Long before Leslie David Baker assumed the role of Stanley Hudson, the grumpy seller of Pretzel and crosswords in the long -standing comedy “The Office”, worked as an administrator for the Department of Health in his hometown of Chicago, while doing commercials and community theater on the side. It was not until he turned 40 that he decided to accelerate his career as an actor and move to Los Angeles.
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When he arrived, he got a television program called “Maggie”, and then collected credits on “Judging Amy” and “That '70s Show”. “I have to drive to Paramount and give them my identification, and they told me: 'Oh, Leslie Baker, we are waiting for you,” he says. “Then it was like, 'this is what I should be doing and I love it.”
Finally, Baker joined the cast of Dunder Mfflin Paper Company employees in “The Office”, which worked for nine seasons in NBC, won multiple Emmys and became the most transmitted show of 2020. It is now common for Baker, which has lived in the valley for 27 years, to be recognized when it is out and approximately. “I know you listen to some celebrities say: 'It's a discomfort when people call me by the name of my character. It is a nuisance when people talk about the program I did this many years ago, '”he says. But for him, he says: “It is an honor and privilege to have that kind of recognition.”
Like his character, Stanley, Baker loves a good break for snacks, in his favorite restaurants in Los Angeles and in his association with Frozen-Snack Brand Tast! EZ. We meet the actor to discuss his perfect Sunday in the city, which involves Brunch, go to a flea market and catch a live performance.
This interview has been slightly edited and condensed by length and clarity.
10 am: wake up and enjoy a joe cup
On my perfect Sunday, I didn't wake up before 10 o'clock. Then I would make a cup of coffee and DAUCHO.
Noon: A very long brunch
I would go to Brunch, a very long brunch. I would go to Bottega Louie In Weho, the San Vicente Bungalows either Soho House. I am a person from Bellini, but I [feel] Antigua fashionable, then maybe get a Kir Royale. If I'm in Bottega Louie, I'm going to have your Portobello fries. They serve it with a good garlic Alioli. They also have a good pizza with sopressata, and is sprayed with honey and red peppers in slices. If I am in the Bungalows of San Vicente, I would get one of its tortillas, and its cookies with chocolate sparks are my favorites. If I am in Soho House, I love the fact that they have good shellfish in their buffet, and they have a lot of different desserts, so, of course, I would go crazy there.
2:30 pm: Go to a flea market (and try not to buy everything)
I would go to Melrose trade post. I have a chair and a statue from there in my house. I like the variety of things. It is intimate, it is fun, the parking is convenient and is right at the end of the street from Deli de Canter. So, if after the Brunch, you say: “I'm not cooking dinner tonight,” see Canter's Deli and get something for later. On weekends, I tend not to fly in the kitchen. I still threaten to go to the flea market in the Rose bowlBut I know that I will buy things, and I am at the point where I am trying not to put more things in my house because people give me things, then I buy things, and is it where all these things come from? And who is going to clean here? I will eventually get there, but I know that I will leave with a car full of things.
5 pm: hang out in my old tread
Then I could go to TThe forest. I like it because there is a lot of variety. You can go watch a movie, or you can make some purchases. I like to see people, and I like to go to the end in the farmers market. There are always small sweets and snacks to try. There is a meat market there, and they have all the sausage Andouille, which is good if I am going to cook something like a gumbo. I appreciated for the farmers market when I was actively auditioning when I moved to Los Angeles because many times I would leave my house early in the morning, and there really was no time to return home to eat or hang out. So I would live outside the trunk of my car. I would have a change of clothing in case I had to go to an event or an audition in which I had to dress a little more exclusive. I would go through the forest or the farmers market to take something to eat, or take me to watch a movie.
7 pm: hits a grill
It's time to start thinking about dinner. I love Mastro. When I really want a good steak, I'm going there. I would ask for a gin with ginger beer, a cup of bitter and a lemon or orange turn. That is a good cocktail. Or would get a good Riesling or a Sauvignon Cabernet.
9:30 pm: Take a live show
I could go listen to someone to sing in Mrs. Fish in the center or in the Increasing hotel. A friend of mine, Maxayn Lewis, she was one of the ikettes, acts throughout the city. Sometimes I call her and ask her: “Where are you and your band, the cookies, playing?” Then I will go there. She makes jazz, rock, everything.
Midnight: Go to bed!
He does not remain open as late as Chicago and New York, so I am usually at midnight I am at home, especially if I have to get up and go to work or if I travel the next morning. I try not to see the news of 11 o'clock. I will do the usual: Duche, wash my face, brush your teeth, put my retainer (because I don't want my teeth [be] Agiteing from one place to another and has spaces in them), place in the night guard, say a quick prayer and climb the bed.
