Hey, so normally I don't do an intro, but I'm about to interview one of my all-time favorite actors and comedians, Paul Reiser.

He actually has three shows on TV right now, one on Netflix, one on Amazon, one on Hulu. We'll talk all about them.

But I'm doing this intro because, as you can probably hear, my throat's a little bit sore, but even given that,

I get so excited about these guests that I power through and I want to do the interview, and I'm grateful you're listening.

So, let's start the interview.

So, you know your bad for a really long time and yet you pursue it obsessively.

Am I correct?

Well, but it's interesting because my recollection is it's sort of what protects you from your starting as a comic.

I think you're protected by this embryonic ignorance that I think if you knew how bad you were, you wouldn't dare go up.

Something is in denial or you're just not smart enough to know it.

I remember it's 17, 18, 18 when I went off for the first time.

I knew I wasn't going to be great because that's the first time, but I'm going to think, that's pretty good.

And it's okay. And then, you know, you look back now and cringe, oh my God, really? I went out there. I knew nothing.

You're protected with a sort of blind enthusiasm and ignorance of youth.

And one of the things I love about stand up is it's a moving target.

It's like the horizon. You keep moving towards it and then it keeps moving.

And you get better and you say, oh, as soon as I can do that, then I'll be made.

And then you get to that point and go, oh, there's so much more I have to learn.

And you just, you never ever feel like you've arrived in the best sense.

I'm so excited to have Paul Reiser here. Paul, I feel like I've been watching you on TV and movies since I was born practically.

Not to make you sound old because you're not that much older than me to be honest.

But it was interesting that your parents had the TV right there at your birth so that you could be indoctrinated.

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