Interview: Actress Kathryn Hahn Talks Film 'Private Life' — And Her Own

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🗓️ 8 January 2019

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It's Tuesday: Sam talks with Kathryn Hahn — best known for her work in "Transparent" and "I Love Dick" — about her new film 'Private Life.' She stars alongside Paul Giamatti in the film, which is about a couple struggling to have a baby, and what happens when your life doesn't turn out the way you thought. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback.

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0:00.0	From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:07.2	It's been a minute.
0:08.2	Today on the show, an actress whose work I have been binging for the last few years,
0:13.2	Catherine Haan.
0:14.8	You've seen her in Transparent.
0:17.1	You've seen her in I Love Dick.
0:19.0	You've seen her in Parks and Recreation.
0:21.5	And Catherine Haan is out with a new film on Netflix called Private Life.
0:25.6	And this movie, Catherine Starr, is alongside Paul Giamatti.
0:29.6	It's directed and written by Tamrat Jenkins.
0:32.4	And this movie, Private Life, it is this captivating slow burn of a film.
0:37.2	Catherine and Paul play this couple in their 40s in New York.
0:40.1	Try to have a kid.
0:41.8	But as they try and try and try to have this baby, you also see them grapple with what
0:46.6	you do in your life just doesn't turn out the way you thought it would on several levels,
0:51.0	not just parenthood.
0:52.6	And how you deal with that.
0:54.6	And I talked a little while ago here in LA, and we talked about a lot.
0:59.2	Her past work and some of the overriding themes I see and all of the stuff she does.
1:03.9	We talked about our childhood growing up in Cleveland.
1:06.8	And we talked about this really interesting thing that we both have in common as former
1:10.3	church kids.
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