Timothy Simons from 'Veep'

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🗓️ 4 July 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Sam talks to writer and actor Timothy Simons about hustling, playing such contemptible character, the fair city of Boston, growing up in New England, struggling in school, struggling in regional theatre, struggling as a bouncer at the worst bar in America, getting cast on 'Veep', working with Julia Louis Dreyfus, and political comedy in the age of Donald Trump. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:15.4	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
0:22.9	It's been a minute.
0:23.9	Every Tuesday on the show, we bring you a deep dive, an interview with one person or
0:28.4	on one topic.
0:29.6	Today, an honor of the 4th of July from America's best political satire, HBO's
0:34.8	Veeb, actor Timothy Simons.
0:36.9	Timothy plays Jonah Ryan on the show.
0:39.2	And just to be clear, that character Jonah, he is the worst.
0:42.0	He's basically a bottom-feeding White House aide turned in competent
0:45.5	congressmen with absolutely no self-awareness.
0:49.2	Anyway, I talked with Tim recently just as the current season of Veeb was coming
0:53.6	to a close.
0:54.2	He was in the studio in LA.
0:55.7	I was here in DC and he was needless to say, a much cooler dude than Jonah in the show.
1:01.0	We talked about how he grew up going to college in New England, how he got the television,
1:05.6	some other crazy jobs he's had along the way.
1:08.0	Spoiler, he used to be a bouncer.
1:10.0	I also talked about working with Veeb, star and comic legend, Juliet Louis Dreyfus.
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