Ilana Glazer
COMEDIAN AND ACTOR
WHAT IS YOUR CALLING CARD?
Close-ups of my feet. Kidding. My toxic on-set behavior. Okay just kidding. Physically, my Jew-fro. Metaphysically, my optimism despite my constant consciousness-raising around the power structure that oppresses the global majority. Yay!
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE?
Literally, Broad City, the show I co-created and co-show-ran and co-starred in with Abbi Jacobson, and made with Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello and a thousand other people. Also, a modeling of pride in one’s queerness as they discover it through their art.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Horny for life. Not “horny for life,” even though that can be true as well, but I’m “horny for life.” I’m interested in our world and how people live in it.
““Lately, my crossroads have been all about boundaries—to draw a boundary or let it go. Rather than crossroads, I keep building roadblocks.””
NAME AN INFLUENCE OF YOURS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE.
Democracy Now! It’s an independent news program that broadcasts daily, and oof, it’s so rough—as is all the news—but this is just, like, straight shot, not diluted, human rights–centered news. So when I listen to the headlines, which is about a 20-minute segment, I feel rooted in reality and able to be dreamier and freer in my day.
DESCRIBE A RECENT CROSSROADS AT WHICH YOU FOUND YOURSELF.
Lately, my crossroads have been all about boundaries—to draw a boundary or let it go. Rather than crossroads, I keep building roadblocks. I recently had a situation with a friend with whom I work, who expected me to provide something which I found unreasonable, so I called her and slowly and carefully pushed back. She was like, “… Okay.” It was awkward and a little clipped, but after a little time, when we saw each other next, it was fine—not “chill and awesome!” but fine. It’s things like that these days.
in your life?
