From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Natalie Morales had a bunch of acting credits on shows including Parks and Rec and the Grindr.

But what she really wanted to do was direct.

When her agents didn't get on board, she cut the cord.

Over a year went by, and they did not set me up with anybody.

I didn't meet with a single person and they

just, you know, it was very clear that they only saw me as one thing. And as terrifying as it was to

leave a big agency as an actor, you know, I knew I had to do it because those are literally

the people representing you, the people that don't believe you can do anything else.

Like, that's not what I want.

Morales tells us how she got what she did want.

The chance to direct a movie, not once but twice in a year.

Her films, Plan B, and language lessons couldn't be any more different.

One's a raunchy teen comedy and the other an intimate look at a unique relationship.

Morales shares how she made them both sometimes at the same time.

But first, we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my collaborator in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt. Hi, Kim. Oh, my God, you said my name.

Regular listeners will know this is an occasion. So, Matt, I'm turning to a topic of somebody getting fired, so I'm going to change my tone a little.

Jim Giannoplas, as you know, was fired as the head of Paramount Pictures.

This was not a shock.

This had been rumored for some time.

Sherry Redstone, who controls Viacom, CBS, the parent of Paramount Pictures, has been pretty much put into a corner by the way her father, her late father, Sumner

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