The 'Seinfeld' and 'Veep' star on her dramatic performance in A24's 'Tuesday', her career, her experience with cancer, and her podcast 'Wiser Than Me'.
She might not know it, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus may be one of the best criers in Hollywood. 'I've never heard that in my entire life until now,' she tells me, slightly flummoxed, when I ask if anyone's ever told her that. But go as far back as her years playing Elaine on Seinfeld, and you'll see what I mean. Take the scene where she tearfully breaks the news over the phone that her boss won't give her a day off for an impromptu trip to Atlantic City.
So he was always morphing and changing, but he was always doing it with us on set. That was a constant.There's a surprising amount of physical work involved in a movie like this to bring the magical elements to life. Does having a comedy background help?It's a huge benefit to have a background doing a lot of comic work. But the truth is that both comedy and drama are very, very, very related to one another. If you're doing comedy, it's born out of a truthful place.
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