Chapter 1: What are Amanda Peet's thoughts on stage fright?
Hey, everybody. Hey. Oh, my goodness. Are we in a good mood today? We are. I mean. You were shot out of a cannon. I was shot out of a cannon. Yeah.
I'm all fired up. We get to do some potting today.
Yeah. And I'm so excited you two are here for this.
You're going to have such a hoot. What we'll do is that little foam thingy in front of your mouth, you just speak into that. We're going to have somebody of interest coming on soon.
You're going to be able to ask any questions that you might have.
And they should respond in a somewhat informative way.
Nobody's left. Nobody's going to listen.
You think they've turned the dial?
Well, then let's hurry up and get the guest out here. Come on. Welcome to Smart List.
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Chapter 2: How did Amanda Peet get her start in acting?
Always hurts.
But I texted Jason last night about like what a huge swing it was to do this. I mean, Will, wait until you see.
Don't say it in another word. I knew a new one came out last night and I couldn't watch last night.
But it's this guy, Steve Conrad, this writer, director. We'll leave the subject. Sorry, listener. But this guy, Steve Conrad, this writer, director, he's just so creative. Like daring and- Yeah, daring. But like without being obnoxiously like, oh, look how avant-garde and, you know, it's like, it's so- It serves the characters.
It's so relatable that it makes it absolutely almost impossible to watch because it's so cringy and real and awkward.
And so much so, I woke up today, I started doing just regular whatever tasks, thinking about DTF St. Louis and these characters. And I'm like- Were you sitting on Scotty's face? Those are his regular tasks. Wait a minute. The viewers will understand what I'm talking about. Yeah, that's a little precursor to what happens in the show.
But anyways, incredible. You're very nice. Thank you, man. Willie, it's nice to have you back in the States. You made it. Was there any issues at the border, or was it pretty smooth?
Still good. Still good? Still good, yeah. Okay. Yeah, so I'm in good standing. Your bronzer still, you haven't run out of that. No, no, it's a little streaky.
I can't get behind, I can't see.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Amanda face in her early career?
Oh, my gosh. You got a mic set up and everything.
You guys, I almost did like 25 spit takes.
And I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be... She is prone to a spit take. Look at you with a microphone. Look at you.
Oh, should I put that down? No, no, no.
Shawn has his.
Oh, you guys all have yours.
We're not doing video. This isn't video. I'm just...
That's the one we sent you, isn't it?
I've just never seen you in this environment, so it's all new to me. It's so great to see you.
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Chapter 4: How did Amanda balance her family life with her career?
So then I FaceTimed him, just because I wanted kind of verification. Because I thought that he'd set it for the photo for effect. And sure enough, donut is on the plate. He's eating them both simultaneously. Yeah. I really was. And a glass of milk.
I often think how when, you know, I have an 11-year-old, I often think of how one of the great, great pleasures of being an adult, a grown-up, is that you can eat your dessert before your meal.
Sure. Yeah.
There's no rules.
Well, actually, if you remember, Sean, I said to you, are you at an 11-year-old's birthday party? Yeah. And I said, I stopped by on the way home from work. Yeah. Amanda Peete.
Southie.
Yes. Oh, my God. Amanda. You worked with Amanda. Amanda and I worked together first almost 30 years ago. We did a film called, I know, sorry. Sorry to say that number. Jesus. Jesus.
I don't feel good about it either. Do you guys both still have your Boston accents?
They almost took our sad cards away. They came on set. What did you work on together? Southie. It's called Southie. It was a film. It was a film about South Boston. Oh, I didn't know that. How are you? Good to see you. Good for you, Amanda, huh? Hey, Pete, you're doing good, huh? Wait, Amanda, did you do the accent too?
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Chapter 5: What insights does Amanda share about her new film?
Here we go. Let's go back to the beginning, Amanda. Do we have to? When you were a kid.
Yes.
Was it always going to be this? Like, did you have a plan for this? Or did you just kind of wing it and, like, the entertainment world kind of came your way? Or was it like, no, let's set the oars in this direction and start rowing?
I think both parents were... That's good.
That's enough. Thank you.
And we'll go to our first break. Wow.
No, both parents are... Off crowd.
Both parents... were as far from the entertainment business as you could possibly be.
What kind of— Corporate lawyer. Yep.
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Chapter 6: How does Amanda Peet describe her writing process?
Good. Thank you, Will. It's helpful.
But wait, Amanda, when you were growing up... Oh, go ahead. No, you go. No, Willie, go. No, no, no. You guys are so polite to each other. Wait, Amanda, when you grew up with a mom in that field, did she kind of try to psychoanalyze you all the time? Did you have somebody to talk to? Was therapy constantly in the house? You know what I mean?
Okay, to be honest, I was, yeah, I was very, very close with her and very, very similar and was sent to the therapist right when I came out of her vagina.
Oh, wow. Wow.
Wow. As an infant, I was like, talk therapy, let's go. Yeah. You came out with the car keys.
You're like ready to go.
Did you ever feel like you were getting a free analysis from her or was it like, I can't really share with her my feelings because she's just going to psychoanalyze me?
I think that she... Like, was it a plus or a minus? Okay, my sister would disagree. For me, it was a plus. I didn't feel like she was looking at me as like a test dummy for her psychological theories. And she was even in psychoanalytic training in the 90s when I was in college. And I thought it was really... intellectually interesting what she was talking about and really, really helpful.
And I think because she felt like her mom was a clinical narcissist, she was hell-bent on being a good listener and seeing my sister and me for who we were. That's how I feel. I think my sister felt a little bit more like there was this like... psychobabble orthodoxy.
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Chapter 7: What personal experiences influenced Amanda's recent work?
And that's the strategy for this moment.
Yeah, because a lot of actors... work so hard to let you know they're not acting that it looks like acting.
You're right. Yeah. Whereas if you focus on just like performing for one microscopic lens that for some people it's themselves, right? Like for me, it's that case. Like I know I'm going to watch my performance here and I'm not going to be able to get away with anything. You know, I'm not going to give myself any sort of you know, relief. Like, it's got to be super, you know, like, I'm watching.
For you, that microscope is David and Sarah.
It's never Amanda?
Huh?
It's never my best friend Amanda?
No, I can trick Amanda. I can trick her. Stop it. No, you can't. No, I can't.
The other Amanda. Sorry, just to be clear. The other Amanda.
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Chapter 8: How does Amanda view her role as a producer?
Again, says a lot about your acting, J.D. That's what she remembers. Yeah. That's a great, that was a great movie.
I love that identity thing. Yeah, it's a great movie. I had so much fun on that. Ms. McCarthy crushing it. All right. Let's get back to the beginning. Let's roll through this a little bit. We're going to pick up the pace here. We're doing so much time bullshit.
Meta, you grew up in New York City. You were born in New York, grew up in New York. Mm-hmm. Right?
Went to school in New York. Born and raised.
Where did you grow up? In the city? In Manhattan?
In Manhattan, yeah. Lower 11th and 5th.
Oh, look at that.
What is the most New York thing that is still a part of your everyday behavior? Oh, that's a good question. What do you think? Because you lived there for a while.
I'm working here.
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