Transcript of "Amy Adams"

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And 3, 2, 1, cold open.

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Hey, it's podcast time, everybody. Welcome, welcome. You're live on podcast time. We're cold opening.

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Yeah, we are.

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We're getting ready to do our little show.

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Hope you stick around for that instead of just this.

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Yeah, you get ready to listen. We'll get ready to talk. Ready, set, go.

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Welcome to Smartless.

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Smartless.

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Smartless. Smartless.

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I'm going full tilt this morning. It's a Smartless. It's one of our OG original ones.

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Smartless hoodie.

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You're like your cool dad this morning.

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Did I tell you? I was so— the other day, I've never worn it out of the house, obviously, for every—

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obviously you don't want people to know that.

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Well, also, it's got our faces on the back.

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Yeah, you don't want—

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so you don't want to be like, yeah, hey, hey, Johnny wearing his merch. So the other day Wearing in the house. Went to do my little walk that you guys know and forgot that I had it on. And then my shirt— and I had to wear it to go. And I went to Whole Foods and I realized as I was getting out of the car—

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Why'd you have to wear it? Because if you took it off, you'd be just in a sweaty—

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I'd taken my t-shirt off because it was gone. It was so soaked in sweat because I work out so hard. Because if you want— let me walk you through the workout.

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Well, because you're wearing the heavy hands. You strap on the heavy hands and the heavy ankles, right? The Velcro.

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And I got the big visor that comes down in front. And then I got the lock down. No, because I'm wearing the weight vest, as we know.

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So you're shirtless with a hoodie on.

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So anyway, shirtless with the hoodie on. And then I'm in line.

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Smartless hoodie on in Whole Foods.

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And I'm in Whole Foods. I'm just trying to do it in and out. You run into somebody you know. No, I got a guy. I forget the dude's name. He always does Getty Images photos at events. And he's like— and I just hear it. I was like, well, it looks like somebody's got Will Arnett on the back of his head. I turn around, it was him. And I go, luckily, we all kind of know— I forget his name. The nice guy. And I was like, oh, shit. At which point— and then I go up to— I do a self-checkout, and this girl taps me on the shoulder like, are you Will of the show? Yeah. And like, a really big fan. And I literally said— and I said to the stranger— and I said to this stranger, I was so embarrassed. I go, by the way, I never normally would wear this, but I— God, it just gets worse. And I just ran to my car. I was like, fuck, what a tool.

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In a deeper sweat. Then I hope you were locked out of your car, had to call AAA on the side of the road. Standing on the side of the street.

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I'll wear Smartless sweats to the gym.

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To the gym.

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Sure. Or anywhere.

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But nobody cares.

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Nobody stops you. It was so humiliating. Tapped on the shoulder. Love the show.

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Excuse me. Are you Will Arnett?

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Yeah. How's your merch going?

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Wait, what's that new tag for Reese's where you're using the Reese's name for a different word? Like, instead of, like, it's all reality, it's all Reese's or something like that. I don't know.

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I was impressed with it this weekend. Yeah. Everybody loves a Reese's.

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No, something like that.

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That was exciting.

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You were expecting more from me.

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I apologize. I'm picking my teeth a little bit. What's the protocol? Yeah, the politeness thing. You guys aren't both real deep on manners, but I wouldn't mind pulling—

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Much more than you are.

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I don't know about that.

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What about—

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I don't talk about potty stuff. I don't pick my teeth. I don't eat.

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And you don't fart. You don't fart either. I don't think you've ever farted in front of me.

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Well, it's disgusting. Who wants to hear? What are you talking about, man?

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Listen, it's just dude shit, you know?

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It's not just dude shit.

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I mean, Sean and I love our power burps. Sean, I think you and I— I've definitely farted in front of you, Sean. I think you've done it.

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You've definitely farted on me.

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Yeah, you farted in front of me before.

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I have.

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Yeah, in the car. But Willie doesn't. He doesn't. So then, Will, did you ever poo in front of Amy?

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Are you looking for clicks? No, I'm just saying, are you trying to get something that we can click around?

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I always forget people are listening to this. Wait, but hang on, you were married to her, had 2 kids, you guys never went to the bathroom in front of each other?

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I'm sorry, the question is, did I poo in front of Amy? And you're saying that I don't have manners? What are you talking about?

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I think it's a good question.

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It's not a good question. I refuse to answer it.

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It's a cute question.

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I refuse to answer that.

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Did you poop? P-E-W-P. Yeah.

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All right.

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I hope we have a very respectable guest.

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Well, we do.

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Let me ask you. We do.

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She's going to be outraged by this, by the way.

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But wait a minute. But wait a minute. Do you poo in front of Amanda?

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I mean, we don't use the same potty, but potty. If she needed to come in and ask me something important, Um, she, she could and would. Um, I don't know if I would do that to her, although to hear her say she doesn't poo, never has, right?

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I don't know how.

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It's amazing. Um, but, um, uh, yeah, yeah.

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I spoke to her this morning. She said, please tell him, uh, that I'm jealous that we get to see your, your face, and she didn't this morning.

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Oh, that's your kid.

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It's coming up on 3 weeks.

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I know.

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When are you We saw her this weekend. I talked to her yesterday, and I saw her Saturday night, and I talked to her Saturday day. I've been spending a lot of time with her.

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Yeah, same.

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I've been spending a lot of time with her. Yeah. Well, let me say this. When you get home, she is worn out.

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Just give her a break.

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Yes. I love— can I just say, all bits aside, how much I do love your wife, Amanda? Oh my God, we all love her.

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I was on the phone with her this morning.

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She's the fucking greatest. She's such a good friend.

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She's so thoughtful and kind and sweet.

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Always available.

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Yeah, she's amazing.

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And I, I like her too, pretty much.

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She's so much— she's so, so good. Tell you, he's good. So he's real good and classy. And you're gonna feel badly about all this disgusting potty talk.

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Tell me she's not an award winner, is she?

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Oh, well, okay, well, tell me if this means a lot. Uh-oh. 10 Golden Globe nominations and 2 wins. Wow. 7 BAFTA nominations.

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Oh, I was gonna say, does she have a British—

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2 Emmy noms. 10 SAG nominations and 2 wins. 5 Academy Award nominations. Wow. Okay. Nice. 5 Academy Award nominations. Do you like films like Junebug? Do you like films like Night at the Museum, Julie and Julia? Do you like The Master, The Muppets, On the Road, Arrival, Sean? Oh my God.

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Arrival's my favorite movie.

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You all got a dirty sense of humor.

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She's fine with the poo talk. Get around here. Hi.

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I'm so glad I entered on this conversation.

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I'm so embarrassed, Amy. I'm sorry.

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No, no, no, baby. We know each other a little.

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You're good with the poo talk.

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I'm fine with poo talk, absolutely. And I also love Amanda, so—

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Yeah, she's the best.

