Anna Kendrick

Episode overview

Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour, Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air) is an actor and director. Anna returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss being a non-fashion girlie, her feelings on her first appearance on the podcast, and why she ghosted Dax. Anna and Dax talk about her journey growing up in Maine to starring in Broadway shows, how she learned to stand up for herself while also being a people pleaser, and why she doesn’t want to show anyone a new skill until she’s mastered it. Anna talks about how much she enjoys proving herself, stepping in to direct her first film, and how we risk annihilation whenever we enter a new relationship.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert I'm Dan Shepard I'm joined by Lily padman we have an old friend here
2. 1:08:25his mouth was like covered in white I could smell his breath it was like fishy and out of nowhere this like full- grown
3. 2:19:36that's called growth growth we love we love to see it um all right all right

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