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Jenny Slate

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84 total appearances

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Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

something bad happened or I even did something bad and I'm bad yeah is so important and you can intellectualize it and you can suggest that other people go you know and understand that and live by it but I actually don't think I have been living according to that line of thinking until I made this show Oh, I love that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

something bad happened or I even did something bad and I'm bad yeah is so important and you can intellectualize it and you can suggest that other people go you know and understand that and live by it but I actually don't think I have been living according to that line of thinking until I made this show Oh, I love that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I'm glad. Yeah, that was one of my favorite scenes when I read the script. And I actually think that that scene was the scene that when I read it, I started to have that feeling of like, oh man, I would love to be able to do that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I'm glad. Yeah, that was one of my favorite scenes when I read the script. And I actually think that that scene was the scene that when I read it, I started to have that feeling of like, oh man, I would love to be able to do that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Yeah. Yeah. And that, you know, that's the moment for me where you realize that Molly has decided she wants to experience sex. She's had an awakening. She's being called, in fact, by her child self. It's sort of an awakening. It's also a reckoning. And it's a big, bold, beautiful chance at not dying in sex.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Yeah. Yeah. And that, you know, that's the moment for me where you realize that Molly has decided she wants to experience sex. She's had an awakening. She's being called, in fact, by her child self. It's sort of an awakening. It's also a reckoning. And it's a big, bold, beautiful chance at not dying in sex.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

pain, I mean, in emotional pain, but living to the very end in understanding and with the courage to face that which has been sort of hounding you. And for Nikki, She starts being like, I'm not good at taking care of people. I have no idea what I'm doing. And for me, in the moment where Nikki says, now I know that I can. I can love fully. I can love both while being my total self and selflessly.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

pain, I mean, in emotional pain, but living to the very end in understanding and with the courage to face that which has been sort of hounding you. And for Nikki, She starts being like, I'm not good at taking care of people. I have no idea what I'm doing. And for me, in the moment where Nikki says, now I know that I can. I can love fully. I can love both while being my total self and selflessly.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I know what it's like to completely risk everything. because love is so glorious. Nikki gets that incredible self-reliance and self-esteem that one can experience from understanding themselves as a person who is the center of receiving and giving love. Yes. I really, I love that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I know what it's like to completely risk everything. because love is so glorious. Nikki gets that incredible self-reliance and self-esteem that one can experience from understanding themselves as a person who is the center of receiving and giving love. Yes. I really, I love that.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I was nervous about the intubation when they were pulling the intubation tube out. That was hard for me. The tube like scared me. Really? Why you think? I'm scared of that as a person. I'm scared of being intubated, not being able to speak. That's like a fear of mine. So I tried to put everything into the relief of the tube being out of her body. Right.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

I was nervous about the intubation when they were pulling the intubation tube out. That was hard for me. The tube like scared me. Really? Why you think? I'm scared of that as a person. I'm scared of being intubated, not being able to speak. That's like a fear of mine. So I tried to put everything into the relief of the tube being out of her body. Right.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Um, and I was like, okay, that's going to be here. I'm going to put it into the performance. I'm safe. I'm going to look into Molly's eyes. That's what Nikki would do. I'm keeping Molly with me. I'm, this is a weird blend, but like, go just like do it. Just do it.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Um, and I was like, okay, that's going to be here. I'm going to put it into the performance. I'm safe. I'm going to look into Molly's eyes. That's what Nikki would do. I'm keeping Molly with me. I'm, this is a weird blend, but like, go just like do it. Just do it.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

What I hope first and foremost is that people are entertained. I hope that they felt something that feels personal to them. I think my wish is always that people allow themselves to believe

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

What I hope first and foremost is that people are entertained. I hope that they felt something that feels personal to them. I think my wish is always that people allow themselves to believe

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

in the idea that feelings can be simultaneous and that harder things don't cancel out the more positive things and that the positive feelings aren't there to rescue us from things that are difficult, but that the mixture is really where truth lies and that it's really worth it. Oh, that's good.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

in the idea that feelings can be simultaneous and that harder things don't cancel out the more positive things and that the positive feelings aren't there to rescue us from things that are difficult, but that the mixture is really where truth lies and that it's really worth it. Oh, that's good.

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Good. Not that I'm the question asker. I know you're asking me, but what are some of the main things that you've thought about when you think about this show actually being out there and released?

Dying For Sex
Jenny Slate, and Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock: On Throwing Out the Rules | 9

Good. Not that I'm the question asker. I know you're asking me, but what are some of the main things that you've thought about when you think about this show actually being out there and released?