April 1, 2024

EP. 208 — Minnie Driver

Jameela welcomes actress Minnie Driver (About a Boy, Good Will Hunting) for a vulnerable and candid conversation about modern parenting, the superpower of growing older, and what #metoo and #timesup did and didn’t change for her and her peers working in Hollywood. You’ll also hear some sage and life changing advice she received from Carrie Fisher and plenty more.

 

Listen to Minnie’s podcast Minnie Questions where you find your podcasts and follow her @driverminnie

 

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Transcript

  Jameela Minnie Driver. Love of my life. Hello. Welcome to I Weigh. How are you?   Minnie I’m alright. I love that I’m the love of your life. That’s great. I won’t tell James.   Jameela Circle of friends. Yeah. James knows. James knows that you are the benchmark that he has always been trying to live up to. He resents you massively. You should never meet. Never be in the same room because he will fight you.   Minnie I’ll never.   Jameela He doesn’t care that you’re a woman.   Minnie I’ll fight him.   Jameela Yeah. Haha!   Minnie I’d love to fight him.   Jameela You’re both really tall. I think you could actually be quite a good fight. How have you been, mate?   Minnie I’ve been alright. I mean, you know, dealing with the cons, really feels like still dealing with the fallout of Covid, really weirdly. Not that, not the disease itself, but the the long reaching effects of

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