Kal Penn

So she was one of those people for me when I was a kid.

And then cut to...

uh this movie called the namesake that she was directing that i for whatever it could not get an audition for this movie my agent couldn't get me in so i wrote mira a letter that basically said you're one of the catalysts for why i became an actor i love the book that this script is based on you have to let me audition for the lead in your movie

uh and she called and said fly to new york i was living in l.a at the time fly to new york and audition for me and i walk into this audition and the first thing she says is i just want you to know i read your letter and my 14 year old son zoran is a huge fan of your stoner movie harold and kimura go to white castle and

the last three months he and his best friend sam have been begging me to audition you for the lead in my independent drama and they showed me clips from harold and kamar and it just showed me that you're the wrong person for this job but then but then i got your letter and i was like all right let's let him come in it'll mean a lot and then thankfully i did well in the audition i ended up getting cast in the job but so so the day of the audition actually she says once you're done my my son would love to say hello if if you have a few minutes and

So he'd stop by after school.

And I said, once I got the job, also, I like half jokingly was like, hey, man, if you ever need anything later on, I got your back.

And I'm just glad when he ran for office, he wasn't like this crazy right winger who I would have owed a favor to, you know?

Yeah, exactly.

I do.

I'm in New York.

I was in LA for a long time, but I'm in New York now.

Oh, awesome.

Yeah.

You know, I...

I helped him from the time that he ran for State Assembly.

I was really honored to kind of give him a hand with some fundraisers and a few events and things like that.

And I was also really floored.

Like, look, you're asking the most biased person in the world.

I've known him since he was