Catching Up With Friends: Rebecca Wisocky (S3 E16 "Frenemies")

Summary

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Are You A Charlotte? – "Catching Up With Friends: Rebecca Wisocky" (S3 E16 "Frenemies")

Podcast: Are You A Charlotte?
Host: Kristin Davis
Guest: Rebecca Wisocky
Date: May 28, 2026
Key Episode Focus:
A heartfelt reunion with Rebecca Wisocky, who played one of Charlotte’s Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority sisters in the beloved "Sex and the City" episode “Frenemies” (S3E16). Kristin and Rebecca dive into 90s TV memories, the origins of the frenemies concept, backstage stories, the power of theater actors on TV, and how serendipidous moments shaped both their careers.

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Episode Overview

Kristin Davis sits down with actress Rebecca Wisocky to revisit their time together on "Sex and the City." They reflect on filming the iconic “Frenemies” episode, share behind-the-scenes stories, and discuss the evolving meaning of friendship, success, and self-identity in Hollywood. The conversation organically moves from 90s acting hustle to the lasting legacy of strong female characters on TV and their continued personal and professional growth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Landing the Role: Memories from the 90s

[04:26 - 07:19]

• Rebecca shares her excitement and nerves about her cameo on "Sex and the City," her first real TV job after years in NYC downtown theater:
  • “Late 90s, everyone in New York wanted to be on your show…my very first real job.” (Rebecca, 04:26)
• She auditioned for the pilot as Samantha, but comically admits, “No way in a million years I would have ever gotten [it]…I perceive myself as much more like a Charlotte.” (Rebecca, 06:35)
• Both agree the show’s use of downtown theater talent brought a rich, prepared energy:
  • “Even a technically small part, people were just so super talented and ready.” (Kristin, 05:40)

2. Filming “Frenemies” & The ‘Sweater Scene’

[07:19 - 10:51]

• Kristin recounts her anxiety about Charlotte’s “sweater over the shoulders” look and the infamous drunken restaurant scene:
  • “Every part I’ve ever played…some costume designer tries to put a sweater [on me]…for that scene it was pretty perfection.” (Kristin, 09:00)
• She describes the physicality and nerves of filming the iconic storm-off and money-throwing moment:
  • “I had to get drunk and say the crazy…throw the money back… it landed in the glass.” (Kristin, 09:01)
• Rebecca recalls binge-watching the episode again and being surprised by Kristin’s nerves.
  • “You didn’t seem to be…complicated for you. You did it…maybe you made it look easy.” (Rebecca, 09:34)

3. Impact of the Episode & ‘Frenemies’ in Pop Culture

[07:38 - 10:48]

• Kristin is careful not to officially claim they “coined” the word ‘frenemies’, but acknowledges the episode’s outsized influence:
  • “It was certainly a big introduction…to the popular culture…now is a meme that’s super embarrassing. But whatever, it’s cool.” (Kristin, 07:38)
• Both actresses marvel at the continued relevance of “Sex and the City” and the way memes shape legacy.

4. Life After “Frenemies”: TV, Theater, and Personal Growth

[15:32 - 24:19]

• Rebecca recalls the thrill of having her parents finally see her work on TV—no longer a NYC exclusivity.
  • “It was the show everyone wanted to be on.” (Rebecca, 19:53)
• The realities of working in theater versus TV are discussed, including the practical bonus of a shoot delay equaling extra pay as a young struggling actor. (Rebecca, 15:45)
• Both reflect on the transition from theater to TV:
  • “I needed to stop being self-conscious at a certain point, you know?” (Rebecca, 20:31)
• Rebecca’s typecasting as the ‘persnickety, uptight fancy lady’ is both a running joke and a badge she now wears proudly, demonstrating the serendipity of careers:
  • “I have…a period face. I’m literally playing someone who’s, you know, 150 years old.” (Rebecca, 30:50)

5. Hollywood Friendship, Anonymity, and New York Life

[31:38 - 33:41]

