Adam Scott: ‘The Role I’d Been Waiting My Whole Career For’

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Adam Scott is best known for his roles in workplace comedies like ‘Parks and Recreation’ and ‘Party Down,’ which makes him the perfect actor to subvert that genre in Ben Stiller’s new deeply disturbing workplace thriller ‘Severance.’ In this episode, Scott talks about the “mind fuck” of playing two versions of one character in the excellent new Apple TV+ series and looks back on highlights from his comedy career, from his game-changing role in ‘Step Brothers’ to his long-running stint on ‘Parks and Rec’ and a lot more.

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0:00.0	Before he was the charming Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation, or the evil demon Trevor on The Good Place, or his latest role as Mark S on Severance, my guest on today's show was just a lowly caterwaiter in a pink tie.
0:15.9	New guy. I totally forgot your name.
0:18.8	It's funny because people usually remember it.
0:21.4	Why is that?
0:22.2	It's Scrotum Phillips.
0:24.1	Ha.
0:25.8	Henry.
0:26.7	Right.
0:27.5	And you're not even the new guy because you worked with Ron.
0:30.6	Eight years ago, yes.
0:32.1	Thank you for reminding me.
0:33.5	Wow.
0:36.4	So do you act? Well, I look familiar.
0:39.3	You do.
0:41.3	Mm-hmm.
0:42.3	And you smoke parliaments.
0:43.3	Mm-hmm.
0:44.3	I dabbled.
0:45.3	Are you, uh...
0:46.3	A professional waiter?
0:47.3	I'm not.
0:48.3	Oh.
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