Rosemarie DeWitt never really thought she would become an actor because she felt like no one was betting on her. In fact, later in life her father said, “I can’t believe that you’re successful.” Marc finds out what drove Rosemarie away from those low expectations and into a prominent career with credits like Rachel Getting Married, Mad Men, Little Fires Everywhere and the new film Out of My Mind. They also talk about why horror movies, like Smile 2, are fun to make and how the two of them share a bond due to their deep connections with Lynn Shelton.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything episode. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What challenges did Rosemarie DeWitt face in her acting career?
Where you go through and you're like, oh, wow, that person. I was in New York last week and I ran into an actor that I kind of came up with. Yeah. Like 20 years ago.
Yeah.
And we were naming people and we're like, wow. all those people are gone. But we're not old.
We're just, that's just... It just starts. And it kind of comes in waves. I have big theories about it.
Yeah.
Like there's these chunks of time where if you live through them, you're good.
Yeah.
But then there's these other chunks of time where it seems like people go in these few years. And then if you can get past those, you're good.
Yeah. Well, and then you're the only one. I know. Like my dad died last year at 90. And he's like, I'm it. I'm the only one left. You know, he's like, there's no one even to...
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Chapter 2: How did Rosemarie DeWitt connect with Lynn Shelton?
It is because we just have to live with it.
Yeah.
We can't dump it on Jesus.
Right.
You just have to integrate it into your personality. Yeah. It's a constant reality check. Yeah. Ongoing shame about everything.
Yeah. No, I have that too. Yeah. Are you still religious? No, I just have ongoing shame about everything. You do? I mean, I'm working on it. I think it's alleviating as I get older.
What is it about that, though? Because I have it, too, and I'm not saying I'm a saint, but there is a point where you're like, why do I keep doing this to myself? And then some part of you is like, well, this must be your comfort zone.
Yeah, yeah.
And it's so fucked up, isn't it?
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of grief in their conversation?
Well, you have kids, right?
Yeah, too.
And how's that going?
It's great. I love it.
Yeah?
Yeah.
How old are they?
Almost 9 and 11.
So as a parenting style, I mean, how do you kind of delegate? How do you figure out what your boundaries are? Did you read books?
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Chapter 4: What are Rosemarie DeWitt's thoughts on her new projects?
Tip for tat. Yeah.
And also, like, Lynn was, like, so incredibly supportive and insistent. That I act.
Yeah.
And then I do it.
Yeah.
And, you know, I think about her, you know, like that.
Isn't it funny also to find people that believe in you that much later in life? Somebody asked me this morning, who was the first person that made you feel like you could be an actor? And I'm like, I don't know. I don't know if I've met them. No, I'm kidding. Do you know? I don't know. I think there's a lot of people along the way. But to have somebody see you...
Yeah.
You know what I mean, in life? And, like, also probably know you well enough to know that you want to do it. Like, you want to. Because you seem, as much as you seem scared right now, you seem really excited. You know? No, and, like, really happy.
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