Greta Lee

Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of Good Hang. Very excited to talk to my buddy today. Greta Lee. Greta is an incredible actress. You may have seen her film past lives. You may have seen her in the morning show. She's been in girls in Broad City and in Russian doll and she's so talented and beautiful and wonderful and we're going to talk about a lot of fun things. We're going to talk about being a waitress. We're going to talk about how to drown on camera. We're going to talk about all the fun we had making Russian doll together and she's also going to explain her new part in Toy Story 5 in which she plays the villain and that villain is an iPad. But before we get into talking to Greta, we're going to speak to somebody who knows her, who wants to speak well behind her back and give me a question ask her and that is celebrity chef Alison Roman. Alison Roman an author, a podcaster, kind of a food expert, hostess with the most. And Alison is going to join us. I believe she has a cat that's also going to join as well. So let's hear from Alison and get a question. Hi, Alison. Uber Eats has all your summer favorites from Ulta Beauty, which means your sunscreen can just come to you. Your daily SPF, that new cleanser you've been wanting to try, whatever you need to glow this summer, delivered in as little as 25 minutes at the same prices you'd pay in a store. Shop their big summer beauty sale through July 11th and get up to 40% off summer essentials with new deals every week. Shop Ulta Beauty on Uber Eats and get your summer glow on. Hi. Oh my god, Amy. Hi. Hi. It's so nice to meet you. I can't tell you how nice it is to meet you. Is this your personal kitchen? It is. Yeah, I love here. It's like, uh, this big guy is here. This is Leonard. He's just such a big guy. Leonard. Yeah, he loves to be in the mix. Well, first of all, we're going to talk about Greta today, the great Greta, of course. But I do want to talk to you about first bloom, which is your brick and mortar store that you open in the cat's skills and you're opening perhaps other places. They perhaps. Yeah, I started a little grocery store in 2023, the open sort of like a, and I didn't, I didn't really have a full plan. I was like, I'm going to open a grocery store and that was it. And then I did and I was like, okay, well, now what? But it went really well. And I love doing it. And yeah, we're going to open one in Brooklyn later this year. I listen to podcasts while I grocery shop or listen to music because I like the, I don't really want to, I don't want to chat. No, I don't want to chat. Although I can do and part of the, I mean, I guess it makes sense because I did open a grocery store, but you know, like the, like the co-ops, I don't know. LA doesn't really have this is very Brooklyn. This is very Brooklyn. Yeah, I don't fuck with the co-ops. It's so stressful to me. Who is the time? Exactly. It's my worst nightmare to walk into a place and people are already disappointed about my participation. Oh, yeah. Like, hey, nice to see you. It's been a while. So that said, I did determine that like, I thought if there was a job that I would, would do at a co-op, which doesn't exist, but like, I would stand in the aisles and effectively like tell people what to do. Like if people were like, what do I do with like red lentils? I'd be like, oh, well, I hear, here are some great things. And then I just stand there. I don't have to do anything else. That's really smart. You'd just be like, you'd be like the cruise director. Like, let's talk about ramps. Yeah, what are you really going to do with them? Let's be honest with ourselves. Are they going to rot in the fridge? You're going to throw them away. You are. You're going to compost them. But like, the number of times I'm in a butcher shop, and I hear like a person most often a man who doesn't know what they're doing and they ask the butcher and the butcher, like gives them kind of vague advice. I sometimes pipe up. And I'm like, oh, you don't want to grill that. That's going to be a nightmare. Or you know, like sometimes I actually like to sear it briefly, you know, like, and I'd say eight times out of 10, they are so uninterested in what I have to say. Like, they're like, thanks. I'm just a lady in the butcher shop. They're like, thanks lady. Yeah. And I'm like, some people would kill for this. You're like, babe, I, this is, I'm a professional. Also, it's like, it's like, you're like a doctor on an airplane. And they're like, is there a doctor on board? And it's like, I guess I got a, I guess I got to go save a life. Yeah, exactly. And imagine, imagine having a medical issue and the doctor comes over and the people are like, we're good. You know, that's sort of what it feels like to me. I'm like being robust with the butcher, but okay. So speaking of Brooklyn, I feel like that is where maybe you met Greta. It is where I met Greta. Yeah. Didn't you work together at a restaurant? So we did. And I think like I was working at Milk Bar at the time, which was like that we shared a kitchen with Sambar, which is where Greta worked. Yeah. And but we were like in the basement. We were very separate. It was like Milk Bar people and Sambar people did not necessarily co-mingle. And so I knew of her. I think I saw her like the hot person that worked at Sambar. Yeah. Like the most beautiful person. Exactly. You're like, who's this hot, cool person that so well dressed? And it seems fun. Like I can't be friends with them. I was talking to somebody about this the other day, like how hard it is to be well dressed now because of the homogenous culture and everybody sees everything. But she so manages to carry through. I mean her style is the envy of every person with awareness of the internet that has seen all of her appearances over the last few years. But she's always had it. She's always had individuality that really comes through. Let's talk well behind her back. What do you love about her? I love that she is one of the hardest working and also kindest people that I've ever met. And I also, this isn't really like a virtue, but she is hilarious. She's so funny and so funny. So funny and like has a great sense of humor and is just like such a bright light in the world and no matter where she goes and like how she shows up, like just existing. She is as fabulous as you might think she is if you've never met her. And I have seen it with like with her kids and her family and her friends and with like a random server at a restaurant and with basically any human on the planet. She's just like exceedingly kind and generous, but and like hospitable. She has like a real like hospitality vibe around her. And I feel like she was always the person hosting. She was always the person inviting people over. It was the more the merrier energy every time. And that is such a rare personality trait, I think. Yeah, I mean, you you are a great example of this, but it does feel like host so much of hosting is the vibe you give off when you're hosting. Yeah. So I love hosting. However, I'll just say that I realize that at times I was a little bit of a stressy host. But you feel like you've outgrown that. Like you've moved on into a different era. I've worked on it. I've worked on it. Well, you also you realize that like no one has a good time when you're stressed out like everyone actually has a bad time. I know, but like we all know these things about you know when you're when something comes out of your mouth and you're like, oh, fuck, I said that out loud. Like, yeah, I still do it. I'll be like, oh, it's fine. No, it's really fine. Like it's not fine. I'll find it all too early. Or like I'm, you can eat that, but we're not not yet, you know, like whatever stupid shit he said. And then there's like the apology par where it's like, well, this was supposed to do it. But I didn't have to and it's like I even have to check myself. And because I'm so good at giving people advice to not do that. And then I do that. And I'm like, well, I'm a bad student of myself. Like I have to