This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing from I Heart Radio.

It takes real comedic chops to play the woman starring opposite Larry David for 11 seasons

on the cringe-worthy meta-hit, curb your enthusiasm.

My guest today actress, director and producer, Cheryl Hines plays the cantankerous comedian's

wife with the improv skills and killer timing that have earned her two Emmy nominations

for the role.

As an actress Hines is known for her memorable turns in the critically acclaimed film

Waitress, the sitcom Suburgatory, and most recently on HBO's The Flight Attendant.

She's also brought her talents behind the scenes, producing the oxygen series Campus

Ladies, and directing the film's serious moonlight starring Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton.

Hines is now also a member of one of America's most well-known and respected families she

married her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2014.

With Hines starring as Cheryl David for two decades and counting, I wanted to know how

she got her start in acting.

Well, I did commercials when I was young in Florida and then I went to University of Central

Florida and this how old I am.

My senior year there, that's when Universal Studios opened.

They did a big casting call.

Over a thousand actors showed up because all these kids wanted to work there and get a job

as an actor because they had different shows.

So I hired and I mean, so yes, I was getting paid to act.

If you consider that professional.

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