Iliza Shlesinger

We have two. And so I'm just sort of like giving myself over to like, yeah, I'm going to not remember things. And it's scary as a comic. It's scary as someone coming to a podcast. Because like if it were you, me and three other guys and we're all joking, like I cannot sit here and just be like, I was going to say that. But then I watched this video of a bunny. Like you need to be sharp.

And I was talking to another performer about this recently and I'm blanking on who it was, of course.

And I was talking to another performer about this recently and I'm blanking on who it was, of course.

But I was just like, or maybe I didn't like that person. No. I just refuse to be unfulfilled as an artist. And so I will raise my children, carve out the time, and do this career like full throttle. And people always ask how you do it. And the answer is you just have to be a little tired.

But I was just like, or maybe I didn't like that person. No. I just refuse to be unfulfilled as an artist. And so I will raise my children, carve out the time, and do this career like full throttle. And people always ask how you do it. And the answer is you just have to be a little tired.

Yeah, it's the tough thing about. Speaking about motherhood is that when you are a woman with an absolute opinion, you will turn around and all the women you thought were behind you are like, actually, that's not how I do it. Like, and I know it's like, oh, who cares? But.

Yeah, it's the tough thing about. Speaking about motherhood is that when you are a woman with an absolute opinion, you will turn around and all the women you thought were behind you are like, actually, that's not how I do it. Like, and I know it's like, oh, who cares? But.

you are sort of you have to withstand the slings and arrows of other people's opinions and people taking what your choices are as an indictment on their choices and so i just always try to be as transparent as possible like i came home from the hospital and i handed my newborn daughter to

you are sort of you have to withstand the slings and arrows of other people's opinions and people taking what your choices are as an indictment on their choices and so i just always try to be as transparent as possible like i came home from the hospital and i handed my newborn daughter to

myrna the jamaican woman who i hired to live with us because i need to sleep because i also during the day have other jobs that i have to do like finishing a draft of something doing punch up on a major motion picture writing like i do other things and it just was never in my plan that i wasn't going to have that so even in saying that you get the people that are like oh nice like you have help and it's like yeah but i pay for this

myrna the jamaican woman who i hired to live with us because i need to sleep because i also during the day have other jobs that i have to do like finishing a draft of something doing punch up on a major motion picture writing like i do other things and it just was never in my plan that i wasn't going to have that so even in saying that you get the people that are like oh nice like you have help and it's like yeah but i pay for this

This isn't like family money. This isn't like a favor. Like this is money that I like scraped out of nothingness from creating comedy. And I use it for that. I don't own a gigantic mansion. I use my money for things like to make my life easier. And so.

This isn't like family money. This isn't like a favor. Like this is money that I like scraped out of nothingness from creating comedy. And I use it for that. I don't own a gigantic mansion. I use my money for things like to make my life easier. And so.

Yo, primetime 21 gates. I live, I am from Dallas and I would like pass those gates.

Yo, primetime 21 gates. I live, I am from Dallas and I would like pass those gates.

It's a celebration of self. It's a very white woman thing to do. It's a celebration of self. But... And so it's, you know, it's the answer is you just do whatever you can do.

It's a celebration of self. It's a very white woman thing to do. It's a celebration of self. But... And so it's, you know, it's the answer is you just do whatever you can do.

See, it's not even judgment. And you actually, in the interview you did with Bill Lawrence, you talked about how most people, you know, in your perfect world, the job that you have also makes you happy and you make money out of it. But you were talking about your father who was like, I don't have a passion for selling office equipment, but it feeds all my other passions.

See, it's not even judgment. And you actually, in the interview you did with Bill Lawrence, you talked about how most people, you know, in your perfect world, the job that you have also makes you happy and you make money out of it. But you were talking about your father who was like, I don't have a passion for selling office equipment, but it feeds all my other passions.

I have an uncle who's like that. I think... I think my dad was like that for a while. He's alive, but like to an extent. And you talked about how a lot of people are like just slogging through life. And of course, these podcasts help them. But I do think a lot of people are miserable.