like practice what I preach here. But yeah, it's very hard. But I'm really happy to hear that you're on the other side of that or at least on your journey. I'm working on it with professionals day and night. Day and night. Okay, so we always start our episodes with a question for our guest. Do you have a question that you think Greta would like to answer or I should ask her? Yeah, absolutely. I was thinking about like what people don't know about her. Like what people maybe don't ask her often. Or like I wonder how much they get into like that restaurant part of her because I have a belief that like once you're a restaurant person, you're always a restaurant person and it teaches you a lot. So I kind of want to know like how in this iteration of her life in this career does like what from restaurant days has she held on to or like how has working in restaurants made her a better actor or or you know multi-hyphen it as a lesson. I love that question. I also was a restaurant person and waiter and for many, many years in New York and wanted to ask just that because I do think it is incredible training for life. Yeah, it's like the work I think is unparalleled. And I think that like she has so much of that and maybe that was pre restaurants. But I also think if you have it, you're more inclined to work at a restaurant. So it all kind of ties in together. Before we go, I'm going to ask you for some free advice. Like people do to doctors and to chefs. Which is I feel like my artichokes there's I have to take so much off. I can't even tell you how niche this question already is specifically to suit my intro. I have a dried artichoke on my in a vase right here. I did not this is just on my camera. Like I'm obsessed with artichokes. Me too. I just got back from Italy, not to brag. And the artichokes there were next level. It's divine. Incredible. I love I love how how it looks, I'm just I must be like, what a gardener feels like when they have to just like crazy prune a rose bush. Like, it's like, I have to cut all of that away. - You're like, I'm killing it. - I'm killing it. - 'Cause there's nothing left. - Cut the top, cut the, now, cut the stem, get all the leaves, almost all of the leaves off. I guess my question I'll make it is, how do you like to prepare your artichokes these days? - Well, forever and always, and let me also just say that I too have been to Italy, not to brag. Not recently, but it has happened. And the way that they do artichokes there is so like, they're almost treating them like a trash vegetable. Like, they're so prolific, and like, the way that they grow, and like, you see truckloads of them, and they peel or like, pair back, like, the whole thing. - It's just the heart. - And they're like, the rest is garbage. They throw it all. - Yeah. - And I had never treated that until I left the United States, obviously, because I grew up with basically a whole steamed artichoke, where you trim the stem, but the stem is super edible. I love eating the stem. The stem is basically like an extension of the heart. So it's just as tender, it's just as edible. It's sweet, it's delicious. But I just trim the leaves just right beyond the thorn. - Okay, and you cut the top. - And cut the top. - And they leave the whole leaf. Yeah, I cut the top to expose the little rows in the center. - Yeah. - But that's honestly just for aesthetics. Like, that's not really serving a purpose, but I like to do it. And then I'll season it with salt, and then I'll steam them. - Yes. - Like, you know, and then you're to a boiling water, artichokes, prop them up. - Do you take the size of your stuff out after they steam or before? - After they steam. - I think I learned that. I think I learned that from you. - I do have a video online on how to eat an artichoke. - Okay, thank you for confirming my positive artichoke bias. I can't believe you have a dried one right in front of you. - I know, just trim, oh, also I was gonna say trim away, like the tiniest leaves near the outside base of the stem. - Of course, I'm not an animal. - And then once you steam it, if any of the leaves on the outer part are too tough, just discard them. But I don't trim it too far in advance. - Okay, I love to hear this. Okay, listeners, I hope it's getting you hungry for artichokes. - Thank you so much, Allison, what a pleasure. And I'm sure Greta will be so happy that we talk. So thanks again. - I hope so. I love her so much. She's so wonderful. Bye. - Bye, bye Leonard. This episode is brought to you by Visible. How many of you are currently listening to this podcast on your phone? If you are chronically online, like we all are these days, your wireless network should be two. With Visible, you get unlimited 5G data and unlimited hotspot, all powered by Verizon's 5G network, the perks of big wireless for half the cost. Visible isn't just a wireless plan, it's unlimited wireless designed to always keep you connected and no contract holder you back. Switch today at Visible.com, plan start at $25 a month, or get our premium Visible Plus Pro plan and save $10 on your first month when you use promo code Hang, an exclusive offer for podcast listeners. Terms apply, see Visible.com for planned features and network management details. - Woohoo. - Bye. - Hi, bye. - Oh, you just want to stare at you. - Oh my God. Greta is here and she has her arms full of gifts. - Yeah, okay. So yeah, I have some flowers. It's a collection of natives and non-natives. People really care about that here. - From your garden? - From my garden. - Yeah. - Come on. - Look at that. - It's some white sage and some, you know, well, lemon verbena and some-- - And you wrapped it in a paper? - In a paper. - People, this is a professional wrapping job with a rubber band and everything. - This is gorgeous. - Thank you. - Okay. - We'll have a photo. - There's more. - I have this. - Okay, what do you also have? - It's like I'm worried you don't have a grocery store. Like you don't have access to-- - This is incredible. - This is from your garden? - Yeah. And I have these eggplants. Honestly, you're helping me. I can't eat this all. - Okay, I'm gonna say something, I'm very sorry. - What? - I don't like eggplants. - I knew, I knew, I'm so sorry. - I'm so sorry. - Get this out. Get it. Get them out of here. - I knew that. - I love how they look. - Fuck. - They're so funny. - I love it as an emoji. - Incredible. - I know. - But as a-- - You don't like the taste. - It's too slimy. - It's too slimy. - No, but you can learn. You can listen. This is the, now I know I've learned a lot of things you can do with eggplant. Okay, what about kale? You like kale? - Love kale. - Love kale. - Obsessed with kale. This looks like dinosaur kale. - Yeah, dinosaur kale and curly kale. - Oh my goodness. - Oh my goodness. - There are avocados. - Incredible. - Avocados from people listening. They're huge. - Yeah. - They're huge. You can't eat them for like a year. - You like, you can't, like, don't even give, like, just leave it here. It's like decoration. Don't even look at it. Don't touch it for like at least a year. - Okay. I'm pulling out a gigantic, that's an oro blanco. Excuse me. - See? - See, it's a, it's a cross between a pomello and a white grapefruit. They're delicious. - Wow. - Okay, it's really nice in like an alcoholic beverage with this is a Mexican lime. - Wow. - It's yellow. It's wonderful. And some of the lemon verbana, you can put like flowers in your drink. - I live in LA now. - What happened? - Well, hi. Remember me. - I know you're very old. - This is a very LA. - Look. - You have your own kale. - You have your own. - Grudder brother. - Your own kale. - This is bad. - She brought her kale. I mean, in LA, you have to have it in your car. - Yeah. - Sometimes, this to me is success that you have a garden and you bring in your fruit to people. - That is. - Is it? - Yeah. Oh gosh. - That's success. - Thank you. - We have done so much stuff together. - We have. - I was like looking at what we've worked on together and I want to talk about all of it. - I know. - We