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The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Jenna Fischer 11/21/17

The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman & Gemini XIII

Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Jenna Fischer joins Brian to discuss breaking in, staying in, and how to be a professional To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Koppelman. Thanks for listening. I'm super excited because

0:06.7

Jenna Fisher, multi-hifen it, actor, writer, of, you know know filmed content writer of you wrote a movie and directed a movie

0:18.6

an indie movie loosely loosely wrote and directed you can't loosely write and direct something.

0:24.0

You either do it or you don't.

0:26.0

I'm going to, I'm going to stand with that I loosely wrote it.

0:30.0

I had my friends come over, they improvised their roles, then I used the tapes transcribed

0:36.0

what they said, which is technically writing it down, but not really like conceiving of it.

0:42.0

And then I gave them back their own words that they'd already said

0:45.5

and then they unproved more. You didn't just hit the bong when they left and fall

0:49.5

asleep though and then have nothing to show for. I transcribed a movie and directed it.

0:56.4

I loosely directed it.

0:58.0

I'm going to be honest with you.

0:59.8

If it wasn't for my editor and camera operator cinematographer Peter Alton, that movie would not exist.

1:06.6

He made that in editing.

1:07.6

No, no, no, you're supposed to grab all the great things.

1:10.0

You're supposed to be like, I did all of it.

1:11.3

In fact, secretly I cut it. Peter's name is on it but I really

1:15.0

edited it I suppose if I had any ambition to ever write or direct anything again I

1:20.5

would be doing that I would be taking all the credit but I don't because what it

1:25.0

taught me was this is not for me I'm gonna just be I'm just gonna be an actor yeah

1:30.0

that was your yeah that was my takeaway and who knows I don't know that that has to be a permanent thing

1:34.0

that you're never going to do that again.

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