Rainn Wilson talks to Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair speaks to The Office’s Rainn Wilson about his third Emmy nomination, his role in the Twitterverse, and spirituality through vomiting. (Warning: NSFW for language)

One minute you think you’ve got [Rainn Wilson] pegged—he pops up on hipster TV shows like Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Reno 911, and hipster movies like Juno and The Rocker—and then he surprises everybody by launching a seemingly non-satiric website called Soul Pancake, which purports to “make discussions about spirituality, creativity, and philosophy cool again.” Wilson is either a comedic mastermind, working on levels the rest of us couldn’t begin to understand, or he’s a real-life Dwight Schrute who just got very, very lucky.

Link: Q&A: Rainn Wilson on Taking Down His Emmy Competition

11 comments

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   1. nv  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 11:09am

   ok…I loved Rainn in this interview but some of the interviewer’s questions seemed pretty rude.

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   2. Kelly  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 12:02pm

   I agree. Rainn is amazing and I love him, but what was wrong with the interviewer? I’m sensing some animosity towards Rainn.

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   3. Kelly  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 12:07pm

   Good interview, but I have to agree that the interviewer’s questions seemed a little rude.

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   4. Charlie  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 12:51pm

   Wow that interview was pretty rude! I am pretty shocked by how insensitive that guy was. Sheesh.

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   5. phyllis*farm  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 1:03pm

   I’m glad I’m not the only one who has no idea what all this tweeting stuff is.

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   6. Cari Miller  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 2:48pm

   Yeah, what an obnoxious interviewer. In general I’d like to learn more about the person being interviewed, not the interviewer.

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   7. Matt Bennett  Tue. Aug. 11, 2009 | 7:27pm

   Love Rainn.
   Hate the interviewer.

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   8. safe_foliage  Wed. Aug. 12, 2009 | 8:02am

   The interviewer’s sole intent seemed to be to provoke Rainn to fight back and insult his castmates and fellow Emmy nominees, all in the name of more exciting copy for the media. Has Vanity Fair really sunk that low?

   Rainn not only didn’t take the bait, but seemed to try to diffuse the situation rather than embarrass the interviewer. I’ve never been a big fan of Rainn’s, but I am now.

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   9. phyllis*farm  Wed. Aug. 12, 2009 | 8:24am

   I’m totally basing this off this one interview I’ve read but I think it might be the interviewer’s schtick to push the envelope. I don’t think we’re supposed to take it seriously.

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    10. Winnie  Wed. Aug. 12, 2009 | 7:29pm

    wow! That was way too much Interviewer and way too little Rainn.

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    11. Mindy(mindysfavshow)  Sat. Aug. 15, 2009 | 1:44pm

    WOW!!!! Yeah that guy was pretty rude sounding in some/most of his questions…I kinda feel bad that Rainn had to experience that!!

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