Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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I think it's in my DNA. It was certainly in the culture of our family, you know. Who was funny? My mother was funny. My grandmother was funny. My dad was very funny. Do you remember making them laugh when you were young? What'd you do? When I was really little, I was trying to make my mom laugh and I stuck raisins up my nose. And she laughed just like that. It's so funny.
I think it's in my DNA. It was certainly in the culture of our family, you know. Who was funny? My mother was funny. My grandmother was funny. My dad was very funny. Do you remember making them laugh when you were young? What'd you do? When I was really little, I was trying to make my mom laugh and I stuck raisins up my nose. And she laughed just like that. It's so funny.
And then she said, okay, take them out. And I inhaled them. And we had to go to the emergency room. But it was totally worth it because I got the last.
And then she said, okay, take them out. And I inhaled them. And we had to go to the emergency room. But it was totally worth it because I got the last.
I mean, my parents were divorced, and I went back and forth between the two homes. But I was really raised by my mom and stepfather. But this was back when divorce was like, it wasn't a dime a dozen. And it was whispered.
I mean, my parents were divorced, and I went back and forth between the two homes. But I was really raised by my mom and stepfather. But this was back when divorce was like, it wasn't a dime a dozen. And it was whispered.
Divorce.
Divorce.
Divorce.
Divorce.
Well, I went to SNL very young. I was 21, and I was there for three years. And I didn't really succeed in any kind of way there, except to say I learned by not succeeding. And I learned what I didn't want. I didn't want a tense work environment. I didn't want to be unhappy. And I thought to myself, well...
Well, I went to SNL very young. I was 21, and I was there for three years. And I didn't really succeed in any kind of way there, except to say I learned by not succeeding. And I learned what I didn't want. I didn't want a tense work environment. I didn't want to be unhappy. And I thought to myself, well...
If I can't find work that's happy making, like the work I was doing in Chicago in theater, I don't think I'm going to do this because it's not right for me.
If I can't find work that's happy making, like the work I was doing in Chicago in theater, I don't think I'm going to do this because it's not right for me.
That's right, because my final year on SNL, Larry David was the writer there for one year. He was deeply miserable there. He was more miserable than you. And I was deeply miserable, and so we connected through our misery. And then a couple of years later, I heard from him about this show he was working on that was called The Seinfeld Chronicles.
That's right, because my final year on SNL, Larry David was the writer there for one year. He was deeply miserable there. He was more miserable than you. And I was deeply miserable, and so we connected through our misery. And then a couple of years later, I heard from him about this show he was working on that was called The Seinfeld Chronicles.
And the rest is history.
And the rest is history.
It's like... Endorphins you can taste.