Marks & Vincentelli
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre Podcast
We laughed nonstop with Jeff Hiller. Where do you know him from? Everything funny —including his new memoir.
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We laughed nonstop with Jeff Hiller. Where do you know him from? Everything funny —including his new memoir.

The star of HBO's "Somebody, Somewhere" talks about the joys and struggles of the acting life, about defying expectations, and how he wrote about it all in his new, guffaw-inducing autobiography.
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Both Peter and Elisabeth tore through Jeff Hiller’s new memoir, “Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty Year Trail to Overnight Success.” And they both experienced episodes that involved laughing so hard that you feel nauseous (Peter) and laughing so hard on the subway that you start drawing stares (Elisabeth).

Yes, the book is that funny. So of course we had to get Jeff on the show. Also because we’ve been fans of his acting for years.

Thanks to the HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” where he played Bridget Everett’s friend Joel for three seasons, more people than ever have become aware of Jeff’s talent. For many New Yorkers, he’s also a beloved stage regular who’s brightened shows like “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Silence! The Musical” (a brilliant parody of “The Silence of the Lambs”), “Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” and “Hercules.”

Jeff is incredibly funny onstage, and of course he was incredibly funny on the podcast. He talked about the new book, his career, acting and of course Elisabeth used the opportunity to ask about a reading she once saw that paired Jeff and Cole Escola — long before they became Tony-winning Cole Escola.

Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music.

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