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Jenny Slate

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
953 total appearances

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

And in terms of her own, Mike, what's on your hat?

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

Yeah. I mean, this might seem like it's coming from left field. And also one would think like you learn from the character you play, but in fact, you learn from everyone in the story. At least I do. And I thought a lot about Molly and what she was unable to confront for so long. You begin to understand that.

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

Yeah. I mean, this might seem like it's coming from left field. And also one would think like you learn from the character you play, but in fact, you learn from everyone in the story. At least I do. And I thought a lot about Molly and what she was unable to confront for so long. You begin to understand that.

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

Molly believes in an ever-present, always threatening, like tightly, the springs are ready to spring off badness. And the badness is going to come out. And it's already directed her and her life. And when I watched that, I started thinking about my own fear of death.

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

Molly believes in an ever-present, always threatening, like tightly, the springs are ready to spring off badness. And the badness is going to come out. And it's already directed her and her life. And when I watched that, I started thinking about my own fear of death.

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

upsetting people, my own fear of being criticized, and how that can make me impatient, angry, and scared sometimes, even if I don't express it the way that Molly expresses her own anger when she eventually does, or how Nikki immediately expresses anger. And I really thought about it and I was watching Molly and watching Michelle.

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

upsetting people, my own fear of being criticized, and how that can make me impatient, angry, and scared sometimes, even if I don't express it the way that Molly expresses her own anger when she eventually does, or how Nikki immediately expresses anger. And I really thought about it and I was watching Molly and watching Michelle.

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

And I got to this really weird place of unexpected catharsis, which was like, oh, I think I've been thinking that there's something deeply wrong with me for basically my entire life. And I was able to really start to let that go during this work. Anyway, I've been thinking of the difference between...

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

And I got to this really weird place of unexpected catharsis, which was like, oh, I think I've been thinking that there's something deeply wrong with me for basically my entire life. And I was able to really start to let that go during this work. Anyway, I've been thinking of the difference between...

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.