• Kristin describes the peculiar fame in NYC:
  • “If you think it through before you leave the house, you can fly under the radar…but I can’t walk down Madison Avenue, really.” (Kristin, 31:52)
  • Memorable: “When Barney’s was still there, we couldn’t go to Barney’s, which was really hard because we really loved Barney’s.” (Kristin, 32:07)
• Rebecca admires Cynthia Nixon’s ability to maintain normalcy and commends her as “possibly the very nicest woman in show business.” (Rebecca, 33:02)
• A shared yearning and respect for the theater remains, Rebecca hinting at a return post-LA move:
  • “My husband is a lighting designer for the theater, so I kind of get my fix in that way…think I might do more theater now.” (Rebecca, 33:41)

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Notable Quotes

• Rebecca Wisocky, on her first TV job:
  “No part was too small. I was just so thrilled…It was such a sexy credit, even just for a scene.” [07:19]
• Kristin Davis, on pop culture resonance:
  “To think that I could somehow anonymously do the things that the characters do…is just too specific, you know what I’m saying?” [32:07]
• Rebecca, on surviving a career full of ‘faces’:
  “I have…a period face. I’m literally playing someone who’s, you know, 150 years old.” [30:50]

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Memorable Moments & Recurring Humor

• Kristin’s ongoing battle with wearing sweaters over the shoulders for characters (“the sweater girl”) [09:00]
• Shared nervousness and imposter syndrome during first high-profile gigs
• The “great snack rivalry” between the "Sex and the City" and "Sopranos" sets—Kristin tried to steal Sopranos’ superior craft services [29:54]
• Both actresses commiserate about not recalling endless nights on set and the blurring of memories after seasons of shooting

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 04:26 – Rebecca on landing her first TV job via downtown theater
• 06:35 – Auditioning as Samantha (and why she isn’t one)
• 09:00 – The infamous ‘sweater over the shoulders’ scene
• 15:45 – Real-life realities and perks of filming delays
• 19:53 – Parents finally see her work on TV
• 20:31 – On transitioning from theater to television
• 29:54 – “Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” set-food rivalry
• 30:50 – Embracing her unique ‘period’ look
• 31:52 – Kristin’s thoughts on NYC fame/fan interactions
• 33:02 – Rebecca extols Cynthia Nixon’s warmth and theater talent

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Takeaways

• The importance of ensemble casting and bringing theater sensibilities to TV sets.
• “Sex and the City” didn’t just tell stories; it created cultural milestones, language, and the foundation for enduring memes and fandoms.
• Career paths are unpredictable, rife with self-doubt, accidental choices, and moments of luck, but bonds formed in these early jobs last decades.
• Genuine friendship shines through in both reminiscing and professional support—this episode feels like a warm, authentic catch-up between kindred spirits.

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For fans and newcomers alike, this episode is a backstage masterclass in humility, humor, and the connective tissue of women in Hollywood.

Transcript

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[B]

hi, I'm Kristin Davis and I want to know, are you a Charlotte?

[C]

Hi everyone.

[B]

Welcome to Are youe with Charlotte. Today we have a fun episode of Catching up with Friends with the fantastic Rebecca Wasocki, who plays one of my

[C]

sorority sisters in the wonderful episode Frenemies from 2000. It's season three, episode 16 and you, I'm sure, will recognize her. She's incredibly gorgeous. She's currently on a CBS show called Ghosts and it's really fun to catch up with her.

[B]

So please join me in Catching up with Rebecca.

[A]

Hello.

[C]

How are you?

[A]

I'm very good. I'm so excited to be doing this with you.

[B]

Aw.

[C]

Thank you so much for doing it. We love to have our little segment called Catching up with Friends because it's fun because everyone has such different memories and I'm just so curious what you, what you're. I. I have very little memories. I remember being so stressed when we filmed that scene.

[A]

Yes. Okay. So late 90s, everyone in New York wanted to be on your show and it was a very small part. I don't know if you even can recall it.

[C]

Yes, I can. I just rewatched it.

[A]

It was my very first job I ever because I was working deep downtown theater, dance theater. And it was so. It' notable for me in many ways. My very first, my very first real job.

