When we pulled up to Griffin Dunne’s upstate home, we didn’t know there would be ostriches and emus strutting around in cages. But that’s just like Griffin, the actor and producer who early in his career starred in Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Griffin often thinks out of the box. He grew up in Beverly Hills in a family of story tellers. His father Dominick was a celebrity journalist. His uncle, the screenwriter John Gregory Dunne was married to Joan Didion. In addition to acting in series like This is Us, Griffin has written a memoir called The Friday Afternoon Club which tells the story his life and a family tragedy that will never be forgotten: the murder of his sister Dominique. We talk about getting through the tough times and how you start laughing again.