Laura Murphy | From MTV to FMK

Hanging out with him.

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Yeah.

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What a character.

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He just started calling me

Murph, which was awesome.

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Signed a book for me that

said, uh, Murph, let's make two

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plus two equal five, not four.

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Cause that's magic.

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We got a great conversation

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Uh, really enjoyed the conversation.

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We covered her career from doing

commercials to working with Awkwafina

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on her show on Comedy Central.

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Also worked with Eliza Schlesinger

on her Netflix show as well as

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John Oliver on This Week Tonight.

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Uh, today it's Laura Murphy day,

right here on story and craft.

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Are you in LA?

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Laura Murphy: I am.

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I'm in, uh, Redondo Beach.

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I just spoke with, uh, just a

few days ago, Virginia Gardner,

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or Jenny, Jenny Gardner.

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Oh, really?

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Oh, nice.

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She was, she was a hoot, and I really,

uh, enjoyed checking out the film.

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Now, are you from the L. A. area,

or did you head that way for work?

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Are you originally from somewhere,

somewhere, somewhere else?

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Laura Murphy: I did

head this way for work.

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I am originally from New York.

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Uh, I grew up in, upstate, like two

hours north of the city, in this small

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town called Rhinebeck, which was like

a very Norman Rockwell cute little town

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that not a lot of people had heard of.

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And then now, uh, Paul Rudd

owns a candy store there.

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Uh, I think Chelsea

Clinton got married there.

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Now it's like a very well

known upstate New York town.

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Um, so that's where I grew up.

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My parents were both from the city.

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And then I went to college

further upstate in Albany.

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And then it's funny cause upstate

New York, like where upstate

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is depends on where you are

when you're talking about it.

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So like when you're in the city, you know,

Croton is considered upstate New York.

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If you're in where I grew up, Albany

is considered upstate New York.

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But if you're from Rochester,

you'd be like mad that

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anybody called Brian Beckham.

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Yeah, I got a good friend of mine who

lives in, um, Uh, near, uh, Buffalo.

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Uh, I can't even tell you exactly.

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She, she lives even west of Buffalo

and she said that it's actually

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exactly due east is Boston.

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Like she kept trying to eat it.

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Yes.

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And, uh, she was telling me,

Oh yeah, you gotta tell me the

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temperatures and stuff like that.

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And I'm down here on, you

know, next to the beach.

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I'm like, no, no, you can keep that.

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That's I'm not, I'm

not a cold weather guy.

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That's

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Laura Murphy: what happened.

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I went to college in Albany

where it was freezing and gray.

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And then I moved to this.

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I was in the city, uh, New York

for, uh, for quite a long time.

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And then I just was like, why

am I, why am I having winters?

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When there's a place where you don't

have to have winters, what am I doing?

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And then moved back to LA

or moved to LA after that.

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And I've been back to New York a bunch

for jobs, you know, some extended

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stays, and I'm still like, Nope, I

checked again, don't like winter.

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Still, I love fall.

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Falls beautiful, but you just got to

get out right before you see, that's the

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key right there.

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You gotta, you gotta let, you

gotta hit right, right in the

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spot that feels good for you.

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Like when I was in Southern California, I,

I, everybody thinks, you know, summertime

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is that June gloom that happens, you

know, it's like, it's like, yeah, it's

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not really my favorite time to be here.

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Um, but, uh, but I will say I'm at

a place called South Padre Island.

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Very tip of Texas, about 30

miles from Mexico, basically.

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Now were you, when you were in nominee,

were you studying, was this was, uh,

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filmmaking or writing or anything?

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No.

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Part of your jam

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Laura Murphy: writing was, uh, writing

was always on my radar from young age.

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I, I, I don't think, it's not that I was

like, oh, I don't wanna be a director.

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I just don't think that occurred to me as

a job people could do in retrospect, like.

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I definitely made my fifth grade class

friends stay in and act, be in a play that

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I wrote and at the time was directing,

but didn't realize directing was a thing,

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but I was always passionate about writing.

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I loved writing.

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It was like a creative outlet.

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It was something I wanted to do,

but the Career wise, I was like,

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oh, they're, journalism then, that's

a job where you get paid to write.

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I don't think I, like, the

creative writing, nobody had, I

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didn't know what a screenplay was.

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Even though I absorbed, I consumed so much

media and movies as a kid, and TV, it just

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never occurred to me that, like, you could

write a movie and then direct a movie.

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I was more, so.

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the level headedness in me was like,

oh, go to school for journalism.

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And so I went to Albany for

communication and journalism.

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I did minor in theater though,

so I got like a little taste

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of acting and behind the scenes

stuff and did some writing there.

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And that got me in, I mean, that kind

of opened the door to, oh, there is

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like a world of creativity and writing.

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Um, but then I graduated and kind of

took a job at a PR firm as an assistant.

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I was like kind of floating around

New York figuring out what I want to

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do and I lucked into a job at MTV.

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It was like truly some guy working me

at the PR place was like, my cousin's

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hiring someone at MTV and you don't seem

like you fit in at this PR place, but

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you seem like you might fit in at MTV.

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So why don't you go

interview for this job?

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And, uh, that's how I started off writing.

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I worked in the consumer

products and off air department.

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So it was like kind of

the print ads for, okay.

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And like the print world and the

billboards and like all the off

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air content that was creative and

kind of worked my way into that.

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But we shared a floor with the on air

promos people who made all the commercials

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for MTV that aired on MTV, which at

that time, like early 2000s was like,

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Didn't, didn't I see somewhere that

maybe I'm imagining this, which is

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entirely possible, but that you're,

you're involved in the promos, uh, promo.

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Okay.

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Laura Murphy: Exactly.

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So that's how I kind of got into

promos as we shared a floor with them.

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And I would just hang out with those guys

all the time in the promos department.

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And then I was finally like, Hey,

can I come write stuff for you guys?

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And they were like, sure.

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Another part of what I do,

I do promo voice stuff.

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That's a very fast paced where you were,

you were what they call a predator.

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I guess the promo.

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That's

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Laura Murphy: what they are now.

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When I started out, you could

be a writer and producer.

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Or you could be, and like, you

could produce promos and write

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them, or you could direct them

and the editors were separate.

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Now they've merged it all

into like one position.

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Back then it was like two positions, now

it's merged into one, which is a lot.

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Um, but also back then they had

really good budgets, and it was

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kind of like paid film school.

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Like they would just throw you on

a set, and you would sink or swim,

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and they had good budgets, like.

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DPs, great DPs would want to work

on them because they were fun,

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they were quick turnaround, they

often had celebrity talent in them.

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And so it was really great boot

camp, like I was on set a lot as a

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writer watching other people direct

and realizing, Oh, this didn't

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look like I pictured it in my mind.

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And like, I watched a lot of people

very successfully direct a lot of

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watched a lot of people not do so great.

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And that was kind of the way I learned

about like set etiquette and how a set

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moves and what all the positions are and.

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So I was very fortunate to To kind

of get that experience because

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I didn't go to film school.

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I was trying to tell my kids about

how when I worked in radio, once

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upon a time, MTV was the tastemaker.

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It was part of your prep in the day.

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You got to check out

what's happening on MTV.

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You know, back when trends would

start out West to start traveling

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East, you know, and, uh, you know,

the fashion and all that stuff.

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Now it all happens everywhere.

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All at once it seems like.

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You know, can't overstate

how important MTV was.

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So like, that was like the epicenter of

everything culturally seemed at least for

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that age range, you know, the younger set,

that is that kind of where you first took

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your bite out of doing some directing.

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Laura Murphy: Yup.

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I basically same thing.

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Just talked him into letting me try it.

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And, uh, and then started directing that

way and, and what was cool is like it

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was the era of like Jackass and also

TRL, which is a very interesting time

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at MTV because it was kind of serving

multiple audiences for a long time.

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It had just been like 18 to 24 year

old males, but then TRL brought this

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like younger female core audience.

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So it was kind of a fun

time to be making stuff.

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And, and there was.

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Also a lot of working with, you know,

high profile talent who were just fun

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were willing to listen to a 22 year old

tell them what to do because it was MTV.

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So like, I did a promo with Tom Cruise

and like Dave Chappelle and I was

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kind of exposed to all these celebrity

talent that, and like in, in a lot

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of cases they were actors that were

very well established that hadn't

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really didn't do comedy by nature.

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But then I was working like, you know,

musicians that weren't comedians,

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but we were making comedy spots.

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So it was really good training in.

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And finding comedy with people

who weren't comedians by nature.

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Just looking back and I'm feeling

old, I'm realizing Kurt Loder is

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into his 70s now, which is just,

you know, mind boggling for me.

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Um, you know what I think?

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I would think about this, you know,

guy giving me my news when I was

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in junior high or whatever it was.

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Yeah.

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So when you went off and did this,

what were your folks up, uh, up to

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as far as career wise, you know,

you're going the direction of.

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Of directing promos and what, did they

understand kind of what you were up

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to when you're explaining to them?

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Cause this isn't journalism, you know?

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Laura Murphy: No, kind of.

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I think the great thing about my

parents is they were, they definitely

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were encouraged me to go to a school

with more options than just art school

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because they wanted to make sure I had

something broader and that I wasn't

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just going to be a starving artist.

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But then once I graduated, they were

kind of like, They were always super

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supportive of whatever I wanted to do.

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My dad is a teacher, a retired history

teacher, high school history teacher.

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And my mom was like an

administrative director and ran a

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home for like, uh, troubled kids.

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And she was a social

worker, um, for a long time.

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So they were like very supportive

of whatever I wanted to do,

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but also they were very funny.

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Like growing up in my household,

My parents and their friends

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and my uncles and my aunt, like

everybody was hilarious, I realized.

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So, and I was one of those kids, my

sister and I, my parents were very much

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like the kids sit at the adult table

and hang out with the adults talking.

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And so I absorbed a lot of adult.

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Mature comedy, not rated R, but just like

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I was exposed to that.

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And I do think that somewhat

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subconsciously absorbing all this.

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And I, like I said, I was

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I loved watching comedy.

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was just, I was just about to ask you,

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folks watching, let's say like Richard

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you know, uh, back then it was like HBO

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Laura Murphy: like Robin Williams.

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I remember the Robin Williams

standup special was huge.

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Uh, also my dad had like the school gave

him like a laser disc player or whatever.

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So we were like early adopters

to renting video content.

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real big ones, it was like an album.

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One of those ones.

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Yeah, it was like,

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Laura Murphy: It was like post

VHS, but like he skipped over

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the beta and went right to some

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And, uh, I remember watching Mr. Mom.

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He brought home Mr. Mom, and I remember

watching that movie and thinking, this

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is the most brilliant movie I've ever

seen, and I probably watched it 200 times.

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And to this day, I'll still say,

like, anytime somebody asks me

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what's, you know, favorite movies,

top four, Mr. Mom is still in there.

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I go back and rewatch it.

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It's kind of literally

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just, I just saw, I saw there as

a, uh, Michael Keaton has a film.

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I think it's coming out on,

uh, on HBO or max or whatever.

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it released in theaters.

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It's just now coming on max.

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Um, and I was like, God, you know what?

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And it just popped into my

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Mom and what the physical comedy.

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So when I reference him, you know, I, some

people think Batman or some of the other

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roles, I'm like, Mr. Mom or that one where

he works in the Japanese car factory.

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Laura Murphy: Oh yeah.

