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Audio interview · January 2011 · Edmonton

Nicole Sullivan

Actor Nicole Sullivan (Madtv, The King of Queens) chats with Matt Schichter in Edmonton.

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Episode #271 · Nicole SullivanJanuary 2011 · 00:03:17

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0:03I'm to call it, but we'll ask her Nicole. Thanks so much for joining us Thank you so much for having me my pleasure So so everyone will know you from mad TV of course and King of Queens and and various voice work over the years But but now you got a new show tell tell us about this new show. I don't even know what I'm supposed to call it What am I supposed to say? You know, isn't that funny? It's like it's the weirdest enigma of like I guess what we're saying is when we can't HURST and how to believe you say bleep my dad says bleep my dad says okay It's an awesome awesome show. I've done my share of not office shows. I love this show I think it just got all the right parts to it when I remember my husband followed the queen like that and When he got to the fifth at the living of my house He called me at working like oh my god

0:48He was so excited to take like this is the best tweet ever and then we bought the book and we loved the book and now You should come in together really well, too That's so how did how did the rule come about for you then because you seem to be a fan of it? Did you go in and get your agents to get you the part or did it just happen to fall into your lap? Well, no, I had an audition for this one and you know, Max and David are really experience Max was making a con are really serious Runners, you know for willing great. Oh, you know certain things I don't want to do for you I said no, you know my work, but this I was like, oh, no, I'll go I'll go pedal my words for these guys Well to work opposite William Shatner. I'm sure most people would probably do anything Absolutely, I mean it's be so it's just so surreal I do it told me, you know a year ago that I'd be sitting at something so William Shatner. I would have never believed you know

1:34Crazy well, and we shouldn't downplay your buddy. Well, sasso as well. You know Canadian boy. Well, so it's nice to see you guys working together again Oh, it's so great It really is like right where we left off, you know, just know each other really well And we know how to discuss Like comedy between the two of us without offending each other like well you try this and I'll do this and it's all really like It's open playing field for us. So it's great. What do you prefer? Do you like the scripted stuff better? Do you do you prefer improv? No, I'm really scripted girl. I'm not I'm not sure I can improv here and there a little bit But uh, but I really like it good. Well written Yeah, I mean I thought so to say that but I really I like it in the night I get to play around within the lines a I love it when they write a good joke and you can't really know how to write dope and what's amazing is I mean

2:20I've done a lot of you know for cameras, you know, part of an audience shows And I never seen an audience react to someone the way these guys react to Bill Shatner Bill Shatner You're on a first name basis with them now More with Nicole Sullivan from Bleat My Dad says we'll do five questions in just a minute on the sound bleep my dad says premieres tonight at 8 30 We've gotten a cool Sullivan on the phone. So we do this thing on the show called five questions every day I guess I already asked you the first one in Proverse scripts you said scripts But but we'll go through the rest and see what you say here. They're just one word answers kind of thing Landon or McCartney Voice work or acting All right roll you're most proud of And in one word this is a little difficult but in one word Nicole Sullivan

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