Guest Actress Erica Hubbard!
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This is a German show on WBCAA, one on 2.9 FM Boston's local community radio station. I'm a host, Jai Banan. And I guess today it's one of our actors, Alka Hubbard. How are you? - I'm good, I'm good. Thank you for having me on your show today. And I'm happy to talk with you about entertainment. - Tell me what you can start in the entertainment field as an actress. - I got started in the entertainment field as an actress. Well, first I was a model. I used to be with Ford models. I was the Noxzema girl, the first African-American woman that was the Noxzema girl. And then I actually ended up being the clean and clear girl as well, back to back. So I started at Ford models and then my agent came to me and she said, Erica, you're like booking a lot of modeling gigs but people are saying they like your personality. And I'm like, oh, thank you, that's cool, great. And she's like, no, no, no. My point is that I think you should do television and film and commercials and then voiceovers. And so then I was like, huh? And then I kind of went into doing that at the age of eight. And nine, I found myself doing theater. So I went right into that too. So that's how I started at the age of eight, being a Ford model and then going into television and film commercials, voiceovers and stage. - Now, my first show is when Lincoln Heights. - Oh, thank you. Okay, Lincoln, I'll shout out to everybody still watching Lincoln Heights on Hulu. Thank you. - So what was like, like to work on that show? - Working on Lincoln Heights was a dream come true. And people who watch it can see the passion that was involved in it. It was passion all around, not just with the actors and actresses, but also with the grips and the gaffers and the camera and the everything was top-notch, the directors, the writers, Kathleen McGi Anderson, Kevin Hooks. They really put, constructed a well-thought-out, classic, classic television family drama. And I was just happy to be a part of it because actually, before I got the job, 'cause I've been to theater, I saw Russell Horns be on stage and was in awe of his work. And I was like, lo and behold, I didn't know I was gonna work with him for four years, but I saw him doing theater first. And I was just mesmerized by his talent. And Nikki Michelle, I had saw her work too. She was on the Showtime series. So I was watching her and I got to work with them. And it was just like, wow. Then Chad Nicole's been resting piece, came in. And genius, genius, just, his passion for the arts was just the perp. He lived and breathed entertainment and cared about his care to work. And so being under that guidance, working with those, my colleagues, I learned how to find the moments, the beats, work, the scenes, learned about everything it takes to make a great scene. That which in turns makes a great television show, so. - Yeah. Do you still talk to the cast of Nikki Hanks? - Yes, yes. I keep in contact with Nikki Michelle, who is doing marvelous right now. Amazing work still, I'm in awe of her talent too. And my Sean and Robert, he just posted something about Lincoln Heights other day and got a lot of people on his Instagram page, commenting how they love the show and they're gonna re-watch it on Hulu. So that was cool. And then people are saying, you guys need to reboot it and bring it back, you know? So hopefully that's in the works. - Okay. Now, out of all your shows we worked on, what is your favorite show? - My favorite, I can't say I have a favorite 'cause I'm a character actress who happens to be a leading lady. I know that's a lot 'cause I'm putting two fields all in one. Most of which is do either that character or that, but now they combine it. So me playing different characters, can I tell you my favorite character I'd like to play? - Yeah. - So I did an episode of CSI Miami and I played this party girl, that was fun. But then I played a bitsy girl on Everybody Haze Chris, who was like delusional, so that was fun. And then I played on Colcase, a perturbed character who was really couldn't figure out life and kind of just was free-flowing. So I like that. So I mean, I like different stories to bring the character to life per se than my favorite show. - Okay. I thought you said that you was at Columbia College. What made you choose that college? - And what was the major, what was the major there? - Whoa, so make a long story short. I am an athlete, a lot of people don't know that. I did track and field all throughout high school and I ended up being a scholarship. You know, I was good with the 200 and then I'm a high jumper too. So I thought I was gonna go to college to, you know, with a scholarship. And I was offered a scholarship and my parents made me turn it down. They're like, no, we don't want you to be an athlete. I'm like, what? They're giving me a scholarship. You know, like, why don't I have to pay loans? And they're like, no, you're gonna go to Columbia College. I was like, what's Columbia? They was like, arts and that's like, what? So I said, wait, wait, wait, wait. I've been doing this since I was eight and by that time I'm 18, why would I go to school for something that I've already got experience in? They're like, 'cause it's gonna excel you. And it really did excel me. I'm so glad I went to Columbia College 'cause I'm minored in theater, I learned a lot. They're working with people from Stepping Wolf, Looking Glass, Improv Olympic, Groundlings, Second City, the Goodman Theater, all our professors came from top-notch theater companies and it helped excel. It did help excel my career. So I'm minored in theater, but my major was journalism. So I'm, I really can be a private eye investigator. - Yeah, yeah. I'm really good at researching research and stuff. I will research and by the time I figure you out, I know everything about your history 'cause we really, they have a good journalism program. So we were under the guidance of people who were actually private eyes and detectives and stuff. And then also they had a program where we would help solve cases for people who