Kim Roberts | From Theatre to Television: Kim Roberts' Path to Stardom

Speaker 1 What is Kim Roberts' because?

Speaker 2 Oh, golly, my because for being an actor is because it's just in me.

Speaker 2 You know, it's the kind of thing that when I have the opportunity to do the thing that I love to practice my craft, it's like breathing, right? It's a source of air that I can't get anywhere else.

Speaker 1 So for me, mentorship is wisdom, right? Like it's not experience, it's wisdom. It's like, hey, you should do this because it's a lesson learned from me, right?

Speaker 1 And I totally see you as being that mentor. And for you, it was probably a little bit harder starting out, right?

Speaker 2 Because I mean, I won't say that I didn't have guidance and wisdom. I did.
You know, there was a generation that came before me and they were, you know, knocking down those doors as well.

Speaker 2 So, luckily, I had a couple of mentors who shared their experience with me.

Speaker 1 Acting, directing, being involved in the arts has been a thing since you were a kid, right? So, when did you realize that that was something you actually wanted to do?

Speaker 2 I don't think I did, honestly. I think, I mean, it was something I did because I loved it.
I always joined the drama clubs. I always took part in school plays, whatever was going, right?

Speaker 2 Because I loved doing it.

Speaker 3 Welcome to Mick Unplugged, where we ignite potential and fuel purpose. Get ready for raw insights, bold moves, and game-changing conversations.
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Speaker 1 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged. And our guest today is a repeat, one of my friends.

Speaker 1 We're talking about a dynamic, multifaceted, trailblazing, and inspirational actress who has graced the screens with unforgettable roles

Speaker 1 in movies and films and theater and you name it. She's done it from voicing the beloved Mayor Goodway and Paul Patrol to delivering compelling roles in The Handmaid Tale and Shit's Creek.

Speaker 1 Get ready for an engaging conversation with the remarkable, the charismatic, the fearless, and the talented. Miss Kim Roberts.
Kim, how are you doing today, dear? I'm great.

Speaker 2 After an introduction like that, I mean, I just show up here every day, Mick.

Speaker 1 I'll have you every day, too.

Speaker 1 So, Kim, glad to have you back on the show. One of my favorite people on earth is Kim Roberts.
So, just honored to have you here.

Speaker 1 And I know you've had a busy theater season and we were just talking offline. And you were like, Mick, I'm ready for a break.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Everybody's like, what's next? I'm like, Club Bed.
Club Bed is next. Club Bed for like a month.

Speaker 1 Club bed.

Speaker 1 I love it. I love it.

Speaker 1 So Kim, again, for those that don't know your story and your journey, I always like to start with your because, that thing that motivates you, that keeps you focused on the prize at hand.

Speaker 1 And if we were to talk about today, what is Kim Roberts' because?

Speaker 2 Oh, golly. There are a few.
My because for being an actor is because it's just in me.

Speaker 2 You know, it's the kind of thing that when I have the opportunity to do the thing that I love to practice my craft, it's like breathing, right? It's a source of air that I can't get anywhere else.

Speaker 2 So that would be the because, but there are more becausees. It's also at this point in my career because

Speaker 2 I am laying track for those that are coming behind me. I feel like I've been doing that throughout my career.

Speaker 2 You know, they're doors that weren't open when I got into this business that now I see the next generation just flying through. They run in and they're like, yeah, we want this, we want that.

Speaker 2 I was just like, thank you. Thank you for letting me be here, you know, when it was my turn.
So it's really nice to see the progression.

Speaker 2 It's nice to see that the work you do opens the doors for others to follow.

Speaker 2 Working on this, the play that I I did this summer at Stratford, Get That Hope, I worked with two younger actors who are phenomenally gifted, Savion Roach and Celia Loma.

Speaker 2 And, you know, they came with such a level of respect for what Conrad Coates and I had already done in our careers, and they were just eager sponges. And I realized that I still have a lot to share.

