Julia Louis-Dreyfus Thinks Comedy Has Never Been More 'Interesting' Despite Complaints About Political Correctness: 'It's a Ripe Time'

Julia Louis-Dreyfus thinks comedy is alive and well in 2024.

During a recent appearance on the "On With Kara Swisher" podcast, the 63-year-old Seinfeld actress completely refuted the idea that political correctness has diminished people's ability to make jokes.

"There’s a lot of talk about how comics can’t be funny now," Louis-Dreyfus began. "I think that’s b-------. Physical comedy and intellectual comedy and political comedy, I think, has never been more interesting, because there’s so much to do."

"It’s a ripe time," the sitcom star emphasized. "Comedy is risky and it can be offensive, but that’s what makes it so enjoyable. I personally don’t buy the conceit that this is an impossible time to be funny. Maybe some people aren’t laughing at your jokes, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be made.”

This is not the first time Louis-Dreyfus has been asked about the state of comedy after her former costar Jerry Seinfeld slammed the politically correct and left-leaning culture and its effect on humor. "To have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing," the Veep star said in a recent interview.

"It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result. When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me, that’s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else," she noted.

The star only has a positive outlook on the industry as she gets older. "I saw this documentary on HBO called Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” she noted in a 2023 interview about the legendary starlet. "[As] I was watching it, I was thinking, God, you know, we just don't hear from older women. We don't do a deep dive very often into the lives of older women. They've lived, they have all this experience under their belt, and why aren't we hearing from them?"

In turn, the brunette beauty launched her own podcast, "Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus," to tackle that exact question. "So, I thought it would be exciting to compile a list of women and see if anybody wanted to sit down and have a pretty frank, honest conversation about life. … It’s been really exciting," she added of her latest venture.

"I want to accomplish so much more,” she explained of continuing to challenge herself in her later years. "More, more more. I’m loving it. I want to have my health, keep doing really cool gigs, and make new friends along the way."

The New York Times conducted the interview with Louis-Dreyfus.