David Mamet – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Playwright David Mamet (‘Glengarry Glen Ross’) on being kicked out of the left, his full-throated embrace of Donald Trump, and why he writes.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
The show actually thrives on his innate interest in people. His ability to open up to his guest in a way that allows for reciprocation is a quality specific to Talk Easy. The line dividing interviewer and guest disappears and an element of mutual discovery is explored.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I feel strangely good. I don’t know how to feel about that yet. There’s something about this process that means a lot to me, and that’s being able to manifest things. Not distilled— but clean water, with all the minerals in it. That it’s productive and healthy, but it reads as chaotic and dirty and […] The post Josh Brolin appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I always felt like I had a lot to say because I felt a lot. Once I started performing—I could say everything that I couldn’t say in my life. I get very lost in the moment; I’m constantly trying to chase a flow state.” -Julia Garner, episode 425 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso Actor […] The post Julia Garner appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I always felt like I had a lot to say because I felt a lot. Once I started performing—I could say everything that I couldn’t say in my life. I get very lost in the moment; I’m constantly trying to chase a flow state.” -Julia Garner, episode 425 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso Actor […] The post Julia Garner appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Playwright David Mamet (‘Glengarry Glen Ross’) on being kicked out of the left, his full-throated embrace of Donald Trump, and why he writes.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I suppose my plays are about the individual’s inner spirit. I think that’s what it’s about. The purpose of the theatre, to me, is to examine the paradox between the fact that everyone tries to do well but that few, if any, succeed. The theatre concerns metaphysics, our relationship to God; and ethics or our […] The post David Mamet appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“We lose ourselves at times in these parts for a good reason. If a character is not taking up more space in me than my friends or something I’m reading or watching then something is wrong. That has to occupy the most amount of space in my body and my mind and my emotions. It’s […] The post Patricia Clarkson appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Director Ari Aster (‘Eddington’) on making a modern western, collaborating with Joaquin Phoenix, and how AI will alter the future of film.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“There’s a feeling of distance to tell yourself, ‘I am not on the progressive left, but I am not calling people authoritarian extremists. I’m not part of this group outside of the boundaries.’ But, to bring it back to the first generation of Republicans—the thing about sketching boundaries is that they can always expand. Once […] The post Jamelle Bouie appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Emmy-winning actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (‘The Bear’) on seasons 3 and 4 of the hit series and his ever-evolving performance as Cousin Richie.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“The cameras and the stage, two things: they give purpose to the words, and audiences—like cameras—can always see the truth. Your existence is a lie until you state the truth. The camera is magical. It’s a miracle to me.” -Jerrod Carmichael, episode 368 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso In just under a decade, Jerrod […] The post Jerrod Carmichael appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“When you start out as a performer, you’re imitating. Then you get a vocabulary for acting. Then, eventually, you find your own voice. That’s more interesting, what your voice is. Nobody wants to see a carbon copy of a carbon copy. As you get older…more and more, you strip away.” -Sam Rockwell, episode 420 of […] The post Sam Rockwell appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Seth Meyers on ten years of Late Night, the early lessons that shaped his comedic voice, and the future of SNL.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I always think of the fourth album as the artist’s album. This record feels almost like a collection of short stories to me. Particularly in the bookend, I was thinking a lot about the age that I am and the decisions that I’ve made in my life—this anticipatory grief of the lives that I won’t […] The post Michelle Zauner appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Ocean Vuong (‘The Emperor of Gladness’) on his singular approach to the new novel, the real family that inspired it, and life beyond the page.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“Should you paint over all the monuments and the memorials that were created for George Floyd, the history still exists—and the people willing to tell the history still exist. We’ve still written it down, and we’ve made the videos, and we’ve made the films. We will continue to tell the story as long as it […] The post Jelani Cobb appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“There’s power in the quiet moments between words. Being comfortable in silence—to not be afraid of it—is not just about stand-up. Once I really understood that, I saw it all around me.” -Sarah Silverman, episode 335 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso To commemorate the release of her new, deeply personal Netflix special ‘PostMortem,’ we […] The post Sarah Silverman appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Percival Everett (‘James’) on reimagining Twain, his singular process, and how his novel ‘Erasure’ came to be.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
“I saw this quote from Michael Cunningham that really described my experience learning to make things. He said, ‘I don’t believe in talent. What I believe in is that there’s a certain kind of person who just gets very interested–in a kind of OCDish way–in the question of how can I make this better?’ And […] The post Ira Glass appeared first on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Playwright Annie Baker (“The Flick”) on her film directorial debut “Janet Planet,” her pivot from stage to screen, and a formative elegy.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Author Zadie Smith (“The Fraud”) on the power of writing, her relationship to humanism, and the ‘monstrosity’ at the heart of her new novel.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
