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  • 6/12/2025
The Hollywood Reporter's comedy actor roundtable is about to premiere, and we're giving you a special preview. The episode marks the latest installment in our signature roundtable series, Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter. This time around, the stars sitting down at our iconic table are Adam Brody, Ted Danson, John Mulaney, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Julio Torres.

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00:00I really wanted Blue's Clues early on when I first moved to L.A.
00:03And you fought for it?
00:04Yeah, I tried real hard.
00:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:06It's like 1999.
00:07I didn't get it.
00:07But I would have had it.
00:08I would have loved it.
00:09And, uh, yeah.
00:10You'd be that guy.
00:11Yeah, the early, I also...
00:12Wait, what do you mean you really wanted Blue's Clues?
00:14I auditioned for it.
00:15I would have loved to have been...
00:18It's like a show for toddlers.
00:20The Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actor Roundtable is about to premiere,
00:23and we're giving you a special preview.
00:25The episode marks the latest installment in our signature roundtable series,
00:29off-script with The Hollywood Reporter.
00:31This time around, the stars sitting down at our iconic table are
00:35Adam Brody, Ted Danson, John Mulaney, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and Julio Torres.
00:41When things come your way, what a John Mulaney type is?
00:44I think it's still...
00:45It has traditionally, when it's come up,
00:47and still means, I think, sort of like a genital-less...
00:50Like, hey, bah, bah, bah!
00:52Like, kind of like a soulless wooden boy who's fast on his feet.
00:58During the hour-long sit-down moderated by THR's Lacey Rose,
01:02the six actors spoke about everything from getting bad notes...
01:05We've gotten some very bad notes over the years.
01:08Like, we're trying to put, like, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill in something,
01:11and we're like, we think these guys are, like, got a future on their hands.
01:13And they're like, I don't see it necessarily.
01:16Like, uh, like Emma Stone, I think they were like,
01:19that took some convincing things like that, that it's shocking in retrospect.
01:22Being funny at every age.
01:24What is it like to be funny at this age,
01:26and how is it different than being funny or sort of early on your career?
01:29It hurts a little more.
01:30It hurts a little more? Okay, okay.
01:32When you see in the script, he runs.
01:34He scampers off this way.
01:38You put it, they scamper away from him.
01:41And even navigating a career pivot.
01:44I decided I wanted to see if I was good at dramas.
01:46And so I, like, dove in hard, and I thought, look out, world.
01:51Here comes me doing drama.
01:53And it turns out nobody gives a shit.
01:55Like, you want to do a big career pivot.
01:58It's like, no one cares but you.
01:59You have to care the most.
02:00Offscript with The Hollywood Reporter is known for bringing
02:03the entertainment industry's top creatives together
02:05for inspiring and surprising conversations.
02:08Julio, do you know what a Julio Torres type is, if you were to see it?
02:12I think it depends on who wrote it.
02:15Sure.
02:15Because sometimes they just mean annoying young person I don't understand.
02:22Catch the Comedy Actor Roundtable when it airs at 9 p.m. Pacific,
02:25midnight Eastern on Friday, June 13th on IFC.
02:28It will be available to stream the same day on AMC+.
02:31The extended digital version will be posted on youtube.com
02:34slash hollywoodreporter and thr.com on Sunday, June 15th.
02:38For the latest Roundtable conversations and much more Emmys coverage,
02:41keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
02:45Have a great night.
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