worked in broad city. We worked on a show called Old Soul. We worked on Sisters. Russian Doll. And I just want to start by saying, here's what I love about you. - Not only are you super talented and so good at so many things. But I feel like you, how I would describe you is you are a person who takes their work seriously but not themselves serious. - Oh. Would you think, would you agree that that's kind of true? - Yeah. I do. - I agree. - Yeah. - Next question. Okay. So how do we first meet? How do we first meet? - Because I don't remember when we met. I mean, we met on some project that we worked on, but what, which one, did I audition for you first? I mean, I'm sure we've brought city? Maybe. Maybe that time in New York gets really confusing to me. - Agreed. - Yeah. - And I feel like I end up talking about it a lot because once you get in the habit of telling your story of how you started, then you're like telling the story and then soon you're like, I don't even-- - Is this real? - Is this, did I? Am I lying? (laughing) - Because it's easier just to say the story. - Yeah. Who can I do for a city? - And, you know, I was on girls and then it was this really special, really important time for women and women in comedy. And there was this moment, it was very distinct too, because I think I was observing it somewhat from the outside a little bit because I was coming off of doing theater and I was like, really, just, I want to do straight theater. But Abby and Alana and, you know, you and Tina and Maya and everyone on SNL, brighting the wings of that into Lena and Schumer and everyone, it was really, it was big. - I want to talk about going back because it's so interesting you bring up the theater part, because in researching you, I did not know that you, before I met you, had already been on the West End, no one cares, no one cares about that. - I care about that. - What do you do? - Really? - Are you kidding me? - First of all, I know you love theater. - I don't know how people do it. So I want to ask you, okay, okay, but hold on, okay, going back even farther. Your mom, classically, classically trained pianist, your dad, doctor, what kind of doctor? - He is a physical therapist. I need him. - Do you? - Yeah, let's go. - What do you need? What's wrong with me? - Well, what's wrong with me? - I said I wasn't going to bring it up. - My fucking frozen shoulder is back, dude. - Who did? - I know. - Kicking up with that. - Okay. - So I need his number. - Yeah, Dr. Lee. - And please, nobody call in. Nobody call in. This isn't even a call-in show. - Wait, nobody? - I don't know. - I got it. - Do you want him to call in? - Nobody call in. - Please don't give me your advice about frozen shoulder. I know all of it. I know all of it. And I appreciate it. I can't. Okay. This we're cutting all of this. - I'm sweating. - I'm sweating. - Okay, your dad is physical therapist. - So you have a left brain, right brain, household growing up. - Yeah. - What was that? Was that true? - Yeah. I mean, I guess that's what they say. They're like, I don't know. My parents are weird. They're so amazing. - Tell me. - Tell me. - Tell me. - Tell me. - Wild. - What are they like? - They are. Okay. Well, I just took them to the Dior show. - I saw that. - I know. - So nice. - Here's the thing. You know, they invited themselves. I think everyone is talking about one incredible daughter. I am. Okay. - Well, that was my mom. That was a screen grab of a picture of Lachma. This is a venue for the show. - Yeah. - And she was like, didn't say anything. Just a picture of that. And on announcement that said, "Dior Crusho will be at Lachma with the new David Geffen Gallery." And I kind of, I just, I didn't really respond right away. What did I say? - I think made it. - You just gave it like a heart. - I am. - He was like, yeah. - He sent an eggplant emoji. - He's really excited. - He was like, "I'm very confused." - And she's like, "I hate it when you do this." - And no, she invited herself. She was like, "So I'm coming by time." - Yeah. - And your dad's coming too. Because it's not fair. He's coming too. If I'm coming, which is funny is that I was like, I didn't say you're coming. Okay, let's break this down now, because do you feel obligated to say, you can say no. - I could, but no, actually I can't. - Okay, okay, okay, okay. Because that's the dynamic. A little bit when it comes to certain things. I also, okay, I mean, to be fair, I go to these things and it's exciting, but to go with your parents, to go with my parents, it is something special. - It is. - They've never been to a fashion show before. - What did they think of it? - They were amazed. - Yeah. - They touched everything. They wanted everything. They took these blankets that were meant to keep people, they grabbed all of them. (laughs) They want, they have so many now. I mean, it was incredible. I don't know, they think they were, 'cause sometimes they get shy. I don't know if you have this with family or relatives. - I wish my parents were shy. - Okay, so they're not. - They go right up to like anybody. - They go to like, - We're big fans of yours. - Yeah, we want a picture before the night's over, like that kind of thing. - They're the demanding type. - Yes. - Yeah, like a little entitled. - My parents were not shy. - Are not shy. - My parents, the thing, I would rather that, but what makes it even more confusing is they're both. It's like a light switch. They're either like, so like cause playing like some sort of like silent shy demure thing. - Yeah. - And then it'll just switch to super aggressive, super demanding, you know. - Do you know who my daughter is? Like that kind of stuff. - But your parents are first, are you first Jen? - They immigrated and had me here. - Okay. - So I'm the first person in my family to go to school in America. - Got it. - And they immigrated from Korea, met there. And then they spoke Korean in the home, or mostly English. - Korean was my first language. - Yeah. - I had a really fucked up accent actually, because we moved. By kindergarten, I was in Brooklyn. - And I had, we were living in Canary States. And I had like a Korean Brooklyn accent. - What does that sound like? - They won't tell me. I want to know so bad. - Is there anyone that has that accent now that I keep pointing back people and like like her? Like that? - No. - And they're like, no. - No, but I went to ESL and I went to speech therapy and all of that. - I'm dying to know. - Oh, how funny. - I want to talk about language in general, cause a lot of your work is like circles around that, especially the most beautiful film. My favorite film of the past five, 10 years past class. - Sisters. - Sisters, yeah. (laughing) - That's right. - Yeah. - But you're a little kid, you do singing competitions. Classical, singing. - Yeah. - What's the difference between classical singing and singing? - Well, it was like, it was opera. - Okay, there we go. - It was another way to say opera. (laughing) - Well, yeah. But I did things like, oh, I won like the Bach Festival. I'm like, it's just so, what was I doing? - You were just being smart and doing so many things. But I was so into it. - Yeah. - And my siblings, both my siblings, can sing pretty much every Italian Aria because of me. Like they hate singing it at me now. But that's like, I was so into it. - You were singing Italian Aria's at what age? - I mean, middle school, I started in middle school. I was like a conductor of a children's choir at one point. (laughing) - Oh my god. - Did they ask you to do it or do you just do it? - No, they didn't. - I just did it. - They were like, why is she doing that? (laughing) - They were like, man, you need to leave. - Stop, stop doing that. - I mean, you're a big time achiever. I mean, you work really hard. - And that's you. - I want to stop doing that. - Well, I mean, what is like a through line in all of your stuff? Is that, and what I meant in the very beginning, is like, you really show up and you work really hard, but there's an ease to when you work. There's not a