Interview: Yvonne Orji on 'Insecure'

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Yvonne Orji plays the part of best friend Molly Carter on the HBO series Insecure, but Orji will soon headline her own stand-up special in June called, "Mama, I Made It." Orji talks to Sam about religion, getting her start in comedy at a Nigerian beauty pageant, growing up with strict immigrant parents and finding the humor in all of it.

Email the show at samsanders@npr.org.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We've all found different ways to deal with this pandemic,
0:02.7	different ways to practice self-care in these unprecedented times.
0:07.2	For some, it's been baking for others like me.
0:09.5	It's been binging TV shows.
0:12.1	So many TV shows.
0:13.3	I think I'm almost out of TV shows.
0:15.9	But for my guest today, it's been something else.
0:18.0	Oh, man, sitting in the tub for three hours this morning, just three hours.
0:24.1	I want to take long baths.
0:25.8	Like I take baths in the bath.
0:27.9	I listen to a high-time album.
0:30.8	All right.
0:31.9	Yeah.
0:32.5	My fingers are just now coming back from being daily.
0:36.9	But no, you're thinking what it is like because you have candles and then like,
0:40.0	there's a window, but I like to keep it dark.
0:42.5	And you can think like you can just, I don't know, I think really well with water
0:47.2	and like no one else around.
0:48.9	So it helps me just like reset.
0:51.6	Okay.
0:52.6	Do you write jokes in the bathtub?
0:54.5	Oh, I write jokes in the shower.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.