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Oh my God, nice you're here with us.

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I'm so happy to be here. Yes, I, I'm, I'm very glad to get to participate in this conversation.

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Well, jump in if you want.

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Amy, welcome. Let's do it. Here's our new intro. Forget— pretend that never happened. Yeah, now we get this, guys. It's Amy Adams.

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Hi, hi, hi, hi, guys.

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Um, Amy, where are we finding you today, by the way?

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I'm really liking your background.

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Uh, Los Los Angeles in my kitchen.

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Okay, in your kitchen. You look so nice.

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Yeah, Amy, I'm gonna let Will drive this, but I'm dying to get to Doubt.

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Don't worry, he won't.

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And Arrival, because those are two of my favorite films ever. And, um, I've seen Arrival, probably no joke, probably like 10, 12 times. So good.

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I can't tell you how many times we've had other people on who have no connection to Arrival, and then trying to be, "Have you seen Arrival?" Yeah, but, but that's—

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that script is one, you know, not since, like, you know, The Sixth Sense or something, have you read a script or seen a script or seen a movie, whatever, that has an ending that just completely blows your mind. I mean, the fact that all the flashbacks were actually flash-forwards is so— Spoiler alert. You've never seen anything like— Like, when you read it, were you like, "Wait a minute, what?" Like—

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Yeah, I mean, I was reading it sort of thinking it was told in, like, a traditional timeline, so I still loved it. But then when I got to the end, I was like, Oh, now I gotta go back and reread it and understand it.

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Right. You almost have to watch the movie again.

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Yeah, it was so crazy to shoot it 'cause I had to perform it as if it were— Like, I had to live in that duality of letting the audience think that it was flashbacks, but then on a rewatch, understanding that it was a flash forward. So that was a lot of fun to play with.

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Yeah, it's so smart. Yeah, that's so smart.

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Butter. Yeah, Denis is amazing.

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He's so good.

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That guy is something else. And he's lovely. He's like the nicest—

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He was on the podcast too.

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Isn't he just like so humble and funny?

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And you're like, yeah, yeah. Can you imagine? He had to deal with Sean that whole— the whole podcast.

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It was just—

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oh my gosh, it was such a handful.

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And then you did— and then you did the— and then you—

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and Dune. I'm like, Dune?

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Yeah, yeah. And then I was the idiot over here calling him Denny the whole time, which—

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that's all right. I called him Dennis Villanueva, so there you go.

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Villanueva.

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Oh no, Denise.

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Not to him. I, I joked to him because, uh, It's— that's kind of how it's spelled in sort of the Colorado pronunciation.

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But I was going to say Colorado by way of— so I didn't know this— that you were born in Italy.

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I was born in Italy. Yeah, my dad was in the Army. My dad was stationed in Vicenza and Aviano Air Force Base and Vicenza Army Base. So I was born in that region, which is kind of in between Florence and Venice.

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Scotty, my husband Scotty, he's an Army brat too. He was born in Okinawa, Japan.

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Oh wow.

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Yeah, so you guys are like born all over the world.

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Exactly. My husband was born in Ramstein, uh, Germany.

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Oh wow.

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Oh wow. Also, so also, also Air Force. Yeah, also Air Force.

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Yeah, his dad was Air Force.

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So, oh wow, that's cool.

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And then how does it work then to get an American passport? Do you have to like sort of, when you, when you come to this country, then what, what goes on?

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Well, her parents are Americans.

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You're naturalized, uh, because You're born on an American base.

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Exactly. Yeah. Can you— could you run for president?

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I think I'm— I don't think that's in my interest. Okay. But I think technically I could.

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By the way, all the rules are out the window on that one. Technically, I could. Are there any rules to that anymore?

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I think I'd be great.

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I bet you'd be very good. Yeah. I bet you'd be very good. I'd vote for you.

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There'd be a lot of singing in the White House, that's for sure.

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Wow.

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That would be lovely. So you're born overseas. To Air Force dad, and he moved around— Army dad. Army dad.

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Oh, sorry. My husband has an Air Force dad. Sorry, I'm not that particular, but just in case he is, I want to—

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. Of course. Okay. So Army dad. Yeah. And then you end— but you end up basically settling in Colorado, which you mentioned.

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Yes.

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Yeah. And then where did the— where did the sort of the interest come from to you know, for performing, because you're not just a great performer who does it at the highest level, you're also prolific. You've done so much. And so it seems like— Where does that come from? Was your mom into that, or was your dad into that? Were they encouraging?

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My dad was a performer. Oh, wow. He played— He had a band and sang, and he ended up being sort of like a one-man band, and he played in bars. And so we'd go watch him in bars.

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Wait, wait, wait. With the cymbals tied to the leg? It wasn't—

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quite Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins.

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I love that.

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I love that. No, he had like all these synths and he would like push buttons for— Yeah.

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Bunch.

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Bang your knees together. In bars.

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Yeah, pizza joints, just walking around, flapping his wings.

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I love that. They just turn him loose for someone's birthday. Exactly.

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Come out of the kitchen.

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I actually wish that's what he did.

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That would be great. That's so good.

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No, he would play— there's a foot synthesizer, right? So I don't know if you guys have ever seen those. Yeah. So he would wear fancy socks and play the foot synthesizer.

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Come on.

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No way. Kind of like Big, like the movie Big.

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No, it's a—

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No.

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Isn't it? It's not like that. It literally looks sort of like— I guess this is what came to mind. You know in Goonies, that big piano that they play with the bones?

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Oh, with the skeleton bones?

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It's like that, but like black. Lacker. I don't know, that's the best way— that's what— that's the visualization.

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Is it kind of like the bottom half of an organ, like when they push?

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Yeah, exactly. So he pushes on these pedals with his feet while he plays.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I'm like, it's kind of like The Goonies.

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Like, imagine if they made Big and Goonies into like— like, imagine if the Villeneuve made like Goonies and Big.

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And the person who's making it is watching Arrival. Wait, so Amy, this doesn't sound like an army dad.

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I'm just like, return to The Goondocks. All of a sudden, you guys, I'm writing a script.

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Just so you know.

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That is so good.

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Yeah, you're right. Jason's right. It doesn't sound like a regular army dad.

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He can also clean a weapon too. I mean, this guy's multi-talented, we're saying. You're painting a great dynamic picture.

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Absolutely. Yeah? Yeah, but mostly played music, so.

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Wow, so then that's where you got your— So then did singing and dancing precede?

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Acting? Yes.

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Yeah.

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Really? Absolutely. I never thought I was going to be an actress. I was such a musical theater kid and mostly trained in ballet. But like, I was so shy and I had paralyzing stage fright. Still do, but I make myself do it anyway. And every time I'm like, why do I do this to myself?

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Yeah, it's torture.

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Torture. But isn't stage fright more acute on a stage doing singing, dancing, spotlight, microphone?

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It's not acute anywhere.