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Uh, I forgot the name of it, but he

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would, yeah, I just fell

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Like, you know, this is, you

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everything, everything he's in.

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I want to watch.

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Laura Murphy: that was like an

amazing cast of comedy geniuses.

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Oh, that's right.

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Martin mole was hitting on his wife.

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Uh, yeah, there we go.

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The one scene I remember

cause it was in the promos.

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He, he was changing a diaper and he

had goggles on and you know, kitchen

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gloves and all this other, you know,

there's something to stick in your mind.

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But, um, so, so, so, you know, fast

forward, you know, you're, you're at MTV.

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How does it, how does it go from,

uh, how does your trajectory go

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from TV promo thing into actually

longer form theatrical stuff.

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Laura Murphy: I thought I would do

commercials because that made the

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most sense with the, like, I left MTV

with a reel of, of, you know, short

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form content, and I thought I would

do commercials, but when I came out

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to LA, I ended up going into a lot

of writer's rooms on award shows.

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Doing like punch up stuff.

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So I kind of ended up leaning on

the writing more and built a lot of

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relationships that way and then the

thing about MTV is I Maintained a great

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relationship with them and I would still

go back and work for them freelance

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So I just I keep getting projects with

MTV just at higher and higher levels

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and that was kind of what happened I

was doing a bunch of variety stuff.

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I was doing sketch.

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I kind of ended up directing some sketch

stuff via writing and then MTV had this

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show they called Guy Code that was like

pretty successful and they wanted to

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make a girl version and I think they

were like, Oh, we need to bring in,

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you know, the creator was a was male.

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So they wanted to bring in

a female to co showrun it.

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And, and they were like, we need like

a funny female who's not too girly.

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And, and I think somebody was

like, Oh, that's Laura Murphy,

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you should call Laura Murphy.

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Like I really, my name came up that way.

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Um, and so I ended up going back to

MTV, going back to New York to do work.

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what was supposed to be like a six episode

show called Girl Code and then we did

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a pilot and they moved it from MTV2 to

MTV and then it got greenlit for like

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20 episodes and then we did three, you

know, three seasons or something, four

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seasons, so it was like 80 episodes later.

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So I ended up going back to New York for

a couple years to do Girl Code and that

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opened the door to, you know, I did a

couple sketches for John Oliver and then

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I did a show called Adam ruins everything.

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And then,

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yeah,

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Laura Murphy: I did a bunch of those.

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So that kind of opened up.

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And as once I started doing long form,

I realized, Oh, I really love this.

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I love commercials too.

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I'll always do commercials.

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They're fun.

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They're quick.

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You get to play with fun

toys, like work with amazing.

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So I'll always do commercials,

but, um, Doing long working with

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John Oliver.

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That's how much lead time do you have?

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And I've always wondered this about that,

like how much time you've got between

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here's our concept for a thing we're

going to do until they actually need

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to package everything ready to roll.

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You know, it seems like it's a

compressed timeframe, or do you

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have a pretty good amount of time?

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Laura Murphy: No, it's very short.

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Um, I, they would call me on a Wednesday.

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We would scout on a

Thursday, shoot it Friday.

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They have these amazing editors and

they would be ready to go by Sunday.

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So it's like super fast.

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Cause you have to be topical.

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You have to be current like

with John Oliver's show.

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And it seems like a lot of what he has

is a lot of the things he does are very

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visual humor, you know, for lack of

a better way of putting it, you know,

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with all the awards and stuff he's won.

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I mean, that's kind of, it's

almost like the journalism thing.

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It's like news packages

basically, you know,

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Laura Murphy: I only did the ske I did

the sketches, like the pre tapes, and I

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think I only I did two of them, um, and

that got me more meetings than 80 episodes

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of Girl Code, hand down, hands down.

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Because it's such, like, it's such a

smart show, the writing is so amazing.

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They get amazing actors to be in

the sketches because everybody

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wants to be a part of it because

it's such a brilliant show.

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Um, so, being able to do that.

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It was such a great experience and

I was so proud to work on it and

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it did also open a lot of other

doors for other meetings and jobs.

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It was a big stepping stone.

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Yeah, it seems like commercials, it's

fast, it's, uh, you're coming up with

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an idea and it shows up on screen

pretty quickly as opposed to, Film,

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which is like, you can conceive of it.

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You know, you got like theoretically

screenplay can just be rolling around

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for years, you know, so, but as a

director, you're married to it for a

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year to two years, you know, that's a

long time, you know, so that's a big

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jump from doing these short little

packages to doing something long form.

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Was there a preference you have, you know,

with your love of doing commercials and,

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uh, the, the, the stuff with John Oliver,

do you have a preference either way?

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Laura Murphy: I mean, I have a perfect

dream balance that I've maintained.

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I successfully have only done it one

year, but the perfect, the dream is to do

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a couple of long form projects and then

a bunch of commercials in between them.

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So I, like I did, uh, F Mary kill,

we shot, you know, 2023, I guess.

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But then there was like a

little halt because of strikes.

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Then I did the posts through

a lot of the strikes.

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So.

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You know, I did that.

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And then when I was done with

that, I was like, Oh, I'm going

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to do commercials for a while.

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And I was able to do a ton of

commercials for 2024, which was great.

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So it's like a different muscle.

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And like, um, so that was

like the perfect balance.

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So that's what I would like to do is

just do a bunch of commercials, make

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some money to play around in that world.

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And then long form projects

that takes over my life for two

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years and bounce back and forth.

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That's like my dream.

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Whether I will be successful, that's

been other people's dream too.

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I don't know.

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To me, part of the Zen is being

able to work with cool people.

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I mean, I saw you work with

Eliza Schlesinger, Schlesinger,

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Laura Murphy: Schlesinger, Schlesinger,

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Schlesinger, Schlesinger, Schlesinger.

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Yeah, I want to make sure I've seen him.

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She is just awesome.

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You know, she is hilarious.

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Like when you're working with people

who are inherently funny, you know,

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you say cutting and they look at

you, you know, is comedy just just.

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Kind of your jam.

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Is that somewhere you, you know,

you'd like living in the comedy zone.

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Laura Murphy: Yeah.

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And I think, I mean, I love comedy

so much and I love, and you know, I

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have done improv classes in college

and I, like, I understand the, to me,

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like comedy on set and improvising

is a different, it's writing.

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It's a form of writing.

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It's a very similar muscle.

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So I've worked with so many.

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Um, improv comedy people in scripted

roles and then in sketch roles that it

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is like I like to keep that muscle fine

tuned and I think the great thing is

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Comedy actors and comedians

like Eliza recognize that in me.

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There's like a comfortable, I create

a comfortable environment where

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they can go for it, but also where

I'm guiding them and they trust me.

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So, I think it becomes like a really great

symbiotic relationship where, uh, you

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know, you can direct a, direct the comedy.

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And guide the comedy, but let them

also, like, do their thing and thrive.

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And then there's some projects

you do where, like, there's,

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I don't have to direct it.

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Like, you know, I did, um, Murderville,

uh, the Christmas special for

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Murderville, which was like Will Arnett

and Maya Rudolph and Jason Bateman.

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It's like, I'm not, I'm

not really directing that.

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They're just doing what they

do as masters of that art form.

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And I'm just making sure the

cameras are in the right place.

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So it's like project to project.

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It changes too on how much I'm.

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I think I'd be a little intimidated.

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Like with Jason Bateman and Smith,

like this so quick to me, it seems

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like you could almost put it on cruise

control if you have the right people

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there, you know, kind of, uh, you just

kind of get out of the way and let

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them do their thing a little bit, but

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how did the effemary

kill thing come together?

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Was it?

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Was like same kind of thing with, uh, MTV.

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Somebody's like, Hey, we're,

are, are, are the, um, how is it?

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MTV said that somebody who's looking

for a specific kind of director.

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Laura Murphy: Yeah.

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Who is not too girly.

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Um, the F Mary kill, I got the script.

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I think it came through my agents.

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I think they were specifically, it

was, you know, Buzzfeed and Lionsgate.

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And they think they specifically

were looking for a female director.

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And, I don't know if I had

met with some of the people

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beforehand, I don't think so.

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I think, like, when I did Cursed

Friends, which was the movie I did

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before that, a lot of the executives

that were on that from Comedy Central

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knew me from Nora, Awkwafina is Nora

from Queens, which is another show I did.

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And then some of the other executives

knew me from other meetings and projects,

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so that was, like, truly, like, I

was in, on a list, but all of them

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knew me, and that worked in my favor.

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I do think F. Mary Kill, I just

got the script cold from my agent.

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But, what I was very excited

about is it was this kind of

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cross genre thriller comedy.

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Like, it was very much a thriller that

had this, and I was very excited to

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play in that world of like, making

something that wasn't just comedy.

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Um, and I, so I had a meeting with

them, but I put together this very

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extensive treatment of what I thought

the movie would, what I, my vision

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for the movie, which was, I think,

very different than everybody else's.

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Like, I really leaned into the Alfred

Hitchcock inspiration, and, you know,

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I pulled a lot of reference from, like,

David Fincher, and all these, like,

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very driving, thriller, moody movies.

452

00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:42,865

Um, Because I thought that would allow

us to pull the push the comedy further so

453

00:21:42,865 --> 00:21:46,755

it could like look really cinematic like

a thriller remind people as it's going

454

00:21:46,755 --> 00:21:49,915

that it's a thriller but then constantly

have comedy to remind people that it's

455

00:21:49,915 --> 00:21:54,805

a comedy to like kind of find that good

zone where you don't you can have both

456

00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:56,564

without compromising the other genre.

457

00:21:56,924 --> 00:21:57,524

A lot of

458

00:21:57,635 --> 00:22:00,019

anticipation, the Hitchcockian.

459

00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,020

I don't know if that's a phrase, but,

but yeah, it was, uh, but it was,

460

00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:07,820

you know, such an interesting kind

of micro commentary also in the whole

461

00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:12,440

online dating thing, which I heard

something like Gen Z is kind of pushing.

462

00:22:12,449 --> 00:22:14,790

They, they, they're like

trying out this new thing of

463

00:22:14,859 --> 00:22:16,190

meeting people in person first.

464

00:22:18,335 --> 00:22:18,635

Yeah, I know.

465

00:22:19,345 --> 00:22:19,645

Yeah.

466

00:22:19,985 --> 00:22:24,465

Um, it was kind of a fun, you know, uh,

premise to play with, you know, certainly.

467

00:22:24,465 --> 00:22:28,054

But, uh, do you have any epiphanies as

you kind of moved into, okay, this is

468

00:22:28,124 --> 00:22:29,675

something different than I've been doing.

469

00:22:29,975 --> 00:22:34,445

Well, you're done the other, you know, all

of the, we're just talking about Jason.

470

00:22:35,530 --> 00:22:37,100

Yeah, that was a totally different

471

00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:37,620

Laura Murphy: style.

472

00:22:37,670 --> 00:22:39,590

Yeah, I, I love doing sketch.

473

00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:42,480

I don't do as much sketch anymore

because I like having something

474

00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:43,730

bigger to sink my teeth into.

475

00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,699

But the thing that I loved about

sketch, which I think carries on and

476

00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:50,590

has informed career decisions, is

literally every sketch is its own.

477

00:22:51,215 --> 00:22:53,785

visual touchstone and its own

look, you know, like something

478

00:22:53,785 --> 00:22:55,345

could be a parody of jackass.

