Aubrey Plaza

29:08Yeah. Like it's really cool that we were in the same physical space. I know. 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 gave tours. I did, 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 know, like, specific thing. I feel like there was one thing. This is when I was a page. Like, there was one speech I had to give about, like, I guess it was, like, Conan's studio or something.

29:48That studio. 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 your, 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 Rec.

30:33And for people that don't know, like, you had a crazy week when you got hired. 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 Judd Apatow 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 Rec 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. And so, but I didn't really have an agent or anything.

31:16And 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 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 Schur 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 I didn't even, I guess at that time I didn't realize, like, I didn't think, like, oh, I could, these meetings will get me a job.

31:58I didn't understand. I mean, 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. And that's good. Definitely not that. I mean, if it was an audition, obviously, I know, like, all right, I'm going to 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. But so then I went to the set of The Office and I was so starstruck. I see in my horse eye BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling walked by and I was like, oh my God. I was like, they're in the show or whatever.

32:33And Mike Schur 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 later there's no bigger fan of Aubrey Plaza than Mike Scher yeah right 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 do not have that vibe. And that draws people in.

33:18And I think he was like, who is this person? Yeah. Who seems mad at me? Yeah. 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're like, I didn't know what this was. No. And then I got a phone phone call and they were like you're on a tv show i'm like what no but then which one i know 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 I think I found out later.

34:03I mean, maybe not. I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's 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, a lot of, I think, long-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 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 rashida 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 except swinging except swinging and then you which is kind of good because swinging is really good somatically yeah yeah for me like I liked 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 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 plazzy you know how good I think you are I love playing with you and I feel like our dynamic well 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 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 and did you have any you know did you did you see no 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've locked into that it was 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 gonna become a thing until that one episode so let's talk about that so Andy uh played 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 where you guys were we were doing something together yeah or you were like camping or something oh yeah maybe oh yeah we're like cabin episode yeah 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 ann yeah because ann doesn't deserve don't talk about him sorry but what do you remember of that day i have a bit well greg daniels directed the episode which i I will always remember because he was so delighted.

39:03Like 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 was like, kind of like what you said, like the office, like the bull room or bullpen. Yeah. The bullpen, the bull 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. But we were under there. And I just remember, I don't know, it just felt, it was so fun. It just felt like, I remember before then there was, I think it was like the finale of maybe the first season.

39:46I 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 and he'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 and i was just like i like it and it was like an improvised thing but i do you remember that where i remember being like and then i remember like knocking on mike schur's like door and being like listen I was like April loves Andy and April thinks Andy's 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 better listen to me wow you did you knocked on his door it was more like just a 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 character character trait of you too plazzy 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 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.

41:32That was, 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 cried. I remember you like cried in the kitchen and then you were like crying like off camera and I was like, stop. I didn't cry 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 was 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 I didn't I'm ordering a salad for lunch like this is my job I was crying because you were crying so hard and I was worried that we weren't going to get the shot I was crying because 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 vows were so funny yeah and the wedding was so stupid it was so stupid

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45:12Okay. I mean, I guess like when do you watch, have you rewatched Parks and Rec? 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 watched the big giant screen that you watch your movies on. How does it work? Go blue, blue, blue. 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. Or go to, you know. Just pick up your controller and just save parts and rec into it. And it'll come up. Okay. It's probably not the right one.

46:04Go to your DVDs. You love your DVDs. I wish I had one right now. But so you've never rewatched it? No. I don't know what's wrong with you guys. If it comes on in a hotel room, I literally throw something. I throw it. Adam says 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.

46:35You're so right. He's got it on right now. He's like, Nick, Nick. That's right, Tammy. You're right. He does watch it for Tammy. His real wife, Megan Mullally. They get off on that. They watch it together. You're so right. They watch it together. They're sick. 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 April and Ron, that very first thing. I love that episode. When we got to play together, I remember like knocking on his door. and being like, I canceled all your meetings today or whatever.

