Paul W. Downs is a creator, writer, and star of the award-winning television show Hacks. We chat with him from his home in Los Angeles about furries, protein-rich gravy, Picasso plates, the Cinnabon Mochalatta Chill, Paul Newman and Martha Stewart, the AMAs in Vegas this year, Hacks coming for magicians this season, shaving his body as a teen swimmer, buying Gucci at the outlet mall in New Jersey, celebrity selfies, the meme work of Joe Mande, working with your wife, and Paul workshops his sleep-guillotine system.

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