Speaker 2 You know, there are things that I've learned throughout my career in terms of acting technique, in terms of the business itself, that really is valuable to the next generation.

Speaker 2 So there are many reasons to be doing this, and they're all really fulfilling.

Speaker 1 Yeah. And, you know, Kim, I love the fact that you are a trailblazer, right? And I wholeheartedly believe in mentorship.
And for me, mentorship is wisdom, right? Like it's not experience, it's wisdom.

Speaker 1 It's like, hey, you should do this because it's a lesson learned from me, right? And I totally see you as being that mentor. And for you, it was probably a little bit harder starting out, right?

Speaker 1 Because you crossed over and did things that most people, I'm being honest, that look like us don't get to do like voice, film, and theater. Like you are the OG.

Speaker 1 And I mean that lovingly, right? You are the OG of this. So, so how did Kim start her trailblazing career without the guidance, the wisdom that you're able to provide people today?

Speaker 2 Well, I mean, I won't say that I didn't have guidance and wisdom. I did.
You know, there was a generation that came before me and they were, you know, knocking down those doors as well.

Speaker 2 So luckily, I had a couple of mentors who shared their experience with me.

Speaker 2 And also, most of them were not of color, you know, because at that point in time, there weren't a lot of sisters doing what I'm doing, right?

Speaker 2 So I had had good teachers You know very good allies people who really just believed in my talent and wanted to see me succeed But also like I said, it's always been the thing that I love to do So, you know, I say this to anybody who's pursuing you know all the time They're like how do you make it as an actor?

Speaker 2 How do you keep I'm just like if it's in you It's in you.

Speaker 2 It's something you're gonna have to let out, you know, so just do your work be good at it, you know always be working always be training whether you're being paid or not you know I remember when we started out our friends used to get together actor friends and we'd do our own um scene study classes, you know, where we'd bring in scripts or pieces of work and we'd work with each other and then we'd critique each other as actors, you know.

Speaker 2 And you just kind of got to find it wherever you can. As a kid, you know, my cousins used to make us, not make us, but my cousin used to direct us in his performances at summer.

Speaker 2 So June, you know, school's out and be like, here's a raisin in the sun, learn it. We're doing it in September for the family.

Speaker 1 That was my family, right? So

Speaker 1 it was kind of like that.

Speaker 1 So acting, directing, being involved in the arts has been a thing since you were a kid, right? So when did you realize that that was something you actually wanted to do?

Speaker 2 I don't think I did, honestly. I think I really didn't.
I mean, it was something I did because I loved it. I always joined the drama clubs.

Speaker 2 I always took part in school plays, whatever was going, right? Because I loved doing it.

Speaker 2 But when I went to school, I, you know, I come from a West Indian Caribbean household, first generation Canadian. So, you know, as far as my mother was concerned, I had to be a lawyer or a doctor.

Speaker 2 Those are the options. You know, and when I was 12, I decided it would be doctor and then i reached my mid-teens i was like i don't like blood so much so maybe we'll do lawyer um

Speaker 1 you know

Speaker 2 and uh and so i went to university i went to the university of western ontario which is now just western and i majored in political poli-sci political politics and i minored in philosophy which i actually adored like if there was a career in philosophy that would be another choice and you know the thing about it was at that time you know in hindsight now i can see some of the reasons why but at that time i just thought i was a bad kid because i didn't like to go to school um i I wouldn't wake up in the morning.

Speaker 2 You know, I kind of make my midday classes. Maybe I played a lot of backgammon with my roommates till like 4 a.m.
and then was too tired for class. But, you know, it's interesting.

Speaker 2 A group of us who were kids of color at Western, now, you know, many years later, kind of formed an association called BAWA, which is Black at Western, to help out students with bursaries and support.

Speaker 2 And in talking to each other, I realized that I wasn't alone. We were all feeling really isolated by being just like, you know, one kid of color in your whole class, right?

Speaker 2 Like there are maybe three to 400 black kids on campus out of many thousands.

