Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: SmartLess

Episode: 8/16/21: An Interview with Octavia Spencer | SmartLess w/ Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

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"You know you did all of this work before the thing that really catapulted you, which was The Help. You were amazing, just incredible."
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The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

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"I think The Help was starting to become like a little wildfire and catch on, and she was very smart in that she knew it would have been kind of weird to do the dialect. And it was during pilot season, guys."
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The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

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"The other thing that people probably don't know is that The Help was made into a radio play in the UK. And because of my association with Catherine and because I had done the book on tape, they asked me if I would come and do the radio play, which I'd never done."
The Help Cover

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

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"And because of my association with Catherine and because I had done the book on tape, they asked me if I would come and do the radio play, which I'd never done."