Interview: Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A conversation with the creator and star of ABC's breakout hit comedy, who says the show's success has allowed her and the entire team "to believe in ourselves."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair.
0:05.0	It's such an honor to present this next award.
0:08.0	And Harold and Omnities.
0:10.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:12.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:14.0	And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now.
0:18.0	You like me.
0:20.0	On the King of the World!
0:22.0	There's a mistake.
0:23.0	Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture.
0:30.0	I am Katie Rich and I'm here for today's interview episode with Rebecca Ford.
0:40.0	Hello.
0:41.0	Rebecca, you have what I think is a coup because the Emmy nominations are just a weak old.
0:45.0	And you're talking to Quinta Brunson, who was, I think, undeniably one of the stars of this year's nominations as the creator and star of Abbott Elementary.
0:53.0	How thrilled was she when you got on the phone with her?
0:57.0	She seemed really thrilled.
0:59.0	She was on the lot, you know, working on the second season.
1:02.0	They start shooting this week, actually.
1:04.0	And she admitted that she did not watch the nominations because she just was so stressed out.
1:10.0	And I totally see that because, you know, that was one of the narratives this season was like,
1:15.0	the show was going to break through as a broadcast comedy.
1:18.0	And if it hadn't, I can't even imagine that that pressure.
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