-New York is a character in this show.
-Yes, as it often is. -As it often is.
You were the first one to think, "This was a character."
But you put it in your neighborhood.
It's an East Village show. -Yes, and I love it.
-And now you're walking around, you basically now are --
-you are very much the character you played,
and you're walking around the set.
-It has become some sort of a meta-snow-globe nightmare
like I cannot even describe. -[ Laughs ]
-The other day, I walked out, and it's like, in my mind,
it's going to be like Christopher Walken
in Abel Ferrara's "King of New York."
You know what I mean? Looking down, coked up,
and what a city, what a city. [ Laughter ]
And instead it's me in the East Village.
And I kind of -- I was going to meet a friend for breakfast,
and I was like, "At Odessa,
across the street from Tompkins Square Park,"
which was already ironic. If you've seen the show --
spoiler alert -- the diner's in it.
-[ Chuckling ] Yeah. -And so, there I was.
I had sort of forgotten my iPhone,
so I was walking around with, like, an iPad
as though it was a phone, which is already like --
just doesn't make you look particularly sane,
if that's the vibe you're going for.
And I had a big overcoat.
But it was kind of too sunny, because who knows
what's happening with the global warming, et cetera.
And you never know what season it's going to be, do you?
And then I just had a little bit of ash on my collar.
Don't smoke. And I stumbled in to Tomkins,
right where I had, like, shoplifted at Odessa.
And then I sort of -- there were people there,
and I ended up in the booth, directly -- exactly where Nadia,
the character from the show, sat waiting for Alan,
the wonderful Charlie Barnett.
And instead, I was waiting for my friend,
who was not him, thank goodness. -Yeah.
-And I realized, like, "Oh, this is really --
I've created a bit of a nightmare,
where I'm living within the thing."
And you know, when I get hit by a taxi, I won't be surprised,
suffice to say. [ Laughter ]
-One of the things about your character --
you mentioned getting hit by a taxi.
That's one of the many ways your character dies in New York City.
-Thank you. -You strike me as someone --
do you see danger everywhere in the city?
-Sure, you know, and the place...
Danger and yet a relief.
A sort of a white-noise silence that would follow.
You know... -Because you got to watch --
Here's a couple of your body doubles.
-That's Tawny, my wonderful stand-in.
And this is Becca, who has, I guess,
soft bones and a rubber body. [ Laughter ]
It's really -- She is a magical creature.
I don't know. But, yes.
And for me, it was such a joy to see this many doppelgangers.
It really speaks to my sort of brain damage.
-What spoke to me, watching that New York thing
of just the metal door that leads to the basement stairs --
-You're a father.
You can't be walking around willy-nilly.
-And now more than ever,
because people are on their phones all the time.
I can't believe, every day, the front page
of "The New York Times" has another person fell down.
-Maybe it is, and we're just ignoring it.
We don't pay attention anymore. -I'm looking at my phone.
I'm not reading "The New York Times."
-Well, I mean, and definitely, I think, you know,
the most problematic, and I've been intensely vocal
in a way that no one listens to --
is the bicycles, Seth. The bicycles.
-You're no fan of the bicycles. -Just listen,
who loves the environment more than me?
And yet, this bicycle lane is a nightmare for the city.
Remember jaywalking? -Yeah.
-Jaywalking was the best. It was like, "I'm a New Yorker."
[ Laughter ] Right?
Look at this. [ Cheers and applause ]
Jaywalking. And littering! Littering!
No, no, littering is bad. [ Laughter ]
But jaywalking was, like, a real New York joy,
because you looked kind of cool. You looked over your shoulder,
You know what I mean? -Yeah.
-You felt like Lou Reed. And now, instead,
it's like a bicycle zipping by in all directions.
-And, again, I'm a fan of bikes, as well.
I don't want to be negative-bikes.
-No, I love -- like I said very clearly,
I love the environment. -Yeah. We're pro-bikes.
My issue is when bikes think
that they don't have to live by the traffic laws.
-Yeah, but only in New York are you, like,
"If you're a pedestrian, I have the right-of-way.
I'm a taxi driver, I'm Mr. Uber, I'm in charge.
Bicycles gives me the right-of-way."
That's a New Yorker. New York spirit.
"I'm always right, and you're wrong."
-[ Chuckling ] Yeah. -Right?
-Well, I think everybody, you know, just assumes
that whatever is one step up is a monster.
So, if you're a pedestrian, a bike --
the fact that somebody is on two wheels,
they might as well be, like, a Hummer S.U.V.
You're like, "You monster!"
-Survival of the fittest -- this city.
-One of the things that has already been asked --
and I should note
that if you never made another episode of "Russian Doll,"
you would be in a great situation
of having created this perfectly formed thing.
But people are asking you a lot, I would assume,
"Are you going to make more?" -Yes.
-And is it exhausting that you finally got
this product you made out, and immediately
people are like, "so?"
-This is what's so helpful about the experience of Netflix.
And I'm so grateful that I had,
you know, these seven years we just finished.
You know, "Orange Is the New Black"
is very heavy. Very heavy scene.
And -- Yeah, thanks. [ Cheers and applause ]
Thanks, thanks. You know, we're very tight.
So, but what I learned from that show, thankfully, is,
you know, all year -- all year -- everybody
waits for the show to come out. It's a 13-hour show.
They consume it in under 30 minutes flat.
[ Light laughter ] I don't know how they do it.
That's where I learned about the space-time continuum
that I use so effectively in "Russian Doll,"
was in the way that these people break time on Netflix.
And so I'm used to it. You know what I mean?
This idea of, like, "I like it. Give me more."
It's a compliment, but it's important for us to remember,
you know, like Janis Joplin said,
"We've only got one day, man." Et cetera.
[ Laughter ] So take it easy, take it easy.
[ Applause ]
-Well, Natasha, I -- you know, I texted you
as soon as I watched the show. And it is such a special show.
-And I wrote, "New phone. Who dis?"
-You really did write, "New phone. Who dis?"
-I did. I knew it was you. No, I didn't.
-[ Laughs ] I really, like, wore my heart.
I was like, "You've made this very special thing."
And you wrote, "Thank you. Who dis?"
[ Laughter ]
-But I feel like you changed your number.
In that moment, I was like, "Oh, Seth has a different number
for when he likes stuff. Gotcha."
-Exactly, yeah. I'm like, "Ooh,
I better take out my compliment phone."
[ Laughter ]
But it is -- It is a really -- It is a really special show.
And I know a lot of great people worked on it.
But the heart of it is what a special person you are.
And it's just so great to see it
over the course of a season of television.
-Seth, thank you. -And thanks for being here.
-It's just always such a pleasure.
-Thank you. -Natasha Lyonne, everybody.
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