were serving life sentences and how to get them off. So my major was journalism, my minor was theater. We met the college, our community college, our boss and got my socially being in liberal arts. - Oh yeah, okay. Okay, liberal arts, yeah. That's what coming to college is liberal arts, yep. - Can you talk about a little bit about what the outcome of a foundation? - Sure. - So while I was filming Lincoln Heights, I, we got phone calls on set to visit the youth in impoverished communities. So I got, we have a lot of phone calls from nonprofits and across the world, across everywhere, the globe. And I would travel on my days off on the weekends and I find myself in Tennessee or Detroit or Georgia talking to youth about how to think beyond your situation, which is most definitely needed. They needed mentoring. There's a lot of kids were in at-risk communities or underserved areas and they didn't see a way out. They didn't think like, you know, they thought this is it. And so I was trying to explain to them, which I did a good job this, I'm an example of a child coming from the South Side of Chicago from my at-risk community that if I made it out and accomplished something, you can do the same, you know? So, you know, I meant toward the kids and by the time I finished doing like maybe two or three of those, I kept getting more and more phone calls. Word started traveling and boys and girls club, I ended up speaking at a conference for them and read across America. I started reading books and talking about literacy, which I am a children's book author as well. So I believe in literacy. And I decided at one point, wow, I'm doing so much of this. I need to create my own nonprofit and, you know, carry on helping to serve communities that are at-risk. So I created the Erica Hubbard Foundation. And so, you know, if anybody goes to the Instagram page, the underscore Erica, underscore Hubbard, underscore foundation or the ericubberfoundation.com, you'll see that I travel around to mentor students who deal with self-awareness concerns, bullying issues, and help boost their self-esteem 'cause you are what you think literally. You are, you can think yourself into success or you can think yourself out of success. So I literally love doing that and inspiring, uplifting, motivating, you know, the youth. And also, I give away scholarships, which is important too, 'cause, you know, higher education is important. - Is anybody, I mean, at five-plus plus, she's going to be doing florida. - Oh, you know, yeah, you know, people email me and they tell me, you know, they're GPA, what school they're going to, what their major is and there's an essay you write about how you think you can change the world through your major. And that's how we give away this scholarship. - Please, we're giving away our fourth scholarship. - I know you look on a phone call, my perfect wedding and is that coming up anytime soon? - Yes, my perfect wedding is actually out now streaming on BET Plus. Thank you for everyone who's watched it and supported it. I appreciate it. I appreciate everybody who supports my work. That's what I love to do is I love to inspire and entertain. So if I'm not working with my family, my nonprofit, I'm on set somewhere and trying to give people good entertainment. So my perfect wedding is about a lady looking for love and she looks for love sometimes in the wrong places. So she's trying to figure out exactly how to look for love in the right place and what do you need from a person to reciprocate that love so it can grow and it can flourish and you live happily ever after. So it was a near and dear project to me because I hold it dear to me because, you know, I was recently divorced and I was like, okay, I gotta get this thing right. So kind of I was, you know, I just identified with the character, you know, her choices. So when I got the material, I was like, wow. The choice, the initial choice she made first, I felt like I made that initial choice and trying to find a relationship. But then the second time she got it right. So my perfect wedding is streaming on BET Plus and it's a good love, wrong, wrong, wrong, calm story. Okay. And how about the vampire household cane? And look, is that coming out too? Yeah, I'm excited about that one. That's going to have a whole release. How we put the poster out, the artwork out just so people can get excited about it. So when I got the material, the story for that, I said, I'm doing this. I'm doing this because really, bye bye, you know, if you don't see it come across the death too much, you know, such a good story like that. I mean, the last one I thought about was Angela Bassett who played a vampire in Brooklyn. Yeah. And I was like, okay, you know, I want to follow her footsteps and play a vampire too. So I was excited that that role was offered to me and it's coming out, it's coming out this year. And also I have a bye movie coming out, which I'm happy about because I got to do all my own stunts. Awesome. Which is a lot of hard work. But yeah, there was a lot of combos and kicking and jamming and a lot of boxing. So I'm excited about that, it's an action pack. A spy who killed me, it's an action pack. So my goal is so nobody gets, you know, bored by my performances. I like to do different types of genres, you know? So I'm the actress, you'll see me in a spy film, you'll see me in a spy fight comedy, then I'll turn around. I got a drama coming out too by flipping. I got policies and procedures. So that's coming out too, which is that's about neglect. Child neglect and it's a deep story. So, but I was happy to direct the film starring Trey Chaney and Audrey Fafar. So they did a phenomenal job. I wrote it, directed and produced it. And I'm excited for people to see that when it comes out. This is wonderful to hear. Thank you. So what if I could give actors the one I'll be, what advice can you give us? - What advice can I give actors and actresses? Thespians is to create and creating doesn't necessarily have to mean you get, when you get the job. When you're, some people say, oh, it's self-taping, you're creating and then you