Julia Louis-Dreyfus

That's very nice. You're very lucky. So you had a great dad, Roberto Rossellini. He was obviously a legendary film director, but... You described him as being a seahorse. You said that if he could have given birth to you, he would have.

That's very nice. You're very lucky. So you had a great dad, Roberto Rossellini. He was obviously a legendary film director, but... You described him as being a seahorse. You said that if he could have given birth to you, he would have.

And so was he like your primary source? Do you think of emotional support when you were young?

And so was he like your primary source? Do you think of emotional support when you were young?

It sounds like even though he was protective of you and maybe defensive of you when you became a teenager or a young woman, it sounds like he was very supportive of you as a woman. Is that correct?

It sounds like even though he was protective of you and maybe defensive of you when you became a teenager or a young woman, it sounds like he was very supportive of you as a woman. Is that correct?

Probably he envisioned you having more control over your life, perhaps?

Probably he envisioned you having more control over your life, perhaps?

Exactly. Yes. And I did.

Exactly. Yes. And I did.

Well, it's funny you say that because I see that you said that after the death of your dad, you said if I were to divide my life into before Christ and after Christ, it would be June 3rd, 1977 when he passed away. And I lost my dad, yeah, I lost him eight years ago. It's interesting how the ground shifts, doesn't it, when you lose a parent? Incredible, incredible.

Well, it's funny you say that because I see that you said that after the death of your dad, you said if I were to divide my life into before Christ and after Christ, it would be June 3rd, 1977 when he passed away. And I lost my dad, yeah, I lost him eight years ago. It's interesting how the ground shifts, doesn't it, when you lose a parent? Incredible, incredible.

Yeah, and also people knew them. They're known. So that adds another layer to this that maybe is complicated or maybe it's comforting.

Yeah, and also people knew them. They're known. So that adds another layer to this that maybe is complicated or maybe it's comforting.

Yeah. Speaking of fame, you said when you were little you didn't really understand your mom's fame. No. And that's such an interesting idea to consider because when my kids were little and – And I was having some fame. I know they didn't understand it when people would come over and say they needed an autograph or something. It was off-putting. It was an intrusion.

Yeah. Speaking of fame, you said when you were little you didn't really understand your mom's fame. No. And that's such an interesting idea to consider because when my kids were little and – And I was having some fame. I know they didn't understand it when people would come over and say they needed an autograph or something. It was off-putting. It was an intrusion.

That's hilarious. When my son was really little, and at the time I was... Because I was on Seinfeld and we were on a lot of magazine covers, etc. So he was really sort of used to seeing me on the front page of something. And we were walking by... We were walking by a bookstore and the front window of the bookstore had a bunch of books all about Margaret Thatcher.

That's hilarious. When my son was really little, and at the time I was... Because I was on Seinfeld and we were on a lot of magazine covers, etc. So he was really sort of used to seeing me on the front page of something. And we were walking by... We were walking by a bookstore and the front window of the bookstore had a bunch of books all about Margaret Thatcher.

There was some book that had just come out about her life, biography of, and it was her face on the front. And he looked and he goes, look, mommy, that's you. Any woman on the cover of anything.

There was some book that had just come out about her life, biography of, and it was her face on the front. And he looked and he goes, look, mommy, that's you. Any woman on the cover of anything.