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Dylan Gelula is in on the joke.
Im sent scripts all the time, and mostly, theyre not even things I couldbe part of.
But I just like reading through everything.
This is exactly how I want to spend my time.
And it was all I could think about, all day, every day.
I aggressively chased down as many people as I could until I got a part.
If I wasnt in this movie and found out it existed, Id drive very far to see it.
I cant say that about a lot of things.
Have you worked in the service industry in the past?A little bit.
I worked at a restaurant when I moved to L.A., and I totally lied in the interview.
I was like, Sure, I know how to use this system!
and then when it was clear that I didnt, I got fired.
I lasted about three weeks!
It was fine, not quite as rough as Double Whammies.
Were you starstruck when you met her?Is that for real?
That came up so often on set, though.
At first, I didnt even realize she was going to be in it.
I assumed she must just be starting out.
Then, somehow, I figured out she was Junglepussy and I started to freak.
She isincredible, so hugely talented the dynamic was very much Dylans your biggest fan.
She is a lot cooler than me.
I wanted to ask about the past season ofKimmy Schmidt, in which your character had a pregnancy scare.
Nobodys going to cast me to play someones grandfather, as much as I might want to.
Is that something you think about?Maybe, if I read the news more?
I guess Im not plugged in enough.
That might be for the best.
I go there to tweet a joke and get validated, but I dont look at anyone elses stuff.
And yet I get very upset if people dont like mine.
But even though I know its dumb and evil, I cant help but get invested!
How does a person break out of that cycle?Oh, I have no idea!
Youre asking an actor how to stop desperately needing constant validation?
I dont fuckin know!
Youve played troublemaker-key in girls inKimmy Schmidt, Casual,andFlower is the pattern deliberate?
My dream is to play, like, a Republican.
Whos in a sorority!
The last movie I did,Her Smell, I had to dye my hair blonde.
Now Im keeping it blonde in the hopes that that might change things.
But people see right through me.
Youre from the East Coast.
Has life been radically different now that youre a blonde?No.
I thought it would be, but I am still depressed.
When youre not working, how do you decompress from the stress?I dont know.
I think about it all the time.
I dont know how people can do that.
Im trying really hard.
I keep waking up at four in the morning, thinking of things.
Im very stressed out, but I feel like Im at a time in my life where thats fine.
Like, by my 30s, this sort of neurosis will just have cleared up.Probably!
I am down to embrace the void.I would like to embrace the void, and then die.
Ive always wondered why that is.Oh my god, yeah.
Everything is funny, but in a delirious way.
I saw Bernie Sanders tweeting that Cardi B is right do you remember?
and I thought I was hallucinating.
Donald Trump is president?
I went to Los Angeles for the first time this past January.
Everybodys dumb, and nice.
Are you from the East Coast?
But I take my work seriously for no other reason than it makes me feel fulfilled.
I dont think Im changing anything.
I dont think I matter to anyone but myself.
But I feel good when Im really sinking into a role.
Thats the end of it.
I dont think acting matters.
I could be replaced with someone else tomorrow.
Whats the movie that youve rewatched the most?Hmm.
Itd have to beWhite Chicks.
Ive seen it so many times since I was a child.
And before that wouldve beenComing to America, with Eddie Murphy.
The other day, with some of my friends, I rewatchedBringing Down the House.
Have you seen that movie?
Is that the one with Queen Latifah?Its her and Steve Martin.
Do you remember how fucking crazy and racist this movie is?
The premise of the movie is what if a white accountant had a black friend?
Betty White calls her a Negro a bunch of times!
The whole movie is so very racist.
Eugene Levys the one who gets to deliver the iconic line, You got me straight trippin, boo.
Hes got a crush on Queen Latifah and believes the way to her heart is talking like that.
The last shot of the movie is him getting cornrows.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
