I’m not really a podcast girl but I’m just learning how to download Audible because I want to listen to The Cinnamon Bear by my friend Eric Gilliland which sounds like a delightful romp. They’re all cathartic in their own way, and we all need a lil something to give us a jolt from the inside these days. I’ve got three: “Piece of My Heart,” “You Oughta Know,” and “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. They were just reopening after the pandemic so it was very exciting and Justin Vivian Bond is one of the most dynamic performers I’ve ever seen. I saw Justin Vivian Bond at Joe’s Pub, which is my favorite place to do live entertainment. What’s the last thing you saw at the theater? It just seems like the most asinine thing in the world but it’s wildly entertaining. A wildcard that my friends recommended was 60 Days In it’s about people volunteering to go undercover into prisons. I’ve just watched the Sesame Street doc and Harlan County, USA, which is older. John Early and Alia Shawkat are killing it! They all are. Right now I’ve been doing a deep dive into Search Party which is excellent. What TV shows have been keeping you up all night? The last thing… Should probiotics be doing this to my body? What’s the last thing you Googled on your phone? I try to get a beat of what’s going on but not so much that it’s going to keep me under the covers all day. My usual spots are The Washington Post and The New York Times with a little whisper of NPR. ![]() Then I’ll play The New York Times’s spelling bee. I find that it is the most soothing and it stimulates my brain. I typically don’t really read in the morning, I usually like to put on music. What’s the first thing you read in the morning? Let’s get into the Culture Diet questions. What do you hope people take away from Somebody Somewhere ? This is the culmination of a lot of life experience, patience, tenacity, and help from a couple of friends along the way. I’m not a classically trained actor, but I’ve been given a lot of opportunities along the way to kind of figure it out. I think if it weren’t for the experience of the live cabaret show that I do and the live comedy festivals but also getting the opportunity of doing Patti Cake$, I never would’ve been able to do this. ![]() How did you approach this role that is somewhat different from your previous work? This performance is really a culmination of your grounded dramatic work, like in Patti Cake$, with sprinklings of your singing and comedic talents. I think Sam is looking for an invitation to rejoin life and does so more willingly than I might do myself. When I’m offstage I like to be alone in my apartment. You play a version of yourself, but in what ways is Sam not like you?Įven though she is sort of sad and drifting through life, I feel like she has a much larger willingness and eagerness about her to re-engage. Also, England Dan and Ambrosia really made me feel connected to my sister, who, like Sam’s, passed away. Do you use soundtracks to get into character?ĭuring Somebody Somewhere, I listened to a lot of ’70s rock and Barry Manilow, which was the soundtrack of growing up in my house. As we further developed the series we laid down themes from our real lives which helped me, as an untrained actor, to make it more personal and true to my life experience. Our showrunners Paul and Hannah pitched the idea to me and I’d never thought about doing a show in a small town let alone my own hometown. Somebody Somewhere is described as your autobiographical series, when did you decide that you wanted to draw inspiration from your own life to create this show? W called Everett to chat about the experience of playing a version of herself on screen in Somebody Somewhere, her go-to karaoke songs, and the documentaries she’s obsessing over lately. Anchored by her humble hometown surroundings, Sam’s artistic dreams of singing grandeur are put on pause. ![]() In the endearing series based on her life, Everett stars as Sam, a 40-something woman stuck in Kansas while grieving the loss of her sister and attempting to rediscover her voice. Now, with Somebody Somewhere, her seven-episode HBO original comedy, Everett is arguably the most real she has ever been with her audience. A gem of New York City, Everett regularly frequents Joe’s Pub with her rambunctious cabaret act, she’s performed stand-up on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, and stole the show in Geremy Jasper’s 2017 indie feature, Patti Cake$. Actor, stand-up comedian, alternative cabaret performer, producer, writer, singer-she does it all. It’s impossible to pick the best noun with which to introduce Bridget Everett.
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