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215 | Patton Oswalt: Embracing Risk as a Writer, Stand Up Comic, and Actor

By The Screenwriting Life

4:16 PM EDT on September 26, 2024

JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.so/When Patton Oswalt considers a part, he has a simple litmus test: "When the movie is finished it's either gotta be, 'I can't believe they pulled this off, or this movie should not have been made.'" Risk has always been an important part of Patton's life as an artist in every medium: writing, acting, performing, and stand-up. Enjoy this incredible conversation with one of our best working stand-ups.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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