Tony Hale - "Bring Two Crutches"

About this episode

Dan Mangan discusses various themes including contentment and anxiety with Tony Hale, exploring his career and personal insights.

Dan discusses contentment, anxiety, careers and faith with dramatic/comedic genius Tony Hale (Arrested Development, Veep, Toy Story 4). Among other things, they chat about Tony moving to New York not knowing a single New Yorker, the miracle that 2.5 seasons of Arrested Development got made, using faith as a crutch, how regular people can be more "known" than celebrities, the invention of the "stoncert", aging gracefully in Hollywood, how seeing your own emotions articulated in art is akin to cultural representation, and how if you can't practice contentment now, you won't be content when you get what you want. This episode features a surprise needle drop of "Change My Shape" by Sam Tudor.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Mangan

Guest: Tony Hale

Topics covered

• contentment
• anxiety
• careers
• faith
• aging in Hollywood
• cultural representation
• celebrity vs. regular people

Keywords

• Tony Hale
• Dan Mangan
• contentment
• anxiety
• Arrested Development
• faith
• Hollywood
• cultural representation
• Change My Shape

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Arrested Development, Veep, Toy Story 4, Change My Shape

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