Paul Feig (filmmaker)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks, Minx) is a director, writer, and producer. Paul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his tendency for making female-led movies, why he loves gin so much, and why he wears suits every day. Paul and Dax talk about how they attended the same dinner party once, how writing for film and television differ, and why making movies that challenge genres is so important. Paul explains how he got admitted to USC film school, how he was once a Ronald McDonald, and why he really does not like being in nature. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to arm chair expert, experts on expert. I'm Dax Shepherd and I'm joined by the Duchess of Duluth.
0:07.3	Hello there. Oh, I know, something happened to my voice.
0:10.4	You get a little, you have a little, you have a little, hmm, hmm, hmm.
0:14.0	Hello, there.
0:15.0	Well, it got worse.
0:16.0	I know.
0:17.0	Something's wrong.
0:18.0	You can't find the gear.
0:19.0	You're like putting it into different gears,
0:20.0	and then letting the clutch out still nothing.
0:23.0	Hello there.
0:24.0	Oh my God, perfect. Very strong.
0:26.0	Very, very in command.
0:28.0	Today we're going to talk to Paul Fieg.
0:30.0	He is one of our favorite directors.
0:32.0	He's also a writer and a producer, and probably just most importantly for us selfishly.
0:36.5	He was at the fabled dinner party. That's right. I maybe went too far. Maybe I didn't.
0:41.3	Well, let's see, Paul weighs in. He is an objective outsider. He's not embroiled in all the interpersonal
0:46.9	workings of this show. So you probably, well I know, I'm going to say I know you saw bridesmaids.
0:53.4	If you're listening that you saw bridesmaids, you loved it, he directed it.
0:56.8	He also directed the Heat, spy, a simple favor, the office, tons of the office,
1:01.7	created Freaks and Geeks.
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