Name: Skeet Ulrich on Fame, Horror & Reinvention | You Made It Weird
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Skeet Ulrich on Fame, Horror & Reinvention | You Made It Weird' from Pete Holmes on Comedy Buff. Published 2025-11-05. Transcript available.

Skeet Ulrich on Fame, Horror & Reinvention | You Made It Weird

You made it weird. You made it weird. Yes, you did. You made it weird. Yeah.
You made it weird. With Pete Holmes. You made it weird. Yes, you did. You made
it weird. Yeah.
What's happening, weirdos? This is Skeet Ulrich, who I am just so impressed by.
I just shot a movie that he is the star of. I was in it. He's the star. And
that is just so clear. He is a pro. He is funny. He is interesting.
Like a lot of interesting people, he's like, oh, I'll do your podcast. I don't
have anything interesting to say. And then we could have gone for nine hours.
Every topic you bring up with Mr. Ulrich. Mr. Ulrich. Skeet. He just has some.
So I'm so glad you're here. And I hope you enjoy this as much as I did, because
I loved it. Skeet, if you don't know, was in Scream. He was in Scream 7. He was
in Scream 6. He was also in the huge hit Riverdale. He was in The Craft. I mean,
he's Skeet Ulrich. For crying out loud.
I'm so glad you're here. Not too much to plug on my end. I do have some very
fun and big shows coming up. I'm in Chicago this week. If you're listening to
this, the day it comes out, I'm in Chicago. So I will be at the Riviera Theater
on November 6th.
Followed by Pittsburgh. Followed by New York, New York on November 14th at Town
Hall. Followed by New Jersey, Milwaukee, Brea, San Francisco, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Miami, Michigan, Madison, Wisconsin, and Denver, Colorado.
All of those are on PeteHolmes.com. Hope to see you out there. This tour is my
favorite by far. And it always means so much when I see weirdos out at the show.
So please, if you can, hope to see you there. In the meantime, enjoy my chat
with the incomparable,
the wonderful, the amazing Skeet Ulrich. Get into it.
You know what I did today? I got it. You can record it. Are we recording? Okay,
we're just going to go. I got a foot massage this morning.
Did you? Fucking loved it.
Just, have you ever done that?
I have. It's something that I started doing.
Just foot? Just one foot?
I don't know why that seems kinky. It's like, just the left. I don't like right.
I don't like right.
No, I don't know. It took a little, I thought about Pulp Fiction. Remember that
scene where he's like, there's something intimate to a foot massage.
Would you give me a foot massage? I probably think about that every time. But I
was just getting my coffee this morning. I was like, I'm going to do it.
And I think that place on Boer or whatever.
It's called Happy Feet. New Happy Feet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because there's a couple Happy Feeds. I'm going to recommend it.
Here's your timer.
Turn it.
How long is this timer? 30 minutes? All right, you get two flips.
Bro, I'm happy with it. No, I'm touched that you did this, man. I appreciate it.
Oh, thanks for having me.
I think, I'm sorry, I cut you off.
No, no.
Very nice. Thanks for having me.
Yeah.
But it's been really fun working with you, doing this movie together.
And I know I already told you this, and I'm always hesitant to sound,
because I think people do, it's called number one on the call sheet.
So you're the star of the movie, and people will kiss that person's ass.
It's like flying first class, the steward or stewardess is just nicer.
I think that's the inclination for sure.
I think I like, it doesn't happen to me because I'm so cordial to everybody,
and I'm so into everybody feeling welcome, and that we're a team down to
everybody.
I think some people, I'm not going to name names.
There's definitely some people that are like, I'm diamond elite, you know what
I mean?
And the rest of you are a coach.
Yeah.
So, yeah, for sure.
But that is the first thing I noticed is that you are incredibly kind to
everybody,
and I'm happy to say that publicly.
I hope I don't embarrass you.
No, not at all.
But also just very, very professional, and like, you just seem like a real
actor.
I know that's stupid.
Obviously, you are, but there are a lot of people acting that don't give me the
sense
that they're like really into acting.
Right, yeah.
Down to how they behave on set, because that tone creates an environment
where we can all perform better.
Yeah.
I've been in things where I'm uncomfortable, and everybody stinks a little bit.
So you're setting a very nice tone, and you're taking it really seriously.
So I wanted to start there, especially if we're only doing an hour, which I'm
fine with.
Please talk, because people are probably listening.
A lot of people are interested in acting.
Would you just tell me a little bit about your approach?
Well, in terms of, you know, set life, if you will.
I hate that term, because that was a hashtag for so long.
Was it?
Yeah.
Oh, because people are like, I'm having my Diet Coke set life.
Yeah, exactly.
See, that's the diamond elite people want.
People think when they get where you are, you can be a turd.
Right.
I find the opposite.
I mean, you know, I love what we do.
Clearly.
I love telling stories.
I think everybody there is, you know, a professional in many variety of arts,
from lighting to every, I mean, everything, wardrobe, everything.
And so.
And it's very tactile.
It is.
You know, when there's like a lighting problem and suddenly like three older
guys just throw
up some plastic on a window.
They're puffing smoke.
They do it like, everybody says like ninjas, but they do it like NASCAR workers.
There's something very real about what they do and they have really good
instincts.
I think it's interesting that, you know, we are like a traveling circus and for
people
to, you know, to leave their life, leave their families, leave their homes, get
up at insanely
early hours, work insanely long hours to be the best pretenders on the planet.
Yes.
It's pretty fucking cool.
