THR pulls our comedy actresses aside for some "Off Script" moments ahead of their THR Roundtable interview. Find out what Jessica Williams needs to have in her trailer and why Hannah Einbinder would love to work in transportation. Or find out what Kathryn Hahn would be doing on a day off and more.
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00:00The series film performance made me want to be an actor. There's a few, but one definitely
00:14Amanda Bynes on all that. Gotta love Amanda Bynes, comedy queen. Perhaps Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura,
00:20Pet Detective. I realize that my general vibe is a little bit lower energy, but I do. I do take
00:28massive inspiration from a great physical comedian. Sylvester Stallone and Rocky. Yeah,
00:33as a kid, as a youth, I really enjoy Stallone and Pacino and De Niro and also Betty Davis. I saw
00:40Sophie's Choice when I was young and she blew my mind. Yeah, I still think about it. I would say
00:46it's a combination of everything Julie Andrews and also Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves. Waiting
00:53for Guffman. Parker Posey in Waiting for Guffman slash Catherine O'Hara in Waiting for Guffman.
00:57Fred Willard slash Chris Guest slash Eugene Levy. The one thing I need most importantly on set is a
01:04tin of Altoids because you have no idea what's coming out and it's a sign of respect for your
01:11co-stars. And a ton of water. Always dehydrated. This question is actually making me realize that
01:16I have a bare trailer. I think canned water, like water that isn't in a plastic bottle is
01:24like truly the only thing you will ever find in my trailer. I don't even have like a blanket or a
01:28pillow. Something that I like to have in my trailer is a very cozy blanket for nap time.
01:32Oh, in my trailer, just like a heated blanket. I'm kind of a heated blanket girly. I just like to
01:37have my bones cozy. I guess probably just music. I do have a crazy pitch for this business. Maybe we
01:43should put like a little button that lets you know if you're peeing or something so that some angel
01:49PA that comes along, you could just press the button and it would say on my way out, making a
01:55pee-pee instead of then you're in there and they're knocking and knocking and you're like, how do I
01:59navigate? I don't go to my trailer because when I go to work, I like to work and I find going back
02:07to my trailer is like encouraged me to take a nap or settle down and that's not my vibe. Like I don't
02:15start cooking a meal and then take a 15 minute nap. So I don't do it at work. If I were not here
02:21today, I'd perhaps be on a walk or reading a book or talking with friends. If I wasn't here working,
02:27I would be home under a heated blanket playing Stardew Valley on my Steam Deck and watching the
02:33playoffs probably. I do find a lot of comfort in going to the film forum and watching dead people
02:38on the big screen. What's today? A Saturday? I'd be just, you know, home with the kids. I would wake
02:44up when the body wanted to wake up and I would maybe take a hike with some pals, have an amazing
02:51lunch, like a big lunch, maybe some enchiladas and then I would maybe take a little siesta. It's all
02:57about sleep. I would be sleeping all day, every day if I didn't have any commitments. A comfort watch for
03:02me is definitely like Love on the Spectrum, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost. I feel like it's the
03:09crown. Just I could put it on at any episode at any time and I get so cozy and warm and I want to
03:15fall asleep. Not because it's not riveting, but I've already seen it a few times. If I had to say
03:21what the series is that I've watched more than any other start to finish, it would be The Patriot,
03:26the Stephen Conrad show. It's incredible. No one really knows about it, but I think it's absolutely
03:31brilliant. The last thing I Googled was the weather in New York. Probably trying to figure
03:35out LA traffic patterns and where things are in relation to each other. It was why, why does a
03:44child complain their fingers are numb in the morning? Because my child was complaining about
03:50that and I thought, you know what, I'm going to check WebMD. I think I probably Googled like
03:54Nathan Fielder, Paramount. That was probably the two words I put in. If I could switch jobs, actually we
04:00play this game on the hack set of what department would you be in if you weren't in your department
04:05and I always say transpo. You know, I'm a driver. I'm from Los Angeles. I grew up in Los Angeles. I
04:10was behind the wheel at 11. Is that right? Is that legal? You know, no. A fisherman? I don't know,
04:16that's just what came to me. I can't explain it. Maybe a nature reserve guide. I would love to be around
04:22some wild animals in their natural habitat. Enjoy them. I love an elephant. If I could switch jobs with
04:28anyone during the day, it would be a dog walker for sure. Whenever I'm on a hike or even driving
04:34and I see someone walking like a pack of nine dogs, it just looks like it's so much fun.
04:40I've always had a fantasy of being just like a bartender, so I would be like a cool bartender
04:45though. Or I would own like a romance novel bookstore. Like I would own a really niche bookstore.
04:51Or like a general store. Like I would be like in the practical magic world, like Sandra Bullock's
04:57character. And I would have like my own store and we do like teas and shit. But you can get
05:01like little books that I recommend and stuff. Like I think I would do that.