Marc Maron has become one of the biggest names in comedy over the last decade with the success of his massively popular podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. While this has allowed him to release comedy albums and stand-up specials on a regular basis, such as the upcoming From Bleak To Dark on HBO, it’s also afforded him opportunities outside of the typical stand-up path, such as his critically acclaimed performances in shows like GLOW and films such as the Oscar-nominated To Leslie. Despite the praise, these performances are lacking in major awards love, which it turns out is fine by Maron, as he’s garnered the respect of a handful of Academy Award-winning legends.
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00:00 First question's got to be, why weren't you nominated for an Emmy for "Glow"?
00:04 I don't know. I mean, I don't know why, how the, you know, how the awards work.
00:11 I know that it's not always on the level, but I believe I was nominated for a SAG award,
00:16 which I thought that was pretty good for my first outing in a role that wasn't me.
00:22 But you know, I don't know. I can't pay attention to it all.
00:26 Look, I don't, I don't put a, I didn't put any money into a campaign.
00:31 I don't think I had, you know, a publicity operation behind me.
00:35 There was not, you know, but I was happy about the SAG nomination.
00:39 And I was happy that Frances McDormand, Frances McDormand came up to me at the SAG awards and said,
00:45 "I love you." And I'm like, "Oh, you listen to the podcast?"
00:49 She's like, "No, on that show, you're great."
00:52 And I'm like, "Well, that's kind of like winning."
00:54 That's a career high right there. That's high praise.
00:56 Oh, shit.
00:57 Frances McDormand.
00:59 Yeah, well, Kate Winslet was saying a lot of nice things about me for Too Lesley.
01:03 I posted the video on my Instagram. That was another, that's like better than an award, really.
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