Hello and welcome to another episode of Not Too Deep. I'm your host Grace Hellbeck. I am thrilled

to let you know that we have Nick Dodani on today's episode. You might know him as the heed in a

typical on Netflix. It just ended. We talk about that entire experience, what he's learned from

the whole process, and more recently you might know him as Jared, the best friend of Ben Platt

in the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen. We talk about what it was like to feel like a

imposter on that set, having no real music experience. And what it was like to film and get the role

in the middle of the pandemic. We talk a lot about mental health. We also talk about his

Reforier in college into the world of politics, which obviously led him into the comedy and acting

position that he's in now. And we also talk about his desire to want to do a potentially more

stand-up. I hope you all encourage him to do so. And we get his hot take on gay wizards. It's a really

wonderful episode. I enjoyed this conversation so much. I hope you do. Enjoy this episode of Not Too

Deep With Nick Dodani. Okay Nick, I have a million questions for you. I mean probably like 20

in total. But I'm so excited to talk to you as someone, okay, I ask this question a lot of

people that I think are kind of like multi-hyphenate artists. How do you describe what you do?

Oh, that is a great question. I actually don't think I've ever been asked. You can say it's a

bad question too, because I know it puts you on the spot immediately. No, I mean I don't think I've

ever been asked that question. Okay. Other than by my parents who for a long time didn't understand

what I did. Yeah. How do you explain podcast toast? Internet sensation. I would say that I

I mean in the most basic sense, I'm an actor, I'm a writer, I'm a comedian. I do funny things to

make people laugh. I agree with that from an outside perspective. I'm curious about your journey.

Talk to me about how you got here. You're from Texas originally. How did you end up in Los

Angeles? How do we get into entertainment? Yeah, so I was born in Dallas, but I grew up in Arizona.

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