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Life is Short with Justin Long

Wondery

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Mo Rocca (Mobituaries) talks to Justin about the eclectic jobs he has had over the years, how he enjoyed having a strict upbringing, and his CBS Sunday Morning adventures.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to Life is Short. Add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:12.9	Recently, Christian and I directed our first movie, first feature film. And it was a little intimidating talking to some of the very talented actors
0:21.6	we convinced to do the film. One of whom was
0:25.0	Patrick Duffy. Patrick is an actor that Christian and I watched while we were growing up. Step by step, day by day.
0:32.0	We loved Patrick Duffy on that show. And when he came to set, he was not a bit nicer, very cool for us. And I asked him, kind of gingerly, because I didn't want to be kind of sending or disrespectful in any way.
0:47.0	And I said, the movie took place in Savannah, Georgia. And so I said, Patrick, are you comfortable? We'd love for it to have just a touch of a southern accent. Is that something that you're okay with? Are you comfortable doing that? And he stared at me. As neutral as he could be, he was like, yes, well, I was on the show called Dallas for 16 years.
1:08.0	So yeah, I'm comfortable.
1:12.0	Very comfortable.
1:14.0	Life could be a dream. Life could be a dream.
1:18.0	Doodim, doodim, shippu.
1:21.0	You're listening to Life is Short. I'm your host Justin Long.
1:25.0	And Life could be a dream sweetheart. Doodim, doodim, shippu.
1:32.0	With me is always is definitely now always my quarantine quarantine buddy.
1:39.0	My quarantine mate, Christian.
1:42.0	Hi. Feeling better.
1:45.0	What? Stop bringing up my health. Well, people are now aware of it.
1:49.0	I'm feeling a little better. You may be clearing your throat a few times. That's the last lingering vestige of this.
1:53.0	Yeah, it's stuck in my chest a little bit, but that's the last symptom.
1:58.0	I have no other COVID symptoms.
2:00.0	Now I don't bring it up again. Well, but I hate talking about it because now the more I talk about it, the more I realize how fortunate I am to have had the version of it that I've had.
2:10.0	Of course. And that's why it was really embarrassing that it was at all in the news because it was taking up space and people's attention from far more, you know, they're people who obviously are dying from it.
2:25.0	And people who are really, really suffering from it. I was not, neither of us were those people.
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