Episode 52 - Martin Starr
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2017
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with actor Martin Starr. Starr got an early start to acting with his role as Bill Haverchuck on the cult-classic, Freaks and Geeks. After this he went on to star in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up and Superbad, and can now be seen on the hit HBO show Silicon Valley. Throughout all of his work, Martin has managed to execute the delicate balance between dry wit and empathy--both of which can be felt in this interview. In their conversation, he and Sam talk about his experience on Freaks and Geeks (13:08), his struggles with depression (17:52), Silicon Valley (44:03), and falling in love (1:03:30). ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:54.0 | Oh, Oh, Hello everyone welcome to the show this is talk easy I'm Sam for Goso and thank you |
| 1:09.4 | for being here this week on the program we're delighted to have the wonderful actor Martin Starr. |
| 1:15.0 | Born in Santa Monica, California, Star's success came early on a show you may have heard of called Freaks and Geeks. Although it was a program quickly cancelled |
| 1:25.2 | due to low ratings in 1999 it has since gone on to become widely beloved. |
| 1:31.2 | On it Star played a bespectacled TV-crazed teen who'd rather spend Friday nights talking |
| 1:36.8 | about Star Wars than talking to the opposite sex. |
| 1:41.0 | Contrary to many in similar positions, Star moved on from that iconic role. |
| 1:46.1 | He was not defined by Bill Havichuck. |
| 1:49.6 | Throughout the 2000s, Star found footing both in film and TV. He made guest appearances on everything from |
| 1:55.9 | King of the Hill to How I Met Your Mother. Or had roles in the films of Judd Apotow or |
| 2:00.8 | Walk-hard Dewey Cox, or a personal favorite of mine, Adventureland. |
| 2:06.1 | Martin Starr in his 20s was often presented as stoned and leconic, a force of dry wit |
| 2:12.1 | and endless sarcasm. |
| 2:14.0 | To some extent, this persona has continued into the new decade, |
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