47:09Yes. And it's 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 game I love to play the trad wife thing she was always like so good I mean maybe April would be a trad wife we must respect our man and Leslie Knope 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?

47:53it feels like something you would have improvised two more things about Parks 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 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? Yeah. You definitely. I'd be like, it's kind of crazy around here. Want to see something insane or whatever. Yeah. Yeah, you were the cool, you were the cool kids. I mean, one of the ones I'll never forget is Patricia Clarkson.

48:33Yes. totally made out with her never made it on on the show still talk about it made out on the set not in the trailers oh sure yeah sure yeah sure 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 right played by Paula Pell but yeah oh yeah that was a good one yeah Tammy but she was Tammy one and Malali was Tammy too. Who else did you love? I loved her. Fuck, my brain is so broken. I remember Sam Elliott. I'll throw some people out.

49:10You love Sam Elliott. Sam Elliott always pops up. I love Sam Elliott. You love the actor that played Oren on Parks and Rec. Oh my God, Oren. Remember Oren? I loved Oren. Love Oren. He was so funny and so weird. He was so funny. He was like a vampire boy. Yeah. That was always like lurking in the shadows. Eric Eisenhower. Eric. Played Oren. but Eric wasn't really the vampire boy I think in real life but he was very like method 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 you know whatever who else you also helped us you helped us secure the mayor of Connie you really helped us get Bill Murray on the show Bill Murray.

49:59All you have to say to Bill Murray is, you're playing a cadaver. 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 Bosh was on the show, the basketball player? Chris Bosh. He was a Miami Heat player. Oh, yes. And he was a— Remember we had different basketball, like Roy Hibbert? Yeah, we had Roy Hibbert. Yeah, Chris Bosh, yes. Yes, and he was with like Aziz and was he like— John Ralphio? Yeah, Entertainment 720. Yeah, but like I don't know if you know this story. It was a fairly quick story, but it was so stupid. But I was a really big Chris Bosh fan.

50:39So 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. Yeah. Didn't need makeup because he's a guy or whatever. But you know how they always put them through the works anyway. Yeah. So I was like, I'm going to pretend to be the hairstylist. And I think it was 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.

51:11And I'm thinking like, this is going to be hilarious because it's going to be me. And he'll be like, ha ha ha, it's you. So I like pretend to be Terry. I'm 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 gonna 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 oh And I was like, well, I think that you're looking pretty good, sir.

51:55And he'd be like, yeah, so I'm good. All right. And I'd be like, well, you're not that good. And then I was like, I just kept it going. And someone videotaped it. Oh, my God. 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. No, I mean. Not once. Chris Bosh isn't going to be watching the show before he comes in. He didn't know. He's too busy. I was. He thought I was. He thought you were a hair person. And like the PAs 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.

52:29And he never, you never. Nope. Well, Chris is probably listening. Never not once. Never not once. Did you even work with him on set that day? 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 a big WNBA fan. Yeah, I love it. you're a big Liberty fan and many other teams. Yeah. What do you like about basketball? What do you like? You're good at basketball. Thank you. Welcome. I grew up playing basketball. I just love the game. My sister and I, we just were a ballin' kind of family. My dad was, like, coaching our teams, and I went to an all-girls high school in Delaware called Ursuline Academy, and we were really known for our basketball team.

53:16Like 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. So I just kind of grew up loving the sport. And then, yeah, my sister Natalie really introduced me to the W. And it was kind of before the kind of Caitlin Clark effect, as they call it. She, well, we, but even before that, before that, we joined a women's basketball league in L.A. and there was a lot of Parks people like Allison Becker a lot of comedians 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 and it was so fun and then kind of after that I tore my ACL on the court that's I mean and pretty ballery yeah it's happened twice did it again last year I know it's very cool thank you I know it's the biggest pain in the ass like it's a nightmare to Terry or ACL but like being iced on the court it looks cool yeah yeah well the first time it wasn't so cool because I was actually playing in I was wearing a wig and I was playing in disguise 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 know I don't even I don't even know where to start plaza 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 you've worked with um what's his name you know the most famous um we work with Michael Robert Robert De Niro.