479

00:22:55,345 --> 00:22:59,025

And then the next thing could be something

that has to look like a movie trailer

480

00:22:59,255 --> 00:23:01,374

for like, you know, a 20 million movie.

481

00:23:01,375 --> 00:23:05,655

So you get to kind of try all

different things filmmaking wise.

482

00:23:05,975 --> 00:23:10,475

And I feel similarly in choosing long

form projects that it's like, I loved

483

00:23:10,595 --> 00:23:16,270

the idea of Like Cursed Friends was like

a spooky Halloween comedy where there

484

00:23:16,270 --> 00:23:19,450

was like a world of jump scares which

I had never done before and putting

485

00:23:19,450 --> 00:23:24,499

some of those in and then Murderville

was like this kind of handheld, you

486

00:23:24,499 --> 00:23:30,820

know, fast moving awesome docu style

like mockumentary style shooting with

487

00:23:30,820 --> 00:23:34,245

like four cameras where we were like

You know, we didn't even call cut.

488

00:23:34,274 --> 00:23:37,384

I would just yell pause, and then the

cameras would move, and then continue,

489

00:23:37,384 --> 00:23:38,384

and then they would keep going.

490

00:23:38,614 --> 00:23:40,864

And it was like, you didn't know

what to expect, because nobody, only

491

00:23:40,864 --> 00:23:44,384

half the people on the scene have

scripts, and that was a completely

492

00:23:44,384 --> 00:23:45,634

different experience, which I loved.

493

00:23:45,644 --> 00:23:50,994

So I think I do continue to like,

trying, playing in different things,

494

00:23:50,995 --> 00:23:55,814

and different styles, so that I can

expand my filmmaking language and skill

495

00:23:55,814 --> 00:23:57,634

set, and shoot things different ways.

496

00:23:57,860 --> 00:24:01,800

Going back to your promo time, you know,

just from me working with promo people,

497

00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,029

it's, it's fast and furious, you know,

you're, you're, you got an idea and it's

498

00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:09,579

gotta be on the air sometimes within

hours, you know, so, um, you know, as

499

00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:13,649

far as the, the shoot on that, how long

were you, uh, making, uh, ephemera kill?

500

00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,229

Laura Murphy: Uh, I think

we shot for 20 days.

501

00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:21,020

The, the challenging thing about that,

which I, I think I, what I learned

502

00:24:21,020 --> 00:24:23,729

from Curse Friends and that is that

like anything that's like a scary

503

00:24:23,729 --> 00:24:25,820

movie or a thriller is so many nights.

504

00:24:25,899 --> 00:24:26,689

It's all at night.

505

00:24:26,889 --> 00:24:30,179

And so that means all night

shoots, which is brutal.

506

00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:35,439

So I think I want to do a daytime comedy

next, but, uh, we shot for 20 nights.

507

00:24:35,789 --> 00:24:38,850

in Kelowna, British Columbia,

which is like, you know, a

508

00:24:38,850 --> 00:24:40,429

couple hours outside Vancouver.

509

00:24:40,749 --> 00:24:46,100

And where it's located, what we didn't

know going in is that in the summer, um,

510

00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:53,089

there's only true darkness from like 10 to

4 a. m. So like, every night was a sprint.

511

00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:56,570

Like, because if you, as soon as you would

know, you can't, can't fight the sun.

512

00:24:56,850 --> 00:25:00,635

So, uh, we would just, the

night shoots were Insane.

513

00:25:00,645 --> 00:25:03,555

We would move so fast and then we

did shoot a bunch of some stuff

514

00:25:03,555 --> 00:25:08,044

on a set that we built all of

the, um, Lucy's, uh, the apartment

515

00:25:08,155 --> 00:25:10,915

was Eva's apartment was on a set.

516

00:25:11,125 --> 00:25:11,995

So that helped.

517

00:25:12,024 --> 00:25:16,804

But, um, yeah, it was like a 20

day sprint and, uh, we moved fast.

518

00:25:16,894 --> 00:25:18,725

That must have wreaked havoc

on your sleep schedule.

519

00:25:18,814 --> 00:25:19,305

Oh my gosh.

520

00:25:19,745 --> 00:25:19,925

Yeah.

521

00:25:20,034 --> 00:25:21,355

Laura Murphy: Plus I have a toddler.

522

00:25:21,635 --> 00:25:25,695

It was like, he was like three at the

time or, uh, he's, so it was like on

523

00:25:25,705 --> 00:25:27,445

weekends, it was hard, it was hard.

524

00:25:27,445 --> 00:25:30,415

We like, we had a lot of childcare

and grandparents helping.

525

00:25:30,415 --> 00:25:30,864

So that

526

00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:34,065

you have a, you, you had a toddler

and you're shooting some, see

527

00:25:34,085 --> 00:25:37,344

I, you know, having three kids

at toddler years, that's, that's

528

00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:38,805

the ones that, that just eat up.

529

00:25:39,035 --> 00:25:40,775

All that time, not eat up.

530

00:25:40,835 --> 00:25:43,165

Of course you want to be there

with them, but it's just, you know,

531

00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,145

they, you can't leave them alone.

532

00:25:45,145 --> 00:25:47,724

They, they are, they're

hardwired to, to kill themselves.

533

00:25:47,725 --> 00:25:50,025

You know, they want to do

everything possible to do

534

00:25:50,025 --> 00:25:51,505

something dangerous, you know?

535

00:25:51,544 --> 00:25:51,934

Yes.

536

00:25:52,305 --> 00:25:52,825

And my husband

537

00:25:53,174 --> 00:25:54,414

Laura Murphy: is a camera operator.

538

00:25:54,424 --> 00:25:55,775

He was working on the movie too.

539

00:25:55,815 --> 00:26:00,860

So we, Literally had grandparents and a

babysitter to help because he required,

540

00:26:00,870 --> 00:26:03,560

he required a team when we weren't there.

541

00:26:03,610 --> 00:26:06,140

So when, anytime I wasn't

working, I was with him.

542

00:26:06,330 --> 00:26:08,519

And then when I was working, he

was mostly sleeping and there

543

00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,140

was a team of people standing by.

544

00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:13,319

But, uh, you know, it was

exhausting because I didn't want

545

00:26:13,319 --> 00:26:14,800

to compromise on time with him.

546

00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:15,870

So that was a tough one.

547

00:26:15,870 --> 00:26:16,222

Did

548

00:26:16,222 --> 00:26:18,900

you meet him through, uh, the business?

549

00:26:18,940 --> 00:26:21,320

Did you meet him from like

working with him on a project or?

550

00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:21,440

Yeah,

551

00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:25,110

Laura Murphy: YouTube series.

552

00:26:26,125 --> 00:26:29,205

It was like one of, it was YouTube's

first scripted series before they

553

00:26:29,205 --> 00:26:32,425

became, before they launched the

red or YouTube red or whatever.

554

00:26:32,455 --> 00:26:36,655

Um, so we shot a couple of seasons

of this show called part timers and

555

00:26:36,655 --> 00:26:41,624

we met doing that and he had, he was

talking about how he won jeopardy and

556

00:26:41,625 --> 00:26:42,995

I was like, Ooh, now I'm interested.

557

00:26:42,995 --> 00:26:46,215

He is a former jeopardy winner.

558

00:26:46,285 --> 00:26:47,525

That's like their own unique.

559

00:26:47,650 --> 00:26:51,450

Club, you know, like astronauts or

something, you know, there, how many

560

00:26:51,450 --> 00:26:54,390

of them are there, you know, floating

out there working with somebody

561

00:26:54,390 --> 00:26:57,840

who does this for, you know, for a

living, is it, is it easier or does

562

00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,229

it present its own challenges or

are you going to get that language?

563

00:27:00,229 --> 00:27:03,820

Like, okay, you understand what each,

each of your days has been like.

564

00:27:04,810 --> 00:27:06,490

Laura Murphy: I think, I

think it could go either way.

565

00:27:06,490 --> 00:27:10,000

I think in a perfect world, you know,

conceptually it's better because

566

00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,440

he's freelance and I'm freelance and

we can just trade on and off jobs.

567

00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:15,649

But in reality it never works that way.

568

00:27:15,650 --> 00:27:18,520

You always get jobs at the same time

or you know, if I'm working on a

569

00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,730

project and he's there, it makes sense

for him to work on a project with me.

570

00:27:21,969 --> 00:27:26,500

Um, he actually, I met him through

a DP that I continue to work with.

571

00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:28,560

So it's not like I'm

bringing him onto projects.

572

00:27:28,590 --> 00:27:32,370

The DP that I often work with Jonathan

Hall, who's done the movies I've done.

573

00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:33,990

Hires him anyway.

574

00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:40,470

So, uh, so we kind of, it is better, the

downside is often both of us are working

575

00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:43,850

at the same time and then it becomes a

childcare situation which is challenging,

576

00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:47,489

but I think he understands like, you know,

the late nights and the crazy last minute

577

00:27:47,489 --> 00:27:51,080

stuff and how change, you know, you can't

plan anything, you can't plan trips.

578

00:27:51,715 --> 00:27:53,315

Because who knows what'll

happen in three months.

579

00:27:53,835 --> 00:27:55,995

Um, so it's nice that he gets it.

580

00:27:56,205 --> 00:27:59,325

You mentioned the YouTube thing and

YouTube Red and it's just so funny

581

00:27:59,325 --> 00:28:02,745

we're in an era where it's great because

there's so many options but it sucks

582

00:28:02,765 --> 00:28:03,974

because there are so many options.

583

00:28:03,975 --> 00:28:07,154

It's like there's no way you can consume

everything that you want to check out.

584

00:28:07,475 --> 00:28:08,035

Exactly.

585

00:28:08,364 --> 00:28:09,725

Unless you don't work, I guess.

586

00:28:09,950 --> 00:28:13,780

The idea of streaming, regular theatrical

release, what's kind of your jam?

587

00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:17,860

Laura Murphy: I mean, I love that

the streaming element of everything

588

00:28:17,910 --> 00:28:23,180

opened up a lot more possibilities

for directors breaking in.

589

00:28:23,570 --> 00:28:27,440

So both streaming series

and streaming movies.

590

00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,049

So there is so much more content,

which the downside of that is

591

00:28:30,050 --> 00:28:30,970

there's too much to consume.

592

00:28:30,980 --> 00:28:34,170

It's overwhelming sometimes,

but the upside is it presented

593

00:28:34,170 --> 00:28:36,570

a lot of opportunities for

filmmakers that I don't know.

594

00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:38,580

Like it was such, it was very.

595

00:28:38,815 --> 00:28:43,395

small amount of jobs and theatrical

releases were very limited.

596

00:28:43,395 --> 00:28:47,835

And even still, it's hard for like women

to get, you know, big franchise movies.

597

00:28:47,835 --> 00:28:50,984

So I think the thing that's great

about streaming is it like opened

598

00:28:50,984 --> 00:28:53,904

up this world, the directors to

break through more like, you know,

599

00:28:53,905 --> 00:28:56,005

people of color and female directors.

600

00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:57,885

And so that's been great.

601

00:28:58,064 --> 00:29:01,445

Um, I love the idea of streaming.

602

00:29:01,455 --> 00:29:07,014

I love people being able to see stuff

immediately all, you know, a lot,

603

00:29:07,035 --> 00:29:08,995

a large amount of people at home.