Speaker 2 And you talk about that first-year experience, Frost Week, and all of that bonding, but I didn't really get invited to a lot of those things, right?

Speaker 2 And what happened is you had the Caribbean Students Organization, which formed its own kind of nucleus, and we'd have parties and events and cook, and it became a family.

Speaker 2 We became a family to this day. They're still my family.
You know, I'm anti-to-everybody's kids, and vice versa. And it's strong and it's beautiful.

Speaker 2 But in talking to each other, we realized how isolated each of us felt in our experience there. So, what happened is I needed extra credits because I was skipping a lot of classes.

Speaker 2 I took a theater course when I came back to Toronto at York University, and it was, it was, it would have given me an English credit, so that's why I took it and I love theater, but it was taught by the chair of the theater department, Ron Singer, and he does that, did it as a labor of love every summer.

Speaker 2 And at the end of the course, you get an evaluation and he sat me down. He said, I think you could really do this for a living.
Would you like to come to York and be a part of our second year stream?

Speaker 2 of theater students. And I mean, that was a huge honor that I didn't even comprehend.
You know, in first year, they led in 1,500 theater students and second year goes down to 200.

Speaker 2 And so he was just like giving me a fast pass. I was like, thank you so much, but I've got a great schedule next year.
I've got no classes before 10, no classes after three, Fridays off.

Speaker 2 So I think I'm going to go back. You know, I got a really good apartment.
So I just like. my life that was happening in London.

Speaker 2 So I went back again, didn't go to classes very much, but had a great year of life with my roommates. And then at the end of that year, I decided to come to York, asked him if I could come now.

Speaker 2 He's like, I'm gone. I'm on sabbatical, you know, pass you over to the next administration.

Speaker 2 And and uh they were like we don't know you but you know based on this recommendation we can put you in it first year you'll probably be really bored but if you'd like to come so i did you know just to not be killed by my mom and again didn't go to class very much but got some valuable experience they threw me out on side jobs that people would call the university looking for students for and then two years later somebody i had been in that class with diane roberts was stage managing a show for a professional theater company and she called and she said i'd like you to come audition for this and i said well, no, I'm finishing my degree.

Speaker 2 I finally, like, you know, I got three, three, you know, three months left to finish this degree. I'm just going to do it.
And she said, why don't you do it for the experience?

Speaker 2 And it was with a company of sirens. And Audrey Zina Mandiella was directing.
And they had canceled the auditions, but she was there just in case I showed up because they couldn't get me.

Speaker 2 And I showed up and her daughter was with her. And her daughter climbed in my lap, started playing with my hair.
And she was kind of astounded.

Speaker 2 And she was like, as we talked, she says, well, why don't you just do your piece? And so I did the piece. She said, can you sing? And I said, yeah.
And I sang. She said, can you start Wednesday?

Speaker 2 And that's how my career started. I thank Jijube Mandiela for climbing in my lap.

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Speaker 1 One, for the kids listening, Kim says she didn't go to class all the time, right? Like, still go to class.

Speaker 1 Two, what was Diane's last name?

Speaker 2 Diane Roberts, same as mine, no relation.

Speaker 1 Yeah, there was a little nepotism going on. That's all I'm saying.
No, there's no relation. There's no nepotism

Speaker 1 in how you got that role, but it's okay. It's okay.

Speaker 2 No relation, I promise.

Speaker 1 So that's how it started. And you've portrayed a wide array of characters across different genres.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 1 How do you approach bringing authenticity to such diverse roles? How do you bring Kim into your roles?

Speaker 2 Well, there are various schools of acting, right? There's the Miser technique. There's a, you know, I can't even remember half of them, but every, but there are all these techniques out there.

Speaker 2 I personally have always been the kind of actor who's just very much, you know, the character grows from me, right? So it's like some people want to put on a character and build certain things.

Speaker 2 For me, the truth comes from what parts of me relate to this character. Where can I see myself or people I know reflected in this character? And I believe in truth, right?

