This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies. My guest, Julia Louis Dreyfus, is probably best known for her work on the hit comedy series Seinfeld.

But her career has shown a staying power and range few performers can match. Before Seinfeld, she was a cast member at Saturday Night Live.

After Seinfeld, she starred in five seasons of the new adventures of Old Christine, and starred in and was executive producer of the acclaimed HBO series VEEP,

in which she played Vice President and Eternal Presidential aspirant Selena Meyer for seven seasons.

Louis Dreyfus is one of the most award-winning actors in television history, earning 11 Prime Time Emmy Awards,

eight for acting and three for producing, in addition to a Golden Globe Award and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards.

She's made films, won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and now hosts a new podcast called Wiser than Me, which we'll talk about in a bit.

And Julia Louis Dreyfus stars in a new movie, written and directed by Nicole Holliff Center. It's called You Hurt My Feelings.

Well, Julia Louis Dreyfus, welcome back to Fresh Air.

Thank you for having me.

So let's talk about the new film. This is you and Nicole Holliff Center, where you worked on another film, enough said about ten years ago.

You know, when people write about the two of you, they use terms like two halves of the same person, cinematic, alter-ego.

Do you find a special connection with her work?

I do. First of all, we're really good friends. Although we met for the very first time on enough said.

So, you know, a decade or so ago, but it wasn't, it's not really that long ago. At the time we felt as if, oh, wow, we've known each other all our lives.

And, yeah, I feel sort of joined at the hip with her creatively, and I love her voice as a writer.

It speaks to me kind of on a deep level.

These are films about relationships, often mature relationships.

You want to describe your character in this new film, Beth?

I play a woman who is a writer. Her name is Beth. She has written a memoir some years back.

It was moderately successful. It wasn't a smash hit, but she is a teacher at the new school she teaches writing.

She's married to Don, played by the wonderful Tobias Menzies, who is a psychiatrist, a therapist, and they have a very good marriage.

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