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Podcast: In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast
Episode: Rashida Jones
Description: Joining Backstage at the very end of 2020, Rashida Jones invites listeners to both look back at her wandering journey through the biz and anticipate what’s to come in 2021. The actor has had her finger on the industry’s pulse since also finding her voice as a writer-producer-director-activist, and offers as much valuable insight into the state of Hollywood today as she does audition advice. “The truth is,” she tells fellow artists, “you only become great when you’re yourself.”
Rashida grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by entertainers (including parents Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton), but didn’t begin auditioning unti...