[C]

Was it scary?

[A]

I mean, you know. Yeah, sure, it was nice. Lovely. I don't know if you were. Well, you say you remember being stressed, but you were very nice.

[C]

I'm so glad. Thank you.

[A]

Good Kappa Kappa Kappa ladies did bond and we stayed friends after. Haven't talked to either of them in years.

[C]

But.

[A]

But both very talented actors. You had many great, you know, downtown theater actors on that show.

[C]

Yeah, we really made an effort and I think that's what help make the show what it was. People might not have known that who are watching it. But, you know, we knew and, like, the level, you know, of, I think Michael Patrick also, like, very, you know, he wants everyone to be, like, just on it, you know, in a way that theater actors are just already prepared to be. You don't have to explain it, you know.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I think that's part of what made this show so rich, is that, like, all, even a technically small part, people were just so super talented and ready.

[A]

You know, I gotta tell you, people still stop me. People actually still recognize me and text me about it. I saw you on. Yeah, I mean, you know this well, but it was such an important moment in television and it was such an iconic group of women that we were so dying to see. So this angle of your podcast is also very, very smart. So.

[C]

Oh, thank you. Thank you. I enjoy doing it. And part of what's fun is getting to hear other people's perspect of what it was like. So take us back. Like, how did you get the part?

[A]

I mean, again, I was making the rounds, so somewhat fresh out of, out of school, out of acting school, doing a lot of theater, and I actually auditioned for the pilot, believe it or not.

[C]

Which part?

[A]

For Samantha. No way in a million years I would have ever gotten. But that's at least how I was perceived in that moment.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Probably, probably how I perceive myself in my 20s. Turns out I'm not at all a Samantha being much more like a Charlotte, because, you know, I ended up marrying the good guy after my Biggs, you know.

[C]

Got it.

[A]

So, yeah, I mean, it was an audition, like, you know, of course.

[C]

Right.

[A]

I mean, what, it was over 25 years ago.

[C]

I, I, I'm aware. It's crazy, right? It's crazy to think about. So you auditioned and then did you. So, so you're aware of the show and you were like, yes, yes, I want to be on it. I don't care if it's, you know, this part of that part or whatever. Right. Like, you were gay again.

[A]

Downtown theater actor. There was no part that was too small. I was just so thrilled. And it was just such a, I mean, it was such a sexy credit and it was just, was such a fun thing to, to be a part of, even just for, for a scene and a very notable episode. You guys coined that term frenemies.

[C]

Yes. I mean, look, I, I always feel very nervous about saying that we coined anything because I just feel like it seems like maybe it might not be true. Right. It's really hard to get to the actual origins of A new word. Do you know what I mean? But it was certainly a big introduction of the world to the culture, to the popular culture. You know what I'm saying? And also the concept. The name and the concept of, like, what does frenemies mean? And I think it's such a great, great episode that really stands up, you know, so beautifully now. When I rewatched it, I was like, wow, you know, that. That's really, really good. There's so many different angles, you know, to frenemies and what it means. And I had. I only vaguely remember this because Charlotte had so many kind of interesting, different. You know, she's so unexpected at times, and this is one of those kind of unexpected things that now is a meme that's super embarrassing. But whatever, it's cool. The thing that I mostly remember about that, I remember feeling excited that I got to go backwards, you know, that Charlotte's like, oh, I need to be with my. You know, with my normal girlfriends or whatever, right? And then I wear this sweater over my shoulders. And that had been something that I hated to do. Like, every part I've ever played in my life, I feel like some costume designer tries to put a shoulder.

[A]

You're the sweater girl.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And I just hate it because it's so preppy. And I grew up in the south where, like, it's, you know, preppyville. And I was like, it's just too on the nose. Right? But for that scene, it was pretty perfection that that's what Charlotte would do going back to see her college girlfriends. But I remember being stressed because I had to get drunk and say the crazy. Like, don't you ever just want to. You know? And then I remember I had to throw that money back. Like, it was a physically challenging thing to do. Like, I had to get up and storm off and then throw the money, and then it landed in the glass.