striving vibe about you at all, Greta. But when you are, when you look at what you've done, before you arrived in New York, before you were getting all those acting parts, you were winning competitions and you were studying theater and in Broadway shows. - Basically, I had my first job right out of the gate in New York City actually was law and order SVU. I did one episode of those. - Okay, pause. - Yes. Okay, so we love law and order at this show. - Yes, you do. - We interviewed Mariska, the great Mariska Hargote. - I did, I did a scene with her. - Okay. - Okay, yep. - Now, I tend to sometimes stay a little bit away from SVU because too sexy. (laughing) - Well, that's the one way to put it. (laughing) - Mariska's too damn sexy. - Because I get worried about like, is it gonna be, is a girl gonna be in the door? Is she hanging from the pole? - It's a lot. - What? - I was in the intcess, I didn't know what to do. (laughing) - I knew it, I knew it, I was so afraid to ask. - It was such good residual. - I'm not so upsetting. It did so well, I'm caught. - Wait, okay. - So you were, (laughing) - That is the thing. - I want it, the young version of me wants to be an SVU. - I know, I don't want it on order, but you, okay, it's a really big deal. But so imagine though, that's my first job, right? - Sure. - And I comb my parents, I remember parents, and I'm like, I didn't, oh my gosh. Okay, it's airing this time. - They, and they didn't tell them what it, like I'm not gonna tell them, but I'm like, okay. (laughing) - I don't know what, I don't know what they thought. - What do you remember about shooting that with Mariska and team, were you? - Oh, just, I was like terrible. Like, you know, the bells are like, (imitates bell) like, I had no idea what it was doing. - Yeah, people don't know that. - Sometimes when you're in like a big studio, before they start the scene, they like ring this giant scary bell. - Like, tornadoes coming. - Yeah, that's a good thing. (laughing) - And instead of ducking and hiding or running, you're supposed to act. - Yeah, and they're like, now go cry. - Exactly. (laughing) - So creepy. - Did you have to cry? - What do I have to do? Oh no, I had to, I was the roommate of the victim. - Okay, that's, so I wasn't participating in God. - Thank God, great. So you just, we're around. You know, like, you're like, I don't even know. - I didn't do it. (laughing) - Come on, come on, oh man. - You're like, I don't know. She was here last Tuesday night and then she wasn't. - It's, yeah. - Okay, Putnam's spelling bee is the next big job. - Yeah. - What does it like to do shows? How did you, I mean, you're a young person next time. But what did you do to prep and get ready? I'm always very curious, but people that are on Broadway. - Yeah. - The seven shows or eight shows a week. - Mm-hmm. - I don't know. I think, tell me a lot of things happening. 'Cause I also, I graduated from Northwestern, which was a big 10 school. Like, it was an incredible theater program and all of that. It was also a big 10 school. So I learned how to like, do like a keg stand and made all kinds of friends from Shabwagon, Wisconsin. And it was very formative. - Yeah. - And I kind of, then was bringing that sort of like, oh, I'm gonna move to New York City and become an artist and live like a Sex and a City fantasy. But I had a very intense full-time job. And you kind of, it takes so much discipline. And I think that, you know, it was hard. - I bet. - I was 21. - Yeah. - I was 21, 22 trying to figure out how to be a responsible professional show up on time. - Yeah. - You know, every time. - Right. - But you're on the West End. I want to ask you about Mark Reilins. - Yes. - I love him. He's an incredible actor. - Yes, he is. Yes. That whole experience was also very unique, very special. We did a play called LeBette. - Mm-hmm. It was set in 16th century France and it was an Iambic pentameter. - Oh. - My character only spoke in words that ran with blue. - Oh, dear. (laughing) - Well, say, oh, dear. - Yeah. - Oh, dear is right. - That would definitely be one of those things that I would show up on and be like, oh, man. I wish I knew this. - No, I think you would be like, yes. - Really? I think you would. - Okay, cool. But this is like, when I guess in talking about this, I'm like, god, life is long. I'm like, I, wow. There's like so much stuff. People have no idea about it. - Well, you have had an amazing, interesting bunch of jobs. You have, you have toggled between very dramatic and very comedic, which few people can do well. And you have gone back and forth and back and forth. - I don't know why. - Well, 'cause you're tiring. - You're really good at both. - Stop being so good at both. - Stop being good at both. - I mean, I'm always worried that we're gonna lose you because you're so naturally funny. That you are gonna lose me into my garden. I'm gonna go and you're gonna never come back. - You're gonna make jokes to the end. - They're gonna get married. - I'm gonna get married. - I'm gonna be married. - That, yeah. No, I'm afraid we're gonna lose you to like the drama worlds. - Oh, you won't. - Okay. - All right. - Whatever. - Okay, so then here's something fun. You and I have something in common that I don't think we ever talked about, which is that we both work in restaurants. Yeah. And I do think there is like a very specific type of person that works in restaurants, especially like New Yorky restaurants. Yeah. And you're younger than me, but I imagine we at the same time in our lives worked in like kind of like fancy restaurants in New York. So we do something on the podcast where we ask a friend or someone to speak well behind your back and give me a question. We talked to Alison Roman today. Oh my goodness. Yes. Oh my Brooklyn buddy. Yes. And she was with her cat Leonard. And we were talking about, she was talking about so many things that she loves about you. Your ease as a person and as a host. Your incredible style and like how you don't make anybody feel bad that you're the prettiest, coolest person. You never make us feel bad about it. Which thank you, Greta. And also just your work ethic, like how you have this way of kind of getting things done that feels like somebody who used to work in the restaurant. Because you were working with her, right? Where were you guys working together? We were working for David Chang at the Momofuku restaurants. What was that like? That was a hot restaurant. I'm crazy. It was so fucking crazy. Crazy. I just, so hard. So hard. So hard. So, so hard. Yeah. But at that time in New York, though, it's like, what year was that? From like 2007, 2008 to, I don't know. I mean, it was there on and off for good five years, maybe more. Yeah. Like I go do a job. I'd book something and think like, oh, good, but I'd have like a big good. It's like I'm never coming back. Yeah. And then, yeah. Oh, and like pick up the tab, you know, probably like, oh, my God, my friends who worked in finance. I'd like book like one, one commercial. And they're like, I got this. I got these buddies down even, right? And then just come crawling back. But that time for food was really exciting. I bet it. David Chang. And we're friends now. We have kids the same age and, you know, we live really, really close and we have mutual friends. And it's funny reminiscing about that time collectively because there's just, it's like chefs for rock stars. Yeah. And being a part of that was really exciting for all of us. Was it like working at like a restaurant that is so hot, you know, that everybody wants to get to? What was the, what was it like? I was so powerful. Yeah. I was a hostess. I was like, basically encouraged to be mean. So great. Incredible. Yeah. Okay. As a past hostess, I'm a very fancy restaurant. Yeah. What would you say to people? Never works. Oh. You don't even mean like, when would people get, you know, what would they do that you'd be like? Absolutely. Not. The culture was different then. And you would easily tell someone, okay, it's going to be four hours. Yeah. That's not