Transcript: Aubrey Plaza on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Hello everyone. Welcome to another

episode of Good Hang. Thank you for

being here. We had uh well, look, we're

keeping the parks and wreck hits coming

because we had Adam Scott last week and

we have the great, beautiful, and

wonderful Aubrey Plaza joining us.

Aubrey, who many of you have wanted to

hear from, is here, and we couldn't be

more excited. And we talk about a lot of

things today. We talk about um how we

first met on a playground. Um, we talk

about her time as an NBC page and why

she got fired. We talk about her love of

basketball and we talk about her new

movie, Honey Don't, which is in theaters

this week. Uh, and so there's just so

much good stuff and we're very glad that

she was here and that you're here

listening. And we always start our

episodes the same way. We try to find

someone that knows our guest, knows

something about them and has a question

for them. And we are talking to a great

actress today. You know her from The

Substance and Maid and many other great

films and her beautiful dancing and it

is the beautiful and talented Margaret

Quali. Margaret, hello.

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What do you say?

I wanted

Where are we talking to you from?

I'm home. I'm home and I'm in a hallway.

Okay perfect.

Yeah,

it's really good to see you and I know

you're doing press.

I love your podcast, by the way. I've

been listening to it. It's so good.

Thanks, Margaret. Today is a very

special day because we have really our

most requested guest um coming on today.

Like it's, you know, people have really

really wanted to hear from and um hear

me and Aubrey talk about a lot of things

and I'm just so psyched she's here.

She might be the most like unanimously

loved person ever. like

even like my dad's really not like

you know he he like barely has a phone

he doesn't have a TV but like when I

when he found out I was doing a movie

with Aubrey he was like a I [ __ ] love

her like man she's so funny like he's so

he was so excited I was like she she

reached my dad

she's got the dads

she but she's got everybody like you I

just I just love her. I just think she's

the best.

You know, it's so funny you say that too

because I was thinking she's also kids

really like Aubrey because she acts like

a cat, right? So like dogs come and meet

greet you at the door, but cats just

kind of chill and wait for you to come

to them. And kids really like that. like

she never, you know, my I remember my

boys on the set of parks and she would

just like walk by and say something to

them like on the way past them and

they'd be like, "Who was that?"

I'd also imagine that she'd like talk to

a kid like an adult. Yes. You know, like

just meet them where they are like it's

rough out there, right? Like Yeah.

totally.

Yeah. Yeah. She's really um as the

people like to say, she's she appeals to

four quadrants.

Um and um you guys have worked together.

Is this the is Honey Don't which the

film that you're you both are in that

you're the star of Congratulations

coming out very soon. It looks so great.

And

and is this the first time you've worked

together, the two of you?

Yeah, we met on set. I was I've been

such a big fan of hers for such a long

time. And um I think Parks and Wreck was

probably my intro to her, which is just

like one of the best shows of all time.

And you guys together are so special.

Um, but I've I've like felt like I I I

think she has that quality where you

feel like you know her even when you

don't. Um, so like I already loved her

so much even before meeting her and uh I

would have been so bummed if she didn't

like me.

I'm projecting on this on you so I don't

tell me if I get I'm getting it wrong,

but you both to me seem like you know in

some ways introverted artists in an

extroverted business like

do you relate to that?

Definitely. Yeah. I mean it's like you

know the classic case of a look at me

don't look at me you know.

It's totally

Yeah. Right. Everybody pay attention.

Like what are you looking at?

I want to show you something. Stop. What

a what

be alone.

So what was it like working together on

set for for for those that don't know?

You guys are what is your dynamic in the

film and then what was it like working

together? dynamic in the film is I play

this like suave detective and she plays

this like cool

cop and we kind of hit it off right away

and it kind of feels like we've like met

our match. Like I usually as a character

feel like I'm in the power seat and when

I come across Aubrey's character that's

really challenged and I think she

actually is in the power seat. Um, and

on set it's it's a really fun set. It's

Ethan Cohen and Trisha Cook's movie and

they're just great and like they're at

once, you know, super accomplished and

uh like these like great artists but

really don't take themselves seriously.

So, it's like a it's a silly laidback

goofy fun vibe there. Um, but

you know, Aubrey,

I think I think in order for somebody to

come across, there's like there's a lot

to be so effortless takes some effort,

you know, and she's like she's she cares

like in the best way. She's thoughtful

and considerate and um brought so much

depth to her character and it was you

know just like kind of consistently

surprising everyone with just

um you know her her the her the thing

that she does. Um,

I think you bring up a really good

point, which is,

you know,

she's she started out anyway, especially

on Parks and Wreck, playing like a very

disaffected character, but the secret to

that character and Aubrey is that she

cares very deeply.

Yeah.

And um I think people like project on

her that she's uh indifferent

and she's definitely not.

No. No. I was wondering if you had a

question you thought I should ask Aubrey

on this day that you'd be curious to

know about or or like you want any topic

you think we should cover.

I don't know why the first thing that

came to my mind was the Salem witch

trials. But

was she was she in them? Is that the

question?

Probably. You know

Oh, yeah. What was it like being in the

Salem Wish Trials?

Margaret, we love you. I c I would love

to get you in the stewed

any anytime. Okay. Lucky.

Oh, buddy. And and I you know I I know

Plaza would will be so happy that you

did this and surprised and happy that

you did it. And also I know that you and

many people in her life have been real

big supports and a real circle of love

during very tough times. So on behalf of

her, I'm going to say thank you and it's

so good to love.

Indeed.

Thank you for having me.

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Aubrey Plaza is here and she has her

sunglasses on. And

I'll take them off if you want.

Well, I do because they I know, but

Put them on again. Let me see. I mean,

they look very cool.

What are you doing? That's so creepy.

Plazi's here and her sweet dog Frankie

is here too. When you wear the glasses,

you do look very Howard Stern.

It's cuz my hair too.

Yeah.

Right now it's like

I mean I it makes you look cool but as

an interviewer I don't love it.

Oh god.

Sorry.

Your doggy Frankie is here with you too.

Yes.

Tell us about Frankie.

Okay. Have we started?

Yeah we started. Oh,

and just like that,

um, Frankie is my dog. Her name is

Francis,

right?

Fox.

Um, she's named after Judy Garland.

That's Judy Garland's

real name.

She's a good dog.

She's a good dog. She got a little sick

this morning. That's why I brought her.

I'm not I'm not I'm not like um a bring

my dog to work kind of person so much,

but she

Do you ever bring her on set for

anything? Do you?

No. But she's really like with you a

lot.

She is now. Yeah. That's this is a re

recent this year recent kind of thing.

She's like she's like she's like a

therapy dog.

Oh yes.

In many ways and has always been for

you. But it's really been Yeah,

she is. She's always been like that.

