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Threatening Trevor Noah and the Value of Having a Kid for Auditions

from Little Anna Army · #39

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2 min

Tim jokes about veiled threats during a Daily Show audition with Trevor Noah, then pivots to how having a kid would humanize him in the industry, contrasting with Louis Gomez's real fatherhood.

In this bit4 moments
  • 53:27Tim ran into someone at an audition and mentioned he was auditioning, which prompted the other person to go audition too.
  • 54:03Tim describes threatening the person he's reading lines with during auditions, looking them in the eye to intimidate them into losing the role.
  • 54:25Tim recounts threatening Trevor Noah during an audition by calling him a "Dutch African motherfucker" while staring him down.
  • 54:49Having a kid humanizes you in auditions and makes casting directors see you as a real person instead of a chaotic animal.
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