Speaker 2 You have to really start from a place of truth. Something that I find very amusing is people always say, well, how do I know you're not acting right now? You know, how do I know you're

Speaker 2 like, if I was A, you're not paying me, but B,

Speaker 1 you know, really brutal, brutal.

Speaker 2 It's my job.

Speaker 2 But B, it's like, to be an actor, you really have to embrace the truth. You have to embrace the truth in yourself, the truth in humanity.
You have to see it. You have to observe it.

Speaker 2 You have to understand it because that way you play it without judgment.

Speaker 2 Whether you're playing a good guy, a bad guy, whatever kind of character you're playing, you have to understand the truth of that person, what they believe, what they feel, what motivates them, why they think they're right.

Speaker 2 And so, yeah, so, I mean, that's kind of the work of an actor. And so I look for those things within myself.
I look for what parts of me resonate with that character.

Speaker 2 And if I personally don't have much experience, I look for who in my life might, you know, I can I reflect upon that that is like that person or, you know, who can I associate with that character that makes, gives me an end, gives me some understanding to how that person thinks, you know, and then you just come from a place of truth and it just kind of grows.

Speaker 1 And when we were on last time, I told you how my nieces and nephews, right, when i told them that hey i'm interviewing mayor goodway right from paw patrol they were going to be amazing and i promise you it was and they still don't believe me right they still don't believe me they're like that doesn't sound like mayor goodway i'm like just trust me it is oh tell them chicoch is in the throat she's right over there

Speaker 1 exactly so how do you prepare for voice acting compared to like on screen or live with theater like because it's got to be a little different right like you don't get the energy from the person you're working with and and all that.

Speaker 1 So how do you do that?

Speaker 2 Well, it's

Speaker 2 kind of its own, it's its own thing, right? Because you're in the studio. It's you in a booth with producers and a director on the other side of that glass, right?

Speaker 2 They're just telling you what it is they want, but you get to go crazy. You get to be very free in the booth and create, you know, that character.

Speaker 2 So in terms of like Mayor Goodway, for instance, I'll go in. I've got the script.
I've read the script. I know what's going on.
But I'm really just reciting Mayor Goodway's lines.

Speaker 2 Nobody's really reciting lines against me. Sometimes the director will feed you back and forth, but I get to just have fun, you know, and paint the words with my voice.

Speaker 2 And there's a real freedom in voice work because you're not really tied to anything but expressing what's on the page. You know, you don't have to worry about how you look.

Speaker 2 It's not about makeup or hair or wardrobe. It's not about hitting your mark and being here under this light and the right spot, right?

Speaker 2 You know, it's just about freeing yourself up and delving into that character. So it's, it's, it's a lot of fun, actually.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 1 So a very smart and talented human being, and I won't say his name out loud because he'll yell at me.

Speaker 1 But he told me, Mick, the best entertainers in the world are theatric actors

Speaker 1 because you've got to be funny. So you got to be a comedian.
You've got to be able to sing and you've got to be able to draw the interest and energy from the audience that's there.

Speaker 1 You're doing the same thing sometimes multiple times a day and you've got to bring the same energy.

Speaker 1 Sometimes you change it up based on what didn't work before, and your castmates have to be able to go with you, and you have to be able to go with your castmates.

Speaker 1 What does Kim think about that statement?

Speaker 2 I think there's a lot of truth to it.

Speaker 2 The one thing that I think I would add to it is that when you're performing in theater, when you're on stage, performing before a live audience, there's an element to that that is so exceptionally beautiful that charges an actor, and that's the audience.

Speaker 2 When you're in the studio doing voice work, it's you, right? Just you. When you're on set, it's you and the crew and the fellow actors and the director, but you don't have that feedback.

Speaker 2 When you're on stage, you hear them, you feel them, you see them. They're right in front of you.
So they actually do become a part of the work. They inform the work.

Speaker 2 You know, different audiences, you know, our director would say this all summer long. He's like, you know, you run the show.
We charge the show. We're setting the pace.

