Hank Azaria

So I'm like, I'm nowhere, I'm nothing. And Roy couldn't break it through. So he sent me to, he would send people to Stutz who needed deeper work under the hood than just an acting class could address. And I was also freezing in auditions. All of a sudden I would like literally freeze. I couldn't, I couldn't do it. So it's becoming a problem. So I would whine at Phil Stutz for like 15, 20 minutes.

And then he would fill it in with a rather brilliant explanation of what he meant by that.

And then he would fill it in with a rather brilliant explanation of what he meant by that.

And then he would fill it in with a rather brilliant explanation of what he meant by that.

And he got me through that auditioning thing and that it did take both of those men and a lot of work to sort of work through it personally and then professionally. Like, I just have to be able to say things to people as myself and trust that that's, you know, going to be enough.

And he got me through that auditioning thing and that it did take both of those men and a lot of work to sort of work through it personally and then professionally. Like, I just have to be able to say things to people as myself and trust that that's, you know, going to be enough.

And he got me through that auditioning thing and that it did take both of those men and a lot of work to sort of work through it personally and then professionally. Like, I just have to be able to say things to people as myself and trust that that's, you know, going to be enough.

Yeah, that's been a journey too. It's a good question, Pablo. Part of recovery, the kind of alcohol codependency recovery you go through, is you learn that there are certain archetypal roles that dysfunctional families will place you in. And there's only four. There's really only four. This is an oversimplification, but there's hero, good kid, There's Scapegoat, Black Sheep.

Yeah, that's been a journey too. It's a good question, Pablo. Part of recovery, the kind of alcohol codependency recovery you go through, is you learn that there are certain archetypal roles that dysfunctional families will place you in. And there's only four. There's really only four. This is an oversimplification, but there's hero, good kid, There's Scapegoat, Black Sheep.

Yeah, that's been a journey too. It's a good question, Pablo. Part of recovery, the kind of alcohol codependency recovery you go through, is you learn that there are certain archetypal roles that dysfunctional families will place you in. And there's only four. There's really only four. This is an oversimplification, but there's hero, good kid, There's Scapegoat, Black Sheep.

There's Comic Relief mascot, which I was. And there's Lost Child, who either runs away or kind of disappears in the room. You don't see them. Quiet. I was the funny one, which was fun and funny. The dark side of that is there was such tension in the house that I had to respond in some way. It made me very nervous.

There's Comic Relief mascot, which I was. And there's Lost Child, who either runs away or kind of disappears in the room. You don't see them. Quiet. I was the funny one, which was fun and funny. The dark side of that is there was such tension in the house that I had to respond in some way. It made me very nervous.

There's Comic Relief mascot, which I was. And there's Lost Child, who either runs away or kind of disappears in the room. You don't see them. Quiet. I was the funny one, which was fun and funny. The dark side of that is there was such tension in the house that I had to respond in some way. It made me very nervous.

And if people were laughing and cheered up, maybe I'd get fed and people would calm down. I also really became an adult believing that everybody's mood was my responsibility. So it was less about, hey, like me, I'm funny, and more about, are you all right?

And if people were laughing and cheered up, maybe I'd get fed and people would calm down. I also really became an adult believing that everybody's mood was my responsibility. So it was less about, hey, like me, I'm funny, and more about, are you all right?

And if people were laughing and cheered up, maybe I'd get fed and people would calm down. I also really became an adult believing that everybody's mood was my responsibility. So it was less about, hey, like me, I'm funny, and more about, are you all right?

um i can't tolerate if you're not uh okay um selfishly weirdly because then you can't take care of me you know right so i had to undo that which wasn't simple it was a journey and then kind of come back around to seeing the ability to make people laugh is a tremendous gift and it's a joy and why not share it with folks but not feel responsible that you must you know

um i can't tolerate if you're not uh okay um selfishly weirdly because then you can't take care of me you know right so i had to undo that which wasn't simple it was a journey and then kind of come back around to seeing the ability to make people laugh is a tremendous gift and it's a joy and why not share it with folks but not feel responsible that you must you know

um i can't tolerate if you're not uh okay um selfishly weirdly because then you can't take care of me you know right so i had to undo that which wasn't simple it was a journey and then kind of come back around to seeing the ability to make people laugh is a tremendous gift and it's a joy and why not share it with folks but not feel responsible that you must you know

Yes, Hari, yeah.