Julia Louis-Dreyfus on doing death, truth-telling in comedy and getting wiser (from On with Kara Swisher)
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🗓️ 24 December 2024
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Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Selina Meyer in Veep. But in recent years, she's been showing her dramatic chops, including in her latest film, Tuesday, in which she takes on grief, denial and death. She's also been winning awards as the host of her podcast Wiser Than Me. In this episode from On with Kara Swisher, Kara and Julia discuss how in-depth conversations with iconic older women have radicalized her, her concerns about the commercialization of art films and why she thinks comedy is risky — but still very much possible.
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| 1:36.1 | This is On with Kara Swisher, and I'm Kara Swisher. |
| 1:38.9 | We've had a slew of power women on On, and today we're keeping up that streak. Comedian and actor Julie Louis Dreyfus. |
| 1:46.6 | She's obviously a comedy legend. |
| 1:48.6 | I'm an enormous fan. |
| 1:50.1 | She's won 11 MAs, a record of eight she got for playing some of TV's most iconic female |
| 1:54.9 | characters on three different sitcoms. |
| 1:57.9 | Elaine Benis in Seinfeld, Christine Campbell in The New Adventures of Old |
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