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Isn't the fright more intense there than in front of a camera? Or no?

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Yes.

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Oh, yeah.

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I mean, I still get nervous in front of a camera, but it's such an intimate thing and you have one person you can focus on.

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And you can screw up.

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You can screw up.

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Exactly. And then just do it again. Now, this is reminding me because I was doing a project. This is many, many, many, many, many years ago.

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Which project was this? Buckle up, guys. Sorry, which project were you working on?

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I can't say. That's all right. We'll applaud. And the producers were like, you should reach out to Amy Adams for this project. And I was like, well, I don't know Amy Adams. I'm a big fan, but I don't know. No, just do it. She knows you're going to call. So I called you. I don't know if you remember this. I called you and you picked up and you go, hello. And I go, hi, Amy, it's Sean Hayes. Oh, I'm in the White House right now in the bathroom. Can I call you back? Do you remember this?

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I was at the White House for Julie and Julia.

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Oh my God.

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And that's when I was like, Wait, the time I call you, you're in the bathroom at the White House?

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Yes, I was in the bathroom at the White House.

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That is crazy.

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We talk later.

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So that was the last time.

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So that was the last time you talked to her?

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Yeah, that was the last time I talked to Amy. How have you been since?

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You know, just hanging out.

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Wait, wait.

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So having a kid.

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But what I want to know— oh, yeah, we're going to get into that. But what I want to know is you didn't think you would have a career as an actor. So, and your dad's doing all these, playing the one-man band in the bars and stuff. How do you go from that to what's the first— what's your first acting gig and how did that happen? From Colorado?

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Well, I started dancing. That was sort of my, my way into performing, which was good because I could be with like a group of people. For me, it's very much about a singular focus. So like always being in the chorus was really fun because you got to feed off of everybody else and just become a part of a group, you know? Yeah. And I love that. Um, so yeah, I got into dancing, which led me after high school— I was going to say the reason I got into all of it is because I was bad at math because I wanted to be a doctor, so I was like, um—

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Really?

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Really.

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What kind of doctor?

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Still wish I could have been a doctor. I think, um, I think I wanted to work in emergency medicine. I'm really good in a crisis. I'm really good in a crisis.

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Yeah.

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Really? Yeah.

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And you'd be okay with like blood and gore and like somebody in a lot of pain and trauma, you'd be okay with?

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Yeah. Yeah. I really, I want to like, I have this fantasy that when I retire from acting, I'm going to be one of the seniors that volunteers down at Cedars. I was like, I just want to help.

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I kind of have the same thing. Do you? I kind of want to, yeah, like I want to just go like help people out. Like, what's going on?

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What do you need?

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Well, you're going to be there anyway, so you might as well.

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You've got your own parking spot there. It's a hop, skip, and jump. Wait, that's so interesting. Are you good? So, so, because some people are like flight instead of fight during emergencies, right? They're like, I can't deal with this, and they run away. Whereas like there's this one time when I was driving home from a taping of Will Grace and a guy was lying in the middle of the street.

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This is a sitcom.

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So funny.

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So many misunderstandings.

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They don't make them no more.

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They're not like that. Not with the laughs and this one thinks this and the other one thinks this and they have a misunderstanding.

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They have a misunderstanding.

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The one door shuts, the other one opens. No one knows who's in what bed.

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Everybody's gay.

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So funny. Sorry, Amy. Sorry about that.

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No, I love it. I love it. You guys are great. I'm like sometimes way too earnest, so I appreciate you guys bringing humor in.

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We're not.

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No, don't worry about it.

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We should learn from you is the mission of that.

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No, no. So I was driving home from one of the tapings and there's this guy lying in the middle of the street. I was like, what? And the two cars ahead of me were just driving around him. I was like, but this guy's lying in the middle of the street.

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That was me and Will. On the gas.

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Smart.

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Just missed his head. And so I pull over, as somebody would do, and then just as I open the door to my car, I'm like, "Oh, is this one of those things, the setup where I get out, I help the guy, and then somebody takes my car or whatever, or, you know, jumps me or whatever it is?" So then—

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I'd love to see you get taken over by that guy and the other dude that's hiding behind the mailbox, and them just taking your car And your clothes, by the way, and then just leaving you.

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Them tying you up and them not understanding how much you're enjoying it.

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And I'm just going, no, stop. No, ouch.

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Yeah, you don't want these clothes.

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Okay.

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No, wait, but what— how am I gonna get home naked?

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You'll figure it out.

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Okay. Amazing.

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All right, so—

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oh my God, so you end up lying in the middle of the road so somebody pulls over for you. It's a cycle, because now you need a ride. By the way, so sorry, Amy.

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It's okay. No, I love it. Are you kidding?

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It was only a few blocks from home too. Yeah.

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Oh God.

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We'll be right back.

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And now back to the show.

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All right, so I— so you're about to get out of the car, you think it might be a thing, but then I was like, but the guy could see us really in really real pain. God, this is a long way to go to get to the question. But, um, I— so I get out and the guy just got shot. The guy was shot. Oh, I did take off my shirt and I put— I didn't know what I was doing. Like, to your point, like emergencies, like, yeah, you know, fight or flight. So I was like, I know I'm gonna do this. So nobody was around, and so I took my shirt off, I put it on the bullet wound on his stomach, and I was like, hold it over for some pressure. Not yet or anything, correct? Well, yeah, a makeshift tourniquet. And so I, I'm pulling it on and I'm dialing, uh, 911 on my phone. Meanwhile, other people have heard it and now are starting to coming out of their houses, right? And so they already called too.

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And then you're starting to feel self-conscious about being topless?

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A little bit. A little bit. A little bit.

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Were you actually topless?

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Yeah. Yeah. And so I, I'm—

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not everyone wears an undershirt, Granddad.

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Yeah, go ahead.

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And so, yeah, so the guy— I don't know, that's so Finally, the ambulance came and everything, and he lived and he was okay. Everything was fine. He got the help he needed. And of course, the ambulance guy was like, "Are you Shaun A?" No. With my hand on his stomach. I was like, "Yeah." But anyway, the point is— Still topless. Yeah, still topless. And then we exchanged numbers. No, I'm kidding. But the point is, yes, emergencies, I attack them. I don't run from them usually.

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Yeah, I get very focused. Like everything becomes very focused in an emergency.

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I'm sorry, was that whole story about the time that you saved a dude's life?

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Yeah, because most people drive—

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He runs into a fire instead of away from a fire.

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Yeah, yeah, for sure.

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Yeah, I've come across a couple of scenes where we've been sort of the first people on the scene.

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Oh, really?

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Really? Yeah, yeah.

00:21:50

Care to share?

00:21:51

Like what? Like where?

