Patton Oswalt

Turned on a very specific movie in a very specific TV show because they both would have required me being away For like nine months and it was during that time when she was like a year and a half old when she like every day She was growing and I'm like, I didn't I can't miss that chunk.

Turned on a very specific movie in a very specific TV show because they both would have required me being away For like nine months and it was during that time when she was like a year and a half old when she like every day She was growing and I'm like, I didn't I can't miss that chunk.

very much wanted to do, but the cost would have been missing this amazing chunk in her. And I'm not, it wasn't like it was an agonizing decision. I'm not making myself like, oh my God, I mean, no, it was just like, I'm not missing this. I'm not missing this.

very much wanted to do, but the cost would have been missing this amazing chunk in her. And I'm not, it wasn't like it was an agonizing decision. I'm not making myself like, oh my God, I mean, no, it was just like, I'm not missing this. I'm not missing this.

You know, so, and the people who got those roles were so good that it was one of those things too where it's like, maybe that would have sucked if I'd been in it. Maybe it was good that I turned that down. So that's not, there's no regret there. But

You know, so, and the people who got those roles were so good that it was one of those things too where it's like, maybe that would have sucked if I'd been in it. Maybe it was good that I turned that down. So that's not, there's no regret there. But

Stuff that I used to think, there were certain things I used to think were very important, especially about status and stuff like that, that I'm like, that doesn't fucking matter. What matters is just showing up every single day. Some days, as a parent, the day sucks. You make a shitty breakfast. Let's go do this activity. The activity doesn't quite work out. You come back. Oh, shit, the car.

Stuff that I used to think, there were certain things I used to think were very important, especially about status and stuff like that, that I'm like, that doesn't fucking matter. What matters is just showing up every single day. Some days, as a parent, the day sucks. You make a shitty breakfast. Let's go do this activity. The activity doesn't quite work out. You come back. Oh, shit, the car.

But the kid is like, I got to spend time with you. And you still showed up. And they saw you trying. And that's what matters. Just show up and try. Because some people just absolutely go, I'm not going to try. I'm not bothering you.

But the kid is like, I got to spend time with you. And you still showed up. And they saw you trying. And that's what matters. Just show up and try. Because some people just absolutely go, I'm not going to try. I'm not bothering you.

I met people and had experiences that changed my mind. You know, everything that you say, oh, my God, so resolutely. But you're going to meet stuff that changes your mind whether you want it to or not. And just roll with that. Yeah, I used to think that way. Now I don't think that way.

I met people and had experiences that changed my mind. You know, everything that you say, oh, my God, so resolutely. But you're going to meet stuff that changes your mind whether you want it to or not. And just roll with that. Yeah, I used to think that way. Now I don't think that way.

I mean, all I did was shepherd that. I mean, I handed that book over to an investigator and a journalist and go, please help me do this because I was still so wrecked. and they helped see it through. But she definitely, it was very funny, we all had a lot of laughs watching at the press conference, because she came up with the name, the Golden State Killer.

I mean, all I did was shepherd that. I mean, I handed that book over to an investigator and a journalist and go, please help me do this because I was still so wrecked. and they helped see it through. But she definitely, it was very funny, we all had a lot of laughs watching at the press conference, because she came up with the name, the Golden State Killer.

Before that he didn't, and this is gonna sound really sick, but another cop, this guy Paul Holes, was like, yeah, he was never given a cool name, and that does hamper investigations. If there isn't a name that lands with the public, Zodiac, Night Stalker, then sometimes these cases fade away.

Before that he didn't, and this is gonna sound really sick, but another cop, this guy Paul Holes, was like, yeah, he was never given a cool name, and that does hamper investigations. If there isn't a name that lands with the public, Zodiac, Night Stalker, then sometimes these cases fade away.

So when she came up with Golden State Killer, something very evocative and weird and creepy about that name that she came up with, that did help reopen the case. Now, obviously, yes, other investigators brought that case home. She also did suggest using familial DNA, which they ended up doing, but whatever. But it was very funny to watch them at these press conferences.

So when she came up with Golden State Killer, something very evocative and weird and creepy about that name that she came up with, that did help reopen the case. Now, obviously, yes, other investigators brought that case home. She also did suggest using familial DNA, which they ended up doing, but whatever. But it was very funny to watch them at these press conferences.

Someone was like, what about the work of Michelle McNamara? And he was like, Michelle McNamara's work had nothing to do with us catching the Golden State Killer. And we're all like... You literally just used the name that helped. Anyway, but yeah. But that was like satisfying for us to watch.

Someone was like, what about the work of Michelle McNamara? And he was like, Michelle McNamara's work had nothing to do with us catching the Golden State Killer. And we're all like... You literally just used the name that helped. Anyway, but yeah. But that was like satisfying for us to watch.