are, but you want to keep it going. So in theater school, how do you keep it going? You, we replace, we replace all the time and memorize monologues and perform them. Whether you're performing them to a crowd or if you're performing them, like solo on your video camera and posting it. So just keep creating, whether it's writing and fleshing out characters and a story for those who are writers, or if it's directing, if you're directing, direct a short film. Don't just wait for somebody to call you to direct a project. So just keep going and doing it. And that's what I've been doing. - Okay. - I've been creating even when I was on Lincoln Heights and let's stay together on BET. I was to send a real store of Keelan to be in between those breaks. I was either on stage, 'cause I'm an NAACP theater nominated actress too. So I would take breaks to go back to the stage. And then also I would take breaks and do short films. I did a short from way back called Someone Heard My Fry and wrote it, produced it, started it. So us creatives have to keep it going and build the momentum. And then hey, then you building the momentum is creating and then calls come. Stuff starts coming, 'cause what you put out, I really believe it comes back. You put out work, it's more work's gonna come to you. - You like to be famous. I mean to be movies. - What is it like? It's just like a lot of an extended family. 'Cause people when they pass you, they tell you how much they like your work and they support you. And on the love and care and kindness is just like what your family does with you when they tell you they're proud of you. So it's having an extended, extended, extended family 'cause people are celebrating your work all across the world. And it's nice to bring joy to people, bring happiness to people through the arts. - I definitely agree. Is there any way that people can audition to be in some of your films? - Oh wow, yeah, nice. When I put out my next project, which is coming out, we're gonna shoot it in the end of this year. November, December, I put out an announcement and then people usually contact me via email, email, which is online or their contact me through the DME, send me a message and be like, "Hey, can I audition?" Do you have a part for somebody that gave me the age bracket or whatever and they'll give me their head shot. And so that's what I do. So yes, yes, when the time comes, yes, I have a Christmas story that I wrote that's called Holiday Misital. So I'm gonna be auditioning people for that and making a story come to life. - I also had a two-month-old children's book as well. - Yes, yes, I'm so excited about my children's books. Actually, I get to read my children's book at an arts festival by Aspen and Aspen, Denver, Colorado. Ooh, for June 19th celebration. - Yeah, so I'm happy that people are asking me to be involved in that holiday to come and share my work. And basically, my children's book is about, I have two of them, kids that get bored in the house. I'm a mom, it's a time, I'm bored, I'm bored. I have different activities for you to do to occupy your time and to keep you busy. And so it's two fun field books of things that you can do to have fun besides saying, "I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored." So it's going back to when we used to, you know, hopscotch or, you know, play double-dutch or stuff like that, you know? Or even if you're baking your favorite cake with your family and it's just pages back-to-back, picking up recycling stuff around the neighborhood and going to the recycling bin or gardening. So it's back-to-back-to-back stuff that you can do fun with your family and your loved ones and your friends. - Well, hello there, this is the J-Man Show on WBCA 102.9FM, Boston's local community radio station. - Sometimes people shoot a project and it goes to stream on television. I'm doing the festival circus, so excited. We're gonna have screenings and stuff. I'm submitting to a lot of festivals. So the point of that film in all seriousness is to put the message out there that there are kids that neglect it. And the lady in this loosely-based, true story is trying to get her child back and the things that she has to go through. But also it talks about the foster care system. So what happens when a kid is neglected? And then can you get your kid out or can you not? So it talks about that. And it's a story that's near dear to me because my parents, my family and I, we adopted it. We fostered it, we fostered. I don't think we get to the point of adopting, but we fostered my brother. And so we love him, we love him so, we raised him. And he came from neglect and neglected home. So we invited him into our loving home and he had counseling and everything. So it just, I wanna show more awareness about that and how kids need to be adopted or fostered. - It's a foster, but I'm a soul feeler. So she's a doctor. - Oh, nice. - So I definitely- - Yes, it's important, it's important because the kids need homes, they need loving homes. And we, it's a good thing to do, you know? It's a really good thing to do. So I wanna bring more awareness to it. So we're gonna be traveling around the world, around the globe, sharing that message. - Any chance that you're not gonna boss them? - Yeah, really? Okay, I'm gonna have to go to my list then, okay? - Yeah. - Most definitely. Yeah, we're going all around the world and the country, I have to say, 'cause one festival is in Paris. - Okay. - So we're going all around. So yeah, I'm gonna put that on my list and see, we'll make that happen. - Thank you, Vivia. That's the neat thing. - Well, thank you. - Okay, thank you. - You still model? - Yeah, I'm more focused on directing, writing, producing and acting now. But that is how I started out, you know? And also, I still have voiceover stuff that I do from time to time, which is another skill set that I love. I have a Disney, and this is an old Disney series that's still airing that people are loving that's airing on Disney Plus. - I'm happy that everybody's watching the replacement on Disney Plus, and that is still airing. But I feel blessed because a lot of the stuff that I, classics that I did are still streaming like a Cinderella story, a Keelin to be. So it's just sort of traveling pants, a lot of stuff. So, but I'm also excited about the stuff I have coming out, like the vampire feels. - Yeah. - I just want to keep the momentum going and building and keep entertaining. - That was good. So who's left to look fully deaf? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, Jennifer Coolidge. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah. - She's brilliant. - Yeah, she's brilliant. - Fuse her for Harvard. - Brilliant. Working with Hillary Duff, do you know, when you get to that level of talent, a guy got, I've met her right. When she was doing Lizzie McGuire and it's top notch, remarkable, magnificent, I'm just throwing out words that she's, that she possessed. And so when I'm working next to her and her passion, I knew it was going to be a classic. - Yeah. - You could feel it. You could feel it. Like even working with next to Blake Lively on Sister of Traveling Pants. Pants, you just know it's going to be a classic, you know? And I've been fortunate enough to work with some of the greats, but because I have to pay homage to Sheldona Patankin, who was the theater department chairman that taught me a lot. So I could get into rooms and work with people that were established and work with them on that playing field. So I owe a lot to him at Columbia College Rest In Peace to him. He taught me a lot about the craft. - Well, let's look, look, you can get part of her. She's one of her. - She's another talented force to be reckoned with it. But she did a killing of being carried that film. She did a poppin' out little job with alongside Lawrence Fishburner, who was brilliant, a genius student Angela Bassett, and Curtis Armstrong too, who was just like, wow, this is just, that's a magical moment that happened for me. And I'm grateful, I'm so grateful to Cross Pass with a lot of giants in the industry. And I just want to keep putting out good work, so people can enjoy it. When it comes down to it, it comes down to how do people enjoy your work? Because that's what it's for. It's for the people who are viewing. And as long as they say they're happy, and they comment on your page, they loved it, then I'm happy, I did my job. - Absolutely. So how did COVID affect you? - Ooh, yes, it was a tough time because people's health was at jeopardy. - Okay. - And I was nervous because it was the family members that had it, and then I caught it. And so it was a tough time for the industry, but just for the people all around in the world, it's everybody, your family members. So I still have family that still have it. - And they're catching it. And so I'm just like, you know, it makes you grateful to be living. It makes you grateful for life because you just never know. So in all humility, it's grateful to wake up and to see the sun again every day. It's a tough time, it's tough times, but you know, we also have to remember to celebrate life during those tough times. Because you know, you got one more day again to, you know, smile to somebody up or, and to say, hey, I'm here, you know? And I think that's what matters to focus on being optimistic about life. Gotta be optimistic. And things do happen that are challenging. But you gotta find peace within so you can carry on. You really do, because if you don't have peace within, you can't carry on. And that's what I think is important, is to find peace and know that you'll get through the challenges. We'll all get through the challenges. But the great thing that I focus on, and I always think what something negative happens, you know, you focus on the negative thing, but you gotta also focus on something positive too, was that they started airing a lot of stuff that I did in the past. So people got to see my work again. And so if you missed something, you're like, oh, I didn't know you were in Chicago Med. You did an episode of NBC Chicago, man. I'm like, yeah, and it was such a fun. So then you can entertain people and people can be happy, you know? And because entertainment, it's a good way to escape life and all the problems to watch something good. Like it's the ultimate form of entertainment when you get to see something good when you're watching your programs. So people got to see some of my old work and it was good because I brought some joy to their home. We were quarantined. - Talk to you, it's just a blast. - Oh, I appreciate that. Thank you. I'm happy to speak with you today. This is nice. - Yeah, me too. - Thank you for the interview. - Absolutely. So thank you for coming on my show. It's a blessing, you know. And we know so much about you. At least I have a few more questions, okay? - Okay, sure. - Let's go. - So what inspires you? What gives you inspiration and help to do what you do every day? - What gives me inspiration? Doing what I do every day is, that's a good question. I don't want to say I'm taking spiritually 'cause I'm a very spiritual person. Just making, bringing people cheer and joy. And I get it almost every day 'cause somebody's always sending me a nice kind message on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter on how they enjoy my work. And so I love to hear that people like, you know, what I do and they're enlightened by it. But that's all enlightening. - So what do you see some years from now? - Yeah, down the line, what I'm manifesting for myself is to win a lot of awards through my work. So I'm trying to do award-winning pieces now that really touch people's hearts, heartfelt. I think when people see policy and procedures and certain people have, they're like, oh my gosh, that touched me. And that's the goal right there. It's to do something that leaves a lasting impression in your life through the work. - What do you like to do for fun, what do you like? - Okay, great question. So what I like to do for fun is travel. I love traveling. I just got back from Paris, which is beautiful. London, Belize, different parts of Mexico is beautiful. I went to Tahiti, I went to the island of Morea next to Bora Bora and