Terry Gross

You know a lot of celebrities.

And you've seen things that you're grateful you don't have to go through.

So what are some of the things that you've seen celebrity friends go through that you're grateful you don't have to deal with?

It was Matthew Perry from Friends.

I want to play a clip from the series Girls 5 Ever about a girl group.

And this clip seems almost like a self-parody.

So the girl group that Dawn, the Sara Bareilles character, is in has a show at Radio City Music Hall.

But they're having trouble selling tickets.

So she's running around the streets of Manhattan looking for a famous person for the show who could help.

And she sees a film or a TV show is being shot and notices you at the crafts table.

Here's the clip.

That's a great scene.

I love that scene.

It's a great scene.

Was that supposed to be a parody of you?

Is that how you feel that you're a little bit of a fraud?

I want to talk with you about working with Stephen Sondheim and being like originating a role, originating a Stephen Sondheim role.

Wow.

Unfortunately, it was a show that never quite caught on and went through several iterations and even several titles.

So you were in Bounce as Addison Meisner, one of two brothers who was a Boca Raton that they helped build.