Well, I mean to just to get it out of

the way, people want to see you. I want

to see how you are.

They love you.

I know. They love you and they want to

see you. So, you've had this terrible,

terrible, tragic year.

Yeah.

You lost your husband.

You've been dealing with that and you've

been looking for all different ways in

which to feel and find support. And I

think I would on behalf of all the

people who feel like they know they know

you and the people who do know you, how

are you feeling today?

Um I'm I mean right in this very very

present moment I feel happy to be with

you.

Mhm.

Um I feel

overall I I'm here and I'm functioning

and I feel

you know like I feel really grateful to

be moving

through the world. I think like I'm

okay,

but you know, it's like a

a daily struggle. Obviously, this is

like a really dumb analogy, but and it

was kind of a joke at a certain point,

but like I actually mean it. Did you see

that movie The Gorge?

No.

Okay.

Horror movie.

It's like a alien movie or something

with like Miles

Teller. tell her and um but it's like in

the movie there there's like a cliff on

one side and then there's like a cliff

on the other side and then there's like

gorge in between and it's like filled

with all these like monster people that

are trying to get them and like I swear

when I watched it I was like that is

like feels like what my grief is like

where it's like

or what grief could be like where it's

like at all times there's like a giant

like ocean of just awfulness

that's like right there and I can like

see it and like sometimes I I just want

to like

just dive into it and just like be in it

and then and then sometimes I just like

look at it and then sometimes I'm like

I just try to get away from it but it's

always there. It's just always

there and the monster people are trying

to get me like Miles Teller.

Yeah. And and uh

and Ana Taylor Joy.

Yeah. who Anya Taylor Joy to me is the

is the is example of like the more

beautiful you are the more spaced out

your eyes are.

Yes.

And Rihanna um who and that's how she

says it guys. What about Rihanna? Yeah.

Rihanna.

Yes. Check out the clips.

Not saying it ever.

Well Rihanna has is so beautiful and her

eyes are truly on the side of her head.

Yeah. Just like a horse. And

Yes. And

that's why horses are so beautiful.

Well, I feel here's how I feel about

horses. I feel like horses are fine.

You hate them?

I don't hate them. I don't hate them.

Let's talk about animals.

I would love to talk about animals.

No.

No. Because I feel I feel like I I I I

think horses are beautiful and they're a

little bit scary to me and I'm like I

respect them, but I I'm not I don't

really want to be near them.

And that's not how you feel about

Rihanna.

No. I'd love to truly like be in a stall

with Rihanna and feed her a sugar cube

cuz she let me.

I want to talk to you about many things

today.

Okay.

Okay. Um but the first person I want to

talk to is Little Baby Plaza.

No.

Why?

Okay.

No, I don't need you to act like a baby.

Oh okay.

I just mean I want to talk.

We're going to do role play. They were

going to do real intense roleplay. I

have a bunch of hats.

No.

Okay.

No, but because I love Little Young

Plaza and I feel like a lot of people

don't I I think a lot of people are like

Little Young Plaza out there and they

see themselves in you. But can you

explain what kind of kid you were?

Oh okay.

I was I mean I think be I would say like

before seven I think I was like pretty

shy like I was kind of like a

quiet like lanky kind of

I don't know freakish kind of kid maybe

um really thin hair like my ponytail was

like looked like this just like one

little strand basically I would try to

have ponytails, but

your hair looks really good right now.

It's It's got thicker. It gets thicker

as I

pieces in. No

[ __ ] It

gets thicker as I get older.

It's gotten really thick.

Tina Fay, watch out, Pitch.

Watch out.

Um, watch out. I'm coming for you.

She's going to brush that hair. I've got

a real brush.

Tina Fay.

Nobody's going to beat Tina's hair.

Um,

nobody.

Watch me.

Sorry, babe. My money's on Tina. You

I've seen that hair. It's incredible.

Watch me. I was definitely around a lot

of people like hectic kind of you know

childhood I think so like I was a I was

like definitely an observer but like

definitely living in my imagination like

I could just imagine things all day

long.

Where did you grow up?

Um grew up in Delaware, Wilmington,

Delaware.

Um yeah. Ever heard of it?

Nope.

Never been Never heard of it.

Joe Biden. The land of Joe Biden.

Joe Biden.

Um

who we met. Yeah.

Who we met. Well, you've met many times.

Oh yeah.

But, you know, for people fast forward

to when we were in parks, we got to go

when um President Biden was in Vice

President Biden. We got to go to

I'll never forget it.

And it was pretty pretty exciting.

It was amazing.

It was amazing. It was super super fun.

And I've told this story before, but

Aubrey stole something from his desk.

Yeah, I did.

I stole there was we were getting a tour

of his office and of the White House,

right? And I saw a little like vice

president monogrammed notebook piece of

paper that said like Aubrey Plaza and

then like three facts about me like

Wilmington, Delaware, Ursulan Academy.

We met we met blah blah blah cuz that's

what the politicians all do. They get

their little and then you're like oh my

god how did he remember you know?

Um and I swiped it and Mike Sher was

like you cannot

steal some do you think? And I was like,

"Oh, shut up, Mike." And he was like,

"We're literally in the White House."

And I was like, "We are

weigh."

And you didn't get in trouble. You No

one ever knew.

No one knew. I am kind of surprised that

there's no like alarm system in there.

There's nothing in there. It's like a

house of

It is. It is weird how janky the White

House actually is.

Jank as [ __ ]

It is janky as [ __ ]

I didn't see any cameras.

And it is like It's like SNL. Like you

go in there, you're like, "This is the

White House."

Like this light sucks.

You're like that pillow is disgusting.

It's like

it's like a hotel room used by for a

million years.

I know.

It is bad. It's weird. But you know, now

it's going to be big and beautiful. It

has to be gorgeous now.

Um Okay. So then you're in Delaware.

What kind of shows did you do as a

little kid? Like what were your like

parts that you were that you got to sink

into?

Baby Plaza Theater was the Wilmington

Drama League. I went there. My older

cousin was doing The Crucible and I

remember just watching and being like,

"Oh my god, this is so cool." And then I

auditioned. I think the first thing

Oh, yeah. The first thing I got was

Hansel and Gretle.

Um,

you played

chorus tree.

Okay.

Tree number four, maybe.

No small part. No small trees.

Yeah, actually. Yeah, I was um actually

um fun fact, I got my period um

nice

on stage at the drama league. Um,

you use that. You just used it. You were

like, "I'm going to use this."

I ble I went I started bleeding and then

my cousin took me in the bathroom and I

was like, "What's happening?"

And she was like, "You're bleeding." And

then I was like, "Get on out there. The

show must go on." And then I did. And I

was like,

and you were like, and you felt totally

different. You were like, "My G is a

woman now."

Yeah.

Yeah.