even within like a meal, a stretch of a meal time. Like four hours, like dinner time is over. Like if you're starting four hours is crazy. What are four hours to get seated or four hours to eat? Four hours to get seated. Oh, wait. Time to tell someone like, and they're like, thank you. Certainly. I have another. Yeah. So do I just wait over here or do I like, do you want my phone? I'm like, no. Go away. That's what that means. Yeah. Four hours means it's not happening. Yeah. It's not happening. Did you ever have people try to slip you cash? Yeah. Mm-hmm. And did they ever like try to like through like fancy names around like, yes, but that I, I, I think that that restaurant though, I don't know where you work. That was really discouraged. Yeah. So it was helpful. Like that just wouldn't work. Sure. I mean, I, I, I feel like when I was waiting tables, there was, there was definitely a vibe of like a, a finance vibe, I guess is the only way to say it. And let's be honest, it was finance, bros, yes, who were like, I'm willing to spend a lot of money here. Like that was the vibe like, I know you might have a system and reservations, yes, but I'm very rich. Yes. I know. Like, I'm going to have so many oysters. Yeah. Where did you work? Where did you work? Where did you work? I was in a place called Aqua Grill. Oh, my God. Do you remember it? Yeah. Rest in peace. Oh, my God. Yes. Oh, I see it now. Yeah. It was so ho. We were like a so ho gang. Oh, yes. And I'm really just very like seafood. Yeah. So hard. So hard. Yeah. You have to wear like a press shirt, a button. Yeah. You have to wear a button down. Okay. And a button down and I think it was a maroon apron. Oh, wow. However, maroon was really big. Yes. I do. So Alison's question. Sorry. So let me get back to Alison. So Alison's question was a really good money. I thought, which was like, what have you held on to from your restaurant days? Like how does it help you as an actor? Yeah. Does it? Do you think about any of that? Like, is there any connection to what you do now? I think like, you know, the expression being in the weeds, what that can feel like and like the crush of it and how exhausting it is. And I feel like that part that I don't know. I kind of like multitasking, extreme multitasking. Yeah. What we do. I was thinking about something I shot where I was drowning. Oh my god. Acting. Acting so weird. So weird. Why do we do it? I don't know. I hate it. I hate it too. I can't do it. So why did you have to drown? And is this recent? No, no. Yeah. Is it? Okay. So you were drowning. You were drowning. I'm not a spoiler alert, but did you know, Amy, that acting like you're drowning for something is just drowning? I can't. Did you know that? This is why you shouldn't do this. No. And there's no reason to do it. It's not any, and even getting in water absolutely not. No swimming. Nothing. So yeah, right. They're like, okay. So do the fake drowning. Yeah. I know. Okay. I guess it's the swallowing water. You have to choke and you have to, and when it's really good, they don't know if you're acting. Yeah. You're dying. Oh, how are they going to know that? And they tell you things like, well, you give them the sink signal, but we have big notes. But if you're dying, you're going to give the signal. Yeah. You can't give the signal. Because it really breaks the mood. It breaks the mood. Yeah. And also, you want to be good. So in reality, if you're like, well, it turns out, maybe you don't. But if you are successful enough at the drown, then you, it's impossible to distinguish between real and not, you know, this goes under a thing I like to say, don't be good at things you don't want to do. Right. So if you're good at the drown, you're going to get asked to do it again. Oh my god. So be careful. Because if that scene is there was a lot of it. Yeah. And they're going to be like, she's good. Yeah. She's good. She's good. She gets scuba certified. Oh my god. No scuba. No scuba. No scuba. People should not scuba. Sorry. I have a lot of hot takes today. But scuba. Yeah. Absolutely not. Okay. You have two boys. Yeah. And I'm the mother of two boys and they're how old. Okay. The follow is nine now and Raft just turns seven. So having a seven and nine year old, those are kind of delicious times for boys. What's it like being the mom of boys? I'm obsessed with them. Yeah. Oh god. Yeah. I love them so much. Yeah. Oh, it's so annoying. Yeah. They're your little husbands. They are. They're my little husband. Yeah. Just. Yeah. They're your best friends. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. The joke is kind of that boy moms are, I guess, like a little more worn down because, you know, not all boys, of course, but and not all people, kids that identify as male, but in general, you have to play. Yes. There's a lot of things. Why do you think I'm so tan? You're just always outside playing just outside. I'm like running on the bicycle. I'm like, I'm doing stuff. know with the boy. I know you're like it's always like camp. It's like, let's go run them out every day. Yeah. We got to run them like dogs. You do. Yeah. And, um, uh, yeah, because I'm also talking about how much I want them to be outside and how much I want them to be in their bodies. And so what does that mean? I have to be outside. Like I want them to play soccer. I'm playing soccer. Like I want them to, I'm doing all of it. Do you like doing it? Are you an athletic person? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I do like it. Yeah. Do you play sports and like what was your sport? I was like, I, this, I'm such an actor. I was always like good enough. I'm really good at faking it. Oh my God. Me too. You know what I mean? I was good with chatter. Yeah. Like I really, really quite have the athletic thing. But I was, I was really good at the talk. Yeah. Same. Yeah. Same. But sometimes I get it wrong. And the kids are like, what are you doing? Like, are you fast? Do you run? Yeah. Incredible. I know. But what's that again? Had to do that for a movie. Oh God. That's right. I said, don't don't worry. Nobody's going to ask me to run for a movie. It is so hard. So hard. It is so hard. You run it. It's bad for you. It's actually bad for you. I absolutely agree. Yeah. I had to run in something where what did you have to run it for John? I had to pretend that I was going to be killed if I didn't run for my life. Okay. So if you think about that movie and you think about like the end, like no, I'm going to say like half of that movie, my character is running for her life. And I'm not like, you just have to sprint. There's no way to train for that. And my character isn't a marathon runner. So it doesn't justify me. It's just like me in this state. Then suddenly running like, I don't know, like 13 miles like in one, you know, a night shoot where I'm just what I broke. Yeah. Again, I was like, you ran 13 miles. I measured and yeah, with I forgot how many takes we did where this one. Yeah. This is a shot where it was like running along the length of a pier. And they had to bring in the we shot down production because the next day I took one step and I couldn't, I couldn't walk. Of course. Yeah. Of course. Cause you were you basically ran a half marathon without any training. