On with Kara Swisher Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Doing Death, Truth-Telling in Comedy and Getting Wiser
Podcast Episode | 45 min | Talk-Show

On with Kara Swisher

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Doing Death, Truth-Telling in Comedy and Getting Wiser

Podcast Episode | 45 min | Talk-Show

Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Veep's Selina Meyer. But in recent years, Louis-Dreyfus has been showing her dramatic chops, including in her latest film Tuesday, in which...See moreActor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Veep's Selina Meyer. But in recent years, Louis-Dreyfus has been showing her dramatic chops, including in her latest film Tuesday, in which she takes on grief, denial and death. She's also been winning awards as the host of her podcast Wiser Than Me. Kara and Julia discuss how in-depth conversations with iconic older women have radicalized her, her concerns about the commercialization of art films and why she thinks comedy is risky - but still very much possible. See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Isabel Allende Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	The House of the Spirits (1993)
Jane Fonda Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Klute (1971)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Self Self See fewer	Seinfeld (1989)
Esther Perel Self Self See fewer	Newness (2017)
Kara Swisher Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Behind the Binary: AllThingsD (2012)