It was awesome.

That's exciting.

Um, I was mainly in the course a lot. I

always wanted to be, you know, like

Annie or whatever. Um, but I never but

the bigger the big part that I got that

like kind of changed things for me was

um I got the ugly stepsister and

Cinderella

and I really wanted to be Cinderella

like all everybody

and then

and then they were like ugly stepsister

and I was like damn it

cuz I know that's the better part.

It was the better part and it taught me

like I brought down the house with my

song and it taught me like comedy is

where it's at. I was like I'm getting

all the laughs. I was like Cinderella

sucks. I bet you have the same memory

that I have is like when you get your

first laugh that you mean to get like

people laugh at you but when you get a

laugh that you mean to get

it's like becoming a vampire.

Yeah.

Like you're like

Yeah. You're like I'm fully realized

like I have all the power.

Yeah. I can do anything.

It's the best feeling.

Yeah. Okay. Then you graduate. You go to

NYU.

Then I graduated. Then I went to NYU.

So do you remember like like arriving in

New York City and what that was like?

Um, it was crazy. Yeah, I was like I

mean I was so ready to go to New York

mainly because of UCB um

which is people listening is a sketch

and improv theater that myself and Matt

Besser Ian Roberts Matt Walsh started in

90 we moved to the city in 96. So you

were arriving when?

I came to the city in 2002.

Mh.

Um, but like growing up I I knew about

UCB before, you know, I went to New

York. And

how did you know about it? Just curious.

Like

Neil Casey,

I mean, we Neil is was one of my best

friends growing up. Is still one of my

best friends. Um, he was a bit older

than me and he was really into comedy.

He showed me like Mr. Show and Kids in

the Hall and like we got really into and

obviously Saturday Night Live was like

really big for me growing up too. So

like we just Yeah. But we were like

super big comedy nerds and part of the

reason I wanted to go to NYU and go to

New York is to take classes at UCB. So

that was like I was like ready. I was

like

And you were like studying in taking

classes at the same time. You were doing

both.

Yeah. I started doing it like

immediately.

What were you majoring in at NYU? I

don't think I know.

I majored in film. Um like directing and

writing

more than almost anyone I know. Love

studying, watching and talking about

movies. You love movies.

I love movies. All I need is movies. I

don't need anything else or anyone else.

But movies, um, what do you do with your

phone when you're watching a movie? Are

you able to fully You are You're really

good.

I am. And I'm not just saying that. I

think I am. I'm also really not good at

technology. I'm like a I'm a real boomer

like person when it comes to

I will say you when it comes to

technology I have a memory that you

you've taught me many lessons but I

remember one time I was texting on the

set of parks to someone who was

bothering me or like asking something

from me. I forget what what the

situation was and I was like composing

this really long text and you grab my

phone and you just type no and you send

it to

really you don't remember that? No, I

don't remember anything.

And it was um

really

it was very uh illuminating cuz it was

just basically like it really underneath

it was like first of all don't be like

beholden to your phone like

life is happening around you and also

you don't owe anybody any long

explanation.

Wow.

I know. So you remember that?

No. I feel like that's something you

would do to me. I feel like you taught

me how to say no.

Well maybe I taught it and then forgot

it and then you did it back to me.

Wow.

Like like uh karate kid style. Mhm.

Um, okay. So, then you go to New York.

Where do you live when you're in the

dorms?

I go to New York. My parents dropped me

off on um Third Avenue and um 11th

Street.

Oh my god. I used to live right around

there near Webster Hall.

Yeah. I lived right on I lived in the

Third North dorms. And then I ended up

moving. I got out of the dorms earlier

than you're like technically allowed to

because

there was like a mice issue

and so

there were too many mice in the and they

were like, "You have to leave." Like the

mice took over.

The mice took over to the point where I

will never forget I was on the top bunk

and I was being very quiet cuz I was

like reading a book or something and

like nobody else was.

You were as quiet as a mouse.

I was as quiet as a mouse. Um, and I

literally was just like reading for like

I don't know maybe 20 minutes or

something and all the sudden

there was a Thanksgiving Day parade of

mice. They were like having trumpets.

They were like

and they all just started parading back

and forth like selling things and it was

like a flea market. They came out and

they were like it was insane. And like I

was like and I was like I couldn't

on your floor

on the ground like like in our clothes

like in our It was like a messy room

too. So it was like they were just like

like they had like were wearing my

clothes. They were like running around

dancing like they were just

they were like those Richard Scary

books. Remember those things where it

was like like they were like building

they were like in little cars driving a

hot dog car.

Yes. It was insane. And I was like

screaming. I was like this is [ __ ]

disgusting.

And NYU was like you got to get out.

Yeah, they were like, "Be quiet and get

out." Um, so I got out and then I move

and then I moved right down the block to

Second and 11th. I got in with these

like older musical theater girls that

like took me in

and then I lived there for a couple

years

and then you studied at UCB

and then a lot of people don't know that

you well I mean I think some people know

because you talked about it on SNL but

then you found you got an internship at

SNL.

Oh yes.

How did you get that?

I So I faxed my resume.

Amazing.

Remember that?

That's amazing.

Where are you looking?

I don't know.

The audience.

I'm just looking over here. I'm looking

at my facts.

I imagined like that.

I'm looking I'm checking to see if I got

any other faxes.

Hello.

Um

yeah, I faxed my resume to every

department. Um because there was there

was just like a number there was like a

paper on some wall at NYU that had like

all the department numbers. It was like

212 667 212

like down or 664 whatever it was 66.

Um

remember 212?

Oh yeah.

I still have a 212 number.

I'm so jealous. I wish I had a landline.

I still have a landline.

That's nice.

Yeah.

But yeah, I fax my resume to every

department. Um, and I didn't get

anything. And then on a Friday night on

the week of their of the 2005

season,

um, I got a call from the design

department. And they were like,

we got your resume like, we need someone

like, can you come interview? And it was

Regina Dico, if you remember, Regina,

of course.

And I was like, um, yeah. I was like,

I'm available. It was like Friday at

like, I want to say like 400 p.m. or

5:00 p.m. or something. She's like,

she's like, "How about right now?" And I

was like, "Okay." And so then I like

went up to 30 Rock

immediately saw Ben Affleck.

Sure. Just there.

Who was like I guess he was hosting that

episode. I just like remember how crazy

it was just walking in the for the first

time cuz I was just interviewing so I

was like I didn't know what was going on

but it was a Friday night so I guess

they were

rehe blocking or whatever rehearsing.

Um, and they had they had fired

the design department only ever had one

intern. Couldn't cut it. Yeah. Mainly

because he wanted to be in design.

Yeah.

And um

and they were like, "You no

Yeah. You can't.

No. He was like, "So the blueprints of

the" And they were like

like, "Get the [ __ ] out of here."