Speaker 2 So you don't let them slow you down or speed you up. You do your show.
But at the same time, the reactions you're getting totally inform how you feel.

Speaker 2 There were shows that were so meaningful because the audience was so with us.

Speaker 2 You know, you'd hear every gasp, you'd feel them crying, you'd hear them laughing, you know, and some audiences, it couldn't even get through.

Speaker 2 The show took twice as long because they'd laugh at so many things. They'd get everything.
And when you've got that kind of exchange, it's so exhilarating. It's exhilarating.

Speaker 2 It's like you're really in tandem doing this thing. You know that you're providing an experience and that people are with you and they're feeling it.
And it's a really wonderful feeling.

Speaker 2 It's quite exceptional, actually. And so it just, yeah, I think it makes the performances fly.

Speaker 2 It It makes you even more ever-present and grounded and in the moment because something very live is happening, something that can't be repeated ever again. You know, today's show is today's show.

Speaker 2 And so, yeah, and every show is like that, right? And there'll be some shows where you're like, is there anybody up there?

Speaker 1 You know, it's very quiet.

Speaker 2 But, you know, that's when you draw your resources and you really have to bring it and you have to actually step it up a little bit to make sure that you stay on and that you still give them the experience.

Speaker 2 And then you'll find out that they, they were just as moved. It's just, it's a different kind of response that you get.

Speaker 1 I love it. I want to go back to something that you talked about in the very beginning.
So you're first generation Canadian, right? Parents, Caribbean, West Indies, Jamaica, all that, right?

Speaker 1 Canada is not the Caribbean, right?

Speaker 2 Not even on a best day.

Speaker 1 So talk to me about culture for Kim growing up. Like you've got parents that obviously aren't from Canada, right? But Kim is in Canada.

Speaker 1 And for people that don't understand, like, I don't want to say displacement because it's not displacement, but when you've got culture in one place, but home in another place, it can be a little confusing for a child.

Speaker 1 So, I'd love for you to talk through, like, what was that like for you growing up and then establishing your own culture within a culture?

Speaker 2 So many things. You know, interestingly enough, I didn't know you could swim in Canada until I was a teenager

Speaker 1 because

Speaker 2 I didn't know. We would go, you know, summer, we'd go back to the Caribbean, we'd go to Jamaica on a summer vacation or we'd go to Dominica where my mother's from.

Speaker 2 And we'd swim in the ocean, you know, and when we were here, my mother didn't do beaches in North America, so I did not even realize.

Speaker 2 I think it might have been a trip to New York where we visited family and friends. Then we went, you know, they took us to the coast and I swam in the Atlantic Ocean.
I was like, what?

Speaker 2 You guys have an ocean? I'm like,

Speaker 2 you have an ocean too.

Speaker 1 It's, it's like, oh, it's off the coast. I was like, okay.

Speaker 2 You know, so there's that. I grew up in a very Italian working class neighborhood.
And at the time I was growing up, you know, racism was still a thing.

Speaker 2 Not that it's not still a thing, but it was a thing. You know, the civil rights movement, it just kind of happened and things were switching.

Speaker 2 And, you know, I was the neighbor, I say specifically Italian working class because it was.

Speaker 2 you know, very particular culture. There were two parent families everywhere.
There was no divorce. There was no separation.
My parents, you know, split when I was seven.

Speaker 2 My dad was kind of back and forth, but it was like ambiguous as to what was going on in their marriage. And I, you know, I was just like, he's away on business.
And like, he's been away a long time.

Speaker 2 And then, you know, growing up, because I was one of the only black kids, if not the only, yeah, I was one of the only ones.

Speaker 2 There was, you know, we had friends down the street who were also black family.

Speaker 2 And what's interesting is that the girl who's closest to my age, she used to pick on me and fight with me at school to disassociate herself from me, you know, as opposed to where we should could have maybe been allies and helped each other.