[B]

Do you remember this?

[A]

I do.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You didn't seem to be. It didn't seem to be anything that was that complicated for you. You did it.

[B]

Damn.

[C]

That's it.

[A]

That acrobatic. But maybe you made it look easy. That's so funny to me that you. Because I obviously, first of all, thank you for the opportunity to deep dive, because I, like everyone else in America, watched the show. Well, not everyone. Most women watch that show every damn week. But I have not seen it in many years. And so I took a little deep dive, and I couldn't stop watching, and I binged a bunch of them again. But I'm surprised To hear you say that in the Frenemies episode, that was. Anything you were concerned about because you had. When you. When you stand in your bedroom.

[C]

Oh, I was concerned about that too. Oh, trust me.

[A]

I mean, but it's such. That was such a beautiful scene and vulnerable, important scene for that character. And I had forgotten about that. That part of the episode, you know?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, that that scene specifically happened.

[C]

So I forgot that that was in the same episode. And that's one thing I do think when I re. The. The writing is just so good that there's. There's so many, like, interesting, emotional, kind of important moments that happen for all the characters.

[A]

And between them too. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, it's really so much. And in my mind, those two. Those two storylines that th. Those are separate storylines right in my head. So I don't even put them still after rewatching in the same one. Like, for me, you guys. And also I think it's because of the memes. Because memes rule our lives now. Right? In a weird. And because I do this podcast, my phone shows me so much Sex and the City content. Oh, my good Lord. I didn't really know before I started this podcast how much was out there. Oh, people are obsessed. It's so fascinating. It's amazing. It's truly amazing and continually amazing. But I do think again that there's just so many different reasons for that. And I think a lot of it was the writing. I think the writing was just so brave and deep and funny. And it's hard to be deep and funny at the same time. And also unlike anything else, as you mentioned. But then also just the actors, like so many incredible actors joined us, like yourself. And then you've gone on to have these great careers.

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[C]

Take me back to your thoughts. Like, okay, it's your first TV job.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You'd been theater. Theater, theater. And when you got there, did you think like, wow, this is wacky. Or did you think, wow, this is great? What did you think of the day?

[A]

I'll be 100% honest with you, because back then, and this is what the Law and orders and the Sopranos and all this other stuff was for theater, especially downtown theater, paid absolutely zero dollars. So I. We had. I think you guys ran over the first day we were scheduled to do the scene always. And it was on Friday. And so me and Vivian Benesh and Sherry Parker Lee, who were the Kappa Kappa Kappas, we had to go home, not shoot the scene, and come back, like, four days later, which means we got paid more money. Great. I have to say, back there in the day, like, that was. That was the first thing that was like, okay, great. You, of course. And you were. I was like, she's fantastic. This is lovely, you know.

[C]

Oh, good, I'm glad. Did it take forever when we did finally film it?

[A]

Not to my recollection, no.

[C]

Oh, well, that's amazing.

[A]

You know, one of the reasons might have been I looked back and I noticed that your director was Michael Spiller, who was your DP for most of first season. Right.

[C]

That's right.

[A]

So I would. He might have been a little faster. I don't know.

[C]

I mean, yeah, maybe he was. I don't really remember him being faster. I don't remember anyone being faster, really, because we would just film all night long till the sun came up so many days. And I remember just being just delirious half the time, you know, and trying to be like, oh, get with it. You gotta act. You know, and especially a small. Especially once third season is really in my mind, when everything kind of, like, amped up in terms of the response and award shows and all that extra stuff, you know, that you're doing on top of the show. And then fourth season, I've just started watching and I have, like, no memories, which I just think I, at some point got kind of overwhelmed, you know, In a way. Yeah. But in a good way. Right. In a positive way. I was loving everything and just trying

[B]

to function through it.

[C]

Like, how can I do this the

[B]

best I can do it.

[C]

But also, I need to go to sleep.

[A]

It's fully immersive, you know, we do 22 episodes a season. And on. On the show that I'm doing.

[C]

No way.