stayed right in the ocean on an over water bungalow, where you can see the ocean right through the glass floor. And it was so peaceful and zen and calming and it was an experience of a lifetime, you know? So I love the ocean and I love good cuisine too. So I'm a foodie, to me, that's fun eating good food. - Yeah, you're a foodie, it's fun. - Yeah. - Yes, so I love all different cultures of food. You know, if I'm eating some baklava, people are like, what's baklava? It's something I love to eat, you know? So I'm eating so, so I eat, I eat everything. I eat everything, sushi, everything. Just give me some good cuisine. So, to me, traveling, eating good food and laughing a lot, I like to be around people who are lighthearted because I don't like that stress. So I want the stress around me, dude. I like easy going, fun, loving people, you know? We'll get through life just fine. (laughs) And I love reading books, I'm a bookworm. This is bad. - Uh-huh. - Sometimes people say, oh, reading's not bad. But my reading though, I read like almost like 10 to 11 books a year. That's what I did last year. It's the, I'm a bookworm. So I know knowledge that sometimes I can't share 'cause people are like, huh, what are you talking about? What are you talking about? So, you know, I'm talking about DHA and they're like, huh? And the studies show the DHA and they're like, what? (laughs) So, right now I'm taking a course, an online course at Yale University. - Awesome. - On the science of wellbeing. So, okay, I've narrowed it a little bit. So I like to study a lot too. That's fun to me to study and learn different things. I just took a class on CPR and defibrillators and how they work and what you do with that. I have all this knowledge about different things, you know? Kooninforks, we could talk about Tooninforks. We'd be like, huh, what is that, you know? So, I'm, it's, yeah. - That's amazing, right here. That's wonderful, right here, you know? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - But the best thing was too, I'm like, yeah, man, it goes wonderful. - Amen, that's so beautiful. When you get to travel and see the water and be at peace, oh my gosh, there's nothing like it. You rejuvenate, you restore your soul, your spirit, you know? You have to take those breaks. There's a mental break and enjoy life and be at peace with things. - Do you have to go and go on to what this is going on? - Oh my gosh, yes. I've been to both Disney Land and Disney World. - I draw that. - Yeah, stuff like that is fun. And it's much needed. It's vital and detrimental to take those breaks into go to amusement parks and vacation, vacation places, you know, resorts, swim, yes, it's good. So you have to work on all, not just your financial health, but your spiritual health, your mental health, you have to work on all those components to be a well-functioning person. So, you know, I can tell with somebody needs a mental break. I'm like, ooh, you know? (laughs) I can tell 'cause, you know, people who are well-grounded, you know, and they're being, you can tell, okay, mm. So I try to make sure I do that for myself so I could be the best representative for somebody else if they need help in any area of their lives, you know? I'm pushing them, come on, keep it, come on, let's go. You know, edify somebody and build them up and let's go. And this is what I do. I hope it works for you type of person. Now, I'm not a life coach, but I most definitely want to see the best out of a person if you're in my presence. I want to pull the best out of you. And if I can't do that, I hope you seek it somewhere because I want the best for, I want the best genuinely for everybody. You know, live your best life. - They miss a lot 'cause I definitely want to be the best. - Yep, be the best, live your best life, you know? - Very wealthy as well. So how do you deal for juxtaposition? - Great question, very phenomenal question. I mean, when there's a no, I get a yes. That's always, that's always happened. So always, you know, say, oh, that no happened because it's a yes coming and it usually does happen because that's what I confess with my mouth. You know, I speak to dry bones. So speaking to myself and I know that I'm, what I'm manifesting is kind of come to fruition and it really does. I really do what you think and you believe in manifesting your life. Someone people say, why are you doing this? How are you doing? How are you doing this? Because I believe in the power of beliefs and I feel like if you focus on the negative, somebody said, no, somebody rejected, what does that mean? That's the stumbling block, but you can stumble over it. You gotta hop over and jump over it. So no, you gotta get to the yes. And that's usually what happens. And I believe in determination and to not to get too deep on you perseverance, tenacity, those words. So when you have the pursuit that I have, I don't focus on somebody saying, I'm like, ah, they're not ready. Not that I wasn't ready. They're not ready for my presence. So because I know that I bring something to the table, you know, it's a gift and I, it's a black thing. So when you work walking in a miracle, you don't worry about who doesn't want to be a part of it. You just know who you accept who wants to be a part of it. And then they, that blessing, they can be blessed and we're all blessed, you know? So I don't worry about that in this pursuit. And with my determination and perseverance, I know I'm gonna be around the right people that I need to be around. And it's so far, my team is so good. As a matter of fact, I was thankful of my team today and the people around me and it's good. My circle is good. It's good. So there's no such a word rejection. It's acceptance. Once you accept yourself and you love yourself and you want to bring love, your loving self around other people, they'll feel that. And then it's like a domino effect. Other people want to be around you too. - Okay, that's good to hear. Do you also have plans to make an album? - I don't have plans to make an album, but I do sing. I sing a lot of gospel music. - That gets me through the days. That I don't