00:21:52

Like, uh, we were in Santa Monica and, uh, coming out of our favorite restaurant, and I was with my dad, and my dad is also very much like that, thankfully. And these people were screaming, and a guy was walking, and they're yelling, "He's dying!" My husband's like, "That's blood." And I was like, "Darin, you stay here with our daughter." We ran over and he'd been stabbed in the neck.

00:22:14

Oh, gosh.

00:22:15

Oh, my God. So he was bleeding and his friends were freaking out. So luckily, we're going to the beach, we grabbed towels. My dad has been on lots of scenes. I guess he attracts them as well and applied pressure. And I'm sitting there somehow going, "You need to calm your pulse rate. Take a deep breath in." Wow. I literally was just so focused. I was like— I was like, the more you struggle, the faster you're gonna bleed. Just lay down. Let's elevate this. We were like, just— and yeah. And then I ran into him a year later. A guy walks up to me in the restaurant. He's like, I heard a story that you and your dad were on the scene of a guy getting stabbed. And I was like, yeah, yeah, that's so funny you heard that story. And he went like that.

00:22:53

Oh, it was him?

00:22:54

And I was like, oh my God, it's you.

00:22:55

And it was him. No way.

00:22:56

Yeah, and it was him. And he was like all teary and he had his son with him.

00:23:00

Wow.

00:23:00

Yeah, it was so crazy.

00:23:02

Did he tell you what the situation was under which— the reason that he got stabbed?

00:23:06

I mean, as far as I could make out, it was they had run into an old college friend and had some drinks and then went to the liquor store. They were gonna go back to someone's house, and he just freaked out. But I don't know kind of what the whole story is. Wow, wow, wow, wow.

00:23:22

That's crazy. Yeah.

00:23:23

Would have been great if you and your dad started singing him a little song to calm him down.

00:23:27

Oh, yeah, like a 1-minute—

00:23:29

Yeah.

00:23:30

He had like a little pocket trombone. Or something.

00:23:34

Can you imagine? I just start singing like Giselle.

00:23:37

Well, your dad's playing and you're dancing.

00:23:39

Stay away.

00:23:41

That's calming, you know?

00:23:43

That is calming.

00:23:44

I start singing Mary Poppins.

00:23:45

That would have been nice. Wow, you really would have been great in an emergency room.

00:23:50

I'm not that smart, but I'm that focused, so.

00:23:54

You're a lot smarter than we are.

00:23:55

No, I don't think so. Have you ever played a medical person?

00:23:59

You know, I did in Dr. Vegas. I played Rob Lowe's—

00:24:08

Wait a second.

00:24:09

R.A.

00:24:09

I need to see this.

00:24:11

Yeah, me too. And so I went and—

00:24:13

What year did we make this?

00:24:18

2001. I actually— It's a good story. I was filming and they sent me home and I was mad because I was like, of course, the one project where you want to stay where they're filming in Vegas when I was like, you know, 30. I was— And when I went home, I got the Junebug audition.

00:24:35

Oh, nice.

00:24:36

And then was filming Junebug when they reduced my role from— to recurring.

00:24:42

Oh, these bastards.

00:24:42

On Dr. Vegas.

00:24:44

On Dr. Vegas. And I was like, "I'm good." They're like, "You're just going to leave?" I'm like, "Yeah, I'm good. I feel like—" "I'm all set.

00:24:51

Got an indie.

00:24:52

Suck it." Yeah. "I just did an indie.

00:24:54

I'm set." "I'm just going to go ahead and get an Academy Award nomination over here. So I'm good. You want to reduce it?" Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:25:03

Gross. I had no idea. I just was like, anyway, it's a long story, but I did shadow an emergency room doctor. For that part, yeah.

00:25:11

Yeah, and I was like, this is— Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's gotta be fascinating.

00:25:13

Did you not wanna see? Did you see some things you didn't wanna see?

00:25:16

I think for me, I was just fascinated with the stories that kind of really helped me put things into perspective. I know, I'm so earnest. I told you guys, I just was so grateful and invested in people's, personal stories. It's just—

00:25:30

I was at, you know, I, I'm a frequent flyer at the, uh, ER in Los Angeles.

00:25:35

Yeah, you want to give a shout out to Cedars? Yeah, yeah.

00:25:40

And I was lying there waiting for a couple of punches on your punch card to get to your bonus earlier for the cafeteria.

00:25:49

Sean's nickname is Paddles, by the way.

00:25:51

This is true because I get AFib and they They zapped my heart back. Anyway, so, but one time I was in there, this is like 2 years ago, and the guy, some guy OD'd on drugs. They were trying to revive him and he died right next to me in the room right next to me.

00:26:03

It's so crazy to witness all of that. Yeah. Willie and I play golf with Dr. Gary Schulman. He does an ER doctor and the things that he knows how to do and he could save any life you put in front of him. I think it's incredible. It's just really amazing. And he's got a great short game too, guys. I mean, up and down from anywhere, really.

00:26:24

By the way, let's be clear, he's got a great game all around. He's middle of the fairway, long game.

00:26:29

Yeah, I never see him in trouble. You never see him looking for a ball. No, you want him as your teammate.

00:26:34

Yeah, Dr. Gary's been playing with the same ball for 3 years, definitely. Yeah. Anyway, listen, nice man. And shout out to Dr. Gary. Um, you know, uh, so, so Amy, you've done so many things, but so many different kinds of roles, like comedy, drama, sci-fi. Is there one?

00:26:54

The one I've seen the most is Enchantment. Enchanted. Enchanted. You nailed it. Enchanted.

00:26:58

I never saw Enchanted because it didn't exist.

00:27:01

Yeah. I mean, having two girls, you met both of them.

00:27:05

Yeah. How are they doing?

00:27:07

They must be— They're doing great. Thanks. Yeah. They're not watching anymore. Yeah. But I mean, I knew that album backwards and forwards.

00:27:15

Loved it. Thank you, and I'm sorry.

00:27:18

Yeah, no, no, it was fantastic. But I've seen them all, but that one a lot. I bet. Yeah.

00:27:23

Yeah, very good. Thank you. Do you have a genre that you like doing more than—? Because you've done— Like I said, you've done it all. You work in comedy, you work in drama, you work in sci-fi. Is there one sort of lane that you feel more comfortable in? Or do you just kind of— Each one is just like a new opportunity to have fun, and you don't really think about it?

00:27:44

Yeah, I think each one's a new opportunity. I like working in comedy. In different genres because it requires like a different approach to tone and it's a challenge. And, but I mean, I mean, I'm most comfortable in like musical theater, even at 51. If someone's like, "You need to go play Belle," I'd be like, "Got it." Like, that's like, that's where my like spirit lives, my like younger, my inner child.

00:28:07

You want to do more of it?

00:28:08

I do. I did theater recently in London and I really do want to do more of it, but I think I'm so tired.

00:28:15

Yeah, yeah.

