Danny McBride talks about choosing to live and work in South Carolina

NPR | By Rachel Martin

Published July 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM EDT

For Danny McBride, success in Hollywood has taken patience, hard work, and a little bit of delusion. That sense of delusion is present in the characters he portrays and in his new book of stories.

Rachel Martin

Rachel Martin is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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