Speaker 2 Anything brown was a bad word. I remember being, you know, on the playground, you know, chocolate milk or cacamerde or whatever was a bad word thrown in my direction.

Speaker 2 There were times I didn't think I'd I'd make it home from school alive. And it's just, it was, it was tough.
It was really tough. There was a lot of bullying.
There was a lot of name calling.

Speaker 2 The boy I liked told me he couldn't date me because I was black. This is in grade like six.
He's like, no, my dad would kill you, kill me.

Speaker 1 I couldn't take you to the dance.

Speaker 2 No, you know, so I grew up in a really kind of strange reality. But then on the other side, we had, thankfully, a really strong Caribbean circle of family and friends.

Speaker 2 And my parents stayed, my mom stayed very connected, you know, and made sure that we were you know holidays and just weekends we'd hang out with our cousins whatever so I had on this other side a real validation of who I was and a real love for Caribbean culture so I think that helped me maintain a sense of self even though I was being beaten down on at times it was this real dichotomy growing up and um but then you know you joined the larger world and as I said I got to university and there are all these you know first generation Caribbean kids there as well and even though we weren't part of the fabric of the school at that time we formed our own quilt and it was so strong and so beautiful We had the best parties.

Speaker 2 Kids would come from schools all across the country to be at our, you know, cultural show events and parties and whatnot. And we formed bonds that were lifelong and that were so strong.

Speaker 2 So, you know, was that that quote about something making diamonds, polishing stone? You know, sometimes it's the hardship that really makes you forces you to either shine or bend.

Speaker 2 And, you know, I think hopefully I came out the right end.

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Speaker 1 There you go. Good stuff.

Speaker 1 So did you have jerk chicken in Canada? Oh, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 All the food is here. There's all the good West Indian food you can get here.
Jerk chicken and curry chicken.

Speaker 2 And I mean, my mom is from Dominico, which is a Creole island between Guadeloupe and Martinique. And so the food from there is also really good.

Speaker 2 It's like French influence, but it's Caribbean with African roots and just lots of good eats.

Speaker 1 You got me hungry now, Kim.

Speaker 1 I'm not on a diet, but you got me hungry. That's all good.

Speaker 2 You're going to be doing some Uber eats looking for your Aki and saltfish after we get off here.

Speaker 1 I'm telling you. I'm telling you.
So, so we talked about theatric roles. We talked about voiceover.
Now let's talk about on screen.

Speaker 1 And, you know, I'm always going to go each time we talk, I talk to you about Shit's Creek, right? Like one of, it's just one of those classics.

Speaker 1 Like it's one of those shows that's going to go down in history, right? Like just classic.

Speaker 1 You know, so dynamic, so diverse from the crew.

Speaker 1 So Kim, walk us through auditioning for that role or hearing about the role, auditioning for the role, getting the role, and then what is it like working with that talented group?

Speaker 2 Well, it was such an innocuous thing. You know, it was at the time, nobody knew it was going to be the show that it became.

Speaker 1 Right.

Speaker 2 And I just, you know, I had an audition like any other, went into the casting suite. It was just the casting director and myself and the reader.
You know, I did the scene.

Speaker 2 I think one, there's only one scene for the audition, or maybe, yeah, I think there was only the one scene, the

Speaker 2 one with

Speaker 2 Johnny Rose, not even the one with Roland.

Speaker 2 So I read the scene as a bureaucrat kind of thing. And the casting director said, thank you.
That was great. And I went home, you know, then I hear I booked it.
Fine.

Speaker 2 And we're shooting, you know, up north in Cottage Country. So they kind of pick you up and you trek up there.
And,

Speaker 2 you know, at the time, it was just, it was just a show. But I do remember.
halfway through taping, you know, I'm there with Eugene Levy, who's comic genius.

Speaker 2 And then, you know, Chris is absolutely phenomenal, who plays Roland. And so I'd done my scene with Eugene and that was a lot of fun.
It was just so lovely to ping pong and back and forth.