[A]

Wrapped our fifth season fully. Don't recall a lot. And we shoot on location in Montreal too, so it really feels like we're, you know, it's another life that completely

[C]

takes over because it is. It is another life that takes over. But also I'm so thrilled they're doing 22. Like the olden days. That's amazing.

[A]

I know, I know. I feel really, really lucky. I know how lucky I am, especially in this right now to have a job that I love, that people are enjoying watching and most importantly, the company of actors that they have because it's a big, big main cast. And we all really, really love each other. We're all. All of us are. Most of us at least come from the theater. So everyone knows what it means to be an ensemble, which is so important.

[C]

That's so great. That's so great. I'm so happy to hear that. Because you just don't know these days. It's just so rare. Few and far between that. That's the situation. So I'm so happy for you. That's amazing. Five seasons also, like, whoa. Never happens these days.

[A]

I know, I know.

[C]

And Montreal. Incredible.

[A]

Have you been to Montreal?

[C]

Never.

[A]

You should visit. It's really pretty.

[B]

People love it.

[A]

Like a little Paris in the. In the old town area.

[C]

Yeah. I've worked in every other Canadian city but that one.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you should come beyond goes.

[C]

You would actually, I mean, tell them to call me Rebecca. I'll do it. I'll do it.

[A]

Yeah. But our whole crew are frank a thons, so the whole crew speaks French. Every business. If you call any business there, they are actually mandated by law to answer the phone initially. French.

[B]

Wow, cool.

[A]

We're in a foreign country.

[C]

I love that.

[A]

Very beautiful food town.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

Incredible. Okay, so take me back. Let's go back to Sex in the City. Many, many years ago. It airs. What was the response? Like, how did you feel when you watched it?

[A]

I was thrilled. I mean, first of all, to be able to tell my parents that they could see my work in a way that didn't require them to take a train to New York and sit in a then on the Lower east side. That was thrilling. And it just was exciting. It was like I said, it was the show everyone wanted to be on.

[B]

Oh, sweet.

[C]

Did you feel as a theater actor? I know, like, for me, I was trained in the theater. I never really thought I'd be on tv. And then I did a bunch of commercials. I did other things, but, like, whenever I would watch myself, I'd just be like, what? Like, it was so odd on camera.

[A]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't love watching myself, but I think I needed to stop being self conscious at a certain point, you know?

[B]

For sure.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So it wasn't dramatic. You were just like, that's cool, it's good.

[A]

I mean, no, I probably hated the way I looked, but also I. I love and I've. I have. I've been lucky enough to be given a wide breadth of parts to play, which, as you well know, is not usual in this business. I am often asked to play the persnickety, uptight fancy lady, which. So my first TV job playing that structure, maybe.

[C]

Yeah, definitely. Definitely. I mean, you did a great job. Like, you're so believable. And I remember that all of you were so nice. Right. So I kind of felt bad that you had to be like, bitchy kind of or whatever. But you all did it beautifully.

[A]

Oh, it was fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It seemed very grounded.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. So when you were on and so you're still out there, you're auditioning, you're doing all the things and then did people recognize you back in the day? Like, did people talk to you on the street? What was it like?

[A]

I don't remember. But shortly after, I booked a role in the Sopranos. And I would imagine that, you know, being given that hbo, like, she's probably meant a lot, you know, I mean, people don't know initially if someone. If a young actor can handle themselves on a set in any way, you know, and, well, I'm sure that, you know, have. Getting that first job for anybody is. Is super important, and the fact that it was such a, you know, important show.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Where did you film your Sopranos? At Silver Cuppers? Out in the world?

[A]

No, I don't think Silver cup existed.

[C]

Oh, no, it existed. Yeah, that's where we were. That's where we were filming.

[A]

We shot our thing on location in Chelsea somewhere.

[C]

Oh, got it, Got it. Yeah. No, we and the Sopranos were both at Silver Cup.

[A]

No, so Sopranos. We didn't shoot Silver Cup. We shot someplace out in New Jersey.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, got it. You were on location in Jersey.