Literally, they were like, "Fuck off."

And he was like, "Um, and then I came in

and they were like, "Do you care about

design?" And I was like, "No." And they

were like, "Can you start now?" And I

was like, "Yeah." Um,

what is the design part of SNL for

people that don't know? Like, what does

design what does the design do? Because

it's a big, it's very important part of

the show.

There's you, you have to imagine the

sets have to be built somehow.

Yeah.

And very fast.

Yeah.

Um because basically, as you know, on

Tuesday night's the writing night, and

then Wednesday night is when all the

sketches get chosen.

Yeah. And so there's really only

Wednesday to Saturday and then they have

to like figure out all the sets in

between.

I remember what I had to do was like

once the I was there all Wednesday night

like until 3:00 in the morning or

whatever and then once the sketches were

picked I would they would like send they

would be like go in the filing c

literally in the filing cabinet and find

restaurant number 72 or something.

Wow. And then I would like sift through

and find these like um blueprints I

guess for

whatever. And then I would just watch

them and they would like draw stuff and

and that's it. And then the the other

job I had was to take continuity photos

and that was cool cuz you guys would be

rehearsing

and I'd be like and everyone thought I

worked there. I had a camera around

whatever and I just was like very quiet

and just kind of like

taking pictures of of the sets of the

plants of the things.

I mean it blows my mind that we were

sharing. I mean,

you were there.

I like I stalked you. I I I think now

about the people that are crossing our

lives right now that are like in our

proximity that we don't know yet that

it's like it it's really cool that we

were in the same physical space and we

didn't know each other.

It's so crazy. It still blows my mind.

And then you were giving tours and

I was giving tours. Yeah.

And a lot of people know that you just

gave you just made stuff up while you

Yeah. I got fired. I didn't get fired,

but I got pretty much encouraged to

leave.

pretty quickly.

Yeah. What were some things you would

make up? Do you remember?

I mean, no, I don't remember like

specific thing. I feel like there was

one thing um this is when I was a page I

like there was one speech I had to give

about like I guess it was like uh

Conan's studio or something that that

studio and and it was like very cold and

it was there was just like weird facts

where they'd be like does anyone you

know know why it's so cold in the studio

and people would be like why is it so

cold because of the lights and I'd be

like no because in 1956

they had penguins on the show and the

penguins needed to be cold so they

wouldn't die and they forgot to turn the

heat down after that. So, it's been cold

since like 1956 and people would be

like, "Well, that's interesting." Okay.

Then you get you're you're

like doing comedy, doing shows, and we

meet not on SNL even though we're in the

same building, but we meet on the set of

Parks and Wreck. And for people that

don't know, like you had a crazy week

when you got hired.

Mhm.

You got like three jobs that same week.

What happened that week you were hired

on Parks?

So I basically I was like trying to get

a part in Funny People, the Jud Appatile

movie with Seth Rogan and Adam Sandler.

And I went through kind of this whole

vetting process in New York and then

enough where Allison Jones who cast that

movie and Parks and Wreck was called me

and was like, "All right, like you made

it to the chemistry read stage, so you

have to come out to LA and read with

Seth and see if you get the part

basically." Um,

and so but I didn't really have an agent

or anything and I kind of had to like

pay my way, you know, to go out there,

so it was like a little bit janky, but I

got myself out there. um to do that. And

then while I was out in LA for that week

to do the funny people thing, Allison

was like, "How would I send you on some

other things? Like, how do you feel

about that?" And so, yeah. So, one of

them was

she wanted me to go meet Mike Sher and

Greg Daniels who at the time were

shooting on The Office and they were

shooting they were on the set of The

Office. So, she sent me to the set of

The Office

and um and I and I didn't even I guess

at that time I didn't realize like I

didn't think like oh I could these

meetings

Yeah.

will get me a job. I didn't

I think it's one of the things about

being young that's kind of nice is

you're not really aware what you're

actually like what's at stake.

No, definitely not that. I mean if it

was an audition obviously I know like

all right I'm gonna get the part or not

but like

general meetings I didn't really get the

vibe of that.

How old were you then? I was 24, 23, 23

maybe. Um, but so then I went to the set

of the office and I was so starruck. I

see in my horse eye

BJ Noac and Mindy Kaling walked by and I

was like, "Oh my god." I was like,

"They're in the show." or whatever. And

Mike Sh is like, "Hello."

And he's like at his desk like and I'm

like, "What?" And then I just met him

for like he describes it. He really

embellishes this story. I think

he loves this story.

He loves it. But he's like and then I

met the weirdest person. I'm like

there's no bigger fan of Aubrey Plaza

than Mike Sher.

Yeah. Right. Um, he loves it though

because I think like I mean it just

speaks to honestly the fact that

you've always been yourself confidently

yourself and you don't have a vibe of

like you don't you are the opposite of a

pick me as the kids would say like you

you do not have that vibe and and that

draws people in and I think he was like

who is this person

Yeah.

who seems mad at me

while I try to give her a job. Yeah,

literally. And why are you wearing jean

shorts in a general meeting?

Like ripped jean shorts.

And you were like, I didn't know what

this was.

No. And then I got a phone call and they

were like, you're on a TV show. I'm

like, what? No.

But then

which one? What? What? You're like The

Office.

Yeah. I literally probably said that. I

didn't know what was going on. And then

they were like, um, actually you got the

part, but actually

you have to audition to play yourself.

You don't have to name names, but I

wonder who else was up to play you.

I don't think that anyone.

Oh, right. It was just one person.

I think they just made me do it like for

the network or something. I think I

found out later. I mean, maybe not. I

don't know. It was probably like, you

know.

Yeah,

it was you, Sharon Stone, and Gina

Gershon. Yeah. So you get the part,

we're on the set and then like I mean we

could do a whole obviously we could do a

whole episode about our experiences

there and there are so like I mean I

don't the best thing about our

relationship I feel like is I don't like

all like a lot of I think longl lasting

relationships is you don't always like

remember how you met. Like

I just remember like just

I just have this vision of you being

next to me on the set of that show and

me being like welcome like you know

Leslie was supposed to be like welcoming

April and April was supposed to be like

what am I doing here and Amy was

welcoming Aubrey and Aubrey was like

what am I doing here?

Truly. Yeah.

I mean I I remember when we first met

and it I think I told you this story. It

was um the promos that we shot.

That's right.

And which was weird because we hadn't

shot the show yet.

And the rest of the cast hadn't even

been cast yet. I think at that point it

was just like Aziz, me, you.

Yeah.

Maybe another. Yeah. I don't think we

had Nick yet or

I don't think so. But they had me and I

was there like physically there. So they

shot this promo of us on a swing set

and that's when I met you like

officially for the first time and I

think I was literally on a swing like a

child like and I was like

and I was like just don't make any

sudden movements.

