Jeff Hiller
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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She sounds so good at the end there, doesn't she?
I know that's sort of like saying, you know, Paris is beautiful.
She has such a great voice.
And when I read the pilot and I thought, like, if I get this...
I get to sing a duet with Bridget Everett because I was such a fan of hers before before the show happened.
She's like a downtown star in New York City.
So it was a real thrill.
I can't believe actually when you were playing it, I was like, I can't believe I got to sing a duet with Bridget Everett on television.
Yeah, I did audition for Stephen Sondheim in this planned revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, playing a character named Hysterium, which I would be perfect for.
I don't know why somebody didn't cast me in that role.
And I sang my song, and he was so into it, and I was so excited, and everyone was so effusive, and he was just so happy.
And then I went home that night, and you know when you think something big is going to happen, and you're like...
are just like, this is my new life.
I'm a Stephen Sondheim actor.
And so I started watching all of these YouTube videos of interviews of Stephen Sondheim.
And in about like, I don't know, number seven or eight, someone said, do you have to pretend that you're liking a show when you're in the audience watching it?