Richard Linklater

I just wanted to see his face.

I know he would have kind of smiled and went, what the hell?

So I didn't get that, unfortunately.

I missed it by a couple of years.

I'm sad about that.

He goes, I like them, you know, funny, but a little sloppy.

And that's something Sondheim said later as an adult.

But it's funny that they're, those are two of the greatest lyricists ever.

It's just funny that the thought that they would meet

Yeah.

You know, everything's a leap of faith and belief.

You know, you can't really contract anyone to do anything over seven years.

So we all just look at each other and, you know, you cast lifers, you know, Ben Platt, Beanie Feldstein, Paul Meskel.

You look at people and go, you're doing this for the rest of your life.

You know, you're not going to suddenly quit acting and quit being a performer.

I look up and say, well, I want to be making a film when I'm that age.

And

I think once you're inside it, it doesn't seem so far-fetched.

It's just a fun thing we're involved in.

We've shot like three of the nine episodes.