55:11Robert De Niro. You've worked with the other Mike. Bobby De Niro. You've worked with the other guy. Coppola. Sure. You've been in his movies. Yeah. You've been in, like, incredible Black Bear. You've been in, I mean, I should note your IMDb. It's enough. Is that enough? Yeah. It feels like it's not. It just scratched the surface, Plaus. So I guess my question to you is, and it is a genuine question. Hold on. Agatha. Down, down, down the road. Down my witch's road. Road.

55:57I mean, a lot of people think that you were playing yourself in Parks and Rec, but is it true that you were actually playing yourself in Agatha? Of course. Yeah. That was the closest, the most blurred the lines have ever gotten for me. Yeah. when I was holding the dagger in the woods. I mean, that was so exciting to watch. I mean, that part was bananas. It was crazy. And the response to that show, talk about your hag heads. Talk about your parasitic show. I know, my baby hags love that shit. Baby hags, sorry. They're called baby hags, please. Excuse me, baby hags. People, I mean, there's something about you that like is just witch adjacent?

56:39Like 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. You and Murph. You know, we have a new book coming out that just came out on the shelves right now. Oh, 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 production company is called Evil Hag. What is it about witches and you?

57:14I, 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 witches in my life. Like for sure. Well, I mean you really – your family feels like a matriarchy.

58:06Like 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. Yeah. On your dad's side too. And I have like Basque blood. And I found out about this years ago when I 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 Zugaramerti, 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 these caves, which I went to visit.

58:47And like the, you know, we talk about Salem witch trials. That was like 200 witches. What? You love that shit? Boston? Well, that was—it's funny that you bring up the Salem Witch Trials. Why? Because we talked to Margaret Qualley today about you. 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 hear, 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 our history together.

59:26But she was talking about how, like, you are a real girl's 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 you learn from and teach to all the time. And but her question was, what were the Salem witch trials like? What? Bitch.

59:57Honestly, they were fun. Alexis. They were fun, 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. But I definitely can see you back in the day being 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 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 therapeutic. Well, it's probably somatic like you've mentioned.

1:00:38It's like screaming. Yeah. But it's like you think like, why are witches cackling? Where does that come from? I feel like it must be some old-timey way that women were, like, working out their rage. Because 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's—I don't know. 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, I'm on a wire because I'm, like, flying down there. and she's down on the ground going like, you, you know, and like screaming at me.

1:01:17And I was just like, and I was cackling like crazy, but I went really crazy with it. And it felt good. It felt good. It felt really good to just be like, just let loose. Speaking of Margaret Qualley, movie Honey Don't. Honey Don't. You're in it with her. Yeah. And who directed it and how did you, and how did you, 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 i don't know why i mean i find your the way you choose parts really interesting what 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.

1:02:17You've developed things from the ground. Yeah. Like, I mean, I did that really, that's what I've done a couple of 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 because 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 You got to work with, you know, Glenn Powell or whatever.

1:03:06It's like, I don't. But you got to work with Glenn Powell. I know, but I don't want to. You got to. I can't. You can't. No. He's neighbors with Jack McBrayer. I don't. All right, fine. I'll do it.

1:03:20I'm definitely interested in, like, doing the opposite of what I just did. Yes. Or, like, you know, the honey don't thing to me, honestly, was, like, mind-blowing that a Coen brother wanted to work with me. You know, I was like, oh, my God. Honey, everybody wants to work with you, honey. Tarantino, where the fuck are you? Hello, Tarantino. Sorry, Quentin. Do your earmuffs. If you're listening. Close your earmuffs. Tarantino, I'll do anything. I'll do anything. This is no. Absolutely. Tarantino. Anything you want. Quentin, I am her manager. As her manager, she will not do anything. Ring, ring. And the feet are off the table, babe.

