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Nicole Holofcener, 'The Land of Steady Habits,' and the Characters From Her Own Life | The Big Picture (Ep. 525)

The Press Box

The Ringer

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey chats with filmmaker Nicole Holofcener about her consistent career in film and how she's able to draw on inspiration from her life to create the characters and stories in her movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of The Big Picture is brought to you by Miller Light.

0:04.4

Summer is almost over, but it's always time for a Miller Light.

0:08.4

Miller Light is the great tasting light beer, with only 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbs

0:14.2

that's fewer calories and half the carbs of Bud Light, so there's really nothing more

0:18.2

to talk about.

0:19.2

If you have a real argument, let me hear it.

0:21.1

Until then, stick with Miller Light.

0:23.4

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0:29.2

I do sometimes think, oh, I wish I could make a really big blockbuster movie make enough

0:33.5

money so that I can retire.

0:35.2

At least in a normal age.

0:37.1

Let's talk about that.

0:38.1

What is your blockbuster movie going to be?

0:39.8

It's not.

0:40.8

That's unfortunate.

0:41.8

I'm sorry.

0:42.8

That's the problem.

0:49.8

I'm Sean Fennesee, Editor and Chief of the Ringer, and this is The Big Picture, a conversation

0:53.9

show with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.

0:57.0

I love writers who sound like their characters.

0:59.4

Nicole Holowf's center writes indirect stories from her own life about real people and real

1:03.5

anxieties and real frustrations.

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