[A]

Oh, I probably took a bus from Silver Cup.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

I took a bus from Silver Cup, a bunch of the other actors and Aida Tutoro and a bunch of other people to go out and do the table read when you all, you know, table reads with everyone all in one intimidating room.

[C]

Oh my God. This Brano's table read. I cannot imagine such a big cast too.

[B]

Such a great, great cast.

[C]

Yeah. Was it scary?

[A]

That was scary.

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[A]

The thing that I do remember so David Chase. So in the audition I played an aus. An attorney, a United States attorney. That puts Johnny away. I'll tell this story briefly as it's not.

[C]

Oh no, we love it.

[A]

Well, so I was young and dumb enough. First of all, it was back in the day when, you know, auditions were 50 other people waiting in the waiting room. Paper thin audition room. Everyone could hear everyone else's audition. I believe David Chase was in the room. He had to have been. And, and so there's this long indictment that's meant to be read in the Supreme Court, you know, state Supreme Court. And he's. I remember him saying that's great. Yes, I really. But, but don't like make it really feel like you're reading it because it's. This is a very precise legal document. You know, it's. This is not something extemporaneous. And I said so I got the job. And like a complete lunatic, I show up and I'm like okay, so I'm just not going to memorize it. And it bit me in the ass. And because it was just like, yeah, you need to hold the paper just a little bit further away from your face. Just a little bit further. I'm like, yeah, okay. Oh no. I just had to like, like in between takes I would just run out of the room and just like try to flash memorize these things because I didn't want to disappoint. But of course really great lesson to learn in your early 20s, too. Like, no matter what anyone says, be prepared for every possible.

[B]

Oh, my God, Yes.

[C]

That's terrifying.

[A]

That was really terrifying because I just did not want to disappoint that.

[C]

Of course. No, you would want to be, like, super a game. But I also could see as an actor why that would have meant don't memorize because he told me to read. Right. Like, I can see both sides. But then, of course, you don't know what's going to happen.

[B]

Oof.

[A]

Oof.

[C]

But I mean, I do feel when you're young, like, you're like, Like. I mean, I never did this because I was already sober, but you know when people would. Would have. Have scenes where they were supposed to be drunk and they'd be like, okay, I need to. I need to go out the night before and get drunk so that I'm like, still whatever. People do crazy things is my point. You know what I mean? I never did that, but never did that. No, no, me neither. Me neither. Well, how amazing that you were on our show and their show at the same time. Like, roughly meaning time period. That's incredible. What a great, great beginning to your career.

[A]

Television was changing in such a radical way with those two shows that. That started late 90s, right?

[C]

Yeah. I. We, when we filmed our pilot was 97 and HBO, when they sent the contract, they were like, oh, we can't play with pay with the networks. Pay. We're not a real network. We're just beginning. No, no, no, no. We were like, oh, God.

[B]

All right.

[C]

And then for our crew, we filmed our pilot, I want to say, in June.

[B]

May or June.

[C]

And then they wanted to make a double deal with our crew so that they would just go right directly to do the Sopranos project pilot. So it dress in Jersey. And I remember, I think our makeup artist saying, like, oh, yeah, you know, they want us to do some mob show set in Jersey. And I was like, oh, don't do that. Like, he so did not understand what it was you. You know what I mean?

[A]

Like, no one understood what it was. It didn't exist until then.

[C]

Yeah, right, right, right, right. So a lot of our crew did go, but then we would overlap, so sometimes we would. That's why we, like, they'd be down the hall at Silver Cub and we'd try to steal their food. That's the story I've told. That was print because they had really great craft service. Right. Way better than ours. No offense to ours, but, like, meatballs and hot Food. And, like, they were so into their food, and we would just be like, how can we get that food down here? But it was really funny.

[A]

I don't remember the snacks. I don't remember the crafty on either job. Which probably goes to answer your question more honestly, which is, yeah, I was probably completely scared shitless on both jobs.

[C]

Why wouldn't you be? Why wouldn't you be? That's incredible. As your first jobs. My God, so great. But, you know, obviously, you're just super talented, and they could see it right away, which is wonderful.

