Be Free, Be Yourself, and Be Crazy with Will Ferrell
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What insights does Will Ferrell share about his upbringing?
Then I did Harry Carey at a play reading, doing a play reading. It was emotionally wrought, like Eugene O'Neill type, like, damn it, Carol, what happened to us? Like, who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? I thought we still loved each other. You're breaking my heart. Look at me. Don't turn away. I still have feelings for you.
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Hey, little girl.
Hi, Craig. How are you?
I'm really fine. I'm excited.
That's good. Now, we will caution our listeners. You do have a bit of a cough, an allergy cough.
I do. I have an allergy cough, but we're narrowing down. It could be an air conditioning cough. So I either need a scarf or maybe I'll put my hood on.
Don't do that. Don't do that because you'll get makeup on your hood.
Oh, that's right. You've got makeup on your head. I've got makeup on my head.
You're not used to wearing makeup.
You know, I'm not used to it. And why don't we give our listeners a little inside baseball?
On what? On changing when you have makeup on, on my strategy of using... You know, I think, you know, again, you think it's a new strategy. Women, we've been doing this our whole lives. But please share as if you've discovered air.
So I went home after one of my early tapings in season one, and there was makeup all over my shirts. And my wife, Kelly, said, hey, what happened here? And I was like, oh, I was changing my shirt and got makeup on it. She was like, oh, let me give you a little hint. Use a shower cap. Put it over your head and face. Take your shirt off. Put it back on.
Wow. It worked. Craig, tell us more.
It worked.
Really?
Yes.
I never thought of that.
Unless you're in show business or something. How would you know that?
Being a woman.
Or a woman. But a guy, a guy, you have to know. Yeah, I know.
But that's what I'm saying. See, when men discover something, they talk about it like... I just figured this out. Oh, gosh. So, yeah. Thank you. Listeners, some inside baseball and how Craig discovered how to deal with makeup. Craig Robinson, thank you for sharing.
My pleasure. My pleasure.
Well, we've got a fun, fun conversation happening. One of my favorite comedians, one of my favorite people on TV. I will talk about this, but... My favorite movie on the planet of all time. The only movie that I watch again and again and again. This man was in. We'll talk about it when he comes on. But I don't think I've ever told him.
Oh, okay. All right, because I know what it is.
Why don't you introduce our guest, Will Ferrell.
All right. Will Ferrell is an acclaimed actor, writer, and producer behind some of film's most iconic comedies and a seven-year Saturday Night Live standout, widely regarded as one of the show's greatest cast members. He is also the co-founder of Gloria Sanchez Productions. This summer... He will star in the first scripted comedy series, The Hawk, for Netflix, which you and I both watched the first two episodes. And we're cracking up. In which he plays a fictional golf legend, which this will be interesting because I'm not a golfer, as you know. Okay, let's get him out of here. Without further ado, Mr. Will Ferrell.
So you're also going to get a little brother and sister dynamic where there's always just a little edge of arguing underneath.
Right. Okay. Yes.
Just a little edge of my big brother.
And by the way, Craig, I didn't know about the shower cap. Thank you. Thank you.
It works, right?
And why would he know, Craig?
Do you know why he would know?
Because he's in show business.
Exactly.
Well, no, because my mother would give us a shower cap every Christmas, a new shower cap, for the reasons you just described.
It's like, honey.
So she was way ahead of the curve. She was. Yeah.
She raised you to be an independent man.
Right.
Knowing about shower caps.
Yes.
Haven't met, but we were in the same place together at one of the White House parties. Right. And I want to see if you remember this because I think that you were doing this on purpose, but my wife is like, no, is he? And you were walking around the White House with the straightest of faces, not looking at anyone like this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Will Ferrell share about his upbringing?
0:00–7:24
2
How did Will Ferrell land his spot on Saturday Night Live?
7:24–9:20
3
What unique experiences did Will have while filming The Hawk?
9:20–15:15
4
How does Will Ferrell balance fatherhood and his career?
15:15–17:12
5
What kind of comedic influences shaped Will's style?
17:12–22:55
6
How did Will Ferrell's early experiences in sports influence his comedy?
22:55–30:00
7
What challenges does Will face as a father of four boys?
30:00–32:09
8
What advice does Will Ferrell give about parenting and managing kids?
32:09–1:24:09
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