604

00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:13,130

I am, but there's something really

cool about F. Mary Kill being released

605

00:29:13,130 --> 00:29:17,219

theatrically because it's just like

as a person who's loved film and went

606

00:29:17,219 --> 00:29:20,020

to the movie theater so much as a kid,

it's like, I'm just psyched to have

607

00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:23,749

something play in theaters and the

first time I saw a screening of it on

608

00:29:23,749 --> 00:29:27,469

the big screen, there was that little

like goose bumpy moment of like, Oh,

609

00:29:27,469 --> 00:29:31,525

this is an achievement, like achievement

unlocked, like Awesome that I got to

610

00:29:31,525 --> 00:29:33,345

see something I made on the big screen.

611

00:29:33,525 --> 00:29:37,715

Is this a genre you want to stick with

like comedy or, or you're like, okay,

612

00:29:37,715 --> 00:29:40,104

I want to try this thing over here.

613

00:29:40,104 --> 00:29:41,735

Maybe more dramatic type stuff.

614

00:29:42,090 --> 00:29:46,140

Laura Murphy: I think I love the idea of

These cross genre like I just want to go

615

00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:49,610

through and do all different cross genres

with comedy Like I would love to do an

616

00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:55,089

action comedy like just a full action

comedy You know like the other guys or

617

00:29:55,100 --> 00:30:00,279

spy like these great action comedies I

also feel like what I haven't done and

618

00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:04,960

I'm in the movie space is just a full

comedy like a Caddyshack Like, just a

619

00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:07,380

classic comedy that's just a comedy.

620

00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:09,410

Um, I would love to do that.

621

00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,020

Because the genre cross genre ones are

so great and you can really sink your

622

00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:18,039

teeth into, like, filmmaking styles that

are a little more cinematic and elevated.

623

00:30:18,190 --> 00:30:21,080

I would love to now bring that

to just a straight comedy.

624

00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:24,370

And, uh, rated R funny comedy.

625

00:30:24,370 --> 00:30:24,520

I was

626

00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,080

just talking with somebody the other day

and I really honestly believe that as

627

00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,939

I go through the streamers and whatnot,

there's a lot of wonderful stuff.

628

00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:34,190

Don't get me wrong, but

dramas, dystopian type stuff.

629

00:30:34,190 --> 00:30:39,260

And now what I'm, what I'm personally

miss is the like Judd Apatow sort of style

630

00:30:39,289 --> 00:30:41,530

comedy, the straight up rated R comedies.

631

00:30:42,395 --> 00:30:44,635

I don't know if it's the

budget thing or how those come

632

00:30:44,635 --> 00:30:45,845

together, but I really miss that.

633

00:30:45,855 --> 00:30:51,655

I think we need more comedy stuff,

you know, uh, if you kind of looked

634

00:30:51,655 --> 00:30:56,354

at your Mount Rushmore of the people,

uh, you know, directors or actors

635

00:30:56,405 --> 00:30:59,035

that really turn you on to kind of

grab your attention and make you

636

00:30:59,044 --> 00:31:01,305

go, okay, I want to get to writing.

637

00:31:01,305 --> 00:31:04,415

I want to get to filming something,

you know, uh, that kind of make

638

00:31:04,415 --> 00:31:05,395

you want to get back to work.

639

00:31:05,915 --> 00:31:10,365

Laura Murphy: Um, yeah, I mean, so,

the, one of the biggest inspirations

640

00:31:10,395 --> 00:31:15,215

and the, who I talk about constantly

is Steve Conrad, who I found later on,

641

00:31:15,215 --> 00:31:19,965

but, um, he made this show for Amazon

Prime called Patriot, which to this day

642

00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,884

I will say is one of the most brilliant

shows I've ever watched in terms of, uh,

643

00:31:24,255 --> 00:31:29,375

strikingly beautiful visuals, incredibly

dry and smart and funny, but then it

644

00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:34,465

also has this music element in it, Just

like it has everything and it was like

645

00:31:34,485 --> 00:31:38,395

really inspiring and also eye opening

because it's not like anything I've seen

646

00:31:38,405 --> 00:31:41,694

before So I'm a big Steve Conrad fan.

647

00:31:41,955 --> 00:31:47,055

I've always been a big Tina Fey fan um,

I think in terms of writing and style of

648

00:31:47,055 --> 00:31:52,750

comedy and also perspective on writing

female comedies and the female characters

649

00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:56,450

and how like layered they are and rich

they are and you know, 30 Rock, obviously

650

00:31:56,450 --> 00:31:59,560

Girls 5eva, which she was involved in,

is one of the most brilliant shows ever.

651

00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:05,620

Um, so I'd say she's another really

big influence and inspiration.

652

00:32:05,660 --> 00:32:11,150

I think Paul Feig also does an amazing job

with, uh, making comedies that are cross

653

00:32:11,150 --> 00:32:17,800

genre or just comedies with female, um,

voices and it's like he's, he's fantastic.

654

00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,345

So I think those are kind of

The things that get people that

655

00:32:21,345 --> 00:32:23,145

get me excited and inspirations.

656

00:32:23,145 --> 00:32:27,245

And you know, sometimes I'll just,

I've watched, I'll just watch Patriot

657

00:32:27,295 --> 00:32:31,565

if I'm having like, uh, you know,

a writer's block or I'm trying to

658

00:32:31,615 --> 00:32:32,974

figure out a way to tackle something.

659

00:32:32,974 --> 00:32:35,434

I'll just put Patriot on in the

background with the sound off because

660

00:32:35,434 --> 00:32:38,595

I just find it like, it's like some

people listen to music for inspiration.

661

00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:39,055

Yeah.

662

00:32:39,485 --> 00:32:42,385

Laura Murphy: I will just watch

that show for inspiration.

663

00:32:42,965 --> 00:32:45,445

The other thing I pull a lot of

influence from is I like watching

664

00:32:45,485 --> 00:32:49,964

old comedies that like, I've

recently rewatched all of Cheers.

665

00:32:50,365 --> 00:32:51,985

Um, Moonlighting.

666

00:32:52,145 --> 00:32:56,555

Like, I do think there's something

inspiring about, uh, shows that did kind

667

00:32:56,555 --> 00:33:01,285

of live in just that comedy realm, or,

you know, that did something different.

668

00:33:01,295 --> 00:33:05,235

So, I think, in addition to the other

references and the modern stuff, I

669

00:33:05,235 --> 00:33:07,874

do think there's something to be said

for watching, like, classic comedies.

670

00:33:07,874 --> 00:33:10,234

I mean, I have watched Caddyshack

probably a million times.

671

00:33:10,264 --> 00:33:11,394

And Mr. Mom, obviously.

672

00:33:12,305 --> 00:33:12,665

Yeah.

673

00:33:12,665 --> 00:33:15,095

Well, Caddyshack is it's, it's up there.

674

00:33:15,095 --> 00:33:18,735

And I think on the Mount Rushmore of like,

you know, they had a sequel, didn't they?

675

00:33:18,765 --> 00:33:23,174

They had a sequel to, uh, uh,

Rodney Dangerfield that they

676

00:33:23,174 --> 00:33:24,485

didn't have him in the second one.

677

00:33:24,485 --> 00:33:27,905

I think when it was like, okay, he kind

of made that like him walking into the

678

00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:31,565

golf shop and, uh, you know, just like

see Rodney Dangerfield, somebody like,

679

00:33:31,565 --> 00:33:35,815

it's like, oh yeah, anything he was, uh,

there was a movie, uh, Uh, back to school.

680

00:33:35,815 --> 00:33:36,890

Back to school.

681

00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:37,249

Yeah.

682

00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:37,607

Yeah.

683

00:33:37,607 --> 00:33:38,324

So good.

684

00:33:38,325 --> 00:33:42,645

You know, you're not watching it to,

to, to learn anything or to be inspired.

685

00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:44,925

You're just like turning your

brain off and just enjoy.

686

00:33:45,135 --> 00:33:46,274

See those kinds of comedies.

687

00:33:46,335 --> 00:33:46,614

Yeah.

688

00:33:46,614 --> 00:33:47,285

We need more.

689

00:33:47,935 --> 00:33:50,685

So you've screened your, you

know, effemary kill in a theater.

690

00:33:50,815 --> 00:33:53,214

So what was that like when you fought,

when you're sitting down, lights

691

00:33:53,215 --> 00:33:56,365

go dark, was it just kind of a cool

experience for you to, you know,

692

00:33:56,865 --> 00:33:57,455

Laura Murphy: have something

693

00:33:57,455 --> 00:33:57,975

in a theater?

694

00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:01,410

Laura Murphy: It was, it was, there

was like anxiety at first because it

695

00:34:01,410 --> 00:34:05,440

occurred, it didn't occur to me till it

started that like, Oh, I'll in real time

696

00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,110

see other people's reactions to this.

697

00:34:07,220 --> 00:34:11,100

Like, and then I was like, Oh, what

if they don't, like, what if everybody

698

00:34:11,130 --> 00:34:12,640

hates this and I have to watch it?

699

00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:17,310

Uh, so there was like a moment of

anxiety, but then, you know, like

700

00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:21,100

seeing my name and the come up on the

screen, I was like, that's so awesome.

701

00:34:21,140 --> 00:34:24,680

And it was like, yeah, no,

definitely like a super cool moment.

702

00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,190

And then.

703

00:34:25,540 --> 00:34:28,770

hearing people laugh when at

times when they were supposed to

704

00:34:28,770 --> 00:34:31,310

laugh was like, very fulfilling.

705

00:34:31,350 --> 00:34:35,889

Like that was like a high that I was

like, Oh, okay, this is, this is, I'm

706

00:34:35,890 --> 00:34:38,739

gonna, I'm gonna have trouble being

a normal person for the rest of the

707

00:34:38,739 --> 00:34:40,060

night, because this is super cool.

708

00:34:41,010 --> 00:34:43,549

And then you know, I go home and there's

a toddler and then it's like, Oh, right.

709

00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,990

I'm just, but, um, that it

was really great experience.

710

00:34:47,990 --> 00:34:50,380

And then after we did a Q,

there was a q& a afterwards.

711

00:34:50,690 --> 00:34:54,320

Um, which was the first time I've

done a Q& A and that was so fun.

712

00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:58,780

Virginia was there actually, um,

and Brooke, who plays the sister.

713

00:34:58,810 --> 00:35:02,620

And then, uh, afterwards somebody

asked to take a picture with me and

714

00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:05,369

had me sign their ticket, which is

the first time that's ever happened.

715

00:35:05,410 --> 00:35:06,650

They were like, can I get your autograph?

716

00:35:06,650 --> 00:35:09,360

And I was like, I'm going to take a

picture of you because you're the first

717

00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,109

person to ever ask me for an autograph.

718

00:35:11,489 --> 00:35:13,460

So thanks for that cool career moment.

719

00:35:13,860 --> 00:35:16,410

So, I mean, that was

like, that was fantastic.

720

00:35:16,420 --> 00:35:18,050

And, and I'm so excited.

721

00:35:18,690 --> 00:35:22,300

For it to be released into,

for everybody to see it.

722

00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:27,640

Um, To just, you know, see some, see

the reactions on a, on a big scale where

723

00:35:27,660 --> 00:35:30,300

I think it's coming out theatrically

and streaming at the same time.

724

00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:31,180

So that'll be cool.

725

00:35:31,180 --> 00:35:33,279

So it's like, you can see it in

a theater if you want, but also

726

00:35:33,279 --> 00:35:34,760

it'll be accessible to everybody.

727

00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,760

And I'm just excited to hear people's

thoughts on it within reason, you know,

728

00:35:39,050 --> 00:35:40,280

and that's something

that's kind of different.

