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JULIE DELPY, ACTRESS AND SCREENWRITER: Well, you know, I just wanted to tell a real story about people that I know and not pretend that, you know, I’m telling the story of people that I don’t know well, like, you know, sometimes I feel like people are a bit hypocritical. They will tell the story because they know, you know, it’s in fashion but it’s not really genuine. And I felt like if I were to tell the story of people I know, people that are — I mean, I have always done that in a way. I kind of tell stories about people I know or people I’ve met or — so, I feel it’s truthful in what I’m describing. Of, course, it’s in a comedy tone. So, it’s comedy. So, it’s a bit, you know, exaggerated at times maybe, but barely, really.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Look, it is really funny. And one of your actresses actually said in an interview, she basically — said Elisabeth Shue who plays one of your friends in the program, it was just a lovely mixture of insanity and humor born out of insecurity and chaos. OK. I love that quote. Is that what you were aiming for? What is the chaos that you captured there?
DELPY: I wanted to show that people — you know, like this idea that a woman in her 40s and 50s has it all figured out. I mean, men are allowed a little bit to — I’m not being like overly, you know, saying women are not represented right, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, I could say that but I don’t want to say that. What I want to say is that, it’s not exactly fine tune into what I believe is real. And I wanted to show that women are messy, are also — haven’t all figured out what their life is about and are questioning what’s the next step is in their life, because there is next step when you’re 45 and 50. I mean, for all I know, there’s a next step for everyone, even at 80 or 90. I mean, you know, I think to limit ourselves to say, OK, now, we’re set, is very — I think, it’s very — in a way, it doesn’t represent the truth.
AMANPOUR: So, you — in this show, you have created the role for yourself as a chef, a very successful chef in a very popular restaurant. And you are also the wife of a husband who is basically, you know, out of work. And instead of being super supportive, he’s pretty passive aggressive and very snarky against you. I want to talk to you a bit about that and why you created that. But here’s a clip with you in the kitchen of your restaurant.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You’re back.
DELPY: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, we missed you
DELPY: Fred, can you please make me your delicious mango coulis because I’m going to put it on the collard.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, chef.
DELPY: Joy, can you put a little bit of salted cod in the (INAUDIBLE), OK?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: New recipe, now?
DELPY: Well, if not now, when?
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The global energy crunch is hitting supply chains and consumers hard, interfering with the effort to recover from the pandemic and last year’s harsh winter. Julie Delpy aspires to change our outlook on aging with her new series “On the Verge.” In Dave Grohl’s memoir “The Storyteller,” he charts growing up in Washington, D.C., touring as a teenager, and his friendship with the late Kurt Cobain.
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