Featuring Scriptnotes Podcast recap interviews from guests of the show. Learn more at scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm or wherever you get your podcasts!
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For those who don't know, I am John's assistant first and foremost. My role as the producer of Scriptnotes falls under the umbrella of my assistant duties. It's basically two full-time jobs smushed into one, but – and I mean this objectively – it's
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Mike Birbiglia is a Scriptnotes regular. He is the second most frequent guest after Aline Brosh McKenna (the Joan Rivers of Scriptnotes), making him practically a staple of the show, yet after two and a half years as producer this is the first time I’d actually been able to
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Leslye Headland was a theater kid. She is now, of course, one of the most prolific and productive storytellers around, seemingly always writing and directing plays, movies and TV shows all at the same time. But when we sat down with her to focus on her most recent play Cult
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I have a confession to make: I don’t watch the The Boys. I know! I believe everyone who tells me that it’s great! John is continually disappointed in me whenever I tell him that I haven’t seen it yet! And after having Eric Kripke on the show,
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Tony Gilroy recently stopped by Scriptnotes to talk about the new season of Andor, but mostly what I took away from it is what a badass he is. Tony has a lot of pride in his work, so his standards are high – which is a quality that many people strive
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This is only the third recap I’ve done, and I’m assuming that by this point you’re onto me. I highlight that we spoke with a celebrity filmmaker, offer pithy but ultimately empty insights about them, highlight a few bangers from the conversation, and then you click through
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Robert Eggers shouldn’t do interviews. Don’t get me wrong, he was a delightful and generous guest. But after a decade of putting out exquisitely-crafted and painstakingly-researched films, I started to create this image in my mind of a tortured intellectual who speaks with a deep brogue, writes with
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Last week on Scriptnotes, John welcomed writer, director and actor Jesse Eisenberg for an in-depth discussion on loss, finding your voice as a writer and how to get your movie made. Jesse Eisenberg was a dream guest. Not just because I’ve been a fan of his work for a