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Live from Studio 1A: Q and A with Josh Duhamel

We welcomed an NBC vet to the plaza this morning - Josh Duhamel of "Las Vegas" fame came by to talk about the highly anticipated summer blockbuster "Transformers".  WATCH VIDEO I caught up with Josh before he headed outside to ask him a few questions of my own:Q: Do you have a favorite summertime activity?Josh: Yeah, there are a lot of things I like to do in the summer: there's golf, or going to

We welcomed an NBC vet to the plaza this morning - Josh Duhamel of "Las Vegas" fame came by to talk about the highly anticipated summer blockbuster "Transformers".  WATCH VIDEO I caught up with Josh before he headed outside to ask him a few questions of my own:

Q: Do you have a favorite summertime activity?

Josh: Yeah, there are a lot of things I like to do in the summer: there's golf, or going to the beach or going to a lake cabin.

Q: Are you more of a lake or beach person?

Josh: Lake.  Growing up in North Dakota you don't have much access to the ocean, so the lakes are nice and calm which is more my style.

Q: What was the coolest part of working on "Transformers" for you?

Josh: I would say just all the stuff - all the toys that Michael Bay has on the movie set are unbelievable.  Just getting to watch all the explosions and all the cool little movie carts with the cameras attached and just - it's just a circus, it's amazing.

Q: Do you have a dream role?

Josh: You know, I never know until I read it.  There's a lot of things I want to do, I have ideas about what I want to do, but there's nothing - there are certain things in particular but you never really know until you read it, I guess.

Q:  Who are your role models?

Josh: Aside from my parents- you know, I've had a lot of influences and a lot of people that I've looked up to, but I think the two that I've learned the most from - I've learned certain things from my dad and certain things from my mom - they've both helped me. 

Q: What are the differences between what you learned from your dad and what you learned from your mom?

Josh:  My mother's more of a discipline person - much more structured, my dad is more - he always said, "Go for it, you can do it," and my mom gave me the strength to then do it.

Josh:  One of my biggest role models also is my Auntie Barb who's done more in her life than anybody that I know.  She's been a nurse, and she's been part of the National Guard for thirty years now.  She's been over to Kosovo and Bosnia and now she's going to Iraq and she just finished law school and she's an RN and she's amazing.  So I guess she's the kind of person that if I want to make anyone proud, it's her. 

Q:  What would you say to your young fans that look up to you?

Josh: To my young fans I would say just don't be afraid to go after it.  Really don't be afraid to go after it.  Just coming from North Dakota I didn't have any of these ideas, but I just sort of went for it and here I am.