Michael Jamin sits down with good friend Chandra Thomas who was also one of the writers for the TV show series Mom. Learn about her experience working in Hollywood and on the show.Show Notes:Chandra Thomas IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1817889/Chandra Thomas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chandrathomas/?hl=enMichael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutomated TranscriptMichael Jamin (00:00):Is the hustle never ends. ItChandra Thomas (00:02):Never, it never ends. Right. That's why I'm so not into the, the phrase break in, because I think sometimes people think like, once you break in, right? It's like glass. You break in the glass, no long, the glass no longer exists. You're in the space, it's over. But like, it's not . You have to carve is how I say. You have to carve in. Like there's constantly more material in front of you that you have to sort of, you know, make your way through.Michael Jamin (00:30):You're listening to Screenwriters Need to Hear this with Michael Jamin.(00:38):Hey everyone, it's Michael Jamin. Welcome back to Screenwriters. Need to hear the, I don't even know the name of the podcast. I screwed it up. Screenwriters need to hear this. It's, I'm gonna roll with it. And I got a great guest today. This is, this is Chandra Thomas and she's the, she was a writer for two Seasons on Mom before the show, before the show got canceled. It's not her fault though. Don't blame her. And then, and then I met her last year on, on Tacoma FD and she's amazingly talented. She's wonderful. And and she was also an actress. And you, if you, you should be wa everyone should watch this cuz you look at, oh yeah, she's beautiful. She's an actress. You could, you could see why she'd be an actress and, and, but she's gonna talk about her journey. Chandra, thank you so much for joining me on the showChandra Thomas (01:21):Chairman, on the ones, thank you for having me,Michael Jamin (01:26):Chandra. You don't know this, but if we were, because last year we were on Zoom, so all the writers were on Zoom, but if we were in person, I would've probably made you sit next to me. Every, every Chandra Thomas (01:37):.Michael Jamin (01:38):I'd be like, Chandra, what's going on over that guy? Or that, you know, we would be whisper like passing notes to each other.Chandra Thomas (01:43):I love that. It would've been like high school all over again. . It would've been great Michael Jamin (01:49):Ass. It couldn't do it. And I,Chandra Thomas (01:50):So one thing I just do wanna clarify, I was on the final season of Mom, so just one season, unfortunately on that show. But I absolutely loveMichael Jamin (01:57):Two season, so you definitely, yeah. So you was def definitely your fault then in this show? Oh,Chandra Thomas (02:01):So not my fault. I would've had that show run for another 300 seasons.Michael Jamin (02:05):You wanna keep that gravy train rolling. But I wanna talk about, I got so many questions for you.Chandra Thomas (02:10):Okay.Michael Jamin (02:10):And I know some of the answers, but most of 'em, I don't know. Cause I know, okay, I remember, I know you went, you graduated Vanderberg College. Was there always your ambition to be a writer or actor even in college?Chandra Thomas (02:20):So when I started at Vanderbilt university in Nashville, Tennessee I was like, not sure what I wanted to do, but probably law because I am a first gen, my parents are immigrants and like, if there's anything in immigrant parents gonna tell you is you gotta do law medicine, own a business or being engineer. And I didn't, I did not like the idea of like, somebody could die on my watch. So I was like, not a doctor , like, definitely not that. Engineer physics was a little rough for me, so I was like, no, thank you. And maybe would own a business at some point, but it sort of