00:28:16

It's a lot. It's so much work. I have so much respect for everybody who works on stage because doing that 8 shows a week is really, really grueling. And so I'd have to really consider it. Maybe when my daughter is— Gets a little older. Gets a little— when she's out of the house because I really want to be present for her. How old is she? She's going to be 16 next Friday. Oh, wow.

00:28:36

Yeah. God. That's amazing.

00:28:38

Sweet 16. How are those driving lessons going?

00:28:41

She has not started them yet. No, I—

00:28:44

You haven't taken her out in your car and just like in an open parking lot and said— and just put her in the seat?

00:28:48

Uh, not yet. No, I— Oh my God. I am definitely— she has absolutely no interest. No, she has interest, but she wants to get through finals before she starts studying for her permit test because she, uh, yeah, she likes—

00:29:05

Disciplined. That's difficult.

00:29:06

This generation though, that is because of Uber. There's just— there's no—

00:29:10

that's true. I didn't think of that.

00:29:12

When we were kids, remember, like, the day— the morning you turn 16, you're at the DMV.

00:29:18

No, my guys did. Arch got it immediately, but Abe's been kind of putting it— well, he can only get his learner's 'cause he's not 16 yet.

00:29:24

You know what I thought would never happen, though, is that— because Jason's right, when you turn 16, you're like, it signifies independence. Yeah, freedom. Driving, right? Freedom. But now— and I thought, well, that will never go away, but with Waymo self-driving cars and Uber and stuff, maybe it's not a thing anymore. I don't know with kids.

00:29:41

Yeah, but it is nice to be able to just, like, walk outside your house and climb into your car and go.

00:29:47

It is. I think she's really gonna love that sensation once she sort of gets into it, but I respect— I'm letting her—

00:29:54

Are you still in driving her around mode, or is she leaning on the Ubers like everybody? A little of both.

00:30:00

I mean, we're a little more cautious with Ubers as long as she's with friends and stuff like that, so— But she loves the Waymo. That's her thing.

00:30:07

Yeah, we always say— it's a known thing, Amy, that Jason has the personality of a Waymo driver. And that's just kind of known around the office here. Amazing. Just around the office here. A Waymo driver. That's enough, Sean.

00:30:25

Okay. That's good.

00:30:28

So funny. I laughed. By the way, I was going to say this. Sean, I think you know this, and you're going to freak out again on Amy. Yeah. You know she's in the new— she just wrapped the new Star Wars, right? What do you mean?

00:30:42

The one with Ryan Gosling? Yeah. Wait, I was on that set. Okay, cool. Oh, amazing. Yeah. Shawn Levy asked us to come visit, and we visited for like a day.

00:30:53

What if you found out that Amy knew you were coming in? She's like, this guy fucking called me once. I was in the toilet at the White House.

00:30:58

This guy won't leave me alone. I had a very small part. Yeah, you did.

00:31:04

Wait, are you a fan or no? Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yeah, huge. Absolutely. By the way, Tatooine. I mean, amazing. I have my Tatooine hat on today.

00:31:13

I love it. I— I have my Tatooine hat on. Do you go to May the 4th Disney events at Disney? Because I've always wanted to go. Maybe next year you and I will figure it out.

00:31:23

Yes. Oh my God, I would love it. Leave the kids at home. Am I right? You're right.

00:31:29

I hate the May the 4th be with you because that's my birthday and I feel like they took it over. They took— no, I'm not. They took it over. Everybody's like, May the Fourth. I'm like, enough.

00:31:37

Wait, what did you— did you get to hold all the props and whatever and all the, you know, fantasy stuff? I love that. Yes, I love that. Yeah, I went to the creature shop too. Isn't that wild? I saw the new— I saw the new, um, you know, their version of R2-D2 in the new one, which we— I couldn't post. We're not allowed to post. Is he real?

00:32:01

We just rack focus. There's Scotty in the back just heating up the paddles, rubbing them together, getting them ready. Oh, he's talking about the creature shop.

00:32:11

Yeah. Charge! Wasn't that— but, and then the guy— I met the guy who created BB-8. Yeah. Yeah. That's wild. It's so cool.

00:32:18

It's wild. I mean, I'll talk about this, I'm sure, down the road, but like, I don't know what I'm allowed to talk about, but I was so nervous the first day of working, like, I forgot how to act. I'm sure Sean Levy's like, Amy, are you okay? And I'm like, no! I'm just not a fan.

00:32:30

You're nervous because of all the stuff that was around you and like—

00:32:33

No, just like, I'm on a Star Wars set. I know, right? Yeah. I would freak out too. I grew up on this. This is like, I have to now get out of my like dorky fangirl place and go into like professional actress. And like combining the two was really hard. So I had to like— Could you feel it?

00:32:50

Was it palpable? I mean, were the sets big? Was the— Yeah, the sets were big. —the camera gear like all like—

00:32:56

It's so cool, you guys. It's just so cool. I'm not allowed to talk about anything, of course, but I can tell you it's so cool, and the kid in it is so great. I just—

00:33:06

What about, like, was there a lot of— Like, were the sets real? Were the weapons real?

00:33:12

Yes.

00:33:13

Or was it all sort of green screens and, you know?

00:33:16

It's a mix, but it's— A mix, yeah. It was— It's enough to, like, get the feels, you know what I mean?

00:33:23

And then you got the great Shawn Levy there, just like— Oh, yeah. He's so infectious with his energy and enthusiasm and kindness. He is.

00:33:30

And speaking of Arrival, he was one of the producers on Arrival. Oh, he was? Yeah, I worked with him at Night at the Museum.

00:33:37

Oh, that's crazy. Yeah. So you do the Star Wars, and then you got another— you got a sci-fi film coming out later this year that you did with our buddy Taika. What's that?

00:33:44

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I was like, I do? I was like, yes, yes. Yeah, we did that like over 2 years ago now. So yeah.

00:33:52

Whoa. Are you a sci-fi fan?

00:33:54

I do like sci-fi, yeah.

00:33:55

There's such a— you have like so like Star Wars-y sci-fi. Like this seems to be a genre that you're very comfortable in. Superman.

00:34:02

Oh, I love it. I love it. Yeah.

00:34:05

But she's funny as hell too, and can sing and dance. And let's not— we haven't even gotten to the drama part of it all.

00:34:11

I mean— I know. I do. I do love a good drama.

00:34:14

Do you want to leave any for anybody else?

00:34:16

I love a good drama.

00:34:18

How great were you in Doubt? I saw that play, and I was like, "Wow, this play's one of the best plays." And then the movie with you and Meryl Streep.

00:34:24

How good are Meryl and Philip in that? Getting to sit through the rehearsals with them was lit— It's my entire actor training. I'm sure. I never went to college or conservatory, so I really feel like that was how I learned how to act.

00:34:40

And everybody showed up on set off-book, probably. Just no— Nobody has sides, right?

00:34:43

Everybody just knows their stuff. Oh, yeah. By that time, we really knew it. Yeah. I mean, it's Meryl.