729

00:35:40,290 --> 00:35:43,450

Usually you had to kind of wait

for something to end up on cable.

730

00:35:43,450 --> 00:35:46,600

And every time I discuss this, I'd

be like, I'm an old guy, you know,

731

00:35:46,860 --> 00:35:48,100

but what are you watching right now?

732

00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:49,880

What's uh, what's, what are you enjoying?

733

00:35:50,085 --> 00:35:53,335

Laura Murphy: It's funny, I,

like, I don't, you know, I

734

00:35:53,365 --> 00:35:55,185

don't watch as much comedy.

735

00:35:55,415 --> 00:35:57,705

I, I'm very selective

about the comedy I watch.

736

00:35:57,795 --> 00:36:02,385

If I'm gonna sit down, and often I do

watch things in binging, because it's

737

00:36:02,385 --> 00:36:05,144

like, oh, I have one day where I don't

have anything to do, I'm just gonna

738

00:36:05,145 --> 00:36:06,905

consume as much of a thing as I can.

739

00:36:07,214 --> 00:36:15,775

I will watch, Any British or BBC murder

drama, like Shetland, yeah, like, like

740

00:36:15,775 --> 00:36:19,105

anything that's, you know, it started

with Broadchurch, and then I was like,

741

00:36:19,285 --> 00:36:22,715

alright, I'm in, like, if it's British

and there's like a missing kid or a dead

742

00:36:22,725 --> 00:36:25,335

kid or a mystery, I'm in, I'll binge it.

743

00:36:25,835 --> 00:36:30,535

And that's what I like to consume, which

is funny because it's not comedy at all.

744

00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:34,345

Um, which is why I think sometime

down the road maybe I would want

745

00:36:34,345 --> 00:36:37,204

to make a drama because I watch so

much of it and I'm very interested.

746

00:36:37,215 --> 00:36:40,665

Like I would love, or I would like

to make a cross genre mystery comedy.

747

00:36:40,994 --> 00:36:43,885

Um, because that is what I enjoy.

748

00:36:43,905 --> 00:36:46,555

So I did just watch the most

recent season of Shetland.

749

00:36:46,745 --> 00:36:51,285

Um, I watched all of Girls5eva,

which is all streaming.

750

00:36:51,315 --> 00:36:52,755

I think it's on Peacock now.

751

00:36:53,355 --> 00:36:56,095

Um, which I think is also brilliant.

752

00:36:56,435 --> 00:37:01,845

And then, there's something else I

watched recently that I can't remember.

753

00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:04,665

Yeah, I think Girls5eva is a

comedy, the most recent comedy

754

00:37:04,665 --> 00:37:06,895

that I've watched and binged on.

755

00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:07,074

You said

756

00:37:07,074 --> 00:37:09,055

that's one Tina Fey, uh, did, right?

757

00:37:09,074 --> 00:37:09,804

Yeah, I think she's like

758

00:37:09,805 --> 00:37:13,344

Laura Murphy: the, uh, it's Meredith,

I forget the creator's name.

759

00:37:13,355 --> 00:37:15,965

Meredith something, but

Tina Fey was a EP on it.

760

00:37:16,325 --> 00:37:21,765

And, uh, it's just, I mean, it's, it's

like a girl band that was popular and

761

00:37:21,765 --> 00:37:23,915

then has a comeback, but they're all

in their forties now and it's just

762

00:37:23,915 --> 00:37:25,544

such a brilliant premise in the comedy.

763

00:37:25,565 --> 00:37:29,995

It very much has that 30 rock

whip smart comedy that I love.

764

00:37:30,525 --> 00:37:35,104

The stuff that she does and Amy Poehler,

I don't know, the two of them, whenever

765

00:37:35,355 --> 00:37:39,025

Lauren Michaels retires, whenever that

happens, I'm really keeping my fingers

766

00:37:39,025 --> 00:37:42,695

crossed that they, one of the two of

them or both of us, you know, take

767

00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:45,925

the reins cause I think that will be

a good thing for Saturday Night Live.

768

00:37:46,005 --> 00:37:49,145

Laura Murphy: That was such a great era

of Weekend Update, the Tina Amey era.

769

00:37:49,465 --> 00:37:52,675

I'm trying to, you know, all the

way back to, uh, Chevy Chase.

770

00:37:52,725 --> 00:37:53,145

No, no, no.

771

00:37:53,225 --> 00:37:53,645

Um,

772

00:37:53,735 --> 00:37:55,074

Laura Murphy: it was Dennis Miller.

773

00:37:55,565 --> 00:37:58,545

Dennis Miller is the one I seem

to remember is when I was a kid.

774

00:37:58,704 --> 00:38:00,215

Laura Murphy: Norm Macdonald, great.

775

00:38:00,874 --> 00:38:04,175

Norm Macdonald, uh, one thing I loved

about him was just facial expressions,

776

00:38:04,175 --> 00:38:05,575

you know, just, you, you, you.

777

00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:10,315

That I love comedians where you don't

need to even really hear them saying much.

778

00:38:10,315 --> 00:38:12,215

It's just the reaction is kind of the jam.

779

00:38:20,484 --> 00:38:24,205

One of the things I like to do is, um,

something called my seven questions kind

780

00:38:24,205 --> 00:38:29,815

of towards the back end, like a little

extra fun food always comes up at least

781

00:38:29,815 --> 00:38:31,755

once it seems like in every episode.

782

00:38:32,165 --> 00:38:37,145

Uh, but what, if you isolate one thing

that you would say, this is like, as far

783

00:38:37,145 --> 00:38:39,224

as comfort food, the one thing you love.

784

00:38:39,475 --> 00:38:40,485

Laura Murphy: It's salty meat.

785

00:38:40,875 --> 00:38:42,025

I'm usually pepperoni.

786

00:38:43,195 --> 00:38:43,695

Oh, really?

787

00:38:43,725 --> 00:38:43,895

Laura Murphy: Yeah.

788

00:38:44,315 --> 00:38:47,045

I'm like a real charcuterie head.

789

00:38:47,105 --> 00:38:49,484

I don't think that's a

thing, but I just made it up.

790

00:38:49,785 --> 00:38:54,715

Uh, I love a charcuterie and I,

if I never ate anything else,

791

00:38:54,765 --> 00:38:56,554

like I don't really go for sweets.

792

00:38:56,555 --> 00:38:57,805

I don't love canned sweet stuff.

793

00:38:58,335 --> 00:39:01,310

If I, I I love pepperoni and salty meat a

794

00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:03,150

couple of days ago.

795

00:39:03,150 --> 00:39:05,330

I have a little grocery

here on the Island.

796

00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:09,060

It was like the 23rd it expires on

the 24th or something like that.

797

00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:13,220

But at one of these charcuterie pre

packaged, you know, kind of like an

798

00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:14,869

adult Lunchables kind of a thing.

799

00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:18,725

I was like, and they Marced it down

from like 10 bucks to like two,

800

00:39:18,745 --> 00:39:19,775

cause they just had to get rid of it.

801

00:39:19,805 --> 00:39:24,015

You know, I was like, okay, there's nobody

here to share this with me, but you know,

802

00:39:24,015 --> 00:39:25,515

there's part of me is like, just do it.

803

00:39:25,715 --> 00:39:28,715

You know, so I went and grabbed some

snack on, on, on this, on the, on

804

00:39:28,715 --> 00:39:31,074

this variety of salamis all day long.

805

00:39:31,075 --> 00:39:34,524

And, uh, I can feel my fingers like,

cause I just, I don't know how much salt.

806

00:39:34,525 --> 00:39:39,665

Laura Murphy: The very first apartment

I had by myself in New York was.

807

00:39:39,690 --> 00:39:47,090

I think I ate charcuterie for dinner seven

straight nights in a row and probably

808

00:39:47,090 --> 00:39:49,180

like 20 more after the rest of the month.

809

00:39:49,180 --> 00:39:53,620

Like I, yeah, it's swollen

ankles is my comfort zone.

810

00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:55,140

Very nice.

811

00:39:55,430 --> 00:39:59,199

My kids got into that cause we go to the

whole foods and we would go by, we would

812

00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:00,550

do this thing cause they had the meat.

813

00:40:00,740 --> 00:40:03,140

And then they had the whole cheese

section, like kids, even though

814

00:40:03,140 --> 00:40:05,840

we're younger, like the funky

cheeses, you know, the funky, they,

815

00:40:05,850 --> 00:40:07,500

they, I was like, it smells bad.

816

00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:08,570

It's probably going to taste really good.

817

00:40:08,570 --> 00:40:09,270

So we got that.

818

00:40:09,270 --> 00:40:14,320

And it was just, we we've had weird

dinners and any parent knows it's

819

00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,330

like, okay, what do y'all want to do?

820

00:40:15,670 --> 00:40:16,639

Let's do cheese and meat.

821

00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:17,260

And one of those things like.

822

00:40:17,685 --> 00:40:18,005

Soul.

823

00:40:18,415 --> 00:40:19,055

Whatever y'all wanted.

824

00:40:20,135 --> 00:40:22,805

Laura Murphy: Yeah, my toddler

weirdly loves olive tapenade.

825

00:40:22,815 --> 00:40:25,985

It's like his favorite thing is olive

tapenade on crackers, so I've turned

826

00:40:25,985 --> 00:40:28,085

him into a charcuterie addict also.

827

00:40:28,204 --> 00:40:28,994

Sophisticated.

828

00:40:29,015 --> 00:40:29,255

Yeah.

829

00:40:29,355 --> 00:40:31,295

Uh, just, you know, go easy on the wine.

830

00:40:31,664 --> 00:40:36,214

Um, now, if your next question, if you

were to sit down and talk story for a

831

00:40:36,214 --> 00:40:40,014

few hours, uh, sit down and have coffee

with three people, living or not,

832

00:40:40,514 --> 00:40:41,835

who would you like to sit down with?

833

00:40:41,835 --> 00:40:45,465

Three different people, cup of

coffee, a few hours of, uh, chatting.

834

00:40:45,654 --> 00:40:46,434

Laura Murphy: Oh, wow.

835

00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:46,945

Um.

836

00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,660

I mean, I think, I think Steve Conrad

would definitely be one of them,

837

00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:55,600

because I, the, watching everything

he's made and what he writes, I'm very

838

00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,020

interested in how his brain works.

839

00:40:57,790 --> 00:41:03,050

Um, I kind of think the other person

who I've, who I actually met when

840

00:41:03,050 --> 00:41:06,060

I was starting MTV, but like Robert

Evans, you know, the Kid Stays in

841

00:41:06,060 --> 00:41:07,260

the Picture, producer of Godfather.

842

00:41:07,790 --> 00:41:12,600

So I did a shoot with him, one of my first

jobs at MTV, and I met him briefly and,

843

00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,820

uh, because we were, he was promoting

the Kid Stays in the Picture and I went

844

00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:21,410

to his house and we did this promo shoot

with him and he was the most interesting

845

00:41:21,410 --> 00:41:23,690

person I've ever met in my entire life.

846

00:41:24,245 --> 00:41:29,515

Like, he's a caricature but not, like he's

such a caricature that you would think

847

00:41:29,515 --> 00:41:31,935

he would be a caricature and he's not,

he was not at all, there was something

848

00:41:31,935 --> 00:41:34,555

so genuine about him and lovable and

you get why everybody roots for him

849

00:41:34,555 --> 00:41:39,850

but he was like a maniac and I was, I

would love to spend Two hours talking

850

00:41:39,850 --> 00:41:42,050

to that dude, hanging out with him.

