Thread by @latimes

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The #Hacks breakout star Megan Stalter breaks down the hallmarks of what has fast become a comedic archetype: the @megstalter character. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I love to play people that are a little bit in their own world, yet there’s something endearing about them,” said Stalter. “Someone whose house is burning down but they have a smile on their face. And they’re like, ‘Everything is fine!’ when it’s not.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“There was something in me that always thought I was special. Even when I was really bad. And I don’t know where it came from,” Stalter added. “Probably my mother loving me too much or something.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

This month Stalter reprises her #Hacks role as Kayla and recently performed during the #NetflixIsAJoke festival. She’ll also appear in the “Queer as Folk” reboot and will soon film “Cora Bora,” an indie comedy about a millennial in an open relationship. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Every year since me deciding to, like, really go after what I wanted to do in life has been better than the next,” Stalter said. “My dreams are already coming true. And I feel so lucky. Because how often does it get to happen?” latimes.com/entertainment-…

Stalter is, at heart, “deeply Midwestern — very Ohio,” according to her friend #SNL star Aidy Bryant: “We have similar approaches as far as trying to hold on to who we are from growing up while also making it in this business.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“She’s a live wire and an open channel,” #Hacks co-creator @paulwdowns says of Stalter. “I don’t know that even she knows where she’s going.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

.@megstalter: “If you have a good heart and good intentions and know what’s real and what’s important — your friends and your family and getting to create stuff that means something to you — then things just keep getting better.” latimes.com/entertainment-…