Susan Kelechi Watson
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95 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
Susan Kelechi Watson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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New York is a harder place to book them out. Okay. Yeah. So, okay, they put a pin in you that turns into you coming out to L.A. Was there any other step before you came out to L.A.? There was.
Okay.
And then, so there's three people there. There's a girl, Angel Parker, who was in OJ with me. Sue was there. Tracy Toms, who's from New York, who graduated from Juilliard, same year I graduated from NYU. And then I think Marsha Stephanie decided just to use her tape.
Right? Yeah. And so... This is like, this is the part where, the part of the story that was awesome was like, I knew it was Sue all along or whatnot. But the part is, I know all these sisters, man. Like, it's like, when you get to this place in your career where you're privileged enough or whatnot, and you know, like, people are going to come in, it's like, I know everybody.
And so they'd ask me, like, who, who? I was like, man, I'm not taking a job away from a sister. Yeah. Like that's the last thing that you can put on your board. But like, it was so much fun to read in the room. And when they, cause I think John and Glenn, even more than Dan, like, they're like, I think it's Sue. And I was like, I think you're right. I think you're right.
And I was, and was so, when we got to set and we got a chance to hang out, cause we knew each other from school. Yeah, I was gonna say, you guys have a history. We know each other from school, but we're in different classes. So you spend most of your time with your classmates while you're at school. I'd seen your work. And then I come back, actually. I remember I was still living in New York.
I remember you guys were doing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. And I couldn't see the play, so I came to rehearsal one day. So I was like, Sue's a wonderful, incredible actor. And knew her to be a beautiful human being. But when we got on set and just got a chance to talk and vibe, I was like, and I came home one day and I told you this, I said, Rye, told my wife, I said, I love Susan Kelechi Watson.
Doesn't take anything that I have away from you because you're my wife and I love you and we're going to be together. You know, I just wanted to let you know also that I have room in my heart to love this woman too. No problems, no qualms at all whatsoever.
And it's like, I've been approached so many times, and I'm curious from your perspective, where people will talk about Jack and Rebecca, but they will talk about R&B like, you guys, that was something to watch. I'm curious, what kind of things do you hear about it?
And what were those conversations? She always talked about Martin and Gina.
So this is interesting because I remember talking to you about the pilot and it's like, well, Beth didn't have a whole lot to do in the pilot or what have you. And then like episode two, you have this conversation with William about your man and what he's gone through.
So I'm curious for you because you kind of take a leap of faith, trusting that like there's going to be something for me to eat in the show, like after you do the pilot or whatnot. So what was it like for you to go from the pilot to that 102 and have that meet?
We'll see.
I spoke to that a little bit because we did, we were rewatching episode 105 and I remember the writers, and maybe even Dan came up to us, like after we took our trip to the drugstore to get the birth test and he was like, oh, like I can do comedy with these guys.
Because I think in his mind, like he always saw us as like the stable couple, like that everybody sort of, we're the nucleus that everybody sort of satellites around or what have you. But we also are prone to our own shenanigans as well, because we were just watching 106. And it's, we have, 106 is career day.
Take it up. It's like, as Randall was trying to channel Maxwell, He's trying to figure out the head voice. Anyway, but we have this scene where I'm trying to explain to you, and I'm looking for my index cards about what it is, and you're like, oh, all I can think about is pizza, right? And then I said, you're making fun of me.
And you're like, I'm not making fun of you, but you're doing it with the smile. I was like, why are you smiling? She's like, I don't know. I'm smiling. And I throw you on the bed, and we just start being silly. It was sort of like...
The beginning of like, for me, like when I saw it, I was like, oh, we are, we're dumb and we are so in love that like whatever happens, like she's going to allow me to be stupid. And this is what I realized in the course of the show, in terms of performance that I almost single-handedly owe to you. And I mean, this is sincere.
Stop watching the show. Yeah, I lied. So for those who haven't got to season three. Oh, am I jumping? No, no, you're fine. You're totally fine because we're just talking about you. For those who haven't gotten to season three, take a break.
So we get to season three and a lot of our through line over that time is sort of like, Randall has these political aspirations. Beth is rediscovering what it is that she wants to do with her life with regards to dance, et cetera. And they're happening at the same time. Right.
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