Heroes in Business - Darcy Donavan, Actress in Anchorman, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, Crypto Queen and CMO of the cryptocurrency, Ecoin Finance

Episode Date: June 20, 2023

Darcy Donavan, Actress in Anchorman, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, Crypto Queen and CMO of the cryptocurrency, Ecoin Finance is interviewed by David Cogan of Eliances entrepreneur community and host of the Heroes Show.    

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She is the actress in Anchorman, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, and a ton of other shows. She is also, too, if that wasn't enough, the crypto queen and CMO of the cryptocurrency eCoin Finance. You could reach her at stardogs.com. That's S-T-A-R-D-A-W-G-S.com. She could say it a lot better than I can. Darcy, welcome to the show. First, pronounce Stardogs again.

It's just Stardogs. It's just Stardogs. But, you know, some people, you know, like when I was spelling it to you, so people don't think it's D O G S it's D A W, you know, well, it's a, you know, we're different, we're unique. So it needs a unique name. I love it. Darcy, first let's talk about as an actress. I mean, you've been in a ton of different ton of places and stuff like that. Like, I mean, Anchorman, Parks and Rec, Modern Family.

I mean, the list just goes on and on. Like, if there was one that stands out that was most fun for you, which one was that? You know, that's hard to do. Because people ask me, you know, like, I do have a music career. And I do have, you know, my acting, of course. But, and I get a lot of, so what, what can you choose? I mean, I can't, like, I, I will say Anchorman was a member, one, one of my most memorable roles. I did have a really great time with, you know, Paul Rudd,

Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate. I mean, they were all a joy, but especially the brilliant director, Adam McKay. But I mean, I really enjoyed, you know, working with Chris Pratt, you know, on Perks and Rec. I enjoyed, I worked with Nathan Fillion on Modern Family. I had a blast. That's really hard to say. It's so hard. It's like, which kid do you like the best, David? Which of your children do you like? You know what I mean? It's just one of those things where I just, that's a hard to narrow it down. Cause you know, now I can tell you the bad ones that I've been on, but there's been a couple independent films that I've done and I'm like, I'd rather, you know, get, go get like a root canal than, uh, you know, be on the set with some of the, you know, dealing with how it's going. But I will say Parks and Rec was amazing. Modern Family,

Anchorman, you know, was on Nip Tuck. I mean, just, I just did a movie on Amazon with Paul Johansson of Mad Men and One Tree Hill and Secret Agent. And I got to tell you, it was a great, I had a great time. So the industry that you're in though, that industry is so competitive, right? I mean, so competitive in that. What do you feel are maybe some of the secrets that you could share of the role of getting those roles? I always tell people,

I mean, you really have to have tenacity. You know, tenacity is where it's at. You know, the bottom line is, is that you've got to sit here and you've got to have a tenacious spirit, but you've also, you have to be able to take rejection. And, you know, I had a grandmother

who was full-blooded German, very critical, very like almost obnoxiously, like that's straightforward, you know, you know, it's like, ah, Darcy, I don't like that. Or, you know, that perfume, what the heck Darcy, it's terrible. terrible you know so she was very you know blunt you know with everything that she did so i feel like because i dealt with it at uh as because i dealt with it as a child you know and dealing with all that uh critiques and stuff it's like people say it just it just rolls off me i don't you really have to have a thick skin and you have, and that's the main thing I tell people. Tell us Darcy, what are we going to find when we go to Stardogs? Again, that's S-T-A-R-D-A-W-G-S.com

because we have Darcy Donovan with us, actress and anchorman in Parks and Rec, Modern Family, crypto queen, CMO of the cryptocurrency eCoin Finance. Make sure you go to Stardogs.com because you're listening, watching me, David Kogan, host of the Alliance's Herooin Finance. Make sure you go to stardogs.com because you're listening, watching me, David Kogan, host of the Alliance's Hero Show. Well, if you go to Stardogs, it basically will tell you the journey of how the NFT project came about. It was actually, you know, my dog Max. It's like a labor of love for him. Basically, it's one of those things. It was inspired by my dog, Max. He is like my guiding star.

