Aline Brosh McKenna

Unbelievable work, uh,

stress and hours.

And I'd just gotten married and I was going to have a baby and I was like, I can't do that.

And I probably could have stayed there and I probably could have gotten on a staff.

I really didn't like when I was on staff.

I really didn't like that somebody was telling me when I could go home and when I would come back and when I could eat and it's not really a great vibe for me.

Um, but that was a conversation with the world where I thought, you know what, I'm 30 and I'm pregnant and, and, um, I'm going to write movies cause that's going to be more conducive to my life.

So that's another part of the conversation that you have with the world is what am I good at, but also where will I thrive?

Yeah.

And the Aline who has not had a chance to take a shower or sleep more than five hours is, is no good.

I do think it's a lifelong conversation with the world.

My dad believed in me enormously.

And then along the way, I had mentors who believed in me enormously.

And I'm remiss in not talking about this sooner, but my working with David Frankel on the first movie was just a transformative.

Anybody who works with David will tell you he is the most collaborative, best listener person.

When we started working, because I'm quite opinionated, and I did not know him.

So I'd never met him, and we had been working together for like two weeks.

And I had talked to him, and I thought, oh, I've been very sassy in this meeting.

And I've said, absolutely not, or it must be this, or whatever I said.

And I sent him an email saying,