Lulu Garcia Navarro

From the New York Times, this is The Interview.

I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

At 44, Seth Rogen seems to be having the opposite of a midlife crisis.

His series, The Studio, which he created, writes, stars in, directs, and produces, just won 13 Emmys and is currently filming its second season.

He also stars in and produces the very funny Apple TV Plus show, Platonic, with Rose Byrne.

His production company, Point Grey Pictures, has been banging out the hits like the dark superhero series, The Boys.

And his new movie, The Invite, directed by Olivia Wilde, has been generating a lot of buzz.

So I wanted to talk to Rogan about how he went from acting in the quickly canceled TV show Freaks and Geeks as a teenager to writing slacker movies like Superbad to having one of the most prolific, wide-ranging, and successful careers in Hollywood.

Here's my conversation with Seth Rogan.

Seth Rogen, thank you for being on the interview.

You were recently just in Cannes, which you go to often.

I just assumed.

I actually didn't know one way or the other, but I was assuming.

I find it very comforting that there's a velvet rope that you were not

I have this theory that there's always another room that you just don't get into.

So you do have another film, which is The Invite, and you play Joe.

Joe is an angry person whose long-term marriage to Angela, played by Olivia Wilde, who also directs the movie, is not in a good place.

I saw this recent interview where Olivia Wilde said you are both non-confrontational people, but in this role you access, and this is a quote, your deep rage.

And I want to understand what Seth Rogen's deep rage is.

Tell me what she meant.