851

00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:46,450

Sadly, sad that he passed, because that

guy, I mean, yeah, what a character.

852

00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:48,390

He just started calling me

Murph, which was awesome.

853

00:41:48,430 --> 00:41:52,540

Signed a book for me that said,

uh, Murph, let's make two plus

854

00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,499

two equal five, not four, because

that's magic and that's us, baby.

855

00:41:58,779 --> 00:42:00,479

Which is exactly how he talks.

856

00:42:00,959 --> 00:42:04,239

So, I think I would love to spend

some time with Robert Evans.

857

00:42:04,579 --> 00:42:06,475

And then Who else?

858

00:42:06,475 --> 00:42:07,185

Let's see.

859

00:42:08,035 --> 00:42:12,135

But didn't he narrate his own

documentary about his own life

860

00:42:12,465 --> 00:42:13,845

or something, which is okay.

861

00:42:13,845 --> 00:42:14,095

Yeah,

862

00:42:14,415 --> 00:42:16,065

Laura Murphy: that was the kid

stays in the picture, which

863

00:42:16,065 --> 00:42:17,035

is actually a great movie.

864

00:42:17,554 --> 00:42:20,905

But yeah, he did the narration on

it and he, he like asked himself

865

00:42:20,905 --> 00:42:22,205

questions and then answers them.

866

00:42:22,465 --> 00:42:24,204

So it would be like, did I hate it?

867

00:42:24,344 --> 00:42:25,474

You bet your ass I did.

868

00:42:25,535 --> 00:42:27,445

And that's like his cadence of talking.

869

00:42:27,445 --> 00:42:30,515

So I had to write a script for him and

I wrote a lot of those and I think he

870

00:42:30,515 --> 00:42:32,115

was impressed that I really nailed his.

871

00:42:32,450 --> 00:42:33,460

His monologue voice.

872

00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:36,510

Yeah, I mean, but he's, he's

decidedly O. G. Hollywood.

873

00:42:37,130 --> 00:42:38,610

Laura Murphy: Which I think is awesome.

874

00:42:38,970 --> 00:42:42,630

Um, and then who else?

875

00:42:43,020 --> 00:42:45,190

I would love to sit down with, um.

876

00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:46,250

Hmm.

877

00:42:47,450 --> 00:42:48,970

I mean, I feel like this

is probably an answer.

878

00:42:48,970 --> 00:42:51,160

A lot of people have given her

cliched, but like, I would like

879

00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,350

to, it's two people, but I would

like to sit down with the Obamas.

880

00:42:55,060 --> 00:43:03,850

Like, I feel like, uh, there's something

so, I mean, obviously they're incredible

881

00:43:03,909 --> 00:43:07,600

people and, and politically incredible

and have done so much in groundbreaking.

882

00:43:07,620 --> 00:43:11,590

But I also think in terms of like

branding, because I'm constantly

883

00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:12,720

thinking about branding and like

884

00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:14,540

absolutely

885

00:43:14,910 --> 00:43:17,260

Laura Murphy: bulletproof and,

and like admirable and respectful.

886

00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:22,250

Just flawless and it's like how much of

that is just who they are and how much

887

00:43:22,250 --> 00:43:28,030

of that is crafting a solid foundation,

like, I just want to know how it happened.

888

00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,499

Is it just like people are, some people

are just wired that way and they're

889

00:43:32,230 --> 00:43:36,609

creating an existence that is somewhat

bulletproof or is there a strategy there?

890

00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:37,029

I don't know.

891

00:43:37,029 --> 00:43:37,590

I just, well,

892

00:43:37,750 --> 00:43:41,189

you know, I was thinking about that

a while back and I think that you

893

00:43:41,189 --> 00:43:43,885

could only Fake it for so long.

894

00:43:44,105 --> 00:43:49,395

And I think part of the, part of the charm

or part of what works is the authenticity.

895

00:43:49,895 --> 00:43:52,845

You know, I think there's an

authentic note with, with Obama.

896

00:43:52,885 --> 00:43:56,145

Cause he comes up a lot as, as

somebody who folks who don't want to

897

00:43:56,145 --> 00:43:59,414

sit down with, um, you know, you hear

him talk and sometimes you forget,

898

00:43:59,414 --> 00:44:01,175

Oh yeah, this guy was the president.

899

00:44:01,214 --> 00:44:04,435

There are times you hear him because he

just, there was a, there's ease to him.

900

00:44:04,465 --> 00:44:07,205

He's a wonderful orator, you

know, and then, you know, with

901

00:44:07,205 --> 00:44:08,755

the AB comparison we got now.

902

00:44:09,075 --> 00:44:09,805

Uh, but yeah, he,

903

00:44:10,795 --> 00:44:12,264

Laura Murphy: and I

think there's also like.

904

00:44:12,635 --> 00:44:16,335

There's this cool confidence that makes

you feel comfortable in anything he says,

905

00:44:16,355 --> 00:44:21,265

but also and I think you're right It's

there's everything stems from authenticity

906

00:44:21,315 --> 00:44:25,885

but I would love somebody to do like a

mass like for them to do a master class on

907

00:44:26,204 --> 00:44:31,614

taking your Authenticity and then finding

a way to flourish successfully with that

908

00:44:31,754 --> 00:44:36,330

authenticity and how you put it out there

and present it Like build from it so that

909

00:44:36,330 --> 00:44:40,180

at the core there is authenticity, but

you can still, you know, profit from it

910

00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:45,370

or, or do good with it or, or establish

something bigger in the world from it.

911

00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,729

And like, I think that's

what is brilliant about them.

912

00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,090

You just look at the people

who have endured the ones

913

00:44:50,090 --> 00:44:50,979

that kind of stick around.

914

00:44:50,979 --> 00:44:53,080

You never really hear anything

too controversial about them.

915

00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,750

They seem to just be authentic folks.

916

00:44:55,290 --> 00:44:56,800

Laura Murphy: I guess also David Lynch.

917

00:44:56,830 --> 00:44:57,930

Oh, I forgot about David Lynch.

918

00:44:57,930 --> 00:45:02,449

That would be a very interesting person

to talk about like authenticity and

919

00:45:02,449 --> 00:45:06,685

sticking to your Like your vision

and your voice and your brand agree.

920

00:45:06,985 --> 00:45:11,155

Um, now the next question I got, if you

go back in time to when you were young,

921

00:45:11,464 --> 00:45:15,515

uh, when you were, you know, teenage

or whatever, even maybe younger, but

922

00:45:15,515 --> 00:45:17,314

who was your first celebrity crush?

923

00:45:17,664 --> 00:45:18,525

Laura Murphy: Oh, wow.

924

00:45:19,215 --> 00:45:23,394

I feel like I always liked the

friend or the sidekick in TV shows.

925

00:45:24,005 --> 00:45:28,645

Like if I was watching, uh, Silver

Spoons, I would always like the friend.

926

00:45:28,725 --> 00:45:29,675

I don't remember who the friend was.

927

00:45:30,375 --> 00:45:31,335

It was Jason Bateman.

928

00:45:31,455 --> 00:45:31,875

Wasn't it?

929

00:45:31,875 --> 00:45:33,145

Laura Murphy: Was it Jason Bateman?

930

00:45:33,174 --> 00:45:33,534

Maybe.

931

00:45:33,535 --> 00:45:34,465

Or is that, uh.

932

00:45:34,495 --> 00:45:34,745

Well, he

933

00:45:34,745 --> 00:45:36,045

was the nemesis though.

934

00:45:36,055 --> 00:45:36,075

Yeah.

935

00:45:36,084 --> 00:45:38,224

Jason Bateman was the

nemesis to Ricky Schroeder.

936

00:45:38,464 --> 00:45:42,415

It's kind of funny how fast forward every,

you know, Jason Bateman was the ass.

937

00:45:42,415 --> 00:45:42,425

Yeah.

938

00:45:42,425 --> 00:45:43,244

And then

939

00:45:43,245 --> 00:45:43,864

Laura Murphy: it turned.

940

00:45:43,865 --> 00:45:44,205

Yeah.

941

00:45:44,405 --> 00:45:47,155

Everything he's in, it's just like,

I don't know why he's so quick on,

942

00:45:47,165 --> 00:45:50,025

you know, and you had a chance to

work with him, which is very cool.

943

00:45:50,055 --> 00:45:50,255

Yeah.

944

00:45:50,855 --> 00:45:51,985

Laura Murphy: I definitely like.

945

00:45:52,350 --> 00:45:56,610

Developed this came probably later

though is like Sam Elliott is like always

946

00:45:56,610 --> 00:46:03,379

been mustache the mustache thing just

think I think I'm on my early crushes

947

00:46:03,379 --> 00:46:05,289

were mostly on mustaches not people.

948

00:46:07,610 --> 00:46:07,840

So

949

00:46:08,090 --> 00:46:08,889

he's got a

950

00:46:08,889 --> 00:46:10,989

Laura Murphy: magnum p. I uh.

951

00:46:12,555 --> 00:46:16,425

I remember being in sixth grade and

there was a girl, I think there, I

952

00:46:16,425 --> 00:46:19,525

think the statute of limitations has

expired so I can talk about this.

953

00:46:19,915 --> 00:46:24,124

Um, but as far as this, this girl, you

know, not statute of limitations, but

954

00:46:24,124 --> 00:46:25,515

I don't think I'm embarrassing anyone.

955

00:46:26,145 --> 00:46:27,565

And she had a notebook.

956

00:46:28,115 --> 00:46:34,845

Like a binder and she had a love of Tom

Selleck and it was like clipping out

957

00:46:34,845 --> 00:46:36,214

like from people magazine and stuff.

958

00:46:36,214 --> 00:46:38,114

It's like, or we switched

desks or something.

959

00:46:38,125 --> 00:46:38,835

I was like, what's this?

960

00:46:38,855 --> 00:46:40,025

And I went through, I was like, Holy crap.

961

00:46:40,294 --> 00:46:41,475

She loves Tom Selleck.

962

00:46:41,525 --> 00:46:41,605

It's an

963

00:46:41,605 --> 00:46:42,195

Laura Murphy: obsession.

964

00:46:42,205 --> 00:46:42,535

But

965

00:46:42,645 --> 00:46:44,224

Laura Murphy: I was like, so

many other people were just like

966

00:46:44,235 --> 00:46:46,384

mustache, swim trunks, mystery.

967

00:46:47,065 --> 00:46:47,685

This is breakthrough.

968

00:46:48,455 --> 00:46:51,175

I remember being, you know,

when those kind of short shorts

969

00:46:51,415 --> 00:46:52,955

were like the thing, you know.

970

00:46:53,025 --> 00:46:57,265

Laura Murphy: I imagine on the cutting

room floor of the Magnum PI show, there

971

00:46:57,265 --> 00:47:02,130

are so many shots of his, uh, private

parts that had, they were like, this thing

972

00:47:02,130 --> 00:47:04,243

was a shot, and something slipped out.

973

00:47:04,243 --> 00:47:04,875

Like, there's

974

00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,830

We're going to limit the sitting

shots to, you know, you're going

975

00:47:08,830 --> 00:47:10,995

to be standing in this one and

976

00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:12,129

Laura Murphy: diving.

