
Matthew Starr
Director
1
APPEARANCES
1
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
May 19, 2026
64. TV & Comedy with Matthew Starr: Writing for Glen Powell, Script Tips & What Hollywood Is Fixated On
21:49
22:01
22:09
22:17

Matthew StarrGUEST
And so a- that had happened, and having, like, taken some time with the idea, the idea had kind of been percolating and somebody who I had helped with a script was like, "Hey," you know, he's a director, his name's Tyler Mercer, he's super talented.

Matthew StarrGUEST
Um, uh, was like, "Hey, if you ever have, like, a, an idea that we could shoot in, like, one day, um, I, I have got a crew, like, we...

Matthew StarrGUEST
I can help you make this thing." And so I was like, "Oh, let me think about it." And so I wrote, like, an eight-page short film version of The Best Man's Ghostwriter, which is basically like the cold open of the show.

Matthew StarrGUEST
And so I paid for that because at the time I had been, like, the head writer and EP of, like, a weed live stream talk show on YouTube that, like, had no audience but an amazing cast and crew of people.
43 MINS LATER
L
65:32Lily MasliaHOST
Apple keeps pulling all these crazy shows out, and I'm like, "I don't have time to watch all this."