00:34:50

Was it a lot of rehearsal for that film? More than usual?

00:34:55

I would say so, yeah. Yeah, it was a while ago. It was amazing.

00:35:00

So then, wait, did you just say that you did not go to drama school? I did not, no. No. And so what would you attribute your talent to? Was it just a lonely childhood?

00:35:12

Yeah, how'd you get so talented? A lonely childhood.

00:35:15

Was it just like an innate sense of what would be—

00:35:19

I honestly, Jason, I really don't know. I think I've always just been— I read a lot, and I've always been plugged into characters and how and why and what motivates them and all of that. And I think it just sort of started translating into acting. I never— I honestly, I also, when I moved to LA, started working with an acting coach. Yeah, later on after I'd started working, and that was really helpful because she helped sort of ground me a bit more instead of being very big.

00:35:47

So that was Well, that's what I was gonna say, yeah. 'Cause theater is sort of at odds with your incredible level of subtlety when you're doing on-camera work. You know, I mean, it is just masterful how little you have the discipline to do. Which, you know, if you did that on stage, the people in the front row would be able to read it, but that'd be about it. You know? Which, I mean, it's great. Thank you. Oftentimes, you'll see theater actors that are sometimes maybe just a little bit bigger on screen. Right. But you do not suffer that at all. It's really, really impressive.

00:36:24

Well, I absolutely love people's inner life. Like, if I could know what people were thinking at all times, I'd be so happy.

00:36:30

That's what I love about watching your performance is that, yeah, I lean in, I try to read your mind. You know, there's stuff going on inside.

00:36:37

I told you guys, you gotta watch this new doc that's coming out later this year. I was telling Shaunie about it that's called This based on the podcast, that really popular podcast, The Telepathy Tapes, about the nonverbals. There's a doc. I just saw a screening of the doc. Is it good? It's unbelievable. Wait, what is it? Dude, this is a really popular podcast. Yeah. And called The Telepathy Tapes. And they made a doc at the same time, and it's coming out later this year. And it's unbelievable. I had goosebumps the entire time watching it, talking about it.

00:37:08

It was real popular at the same time, the Richard Simmons podcast. Sean, stop mentioning the—

00:37:14

every time I mention this, Sean brings up the Richard Simmons podcast. I swear to God, Sean, why?

00:37:20

No, because how would that be an easy— leave it. Yeah, an easy reference for everyone.

00:37:26

Yeah, let it stand on its own. Why do you have to mention the fucking Richard Simmons podcast? Yeah, because it—

00:37:33

because at that time, it was years and years ago, those were the two most I've never heard of a Richard Simmons podcast.

00:37:39

Oh God, you would love it.

00:37:40

It's so wild.

00:37:41

Oh, here we go. Fuck's sake, man.

00:37:47

Um, now wait, Willie, um, the reason that you were seeing this earlier than when it's coming out is because that makes me think maybe we're gonna have somebody from it on the podcast coming up. Did you get a little, a little early link or something?

00:37:57

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. There's a guest, a guest coming. You putting— look at you putting some stuff together. I used to be a cop. I know. Look at you. It's honestly, you guys, it's so so fascinating. And Amy talking about like people understanding what other people are thinking and stuff. Yeah, it is a fucking—

00:38:14

did you listen to that, Amy? Did you listen to that podcast?

00:38:16

Uh, yeah, I did actually. I listened to— I didn't get towards the end of the telepathy. It started to get— I don't want to, you know, it started to get a little like it twisted a bit.

00:38:26

I don't want to give any spoilers. Yeah, but it's, it's— I, I found it, I mean, it was just stunning. And I'd listen to the podcast too. But anyway, uh, yeah, yeah, I don't know how we got here, But boy, it's good. It's really good. But what was your— so this is what I was going to say. What was your first pro gig as an actor? Your first paying job?

00:38:46

Like exclusively as an actor or just as a dancer?

00:38:49

Like as an actor. As an actor, actor. What was your first—

00:38:52

actor, actor. I did a commercial for Omaha National Bank. Okay. Where I lip-synced. So I guess it's— I mean, it's— I lip-synced to "Summer Loving," but turned into "Summer Banking." No. "Had Me a Blast." Yeah.

00:39:13

Sure. Summer banking. Had me a blast.

00:39:17

Boom, boom. Wow. But then when I started, I was cast in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" out of Minnesota. So that was like my first, like, thing. First thing.

00:39:28

And then what was your first, like— what was your first— did you do, like, a lot of— because I know obviously you did Dr. Vegas. We all know that. We're talking about you. I still call him Dr. Vegas. Yeah. What was your first— like, did you start doing guest spots on shows? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah?

00:39:46

I did all the guest spots. You did? I was on Charmed. I was on Buffy. I was on— Oh, wow. That '70s Show. Yeah. West Wing.

00:39:54

Oh, wow. We'll be right back.

00:40:01

And back to the show.

00:40:03

What was the point when you figured that you might be safe, you might not need to have to study something else or have a second job, or when did it seem like you could make a living?

00:40:16

Yesterday. Exactly.

00:40:18

I think it was after— I think it was after Enchanted.

00:40:25

Yeah, because that was a big movie. Yeah.

00:40:26

It's funny because by the time Enchanted came out, I'd been nominated, but I still didn't see that as like anything that cemented me. As secure. I just saw that as like an amazing, like, one-off. Like, yeah.

00:40:38

So, but having the box office of Enchanted, right? That's a different thing with that, isn't it?

00:40:44

And I also think it was like the most confident at that point I'd ever been in a role, because even when I read the script, and I am not somebody who says this, I looked at my husband and went, I don't know who else they're gonna get for this. Like, I just was like, no, no, no, no, you can't. And I honestly, I'm not that person. I would cast someone else in every role I've done. Like, I'm not competitive like that. But I read that one and was like, "Well, this is mine." I thought you were good in that. Just because I felt like I really understood that world and the duality of her.

00:41:17

But then you also do, like, then you go on to do a couple of films with David O. Russell, some gritty films. You do The Fighter, which is super gritty and such a great film.

00:41:27

Yeah, David, that was huge, 'cause David really— I say, "Take a chance," but no one really saw me that way. And then there was something about an interaction he had with me that kind of was like, "Wait." You got in his face about, like, a valet ticket or something?

00:41:43

Terrifying.

00:41:44

No. No, I think he just—

00:41:45

"I was here first." Yeah, something like that. Wait, was David— Did you stab David O. Russell in the neck, and then you and your dad saved him? Is that what happened?

00:41:54

No, it was not David O.

00:41:56

Russell. So you were surprised when David called you with that?

00:41:59

Yeah, yeah, I was. I was— I always like to say I have such memories of where I was when things happened that were huge for me. And that was, I was in Ireland filming Leap Year, like this romantic comedy, which helped me learn that I was not good at romantic comedy, though I love the film. I just was like, "This is— There are people who are really good at this, and I don't think that's me." I don't think—

00:42:20

There's nothing you're not good at. Yeah, come on.

