Julia Louis-Dreyfus

First of all, when you were a kid, how soon did you realize that swimming was something that you had an intensity for and a passion for?

I mean, and what role did it play for you emotionally when you were a little kid?

What was that evolution like?

That is an amazing advice for a teenager to give another teenager.

No.

That's a heavy story.

Yeah.

But now you're really joined with her.

That's so incredible.

So then you started making these extreme swims shortly after that, right?

Well, it's a hell of a talent, for real, seriously.

So in 1975, you were 26, and you became the seventh woman to swim around Manhattan.

And then you were becoming famous, and you were sort of a fixture on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

By the way, you were great on Johnny Carson, I got to say.

You had an incredible—

You had such swagger and confidence, and I just loved your whole vibe.

But what was that transition like for you from athlete to sort of public figure?

Did you enjoy that transition?

Yeah.

I'm not getting introvert vibes from you.