Wallace Shawn

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Who comes to mind when you think of a character actor? Sure, there are a lot of good ones, but there's no one quite like the great Wallace Shawn. On screen, he's had over 180 credits! You've seen him in films like Clueless, The Princess Bride and My Dinner with Andre. He's also had regular roles on Gossip Girl and Crossing Jordan. Wallace is also an Obie award-winning playwright and the author of several books. When he joined us back in 2017, he had just written Night Thoughts, an extended collection of essays touching on topics like politics, morality, and privilege. Plus, he'll talk frankly about how the movie business has changed since he started acting some 40 years ago. You can hear him as the voice behind Rex in Toy Story 4 later this month.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.7	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:23.4	My guest is Wallace Shawne.
0:25.4	He's a character actor.
0:27.3	One of my favorite character actors, probably one of your favorite character actors.
0:31.7	On screen he has over 180 credits.
0:35.2	He was in clueless, the Princess Bride.
0:37.4	He's had regular roles on Gossip Girl in Crossing Jordan.
0:40.5	You might also know him as the voice of the T-Rex on Toy Story.
0:57.9	I just don't feel it.
0:58.9	I think I'm just coming off as annoying.
1:02.9	He's also an OB award winning playwright and the author of several books.
1:07.8	His most recent is called Night Thoughts.
1:10.5	It's a collection of essays touching on topics like politics, morality and privilege.
1:16.0	Wallace is here with me now.
1:17.5	Wallace Shawne, welcome to Bullseye.
1:18.7	It's great to have you on the show.
1:20.2	Great to be here.
1:21.4	Is this really what you think about it night?
1:24.4	Well, obviously I'm a regular in some ways regular bourgeois person.
1:32.3	And I think about the errands that I haven't completed.
1:36.8	And I think about the emails I haven't returned.
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