Hank Azaria
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
One, two, three. My guests today, pretty good credits here, guys. Quiz Show. Oh, yeah. Heat. Who? The Birdcage. Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness? Spamalot.
Brockmire. My wife, Lucy, she was wearing a strap-on and she was plowing our neighbor, Bob Greenwald. And folks, I do mean right in the ass. Fastball misses. Just slow.
Count goes full. Three and two. And most notably, The Simpsons. Oh, that's cool. Bring an outside beer into my bar. Which was an animated show. from the Tracy Ullman. It's a spin-off from the Tracy Ullman show. That happened a long time ago. No, no, no. It's fresh on a lot of people's memories. Hank Azaria, everybody. He's also got a show called The Artist that's coming out on the network. Well, I'm in it. Oh, you're in it. All right, great. Well, whatever. Go to Google him. Don't tell people how to live. Sorry. Let people do what they're going to do. I have many questions for you. That's like the point of all this. Yeah, that's why you're here. What's happening over here with you? What are you all about at the moment?
I find you wickedly talented. I've always got this, I just feel like it's not enough for you.
What challenges does Hank face with addiction and relationships?
You mean like I should have done more in my career? No.
I don't know.
I just feel like you can do so much and you're called upon to do some of it. Is that about right?
Yes. Yes. Yeah, I said to you earlier, you're like, yes, yeah, I've thought about this a lot because I'm a self-obsessed actor like everybody else.
Mm-hmm.
So you could look at me as either the most overachieving voiceover actor in the history of the world or a moderately underachieving movie star or lead actor, whatever, or even character actor. But it's just the way things went. Some of it's luck, some of it's my own temperament, some of it's... What's the temperament part? Well, the perfectionism and the sort of... There were times where I got in my own way. And there were times when I was so miserable doing it that I sort of would have preferred not. There were times I was starting a movie and I was like, I'd give anything to get out of this. Like, the pressure felt so much to me that I just wasn't cut out for it. And I actually would like, one of my favorite shows is The Honeymooners, you know, Gleason and Carney.
And there's an episode where Ed's playing the piano because Ralph is learning songs for the, he's going on to the quiz show for popular music. And he and Alice start arguing over Ed playing. And Norton finally goes, why was I blessed with this musical talent? And sometimes I felt that way about my own career. Like, I wish I wasn't good enough to be in this movie because the pressure of it is really hard. Oh, that's funny. That's very funny. By the way, I worked through all that, and now I'm happy where I'm at. You did? I did. I took a lot of therapy and program and sorting myself out. And then I found a kind of happiness in my work and I'm grateful like for any of it. That's sort of where I ended up. That's the end of the story.
Any job, any, is that what you said? You're happy with any?
I'm happy that I do what I do and I still get to do it. But it wasn't always the case. No, I was very fraught at times, and that's part of what I... It seemed fraught. That's what I was picking up on. Some bad Hollywood luck. You know, you got to get lucky. But it was also my own fraughtness that got in my way.
Your first block, which for a podcaster, is a fantastic block. What did I say? Apu. Oh, yeah. He's the voice of Apu, guys.
Do you think I am moved by your sob story?
But he's not Indian. People didn't like it. They liked it for 25 years, and then... They didn't say anything about it. They didn't say anything. Yeah. And then Hari Kanabulo made a documentary, among other people, sort of opposing you playing Apu. I would... Talk to us. I would assume it was real uncomfortable.
Oh, it was, yes. Uh... I write and now have created a one-man show a lot about this, which I haven't done yet. It'll be out eventually, soon, I hope. Yeah, it was weird. It was, you know, 25 years, I had never really heard a peep about anybody having a problem with this character or me doing it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–1:21
2
What challenges does Hank face with addiction and relationships?
1:21–11:44
3
How does Hank Azaria reflect on his career and Apu's character?
11:44–14:54
4
How does Hank Azaria approach the topic of personal growth?
14:54–59:16
5
What insights does Hank Azaria share about his relationship with fame?
59:16–1:00:08
6
How does Hank Azaria reflect on his struggles with workaholism?
1:00:08–1:01:13
7
What parenting challenges does Hank Azaria discuss?
1:01:13–1:01:53
8
How does Hank Azaria use humor to navigate serious topics?
1:01:53–1:50:51