977

00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:15,250

I was like, there's no way stuff

didn't fall out regularly that

978

00:47:15,420 --> 00:47:16,920

some editor has seen a lot of

979

00:47:16,940 --> 00:47:21,220

that's in, in, for those listening who,

you know, have not seen the old Magnum

980

00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:24,439

PI and how short, short the shorts

were, you know, it was something else.

981

00:47:24,645 --> 00:47:27,535

Now the next question I got for you

is if you're going to be forced to

982

00:47:27,545 --> 00:47:30,735

live in an island, it's, it's kind

of sticking with Magnum PI, but it's

983

00:47:30,735 --> 00:47:33,455

an exotic island somewhere you want

to be, but there's no streaming.

984

00:47:34,035 --> 00:47:35,225

You'd be there for a whole year.

985

00:47:35,225 --> 00:47:38,264

So if you want to watch a

movie, you got to bring one DVD.

986

00:47:38,445 --> 00:47:40,914

If you want to listen to music,

you've got to bring one CD.

987

00:47:41,455 --> 00:47:44,365

What would that DVD and what would

that CD be for that year for you?

988

00:47:44,435 --> 00:47:46,215

Something you watch and

listen to over and over

989

00:47:46,215 --> 00:47:46,415

Laura Murphy: again.

990

00:47:46,775 --> 00:47:48,355

Can it be a box set or

it's just got to be one?

991

00:47:48,355 --> 00:47:48,555

Yeah,

992

00:47:48,555 --> 00:47:49,145

absolutely.

993

00:47:49,325 --> 00:47:50,085

Absolutely.

994

00:47:50,685 --> 00:47:53,780

Laura Murphy: I mean, I'm kind

of torn because I could watch The

995

00:47:53,780 --> 00:47:57,660

Godfather like a billion times

and never get tired of it I think.

996

00:47:57,660 --> 00:47:58,150

I mean.

997

00:47:58,160 --> 00:47:58,880

Which one though?

998

00:47:58,910 --> 00:47:59,590

The first one.

999

00:47:59,620 --> 00:48:00,954

The original one.

00:48:03,095 --> 00:48:05,935

And I could probably watch that

and every time I watch it I feel

00:48:05,935 --> 00:48:08,205

like I see something else and then

last time I just watched it with

00:48:08,205 --> 00:48:11,144

the sound off just as an experiment

and I Was like noticing more stuff.

00:48:11,145 --> 00:48:14,874

So I feel like I want to say the

Godfather, but then also like talking

00:48:14,874 --> 00:48:19,624

about binging I remember getting the

box set for Arrested Development after

00:48:19,625 --> 00:48:23,745

it had come and gone from TV and nobody

really the watched on TV that much and

00:48:24,375 --> 00:48:28,770

staying up all night, watch it like all

through the day and then all through the

00:48:28,770 --> 00:48:33,460

night watching all of, I guess it was

only two seasons of it or three seasons.

00:48:33,580 --> 00:48:36,399

It was, I guess the whole original

three seasons watching all of

00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,389

Arrested Development and, and

being like, this is the most

00:48:39,410 --> 00:48:40,580

brilliant thing I've ever watched.

00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,010

There's nothing else like this on TV.

00:48:42,029 --> 00:48:45,460

And I can, I go back and still

watch those original seasons of

00:48:45,460 --> 00:48:46,680

Arrested Development over and over.

00:48:46,910 --> 00:48:48,780

So I feel like it would

depend on the island.

00:48:48,970 --> 00:48:53,129

If it was like a fun island where I

wanted to laugh and have fun, then I would

00:48:53,129 --> 00:48:54,669

pick the Arrested Development box set.

00:48:54,669 --> 00:48:59,210

If it was like, Uh, off Washington or

off British Columbia, and it was like

00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:03,420

fall, cold, winter, and maybe I'd watch

The Godfather over and over again.

00:49:03,470 --> 00:49:04,220

Like beautiful.

00:49:04,370 --> 00:49:04,450

I

00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:04,600

gotcha.

00:49:04,929 --> 00:49:06,050

Of course, the rest of the development.

00:49:06,050 --> 00:49:08,800

All roads seem to be leading

to Jason Bateman, you know, so.

00:49:08,980 --> 00:49:11,560

Laura Murphy: I guess my point is my

whole life is about Jason Bateman.

00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:14,960

Musically, what would you,

uh, what would your jam

00:49:14,970 --> 00:49:15,070

Laura Murphy: be?

00:49:16,255 --> 00:49:17,175

That's hard.

00:49:17,445 --> 00:49:22,715

I mean, because I kind of listen to

all different sorts of music, but if

00:49:22,715 --> 00:49:26,255

I had to just pick one thing, I went

through a real big Tom Petty phase

00:49:26,264 --> 00:49:28,735

where, no, I'm going to take that back.

00:49:29,135 --> 00:49:29,485

You know what?

00:49:29,485 --> 00:49:31,024

I like a story song.

00:49:31,115 --> 00:49:31,635

I like us.

00:49:31,695 --> 00:49:33,115

I'm a lyrics person.

00:49:33,215 --> 00:49:40,010

So I love, uh, when there's some sort

of like, Metaphors or a story, which

00:49:40,010 --> 00:49:44,470

is like, of course, why I like Taylor

Swift, I would, if I just had to listen

00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:49,060

to one artist the whole time, I think

with the most story songs and the most

00:49:49,110 --> 00:49:51,520

songs, I maybe it would be Elvis Costello.

00:49:51,530 --> 00:49:53,380

I think that's who I would bring with me.

00:49:53,649 --> 00:49:54,790

Loved Tom Petty.

00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:59,000

If I listened to him when I was like 17,

but then, you know, I started listening.

00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:03,220

I think I saw a documentary like running

down a dream or like the documentary

00:50:03,220 --> 00:50:05,419

that, uh, what's his name made about?

00:50:06,295 --> 00:50:09,085

I kind of got into it and then

was like, Oh, Tom Petty's awesome.

00:50:09,115 --> 00:50:14,825

And like I used to hate thin Lizzie

and now I love thin Lizzie weirdly.

00:50:14,855 --> 00:50:18,224

So like I do feel like

because my husband likes it.

00:50:18,235 --> 00:50:18,395

Well, I

00:50:18,395 --> 00:50:19,985

think you start listening

to music differently.

00:50:19,985 --> 00:50:22,025

You start hearing the lyrics

maybe a little bit more.

00:50:22,034 --> 00:50:24,744

You start, you know, identifying

with a little bit more.

00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:27,945

Now, if you were to say from stem to

start from the time you get up to the

00:50:27,945 --> 00:50:32,275

time you go to sleep, what are the

component parts for you for a perfect day?

00:50:32,725 --> 00:50:33,365

Laura Murphy: Oh wow.

00:50:34,785 --> 00:50:37,495

I mean, I think, If I get to sleep past 6.

00:50:37,495 --> 00:50:41,155

45 any day, it's already starting

off great, because I have a toddler,

00:50:41,155 --> 00:50:45,244

so it's like, I'm just yelling mommy

at the top of my lungs at like 6.

00:50:45,244 --> 00:50:50,575

40 every day, so, Um, I love, if I

could sleep in a tiny bit, but I don't

00:50:50,575 --> 00:50:54,554

really sleep past 8am, I'm just not

wired that way, I'm a morning person.

00:50:54,905 --> 00:50:57,355

Um, my husband's a night person,

which was great when we had a

00:50:57,355 --> 00:51:01,095

baby because we could alternate,

but, uh, I like to get up early.

00:51:01,205 --> 00:51:04,895

I like to take a walk on the beach

because we live close to the beach now.

00:51:04,985 --> 00:51:12,454

So, like, get a little water view in

and then, uh, eat something outdoors.

00:51:13,694 --> 00:51:17,495

And then any sort of quality time

I can have in front of a fireplace.

00:51:18,015 --> 00:51:20,885

That would be, that would

be a part of the day.

00:51:21,865 --> 00:51:27,365

Um, ideally do something creatively

expressive, so I don't feel guilty about

00:51:27,365 --> 00:51:29,185

not doing anything creatively expressive.

00:51:29,185 --> 00:51:30,595

So get some writing done.

00:51:31,355 --> 00:51:34,565

And then, probably like a hot bath.

00:51:34,615 --> 00:51:39,235

I don't have a hot tub, but I feel like I,

like, I always say like I don't want to be

00:51:39,245 --> 00:51:42,811

rich rich, I just want to be hot tub rich,

where I can afford to have a hot tub.

00:51:42,811 --> 00:51:46,315

Like I want to afford a

hot tub and a neck lift.

00:51:46,355 --> 00:51:47,755

That's like all I really want.

00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:49,220

That's as rich as I want to be.

00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:49,540

Hot

00:51:49,550 --> 00:51:50,110

tub rich.

00:51:50,180 --> 00:51:50,450

Yeah.

00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:51,900

You know, it's, it's, Hey, you know what?

00:51:51,940 --> 00:51:52,640

I like that.

00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,310

Cause that's a specific thing.

00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,829

You know, you know, some people

it's like they, to where they can

00:51:57,830 --> 00:51:59,850

have a certain appliance at home.

00:52:00,010 --> 00:52:03,340

Like, you know, I told my kids, you

know, I was like next, you know,

00:52:03,350 --> 00:52:05,970

if I'm moving to a place where I

can kind of build it out the way

00:52:05,970 --> 00:52:07,330

I want, I want a trash compactor.

00:52:07,380 --> 00:52:09,210

I don't know why my grandparents had one.

00:52:09,530 --> 00:52:10,690

It seems very efficient.

00:52:10,710 --> 00:52:11,330

You know, I don't know.

00:52:11,330 --> 00:52:14,280

It's just a randomness,

you know, that we got.

00:52:14,485 --> 00:52:15,565

Laura Murphy: A garage fridge.

00:52:15,615 --> 00:52:17,685

Like that was like the sign

of wealth when I was a kid.

00:52:17,685 --> 00:52:19,655

It was like, Oh, the people

had a fridge in their garage.

00:52:19,685 --> 00:52:20,295

They made it.

00:52:20,335 --> 00:52:21,595

So like, it's like, you

00:52:21,605 --> 00:52:23,245

know, like, Oh, there's no

beer in your refrigerator.

00:52:23,245 --> 00:52:24,065

Oh, let's go to the garage.

00:52:24,585 --> 00:52:25,685

Laura Murphy: You know, exactly.

00:52:25,775 --> 00:52:27,135

Let me show you my collection.

00:52:28,025 --> 00:52:30,005

Laura Murphy: And then I

would read my kid books.

00:52:30,250 --> 00:52:33,570

And he would go to sleep and, and that

would be, I'd spend some time with him.

00:52:33,570 --> 00:52:34,390

That would be a perfect day.

00:52:34,390 --> 00:52:36,400

I had to get the mention

of the kid in the case.

00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,220

He's sometimes house listens

to this when he's 17.

00:52:40,619 --> 00:52:43,999

Yeah, this is, it's funny because

I know I'm creating a, uh, kind of

00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,509

a, a, uh, a library, if you will.

00:52:46,509 --> 00:52:47,160

And my, my.

00:52:47,255 --> 00:52:51,255

Goal is my kids, you know, actually I had

a syndicated show on ABC radio and the

00:52:51,255 --> 00:52:54,895

only thing they remember that we had a

beautiful atrium is a beautiful building,

00:52:54,915 --> 00:52:56,204

you know, and had a little Creek in it.