And the project's really cutting through like the red tape. It takes people years, like years. There's people that I've known, I mean, that are A-list stars. They didn't get a break till 20 years later. Some people don't ever even make it in the industry at all. It's basically your golden ticket to Hollywood. And, you know, I'm basically giving people opportunity that, you know, I never had. So, you know, I've been developing a 3D full body, hyper-realistic NFT, you know, star dogs, which they're all dogs, different, different types of dogs, but you know, it's tied to film production and television shows that I'm going

to be doing movies that I have in pre-production right now. So, you know, I've taken everything that, that all the people that I know from the entertainment industry my database of, you know, film direct film director, filming directors, executives, producers, directors, A-list actors, crew, you know, the whole shebang. And, you know, basically using all my connections, you know, for the film and television industry, you know, to move the NFT line to make it huge, you know, so I'm very excited. I'm very excited. So the Stardogs holders, they're going to get all these perks and benefits

that most people will never have access to within the entertainment industry. They never will. So it's your, it's, it's basically the holder's chance to get involved on so many levels. the holder's chance to get involved on so many levels. And we only have 10,277 NFTs available and that's it. So, wow. So again, make sure you go to stardogs.com, S-T-A-R-D-A-W-G-S.com. Darcy, what was the passion to get involved in the, first in the industry of being an actress?

Well, I mean, everybody always kept telling me, you know, you're a big ham. It started out as a kid, you know. Then when I was a kid, they had like a sign up, you know, they wanted, you know, people to audition, you know, children. They were looking for that.

So some of my friends were doing it. So my mom, I gave it to her and I said, hey, they had this up at the school. They're looking for kids for this commercial. Well, like I beat out like hundreds of kids. I went in there, did my lines and they're like, Hey, we want, you know, we want her for the commercial. And so it was just like, I was excited. But then when I got on set, you know, the guy that played my brother, he was like 18 years old, you know, and I was like nine, eight or nine. And he kept messing up his lines. And then like, after like so many takes,

I'm just like, God, I, I memorized his lines, his lines and my lines. So I was like, I don't know, this is not very fun, but you know, I was doing music a lot. So, you know, from there I was, I was doing commercials and stuff and, you know, I was singing at hospitals, you know, from there I was, I was doing commercials and stuff and, you know, I was singing at hospitals, you know, like for the elderly and, you know, doing little routines and, and I, you know, was in choir. So I was doing a lot of church stuff. They would have you, you know, go up in front of the church and do solos and stuff like that. So I was doing all that, like starting at age eight. And so it's just kind of, I think it's like, it's in your blood or not, you know, because like my sister's like, I can't do what you do.

She's like, I, you know, that's, she's more behind the scenes and, you know, I'm more in front. So it's, it's, I think it's just, it's, you're either born with it or you're not, you know, but ask me to draw something, David, I can't even draw a stick man correctly. So that's the one thing I can't do. Certainly Darcy, you are prepared. I hope I'm prepared. You've made an impact on film and TV screens. You've been in everything from Parks and Rec, Secret Agents, Bones, Six Feet Under, everything from Parks and Rec, Secret Agents, Bones, Six Feet Under, Cult, Entourage, My Name is Earl. You've been with some of the top stars.

And you know what? That's a hero, making that possible, working within Web3, crypto, NFTs. And that's just all from this morning. My gosh, that's a hero. Darcy Donovan, actress, anchorman, Parks and Rec, Modern Family Family Crypto Queen and CMO of the cryptocurrency eCoin Finance. Make sure that you go to Stardogs.com. That's S-T-A-R-D-A-W-G-S.com. This has been David Kogan with the Ealliances Hero Show.

Make sure you go to Ealliances.com. We've got a dance with me, too. David, you're incredible. Thank you.