Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I ask that question because I've asked a couple of other women that I've spoken to on this podcast about that word ambition because— Well, you have to have the fire in the belly. You do have to have fire in the belly. But sometimes when they say, oh, that woman is ambitious— Oh, well, that could sound terrible.

I ask that question because I've asked a couple of other women that I've spoken to on this podcast about that word ambition because— Well, you have to have the fire in the belly. You do have to have fire in the belly. But sometimes when they say, oh, that woman is ambitious— Oh, well, that could sound terrible.

And did you immediately leap to that? Yeah, I did. You didn't have any feeling of sadness?

And did you immediately leap to that? Yeah, I did. You didn't have any feeling of sadness?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, I was thinking about that, too, because of your time at the rehearsal club. Yeah. And that was where you lived when you first went to New York, which was a sort of a boarding house for young women who were trying to make it in show business, right? Yeah. By the way, that in and of itself is an incredible Hollywood show business story, just the fact of that, right?

You know, I was thinking about that, too, because of your time at the rehearsal club. Yeah. And that was where you lived when you first went to New York, which was a sort of a boarding house for young women who were trying to make it in show business, right? Yeah. By the way, that in and of itself is an incredible Hollywood show business story, just the fact of that, right?

I love that idea. Okay, well, if you need the boarding house mother, you're looking at her. Anyway, but I love this story that you told about, and I'll let you tell it, but when you went, you were trying to find an agent. And was it Eddie Voy that you were speaking? Eddie Foy.

I love that idea. Okay, well, if you need the boarding house mother, you're looking at her. Anyway, but I love this story that you told about, and I'll let you tell it, but when you went, you were trying to find an agent. And was it Eddie Voy that you were speaking? Eddie Foy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

1954.

1954.

Oh my God, that's not fire in your belly. That's balls.

Oh my God, that's not fire in your belly. That's balls.

And so then tell what you did.

And so then tell what you did.

Yeah, you make your own breaks. You push forward. You push through. Right. That's the most stunning story. And it's a great television show or movie, whatever you want to make it. It really is. More with Carol Burnett after the break.

Yeah, you make your own breaks. You push forward. You push through. Right. That's the most stunning story. And it's a great television show or movie, whatever you want to make it. It really is. More with Carol Burnett after the break.