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AMA Bonus: Craig Robinson On 'Morris From America'

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Leisure, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this extended interview, Craig Robinson from "The Office" tells a story about when he worked in an actual office. Then he shares his thoughts on his new movie, "Morris From America."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey puzzle people, it's Ophira here with a little podcast bonus.

0:10.2

So we recently had Craig Robinson on our show You Know Him as Darryl from the office

0:14.8

and from movies like Hot Tub Time Machine and the TV show Mr. Robot.

0:19.7

He was hilarious, of course, and you will hear the full interview with him when the episode

0:23.6

drops in a few weeks, but before then, we wanted to give you a little sneak peek and

0:28.2

a little extra content.

0:30.3

So in this clip, we talk about the show The Office and also when Craig Robinson worked

0:36.1

in an actual office.

0:38.0

But first I asked him about his new movie Moris from America, which opens this weekend.

0:42.5

Craig plays a single father who moves to Germany with his 13 year old son.

0:46.2

It's just this cool relationship that they have is unlike any parental relationship I've

0:50.9

seen on screen or in real life.

0:54.1

And the part that I, when I say I haven't seen relationship like this, Moris would curse

0:58.7

at his father.

1:00.3

And his father's like, okay, let's take a minute, let's chill.

1:03.8

I would have been thrown down the stairs.

1:06.8

But it was like, but this kid is like, he knows he hasn't been this foreign country and

1:11.5

he knows he's got to, he needs him to grow up because I got to go make paper for us and

1:17.5

all this other stuff.

1:18.5

Were you friends with your folks?

1:20.5

No.

1:21.5

No, no, no, no, there was I.

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