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THR pulls our comedy actresses aside for some "Off Script" moments ahead of their THR Roundtable interview. Find out what Jessica Williams needs to have in her trailer and why Hannah Einbinder would love to work in transportation. Or find out what Kathryn Hahn would be doing on a day off and more.
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00:00The series film performance made me want to be an actor. There's a few, but one definitely
00:14Amanda Bynes on all that. Gotta love Amanda Bynes, comedy queen. Perhaps Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura,
00:20Pet Detective. I realize that my general vibe is a little bit lower energy, but I do take massive
00:28inspiration from a great physical comedian. Sylvester Stallone and Rocky. Yeah, as a kid,
00:34as a youth, I really enjoyed Stallone and Pacino and De Niro and also Betty Davis. I saw Sophie's
00:40Choice when I was young and she blew my mind. Yeah, I still think about it. I would say it's a
00:46combination of everything Julie Andrews and also Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves. Waiting for
00:53Guffman. Parker Posey in Waiting for Guffman, Slash Catherine O'Hara in Waiting for Guffman.
00:57Slash Fred Willard, Slash Chris Guest, Slash Eugene Levy. The one thing I need most importantly on set
01:04is a tin of Altoids because you have no idea what's coming out and it's a sign of respect for your
01:11co-stars. And a ton of water. Always dehydrated. This question is actually making me realize that
01:16I have a bare trailer. I think canned water, like water that isn't in a plastic bottle is truly the
01:25only thing you will ever find in my trailer. I don't even have like a blanket or a pillow.
01:28Something that I like to have in my trailer is a very cozy blanket for nap time.
01:31Oh, in my trailer, just like a heated blanket. I'm kind of a heated blanket girly. I just like
01:37to have my bones cozy. I guess probably just music. I do have a crazy pitch for this business. I think
01:43we should put like a little, a button that lets you know if you're peeing or something so that some
01:49angel PA that comes along, you could just press the button and it would say on my way out, making a
01:55pee pee instead of then you're in there and they're knocking and knocking. You're like, how do I navigate?
02:00I don't go to my trailer because when I go to work, I like to work. And I find going back to my trailer
02:08is like encouraged me to take a nap or settle down. And that's not my vibe. Like I don't start cooking a
02:15meal and then take a 15 minute nap. So I don't do it at work. If I were not here today, I'd perhaps be
02:22on a walk or reading a book or talking with friends. If I wasn't here working, I would be home under a
02:28heated blanket, playing Stardew Valley on my Steam Deck and watching the playoffs probably. I do find
02:35a lot of comfort in going to the film forum and watching dead people on the big screen. What's
02:41today? A Saturday? I'd be just, you know, home with the kids. I would wake up when the body wanted to
02:46wake up and I would maybe take a hike with some pals, have an amazing lunch, like a big lunch, maybe some
02:53enchiladas. And then I would maybe take a little siesta. It's all about sleep. I would be sleeping
02:58all day, every day, if I didn't have any commitments. A comfort watch for me is definitely
03:04like Love on the Spectrum, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost. I feel like it's The Crown. Just I could put
03:11it on at any episode at any time and I get so cozy and warm and I want to fall asleep. Not because
03:17it's not riveting, but I've already seen it a few times. If I had to say what the series is that I've
03:22watched more than any other start to finish, it would be The Patriot, the Stephen Conrad show.
03:28It's incredible. No one really knows about it, but I think it's absolutely brilliant.
03:32The last thing I googled was the weather in New York.
03:34Probably trying to figure out LA traffic patterns and where things are in relation to each other.
03:40I think it was why does a child complain their fingers are numb in the morning? Because my
03:48child was complaining about that and I thought, you know what? I'm going to check WebMD. I think
03:53I probably googled like Nathan Fielder, Paramount. That was probably the two words I put in.
03:59If I could switch jobs, actually we play this game on the hack set of what department would
04:03you be in if you weren't in your department and I always say transpo. You know, I'm a driver.
04:07I'm from Los Angeles. I grew up in Los Angeles. I was behind the wheel at 11. Is that right?
04:12Is that legal? You know, no. A fisherman? I don't know. That's just what came to me.
04:17I can't explain it. Maybe a nature reserve guide. I would love to be around some wild animals
04:23in their natural habitat and enjoy them. I love an elephant. If I could switch jobs with anyone
04:29during the day, it would be a dog walker for sure. Whenever I'm on a hike or even driving
04:34and I see someone walking like a pack of nine dogs, it just looks like it's so much fun.
04:40I've always had a fantasy of being just like a bartender, so I would be like a cool bartender
04:45though. Or I would own like a romance novel bookstore. Like I would own a really niche bookstore.
04:51Or like a general store. Like I would be like in the practical magic world, like Sandra Bullock's
04:57character, and I would have like my own store and we do like teas and shit. But you can get like
05:01little books that I recommend and stuff. Like I think I would do that.
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