Ro Haber Talks ‘We Are Pat’ Documentary And Interviewing Julia Sweeney

The documentary We Are Pat, now on digital, looks at the popular Saturday Night Live sketch It’s Pat through today’s lens. The sketch boosted SNL cast member Julia Sweeney’s popularity, and 1994 featured the release of It’s Pat: The Movie. Ro Haber talked to Deepest Dream about the challenges of the five years in the making documentary. They also elaborated on why they were nervous before the initial interview with Sweeney.

Ro Haber admitted that before they and Julia Sweeney sat down for the interview, they were both a little nervous. “She had a lot at stake in the sense of she could have been worried about being cancelled (and) not really knowing what my intentions were,” said Haber.

Haber came into the interview with “a spirit of generosity,” and that feeling is something he wanted to be felt with We Are Pat. “Julia is really charming and we really just got along, and I think we really genuinely just as people get along. And so that started a friendship.”

Haber hopes the open dialogue in We Are Pat inspires others to do the same or share that sentiment.

 ”I think that as long as there’s sort of a base level of respect for each other and for example, I’m not gonna debate with someone about whether trans people deserve to exist, because we do,” said Haber. If there’s a base level of respect of like you deserve to have a good life, (then) I deserve to have a good life. Then I think beyond that we can both stretch and hear each other’s opinions and have an open conversation about things.”

Full interview with Ro Haber:

Along with Sweeney, fellow SNL alums Kevin Nealon and Molly Kearney are also interviewed. Actor/author Alan Cumming executive produced the documentary.

Vidiots is hosting a We Are Pat screening on Sunday, June 28th. Haber, along with producers Caryn Capotosto, Cumming, former SNL head writer Harper Steele, and Sweeney will be in attendance.

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