have plans to make an album, but it's just to uplift, uplift people. So if I do it at church or around my family or you know, singing in the house, it's just to uplift. - Okay, that's one over here. How do I miss this effect? Well, hello there. This is the J-Man Show on WBCA 102.9 FM, Boston's local community radio station. - Kind hearts. So it does affect me. And you know, I wanna be, I'm a humanitarian. So of course it's gonna affect me. I'm a philanthropist as well. So I believe wholeheartedly with somebody has hatred in their heart for another. That is, it's a mental condition. It's something wrong mentally, because a loving, caring person looks at people for the human qualities, not for something they can't control, like a color or hue of their skin. It's like, huh? Or even, let's say, you know, people who are, they just hate people to just people. I'm just like, wow, I actually feel sorry for the person that does that. 'Cause they end up having more harm to theirself. Every book I read, every religion I read, there's one secret to the world. It's one secret. And if everybody got that, their life would flourish. I don't care what religion it is. It could be Buddhist. It could be Christian, non-denominational, Baptist. It could be, it's one universal law. Have you had that one universal law? You become a success. So if you spend time hating, that stuff's gonna come right back to you. You are what you think. Not the person doesn't get hurt, you get hurt. So that's why a lot of good stuff can happen out of your life because if you think good things about others and yourself, it comes right back to you. So your hands are like this. It's like stuff's coming and your hands are receiving. But if you're doing this and pushing people away and doing that, that's exactly what you're doing. You're harming yourself. And I just wish people would get that one concept because every single self-help book I read or religious belief is in there to love. (laughing) That's the key, that's the key. And we can do that. It's like, wow, you'll see how your life will be just phenomenal, you know? So it's things would happen to you. I don't care, it's like there's no separation in religious people, like my religious system. I was just every single book I read, it's that you gotta have harmony within yourself to harmonize with others and then you bring that so it's polarity. So I attract, I polarity is I attract this what I think and what belongs to me because I believe this. I know that's kind of crazy, deep concept, but trust me, I read a lot of books and so what you think really, really about people is namaste, namaste, you're the namaste. What I see in you, it's within me. And that's so true. So I try to find the good people, unless you just have somebody that has a poor behavior, you acknowledge it, but run away from that, run. Because the toxic person, the energy will drain you down, bring you down and then you'll be down a little like this so you want to vibrate higher. Your frequency has to be high. So I see somebody that's not operating at a high functioning level, then I'm like, okay, love you, love you someone just to buy, but you know what? My buy, my frequency, it's kind of high right now and great things are happening to me and I want to keep it flowing. So you, yeah, so that's it. - And it makes you feel the better you don't. - Oh my gosh. People ask me how, like my dad asked me, you know, you carry your worries late, you carry your worries late and I feel like you have to. Every single person that I know that doesn't, they ended up making their own self not feel well. - Yeah. - So you've got to feel well about yourself, you know? It's just like you have to. It's on the mind, the mind, the mind, it can propel you into some great things if you let it, but you have to believe it. - Yeah, that's true, that's definitely true. So, yeah. So what keeps me going? - What keeps me going? What keeps me going is my own energy. My own energy. So, you know, I'm an extrovert. I'm high energetic. So I just think my spirit and my spirit man keeps me going and it puts me in the right places. - Mm-hmm. - So I'm just grateful. I'm really living in gratitude right now. Somebody asked me, I don't have any jealousy, if he hate nothing for anybody. Like, I feel so elated to be on the journey that I am now that I'm just living in the state of gratitude. I really am. Like, it's just happiness makes you feel great. It just makes you feel so well. And I just wanna share that with people because I don't want to ask when people are hurt. It's just like the other H word is better. - Yeah, yeah. - I really wanna tell you, like stop it. Like, really, you can be hurt for a second, but the other times that happen is somewhere. I always like to bottle it up and sell like how I feel to certain people. 'Cause I mean, look at us, I'm like, man, I wish I could sell the happiness that you and a bottle. Man, that feeling, I can't tell you, you know? You can show people, but some people don't ever have that feeling and you want that. - Yeah. - You know, so, no. But if somebody's just living in turmoil, I just like, wow, shake in my head. Like, wow, I just, whoa. - I definitely stand. - So what makes you happy? - What makes me happy? - Yeah. - What makes me happy is believing that there's more possibilities. You know, when something bad happens, I'm like, something great's gonna happen. So all my family's like, we know Erica Victory's right around the corner. 