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I train, I train, I train, but I didn't train in the right way. I mean, I didn't know how like I didn't know how. I remember doing um, blaze of glory. This ice skating movie. And the we had an incredible like ice dancing coach who like was in the Olympics. And she would just be teaching me and I was like, I'm not going to be able to do this. Like I am an actor. I will try my best. But there's I can't learn how to be an ice dancer. I don't. I gave you 15 years. If you gave me all the money in the world, like we're going to have to we're going to work on to work around this. You would just tell her this. And then much what would she say? Well, really good coaches, you know, they just are like, they're like, yeah, I mean, you got this right now. I'm like, I do not have this. And to your point about the chatter, I would, we would have our like workouts, which I dreaded. Um, even though she was so wonderful. And I would, I learned I was like, Oh, you know what? If I get a little coffee in her and ask her a couple questions, yeah, I can burn some of this time because we only had an hour. So I would buy her coffee. Oh my gosh. And I remember I would she would sit in front of the clock and we'd be right behind her and be like, What is going on with your daughter? And she was like, Okay, well, we have to get to work. But anyway, and she would because I was like, please, don't put me on ice. Anyway, yeah. Did you train? But you now run on your own in life? Okay, good. Thank God. God. Don't run again. No, don't ever run again. It's really bad for you. Don't do it. Um, okay. When I met you, you had done a bunch of TV, like you said, you were on Red City, you were on girls, you were doing a bunch of different things. And we worked together on a show called Old Soul Natasha Leon, a pilot that did not get picked up, right? And was a basic idea was Natasha was kind of the youngest person in a group of very old people. And we gathered these incredible actors, Fred Willard, Richard Benjamin, Ellen Burston, Marla Gibbs, um, uh, Rita Moreno. Yes. And it was a crazy cast shot, not picked up. Yeah. Insane. Right. What do you remember about that? Do you have any memories of that time? I remember Rita Moreno told me I was on my phone too much. Really wasn't. I still think about it. It's like one of those things. You know, you just can't, you're, I can't let go of that because I'm like, I was barely and I'm, I'm not on social media now. Like I'm very, I don't consider myself to be addicted. I'm not. I wasn't. Well, but she told me I was. It's funny. I'm having a memory that I did a movie with, um, uh, Charles Grodin, a movie called The X and he said, you're always on your phone. And I put my phone down like I remember spying like, thank you for that feedback. But Rita, Rita gave it to you. Yeah. She did. Yeah. But she also, she, I think she had just written a book or I know she was giving a lot of sort of like, yeah, life advice and sort of her take on things. And yeah, it's so fun. Yeah. It was really fun. Yeah. With that crew. I remember it feeling like such a sure thing. I know. I know, right? Okay. And then we work together on sisters. Yes. Which is a movie for people, Paula Pell wrote it, me and Tina were in it. It was a crazy talented cast. None of whom worked enough in my opinion. It was like weeks and weeks. What? What? How? It was no sense. What was happening? I don't know. It was just like, how? You and Kate McKinnon and, um, Bobby Moynihan just like at craft service, just like just there. So long for so long, because that sinkhole, remember, there's that that sound stage that's right to be indoors, but the house, like all the plants were dying. That's really decomposing. Do you remember? Yeah, we had to build a sinkhole. That's right. It didn't start to smell there. For some, they built us, not you guys, but they built like Bobby, Kate, um, um, who else? John Glazer. Yeah. These little plywood cabinets, like little boxes. They were like dog houses. Just sit in to sit. I don't know what they wanted us to do with them. But that's what we had. And we were in the box. And we would just wait. Why were we there for so long? That movie took so long. It did. And also, I can remember, because everybody on them, John, like with some, but there were a lot of like very talented people. And when you're smart enough to be working for a long time, there's definitely a feeling when you walk into something, you're like, okay, we're going to be shooting at like a sinkhole for two weeks. Yeah. Where you start to angle, like you're like, do I? Do you think my character is here? It needs to be like, I wonder if she's already left the party. The sisters, like you, you are a sister. And you're like, could she have left the party? I feel like she's gone. And there was a couple of moments where we're like, camera was shooting this way. And whoever was in the background was like, oh my God. Samantha B was in the, I was like, I'm going to be in the background of this shot for the next two weeks. Oh, but so I apologize. Thank you. Thank you. I came here to accept this apology. Now I have it. But it's so nice, though, thinking about, I feel like that doesn't happen anymore. I know. I would say yes to that anymore. It's going to be like, what? You actually can't ever be like, no, that's we have fought our unions have fought for you did not do that anymore. Are unions have fought against the wooden boxes? No, but I remember, I remember that time when we got to improvise together. And I feel like that scene that we got to do together is really funny. But I'm curious if you think it still holds up. Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. I think it does too. Why? Because it's tricky territory. So there's a scene in the film where Greta's character is playing like, well, you first think is like this kind of submissive quiet, but like secretly angry nail technician, nail technician, who you think cannot speak English very well. And this is kind of like dealing with these ridiculous women. And my character is doing that like gross kind of liberal thing where she's trying to connect like, tell me about you, you know, and how do you pronounce your name? And let me save you. Yeah, exactly. Very white savior, bullshit. And we are doing it back and forth. And but it does, it does walk a little bit of a line. And it is the bigger question for me about like, in your career, I'm sure you've had to decide over and over again, do I want to play a character that could seem stereotypical? Do I want to, do I want to speak Korean in this part? Do I want to like, like, what has that been like for you to have to try to figure that out? Everybody has to kind of figure out how they're going to exploit what they naturally know how to do at the beginning of their career. But it's not always based on their ethnicity. Like, right, how do you, how do you juggle that or manage that or have you? It's annoying. Yeah, it's annoying to navigate. But you know, with that, that was an easy decision for me. Because and I, and I understand the kind of the conversation around it. And what was tricky to navigate, um, but it's just, it's people. Like I, I have so much love for heroin because I, I know that I know, I know her so deep and I, some of my funniest experiences, um, at Nail Saland, I was more, I, you know, it's, it's switched. And, you know, I think that scene also works because, you know, status is inverted. And, yes, and I think that it's easy to assume. And I think it's easy to assume if you are not in the marginalized position to, um, assume like, oh, no, like this is, this is hurtful or this is, but I think when you're looking at people and for me in that moment, it's, she is in total control. Yeah, that's so funny. Totally. And I've been in that situation at the Nail Saland. Well, that's a thing about comedy. It's tricky, right? It's like, if it's funny, yeah, then there's something that's striking the right cord, but you can't always figure out what it is. And it's not funny unless it's true. Yeah. And there's something about that that was very true. Yeah. And I felt like what we were doing and, and what the opportunity was, was a chance to play something that rang very true for me, and I could see, I knew it was going to be funny. Yeah. I knew she was going to be funny and there were many opportunities for her to come alive and like, yeah, be a person. Yeah. Yeah. You play someone completely different in Russian doll. Yeah. You play this like, beautiful kind of like, sweet birthday, baby, let's get ready to party. Like, the version of like, who you want to have greet you at the door, like the ultimate hostess. Yeah. And also, just this kind of like, lost but free spirit, like so aspirational, this woman, what was your experience like in Russian doll? What