Ep.77: Being A Badass: An Interview With Director Liz Friedlander

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this week's "The Mailroom" segment, Liz and Sarah share tips on how to stand out as a Writers' PA. (Hint: It's more than just getting lunch orders correct!) Then they interview their professional crush, director Liz Friedlander, and discuss everything from being a female director in Hollywood to playing the "V card" when negotiating pay. Finally, Liz and Sarah share a stress-relieving Hollywood Hack: if you google a medical issue you're having, add the word benign. Links: The Happiness Project Tenth Year Anniversary Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Project-Tenth-Anniversary-Aristotle/dp/0062888749 Writers' P.A.: https://amysuto.com/2017/09/writers-assistant-showrunners-assistant-and-writers-pa-what-these-jobs-are-and-how-to-get-them/ Liz Friedlander: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295107/ Conviction: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5396572/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Jessica Jones: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Vampire Diaries: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Stalker: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3560094/?ref_=nv_sr_3 UCLA: http://www.tft.ucla.edu/ Jack Valenti: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884122/ Kevin Williamson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932078/ Nathan Fillion: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Rookie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	Oh my God, did you look in the writer's room?
0:05.6	It's completely empty.
0:07.0	I know, we've been abandoned.
0:09.0	It's almost over.
0:10.6	Oh my God.
0:11.6	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:17.0	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about Happier, healthier,
0:21.2	sainter, more creative, more successful, and more productive,
0:24.7	in a back-fighting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:29.9	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:34.4	and writing partner of 18 years, almost 19, Liz.
0:38.1	That's me and Liz Kraft.
0:39.7	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship
0:44.9	and how to survive the war of a trition that is life in Los Angeles.
0:49.3	In this episode, we'll answer a question from the mail room about how to make an impression.
0:54.1	And then we'll talk to one of our all-time favorite directors and my professional crush,
0:58.9	Liz Friedlander.
0:59.9	And we'll share a Hollywood hack that will help you not freak out when googling medical questions.
1:05.9	But first, a very exciting update.
1:09.5	Yes, I'm want everyone to check out my sister, Gretchen Rubens' 10th anniversary edition of the Happiness Project.
1:17.5	Gretchen started a blog over a decade ago to chronicle her year of trying to become Happier,
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