Aidy Bryant - 'Shrill' & 'Saturday Night Live'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The 32-year-old vet of improv and sketch comedy reflects on seven seasons in Studio 8H, what frustrated her about the acting opportunities she was offered during hiatuses and why she ultimately signed on to co-create, co-write, co-produce and star on a Hulu series about a "fat" young woman in 21st century America. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the and Patricia Arquette in a gripping story based on real events and is now streaming for
0:25.6	your Emmy consideration.
0:27.3	I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of the funniest people in show
0:31.0	business.
0:32.0	An actress slash comedian who made her name on
0:34.6	NBC's Saturday Night Live on which she has appeared for seven seasons now
0:38.7	dating back to 2012 and for which she has received two Emmy nominations,
0:43.0	One in 2014 for Best Original Music and L lyrics,
0:46.0	and One in 2018 for Best Supporting Actress
0:50.0	in a Comedy series,
0:51.0	and who is now receiving rave reviews for the first season of Shrill, a much-discussed
0:56.2	new comedy series on Hulu about a fat young woman making her way in 21st century America,
1:02.2	which she co-created, co-wrote, co-produced, and Stars on.
1:06.7	80 Bryant.
1:08.3	Over the course of our conversation at the Nomad Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the 32-year-old and I discussed her rise through the world of comedy,
1:15.6	which included several years working at Chicago's fabled Improv Hub, The Second City,
1:20.6	how she wound up in New York City and on SNL and what the highlights have been of her time on the show?
1:27.0	How her weight shaped the sorts of acting opportunities that she was and was not offered during hiatus,
1:33.4	why she ultimately gravitated toward shrill,
1:36.1	even though it would force her to delve
1:37.6	into deeply personal feelings and experiences
1:40.2	that she has had throughout her own life,
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