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Did Jeff Hiller's Early Acting Struggles Inspire This Kimmy Schmidt Storyline? (opens the original)
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If you’re familiar with the work of Jeff Hiller, it’s likely because you a) watched Somebody Somewhere on HBO b) are familiar with UCB-trained character actors who’ve been working from ~2005 to present c) both. (I’m both, obviously.) His 2025 Emmys acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series conveys his sensibilities: earnest and grateful to be here, yet disarmingly quick-witted. The recognition was a coup for this perennial underdog — someone who’d distinguished himself as a
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