Aubrey Plaza's Awkward Parks and Recreation Audition with Mike Schur 

I think This might be the only time I have seen her being fully honest and venerable. It’s weird not see her be weird. Haha

I have never seen her so calm and herself - this interviewer does a fantastic job with every single guest he has...Aubrey is GREAT all the time but she is very relaxed in this one.

I bet Aubrey Plaza is the 1 dislike on this video right now. She would.

I love how Aubrey just owns her awkwardness. She has this uncanny vulnerable confidence and self-awareness that's such a contradiction yet completely works for her.

I love Aubrey's comment about being discovered as a complete fraud. We've all been there at one time or another. You just gotta push through at those moments. "Fake it until you make it."

She does not age.

I love how Aubrey found the perfect way to channel her own anxiety into her creative thought and went her own way with it

"First of all, I'm not a genius." Hah! That's exactly what a genius would say. We're on to you Aubrey.

This clip is very nicely set up, as at the very end she touches on impostor syndrome a little bit, and at the beginning she says, "first of all, I'm not a genius."

Her laugh in the beginning is like ha that’s not a compliment even though you think so, so I guess I’ll go with it

Such a brilliant actress with perfect comedy timing.

I'm so happy she made it. We need more Aubrey Plazas.

Imposter syndrome everyone faces it when they are at a new place and feels that they don't deserve it.

As wild and crazy as we’ve come to know her to be, just as she’s saying here, it’s her lack of “look at me look at me” that I think I love the most!

BJ and Mindy never far apart.

She would have been good in the office too.

I love how she always plays characters who act like April Ludgate lol, it seems like she actually acts that way in real life too

"I believe luck is a concept invented by the weak to explain their failures." -Ron Swanson

Anyone else think she somehow looks more beautiful in black and white?

She just has that attractive 'it' quality to her. Wonderfully different.

I think she's gorgeous not just because she is physically attractive but because she seems like she has a great personality and I think it would be so fun to hang out with her.

Finally, a good interview of Aubrey Plaza. She's being herself.

One day, that garage hidden original script is going to get to a charity auction and will be sold for thousands of dollars.

She the type that could get away with being weird and it makes her hotter.

I don’t get why people think she’s “weird”. She seems pretty ordinary to me.

“I’m not a genius first of all ...”🤣🤣🤣

Putting the word awkward in a sentence with Aubrey Plaza is redundant

She's older than me, but that last little bit at the end there is somehow so cute. I just love her.

What's your end credits music? I've always loved it.

I like how she refers to the actor as "BJ Novak or whatever"

Boy, I have never seen her do such a serious interview. I love her funny ones.

I just noticed that Aubrey looks like Janet in Scream

Boy, if that wasn't fate then I don't know what is, I mean that is freaky AF.

When entertainment industry insiders talk shop, that’s when you get their real opinions and personalities.

I didn't know Alison Jones was the casting director for The Office and Parks and Rec.

She’s the awkwardest girl on tv. I love it.

Funny coincidence, just yesterday I saw an interview of another brilliant actor from India, Randeep Hooda (The guy against Chris Hemsworth in Extraction!), and he said the exact same thing that he had this fear of being found out that he doesn't belong to this world and has no clue of acting. He was talking why sometimes he works so hard on a character. Aubrey Plaza is one of my favourites, she has some really good films, but mainly due to her off screen weirdness.

This guy must have a real Mr Rogers vibe... People always seem so comfortable and honest here. His interveiws are always so relaxing, with some of the most turnt up and high energy people in entertainment lol

Last line just made me fall in love.

The art of being both disinteresting and disinterested.

Smiled the whole time until the fraud line.. it hit me hard that I feel the exact same way every day of my life

I just love her honesty!

I dont watch tv at all, so the only thing I've seen her in is the "Cleopatra's thriving little sister" episode of Drunk History. Which makes this weird for me.

Absolutely genuine. What a treasure.

I’d like to see Kevin Bridges do these interviews. “Did ye…….aye”

Talent just waiting to be released, Ms. Plaza is a gem

She is just amazing! I love Aubrey Plaza!!😍😍😍😊😊😊

I had a friend named Don years before parks and rec was a thing. His mannerisms, demeanor and overall weirdness was exactly like April Ludgate. He was ex-soldier with 3 black belts and held seminars on knife fighting and unarmed combat. I am sorry, I had to tell you guys this.

"Woman can't be funny" Aubrey Plaza: *exists*

What a bright and wonderfully humble lady.

Oh wow never thought about if she had landed on the office. That would've been crazy good. Can't say that about many people.

I'm glad they changed her name to "April" so they could play "April Come She Will" by Simon and Garfunkel.

Ironic how it was uploaded in April

Imposter syndrome is SO real and I'm glad she like subtly makes her peace with it. I'm happy for her!

And here she is.

I've never seen her actually be serious in anything before lol

Somebody needs to get this channel a color camera

She's the best part of the show

She went to The Upright Citizens Brigade, founded by Amy Poehler and she was chosen for the audition there. Why do they make it seem like she was just lucky with no connections?

If you are one of the dislikes, and you AREN'T Aubrey Plaza, then take it back

Yes a bit vulnerable! I love her even more now!

