He then invited me down to the shoot as a Production Assistant (PA) so that I could see the camera crane, picture car and the precision driver. I didn’t even know that was a thing at that point. But he pressed on: “No, I mean on commercials and TV”. After watching me whip cars around the front of the hotel, the Director on the shoot came up to me and asked if I’d ever thought of driving for a living? My response was “well, look at these cars that I’m driving right here”. When I was working at the hotel in Seattle a film crew from LA was staying there. Not every valet goes on to be a stunt driver. And then somehow, I ended up combining both by driving cars and working on movies. From there I transitioned to working as a valet at a hotel, which also involved a lot of chatting with guys, but this time about cars. Then when I moved to Seattle to go to art school, I worked at a Blockbuster video store, which involved a lot of chatting to guys about movies. In high school my job was delivering Pizzas, which was a male-dominated driving job. My interest in driving cars for a living was a natural progression. Were you always interested in driving cars for a living? 'I want to be a good driver, not a good female driver.' In this exclusive interview, Trimble explains her route to the top, why she likes to under-promise and over-deliver and why her constant quest for perfection has left her with a strong affinity for a German brand that shares an equally focused mindset … From starting off as a valet at a local hotel in her hometown of Seattle, to becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought after stunt drivers, all in less than a decade, Trimble’s rise to the top of her profession has been nothing short of stratospheric. Sera Trimble might just be the living embodiment of ‘the American dream’.

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