Julia Louis-Dreyfus on SNL, ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Veep’ and More

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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If there’s anyone in Hollywood who might be immune to criticism, it’s 11-time Emmy-winner and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recipient Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But as the comedy legend admits in this episode, the rare negative comment about her work still “stings.” That feeling is at the heart of Louis-Dreyfus’ latest film ‘You Hurt My Feelings,’ in which she delivers the most emotionally raw performance of her career. During our conversation, the actress reflects on her early struggles as a cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the catharsis of returning as host. She also reveals what she really thought about the divisive ‘Seinfeld’ finale 25 years later, breaks down the difference between ‘Veep’s’ Selina Meyer and her own “narcissistic” father and a lot more.

This episode was originally published on May 16th, 2023.

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0:00.0	This is the Last Laugh.
0:06.6	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:08.8	I hope you are all having a great holiday week.
0:11.4	And as a little treat for the very end of the year, we are resharing one of my absolute favorite episodes from 2023 with a true dream guest for this podcast, the one and only
0:22.8	Julia Louis Dreyfus.
0:25.6	Julia and I spoke back in May around the release of her latest collaboration with filmmaker
0:30.4	Nicole Hollif Center, You Hurt My Feelings, which, if it were up to me, would be getting
0:35.3	way more awards buzz right now than it is.
0:38.5	I mean, Julia is really phenomenal in this movie, but of course, she has been great in pretty
0:43.7	much everything she's ever done.
0:45.8	And we got to talk about so much of it in this conversation, from getting her start on
0:50.1	SNL to the early days of Seinfeld to the role of her lifetime as Vice President
0:55.7	Selina Meyer on Veep.
0:58.1	Just for fun, let's listen to one of my favorite scenes from that show, featuring another
1:02.5	former last laugh guest, Tony Hale, as her right-hand man, Gary Walsh.
1:08.6	Do you pray?
1:09.8	A lot.
1:20.6	What do you pray for? You, you know. Do you want, you maybe want to try it? Sure, you know, what the hell, we're here, right? Okay, all right.
1:25.5	Yeah. God, right? Okay, all right. Yeah. Okay.
1:28.3	God, I, um...
1:31.3	I... I just... I'm... I'm... I just... I'm...
1:37.3	Oh, God, it's me, Selena.
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