The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Stephen Merchant: Being The Awkward Guy & Letting Go Of THE OFFICE

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Multi award–winning writer, actor and director, Stephen Merchant joins Romesh for a hilarious conversation about his career. They discuss how The Office reshaped comedy, why Tim and Dawn still land, Stephen’s shift into drama, his quest for “flow state," and why he regrets always playing the awkward guy.

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00:00 Intro
02:10 Chat GPT vs Stephen's BAFTAS
04:20 Do Awards Mean Anything?
07:45 Mark Hamill’s Trousers
09:25 Teacher Trauma
16:20 Tiny Grand Piano & Music Regrets
18:30 The Flow State
24:50 How The Office Changed Comedy
28:33 Tim & Dawn
31:34 Letting The Office Evolve
34:49 Goodbye June With Kate Winslet
38:06 Shanthi’s Question & Being The Awkward Guy
42:00 Stallone, Woody Allen & The Danger of Being Typecast
44:00 The Walking Dead
46:20 Logan With Richard E. Grant
50:00 Ambitions & American Success
58:00 Misquoted
01:04:30 Being 6’7 Tall
01:07:20 Stephen’s Adult EXCLUSIVE

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