Speaker 2 And then we shot to the second scene when Roland comes in. And I remember at one point, A, first of all, like, you know, we just kind of, we had never met each other before.

Speaker 2 We had never, we hadn't even rehearsed the scene. You know, we did kind of, one kind of blocking and immediately like.
we just had that chemistry and the fun and the play was there.

Speaker 2 And so it was, it was a no, it was just a no-brainer. It was just an easy scene to shoot.
We just played.

Speaker 2 We we had fun and then I remember when I go back around the desk and and the two of them are sparring I'm looking at Chris Elliott and I'm looking at Eugene Levy and I'm like this is comedic genius in front of you right now.

Speaker 2 You need to really just appreciate this moment, you know?

Speaker 2 And so I really I did have a I did have a fangirl moment while being in the scene being like, yeah, this is, you know, you're playing with the really good, really good talent here.

Speaker 2 And so that was fun. But, you know, I just, I really enjoyed myself doing that, doing that show, doing that.
You know, we shot the scenes in a day.

Speaker 2 And like I said, Chris elliot was just you know it was a joy we just like it was yeah it was very easy very natural and lo and behold the show became what it became you know nobody could have predicted or even hoped for how big it's become and it's lovely to feel that i've been a part of something that will be iconic you know that'll be one of those shows that gets talked about like when i was young we had ours you know so yeah you get a nice royalty check oh this is what you don't know about being canadian our royalty checks will buy you that jerk chicken maybe that you're talking about

Speaker 2 that's about it we don't get paid paid like y'all do down south. It's a whole different system, which is another topic for another day, maybe.
But yeah, no, our royalty checks are horrible.

Speaker 2 Our deal is not good at all. We get our rights get bought out for about four years.
And so you don't see anything more. You maybe get like an extra fee on your fee,

Speaker 2 but it's not like in the States, whereas you'll get your full fee once it airs and then you get royalty checks equivalent to that or even higher. No, we get like $17.50 checks.

Speaker 1 Wow. So essentially, you just get to put it on your resume is what you're saying.
Pretty much.

Speaker 1 Pretty much. Oh, man.
That is awesome. Kim,

Speaker 1 a couple of questions. I want to go rapid fire with Kim if you're good with that.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 All right. First question.
What's your most favorite role that you've ever been in?

Speaker 2 Rap, dude.

Speaker 2 It's usually the last one. So Margaret White from Get That Hope that I just played at the Stratford Festival this summer is currently my favorite character.

Speaker 1 Yeah. Okay.
All right. What's the role that you didn't get that you wish you could go back and get?

Speaker 2 See, you're supposed to you forget, you go in the room and you forget about it, so I can't even remember what role I might have wanted.

Speaker 1 That's fair, yeah. I don't want you to think about it.
Let's not go.

Speaker 2 Okay, honestly, no idea.

Speaker 1 All right, so Auntie Kim's favorite meal that you cook.

Speaker 1 I'm a good cook.

Speaker 2 There are a few.

Speaker 1 These are tough questions.

Speaker 2 My favorite meal that I cook. Dude, i don't know um i mean i roast a good chicken i make a great curry uh maybe my curry chicken and yeah curry chicken okay i'll be over at seven

Speaker 1 cool i like that cool what's some advice you have for the upcoming actor actress of how to have longevity in the entertainment business Oh, that's, you just have to stick with it, I think.

Speaker 2 That's the word on the street. It's like you just do something long enough.

Speaker 2 Don't give up. And, you know, eventually, hopefully, you're, you know, you'll have longevity.

Speaker 1 That's all I can give you. No, that's the same thing I tell people in business.
Just keep going.

Speaker 1 Life is going to get hard. If it were easy, there'd be a lot of billionaires walking around.
I promise.

Speaker 2 So true. So true.
Right.

Speaker 1 But those that you see successful, it's just, they just kept going.

Speaker 1 I promise you. They just kept going.
All right. So what do you have upcoming?

