Hey, Atlanta. So I just want to let you know why I look
at you every single day scaring me. Yeah, you know, when you
came to Moheganson a few years ago, we took a picture and I have
it up on my Look at me and how cool I am. While we
look cute, we do look cute, and our hair was fantastic that day.
I have to point out, has good hair's day excellent? Now,
listen from from music to film to TV, you've you're pretty much covering the
gamut here. You're like a triple play. What will they call you?
A triple threat? Some sort of thing going on something? And before we
get into your Weeds role, because I understand it's it's something to giggle out
a little bit. But I loved your appearance on Graham Norton. By the
way, Oh thanks, No one talks about that. That's exciting. You're
an ordained minister, right, I ain't home and you can actually marry people
and that and I saw that episode. It was hysterical. Oh that's funny.
Yeah, he was funny. And then I was with Dame Edmund who
was totally cracking me up. Now, had you marry a lot of people?
I've married three of my friends who are now married. I was going
to say three couple of friend who are now married. So let's talk about
Weeds who. The show has been on since I think like August two thousand
and five on Showtime, so I think they're going to keep it around.
It's a hit, it's such a good show. Wow, Mary Louise Parker,
love her anyway, but what is your character going to be on Weeds?
I portray Mary Louise Parker's character as Nancy's gynecologist and her brother in law,
Andy's love interest. I can't say love interest for romantic interaction. I
don't know what you'd call it exactly. Well, it's showtime and it's not
for children, so we can just leave it at that. Okay, let's
do say it there. Yeah. It was a really wonderfully daunting foray into
formal acting for me, and you know, two of some of the best
doctors I've ever seen, let alone had the privilege to dive into like this.
Now, had you want to to ever pursue a career in gynecology before
this? No, I needed some severe orientation on the set because I really
didn't know what I was doing. I was looking in all the wrong places
for heartbeats and be beheads, and that's that's a little too visual for me.
I think my brain just went places it shouldn't have gone. Yeah,
well, you know, I was acting. I'm not really an Ada and
obviously, Oh I'm sorry. I thought you got your degree and that's how
you're able to be that character. I apologize. So will there ever be
any moments during the filming of this this show, and I don't know how
long you've signed on to do it, will you ever break into song while
you're in the examination room? No, that would have been a little odd,
I would think so, but a little funny. Yeah, funny for
them? Yeah, Now is this going to be an ongoing character? Are
you going to stay with the show or did you sign on just for a
few episodes. I don't know. I'm not really invested. But I've had
the greatest time, so I would be up for doing anything for them.
Basically, they're awesome. What's the difference between acting for you versus being on
stage? Is it Is it the same kind of feeling, that same kind
of high as performing or is it different? It's a little different. I
always think of it in terms of you know, acting to me is really
mascule and that I have to memorize things. It's more of an active consideration,
whereas on stage and especially songwriting, you know, I have to show
up and be masculine in that way, but it's very surrendered and trance like
and I just kind of lose myself in it. So you know, it's
a different muscle altogether. Also, it's not these words aren't words that I've
written, so it's my interpreting someone else's work, whereas songwriting is directly from
my life experience, so very different. That's cool. And you've done a
lot of different TV shows. I loved your appearance on Niptock. I love
that show anyway, but I thought you did a great job there. Thanks.
Yeah, that was a cool, cool three episode extravaganza too. That
was fun. And of course Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
and any other TV shows outside of you know, when you first got your
STARTPA. Any other TV shows that you've done that we don't know about.
Trying to remember none that I'm remembering right now. I did a show called
Love Spring International, which was all improv, which is one of my favorite
things. To do, but it was more of a culty a culty thing
and a show called Headcase, which is another maybe lesser known television show,
but really really fun. Do you have any more movie projects in the future.
Yeah, I'm attached to a few of them right now. None that
I'm at liberty to fully talk about. But but I'm opituded. It allows,
you know, my not being on tour allows for my committing to these
kinds of things, whereas when I was touring, I could only do a
little cameo here and there. So I'm very excited about some time being freed
up. I always love looking at different pictures of you because you sometimes you
hear a different color, it's short. When you had to hear short,
people lost their minds. Just like that girl from Felicity, Carrie Russell,
when she cut her hair, I thought people were going to pass out.
Oh, it's a right of passage. Though as a woman, you have
to chop it all off at some point, right, you have to have
different hairstyles. Oh, I got I'm getting the beat. I'm gonna have
to wrap up with you. Thanks for chatting with us, Thanks for having
me. Bye.