funny you should ask

Among the great comedic scenes Julia Louis-Dreyfus has delivered in her 38-year career, there’s a brief one from 2015 that many women—especially women in Hollywood —remember as a standout. It’s a five-minute sketch on Inside Amy Schumer mocking the notion that actresses instantly lose all attractiveness once they reach a certain age. Schumer is walking near a lake when she spots Louis-Dreyfus at a picnic table with Tina Fey and Patricia Arquette, feasting on wine and macarons while blithely celebrating Louis-Dreyfus’ “last fuckable day”. The women cheer as Louis-Dreyfus chugs a pint of melted ice-cream and belches loudly. Then they wish her luck with her future of playing grandma roles and send her off in a rowboat.

Five years later, as Louis-Dreyfus, 59, sips coffee in a beachside Santa Monica restaurant, she doesn’t mince words about her actual state of desirability. “I feel very