Seth Rogen Is 44, Often Stoned and on a Roll
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From the New York Times, this is The Interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro. At 44, Seth Rogen seems to be having the opposite of a midlife crisis. His series, The Studio, which he created, writes, stars in, directs, and produces, just won 13 Emmys and is currently filming its second season. He also stars in and produces the very funny Apple TV Plus show, Platonic, with Rose Byrne. His production company, Point Grey Pictures, has been banging out the hits like the dark superhero series, The Boys. And his new movie, The Invite, directed by Olivia Wilde, has been generating a lot of buzz. So I wanted to talk to Rogan about how he went from acting in the quickly canceled TV show Freaks and Geeks as a teenager to writing slacker movies like Superbad to having one of the most prolific, wide-ranging, and successful careers in Hollywood.
Here's my conversation with Seth Rogan.
Seth Rogen, thank you for being on the interview.
Thank you for having me.
You were recently just in Cannes, which you go to often.
I've never been to Cannes. What? No, never. That was my first time.
I just assumed. I actually didn't know one way or the other, but I was assuming.
Why? I don't generally make the kind of films that go to film festivals and have that type of attention or focus in any way. And so, no, I'd never made anything that was at Cannes before, yeah. Oh. It's funny because... You know, we very luckily have had very, like I say, me and my group, I guess, the Royal We. I'm Canadian, close enough. But, you know, we've had very long, lovely careers where up until very recently, we didn't really do any of this stuff. Festivals, awards, things like that. And I think, honestly, in our heads, we really... kind of assumed it was just that that was not what our careers held. And we were really at peace with that.
What insights does Seth Rogen share about his career journey?
And so now that I am starting to get to go to festivals like can and, and see it, it is funny that there's like this entire other side of the industry that has sort of just been withheld from, from me for the last 20 years. And and and I never really I never thought about it that much because I always just thought like, oh, that's like that's for those types of movies. And I don't really make those types of movies. But now it is amazing, like the level of industry and infrastructure and sort of pomp and circumstance that I had nothing to do with all these years just felt like a lot of parties I have. I was never invited to until now. So, yeah, it was really exciting, you know.
I find it very comforting that there's a velvet rope that you were not
There's plenty more. Trust me. Even now that I'm here, there's many more velvet robes that I have not invited beyond.
I have this theory that there's always another room that you just don't get into.
I remember as a kid hearing like, I can't remember who was saying it. It was Judd or Gary Shanley, one of these old comedians I was hanging out with. It was like, you work your way up through Hollywood and eventually you are led into a room alone with Jack Nicholson. And that's like, That's the end of the line. It's just you and him in a small room together, and that's when you're like, I did it.
So you do have another film, which is The Invite, and you play Joe. Joe is an angry person whose long-term marriage to Angela, played by Olivia Wilde, who also directs the movie, is not in a good place. I saw this recent interview where Olivia Wilde said you are both non-confrontational people, but in this role you access, and this is a quote, your deep rage.
Yeah.
And I want to understand what Seth Rogen's deep rage is.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:45
2
What insights does Seth Rogen share about his career journey?
2:45–6:01
3
How does Seth Rogen view the impact of Hollywood's volatility?
6:01–9:24
4
What does Seth Rogen say about the normalization of cannabis use?
9:24–11:36
5
How does Seth Rogen define successful relationships?
11:36–19:16
6
What are Seth Rogen's thoughts on the role of AI in creative industries?
19:16–22:59
7
How does Seth Rogen describe his collaboration with friends in the industry?
22:59–25:28
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What challenges does Seth Rogen see in Hollywood today?
25:28–1:18:13