Vanity Fair Interviews D'Arcy Carden
Oh, @VanityFair, I love you. I would happily talk about @nbcthegoodplace & Barry & @broadcity & @UCBtny all damn day. Thanks for letting me! https://t.co/GwGfZCBS1X
- D'Arcy Carden (@DarcyCarden) June 25, 2018
- Vanity Fair interviewed D'Arcy Carden, who currently stars as Janet on The Good Place and in a supporting role on HBO's Barry, about her long road to success in Hollywood.
- D'Arcy went to NYC in her early 20's to get into acting. She was mainly cast in dramatic productions, but started doing comedy after seeing the improvised comedy show ASSSSCAT at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for the first time.
- She performed at UCB in NYC for years before eventually moving to LA with her husband in search of more acting jobs. But as soon as she got to LA, her UCB friends Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer brought her back to guest star on their show, Broad City.
- Despite her small role on Broad City, D'Arcy was still looking for acting jobs, nannying, writing and performing at UCB in LA for a few years. She felt like she'd probably missed her chance to get a big TV role, but then she auditioned for The Good Place, and filmed the pilots for that and Barry within months of each other.
- Loves the people she plays with at UCB and works with on The Good Place - Mike Schur has a policy of "no dicks", so it's a good working environment.
- D'Arcy talks about all the people from UCB who have found success (ex: Adam Pally, Zach Woods, Aubrey Plaza) and how the philosophy of improv makes it easy to be happy for the success of your peers because you're all working toward the same goal, plus a rising tide lifts all boats.
I LOVE D'Arcy. I've been watching her do improv for years and years - she's goddamn hilarious and I'm so happy for her success! If you're ever in LA on a Sunday night, check out her weekly show Search History at UCB. /stg, I am not her publicist (yet).
