Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Optimistic
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to priorities, Julia-Louis Dreyfus has had hers in place for a long time. As a young mother when she played Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, Julia had to figure out how to separate the demands of working on set, from the demands of being a committed parent. Even so, she tells Katie, “Being a mother who is working outside the home is a bitch. It’s very difficult to do both well.” On this episode of Next Question, Katie and Julia discuss the challenges of maintaining a healthy sense of self worth — a central theme of Julia’s new movie, You Hurt my Feelings. They also candidly discuss the ways that older women feel “liberated” from these concerns, as Julia has learned from her new hit podcast, Wiser Than Me (hint: they “don’t give a shit”).
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the host of the new podcast Wiser Than Me produced by Lemonada Media.
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| 0:00.0 | From the executive producers of Hell and Gone comes a new podcast |
| 0:04.0 | investigating the serial murders orchestrated by South African cold leader Cecilia Stein. |
| 0:09.0 | She conditioned them to be monsters. |
| 0:11.0 | In the world of murderous cults, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen. |
| 0:17.0 | She was telling people the Bible since she was going to kill, but actually she was taking revenge. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult. On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, I'm Ellie Kemper. |
| 0:33.0 | And I'm Scott Eckert. |
| 0:34.0 | And we're here to talk to you about the things we love on our new podcast, Born to Love. |
| 0:39.0 | I can tell you about something I love this week's got foam rollers. |
| 0:44.0 | For my own mind, you're not talking pool noodle. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh my gosh! |
| 0:48.0 | No, thank you for clarifying. |
| 0:53.0 | A new podcast from Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network. |
| 0:56.0 | On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:06.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Katie Kurek and this is next question. |
| 1:09.0 | You know, it's hard to believe, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been in the public eye for more than 40 years. |
| 1:16.0 | What the hell? It's been 40 years? Yes, it has. |
| 1:21.0 | And I for one have loved every minute of being entertained by her. |
| 1:26.0 | In fact, she's kind of my girl crush. |
| 1:29.0 | She started out on SNL back in the early 80s and became a household name on Seinfeld as the quirky adorable and feisty Elaine Bennes. |
| 1:38.0 | Which was epic, of course. |
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