Nathan Lane Opens Up About ‘The Birdcage’ and Oprah

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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It’s the 100th episode of ‘The Last Laugh’ podcast and Nathan Lane is here to talk about his iconic role in ‘The Birdcage’ nearly 25 years to the day after that classic comedy film was released. We get into all of it, including how he landed the breakthrough role of his movie career, improvising on set with Robin Williams and the complicated experience of promoting the film on ‘Oprah’ before he was ready to come out publicly.

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0:00.0	25 years ago, my guest on today's show became an instant movie star, when he went
0:06.7	toe to toe with Robin Williams in one of the funniest movies ever made.
0:11.5	That's all I am to you, isn't it, a meal ticket?
0:14.6	I can't stand.
0:15.3	Never mind about my feelings.
0:17.1	Never mind about my suffering.
0:18.5	It's just about your show.
0:20.8	Not even our show. Your show.
0:22.6	Well, I want a palimony agreement, and I want one now.
0:25.6	Well, I don't have a palimony agreement on me right now.
0:28.6	Is tomorrow all right?
0:29.6	Don't use that tone to me.
0:30.6	What tone?
0:31.6	That sarcastic, contemptuous tone that means you know everything
0:35.6	because you're a man and I know nothing because I'm a woman.
0:38.6	You're not a woman.
0:39.6	Oh, you bastard.
0:45.8	This is the 100th episode of The Last Lap.
0:50.1	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast and I could not be more excited to bring you today's
0:54.8	interview with the great Nathan Lane. Nathan tells me on today's show that he actually can
1:01.3	believe it's been 25 years since he made the birdcage. But I have to tell you, I really cannot
1:07.8	believe that we have put out 100 episodes of this podcast.
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