LMN's Vivica A. Fox on Building Her "Dream Squad" for Sustainable Success

Considered to be one of the hardest working women in Hollywood Fox39s message of quotdo the workquot is advice the everyouthful businesswoman entrepreneur author actor and now podcaster is happy to share quotMy advice to anyone would be to build a dream squadquot she sharedamp160in a MediaVillage exclusive interview quotGet a team of people behind you that see opportunities you might not have even dreamed of My publicist BJ Coleman turned me into an author when he said 39It39s time for you to do a book39 I replied 39What Another job39 He said 39You39re a woman in your 50s having an amazing career resurgence and it39s time for you to share the secrets of your success you39re an author an executive producer you39re working more than ever you look great share the secrets of your trials and tribulations39quotMy business partner Lita Richardson suggested The Vivica A Fox Hair Collectionquot she added quotNow we39re going on celebrating a decade of that Financially it39s been so successful for me but I do give back by helping women who are going through chemotherapy to help them feel good about themselves My agent first suggested being a producer when he said 39They keep coming back for you you need to be producing these39 So build a team of people that are going to work with you because we all want success The younger generation is so used to swiping and having things happen instantly so one thing I always pass on to young actors is 39You have to do the work39 You might want to take a shortcut and become a YouTube sensation but that39s rare When you39re talking about building a career do the workquotAnd work she has steadily for the last 32 years and continues to do so despite the current Coronavirus pandemic quotAt first when everything closed I was a little pissed offquot she revealed quotI won39t lie because I had two events canceled the Empire finale and a trip to Sacramento to watch my son39s friend play his third state basketball championship I had to pump the brakes but I tried to look at the positive It was time to take a breather as I39d been going a hundred miles an hour Well that was cute for about two or three weeks when I could eat McDonald39s and drink McFlurry39s then I passed a mirror and thought 39Uh oh we are not getting Coronafluffy39 So I started a podcast called Hustling with Vivica A Fox and doing interviews from my new home as my old one sold right as we shut down I got used to doing zoom interviews while promoting a movie and have another streaming show called Cocktails with Queens that I do every week so it was a blessing at first but then went from zero to 100 and I39m busier than everquotConcerning The Wrong franchise Fox tells me no occupation is offlimits quotI spoke with Billy Bush the other day and he asked to be in one of them which gave me a great ideaquot she laughed quotHe could be The Wrong Reporter He laughed about it and the good thing about him is he went through a crazy time but it wasn39t his fault he interviewedamp8230 And that39s all I39m saying We have The Wrong Realtor coming up so there are a couple of more Wrongs to explorequotThe Wrong Stepfather sees Vivica as Ellen a school principal whose coworker friend Karen Krista Allen pictured below with Fox about to make a huge mistake by marrying Craig Corin Nemec her daughter39s college admission adviser The role is one Fox never imagined getting the opportunity to do quotI was excited to play a principalquot she said quotPeople often ask what I like about doing these and it39s that I like to cast myself in roles that I wouldn39t normally be cast in like this one I also got to be a little more emotionally attached in this story and not like the detective who just comes in to lay down the law You could see a friendship amongst the two women and that39s always nice to seequotAnother thing I like about The Wrong franchise is that we always tackle current topicsquot she continued quotIt39s not like 39That would never happen39 I didn39t think about the whole college admissions thing and a mother being conned but it does show the younger generation that there are no shortcuts to success Do the work because it can come back and haunt you I never thought I39d witness the day of a Lori Loughlin being in that predicament But she really thought she was doing the right thing and the biggest lesson is money doesn39t always buy happinessquotAs she looks forward to Hollywood reopening Fox like everyone has been observing the current changes in our world and admits to liking where things are headed quotIt started with the MeToo movementquot she said quotNow with the recent death of George Floyd and the pandemic I feel like the world is in transition for us to become better people To respect each other respect male and female relationships and make sure there39s pay equality Now we39re transitioning to making sure that each nationality is treated with respect and it39s a needed change Change is sometimes hard for people and I think that39s what you39re seeingquotOne thing I39m glad about more than anything is that cameras are everywhere because the camera doesn39t liequot she added in closing quotI welcome that change because I always try to treat people with love and respect and try to be fair I39m glad our babies can embrace different nationalities see a woman in power or people of a different nationality in power it39s what the world needsquotPhotos courtesy of Lifetime Movie NetworkClick the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet

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