Speaker 2 Well, I'm currently in a film called All the Lost Ones. It's in select theaters here in Canada right now.

Speaker 2 It's at the, Imagine Carlton Cinemas in Toronto, but it's going to be debuting on Paramount Plus December 13th. So you can check that out called All the Lost Ones.

Speaker 2 I'm on Paw Patrol as Mayor Good Way, as always. And that's so much fun.
What else? I mean, I think there's a lot of my old Christmas movies popping up around this time of year.

Speaker 2 So I've been getting all these texts. We saw you in a Christmas movie.
Saw you in this. So, you know, Christmas Dance Reunion is out right now.

Speaker 2 There are a few of them out there, so yeah, just keep your eyes peeled.

Speaker 1 They are. So, ironically, Thanksgiving weekend, right, just happened.
I had about 25 people over at the house, and

Speaker 1 my family, I got to fanboy over Kim. I was like, that's Kim.
I know Kim.

Speaker 1 So, that was kind of cool. That's right.
That's awesome. Was it one of the Christmas movies?

Speaker 2 It was.

Speaker 1 Nice, nice. Absolutely.

Speaker 2 I'm glad I could have joined you.

Speaker 1 It was my turkey plate?

Speaker 1 Absolutely. So all you had to do was bring the curry chicken and Thanksgiving would have been complete.

Speaker 2 I'm like, where's my turkey plate? Since I was a part of the family gathering, I'm expecting a little package. I got you covered.

Speaker 1 Okay. I got you covered.
Because I did the turkey. So there we go.
You did.

Speaker 2 It was good.

Speaker 1 It was.

Speaker 1 There's no more.

Speaker 1 And it didn't get thrown away. Well, that's a testament.
I'm sure it was great.

Speaker 1 That's all we can say. So that is awesome.
So December 13th, which is literally right around the corner. It is.
You've got something coming out.

Speaker 1 Anything else you want the world to know about Miss Kim Roberts?

Speaker 2 Just, I love you guys. Thank you for, you know, following my career and,

Speaker 2 you know, being there. I'm, yeah, just happen to be a part of this industry and get getting to do the thing that I love to do.

Speaker 1 I love it. And just so you know, so the listeners and viewers know, like been a big fan of Kim.
I like to say we're almost like friends and family now.

Speaker 1 Like we, we talk to each other on Instagram a lot. One of the best follows you can have on Instagram is Kim Roberts.
Like just

Speaker 1 amazing human being. And all of you know, I just love humans that are good humans.
And Kim is at the very top of that list. So Kim, I just wanted you to know that.

Speaker 1 I wanted to tell you that and not message you that.

Speaker 2 Thank you, Mick. That's very kind.
I feel the same way about you. You're just amazing.
I love getting to sit down and talk with you any, any, and every time.

Speaker 1 There we go. Well, we'll make this a regular thing.
How about that?

Speaker 1 When you come back from Jamaica, I know you're going on vacation.

Speaker 2 I am. I'm going to get a little sun, a little rum, a little family time.
It'll be good.

Speaker 1 All right. Well, I want you to bring me something back.
Any of the rum, the curry chicken, the rum, the rum, like whatever you want to bring back, rum. Like, you just let me know.

Speaker 2 I will. I'm actually on a hunt.
Ray and nephew has been unavailable for almost a year, and that is my rum. I mean, you can't be at Jamaican without a bottle bottle in your house.

Speaker 2 So, I'm going, I'm going looking for it. So, yeah, there you go.
I find it. I got you.

Speaker 1 I appreciate you. Well, Kim, again, thank you for your time.
Thank you for just being you and always being available to me.

Speaker 2 I appreciate you, dear. Oh, it's a pleasure, Mick.
Thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 You got it. And for all the listeners and viewers, remember, you're because is your superpower.
Go unleash it.

Speaker 3 Thank you for tuning in to Mick Unplug. Keep pushing your limits, embracing your purpose, and chasing greatness.
Until next time, stay unstoppable.