When I was pledging my sorority, my big sister gave me a poem entitled “Dream Big”. I still keep the poem in my office at work because although I can’t stand my sorority and the frame has our letters, the message of the poem is one that really hits home for me. Every single line in the poem is powerful and meaningful and applies in to so many aspects of my life, especially right now. Because right now? Dreaming big is exactly what I’m doing.
Over the years, I have amassed quite a collection of dreams I’d like to fulfill and goals I’d like to accomplish: publishing a fiction book, traveling to Europe (not France. I went there in high school. France and I are cool) and spending a month in Australia, living at the beach, attending the Emmys (any awards show will do, really), having a professional photo shoot, starting a charity, and being published on the Huffington Post. Some of these dreams and goals are practical and I have the ability to make come true with some ease. Others are a lot more difficult. Like the one I’m currently sitting on. That dream? Interview Jason Segel.
I have been obsessed a fan of Jason Segel ever since I first saw Freaks and Geeks in 1999. First of all, if you haven’t seen the show, rent the whole season (yup, it’s only one season) and watch it. It’s created by Paul Feig and Judd Apatow and also has Seth Rogen, James Franco, Busy Phillips, Martin Starr and whole host of other amazing actors. His character on the show, Nick Andopolis, is a) someone I absolutely would have been friends with and b) absolutely someone I would have had a crush on. That’s what drew me in at first. Since then, my fandom has grown with everything movie or TV show he’s in, every movie that he’s written, every interview I’ve seen or heard. And now, the chocolate covered cherry on the cake made entirely of buttercream frosting? He wrote the new Muppets movie.
I am equally as obsessed with the Muppets as I am with Jason Segel. So that fact that he wrote the new Muppets movie (and is starring in it as well), has sent me into a slight frenzy. I mean, it’s totally normal for a 34 year old woman to take the day off of work to go see the new Muppets movie on its opening day, right? Anyway, the fact that Jason Segel is a Muppet purist like me has made me want to sit down and talk to him even more than I did before.
Now that I have this dream, I’ve been trying to think of ways to make it happen. Here’s what I’ve come up with:
- Put it on a vision board, read The Secret and know that the universe will bring it to me. Magic 8 Ball success rating: Highly unlikely.
- Try to use the one family connection I have in the entertainment business to see if he has contacts in Jason Segel’s management. Magic 8 Ball success rating: More likely than #1 but still highly unlikely
- Contact Jason Segel on Twitter and try to engage with him that way. Hope we become Twitter BFFs and then he’ll be more than happy to hang out with me. Magic 8 Ball success rating: Plausible plan but not grounded in reality. Will not happen.
- Move to California, apply for a low paying job on the set of one of his movies or How I Met Your Mother, hope I get the job and then get to know him that way. Magic 8 Ball success rating: The outlook is not good.
So that’s what I’ve got. As you can probably tell, my plans to make my dream come true are not exactly…good. But that’s all I could come up with. So I’m asking you–do you have any suggestions for me? Do you know Jason Segel or even his mother or siblings? Can you help me?
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I don’t even know who that is so I can’t help you there. I do agree with you on Australia though, it’s one of the places I’d love to see at least once. Good luck with your stalking, I mean, search 🙂
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Thank you! I’m hoping that my
stalkingsearching goes well!James Franco is is probably one of the most underrated actors of this generation. The way he takes on all of the different characters he does is crazy. I’ll never think if Segel as anyone other than Marshall on How I Met Your Mother (and to be honest, as the show progresses I’m starting to hate that character).
Maybe you can send his manager or publicist a link to this post, and after reading it, they might send him over to meet you!
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Interesting idea, Eric. But how to find his manager or publicist is the question…
Also, if you haven’t already, watch “I Love You Man”. That will help get Marshall out of your head.
Here’s the link to his booking agent http://www.athletepromotions.com/celebrity/Jason-Segel-appearance-booking-agent.php
If that’s the one with Paul Rudd, I hated everything about the movie. Forgetting Sara Marshall (funny how they got Marshall to be her last name!) was pretty funny.
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After that comment about I Love You Man, I’m not sure we can be friends anymore 🙂 And considering Jason Segel wrote Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I don’t know that the last name was too much of a coincidence
Thanks for the link!
I love Jason Segel and Freaks and Geeks! I imagine he would be so much fun to hang out with. I think James Franco is pretty awesome too.
You could become a screenwriter and make high-larious movies, then I bet you could meet him. And then you could introduce him to me. 🙂
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Niki, that sounds like a perfect plan!
I’m not on twitter, but I’d join it if we wanted to try and make “Let Jana interview Jason Segal” a trending topic…
Or perhaps you could post a you tube video about it? That seemed to work for getting Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis to the annual Marine Ball…
My brother is currently living in Australia. I was so completely jealous when he posted his pictures sitting on the bank of the Snowy River.
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OOH…I love this idea (well, the Twitter part. I’m not sure how I feel about YouTube. I’ll work on that). I think I’m going to incorporate it with Lindy’s suggestion!
Jump on a plane and GO TO AUSTRALIA. I have friends and family that you could stay with and they will even show you some sights if you need some company. You would love it, and anywhere in Oz beats a winter in sunny Delaware.
I have no connection to Jason Segel…sorry. Chase your dreams, I think that’s what makes life exciting.
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Don’t think I’m not going to take you up on that offer when I have the money and the vacation time, Hunter! Seriously, though, I’ll probably make you my travel agent when I do book my trip 🙂
In feng shui you’re supposed to write down your dream and put it in a red envelope. You could try that. Or you could set up a website called Iwanttointerviewjasonsegel.com. Have you seen the movie, My Date with Drew? It’s a documentary a regular guy made about trying to get a date with Drew Barrymore, and it worked! Where there’s a will…you know.
PS: I loved Freaks and Geeks.
I have seen My Date With Drew! I totally can do that. Well, the Internet version of it–The Segel Project. Or your title. Which is more descriptive and accurate.
P.S.–Freaks and Geeks is the best show ever and I’m so stoked that both you and Niki loved it, too!
I think Jason Segel IS love worthy. I’ve just started watching HIMYM recently and I am addicted. I will have to check out Freaks and Geeks. We just saw the new Muppets today at a special screening! My daughter is becoming obsessed with the Muppets and was so super stoked to get to watch it before her friends 🙂
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I tried to get tickets for an advanced screening but alas, I failed. I’m a little jealous of you!
And yes…Jason Segel is love worthy. I’ve felt that way for years now and once you watch Freaks and Geeks, you will understand why I’ve felt this way for so long!
Our church somehow was given an entire theater for the special screening and gave away FREE tickets! It was an experience for sure. The title running across the ticker was disguised, my purse was checked thoroughly, and security was sprawled out along the sides to make sure no one recorded the movie! My kids loved the movie but I think the parents enjoyed it a tad bit more 😉
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I fully expect to enjoy the movie more than my daughter. That’s fine with me, though.
That sounds like a crazy, but amazingly fun, experience! I am officially jealous.