Elizabeth Berger

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That Was Us · Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us · 18 Feb 2025 podcast

Yeah. Sure. I mean, just personally, I mean, anxiety is something that I've dealt with that I've seen other people very close to me deal with. And it's something that I talked about, you know, freely in those beginning weeks of the show and something that sort of went into Randall's character in a huge way. And I think...

That I think is also what's so powerful is that then I got to see it reflected in this man, which feels so different than me. So you got to see the way very different people experienced things, but also people were experiencing things that also felt universal.

I think that was what I also take away is that if you can find something that is both very specific to one man, but also universal to so many people, that combination I think was just kind of magic. Have such an impact, yeah. Yeah.

I can't. That sounds really bad. That would be worse than corn sandwiches.

No woman is ever doing that.

There you have it.

I mean, you guys were so good. I think what we just started realizing was the range of everyone. Was that everyone could be super funny, but then could go to these very quiet places. Everyone could do everything. And I think that was so exciting to realize. I mean, I remember when we were just sort of like, is this going to work? Mandy's going to wear old age makeup? How is this going to go?

And then we were like, oh, she's brilliant at this. And then that opens up an entire world. And then like, yes, with you guys to see that you could carry these comedy scenes, but also be brilliant, dramatic actors. I mean, you just, and then the voices were so specific. So you started to just, we could just hear you guys so clearly because it was so specific. And that made it all very easy.

Okay, bad pitch. It's an easy way to hide.

It's not great when you don't get it. I mean, I remember the first couple of weeks of This Is Us, I just thought everyone was so smart. Like I was so intimidated by the writing staff because every time anyone opened their mouth, it just seemed so impressive to me. KJ Steinberg, one of our writers came in with just like, a pre-planned monologue that was so beautiful about a pitch.

And I remember just being like, holy shit, this is scary. Really?

I need guest speakers. Jess booked a lot. He did a lot. I mean, we really wanted it to be authentic and we wanted to get things right. So it was a lot of that. Yeah. But yeah, it's nerve wracking. I mean, I will tell you too, in terms of nerve wracking, Isaac and I became co-showrunners with Dan halfway through season one.

So literally, we left the writer's room one day, not showrunners, and then had to return to it as showrunners. Oh, so the hierarchy shifts.

Yes. And also like that sort of mental gymnastics for myself of like, okay, now I'm going to sit back down at the table and I need to like sort of project that I know how to do this.

The most imposter syndrome, if I'm using that correctly, that I've ever had. And the writers make fun of me because they said that I sat down and that like, purely from nerves, like my voice literally dropped like an octave and I was just like, hello. Because I was terrified. I am your new boss.

But you kind of, and I'm sure you guys have your version of this, of just sort of just faking that you believe you can do something. Every time I go on set. Every day. Yeah, every time.

Yes, exactly.

Yeah, same.

He was honorary writer.

That was a big rearrange. And then, I mean, I don't remember too many, like, paths not taken that I've been bummed about. I mean, we really did do most of the stuff we planned. But we did, what I remember are just sort of the passionate debate days. I mean, we got in, I remember going at it with Dan because he had this notion of Randall and Beth having another child. Yeah.

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