00:42:23

No, it's just I'm too earnest. Like, I want to turn it into Wuthering Heights and like— I just don't have that turn of phrase that some people are so good at. I'm just so earnest. It's so irritating.

00:42:35

I've learned to accept it. What about— what about, uh, did your— did your— did your eyes light up like mine would if I got a call from Paul Thomas Anderson? Um, like The Masters, one of my favorite, favorite films ever.

00:42:48

The Master was great. Paul is one of those people that I will forever want to impress. It doesn't matter what I'm doing, what I'm saying, a text. I am just— I just— I just love him so much, just as a person too. Agreed. Yeah. So good. Yeah. I actually met him at a house party. Yeah. And I kind of ran the riot act because he had, he had, it's a lot. I don't want to get Paul in trouble, but he had—

00:43:15

He took the last piece of pizza.

00:43:16

He took the last piece of pizza. No, no. There was a mutual friend that was a little drunk and acting a little silly, and he was encouraging it, you know, having fun. And I was like, that is highly irresponsible. Now, to be fair, I was 10 weeks pregnant. Uh-huh. And I was not telling anybody, so I was agitated. And then I looked at Darren, and I was like, "I can't believe I just yelled at, like, my favorite filmmaker of all time. I'm like, I'm never gonna get to work with him. I don't know what I've done." But I was so good.

00:43:42

But that's what it took.

00:43:43

And then I got cast. He's like, "Who can yell at Philip Seymour Hoffman?" He's like, "Who's that girl?" Wow. Yeah. I don't know if that's why he called me, but, um— Ugh, just loved it. He's so great. Yeah, I still— So anytime I hear from Paul, I'm excited. But yeah, he's wonderful.

00:44:01

So you do that. I mean, and then you go and then you jump into the DC world, the Zack Snyder-y sort of Superman, like that whole world. Yeah. It's amazing. You just have all these different, really distinct lanes and stuff that you do tonally so different. Did you feel when you get that call, you're like, "Yeah, yeah, this is something that I'm into"?

00:44:23

No, again, I'm just super dorky and loved Superman. So I was like, ooh, I get to play Lois. I was just— Yeah, so cool. I grew up loving Superman. Like, I really am, like, meant for Comic-Con, like, to go down there in costume. Like, that's— I'm dorky. Really? Yeah, I love it. I love dorky. Darren's a dork. You've met my husband.

00:44:42

We're both just dorky, earnest people. Are you big Halloween?

00:44:45

Are you Halloween people? Yes. Sure you are. You bop around with Melissa and Ben, and you guys get all dolled up and do your thing.

00:44:54

That's different. That was our movie club thing.

00:44:57

Right. But it's still— you guys— yeah, these guys, they'd watch a movie. Yeah. Oh, I do love a dress-up.

00:45:01

I love a theme party. I'm that girl. Right. Sure. I have to, like, pull myself back if someone says theme party. Darren's like, Amy, you don't have to be— you can just have a suggestion of—

00:45:12

Ugly Christmas sweater party? Yeah, I'd sign you up, right? Yeah.

00:45:15

I went to a '70s birthday party a few months ago. Everybody had a dress in 1970. 70s. I was like, oh, we're going, we have to really go do it. And then you go, it's kind of fun. Yeah.

00:45:25

Well, luckily, Sean, you didn't have to buy a costume for that, right? Yeah.

00:45:30

Sean, what'd you put together for that?

00:45:32

Yeah, I put, uh, I think we have photos. Uh-huh. No, I put bell-bottom pants, a big, a big wig, you know, some gold chains and some open—

00:45:42

yeah, and a boa. Yeah, there you go.

00:45:44

Done. All right, thank you.

00:45:45

It's got to get dressed Yeah, we both did.

00:45:48

Let me see if I can find the picture.

00:45:49

Yeah, sure. Let's go.

00:45:49

I used to get dressed up for auditions, guys. Like, I would go in costume, right? Did you really? Yeah. Yeah, I didn't quite— and then, like, other girls would be coming out looking absolutely beautiful, and I would be like, "Oh, I guess— I guess I look like I want it too much," which is probably why it didn't work in the beginning. I hadn't sort of cracked the code of neutrality. I was like, "It's me!" I don't know.

00:46:12

"I'm her!" I feel like you did everything— I feel like you did everything really— I think you did everything pretty damn well. Um, and then now your daughter doesn't—

00:46:24

does your daughter seem like she is attracted to maybe going that direction too, or no?

00:46:28

Not in performing. And only recently on the set of Star Wars, on our way to the creature shop, she looked at me and said, "Mom, do you think I could find a career in film?" Oh wow. And I said, "Yeah, absolutely." And did you guys start to talk about different parts of it? Yeah, so we're constantly talking about different— She's like, "Because I love travel, I love meeting new people, I like every day being different, and this is really like the best-suited job for everything I want my life to look like." So, yeah, so she kind of switched her motivation. She's still like really interested in psychology, which I love. So she and I are constantly talking about human behavior, which is fun with a 16-year-old. World, but it actually is. She's very, um, intuitive and insightful. Yeah.

00:47:16

Yeah. So we'll see. So isn't it neat how the conversations change over years? Like, you know, like, as much as you might miss the, the toddler age, it's like, well, you couldn't really talk about, you know, global issues with them. That now you can get their take on this because they're so involved now.

00:47:33

Yeah. Right. And they—

00:47:34

well, they get so much, and they get so much information thrown at them too, constantly.

00:47:37

I, I want to take her over to the Groundlings to take a class 'cause she's really quick-witted and mean. And I'm like, "Hey, you'd be great in comedy." Oh, we like that. Mean like she's not a mean person, but like her wit is so biting. Biting and sarcastic. My husband's like, "Ow." And I just think it's— when she nails me, I laugh so hard.

00:47:58

It's really funny. So much fun. It's fun. It's fun. Speaking of psychological, you've got a psychological thriller series on Apple TV.

00:48:07

Cape Fear. Dude, you're so good at bringing it back. I know, I appreciate it.

00:48:11

Thank you. By the way, thank you.

00:48:13

I appreciate that. That's a skill.

00:48:15

Thank you, Amy. You've been nominated in the group. Sean, one time got singled out as best host, host interviewer of a podcast, of a podcast, part of a threesome.

00:48:28

Yeah, they singled him out. Yeah, he did not win.

00:48:32

I did not win. Yeah, let me finish. Yeah, it's because I was held down by two others.

00:48:36

But, and I would say, I would say he's sloppy at best Contributive. Oh, there, there. There's Sean and Scotty.

00:48:45

It's the '70s. Yeah, nice.

00:48:46

Oh, that's good. I like you have hard copies too, guys. Those are hard copies.

