Hi everyone and thank you for tuning into the 436th episode of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood

reporters awards podcast, I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is an actress

and writer, primarily of the comedy variety, who is excelled in an unusually wide variety

of formats.

From sketch comedy, she made her name on Fox's bad TV from 1997 through 2002, to voice

acting, most notably as the voice of Lois Griffin among others on Fox's family guy from

1999 through the present, to films ranging from 2004's Cat Woman to 2005's Good Night

and Good Luck, to series TV, most recently, Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, on which

she plays the bartender, turned talent manager, Susie Myersson.

A Golden Globe nominee, two-time Sag Award nominee, two-time Critics Choice Award winner,

and three-time Emmy Award winner, twice for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and once-for-family

guy, Alex Borstein.

Over the course of our conversation, the 51-year-old and I discussed how an early interest in stand-up

gave way to a passion for sketch comedy, which led to her breakthrough gig on Mad TV, why

she was unable to accept the part ultimately played by Melissa McCarthy on the TV series

Gilmore Girls, but remained in touch with its creator Amy Sherman Paladino for decades

thereafter, why in the mid-2010s, she essentially quit show business and moved with her family

to Spain, and how Sherman Paladino lured her back for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plus much

more.

And so, without further ado, let's go to that conversation.

All right, Alex, thank you so much for joining us on the podcast, great to see you, and

I guess can I ask you, where are you coming to us from?

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