Um and swinging

except swinging and then you which is

kind of good cuz swinging is really good

sematically

for me like I like um but then yeah you

came over and we were both just swinging

like little babies. That's how we met

on a swing. We met on a playground which

is kind of nice.

Really nice. And it feels like the show

was that like it it was it felt like a

true like playground space. It really

was like we I mean I loved and love

working with you. I love playing with

you. I love acting with you.

I love you as an actor. I love you as a

person. I love your

acting plazi. You know how good I think

you are.

I love playing with you. And I feel like

our dynamic or like the arc of of um in

many ways like April had the biggest

growth in the show. She goes from

truly not wanting to be where she is to

like, you know, ending the show like

with some kind of purpose and a a love

in her life and like some also like a

she kind of stands up for what she

doesn't want to do, which is a big part

of your 20s. Like,

but um when you started that character,

when you started her, did you have any

idea where you thought it would go? Now,

did you have any,

you know, did you did you see Yeah.

No, I just

No, I think I just once I realized like,

oh, what's so fun about this character

is that like

it's a game of not showing anyone that I

really care.

Yes. And like once I locked into that,

it was a real like it felt like there

was

no limit to like the growth or like what

could happen because

if you hint that there's something else

going on. It's like you can kind of

play with that and also in different

ways with every different character. So

I feel like maybe on an unconscious

level but

I felt like oh there's so much to play

with even though it feels really subtle

and simple. Yeah, that was her secret is

she cared but she pretended she didn't.

And so when it would pop out, it was so

satisfying.

Yeah,

it was so funny and good. And the ways

in which she tried to keep

those things hidden were so funny.

Yeah.

And then I think just the Andy April

thing was such an organic like I had no

idea that was going to become a thing

until that one episode.

So let's talk about that. So Andy uh

prayed uh played by Chris Pratt. Um and

you um April and Andy had an episode

where a bunch of us were off like doing

the like a harvest. We're at the harvest

festival. We're at some festival.

I don't know where you guys were.

We were doing something together and

or you were like camping or something.

Oh maybe. Oh yeah.

I don't know.

And so they put you guys in the office

and just said like let's see what

happens to these two characters when

they hang out.

Yeah. And basically the chemistry that

those characters had was the building

block for why they eventually became

like the the real romantic love story of

the show other than Leslie and Anne.

Yeah.

Cuz Anne doesn't deserve

Don't talk about Ann.

Sorry.

But what do you remember of that day?

I have a V. Well, Greg Daniels directed

the episode, which I I will always

remember because he was so delighted.

Like he had such a like little kid

energy and he was so he just was like

very willing to like let's just try

things and

we had a whole day where we were just

playing it. It was like kind of like

what you said like the office like the

bull room or bullpen the bullpen. Um the

bowl room the bullpen like became a

playground and I I just remember

I have an image of like us sitting under

the table. We were like under that main

table for a while like I don't even know

what we were doing down there.

Um but we were under there and I just

remember

I don't know it just felt it it was so

fun. It just felt like I remember before

then there was I think it was like the

finale of the maybe the first season or

I don't remember what season, but

there was a very subtle moment where

we're all in a group. We're in a circle

and

um Andy's like saying something about

his band or he's like something about

like I think like this band name is cool

or whatever and everyone else is like no

and April's and I was just like I like

it and it was like an improvised thing

but I do you remember that where where I

remember being like and then I remember

like knocking on Mike Shur's like door

and being like listen I was like April

loves Andy and April thinks Andy is cool

because he's so not cool that he's cool.

Do you understand? And Mike was like,

"Get out of here." And I was like, "You

I was like, "You better listen to me."

Um, and then

Oh, you did. You knocked on his door.

It was like I Yeah, it was it was more

like just the little conversation.

that was it was like a it was like a

layer to that character because you

become his advocate like and that's the

part of April that like is like another

interesting layer is like again she acts

like nothing matters and she's um you

know completely disaffected but she's

actually very fiercely loyal.

Yeah.

And very um and like sticks up for

people she believes in which I think is

a charact character trait of you too.

Like you're very you're a very loyal

friend.

Yeah. you're a really really protective

friend. Um, and you really stick up for

people who you love. And that side of it

was so great because then we got to see

her like manage him, care about the

band,

see potential for him that he didn't see

in himself.

Mhm.

And he was just like, I can't believe

how lucky I am.

And I remember when the writers had you

guys get married, we were all like,

what? Like

I know that was insane. That was Do you

What do you remember of that day

shooting it?

We There was a lot of crying. You cried.

I mean,

I love a wedding.

You c I remember you like cried in the

kitchen and then you were like crying

like off camera and I was like, "Stop."

You cried that much.

Yes, you did. You like literally cried

all day. It was so weird.

I was so happy you were in love.

You were like crying all day. There was

like I was like,

"I'm not crying all day."

I was like, "We're not even the camera."

I was like, "We're in my trailer. Like,

why are you doing this?" And you were

like, "How do you feel?" I'm like,

"Oh my god, no idea.

I'm ordering a salad for lunch. Like,

this is my job."

I was crying cuz you were crying so hard

and I was worried that we weren't going

to get the shot. I was crying cuz I was

sad at how much you were crying.

I don't think so.

I think that you thought it was real and

Yeah. I assumed it was legally binding.

Yeah.

But it was so good. And the And the And

the vows were so funny.

Yeah.

And the wedding was so stupid.

Stupid.

Okay. I mean, I guess like when do you

wa have you rewatched Parks and Wreck?

Nope.

What? I'm finding this out. Okay.

I wouldn't even know how.

Shut up.

Okay. Okay.

You ask me how

you've never wa the big giant screen

that you watch your movies on. How does

it work? These days I wouldn't.

And go to go to

go to what?

Type in where the search is.

How? Someone tell me.

Peacock.

No.

Yes. Yes. Go there or go to iTunes.

I wish I knew how.

Um or go to, you know, um uh

just just pick up your controller and

just wreck into it and it'll come up.

Okay. It's probably not the right one.

Go to your DVDs. You love your DVDs.

I wish I had one right now.

Um, but so you've never rewatched it?

No.

I don't know what's wrong with you guys.

I

If it comes on in a hotel room, I

literally throw something. I throw it.

Adam says literally break.

Adam says the watching the show makes

him sad.

Nick has told me he has not rewatched

it.

Liar. He jerks off to it every night.

You know, he sits there and like touches

himself.

You're so right. He's got it on right

now.

Nick,

Tammy,

you're right. He does watch it for

Tammy.

His real wife, Megan Mali.

They get off on that. They watch it

together.

They watch You're so right. They watch

it together and they and then they just

slap each other in the face.

They're disgusting.

