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You Can See Everything, the documentary chronicling disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is becoming a box-office hit. The film brought in $15 million in its first week of limited release and could earn up to $25 million in its second week as it expands to thousands more theaters globally.<\/p>\n
For Nathan Fielder, the 43-year-old codirector and narrator, the documentary\u2019s success reflects a major milestone in a career that started with little direction.<\/p>\n
Growing up in Canada, Fielder was raised by two social workers, attended public school, and didn\u2019t have cable television at home. As a teenager, he worked at a magic store\u2014a job that offered an early glimpse into the awkward performances and carefully constructed illusions that would later feature in his comedy.<\/p>\n
He discovered improv in high school, where he was once paired with fellow student Seth Rogan. Still, Fielder didn\u2019t immediately pursue a career in comedy. He initially planned to become a dentist, figuring he could \u201cmake a lot of money,\u201d he told Grantland in 2014.<\/p>\n
Instead, he graduated with a degree in business from the University of Victoria in 2005 and eventually became a broker. But that career didn\u2019t last long: Fielder quit less than a year in after finding the job \u201cdepressing,\u201d according to a profile of the comedian in New York magazine. <\/p>\n
Fielder then began pursuing entertainment more seriously. He enrolled in a comedy program; worked as a junior producer on Canada\u2019s version of American Idol; and eventually became a correspondent on a Canadian TV comedy show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The latter experience helped him land writing work at Comedy Central in the U.S.\u2014and set him on a path to becoming a household name.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of feel as though I\u2019m constantly figuring out new stuff, but \u2026 maybe there\u2019s a benefit, in a way, to just doing that,\u201d Fielder said in a recent interview with The A24 Podcast. \u201cBecause when you fail, you fail really hard. It\u2019s really bad, but then you figure out a new way of doing things, too, sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fielder built a career by embracing discomfort<\/p>\n
Fielder\u2019s willingness to experiment has shaped both his broader career and his comedy style.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2013, he launched Nathan for You, a Comedy Central series in which he offered struggling businesses outlandish advice, including the now-famous \u201cDumb Starbucks\u201d stunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The show ran for four seasons and established the deadpan, cringe-inducing style that has become his signature today.<\/p>\n
Again, in his subsequent show, The Rehearsal, he often put himself in awkward social situations, blurring the line between his on-screen persona and his real-life discomfort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll put myself in situations that are genuinely hard for the real me to do. And I\u2019ll just try my hardest to do it, and that\u2019s basically it,\u201d Fielder added. \u201cThen I don\u2019t have to pretend, really, I\u2019m bad at something, I\u2019m just actually trying my best.\u201d<\/p>\n
The approach has helped Fielder build a career spanning TV and film\u2014and accumulate an estimated net worth of $5 million. The success of You Can See Everything is only expected to expand that\u2014and even put him in the running for his first Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n
Fielder doesn\u2019t regret taking risks. He uses them as an opportunity to learn a \u2018whole new category of skills\u2019<\/p>\n
Fielder\u2019s career has been defined by taking risks both in his comedy\u2014and in the projects he pursues. Even when a project doesn\u2019t go as planned, he sees the experience as an opportunity to learn skills he can carry into whatever comes next.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I dive into a lot of situations really quickly because I get passionate, and I want to do something,\u201d Fielder said in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a whole new thing that you\u2019re trying to figure out, and you don\u2019t know how to deal with something, but when you go through it, you now have a whole new category of skills you can use for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have any regrets in my life because of that,\u201d Fielder added. \u201cI notice how I change after doing something, that I go, \u2018Crap. I should have done this differently.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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