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Will Arnett

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
21827 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Do you have any recall at all about what kind of person Alfred Hitchcock was?

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

No way somebody took a picture of that.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Did you ever feel any sort of, or did you start too early to feel any sort of intellectual pressure to work as consistently as your parents have?

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Those are real tall bars to try to match, jump over, live up to.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

I mean, you've made it.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

I don't think so, no.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Laura was, you know, the whole stratosphere higher than I. Don't you dare.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

But living up to what your parents were so immensely famous your entire life, were you even conscious that you were setting yourself up to like, how could I ever live up to that?

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

That never got in your way, did it?

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

But before, for any kids out there that do struggle with that, like...

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Thank God you didn't let it get in your way because it shouldn't because it is โ€“ you are a completely individual person separate from your parents.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

Even though you may want to go into the same occupation as them, whether it's acting or not, like โ€“

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

It's completely natural that a kid would want to go down the same lane they've watched and admired because your parents are your first heroes.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

And so why wouldn't you want to go and do the same thing that they were doing?

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

And it doesn't matter whether you end up doing the same accomplishments that they do.

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"Laura Dern"

It's just โ€“ I don't know.

SmartLess
"Laura Dern"

I just think kids get a bad rap.