Paul Feig

Talking Pictures

TCM and Max

Tv & Film

4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

From Bridesmaids to Spy to The Heat, Paul Feig has become Hollywood's go-to guy for raunchy, big-budget comedies about women. But his directing career only took off after his acting career crashed and burned. This week, Paul tells Ben Mankiewicz how getting fired from a beloved sitcom forced him out of his comfort zone and into a new role behind the camera. And during the Super 8, Paul reveals how his mother's taste in movies led to his love of double-breasted suits. Films Mentioned: Bridesmaids The Heat Spy A Simple Favor Animal House Life Sold Separately Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Blues Brothers Thelma & Louise Animal Crackers What's Up, Doc? Jackpot! Ghostbusters The Purge It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Raiders of the Lost Ark An American Werewolf in London Polite Society Napoleon Dynamite Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope His Girl Friday Cabaret It's a Wonderful Life Poltergeist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Girls!
0:02.0	It's bed.
0:04.0	Bedtime!
0:05.0	One more, Ray!
0:07.0	I'm almost done!
0:08.0	Okay, kiddos.
0:09.0	That's enough.
0:10.0	Time's up.
0:11.0	On to the app.
0:12.0	Your Wi-Fi is going off.
0:13.0	Going off.
0:14.0	Off.
0:15.0	Oh!
0:16.0	E.E.WFi controls lets you pause the Wi-Fi on your kids' devices, helping them to switch off and drift off.
0:25.4	Search EEE Broadband. Eligibility criteria apply. New EEE broadband customers.
0:30.6	The funniest jokes that Melissa's had in my movies have been where she like starts to say it and she stops herself and says, I can't say that.
0:38.6	I was like, Melissa, you better say it.
0:40.9	And then she'll say it and it'll be hilarious.
0:42.6	And you're like, oh my God, that was the greatest thing I've ever heard.
0:46.0	You know, but so I find that with the best comedy people is you just sometimes need to give
0:50.8	them a little push.
0:54.1	There aren't many comedies that can be called groundbreaking,
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