Rounding out the ensemble is Patty (Catherine OHara), Matts mentor whose job he steals.
I feel like I haven’t laughed so hard since I watchedRunning Point, actually.
IKE BARINHOLTZ: Ill handle this one.
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SETH ROGEN: I dont like that.
CHASE SUI WONDERS: Thats not a long time ago.
BARINHOLTZ: A couple weeks ago!
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ROGEN: Too recently.
AndThe Studiobecause you guys paid me for this.
ROGEN: I don’t like this.
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Sorry, conflict of interest.
BARINHOLTZ: you’re able to say me it’s okay.
CATHERINE OHARA: You taught me everything I know, and then I took your job.
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And I love the negotiating out of crying.
ROGEN: That was a very early idea.
OHARA: Was it?
ROGEN: [Nods] Crying and negotiating at the same time.
OHARA: It’s really fun to play.
It’s like, [pretending to cry] I’m surviving right now.
KATHRYN HAHN: Its a good tactic.
ROGEN: How painful it would be to actually negotiate with someone like that.
Literally everyone here just wants something from you.
That’s the only reason anyone’s talking to you.
ROGEN: Very sad.
OHARA: I would know.
WONDERS: Oh, shoot!
WONDERS: Early days.
BARINHOLTZ: Oh, man.
Thats a good question.
WONDERS: Seth would make a pretty good studio head.
ROGEN: I’ve played a studio head, so probably my character of Matt.
No one else.Steve Wozniakwould make a good studio head.
BARINHOLTZ: Yes, he would.
ROGEN: Hes a smart guy.
BARINHOLTZ: Ill sayMorgan fromThe Mindy Projectbecause he would just do a lot of dog-friendly programming.
He likes dogs, and dog movies usually do well.
ROGEN: Dog movies kill.
BARINHOLTZ: They kill.
It would beMarley and Meevery week.
OHARA: I would sayCookie fromBest in Showbecause a lot of people would owe her.
HAHN:I think maybe Agathajust because she would put a spell on everybody.
OHARA: Thats cheating!
HAHN: I know, but itsreal, sowouldit be cheating?
OHARA: If its real?
No, I stand corrected.
ROGEN: Real magic.
HAHN: Its real magic, but so is Hollywood.
OHARA: Its scary.
Its scary to name a character.
WONDERS:None of my characters have had a career.
BARINHOLTZ: I guess Girl #2 at Party?
WONDERS: Partygoer #17.
But I’m curious if you think that Maya would survive the Witches Road.
HAHN: Oh,for sure.
ROGEN: She’s surviving a nuclear war.
HAHN: Yes, she would.
BARINHOLTZ: Maya will be the last human alive.
HAHN: Oh, for sure.
A roach just coming up from the ashes.
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I love it.
WONDERS:The Sarah Polley moviewould be good.
ROGEN:The Silver Lake?
BARINHOLTZ:I would have to sayDuhpocalypse.
I’m seeing it opening weekend for sure.
WONDERS: Zombie dookie.
ROGEN: Zombie poop.
HAHN: Zombie dookie.
That’s when we really came alive when we were shooting projectile diarrhea with Josh Hutcherson.
We were really in our element those days.
OHARA:Im Still Here.
BARINHOLTZ:Pootie Tang.
[Laughs] I really did loveAnora.
ROGEN: It destigmatized your use of prostitutes.
Um, okay, Hollywood.
A patron of the arts.
No, but I like that a lot.
ROGEN:The Substancewas amazing.
HAHN:The Substancewas amazing!
WONDERS:The Substancewas really good!My Old Asswas really good.
ROGEN: I lovedMy Old Ass.
BARINHOLTZ: Dont talk about me that way.
OHARA: Doesnt it get you at the end?
WONDERS: I cried so hard.
I cried like a baby.
What is it about that movie that you go, Okay, yeah, and then [blubbers]?
ROGEN:One of Them Dayswas really good.
BARINHOLTZ: I was also a bigConclaveboy.
ROGEN: You are aConclaveboy.
OHARA: I lovedA Complete Unknown.
HAHN: Oh, yeah.
ROGEN: That one was amazing.
We love the movies.
EVERYONE: We love the movies!
HAHN: I did seeNosfertatu
WONDERS:Nosfertatu.
HAHN: [Laughs at mispronunciation]Nosfertatuwith my son, which was abadidea.
OHARA: Two scoops of theNosfertatu.
HAHN:Nosfertatu on Ice.
ROGEN: Potato totter.
OHARA: It’s pretty wild.
He doesn’t want to show his face, does he?
ROGEN: Bill Skarsgard always obscured.
HAHN: Rough movie to see with my son.
It was not the best call.
ROGEN: There’s a lot of orgasms.
HAHN: Yes, yes.
ROGEN: Too much coming.
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