[A]

Well, that's kind of you.

[C]

Yes, yes. Look at you still having such a great career. It's not easy.

[A]

Well, I feel like I've aged into my face. I have a period face. Oh. I'm. I'm literally playing someone who's, you know, 150 years old.

[C]

Crazy. That's super interesting, though. And, yeah, I mean, you have a very specific look that I think lends itself to a lot of good things. Like, I could see you playing attorney. I could see you playing my, like, you know, kind of upper crust sorority sister. You know, you definitely have a period face. I mean, but those things are so, so great. But then if you don't have the things, the skill, the. The, you know, talent, the all the things to fill that in, it doesn't really mean anything, you know? Yeah. Anyway, I love it. I love talking to you. I love seeing you. Sometimes I'm like, oh, there. One of my sorority sisters, you know, what,

[A]

live in New York, right?

[C]

I live in la, but we were working in New York. But. Yeah, no, I just mean on tv, like on the screen or whatever. You don't. I mean, I'll be like, oh, yes, yes. Yeah.

[A]

Also in the streets of New York. I mean, do. People must feel like they own you in New York, right?

[C]

I mean, yeah, it's kind of the opposite of the norm in that, you know, they're always like, oh, New Yorkers don't care. But I'm always thinking like, wow. I mean, it depends where, right? And depends how I'm dressed. So, you know, you. You can. If you think it through before you leave the house, you can. You can fly under the radar. But, like, roughly, I can't. I can't walk down Madison Avenue, really. I can't. I can't shop, you know. Yeah, yeah. It's just too. It's too specific. You know what I'm saying? And when Barney's was still there, we couldn't go to Barney's, which was really hard because we really loved Barney's and we kept trying to go and it just didn't go well. But, you know, there's just two. It's too. It's to think that I could somehow anonymously do the things that the characters do. Right. Though I do think that Sarah and Cynthia, who live there, I think that they really. I think that they've got it down, like how to. Where to go, what to wear, how to. You know, you can do it. You can do it is what I'm trying to say. You can fly under the radar if that's what you would like to do that day. Right.

[A]

They're both lovely, but, you know, Cynthia Nixon, I see her out and about at the theater and stuff sometimes, and we've lots of mutual friends and she is. Is, I think, possibly the very nicest woman in show business. She's so talented. And so she just finished the run. Did you see her in Marjorie Cross?

[C]

I missed it. I missed it. I'm so sad.

[A]

That play, Jordan Harrison, and she was magnificent.

[C]

I heard Sarah Saar and loved it, and I had a plan, and then the kids got sick and I couldn't

[B]

go and, you know, it's sad.

[C]

Yeah. I love to see Cynthia on the stage. It's super special. Super special and amazing. Do you miss the theater?

[A]

I do. You know, my husband is a lighting designer for the theater, so I kind of get my fix in that way a little bit. But we just relocated from LA back to New York, like, just within, like a couple months ago, which is intense. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I think. I think I might do more theater now.

[B]

Yay.

[C]

That's exciting.

[B]

Yeah, that's great.

[A]

Nothing. I'm 22 episodes. I'm. I'm. I'm. I need a little break.

[C]

I mean, yeah, 20. I can't even believe anyone's doing 22 episodes these days. It's pretty exciting. But, yes, it does take over your life. For sure.

[B]

For sure.

[C]

Well, thank you so much for joining us. I love it so much. It's so good to connect and. And hear the updates and congratulations on

[B]

your show and moving back to New York.

[C]

That's fun.

[A]

Congratulations to you on the podcast. All else in your life.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

And you're looking truly like you have not aged. Not that it's time to age.

[C]

I know, I know. But thank you so much. I have a lot of light on me right now, as you can see.

[A]

Like I said, a lighting designer.

[C]

Oh, it's beautiful. Oh, nice. Nice perk.

[B]

Love it.

[C]

You look fantastic.

[A]

Thank you. Wonderful. To chat with you too.

[C]

Thank you Rebecca. Have a great day.

[A]

You too. Bye bye.

[B]

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[A]

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