Julia Louis-Dreyfus

So we have that in common, and I'm grateful for it. Patty, I learned this fact about you that just blew me away. So here you are at the top of your game, but in your 40s, you used to say farewell to your fans after every show because you really believed you would not live beyond 50, right?

So we have that in common, and I'm grateful for it. Patty, I learned this fact about you that just blew me away. So here you are at the top of your game, but in your 40s, you used to say farewell to your fans after every show because you really believed you would not live beyond 50, right?

Yes, I did. And your friend Claudette, too, who passed away young. Right. Patty, can you talk about living with that fear at the time of your mammoth success? Because they bump up against each other, don't they? The feeling of... I'm not going to make it, but you've made it at the same time as an artist.

Yes, I did. And your friend Claudette, too, who passed away young. Right. Patty, can you talk about living with that fear at the time of your mammoth success? Because they bump up against each other, don't they? The feeling of... I'm not going to make it, but you've made it at the same time as an artist.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But is that when you turned 50, I think?

But is that when you turned 50, I think?

But you had a lot of anxiety about it, and then all of a sudden it seems like that anxiety just— It left. It left.

But you had a lot of anxiety about it, and then all of a sudden it seems like that anxiety just— It left. It left.

Yes, it did. Maybe it was just the marker of getting past a certain age. Yeah. I lost my sister, actually, and she was 44, if you can believe it.

Yes, it did. Maybe it was just the marker of getting past a certain age. Yeah. I lost my sister, actually, and she was 44, if you can believe it.

I know. Yeah. That's why I was so struck by that in your life. What did she pass from? She was just really ill. Oh. Yeah. Sorry. So, yeah, really tragic. But it is, it so upends your life because it's not the way the world is supposed to work. No, it's not. It's not the order of things. And that's why it's hard to kind of, well, that's why you're frightened.

I know. Yeah. That's why I was so struck by that in your life. What did she pass from? She was just really ill. Oh. Yeah. Sorry. So, yeah, really tragic. But it is, it so upends your life because it's not the way the world is supposed to work. No, it's not. It's not the order of things. And that's why it's hard to kind of, well, that's why you're frightened.

Yeah. It's natural because it doesn't feel...

Yeah. It's natural because it doesn't feel...

Right.

Right.

Um, thank you. I'm sorry for you too. Thank you. I'm sorry for you too. Um, and I, you've been very open about, uh, when your sister Jackie passed away and you've come to terms with what, do you mind talking about that right now? Well, she wanted me to prepare her lunch.

Um, thank you. I'm sorry for you too. Thank you. I'm sorry for you too. Um, and I, you've been very open about, uh, when your sister Jackie passed away and you've come to terms with what, do you mind talking about that right now? Well, she wanted me to prepare her lunch.