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The Daily - 'The Interview': The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The actress is taking on serious roles, trying to overcome self-doubt and sharing more about her personal life — but she’s not done being funny.

'The Interview': The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

At some point in almost every performance she gives.

If you've watched Seinfeld, the new adventures of old Christine or Vee, you definitely know

It's that perfect mix of irritation and defiance. Like she's

saying, try me. That spikeiness has always felt revelatory to me, especially three decades ago, when Julia was first putting these kinds

In recent years, she's been moving in new, more introspective directions, but still pushing against conventional wisdom

about women. That's especially true on her wonderful hit podcast wiser than me

where she interviews older female celebrities. She's also doing more movies, including two independent films with the

writer and director Nicole Hollifsinner about the struggles of middle age and

she's got a recurring role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

and in it she plays a mother whose teenage daughter has a terminal illness.

One of the main characters is a CGI parrot who represents death.

And as she told me, she was nervous about taking it on. Clearly even in

her 60s Julia is not done challenging herself and those of us watching her.

Here's my conversation with Julia Louis Dreyfus.

Hi Lulu, how are you? I'm great, how are you? I'm good. I have a lot of questions about the new movie but it's a pretty heavy film so I just want to

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.
0:07.0	At some point in almost every performance she gives.
0:13.0	Julia Louis Dreyfus has this look.
0:16.4	If you've watched Seinfeld, the new adventures of old Christine or Vee, you definitely know
0:20.9	it.
0:21.9	It's that perfect mix of irritation and defiance. Like she's
0:26.2	saying, try me. That spikeiness has always felt revelatory to me, especially three decades ago, when Julia was first putting these kinds
0:35.7	of women on our screens.
0:37.8	In recent years, she's been moving in new, more introspective directions, but still pushing against conventional wisdom
0:44.5	about women. That's especially true on her wonderful hit podcast wiser than me
0:49.3	where she interviews older female celebrities. She's also doing more movies, including two independent films with the
0:56.1	writer and director Nicole Hollifsinner about the struggles of middle age and
1:00.2	she's got a recurring role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
1:04.0	Her newest movie is called Tuesday.
1:07.0	It's directed by Dinah O'Pusich,
1:09.0	and in it she plays a mother whose teenage daughter has a terminal illness.
1:14.4	It's a surreal dark fairy tale.
1:16.6	One of the main characters is a CGI parrot who represents death.
1:21.1	And as she told me, she was nervous about taking it on. Clearly even in
1:26.2	her 60s Julia is not done challenging herself and those of us watching her.
1:31.4	Here's my conversation with Julia Louis Dreyfus.
1:37.0	Hi Lulu, how are you? I'm great, how are you? I'm good. I have a lot of questions about the new movie but it's a pretty heavy film so I just want to
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'The Interview': The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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