Allison Williams On: Perfectionism, Defensiveness, and the Horror Movies We All Make in Our Minds

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

A scream-queen (and Dan’s old friend) talks control, insecurity, friendship, and parenthood.

Allison Williams is an actress, producer, and singer best known for her breakout role on HBO’s award winning TV series GIRLS, the blockbuster film GET OUT, the science fiction horror film M3GAN, and now its sequel, M3GAN 2.0.

In this episode we talk about:

Self-improvement versus self-acceptance
The “friendship recession” among men
Aging authentically and “caring less”
Catastrophizing in parenthood
How to avoid passing your anxieties onto your children
The making of her latest flick, M3GAN 2.0
And much more

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0:00.0	This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
0:18.7	Hey gang, today I'm talking to my old friend Alison Williams, who's the star of a new hit horror movie.
0:24.7	And we're talking about the horror movies we all make in our own minds.
0:29.3	We also talk about perfectionism, defensiveness, child-rearing, people-pleasing, handling criticism, and much more.
0:36.3	You may know Allison from her star turn on the hit HBO show Girls or from her starring role in the movie Get Out or from Megan, the horror movie, or its sequel, Megan 2.0, which just came out.
0:49.8	Allison is very busy in movies and television, but she also has a podcast of her own.
0:55.0	It's a new one. It's called Landlines. It just started. We'll talk about that before the end of this interview.
0:59.8	I think you're going to enjoy this one. Allison and I have known each other for quite this a little thing where we tried producing guided meditations tailored to every Monday, Wednesday episode of this podcast.
1:19.2	Today is a Friday episode, so there's no guided meditation to come with today's episode.
1:23.4	But the experiment in June worked so well that we're going to do it again this month in July with companion meditations coming from the great meditation teacher, Don Maricio.
1:32.0	This past Wednesday, we kick things off with a bespoke meditation to go along with Brother Fopp Who's episode.
1:38.0	And we will continue offering meditations next week and all throughout the month that will pair with each Monday and Wednesday episode.
1:45.1	If you want to get the meditations, you've got to sign up at Dan Harris.com.
1:49.0	You can get access to all past and future meditations.
1:52.3	So head on over there and sign up.
1:54.0	Also, and this is the second and final thing I want to say before we get to Allison.
1:58.3	We've got a merch sale running from July 7th through 14th. You can head on over
2:02.8	to shop.danharis.com. If you've had your eye on our dumpit here journal or the 10% happier
2:09.8	crewneck or that inner piece trucker hat, good deals are coming your way. Check it out at shop.
2:15.3	com.com. We'll get started with Allison Williams right after this.
2:22.4	Allison Williams, welcome to the show. I'm so excited. I was just saying to these guys before you came on that I had talked a big game about basically relinquishing control and letting you drive the conversation, but we both know that.
2:41.1	I love control so much. I don't know who I was describing as I was saying that to you, but.
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