It´s astonishing for me that most of the comedy actors/actresses are similar or have huge resemblances to their most famous roles. Ed Helms and Aubrey Plaza for me are the biggest examples. I mean, i look at her eyes at this interview and i see April.

It’s called the imposter’s syndrome, love and only honest people admit having it.

Lol I thought that this interviewer was Mark brendanawitz at first

I need to know the story behind her getting fired from that waitressing job lol

The Queen of Uncomfortable Moments I am going to watch Parks and Recreations now.

I absolutely love Aubrey.

LOVE AUBREY hope she never changes

Oh, she just HAS to do “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

Aubrey is the most surrealistic actress in the world, I would like her to act in my films

She is so freaking beautiful. I love those eyes.

aubrey makes everything she does look so easy she is a very very smart person and very nice on the eyes.

She’s rad.

It is cat from Criminal Minds

I think she is being modest. She is obviously very smart talented and funny.

2:22: just keeping my head down and MIAO REALLY LOUDLY

Anyone who admits they have no business being on television should be on television. We have to many egotistical self absorbed people influencing our youth. We need more “real” people, not reality people.

I also have an impostor syndrome

Ok. but why is it in black and white

isn't the phrase "aubrey plaza's awkward" redundant?

Boy, her face is perfect for black and white photography, with those smooth contours and them big ol' eyes. She should insist on being filmed in black and white for everything she does, even if the rest of the movie is in color. Also, how refreshing to hear a successful person give proper credit to "luck."

the imposter syndrome is so sadly relatable :\ but it’s very cool to see someone who has grown through that and continued to be successful despite it :)

She is simply gorgeous

She’s beautiful

Aubrey is (apparently) unaware of the power she yields ...... She has a unique form of charisma which both attracts and repels people at the same time - that is why Schur said that it was the "most uncomfortable" he'd ever been - and yet he altered the entire concept of the show to accommodate Aubrey - creating a role for her so that she could be in the show..... Aubrey also doesn't seem to realize that she had been preparing for this moment for much of her life.... She wasn't just some person who walked in off the street..... Everything she had done in her life (all 25 years to that point) were incorporated into her psyche and experiential skill set. Her community theater work, her education at NYU, her work with the Improv Group, and even all those waitressing jobs - they all informed her with a sort of living resume, which she admits to having articulated to Schur during the interview..... Those ideas she had came from somewhere! and, when Aubrey claimed NOT to be a genius - She is wrong - perhaps she doesn't understand the true meaning of the word "genius" ..... Aubrey has a genius for comedic timing and for being able to transform herself into different roles (aka, acting) ...... That genius has blossomed in recent years - and she has grown into one of the premiere leading ladies in Hollywood today ..... and that brings us full circle to what i said about her charismatic personality ...... Aubrey is a Box Office Sensation ..... In 2012 that was recognized when her first leading role in a feature film came along (Safety Not Guaranteed - a movie made with her in mind for that lead role) ..... Aubrey has a fan following of millions (check out the number of hits on her youtube videos) ..... Hollywood movie makers and producers realize this..... As near as i can tell, she will star in 3 feature films next year (Emily the Criminal, Spin Me Around, and Operation Fortune) - i remember when Sidney Poitier starred in the 3 feature films in 1967 (To Sir With Love, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) - at that time, Sidney was 3 years older than Aubrey is now.... Just as Sidney was my favorite actor then, Aubrey is my favorite actor now! She is the REAL DEAL

Funny how producers and casting staff are looking for real and natural people, but so many actors go in and try too hard and are all clones of the person before them. Just read the lines and be yourself, don't act, just flow. If you aren't in sync with the character naturally it won't matter, eventually you'll find the part that fits you. Aubrey's natural weirdness was just what they needed to support Amy Poehler's straight-man character, and Mike Shur was just WTF just happened?? Even if Aubrey wasn't right for any characters, he would have written a whole new one for her.

It's weird how we're all talking skeletons.

I feel kinda bad for her. Most people don't get fired from their jobs and the fact that the casting director saw her as weird and Schur felt uncomfortable with her but not to the point not to hire her means she has a presense that a lot of people will find unlikable. Meanwhile she's just trying to see some famous people. I wouldn't be surprised if she was mildly autistic. The fact that April was originally called Aubrey is either a huge coincidence or the role was written for her. With these kinds of roles you can see what the producers' opinion of them was. The result was a mean sourpuss that is still likeable. I hope she can meet people who will just accept her as she is and don't say insulting things about her like "she's weird" or "that was uncomfortable" and she won't get typecast into that role.

she still looks 25 what the actual fuck

Is that Whitney Wright?

She is exactly the same as April irl

damn I thought we were going to see the audition scene.

I am the only person in America who has never seen Parks & Rec.

0:18 is like the first time I’ve seen her laugh. It just doesn’t look right

Adore her even more knowing it's imposter syndrome. Such a cool cat.

She is in the top ten

I have watched it 5 times and I didn’t hear a word she said

she is so amazing! so funny! def the most normal shes ever been.

the like abuse was too heavy to watch

Dude she so iconic