They're totally so disgusting. Nick, I

know you're listening. You're not

fooling anybody.

I remember like that episode with with

April and Ron. That very first

I love that episode. thing when we got

to play together. I remember like

knocking on his door and being like

I canceled all your meetings today or

whatever and us just the silence

the silences between us. The thing that

I love so much about Leslie and April's

relationship is that Leslie had a plan

for April that and she kept kind of

whispering to April,

you know,

like 2016 a version of like feminism

like you can do it all, you can do

whatever you want.

She was like women belong in the

kitchen. That that game I love to play

the tradife thing. She was always like

so good. I mean

she was like we must respect our man.

And Leslie Nope would be like, "No,

April." No. She'd be like, "You must

bend over for your man."

I feel like you did you improvise that?

It feels like improvised.

Two more things about Parks. Uh what we

had so many fun guest stars come in and

like you connected with some of them in

interesting ways.

Yeah. Who do you remember just like love

like just being like oh I just like

loving the because I I feel like my job

on set was to be like welcome you know

and you got to just come up later and be

like what do you think of this like you

definitely

be like it's kind of crazy around here

want to see something insane or

whatever.

Yeah.

Yeah. You were the cool you were cool

kids.

One of the ones I'll never forget is

Patricia Clarkson.

Yes.

Totally made out with her. never made it

on on the show.

We should talk about if I made out on

the set, not in the trailers.

Oh sure sure.

Yeah,

sure. Um

although Patty would probably be fine

with both. That was incredible. And

April really fell for Tammy one.

Yeah. Yeah. She was Tammy one.

Yeah.

Yeah. Sure.

I mean, one could argue that Ron's mom

was the original Tammy.

Oh, right. Right.

Played by Paula Pel. But

Oh, yeah. That was a good one.

Yeah. Tammy. But she was Tammy 1 and

Mali was Tammy 2. Who else did you love?

I loved her. Um, [ __ ] my brain is so

broken. I remember Sam Elliot.

I'll throw some people out. You love

Sami.

Sam Elliot always pops on. I love Sam.

You love the actor that played Orin on

Parks and R.

Oh my god. Orin.

Remember Orin? Or

love Orin. He was so funny and so weird.

He was so funny.

He was like a um like a vampire boy.

Yeah.

That was always like lurking in the

shadows.

Eric Eisenhower. Eric

played Orin and But Eric wasn't really

the vampire boy, I think, in in real

life, but he

No, but in character like method.

Yes.

And I really appreciated that. Like even

when we weren't shooting, he'd be kind

of like, "Did you try the hummus or

whatever?" And I'd be like, "Yes,

Warren.

I, you know,

yes,

whatever." Um, who else?

You also uh helped us,

you helped us secure the mayor. who

really helped us get Bill Murray on

show.

Bill Murray,

how did

All you have to say to Bill Murray is

you're playing a cadaavver. And he's

like, I'm in.

Do you remember when I don't know if you

remember this, but do you remember when

Chris Bosch was on the show, the

basketball player?

Chris Bosch. He was a Miami He player.

Oh yes.

And he was a we like had like different

beat basketball like Roy. Um

Yeah, we had Roy. Yes. Yeah. Chris

Bosch. Yes. He was he was with like Aziz

and um was he like John

Ralph? Yeah. Entertainment 720.

Yeah. But like I don't know if you know

the story. It was a very quick story,

but it was so stupid. But I was a really

big Chris Bosch fan. So like I was like,

"Oh my god, like I can't believe he's

coming. Like this is insane." I was

like, "I want to play a prank on him."

Do you know this? No. And so he had to

go through hair and makeup, but you

know, he I think had very little hair

and you know, whatever. Um didn't need

makeup cuz he's a guy or whatever. Um,

but you know how they always put them

through the works anyway. So I was like,

I'm going to pretend to be the hair

stylist

and I think it was it Terry maybe was in

there and you know how she had those

glasses or whatever. So I was like,

Terry, give me your glasses or I can't

remember whatever. And I'm thinking like

this is going to be hilarious cuz

it's going to be me and he'll be like,

"Haha, it's you." Um, so I like pretend

to be Terry. like at her station

and then he goes through like makeup

first and they're like, "You look good,

you know, a little powder and you're

good." And then he like went and he was

like, "Yeah, yeah, thanks a lot." And

then he sat down in my chair and I was

like "Well,"

and I looked at him and I was like,

"What are we going to do today?" And I

was like doing like a dumb thing. And he

didn't make any eye contact with me. He

was just looking down and he was so

sweet, but he didn't make eye contact.

He was just like, "Yeah, whatever you

think."

Oh, no. And you were like,

and I was like, "Well, I think that

you're looking pretty good, sir." And

he'd be like, "Yeah, I'm so I'm good.

All right." And I'd be like, "Well,

you're not that good." And then it was

like, I just kept it going. And someone

videotaped it. And it was

so awkward. Didn't recognize me at all.

Didn't know who I was. Don't think he

ever knew who I was. Not once.

Chris Bosch isn't going to be watching

the show before he comes in. He's too

busy.

I was. He thought I was uh

he thought you were a hair person and

like the PA are like we really need him

on set. I'm like well he's almost done

in my department of hair

and then

basically it just died

and he never you never

Nope.

Well Chris is probably listening so now

you know

never not once.

Did you even work with him on set that

day? Did

never saw him again. Literally never saw

him again ever in my life.

Oh my god. I mean people should know

you're a big basketball fan.

Yeah. I mean, you're you're you big WNBA

fan.

Yeah, I love it.

You're a big Liberty fan and many other

teams. What do you like about

basketball? What do you like? You're

you're you're good at basketball.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Um I grew up playing basketball. I I

just love the game. My sister and I um

we just were a ball ballin kind of

family. My dad was like coaching our

teams and I once went to an all girls

high school um in Delaware called

Ursland Academy and we were really known

for our basketball team like first we

would you know be the best in the state.

Elena Deladon went to my school. She's

like one of the best WNBA players ever.

Um so I just kind of grew up loving the

sport. Um and then yeah the my sister

Natalie really introduced me to the W.

Um, and it was kind of before the kind

of Caitlyn Clark effect as they call it.

Um, she well we but even before that

before that we joined a women's uh

basketball league in LA. Um and we and

there was a lot of parks people like

Allison Becker was you know a lot of

comedians

Shaam Tweep um was on was on one of the

teams

and there was a whole movement like

around that time like 10 years ago in LA

where like just women were playing

basketball and like really playing um

and it was so fun. And then kind of

after that I tore my ACL

um on the court. That's I mean I'm

pretty baller. Yeah. I mean

it's happened twice. It did it again

last year.

I know. It's it's it's very cool.

Thank you.

I know it's the biggest pain in the ass.

Like it's a nightmare to tear your ACL.

