Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso Live from Aspen with Performer Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Jul 14, 2024 Join award-winning actor and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, renowned for her iconic roles in Seinfeld and Veep, as she shares insights about her latest film, *Tuesday*. She discusses the emotional intensity of her performances, her journey from childhood basement plays to SNL with Larry David, and her thoughts on political correctness in comedy. Julia also opens up about a life-changing cancer diagnosis post-Emmy win, the support from friends and colleagues, and her plans for living fully in her sixties.
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Dramatic Risks Through Magical Realism
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus chose Tuesday because it let her explore death, grief, and motherhood through magical realism.
- She valued the film's Eastern-European fairy-tale tone as a fresh doorway into heavy themes.
Basement Plays And Early Directing
- Julia staged plays in her parents' basement as a child and charged neighborhood kids admission.
- She recalls bossing a seven-year-old neighbor when he flubbed a murderer's line at age 11 or 12.
Private Ambition, Public Risk
- Julia felt ambition keenly but kept it private while starting out in the 1980s entertainment world.
- She describes being shy about ambition yet driven enough to leave school for Saturday Night Live.
