Alia Shawkat

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Search Party, Being the Ricardos) is an actor. Alia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what it was like to grow up in Palm Springs and how she doesn't like to attach her identity to being an actor. Alia and Dax talk about their love for collecting Jordan sneakers, how streaming platforms have changed television, and where she got the confidence in her comedic timing. Alia explains that her dad owned a strip club but also was the soccer coach, how she never talks to an actor before a kissing scene with them, and how much she loves painting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by
0:04.9	Minnie Mouse. Hi! Hi! One of my favorite actors is on today. Oh she's so good.
0:10.3	Alia Shawcat. My goodness I love Alia Shawcat.
0:13.4	Alia Shawcat is an actor and an artist. She's an incredible painter.
0:16.7	We came to find out.
0:17.9	Yeah, she has a really alluring spirit.
0:21.4	She does. It's really art forward. There's a coolness, there's a confidence, there's a punk rockness. She is in one of my favorite shows, search party. But of course you probably met her and fell in love with her in the rest of development. She's in the final girls. Duck butter, what a title. Whip it and then my
0:37.3	favorite movie of hers is Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids.
0:41.9	Fuck is she great, man?
0:44.0	She has a new movie.
0:45.0	It's out now.
0:46.0	It's called Bean the Ricardo's, of course about Lucille and Desi.
0:49.8	But most importantly, the final season of Search party is out now on HBO Max.
0:55.7	This is one of these super hidden gem comedies.
0:58.4	I don't know how hidden gem it is.
0:59.7	I'm just basing that and when I tell people I love it I'm generally educating them on it.
1:03.6	Right because it started out on TBS which make no sense as we discuss forthcoming
1:08.8	you TBS yes God bless you.
1:10.8	Started on TBS so I think it was harder to find at first.
1:13.6	Right, but now it's on HBO Max.
1:16.6	Yes, HBO Maximus.
1:18.6	Okay, just before this started, we were talking about, you don't ask God to protect the whole neighborhood just yourself and then you extended the ring out to us which I thank you for you're welcome my friends and family
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