Julia Louis-Dreyfus

So, Patti, going back to your musical beginnings, your older brother introduced you to jazz, right?

So, Patti, going back to your musical beginnings, your older brother introduced you to jazz, right?

And then I'm jumping ahead here, but then you got to know Nina Simone personally, didn't you?

And then I'm jumping ahead here, but then you got to know Nina Simone personally, didn't you?

So you had three sisters. What was the dynamic like between you and your sisters when you were growing up? Oh, God.

So you had three sisters. What was the dynamic like between you and your sisters when you were growing up? Oh, God.

Maybe you got a sense of fashion from her because actually your outfits when you were with LaBelle, those outfits were completely ahead of their time, don't you think?

Maybe you got a sense of fashion from her because actually your outfits when you were with LaBelle, those outfits were completely ahead of their time, don't you think?

They really were. I mean, you really kind of—I mean, I think I even heard you say, we were Lady Gaga before there was Lady Gaga, the way you would come out and present yourselves, right?

They really were. I mean, you really kind of—I mean, I think I even heard you say, we were Lady Gaga before there was Lady Gaga, the way you would come out and present yourselves, right?

Right.

Right.

Yes, of course. Yes. In your memoir, you talk about having low self-esteem as a child, which we discussed. And you didn't consider yourself beautiful, which I find astounding, by the way, because you are truly a beauty.

Yes, of course. Yes. In your memoir, you talk about having low self-esteem as a child, which we discussed. And you didn't consider yourself beautiful, which I find astounding, by the way, because you are truly a beauty.

If this is quiet, I mean, honestly, I cannot. I think you look spectacular. You could go to the Academy Awards looking the way you do right now. Thank you, honey. What do you mean that you learned it lately? You said, I've learned lately that what you look like doesn't really matter.

If this is quiet, I mean, honestly, I cannot. I think you look spectacular. You could go to the Academy Awards looking the way you do right now. Thank you, honey. What do you mean that you learned it lately? You said, I've learned lately that what you look like doesn't really matter.

Yeah, it can be exhausting, right? It is exhausting. And you have this musical instrument, and that blessing is the one that, I mean, let's face it. That's my life, yeah. That's your life. The music is my life. That is your life.

Yeah, it can be exhausting, right? It is exhausting. And you have this musical instrument, and that blessing is the one that, I mean, let's face it. That's my life, yeah. That's your life. The music is my life. That is your life.

When you were with the Bluebells, the group was you, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendricks, and Cindy Bird's song, and then Cindy left, right? Cindy left to go with the Supremes. To join the Supremes in 1967. Uh-huh. At the time that that happened, did that shake your confidence?

When you were with the Bluebells, the group was you, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendricks, and Cindy Bird's song, and then Cindy left, right? Cindy left to go with the Supremes. To join the Supremes in 1967. Uh-huh. At the time that that happened, did that shake your confidence?