Laura Prepon, actress and director: “People are going to tell you no. That cannot deter you.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Whether you’ve seen her as Donna on That ‘70s Show or as Alex on Orange Is The New Black, chances are Laura Prepon has been on your radar for years. But becoming a famous actress and director took serious hustle and determination. Laura sat down with us this week to talk about where that hustle comes from, and how she taps into her inner strength when she faces a setback. In this episode, Laura shares why she pushed herself to learn to direct (11:59), how she handles being told to “stay in her lane” (18:20), and why we need to cut ourselves some slack right now (28:15). Stay tuned at the end to learn about Frame, a female-founded mental wellness platform that makes it easier to connect with therapists - both digitally and in-person (when COVID-19 guidelines allow). Frame’s mission is to change the way people think about therapy. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here.

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0:00.0	People are going to tell you know, people are going to think you can't do it.
0:10.4	That cannot deter you. You have to just keep going. That is something that I've learned by having the fortune to do this for over 20 years and being told way many more times than I've been told yes by the way. But you know you just
0:25.6	have to keep going. I'm Carly Zaykin. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from
0:31.9	the Couch.
0:32.6	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:36.4	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:39.0	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:44.7	We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it began
0:49.5	on a couch? This show might sound a bit different today because we're skimming from three different
1:00.6	couches. The skim is working from home for the time being because of
1:05.2	COVID-19. Today we have Laura Prepon joining us on skimmed from the couch. You know her name
1:11.7	from her breakout role as Donna on that 70 show or from her
1:16.0	acting and directing career on the hit Netflix series orange is the new black
1:21.2	Laura's new book entitled You and I as mothers gives an honest and
1:26.2	emotional look at navigating parenthood. Laura we are so excited to have you with us today.
1:31.3	Welcome to Skim From the Couch.
1:33.9	Thank you, thank you guys for having me.
1:35.8	I'm really excited to be here and to talk about this, so thanks.
1:39.1	Also, we want to give Laura a big shout out
1:41.3	for being one of the remote Skim From the couch guests who just has been on it with her tech game.
1:46.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:47.0	Also, she reminded me to press record, which is important when you're trying to do a podcast.
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