'Cause I always say, when he comes for you, like right now I have a concussion. Who wouldn't even know I have a concussion? I was in the ER yesterday. - Yeah. But I'm not focusing on that. I'm not focusing on, I focus on, I'm out of the ER. I live to tell the story. I have actually a concussion, but I'm here being happy because I get to speak with you today and say, hey, I'm still alive. I was in a, I was in a accident. - Why go? - I got rear ended, but you know what, I'm still alive. And guess what I did, right? This was like a few days ago, right when I got home. I made it when I made it home. They were like, okay, what are we gonna eat? I said, we're gonna eat some veggies from roots, Chris, and we're gonna eat well. - Yeah. - All the food spent, all this money, 'cause guess what? I get a chance to celebrate life again. - Yes. - Celebrate your life 'cause you live to celebrate my life because I live, but literally, I was in the ER yesterday, like, and they gave me a shot for a muscle, muscle relaxer. Then they gave me some prescription for my head, 'cause my head's pounding, but you know what? I'm happy to be said. I woke up this morning to talk to you, and this interview means a lot to me because, and you know, it could have been worse. And so I'm happy. I'm genuinely happy that I'm here, I'm here. - Also happy, I'm so happy you had two of me now. - Thank you, thank you. - So you said you were in a car accident? - Yes, a few days ago, yes. - Really? - So, do you drive? - Now, you know what? I was in the passenger seat when it happened, and it was stopped. We were stopped in the car, and then all of a sudden, but what happened was, and everybody out here, this is a lesson. Make sure we're in your seatbelt, stay seated back. - Okay. - I didn't know that. I'm thinking you have your seatbelt on, no, no. It's no problem. I was leaning forward, and I still have my seatbelt on, but it snapped me back when the impact happened, and then my neck was like, just like a huge jolt, and then that's how I got a concussion. I hit my head on the back of the rest real hard, and I'm like, oh, it was crazy. So I was like, oh, I had my seatbelt on, but the impact was just, it was too much on that car. That slimming of car was just jolt me back. And so all right here, the inflammation was already here, so they gave me a shot to loosen up, get the inflammation out of here, muscle and help with the muscle spasms, and then they gave me the medicine to help with the concussion, and I just, I'm thankful, and I thank God that I'm here to earn it. Talk about my career, my life, and to share good news. - I definitely agree, and I'm so glad you're here. - Thank you. - So, it got to hit you, but was he drunk? - I thought he was. I sincerely thought he was, so I asked the patrol officer to give him a sobriety test, but he didn't, and the guy walked away, and I knew he was a knee-braided, because he wasn't paying attention, even when he got out, he was acting kind of like delusional about everything, like, oh, well, they hit you, I can't believe this, and oh, yes, you did, you actually, you know. So, again, I'm just happy to celebrate life, and be here to talk about it, because it could have been worse, so I'm just so happy that it turned out better for me than what I expected. I walked away from a crash. - That's a lot of blessing to him, so we got your life, you know, that's why it's here. - Thank you. - So, if you wanna, and I'm just right, what did you give my people? - Oh, probably a news anchor, 'cause I love, that was my second occupation that I was gonna do, was being a news anchor, and that's, I have a lot of expertise on, you know, reporting, news reporting, 'cause we studied journalism, I studied three types of journalism. I had a minor, major, and a concentration. I really didn't go in, so I'm kind of nerdy. I studied how to be a news anchor, but then I also studied how to be a field reporter, but then also to print journalism classes where I would write stories and stuff. So I have a flush out stories, beginning, middle to end, on, you know, crime scene, but I also, if I didn't do journalism, I would come back and probably be a forensic scientist, 'cause that, I'm like a right and a left-brain person. That kind of fascinated me too on how to solve the crime scene and how the person, the time of death, how they passed away, and how the fatality happened. So I would most definitely probably be some sort of an investigator, reporter, or forensic scientist, detective. - I actually just said that in college. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, I'm like, so it's kind of the same with acting too, because we have a story from beginning, middle, and in trying to solve what the character's going through, and evoke those emotions, it's the same thing. So I like just storytelling and figuring out the story and how to best relate to the audience as much as I can. - So that's an actress. How do you usually get into character? - Good question. Oh, you want me to give my secret to the way. Ooh, ha ha ha ha, what happened to these questions? You gotta pay me a certain amount of money. You know, that's a coaching question, so how do I get into character? There's several different ways to get into character, several different ways. Some people get into character by method, which is, it can't be dangerous, depending on what the character's going through. Some people get into a new substitution, so a similar situation that happened to you that may have happened to the character, that's a substitution. Some people get into a character of not getting into the character, 'cause there's people out there acting that's not in character, that's just doing like whatever they want to do on screen. And I'm like, what, some people don't study, so that's another way. (laughs) You don't think that people who don't care. And then another way too is getting into multiple moments. So moment to moment acting, moment to moment, which is more emotional, and we call it like a threading, like sourcing, sourcing motions. That's 'cause that's a theater term terminology, because on stage, you know, you're finding different moments to moments. Sometimes the people that come from stage, like Viola Davis or Lawrence Fishburne, they do it in their work. That's what makes them so fascinating. Chadwick did it in his work too. He come from the stage, so we're always trying to find it, which will be different every single take, which is different on every single performance on stage. But the blocking stays the same, of course. Your actions, your cues, all that stays the same, but the beat, the moments may be different. So that was, I gave you four different techniques, that's it. (laughs) - Do you think a stage try sometimes? - Yes. - Oh, really? - That's