Is It Ever OK to Lie? w/ June Squibb
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Actor June Squibb became a Hollywood leading lady in her 90s, decades after she first began acting. She tells Sam about finding stardom in older age, her Broadway debut in Gypsy in 1959, and why it’s alright to bend the truth every now and then.
They also discuss her latest starring role in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great. The film follows June’s character, Eleanor, who gets swept up in a big lie...
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| 0:33.3 | This week, a true Hollywood legend. |
| 0:37.5 | Such a legend, I even wore a suit into the studio for this conversation. |
| 0:42.6 | I'm talking about actor June Squibb. |
| 0:44.9 | She has been in the biz for decades. |
| 0:48.4 | Literally, June was in the original Broadway run of Gypsy back in 1959. |
| 0:55.0 | But June didn't break into movies until decades later, when she was in her 60s. |
| 1:00.3 | And she was just getting started. |
| 1:02.1 | Flash forward to 2014, and June Squibb gets an Oscar nomination for her role in the |
| 1:08.1 | Alexander Payne film, Nebraska. |
| 1:10.1 | I didn't know Keith White was here. |
| 1:13.3 | When did he die? |
| 1:15.4 | Keith White. |
| 1:16.9 | He wanted in my pants, too, but he was so boring. |
| 1:21.5 | June got that Oscar nod at the ripe young age of 84, |
| 1:26.1 | and she hasn't stopped yet. |
| 1:29.9 | This fall, June Squibb is the lead in a movie called Eleanor the Great. June plays Eleanor in this movie, a character who tells |
| 1:36.2 | a really big lie. Eleanor says that she's a Holocaust survivor when she isn't. June's going to |
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