The comedian sits down with Marc Maron to discuss his childhood
By: Maria Cruz for ShalomLife
In an interview with Marc Maron on his podcast “WTF with Marc Maron”, actor Jason Segel shares his experiences growing up from a family with a Jewish father and a Christian mother.
Segal, who is set to work on the new Lego movie, is a published author, actor, songwriter, and musician admits, despite all his accomplishments today, that he was the “awkward kid” growing up.
“I grew up going to a school called Saint Matthew’s during the day and I would walk to Jewish school at night,” he says. “Your father wanted some Jew in ya,” Maron jokes back but Segel says his parents let him decide. Admitting that it was a stupid decision because, as a child, he didn’t care which religion he would belong to, Segel decided to try and merge the two together.
He also acknowledges the strange spot he was put in being of both Jewish and Christian religions. “At Christian school you’re the Jewish kid and at Hebrew school you’re the Christian kid. I think that’s the nature of groups,” he explains. “And so everyone wants to compartmentalize people and I think I decided at that point, like okay, it’s me versus the world kind of.”
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