Episode 161 - Alison Pill

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

If it weren't for her singular acting abilities, Alison Pill would be best known for her boisterous laugh. (That is only kinda a joke.) The chameleonic actress–Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Midnight in Paris, The Newsroom–has been at it since the age of 10. And so we begin on set, unpacking her life as a child actor, and how she managed to find a voice as she grew up on (and off) screen. We also discuss her transcendent work on stage (from Blackbird to Three Tall Women), rejecting precocity, the film that almost made her quit acting, the trials and tribulations of dating in your 20s, approaching #MeToo with a politics of grace, and why Thornton Wilder has irrevocably changed her life. There's also laughing. Lots and lots of laughing.

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0:00.0	Pushkin. The Frid. The fragility of live stage is the most beautiful thing in the world.
0:19.3	We all play pretend.
0:21.4	It's different than in movies because the people up there are real and the people in the
0:26.3	audience are real too and there is a back and forth give and take. It's not a wall. The fourth wall is not a wall.
0:32.2	It's a group of people. It's not a wall. The fourth wall is not a wall. It's a
0:33.0	population. It's just this fragile beautiful thing that you can mess up if you don't
0:39.5	believe. That was Allison Pill.
0:45.0	Allison Pill. I'm San Fragoso and this is Talk Easy.
0:50.0	Welcome to the show. The show. Hey, everyone. A bit of housekeeping before we get into today's episode with
1:19.2	Allison Pill. I just want to thank people who wrote in enthusiastically about the show's return.
1:27.2	We have I think something like 40 more episodes to do in 2020. Seems like a lot. It is a lot. If you want to drop us a line, please feel
1:37.4	free to do so at talk easy pod at gmail.com. I love reading and responding. I usually respond. I think I've responded to every
1:47.5	email that we get on the show. If you'd like to donate do remember that we are an independently operated podcast, at least for now.
1:57.0	So feel free to do so on PayPal or Venmo at talk-EzyPod.com. Donate.
2:04.0	Every donation no matter the size, whether it's one time or recurring,
2:08.0	really does help us continue doing this thing
2:12.0	week after week.
2:14.0	So, with that said, I'm excited to be doing this show in 2020.
2:19.0	I'm excited for the next 40 episodes,
2:22.0	and I'm very excited about today's episode
2:25.3	Allison Pill. I'm not going to give much of an intro here. She's incredible.
2:29.9	You've seen her in many films and television shows.
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