1:03:52Tarantino, it's Aubrey. Guess what? I'll do anything you want, babe. It's extra for the feet, hon. Naked in heels, Tarantino. You're going to get it. You're going to get it. What? Immediate call from Quentin Tarantino. Can't wait. God, I can't wait for whatever is the scary-ass shit he's going to put me through again. Don't care. You think I didn't care before? How about now? Definitely don't care about anything. No. Quentin, no. Okay. But so you— But this brings me— But what do you like? Because you have worked with a lot of different directors. You work—and do you want to direct, right? Yeah.

1:04:29I 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 directed— Didn't you and Jeff— I directed—yes. Yeah. I directed an episode of a Showtime show called Cinema Toast. Yeah. That Jeff created. Yeah. And it was during the pandemic, and it was a really, really cool show, and I loved my episode. Unfortunately, I don't think you can watch it anymore. I don't think it exists. It just went away. 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.

1:05:12It 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. That's true. But now it feels weird that it goes away. Yeah. But yeah, no, I haven't directed. 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 wanna I know but I it's like I want I'm a little bit like I'm being too precious about it yeah yeah yeah I know yeah you just gotta just do it but I wanna have something to say I have something I wanna I wanna have something to say I wanna shut up I mean I wanna say do you what sorry what sorry I interrupted what do you wanna say I literally don't know what do you wanna say I don't wanna say anything I wanna 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 speaking of comfort just a reminder that Frankie's been asleep under your chair the entire time best dog ever Dakota Johnson was on and she brought her dog she thinks she's better than me no sorry no it's not a competition Frankie wins best dog for sure yeah she does okay but comfort movies comfort movies 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 the envelope there's a finger in it no he would never oh yeah he would never okay You've Got Mail I love that movie that's like a real comfort movie When Harry Met Sally I think like a lot of like 90s like rom-coms are really comfort movies for me like I grew up like on all those movies like Sleepless in Seattle and I watched two on a plane recently Parenthood and Moonstruck those were like oh my god Moonstruck is Parenthood's so good too love Moonstruck Moonstruck okay and then I ask everybody this Like, and this is maybe, you know, this is like take some more import for you this year probably than other times.

1:07:32But 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 asked a lot of people because to me it's like, it's basically like, how do you, how do you stay? Happy? Above the line. Laughing. How do you stay on the cliff and not in the gorge? May I tell you what I've observed that you've been laughing at?

1:08:16I 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 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 yeah like you're able to get teased really hard and you love to tease yeah I like that I like teasing it I do too. And 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 to me, the more comfortable I am with someone, the more I want to tease them and want to be teased by them. Yeah.

1:08:57I would say, yeah, my closest friends, like Bombardo, a group of my women friends that we were in an all-girl improv group, but then we turned into a coven. Legit. 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've all known each other for so long. It's my oldest, that's the best thing that makes me laugh. It's just funny, all my funny friends. Well, Plazy, we did it. We did. We really did it. Okay. Great job. Thank you for doing this. It means a lot that you came. I got the part.

1:09:38You got the part. You got the part of yourself. Okay. Finally, after all these years. I needed you to audition for the part of you in the podcast, and congratulations. Thank you so much. Thank you, Aubrey Plaza, a.k.a. April Ludgate, my daughter, sister, wife, friend, and 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 today's Polar Plunge, I just want to talk and just remind people of the beautiful films that Aubrey Plaza and her late husband, Jeff Bain, made together. They include Little Hours, Life After Beth, Spin Me Round.

1:10:24They're all really great, beautiful, funny films that you should check out and check out Jeff Bain's work. He's an incredible writer and director and his work is really special. And it leads me to say that, you know, 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 U.S., visit Spotify.com slash 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 Poehler.

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