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My friend Maggie Wagner is opening in a new movie tonight!  It will be playing tonight Friday June 20th at the Manhattan Film Festival at 9:30 pm.  The film is called The Wisdom to Know the Difference which stars -- Maggie of course, Daniel Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mayra Leal.

Maggie comes from a show biz family which includes Uncle Mark Rydell who directed On Golden Pond and The Rose to Aunt Joanne Linville who wrote the book Seven Steps to an Acting Craft, to brother Andrew Wagner who directed the films Starting Out in the Evening and The Talent Given Us. 

For more information about Maggie, go check out her website.

Topics covered in the interview:

• Hi Maggie! (1:27)
• Funny Girl gives Maggie the show biz bug... and her show biz family (3:03)
• Auditioning for the Actors Studio (9:43)
• The film Anna and friendship with Sally Kirkland and Sandra Bullock (12:29)
• Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and how she met Daniel Baldwin (15:50)
• The Wisdom to Know the Difference filmed in San Antonio (18:17)
• "Most interesting or bizarre or horrible audition story" (20:20)
• Upcoming projects, Make It Big (23:07)
• Advice to younger self about making it in the acting business (26:40)
• Starting Out in the Evening directed by brother Andrew Wagner (29:15)

Had a great visit to NYC doggy sitting for my friends Margo and Bill.  Back to Austin today!