2022, The London Hotel, West Hollywood.
Seth Rogen and I are sitting at the bar, sipping water, waiting to do a post-screening Q&A for the show Pam & Tommy .
Me: What are you working on right now?
Him: Actually, I’m writing a thing about the inside of the industry.
Me: Well, I have some stories for you…
Him: [Pulls out phone] I’m taking notes.
—Everyone who’s ever worked in entertainment in LA knows that Rogen and Evan Goldberg ’s comedy show The Studio is basically real. Sure, it’s amped up, dialed up, condensed, but we know those people, and those scenarios. LA really is that nuts. You try to explain it to people who either don’t live here or have never worked here, and it does sound far-fetched. But the truth is, the Hollywood industry is crazy, magical, surreal and