Embrace your main character energy with Natasha Rothwell | On the Spot

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Actor and writer Natasha Rothwell takes the stage for “On the Spot,” TED’s rapid-fire Q&A format. Answering a stream of unexpected questions, she dishes on everything from creativity and representation in TV to love, the first “pinch me” moment of her career and a discovery that recently blew her mind.

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0:00.0	Our first date.
0:01.6	Technically it was your opening move on Bumbled as started it.
0:04.9	Describe our first date in five words?
0:06.7	Or your reply to that.
0:08.5	Tomorrow, let me surprise you.
0:10.0	I think it finished at that place across town, right?
0:12.9	You know, the only one still open?
0:15.1	That was a surprise.
0:16.3	I just wasn't ready to go home yet, you know?
0:18.3	Yeah, I definitely wasn't either.
0:20.0	It was a lot for first date, but really fun.
0:24.5	It started with an opening move.
0:26.5	Try a new way to start the chat on Bumble.
0:28.8	Download now.
0:44.6	You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:51.4	I'm your host, Elise Hugh. Writer and actor Natasha Rothwell is a name and face you're probably familiar with.
0:56.0	She has star turns on hit TV shows like White Lotus and Insecure.
1:00.9	And in 2024, she took the TED stage for a new format that we call On the Spot,
1:06.4	where she had to answer quick questions and give advice all extemporaneously.
1:10.3	It's a whole lot of fun, and you can probably imagine this.
1:12.8	But Natasha, of course, sparkled.
1:13.4	Enjoy.
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