Episode 1045 - Stephen Root

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Root grew up moving all over the country because of his dad’s job. Being uprooted all the time meant he was shy and quiet without too many friends. Fortunately, shy, quiet people are good observers. Stephen tells Marc how he was able to channel this childhood disposition into his acting and each opportunity always led to something else. Shakespearean acting helped him play a Klingon on Star Trek. Working on King of the Hill led him to a table read of Office Space. Stephen even sees Newsradio as paving the way for his work on Barry, for which he received his first Emmy nomination. This episode is sponsored by The Righteous Gemstones on HBO, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ben & Jerry's, and Starbucks Tripleshot Energy.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck nicks, what the fuck nuts, what the fuck sticks,
0:15.4	what's happening?
0:16.4	I'm Mark Marin, this is my podcast, welcome to it.
0:20.2	How you doing?
0:21.2	Are you okay?
0:22.2	First of all, Stephen Root is on the show today.
0:25.8	Stephen Root, the amazing character actor, who you've seen in a million things, too many,
0:31.4	all the co-embrothers movies, office space, he's on Barry this season, and he's a fucking
0:39.4	genius and he came by to talk.
0:42.9	That's happening.
0:44.6	On another note, go to sortoftrust.com to find out where the movie is playing near
0:51.0	you.
0:52.0	It's still in a lot of theaters and on demand.
0:53.8	It's a movie I did with Lynn Shelton, Michaela Watkins, Jillian Bell, John Bass, Toby
0:58.6	Hus, Michaela Watkins, I say that already.
1:04.0	See, I don't know, look, I don't know if I'm getting zen or I'm getting dementia.
1:09.8	I don't know.
1:11.2	I do not know.
1:13.2	Oh my God, I just got back from New York, it was a long flight, I didn't sleep much.
1:17.5	I was there doing press and eating things I shouldn't.
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