About this episode

Olivia Wilde discusses her upbringing, career transitions, and insights on personal work and parenting.

Olivia Wilde (The Invite, Booksmart, and Don’t Worry Darling) is a director, actor, and filmmaker. Olivia joins Armchair Expert to discuss being raised by war-correspondent parents, growing up too fast on the Georgetown campus, and finding her footing at boarding school. Olivia and Dax talk about learning the wrong lessons in LA audition rooms, leaving The OC to chase movies, and making the jump from directing music videos to Booksmart. Olivia explains why the most personal work is usually the best work, how parenting teaches patience and humility, and why we need to relearn the art of disagreement. Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Dax Shepard

Guest: Olivia Wilde

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• parenting
• personal growth
• Hollywood
• disagreement

Keywords

• Olivia Wilde
• Dax Shepard
• Booksmart
• parenting
• Hollywood
• disagreement
• filmmaking

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