The way I present myself on the podcast is a broad spectrum of who I am emotionally and creatively, and people liked it. The missing self-esteem was able to fill itself in because people enjoyed what I was doing. I was able to reintegrate myself into the world of comedy and also reintroduce myself to my own curiosity and to my own vulnerability. But the fact that I persisted and really started talking to people was helpful not just for interviews but for me. When I started the podcast, I really had no expectations. I don’t have anxiety dreams I’m living my anxiety dream. It becomes a way of seeing the world that is very destructive and really kind of a dead end. Then if you can’t handle that after a certain point, how much self-flagellation can you take before you eventually redirect that onto your peers or on audiences? You just show up with your own self-criticism to the point where it’s amplified self-pity. Not unlike having not-great parents, it’s very hard not to blame yourself. You watch others get opportunities and you don’t understand why it’s not working out for you. How did you deal with the false starts in your career? I know there were these sort of “almost” moments earlier where you hosted Short Attention Span Theater after Jon Stewart, you auditioned for SNL. You’ve talked about how, until recently, you didn’t feel like you were successful. Marc Maron: I put on those pants, I put on those glasses, get the hair going, then I look in the mirror and I’m like, “I’m that guy.” This is the first time I’ve really done a show where I’m not fundamentally playing me. ESQ: How do you get into character for GLOW?
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