But like being iced on the court, it

looks cool.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I Well, the first time it wasn't so cool

cuz I was actually playing in I was

wearing a wig and I was playing in

disguise. Um and truly

You were pretending to be the hair

department.

I was Yeah. I was pretending to be

Terry.

Yeah.

On the court.

Okay. So, we got to talk about your

other stuff. There's so much stuff that

you've done. Like, I you I don't even I

don't even know where to start. Ply,

you're such a good actor. I You've done

for people that perhaps don't know, you

have done a million gazillion movies.

You've been in White Lotus. You've done

Emily the Criminal, one of my favorite

performances of yours. You've done uh

you've worked with um

what's his name? You know, the most

famous um you work with Michael

Robert Dairo. Robert Dairo. You've

worked with the other Mike Bobby Dairo.

You've worked with the other guy Copala.

You've worked you've been in his movies.

Yeah.

You've been in um

you've been in like incredible you

incredible Black Bear. You've been in

I mean I I I should know your IMDb.

It's enough.

Is that enough?

Yeah.

It feels like it's not. It just

scratched the surface. Applause. So I

guess my question to you is and it is a

genuine question. Hold on. Agatha

down the road down my witches road

road.

Um

I mean a lot of people think that you

were playing yourself in Parks and

Wreck, but is it true that you were

actually playing yourself in Agatha?

Of course.

Yeah.

That was the closest um the most blurred

the lines have ever gotten for me.

Yeah. Yeah,

when I was holding the dagger

in the woods.

I mean, that was so exciting to watch. I

mean, that that

part was bananas.

It was crazy.

And um the the response to that show,

talk about your hagghads. Talk about

I know my baby hags love that [ __ ]

Baby hags. Sorry.

Going crazy. They're called baby hags,

please.

Excuse me. Baby hags. Um people I mean

there's something about you that like is

just witch

adjacent like you're organically have a

witch vibe as you said you were called

that early on like what is it about your

fascination you've written about the

Christmas witch you've played a witch

Christmas witch is your great children's

book and it's a great book by the way

thank you

um you and Murf um

you know we have a new book coming out

um that just came out on the shelves

right now

tell us about it

it's called Luna and the Witch throw a

Halloween party. It's a Halloween party.

Yes. What do you love about What is it

about that witch? Your your your

production company is called Evil Hag.

What is it about witches

and you?

I you know it's like I can't pinpoint

exactly where that seeped in, but I will

say I grew I think where I grew up has a

there's a witchy vibe

in the woods of Delaware. First of all,

it's an old state, the first state, in

fact. Um, and so I think I kind of grew

up kind of always, I don't know, feeling

witchy in the woods. But also, I think

that there's a blood a bloodline thing

happening, you know, in my family with

the women in my family. I think

wait say again.

Like I think I feel like I have

ancestral like witch witches in my life.

Like

well I mean you really your family feels

like a a matriarchy like you have

sisters. You have really strong women in

your family

and it feels like that's been that

feeling has been passed on

definitely on both sides too.

On both sides right on your dad's side

too. And I have like Basque blood

and um and I found out about this years

ago when I went went to visit I went to

visit like the area where supposedly

like some of my family's from

and there's this town called Zugara

which is on the border of France and

Spain and northern Spain in the Basque

region and it's apparently where like

all thousands of witches would like

convene in this in these caves which I

went to visit. it and um and like the

you know we talk about Salem witch

trials like that was like 200 witches

what you love that [ __ ]

Boston

well what

that was it's funny that you bring up

the Salem rich witch trials

why

because we talked to Margaret Quali

today about you did yes who is so nice

I know I love her

I know and she loves you

I know we have a really sweet little

connection there

and we got to talk about and you know

it's my favorite part of this in many

ways is to here is to talk well behind

someone's back. And she was saying,

which you know I know firsthand because

of the love and support I feel from you

and um our history together. But she was

talking about how like you are a real

girls girl. you are like, you know, you

really support women, you love women,

you take good care of them, you feel

supported and loved by them, and you

surround yourself with really strong,

interesting women who um who uh who you

learn from and and teach to all the

time.

And but she her question was, "What were

the Salem witch trials like?"

What [ __ ]

Honestly, they were fun.

Alexis,

they were fun. and Alexis.

Alexis, they were fun.

They were fun. They were hilarious.

Like, everyone was freaking out. And I

was just like, you guys are like so

stupid. Like,

but I definitely can see you back in the

day being uh on

I would love it.

What do you think that was the best part

about playing a witch on Agatha? The

best part for me was just like cackling

because I went I had this one scene like

this one part at the end where like and

I don't even know

why but it was I think cackling there's

something about cackling I swear that is

like really um therapeutic.

Well, it's probably sematic like you

it's like screaming but it's like you

you think like why are witches cackling?

Where does that come from? I feel like

it's must be some oldtimey way that

women were like working out their rage

and cuz I'm not very tapped into that my

rage and whatever. But like

when I really let loose and am able to

like cackle or whatever like it it's I

don't know. I just it it feels good for

me and I really took that and ran with

it. And like the scene in Agatha where

I'm like sitting I'm like sitting on top

of the house

and like the and I'm on a wire cuz I'm

like flying down there and she's down on

the ground going like you know

and like screaming at me and I was just

like and I was cackling like crazy but I

went really crazy with it

and um and it felt good.

Felt good. It felt really good to just

be like just let loose.

Speaking of Margaret Quali movie Honey

Don't

Honey Don't.

You're in it with her.

Yeah.

And uh who directed it and how did you

and how did Tell us about it.

Um Mr. Ethan Cohen directed it. Um of

the Cohen brothers.

Um and Ethan wrote it with his wife

Trish. Trisha Cook.

And um how did I get involved in it?

Like how do you pick why I mean I find

your the way you choose parts really

interesting. How do you choose what

you're going to do next?

I mean I think it's just it's a I mean a

lot of the things that I do I feel like

are somewhat self-generated because I've

produced like five movies and you know I

read scripts and you know I've done I

like that

approach. You develop things from the

ground up.

Yeah. Like I mean I did that really

that's what I've done a couple times but

then you know as an actor you also get

offers sometimes you know

but I think people think a lot of times

that like actors just like sit there and

wait and are sifting through like 10

offers or whatever but it's never like

that. It's always kind of

different than that. But this one I

don't know how I choose. I think a lot

of it's

kind of has to do with like what I feel

like kind of diving into energetically

or like character-wise cuz I tend to

really like go there and so I don't

there are certain things that I just

even if the script's like really good or

or if it's like you got to work with you

know Glenn Powell or whatever it's like

I don't you got to work with

I know but I don't I don't want to

I

You can.

No,

he's he's he's neighbors with Jack

McBreer.

I don't All right, fine. I'll do it.

