Episode 38
“…And I took my first class at Harvard Extension, a literature and sexuality course.
And I think I just lucked out because I had [that] class first. And the class was awesome. And I thought, ooh, I want more of this. I so looked forward to — I think it was Tuesdays when the link would come into my email to watch the video stream. It was like Christmas morning every Tuesday when the when the link appeared. I was so excited.
And I knew then. I was like, all right. I’ve given myself a taste of this. And I want a lot more. So why don’t I keep going and see what happens?”
Nate Corddry is an actor originally from the Boston area. His extensive resumé in television and film includes regular or recurring roles in, among other projects, the Aaron Sorkin-created drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the David E. Kelley comedy Harry’s Law, the Anna Farris-starring sitcom Mom, the Showtime series The United States of Tara, and Perry Mason and The Pacific (both for HBO).
Nate received his ALM in English from Harvard Extension School in 2023. We had a frank conversation with him about what it’s like to be in a graduate degree program while being a full-time actor, how learning to analyze text is an important skill for good actors, how he benefited from the Writing Center while he was a student, and what he enjoys most about being an actor.
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