is it like to say a line over and over again and like for that line to become so iconic and like, to also to be on a show that was such a hit. Yeah. How wild was that? Yeah. I mean, well, you know that first I said no. Yeah. I was like, there's no way I was, I just felt like, I don't know how to do this. I don't know why to do it. Remember why you said no? Yeah, I was like, I don't know how to say the same line again and again. Yeah. I asked you guys, I said, can we just shoot it once and you can reuse that? Right. And you said no. Right. So for me, no, I produced Russian doll along with Natasha and Leslie Headland and we were and we were talking about Greta's character specifically being like this reset, you are the reset. You're kind of home for that character. You really are a safe person. You play us even though you play this twinkly, sparkly, like I'm sure crazy lady, you are safe. So they're with the chicken and it's like, yeah. So you have to do the same line over and over again because the show, they start over and over again and it's kind of like Natasha's character has to reset. So how did what was it like to do? Was it like, did you get into it? Well, I said the line, I think that way once and then I realized that was the way I had to say it every single time and I can't say it felt like I had landed like the perfect way I wanted to say it. It was already like, I was like, that's that's that's the one. Okay. Great. Moving on. Let's get her in. Let's get her in. Let's get her in. Yeah. Okay, good. Let's get to the drowning scene. Don't run. Okay. Moving on. Yeah. Yeah. I love acting with Natasha. Yeah. My buddy, Tash. Yeah. And it's been some time, but there is this thing with her where I feel it feels different for me than than other people that I've acted with. There's something there's something that happens when I act with her and and that was true for Russian doll too because it's not I can't say that they're I could lie and tell you that I came up with some like insane backstory and boarded like each time we went back, but it wasn't it wasn't that it was just about friendship. Yeah. And like it's just like a connection that you have with someone and Natasha over the years I just like, she's just one of those people that I had like a very instant connection with. Yeah. And you just look into those huge fucking eyes and you are just so locked in and and it's just. It's so nice. Yeah. It's I think it's what anchored that show was the genuine chemistry between the two of you because you work together. Yeah. It's such great respect for each other. You work so well together. And that show is about like who is who are my chosen family? Who are the people that are going to be like at my birthday party, saving me from myself. Yeah. Who are they going to be? And you can't really fake that and you definitely had that. Yeah. Okay. But now I'm moving on to drink. Is it weird that I'm drinking Diet Coke? Honestly, like I feel like no, I don't look like I'm. You are the first guest to have a soda and it is a clear glass which we probably forced you to do. Yeah. You know what? I'm so tired. I'm just tired. Now is that is that a straight-up Coke? Is it Diet Coke? I mean, that's what was available. Yeah. I was like, you're not drinking any any judgment here. Sometimes you do so. Like a little soda. Yeah. Are you coffee drinker? Yeah. And why are you so tired? Too personal? No. I mean, what's going on with your sleep? Let's get to it. Go ahead. I know. All right. Look, I was like, I don't want to talk about Perry Menopause. Because it's like all night. I know too. I just talked about it. I just talked about it before. You're frozen. Which one is frozen? I brought it up again. I said to Jenna. Yeah. I was like, I'm not. I said, I'm like, not going to talk about it. Because it's like, it makes me feel so old. And women out there suffering. You're not old. You're beautiful. But I am an old, old, old crown. I'm an old, crony witch who can't lift her. I'm trailing behind you. And I'm right there. Left. Left. Left shoulder. Millennials are just getting old. And I'm here to tell you, as Gen X. Yeah. First of all, welcome. Like we welcome you. Like coming on the other side of it is not bad. It's actually kind of nice to not be young. I consider young. It's kind of nice. But you have a frozen shoulder. But it's a nightmare for the body. It's a nightmare. Every day. No. The body. I know. It's happening. I don't know. I like, I don't actually drink soda. I am today. Do you know what I mean? I know that you're a kid. That's what you're like. Yeah. Whatever it takes. Yeah. Let's try it. Um. What is your sleep routine? What do you like to do? Like, how do you talk to me about your nighttime? My nighttime? Well, when I'm home, right, and I'm too much travel. Yeah. Too much travel? What? Yeah. Yeah, traveling. Oh, yeah. The travel. Yes. Too much. Like, oh, my God. I was in Korea two weeks ago. Three weeks ago. Okay. This is why you're so tired. But yeah. But what were you doing in Korea? It was. It was a film festival. Well, speaking of Korea, and thank you for that transition. Past lives. Yeah. What? Greta. Yes. I believe I may have texted you. I think you did. I mean, that movie is spectacular. Your performance in it, everyone's performance in it, Celine is so beautifully directed. Yeah. It's just like we were talking about it earlier today, and anticipation of this. And we were just talking about like the meditative quality of it, the rhythm of it, like the music of it. It's like everyone is watching and being watched at different times. It's just like beautiful triangle. The actors are so great. You are so good in it. It is, it must feel so wonderful being such a good movie. [LAUGHTER] Does it? [LAUGHTER] It feels so good. It feels so good. It feels so good. It feels so good. It feels good. It feels good to be in a good mood. It feels so good. It feels good. It feels really good. It feels good. You want it all the time. That's what you want. I know your performance in it is so beautiful. Thank you. All the awards. And like, I know the award season is long over. That's been made. Did you win? I don't even know. Did you win? No. I should have won. I should have won. Did you win? I don't even know. Did you win? I don't even know. Did you win? I don't even know. I don't even know. I don't even know. I couldn't have introduced you as a camera. I wouldn't have corrected you. No, no. That's bullshit, of course. What is Celine like to work with? You know, was her first? It was her first movie. Crazy. I think it was her first time in the director of "Pastless." So was it just collaboration city there? Yeah, it was in own thing. Yeah. I'm never going to have anything like that. I felt like it's I felt like we're making something that it's going to be something. You did. You could feel that. And it felt very yeah, extremely collaborative. She'd done a lot of theater and it was so personal and it was just everyone was taking such a big risk too. Like I had no idea if I was going to be able to act in Korean. Yeah. And and also to I'd never been the number one in a movie on the call she ever before. I'd never done drama in that way. Like I hadn't done realism. Okay, you you'll understand this. I had I realized this this instinct that I needed to turn off where I would improvise my face off. And I needed to turn I needed to stop doing that. Yeah. Where I would fill the silence jokes. Can you imagine past lies with like what the hell. What the hell. Where'd you get that? Russian dollars. Like crap crap. I didn't speak any my language. She'd be like stop. Stop that. You're like what? We did all this such a name and true response like what? What? I'm not doing anything. Yeah. The whole idea that the camera was going to stay on my face with nothing happening. I it what I like I could not handle it. I could like I would I would be like cut. Cut. Cut. We got it. Yeah. Just long shot. Just looking out the window. Yes. We're so long. Yes. It's that is thank you for sharing that because I so relate. Yeah. It