Holly Hunter

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Holly Hunter's had unforgettable roles in some of the best movies of the last 30 years. She's been nominated for several Academy Awards for her roles in films like Thirteen, The Firm, and Broadcast News. Her role in 1993's The Piano earned her an Academy Award. She starred in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Raising Arizona – two Coen Brothers classics! Her latest role is as Arpi Meskimen on Mr. Mayor, the new sitcom from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Holly's one of the most talented actors in the game, and we're thrilled to share this conversation. We talk about the new sitcom Mr. Mayor. Plus, we'll dive into her portrayal of Jane Craig in Broadcast News. She'll also throw us back to the time she had just moved to New York City and was roommates with Jason Alexander, long before they had their breaks in showbiz.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:10.3	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:21.8	First up this week, the great Holly Hunter.
0:25.6	Hands down, one of the greatest actors in the game.
0:29.0	One of my all time phase, she has had unforgettable roles in some of the best movies of the last
0:33.9	30 years or so.
0:35.6	Raising Arizona, broadcast news, the piano, the big sick, I mean I could go on and on.
0:42.6	And I mean I'm painting with a broad brush here, but I would say Holly Hunter's characters
0:48.7	don't waste time.
0:50.4	They know what they want, they know how to get it, and the sooner that you move out of
0:55.0	the way, the better it'll be for all of us.
0:58.8	For the first time in a while, Holly is starring on a new TV show.
1:02.7	It's called Mr. Mayor, it's the new sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
1:08.4	Holly's co-star Ted Danson plays the show's title character Los Angeles Mayor Neil Bremer,
1:14.4	who's a kind of hapless political novice who backed into the mayorality.
1:19.8	Holly plays Arby Meskiman.
1:22.4	She's been on the city council for decades and she, like many Holly Hunter characters,
1:28.4	doesn't believe in wasting time.
1:30.9	And as you're about to hear, she is very opposed to Mayor Bremer's first initiative, a proposed
1:37.3	ban of plastic straws.
1:39.6	A ban on bendable plastic straws is blatant discrimination against quadriplegic or any
1:45.1	angelina with limited use of their hands.
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