign language. I don’t think I pick up new languages too easily. I trained for over 10 years by speaking English repeatedly to myself, just to make sure that I didn’t have an accent.”
“Anytime you hear the finished version of a song, it’s exciting,” says Ellis Miah, who co-wrote a song with BTS. “I think in any language, all the creators feel something special when they hear it. A song is more than lyrics. It’s melody and it’s emotion. While I don’t understand Korean, there is no mistaking the depth that V puts into this song.”
Sweet Lizzy Project vocalist and songwriter Lisset Diaz discussed how touring has given her the opportunity to see the world. “I am always on the road with the band, which is really cool,” says Diaz. “I get to know a lot of different places.”
“From the age of 12, I was on tour all across North America in a 35-foot motor home with my family’s band The Neilsons,” says Tami Neilson, “I met and married a Kiwi and moved across the world to New Zealand 15 years ago. I am lucky enough to be a dual citizen of both countries.”