is like my hardest thing to just be kind of like still in the moment. Yeah. Like you said sit in the kind of like in-betweenness of it all. Right. And that film does that beautifully like you that dreamy quality of the in-betweenness of everything. Yeah. Whatever you had to adjust you adjusted perfectly because it is so I recommend to anybody who has not watched past lives. I mean, it's my favorite kind of like melancholy nostalgic like kind of happy sad love dream. And yes, it was a side of you that of course I knew that you had but I don't think a lot of people I got to see which is to your point the kind of like space given to you and to give into the project was really amazing. Yeah. I think at one point I counted how many seconds was the longest number of seconds that I've been in one take. Like literally for the front for it to stay on my face for longer than I think it was like a couple of minutes. Yeah. Which was really wild. Well, you know what? It makes me it leads me to the question that I like and I want to form the right question because I it's the idea of being looked at and watched in general even though we're in this profession and you would think we would be comfortable with it. But and yet, what do we do? What do we do? But you are fashion. Like you are a fashion icon Greta. You're basically a model. I don't you were you're so you had the best clothes in the world. You're incredible at posing. Thanks. And there's something that comes over you. Yeah. Were you like acting? It's acting. It's like character acting. Yeah. I think when ever since I was really little, I just wanted to be a male character actor. Like I wanted to be one of the guys and I and I think that posing on a red carpet is not like, you know, De Niro or like. But okay, I'm going to make a connection to De Niro is when I see you being like when when we're all watching you on the I'm just talking about like fashion carpet stuff because it takes a certain like you have to kind of withstand the the gaze the the male gaze usually but but just the general gaze that you have this very solid foundation in that moment that is very De Niro. Which is it's very baller like you you have a very like confident vibe and you know you have great style and you know what you like to wear. I do. And I have great people working with me. Well, so you're fucking Kalman Kleiner. Oh, God, she's running. But you know, in that running, but the abs do the abs. Oh, God. I mean, I don't want to I don't want to objectify you, but you what is going on with your body? It's like you're so rich. It's actually rude. It was actually rude for people. Okay. Okay. Toy Story Finds. Yes. Toy Story Finds. Kalman Kleiner. Toy Story Finds. Okay. Pixar. Yes. Is this your first time working with Pixar? Yeah. Can you talk about the character you are in? Can we talk about it? I play the villain, the main new villain. Oh, my God. Exciting. I play an iPad. Oh, my play. Her name is Lily pad. Oh, she's an iPad. Oh, wow. It was just fun. Yeah. And the movie, the movie is so good. Oh, I bet. It really. Joan Qsack. Oh, my God. Don't Qsack. I love her soul. What Joan does is just, I mean, oh, my gosh, I think I cried six times during like a like a screening. It was really embarrassing like with her and and Tim and I was just crying. Oh, God. I love a Pixar cry. There's like nothing like it. This is such a good. I think if you like past lives, you are going to love Toy Story Five. Serious. That's an incredible tagline. I'm serious. I'm serious. Oh, it's really good. Oh, I think I might be trying to put together what you're saying, but that sounds amazing. Yeah. Oh, wow. Speaking of Joan and things, people that we love and people who make us laugh, I always ask my guests, who are you listening to? What are you watching? What video, TV show, movie, what are you reading? Anything that you're doing right now to like laugh and enjoy. High-low does not have to be fancy. Yeah. Okay. So are you ready? My something that I literally just started watching is my friend ascending me these YouTube stain removal videos. Okay. Let's talk with it. Okay. Yeah. So there's one guy. I love stain removal. You love it too. Yeah. All right. Here we go. Yeah. So what you would type in? Ink stain removal stain. Ink stain. I'm going to start with the the toughest ones. Ink stain is the toughest one. Okay. See? Gentle gentleman's Gazette. Okay. The right ways to remove ink stains. Okay. To remove ink stains. All right. So Gentleman's Gazette. Greta's been watching the right way to remove ink stains. Here we go. Again, I have got to get my commercials off YouTube. I think actually YouTube reached out and offered a thing. And I was like, I don't. This just seems too hard. What do you mean? Like, what do you mean? I got to get a new account. I mean, it just seems too much. Okay. Oh, cute. Yeah. Right? Okay. So this is nice. Gentleman name Preston. This is a stain removal emergency. So to this time to see our tips. Isn't that nice? Yeah. Oh, so he tells you if it's an emergency, skip the intro. And he's going to tell you the first thing you need to do is make sure you get it off your hands. I love this guy already. He's treating us like, like, we're idiots. But if you've found your way to this video, then it's nice. It's really nice. And this is, this is the condensed video. Now Preston is pulling out a fountain pen, which, right. Oh, you don't use a fountain pen. You've only signed your contracts in the fountain pen. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, I know we're finishing up, but are you gardening now? Are you getting things for asking? I am. I'm getting into it. I'm getting into it. Yeah. I'm like, what's going on? Well, I'm making. I'm right now. I've planted some lettuces, like easy, like lettuces. Lettuces to made it. Is it hard? Lettuces, hard? Lettuces. Shit. Lettuces is the hardest. It's so easy. It's already done. Take it out. Take it out. It's hard. It's rip it out because it's too hot for lettuce here. Oh, because this one. I'm not gardening here, honey. I'm gardening on the east coast here, then no way. Disgusting. Rip out the lettuce here. No, no, I'm doing a east coast. But it's still going to be hot, but you're right. It does burn, doesn't it? And it bolts. It flowers because it's too hot. And then it gets better. I like that we're ending with gardening because you love gardening. I find it very gratifying. But now a lot of actors are doing it too. And I'm just like, oh, I had to break it too. You're an actor. I am. Yeah, I am. We just found out, go ahead. Academy award winning actor. You heard it here first. That's right. Greta Lee. Yep. Love you, Greta. I love you so much. Thank you so much for doing this. Thanks for having me. Of course. Thank you for my beautiful gift of bounty. Yes. Enjoy it. And my gorgeous, my gorgeous produce. Yeah. You can't eat that avocado anytime soon. I really need to get out with my show. Yeah. Thank you so much, Greta Lee. You are so funny and talented and beautiful. And it's just such a pleasure to get to talk to you. And, um, you know, Greta has done so many things and worked with so many great people. And we talked a little bit about Joan Q. Zack today. So for this polar plunge, I just want to remind everybody yet again about the genius that is Joan Q. Zack. I mean, you know her from 16 candles, from working girl, from a school of rock, high fidelity, broadcast news. Do yourself a favor. Open up a bottle of wine and watch broadcast news tonight. Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Q. Zack. Just film and comedy at its best. So thank you, Joan. Thank you, Greta. Thank you all for listening and see you soon. Bye. You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weissberman and me, Amy Poler. The show is produced by the Ringer and PaperKite. For the Ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Kat Spalane, Kaya McMullan, and Alia Zaneras. For PaperKite, production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell and Jenna Weissberman. Original music by Amy Miles.