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Nick Kroll

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A little about Nick

Daddy Dollars

His father is a businessman who founded the corporate investigations and risk consulting firm Kroll Inc.

Chappelle's Show writer

Early in his career, he was a writer on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show.

Dating Amy Poehler

He started dating comedian and actress Amy Poehler in 2013, and they ended their relationship in 2015.

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Inspirations for the voices of Kroll Show characters

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Inspirations for the voices of Kroll Show characters

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One of the great things about the internet - beyond the amazing reddit AMA experience - is that you can research any voice you want, just by going to YouTube. Which was very helpful in figuring out the Canadian accent, the Pennsylvanian accent, C-Czar (I watched a lot of Riff Raff to get that accent down).

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Favorite movie

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Favorite movie

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I do love RUSHMORE.

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Oddest fan encounter

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Oddest fan encounter

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My oddest fan encounter... I will grossly namedrop this and say that I met Steve Martin, who knew he was meeting me that night and had watched a couple episodes of the show and said he liked it, which was not odd, but like the coolest thing that's ever happened. And it's not like he came up out of nowhere - he knew he was going to meet me, and prepped for it.

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Favorite characters he doesn't play

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Favorite characters he doesn't play

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I think Jonah from Summer Heights High...And Jordan Peele's "Wendell" from the Pizza Ordering sketch, Fred and Carrie being the bookstore owners, and Will Forte's character where he gives toasts at weddings.

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How much tuna is too much tuna

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How much tuna is too much tuna

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If you start to smell like tuna a day after having eaten tuna - that's too much tuna.

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What he bases his characters on

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What he bases his characters on

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Question: You come from a very affluent family – are you a reformed “rich dick” or are those characters informed by people you went to school with? Or both? Or neither? Answer: All of my characters are informed by who I am and people that I've come into contact with, as well as everyone else involved in making the show - like in the case of Rich Dicks, John Daly and people that he knew.

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If he's ever seen the band Phish live

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If he's ever seen the band Phish live

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I have been to a few Phish shows over the years, and my friends in high school were (and continue to be) really into them. Mike Gordon actually wrote back to me about it, which made me look really cool to my high school buddies.

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If he ever gets nervous before a show/podcast

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If he ever gets nervous before a show/podcast

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I do get nervous. And that's not a bad thing. What I try to do (and this sounds very cheesy, but it's helpful) is to acknowledge my fear, and then it doesn't dominate me.

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Advice for someone who wants to pursue comedy and acting

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Advice for someone who wants to pursue comedy and acting

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Just do it. Constantly do it. There is no substitute for just making stuff.

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What he likes to do that is difficult for celebrities to do

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What he likes to do that is difficult for celebrities to do

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Listening to other people. It has made it more difficult to eavesdrop on people.

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If John Mulaney was as insane as he says he was in his act

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If John Mulaney was as insane as he says he was in his act

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He was. But he was also always a very good, diligent writer.

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If going to Georgetown made a difference in his comedy career

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If going to Georgetown made a difference in his comedy career

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It did, in that I met people I respect and continue to work with, like John Mulaney, Mike Birbiglia, Alison Becker, Brian Donovan, Ed Herro, etcetera.

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