Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Longform interview-3 Books podcast with Neil Pasricha

Daniels are the filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All At Once, Swiss Army Man, Turn Down The What, and much, much more.
3 Books is an award-winning podcast discussing life's biggest themes through formative books. Past guests include: Quentin Tarantino, Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Roxane Gay, and Malcolm Gladwell.
Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Daniels!
For full show notes: www.3books.co/chapters/101
For more on the podcast: www.3books.co
I will attempt to answer every comment below.
Thanks for listening!
- Neil Pasricha
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:25 Dealing with Success
00:03:21 The Power of Tears
00:06:28 Holding Onto Your Creative Process
00:09:16 Incorporating Chaos
00:10:55 Finding What Matters in the Mess
00:13:00 Reaction to Disempowerment
00:14:25 Kindness is Power
00:17:24 Kurt Vonnegut’s Guiding Voice
00:22:14 Motivation and Honest Art
00:26:21 The Mental Health Conversation
00:36:57 ‘No One Belongs Here More Than You’
00:44:04 Daniel, Meet Daniel
00:45:41 Consciousness and Creativity
00:55:01 The Nature of Sexuality
01:10:48 ‘Calvin and Hobbes’
01:19:48 Outro
01:26:08 End of the Podcast Club
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Hey there,
I'm Neil and I spend a ton of time thinking, writing, podcasting, and speaking about living intentionally. I'm the New York Times bestselling author of six books including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation. I've been lucky to speak at places like TED, SXSW, and Google. And I host a huge passion project called the 3 Books podcast.
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[@rapidreaders7741]

Man, I'm obsessed with listening to the Daniels talk about literally anything. They are such grounded people, with no pretention or overblown prestige whatsoever. And their conversation style is somehow highly engaging despite being casual.

[@NeilPasricha1]

Totally agree, RR! Appreciate you listening ... anything jump out for you from the conversation?

[@rapidreaders7741]

​@@NeilPasricha1 That whole Kurt Vonnegut segment definitely stood out for me. Scheinert pointing out that "Breakfast of Champions" is _supposed_ to be kinda silly and absurd, but still communicate themes that are very serious and real, is something that is uncannily reminiscent of Everything Everywhere All at Once. I've only ever read one of Vonnegut's books (Slaugherhouse-Five), and along with the trippy sequences in that book, I'm only now realizing how much Vonnegut influenced the Daniel's entire filmography (especially their latest movie). Also, that whole discussion of sex and sexuality was a lot more interesting than I had expected. Sex isn't a subject I feel comfortable discussing, so I was pleasantly surprised by how insightful and funny that whole segment was.

[@NeilPasricha1]

@@rapidreaders7741 Yeah, it's fascinating to dig up the influences. They unsurprisingly put a ton of thought into their book picks in advance which is always a great sign. I've only read "Breakfast of Champions" and "Cats Cradle" and still haven't quite got into him -- although I absolutely loved "If This Isn't Nice, What Is" which is this incredible collection of Vonnegut's commencement speeches. We were lucky they were so open around the discussion around monogamy / polyamory and it almost felt (to me) like one of those conversations that maybe feels awkward today and "so yesterday" sort of soonish ... "Sex at Dawn" was such a mind-blowing read. Had never heard it before this chat and it was so fascinating -- highly recommend it.

[@chimneysocks]

The movie is absolutely amazing and I love listening to Daniels talk about it.

[@NeilPasricha1]

Agree. They've done a lot more podcasts now. And completely original chats every time.

[@Bluejeanne1]

Thank you YT autoplay, this was an excellent episode! I'd just seen EEAAO in theaters and am just eating up any and all information on these guys' creative process. You asked really good questions and it was great listening to everyone's thoughts. Great book recs, will check out sometime for sure :^)

[@omyogagal]

Watched EEAAO at a packed theater on the opening weekend was a highlight of movie going experiences for me in recent years. Little did I know what came after is such unexpected joyful journey following all these wonderful interviews of the Daniels. Just want to come back her and say I'm so thankful for all these long form interviewers/ hosts for their great conversations that allow us to get into the beautiful creative minds of theirs.

[@NeilPasricha1]

Thanks for listening! What's your favorite Daniels longform interview? (I mean, uh, second favorite LOL)

[@brentulstad3275]

This was another interesting and insightful conversation. Thanks again Neil.

[@NeilPasricha1]

Oh, thanks for listening Brent! Anything jump out for you -- good or bad?

[@lasseel3724]

I'm so glad YT recommended this. the Daniels are awesome.

[@tonywords6713]

Thank you for this, these guys have a great attitude, very down to earth and inspiring

[@mozartsbumbumsrus7750]

I was surprised to find Sex at Dawn on their 3 book choice. I read this book when it was 1st published and had a conversation with Christopher. I read this book aloud to my lover at the time which led us to more intimacy and beautiful orgasmic adventure. I'm in London but my home is San Francisco and the peninsula. My last lover and I read the book aloud together and my long sex life began with my learning what love is and meant. My last lover is/was the unquestionable love of my life for such of a wealth of profound reasons. The day I saw EEAAO I bought the dvd to be delivered to her and am waiting for her to return from her month's work in Thailand to watch EEAAO because I have unconditional altruistic love forever even after my death because the die is cast. She may/may not come back to me and paradise (in the Catherine and William Blake definition) but the time together with her was the high point of my/our life. An only child of parents that did not want children and did nit love her. Her mother verbally told her that! I am the only sapiens who loves her with a true profound love. I wish her well. We have to be kind. We're here to love and be loved. EEAAO will hit her hard in a beautiful way, I am sure. It's not guaranteed.

[@MapacheOculto]

Well unfortunately for their wishes from this interview, they DID get a couple of trophies :D

[@sailingsam3815]

This is so informative

[@NeilPasricha1]

Thanks for listening

[@sefu37]

Except it IS the BEST movie of All Time. ALL TIME.

[@johanretard3615]

youtube autoplayed this and i gave it a thumbs down these guys are hacks and they should be locked up for making poo poo productions... PEACE!

[@voightkampffchamp]

Michael Bay, is that you?

[@johanretard3615]

@@voightkampffchamp how are these guys any different from Michael bay? "They make genre pop crap but it's good because stop asian hate bro!"

[@bill-xm7dz]

@@johanretard3615 I only have seen Everything Everywhere All At Once a few days ago and it was a masterpiece of filmmaking. You are in the minority that feels the opposite. What are your reasons behind that opinion?

[@ubersc00ber]

11 Oscar nominations later...

[@johanretard3615]

@@ubersc00ber the Oscars? You mean that group of random rich weirdos who want roman Polanski back in america hahahaha