I'm definitely interested in like doing

the opposite of what I just did or like,

you know, the the honey don't

um thing. To me, honestly, it was like

mind-blowing that a Cohen brother wanted

to work with me, you know? I was like,

"Oh my god." Like,

everybody wants to work with you, honey.

Tarantino, where the [ __ ] are you?

Oh, Tarantino. Sorry. Do your ear muffs.

Close your ear muffs. Tarantino will do

anything. I'll do anything. Tarantino.

Absolutely. Tarantino. Anything you

want. I am her manager. I am her

manager. She will not do anything. And

the feet are off the table.

Tarantino. It's Aubrey. Guess what? I'll

do anything you want. Babe,

it's extra for the feet. Honey.

Naked in heels. Tarantino.

Got to get immediate call from Quinton

Tarantino.

Can't wait. God, I can't wait for

whatever is the scary ass [ __ ] he's

going to make put me through again.

Don't care. You think I didn't care

before? How about now? Definitely don't

care about anything.

No, Quinton. No, we're going to Okay.

But so you what?

But but this brings me But you But what

do you like? Because you have worked

with a lot of different directors. You

work and you've and you want to direct,

right?

Yeah.

I mean, you have directed already,

but you want to do that more.

Yeah. I mean, I've never directed a

movie. Well, you've directed TV.

No, I haven't.

You haven't?

Well, I d I directed Yes. I directed a

an episode of a Showtime show called

Cinema Toast.

Yeah.

Um that Jeff

created. Yeah.

And it was a it was a during the

pandemic and it was a really really cool

show and I loved my episode. Um

unfortunately I don't think you can

watch it anymore. I don't think it

exists. It just

Showtime like literally just erased it.

It's kind of weird about some TV. Like

we were making jokes about How to Find

Parks, but some TV just is like it's

gone away. It just goes away.

It's weird.

I mean, I guess when I was growing up,

that is what happened with TV. You

couldn't watch it again.

Yeah, that's true.

It just went away. But

that's true.

But now it feels weird that it goes

away.

Yeah.

But yeah. No, I haven't dragged I want

to direct a movie, but like I'm

I'm scared,

girl. I know. But you know what it is?

It's like I I want to I know, but I It's

like I want I'm I'm a little bit like um

I'm being too precious about it.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You just got to just

do it.

But I won't have something to say. I

have something I want to

something to say. This is

Shut up. I mean,

I want to say what?

Sorry.

What?

Sorry, I interrupted. What do you want

to say?

I literally don't know.

What do you want to say? Because

I don't want to say anything.

I want to do a movie where I say

nothing. How about that? It's called

Seinfeld the movie.

Okay. And so what would be like as we

wrap up

back to movies. What are the movies that

like give you what are the movies like

what are your comfort movies?

You know, uh, speaking of comfort, just

a reminder that Frankie's been asleep

under your chair the entire time. Best

dog ever.

Best dog ever.

Dakota Johnson was on and she brought

her dog.

She thinks you're better than me.

No sorry.

No. Um, it's it's not a competition. Uh,

okay.

Frankie wins best dog for sure.

Yeah, she does.

Um, okay. But comfort movies.

Comfort movies. Um,

You've Got Mail.

Love You Got Mail.

Speaking of Tarantino on his top 10

favorite movies of all time.

Yeah, but guess what? If he made it,

what

it'd be like you got mail. You open up

the envelope, there's a finger in it.

No,

he would never.

Oh yeah.

He would never.

Okay.

Um, You've Got Mail. I love that movie.

That's like a real comfort movie when

Harry Mansali. I think like a lot of

like '9s like romcoms are really comfort

movies for me. Like I grew up like

on all those movies. Like Sleepless in

Seattle and just

I watched two on a plane recently

Parenthood and Moonruck. Those were

like,

oh my god, Moonruck is

Parenthood's so good too.

Love Moonruck.

Moonruck.

Okay. And then I ask everybody this like

and this is maybe you know this is like

takes some more import for you this year

probably than other times but like what

do you what makes you actually laugh?

What do you do when you really want to

like deeply laugh? Where do you go? Do

you watch something? Do you read

something? Do you go to friends?

Do you

like

I mean there's certain I would say

there's just certain people that make me

laugh. I don't

laugh a lot when I watch things. It's

like a question I've as I've asked a lot

of people because to me it's like it's

it's basically like how do you

how do you stay um

happy

above the line

laughing

how do you stay on the cliff

and not in the gorge

h

may I tell you what I've observed that

you've been laughing at

I do feel like

I feel like the

the way in which your

friends know you and you know them. Like

the way you like create family.

Mhm.

And the way that you feel like safe

around people and the way that you can

like laugh at yourself.

You have a very good sense of humor

about yourself. Like you you're able to

get teased really hard and you love to

tease.

Yeah. I like that. I like teasing.

I do too. And it's a it's I think it's a

love language. I don't know if it's East

Coast. I don't know if it's whatever.

But like to me like the more comfortable

I am with someone the more I I want to

tease them and want to be teased by

them.

Yeah. I would say yeah like my closest

friends like like Bombardo you know my

all my group of my women friends that we

were in an all girl improv group but

then we turned into a coven

legit. Um we call ourselves Bombardo.

Like we do we have like a text chain and

we do like Zooms and we do like trips

and those girls make me laugh really

really hard. Also, we all known each

other for so long. I think my oldest

that's like the best thing that makes me

laugh is just funny. All my funny

friends.

Well Plazi

we did it.

We did.

We really did it.

Okay.

Great job. Thank you for doing this.

Means a lot that you came.

Think I got the part.

You You got the part. You got the part

of yourself.

Okay. Finally, after all these years,

we need you to audition for um the part

of you in the podcast. And

congratulations.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Aubrey Plaza aka April

Legate. Um my daughter, sister, wife,

friend, and uh we all wanted you to be

here and we're really glad you are and

that was so fun and funny and always a

good hang with you. So, thank you for

coming and and today's Polar Plunge. Uh,

I just want to talk um and just remind

people of the beautiful films that um

Aubrey Plaza and her late husband Jeff

Bayana made together. Um they include um

Little Hours, Life After Beth, um Spin

Me Round. They're all really great um

beautiful funny films that you should

check out and check out Jeff Bayana's

work. He's a he's an incredible writer

and um director and um and uh and his

work is really special. And it it leads

me to say that, you know, if um if

someone you know or you yourself is

struggling emotionally or thinking about

suicide, you can call the National

Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline

at 988. If you're outside of the US,

visit spotify.com/resources

for information and resources.

You've been listening to Good Hang. The

executive producers for this show are

Bill Simmons, Jenna Weiss Berman, and

me, Amy Per. The show is produced by The

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Levelvel, and Jenna Weiss Berman.

Original music by Amy Miles.

Really good. Hey