00:52:56,255 --> 00:52:59,345

And they remember, and they came there

during Christmas time and they had

00:52:59,365 --> 00:53:01,215

animatronic, like I was owned by Disney.

00:53:01,215 --> 00:53:03,494

So they had cool stuff, uh,

like these little, I don't know.

00:53:03,495 --> 00:53:04,175

It was just, it was neat.

00:53:05,054 --> 00:53:09,405

And also the, uh, the, the,

the security guard who always

00:53:09,415 --> 00:53:11,005

bring them cool coloring books.

00:53:11,075 --> 00:53:12,015

And that's all they remember.

00:53:12,015 --> 00:53:12,575

They don't remember.

00:53:12,665 --> 00:53:16,195

Anything of me doing, I'm like,

Hey, I got this podcast thing now.

00:53:16,225 --> 00:53:20,915

And in my son checks it out, my

oldest daughter, she, she's 21.

00:53:20,925 --> 00:53:24,335

So she, you know, she, she's some, I

think she's heard an episode or two.

00:53:24,335 --> 00:53:27,585

She's been here while I've had done

interviews, but my youngest one, she's

00:53:27,585 --> 00:53:31,375

like, it would be pure accident if she

ever hears an episode, there's no way.

00:53:31,375 --> 00:53:33,835

But I'm like, one day they can go listen.

00:53:33,835 --> 00:53:36,355

Like, Oh, this is a little

bit more of what he was about.

00:53:36,355 --> 00:53:39,835

This is his thing, purely

aspirational, of course.

00:53:40,365 --> 00:53:43,040

Um, Now, if you weren't doing

this for a living, this was not

00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:47,190

an option for you, what could you

see yourself doing as a vocation?

00:53:47,730 --> 00:53:49,460

Laura Murphy: I would

love to be a detective.

00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:55,500

I don't know how good I'd be at it

because I don't like bloody crime stuff,

00:53:55,510 --> 00:54:01,959

but I would love, I think it's like the

nosiness in me, it would like solve that.

00:54:01,959 --> 00:54:04,920

I'd be like interested

in doing detective work.

00:54:04,940 --> 00:54:07,780

The problem is I think a lot of

detectives now mostly find cheaters,

00:54:07,790 --> 00:54:09,040

which I'm not that interested in.

00:54:09,050 --> 00:54:10,790

Like I want to solve real mysteries.

00:54:11,210 --> 00:54:13,210

So I think I would want to be a detective.

00:54:13,565 --> 00:54:15,275

That seems super cool to me.

00:54:15,905 --> 00:54:17,895

It seems super cool to

me cause I don't do it.

00:54:18,805 --> 00:54:20,475

If I was doing it, I'd

probably be like, this is hard.

00:54:20,485 --> 00:54:24,585

A lot of people, there's a lot of

crime, but it's seems really awesome.

00:54:25,104 --> 00:54:28,205

Now the last question I've got for you,

if you have the ability to jump into

00:54:28,205 --> 00:54:32,295

that DeLorean travel back, 16 year old

you, you've got a piece of advice you

00:54:32,295 --> 00:54:36,225

want to leave with yourself to make that

moment in your life somehow better or

00:54:36,225 --> 00:54:39,225

put yourself on a little bit different

trajectory, what would that piece of

00:54:39,225 --> 00:54:42,285

advice be to younger 16 year old you?

00:54:43,225 --> 00:54:45,175

Laura Murphy: I mean, the first

thing I think would be like,

00:54:45,194 --> 00:54:47,224

wear shorts and tank tops.

00:54:47,294 --> 00:54:49,145

Why are you so self

conscious about your body?

00:54:49,145 --> 00:54:53,135

Cause it's like You're because you're

not gonna be able to wear tank tops

00:54:53,135 --> 00:54:57,105

at a certain age like enjoy it stop

being self conscious about it I think

00:54:57,105 --> 00:55:00,304

I grew up so awkward and like body

conscious and it's like looking back.

00:55:00,335 --> 00:55:04,165

It's like I was super great shape

Like that's crazy Why did I spend

00:55:04,165 --> 00:55:08,125

so much time and energy wasted on

worrying about like my physical stature

00:55:08,134 --> 00:55:10,014

like just to have fun play sports?

00:55:10,064 --> 00:55:11,924

Do it, you know wear shorts

00:55:12,135 --> 00:55:14,245

It's gotta be worse for young ladies now.

00:55:14,605 --> 00:55:15,445

Instagram and all.

00:55:15,475 --> 00:55:19,085

I just, you know, that's,

you know, I'm so glad that

00:55:19,085 --> 00:55:20,335

Laura Murphy: didn't

exist when I was a kid.

00:55:20,335 --> 00:55:21,065

Social media.

00:55:21,175 --> 00:55:23,395

I'm, and when I was in college,

00:55:23,515 --> 00:55:26,585

I'm, I'm glad that phones didn't

exist with, with cameras and

00:55:26,604 --> 00:55:28,005

video and stuff like that.

00:55:28,005 --> 00:55:29,764

Cause that in a way I

kind of wish they did.

00:55:29,784 --> 00:55:32,325

Cause I'd love to go back and

watch some stuff and other stuff.

00:55:32,325 --> 00:55:33,555

I'm like, thank God they didn't get that.

00:55:33,985 --> 00:55:35,325

But that does make a lot of sense.

00:55:35,325 --> 00:55:38,185

You know, the, the, uh, the

self consciousness we have when

00:55:38,185 --> 00:55:41,160

you're younger and you go, you

know, Going back to the idea.

00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:41,480

Fuck it.

00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,250

You know, younger, just do it.

00:55:44,580 --> 00:55:47,160

Laura Murphy: And all of that energy

could have gone into, I mean, like,

00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:50,220

look, I got lucky that I kind of

fell into a career that was what

00:55:50,220 --> 00:55:51,950

I realized I always dreamed of.

00:55:52,209 --> 00:55:56,070

But I, I feel like if I had taken

all the energy I put into worrying

00:55:56,070 --> 00:56:00,260

about, uh, people, what people thought

or what I looked like into creative

00:56:00,260 --> 00:56:03,180

endeavors, I probably, maybe I would

have gotten to it a little quicker.

00:56:03,500 --> 00:56:07,420

Um, and I feel like that's the other

advice I would give is like, don't worry

00:56:07,460 --> 00:56:11,550

so much about what people think you

should do or what people think of you.

00:56:11,580 --> 00:56:15,659

If you feel strongly about

something or if you have a creative

00:56:15,660 --> 00:56:17,280

vision, like just, just do it.

00:56:17,300 --> 00:56:19,299

Don't worry about what people think.

00:56:19,370 --> 00:56:21,870

It kind of kills creativity worrying

about what other people are thinking.

00:56:22,110 --> 00:56:24,270

And quite frankly, they're not

probably even thinking about you.

00:56:24,570 --> 00:56:25,220

They're not at all.

00:56:25,220 --> 00:56:25,730

Laura Murphy: It's whatever.

00:56:25,730 --> 00:56:26,190

And like.

00:56:27,005 --> 00:56:30,965

It's still an on, the people

pleaser in me is still something

00:56:30,965 --> 00:56:32,515

I'm constantly trying to squash.

00:56:32,525 --> 00:56:36,595

Which, because it doesn't, it often

gets in the way of, as a director,

00:56:36,595 --> 00:56:38,284

it gets in the way of my career.

00:56:38,345 --> 00:56:40,795

And, and, and my job, and it's just.

00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:45,040

Something that is a lifelong

process of squashing the people.

00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:46,670

Please are part of myself.

00:56:46,820 --> 00:56:49,690

And, uh, that's something

I'm still working on.

00:56:49,720 --> 00:56:52,440

So I feel like if I could have gotten

a headstart on it, maybe I would have

00:56:52,460 --> 00:56:55,140

kicked it by 40 instead of still working.

00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:55,350

But

00:56:55,970 --> 00:56:58,920

now, you know, but now, you know,

and now you, you know, you know,

00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:00,290

bet no better, you can do better.

00:57:00,990 --> 00:57:01,459

You know, but.

00:57:01,780 --> 00:57:06,980

Um, so, uh, jazz that, uh, you know, the

F Mary kill is, is, is such a fun concept.

00:57:07,050 --> 00:57:09,970

You know, it's kind of cool to

actually speak with the individual

00:57:09,970 --> 00:57:11,510

who helped pull all this together.

00:57:11,570 --> 00:57:14,069

You know, well, thank you so much.

00:57:14,090 --> 00:57:16,320

I really appreciate you sharing,

uh, sharing your day with

00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,894

me here, especially with it.

00:57:18,894 --> 00:57:23,380

With a toddler around, you know,

being able to carve out some time,

00:57:23,390 --> 00:57:24,660

that's, that's pretty awesome.

00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:25,080

But, uh,

00:57:25,950 --> 00:57:28,260

Laura Murphy: I just had a meeting

weirdly right before this with Billy

00:57:28,260 --> 00:57:29,880

Magnuson, who has been a guest on this.

00:57:31,125 --> 00:57:32,745

He was the most chill dude.

00:57:32,795 --> 00:57:36,585

Uh, again, we're bringing it back to Jason

Bateman again, but a game, game night.

00:57:36,645 --> 00:57:36,995

Laura Murphy: Yes.

00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:39,245

One of the best movies ever made.

00:57:39,525 --> 00:57:40,825

That's a great action comedy.

00:57:40,934 --> 00:57:44,445

That, and then went right to

doing, uh, like it was an HBO film,

00:57:44,514 --> 00:57:46,635

uh, where he played a, uh, Nazi.

00:57:46,944 --> 00:57:47,184

Right.

00:57:47,185 --> 00:57:48,094

It was like the Holocaust.

00:57:48,284 --> 00:57:48,534

Yeah.

00:57:48,534 --> 00:57:49,205

Laura Murphy: It was like a drama.

00:57:49,315 --> 00:57:50,665

And it's a James Bond.

00:57:50,675 --> 00:57:52,855

He's so versatile, but

he's the most chill dude.

00:57:52,855 --> 00:57:54,975

I, I still Marc him down

as being one of the most.

00:57:55,535 --> 00:57:58,550

Enjoyable chats, you know, I've had in

a long time, but, uh, yeah, he's great.

00:57:58,715 --> 00:58:00,335

But next, next to next to you.

00:58:00,335 --> 00:58:00,935

Oh, thank you.

00:58:00,935 --> 00:58:03,545

Yes, . Well, thank you so much.

00:58:03,575 --> 00:58:04,625

Uh, it's been a pleasure.

00:58:04,715 --> 00:58:06,725

Hopefully we have a chance

to catch up down the line.

00:58:06,755 --> 00:58:07,055

Laura Murphy: Yes.

00:58:09,575 --> 00:58:10,025

All right.

00:58:10,025 --> 00:58:10,535

There you go.

00:58:10,535 --> 00:58:13,385

Laura Murphy really

enjoyed the conversation.

00:58:13,415 --> 00:58:15,570

The new movie is called F Mary.

00:58:17,130 --> 00:58:19,820

It's got Lucy Hale in

it, Virginia Gardner.

00:58:20,060 --> 00:58:22,620

In fact, Virginia is going

to be on the show on Friday.

00:58:22,630 --> 00:58:26,800

So, again, it's F. Mary Kill

Week here on Story Craft.

00:58:26,910 --> 00:58:28,070

It's in theaters right now.

00:58:28,070 --> 00:58:28,610

Check it out.

00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:30,119

It is a funny one.

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