Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Lauren Graham. Lauren reflects on her iconic role as Lorelai, unpacks the most memorable Gilmore Girls moments, and spills some fun behind the scenes tea. She also discusses how important it is to advocate for yourself in relationships, why you shouldn’t make yourself smaller for your partner, and how to find the joy in getting older. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Who is Lauren Graham and what is her connection to Gilmore Girls?
What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Lauren Graham, welcome to Call Her Daddy. Thank you so much. I am such a fan. This is so epic and so fun. And I think that my fans, the Daddy Gang, are going to freak out that we're in the same room.
That's really, really nice of you to say. Thank you. I'm excited too. How are you doing today? Listen, I was running a little late. It's raining in California, which always freaks everybody out. But I'm otherwise good.
No, everyone acts like we have to like all stay home from work when it rains. It's like no one leave your house or none of us also can drive apparently.
No, everyone gets very stressed out and it's hard to, but it also looks really pretty and, you know, it makes the air feel healthier. True.
OK, you live in L.A. What is the most L.A. thing about you and the least L.A. thing about you?
Well, I live in L.A. and New York. I still have a place in New York that I've had for a long time. So I'm I'm endlessly like asking that question. I think one extremely L.A. thing is to be really freaked out by like one inch of rain. And it is a thing to like really have long conversations about what freeway you took and why. And and it's just very L.A. to be like, oh, my gosh, it's 70 degrees.
I'm freezing like that has become like now I go to the East Coast and I can't I don't know how I ever lived there.
I feel the same way. My parents recently have been like, Alex, shut the fuck up. You literally grew up in Pennsylvania. You went to school in Boston. You lived in New York. Yeah. Why are you cold? It's like 60 something degrees. I'm like, I need a I need like a parka.
I think it changes your body to live here. I don't think it's our fault. I think that you just do become more of a wimp. I agree.
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Chapter 2: What are Lauren Graham's thoughts on living in LA?
It is the wonderful evolution in television where the more the writer gets to know you, I mean, you're always playing, hopefully the best thing you can get in especially a TV show that's going to go on is you want to be the voice of the creator of the show. You want to be that character who You know, is them speaking through you kind of that's where you get the most juicy kind of material.
But also, as they get to know you, they start writing for you even more. And that's really fun, fun and scary.
We're like, we know you.
just heard me gossiping over here how is that in the script this week get away yes I've like sat with actors sometimes we're like I had to like stop talking about my personal life yes in the script and right no you always hear that about like sex in the city and friends and stuff yeah I felt that less on parenthood where which I love that character I love that show too but I would get frustrated on her behalf sometimes I'd be like what can't she not have a win like what I mean she did have wins and and
And had, you know, such a beautiful relationship to that family, too.
Sarah Braverman. Sarah Braverman.
Come on, Sarah.
No, Sarah needed more wins than Lorelai. Yes. Right. Different.
Yes.
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Chapter 3: How does Lauren Graham like to spend her days off?
And I think not to put women in a stereotype, but I think it's easy to be like, if I just dot, dot, dot, then he'll dot, dot, dot. And I don't think that works.
It definitely doesn't. We need your advice. People listening, we can use your wisdom. I'm going to give you a scenario and you're going to tell me what advice you would give the person. Okay. What is your advice for someone who feels unfulfilled by their job and wants to make a change but is too nervous to start over?
Well, is there something besides starting over that can give you fulfillment that is a project you have that is not dependent on outside validation I really as a writer have gotten an incredible amount of satisfaction in just the practice of of putting these books together and you get better the more you do something, no matter what. No matter what.
Like, you don't have to be... I just took up tennis this year. I'm terrible. But I practice and I get better. And that is such a basic thing that really, because of tennis, really became new to me. And the writing is that too. I just get better with doing more. And so... job you're nine to five or nobody works nine to five anymore, but, um, your job is one piece of you.
Can it, can it, can you give yourself something else so that, you know, I mean, it's hobbies, it's, you know, travel, it's reading, it's whatever else.
It's great advice. Um, what would you tell someone who is struggling to connect with their friends because they're all in different life phases?
I really get that. It's it, they, they will end. Um,
I talked I've talked about before when I finished Gilmore Girls and I was like anybody who's who's up for dinner no one everybody had children and while I was gone like everybody was in a different life phase that's what I mean I have often been out of that step and I think one thing is you have to meet your friend where they are and like go over to the house and play with the toddler and like understand that you you don't you guys don't have the same hours but the the kids eventually go to college
I thought you were saying the kids eventually go to sleep. You're like, solid.
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