the most exhilarating thing you could do as an actress or actors to do theater. Oh my gosh, I posted something on my page, yesterday, before yesterday, where I did a play called Liberty for Lydia. And I had to do a certain, a certain southern dialect, and I had to keep it throughout the whole play. And also the mannerisms was different too, because she was in a certain body frame, was to her body frame was different than mine. And then also she was in a different mental state too, so I had to keep that emotion going. So I was working on one, two, three, four and five, like five different things at once on stage. And it was hard, but it helps, because then when you get in front of the television, television and film sets, when you get on those type of productions, it's easier for you, 'cause you know they cut, since then you can do it over and over and all that stuff. But honing your skills comes from the stage. So yeah, I get stage five, stage five is real. It's real, for those who take it serious, you know, 'cause you wanna do your best performance and you wanna make sure that character is relatable to that audience, 'cause this audience, they wait for you after the show's over, they gonna tell you exactly how they feel. And they tell you exactly what they connected to and what they didn't, but I take it very serious. I take that very serious. I take the television and film very serious too, because I'm a serious stage actress, and that just transfers over to my work that I do on different sets for TV and film. - So this also, and if you get to interview yourself, so before you go, how can my fans, your fans follow you and support you? - Yeah, thank you for the fan supporting me. I appreciate you guys. I'm on Instagram, on one Erica Hubbard, that I'm on Facebook, as just just Erica Hubbard, and then also Twitter is just Erica Hubbard as well. And I appreciate it. Yeah, talk backs and the feedbacks that you guys tell me about my work. And then also, people don't tell me, I wanna put this out there. What do you wanna see me do more of? And some people just like my dramatic works. Some people like the comedy works. I'm trying to figure out, I wanna find a one that I really do more of to entertain. - Okay. - The people still, I wanna make sure what you guys, what do you guys, what does everybody wanna see for me? What do my people, that follow me and support me, what do you guys wanna see me do more of? So I can give you what you want. There's some people like comedy, some people like drama, but I wanna know. So thank you for following me on social media. - Well, this is wonderful. Good and talk to you and meet you. And thank you for coming on my show. You know, it's a blessing. - Thank you. Thank you. God bless. God bless. - Well, hello there. This is Jay Biden on the host of the J-Man Show. Thank you for listening to my show this week, especially guest, Erica Hubbard from Nick and Heights. A wonderful actress. To hear her story and not how she came, her actress is just a blessing. And to have her on my show, they hear her journey of story. And just talk to her as a blessing. And so I can make it from my show today. I will have you on my show again. It was honored, hard to hear. And with your own stats and the world, it doesn't look great in this end. To have you on my show as a blessing. So thank you, Erica. I truly appreciate your time. And you just, I kind of send you a lot for my show. Thank you for supporting me. And I will continue to support you, Erica. So that said, thank you to my fans. It's one of them to speak to my show. I will have another show next week, you know. I'm not a show for you, but it's gonna be a great show. I try to make sure that my shows are always talking about creativity, positivity, inspiration of people. I wanna be an inspiration of people and inspiration of people in life, in their lives. So that's on my body. I try and treat people with respect and kind of send them to get it back in. So that's on my body. So with that said, that's on. From one, I said, thank you, Erica. And thank you to my fans for making me the James Show. What is today? I will not be here for two of the fans. You love your kind of support. There's the whole world to me. And also, one thing I also want to give a show to be then, for playing my show. A show to, I don't want to give a show to Ashley. Louis, I've got a lot of tricks, please. But it's like shows. Thank you before I send in my show in. But being patient with me, you know. And always give me a chance to show, so guess what I'm telling. And anybody being in here, I wanna give a show to you for, you know, for being patient with me now, and for letting me push my shows and take me on your way to such a blessing. And anybody else, you know, I'm sure if you miss here on WBCA, one on 2.9 FM Boston, the community visualization. And it's also my show, I want to be sure to change my dream and be in, and be in that org and also have all my shows on YouTube, so. And you can literally reach out to me anytime in the day or night. So phone, 617-792-0458, email location, J-A-I. Y-E-B-Y-N-O-E, at Yahoo.com, so that's me. And I'm also on Facebook, link it on Twitter, Instagram, and Jai, but I don't do any night. You can't miss it. So thank you all for turning into my show. And I wish you all a successful week. I love you long. I love you strong, and please stay safe. There's several times when it's crazy, so stay safe out there. Be kind to each other, treat people with respect, and make sure you take care of yourself, especially in this COVID, just, you know, hopefully just go away, but still stay safe, stay kind, stay respectful, and please just love each other. Okay, continue. Love each other, support each other, be there for each other. But that's what we need, especially now. So I just want to stay there, and God bless you all. All we'll be back next week, we'll not have a facility, we'll all up. Thank you for supporting me. I love you all. I love you strong, God bless you. Thank you. Well, hello there. This is the J-Man Show on WBCA 102.9 FM, Boston's local community radio station.