00:00So you play Will's mom in this movie.
00:03So how did you guys go about developing your on-screen dynamic?
00:07We just jumped right in.
00:10I met him for the first time.
00:13And because of the atmosphere that we were in,
00:18that Bradley really created, this family kind of atmosphere,
00:23everything just felt so natural.
00:25You know, there was nothing forced.
00:27There was nothing, you know, fake about it.
00:34Can you tell me more about what it was like working with Bradley
00:38as a director on this film?
00:41And, you know, he takes on such interesting projects,
00:44and they're all very different, the ones that he directs.
00:47So what makes him such a unique director?
00:51Well, he has vision.
00:54He has passion.
00:55He has great generosity of spirit.
00:58And he allows the players to bring to the table what he commands of the space
01:08so that anything is possible
01:11and that you feel that anything can be possible.
01:14And from working on this film,
01:18is there anything you learned about stand-up comedy that surprised you?
01:23No.
01:27It's a wonderful, it's a very, very unique art form.
01:30And it's something that I really admire.
01:34And you see, the thing is that what Bradley makes you see
01:39is how Alex Novak, Will Arnett's character,
01:47navigates that terrain.
01:51Because it's not easy.
01:53It's a very difficult art form, I think.
01:59And it's so cool to see that this film was shot in so many iconic New York places,
02:06like Comedy Cellar, for example.
02:09So how did filming in New York City locations influence your performance at all?
02:15Well, I didn't really experience that.
02:17But mine was more like in Queens, out of town.
02:21But seeing the film made me so thrilled.
02:28Well, I was thrilled before,
02:29but it was just a double thrill to see all of these New York iconic places.
02:34Because I first started out in New York in 1973 when I was 20 years old,
02:38so do the math.
02:41So I have a real strong identification with New York City
02:46and beginning my career and all of that, you know.
02:49It was very, very exciting to be here.
02:51It must feel kind of full circle in a way, then,
02:54to be premiering it here at the New York Film Festival.
02:56My gosh, I mean, who would have thought, really,
02:59when I was a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
03:02that I would end up here one day.
03:04So I'm thrilled.
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