Julia Louis-Dreyfus

And did you take those lessons that you learned from your mother and did you apply them to being a mother yourself?

And did you take those lessons that you learned from your mother and did you apply them to being a mother yourself?

Is there an example that you can recall in your life where you've confronted fear and looked it in the face and overcome it? Is there anything specific that you could tell us about?

Is there an example that you can recall in your life where you've confronted fear and looked it in the face and overcome it? Is there anything specific that you could tell us about?

Huh. It's stepping outside yourself and looking back in. Changing your lens. Changing your lens.

Huh. It's stepping outside yourself and looking back in. Changing your lens. Changing your lens.

I had cancer too, and I was terrified. I didn't have your mother's advice in my ear, but what I did do was take one step at a time. Exactly. I approached it as if it were something to be approached in manageable parts, and that's exactly what I did, you know? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Talk about relaxing. How do you relax? What do you do to relax?

I had cancer too, and I was terrified. I didn't have your mother's advice in my ear, but what I did do was take one step at a time. Exactly. I approached it as if it were something to be approached in manageable parts, and that's exactly what I did, you know? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Talk about relaxing. How do you relax? What do you do to relax?

I'm a big hiker. Me too. Yeah. Me too. And if you go by yourself, it's an entirely different experience. And swimming.

I'm a big hiker. Me too. Yeah. Me too. And if you go by yourself, it's an entirely different experience. And swimming.

You know, I've taken up swimming recently, too. Let me ask you something. What do you do about the sun when you're out there? Do you wear like a full body UV suit?

You know, I've taken up swimming recently, too. Let me ask you something. What do you do about the sun when you're out there? Do you wear like a full body UV suit?

Because then, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because then, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Two hours? My God in heaven. What does that mean? How many miles are you going? That's a couple of miles, is it not?

Two hours? My God in heaven. What does that mean? How many miles are you going? That's a couple of miles, is it not?

Have you been meditating a long time, your whole life?

Have you been meditating a long time, your whole life?

My conversation with Diane von Furstenberg continues after the break. What's one easy thing we can do for the planet every day? We can stop putting food in the garbage. We're talking banana peels, carrot tops, old takeout. When that stuff heads to the landfill, it becomes a huge driver of climate change. So we compost, right?

My conversation with Diane von Furstenberg continues after the break. What's one easy thing we can do for the planet every day? We can stop putting food in the garbage. We're talking banana peels, carrot tops, old takeout. When that stuff heads to the landfill, it becomes a huge driver of climate change. So we compost, right?