Yeah.
And to get to be a part of that, I'm so honored always to get to be in that.
But this is a glimpse, like talking about honor and considering other people's
talents and
all that stuff, you really seem to be, I don't want to say it's effortful, but
you do seem
to be making an effort.
You could just as easily be like, they got to move the camera, all that stuff.
Is it a daily conscious effort to go like, I'm grateful, I'm here, I like
making this
project?
Like, how do you look at it?
Not necessarily.
I mean, I don't really think about it, to be honest.
I guess I've just been doing it, fuck, 35 years or something, a long time and I'm
used
to the routine.
And so I know, you know, I know when I need to focus and I know how to let
other people
know kindly that I need to focus.
Typically, that's by putting earbuds in and like checking out and they'll just
know by
the look on your face or whatever, like, give me my space for now.
All right.
You're giving me a memory.
The first movie, it wasn't a movie, it was the pilot of Crashing and I had to
have the
breakup with my wife.
Yeah.
And it's this big scene and Judd Apatow who was directing it was like, this is
the soul
of the whole series.
Oh, Jesus.
So like no pressure.
Yeah.
I don't think he told me that until afterwards and that's a good move.
But I knew it was an important scene.
And I'm literally like pacing back and forth, trying to stay in this, like, not
even moving,
but like shifting my weight between legs, closing my eyes and just trying to
stay in a feeling.
Yeah.
And look, all love and respect to this person.
But the props department came up to show me two wallets.
Yeah, right in the middle of all that, yeah.
And I'm like, especially back then, the least confrontational person in the
world, they were
just like, not right now, please.
Yeah, yeah.
But I mean, like, you're talking about one of the things that is nice about it
is they
know, just like you know the lighting guy needs a moment, the actor needs a
moment.
I always say I'm, I'm always in the way until they say rolling.
We are.
You know, you're sort of putting around.
You're in the way until like, until it's your moment.
Yes.
Um, I, I worked with, uh, Antoine Fuqua at once upon a time, well, five, six
years ago,
whatever it was.
And, um, who did the equalizer, who did the equalizer training day.
Yeah.
I did some of my favorite movies.
That's an amazing force.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, uh, and he, you know, he, he was really frustrated one morning and like
day two.
And I asked him, you know, what's up?
And he was like, they just don't understand talking about the crew.
He's like, they just don't understand.
Like they need to do their job and then give you the stage.
Yeah.
And let it be yours.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I, as the first time I've heard a director word it that way.
Yes.
Um, can I tell you another, or sorry, finish.
No, no, no.
I was going to say Conan, different medium late night, but he was like, the
writers build
you the playground and you go out and play on it.
Both are incredibly essential.
Like creating the stage and then giving it, but like the writers make the
playground and
then he goes out and is a jackass, but like both need one another and both need
to
like sort of honor the other person's part of it.
Yeah.
But like, you're, you, you feel that way.
Like, yeah.
And I, but back to your point, like, I don't, it doesn't feel like effort to me.
Like, you know, I'm not a, a, a very social person necessarily.
I'm a little more introverted than, than you would expect or something that
some would,
uh, expect.
But, um, I do people, people probably think you go around wearing a scream t-shirt
just
being like, anybody want to buy me an ice cream?
You know who I am?
Yeah, exactly.
But I think it's, you know, like I, I appreciate everybody's hard work and I
come prepared as
you've probably noticed.
That's the other thing I was going to mention.
You've read the script like nine times.
God, even probably triple that.
Yeah.
And you memorize the hell out of it.
You know my lines.
It's like really like, it's not just that it's professional.
I like that you're imbuing the whole process with meaning.
Like it makes me think you probably have a rich life.
Like in the way that like, it's kind of a weird example.
I'm glad it seems that way.
No, you know how like Tom Cruise really cares about movies?
Yeah.
Like I'm getting the sense that you must, I, I'm a little guilty of being a
little bit
mercenary about some of the work I do where I'm like, I read the script to see
if it's
interesting or funny or will I have fun doing it?
And will it be too hard or is it in my scope of ability?
And you really seem to be reading it going like, what is this story?
Like, what are we making?
And I, I think I'm learning something from you, which is like your life, you
get more
out of it if you give it respect and meaning and take that time to be considerate.
It's not just to be professional.
It's to, am I leading you on?
Is that correct?
Not at all, but I, I think to be honest, it comes that amount of hours that I
spend learning
lines, learning scenes, understanding the material, reaching for depth, all
that stuff comes out
of insecurity.
Interesting.
You know, it comes out of not wanting to suck.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And, and so I just work so freaking hard because I don't want to be bad.
Yes.
And when did that, oh, go ahead.
No.
I mean, sometimes I am regardless of those efforts.
We can't help it.
You know, I, I'm just, somebody else would have been better in the part,
whatever, but, but
I have to give it my all.
Yeah.
Otherwise I, and I told you, I'm nervous before every scene.
Yeah.
I've gotten used to it.
I like it.
I get worried if I'm not, which is very rare.
That's very much, that's exactly what standard is.
But I think there's so much emotion sort of bubbling in the nerves and I very
quickly decide
what the character's nervous about in this scene so that I can go, okay, I'm, I've
done
part of my work.
That's, well, when John C. Reilly did this podcast, I talked about how acting
can be.
I have a great story about him.
Tell me.
No, go over it.
Tell me that one first.
Well, okay, because it's on theme, but like we were talking about acting and I
was, I'm
embarrassed that I said this, but it's true.
I was lik