00:48:51

Scotty had those.

00:48:52

So let's talk about Cape Fear for a little bit. You and Javier Bardem, I mean, sick.

00:48:57

Oh, yeah.

00:48:58

What a cast. Patrick Wilson. Yeah. My doppelgang.

00:49:02

Yeah, I was gonna say you sort of look like his brother.

00:49:04

He and I, we've taken selfies before. You guys could do—

00:49:08

I was actually— I'm very cultured, so I was watching PBS Great Performances last night, and there was Patrick Wilson doing Rodgers and Hammerstein.

00:49:16

Which one? Which song?

00:49:17

He's so good, you guys. Like a medley of 5 songs along with a few other actors.

00:49:22

Sean, give us a number.

00:49:23

5, 6, 7, 8. Oh, God, there's a billion. There's a billion Rodgers and Hammersteins.

00:49:28

That's worth it. Did you and Patrick ever break out into song at all during some of the setups?

00:49:35

Okay, so— So he's a little bit more disciplined than I am when it comes to the singing, probably because he does it professionally and I do it because I just love it and it's fun. So, um, what— the first time he did sing, I thought I was being punked because we were talking about some of our favorite concerts we've seen. And I said, you know, oh, I went and saw the Indigo Girls in Red Rocks, like 1992, '93. And I just— it was such a good concert. He's like, I love the Indigo Girls. I was like, "You don't love the Indigo." And he started singing like a deep cut from one of the albums. And we harmonized for a bit.

00:50:12

And I was like— He's singing like a songbird, right?

00:50:15

Guys, I was like, "We're going to be best friends. We're going to have so much fun." We like the same things.

00:50:21

Put your number in my phone right now.

00:50:23

We like the same things.

00:50:25

It was a lot. But just, yeah, I mean, we are— all of us just talking about it, I feel like we're the closer we are to fine.

00:50:33

You know what I mean?

00:50:33

Yes, exactly. That's a deep cut. But yes, Cape Fear.

00:50:37

Patrick's great. Javier's great.

00:50:39

I mean, yeah, what a sick cast.

00:50:43

For it being so challenging and difficult, like content-wise and sort of the physicality, it was so much fun. And shot in Atlanta. I shot with a lot of your crew from Ozark, I believe. Yeah, I think they recovered.

00:50:57

Yeah, they were there. They were able to recover.

00:50:59

Amanda Marsalis, I think, directed an episode or two.

00:51:02

Yeah? She did too. I just worked with her. She's lovely. Oh, we like Amanda.

00:51:06

She's really nice. I like her.

00:51:08

Yeah, she was great. No, I can't wait to see that show. I've watched the trailer a couple of times. It looks fantastic. It does look like a lot of night shoots, which, you know, I'd have an issue with.

00:51:17

You know, there's a lot of night shoots.

00:51:20

Was it more splits? Yeah, maybe we can just tent.

00:51:23

Honestly, it was— It was challenging. We couldn't block shoot because we had a lot of directors. So, it was challenging. So, we could never block shoot. So, it was a lot. It wasn't—

00:51:35

So, for Tracy, Jay, or Amy, explain what block shooting means.

00:51:39

Yeah. Jason, you do it. Yeah, you shoot out, like, if all the scenes that take place in this one particular location, no matter what episode they're in, we're gonna shoot them all in a row so that we never have to come back to this location.

00:51:52

So, you can knock out that location. It's cheaper for budgets, really.

00:51:55

For reasons, yeah. Right, right.

00:51:56

Yeah, when I did Sharp Objects, we did a lot of block shooting, and that was nice.

00:52:00

Another great project. I mean, you could go on and on. I know, it's amazing.

00:52:04

Your resume's incredible. You're doing okay. Yeah, I'm doing okay. You're doing great. You are at the tip-top of what you do. You are so, so good at everything.

00:52:13

You guys are so sweet. You've never—

00:52:15

And we talked about there are very few people. You're one of those people. And we talk about John Goodman, we hold up as the gold standard. I always do. You have never a bad performance, no matter what you do. Never a bad performance.

00:52:26

There's still time.

00:52:27

No, no, Amy, you're so good.

00:52:29

You're so talented. Well, do you allow yourself to— This is a tough question to answer, but do you— We've had more of her time than we were allowed, but go ahead. Oh, shit. We are over.

00:52:38

Sorry. You can cut a lot of my stuff out. No, no, no.

00:52:42

We're gonna let you go. But do you allow yourself to sort of, like, say, "Hey, you know, I've done all right, and I'm, like, only halfway done, and I thought maybe I was just gonna—" gonna, you know, gonna just sing and dance in front of Mom and Dad.

00:52:55

Don't say halfway, that's because she's gonna be exhausted.

00:52:57

Well, no, but I mean, it's, uh, it's really, really impressive, uh, what you've done and what you will continue to do. And you're still ascendant. And, uh, I just—

00:53:08

well, you know I adore you and I'm grateful. Like, I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm, I'm just grateful. I think, like, I'm 51 now, and I think being in my 50s is the greatest. I'm so grounded, and I just feel grateful and kind of open to whatever comes, and grateful for what I've been able to do. And it's a great time of reflection. And shows. And Jason, I will say, I think this is the longest I've ever talked to you because you're normally ducking out of parties.

00:53:33

I know. Oh, wow. That doesn't sound like him. Let's get into that.

00:53:36

So I'm so excited to get to talk to you.

00:53:38

Something both these boys know, you know? I go out, and then it's time to go home. No, you're smart. Yeah, it's time to get into bed.

00:53:48

Like Jay always says, there's a window of energy, and once that energy's up, that's it.

00:53:53

That's smart. Well, I'm an introvert, and also I don't drink anymore. And so it's like, it's usually the last 2 hours at the party, you gotta have a little in ya, otherwise it's the stuff that's being talked about is just not that interesting. Yeah. And the stuff ain't that funny.

00:54:09

I'm usually the last person there talking about that not interesting stuff. Can I top that? Can I top that?

00:54:14

Is that enough for you?

00:54:15

No, no, no. Anymore, I'll be leaving at the same time. I'm too tired. I'm just tired.

00:54:22

Word to the wise, if you run into Jason in a social setting, just make sure you have a bunch of stuff loaded just to try to keep him interested because he doesn't want to talk to you. Sounds like a really great guy, doesn't he? No. Fucking self-involved asshole. Jesus Christ. Sometimes you do it for other people, not just for you, you fucking dick. God, you've had so much given to you. You've had so much attention and shit given to you your whole life. Why don't you fucking give back to other people? No bless oblige. All right, just ask some questions. Amy Adams, ah, what a pleasure. You're just a delight. I love you. You're so great. And thank you so much. We can't wait for Cape Fear on Apple TV. Uh, it's fantastic. And, um, we just— just continued success. You're just the great—

00:55:03

oh, thanks guys. Thanks for having me on. I can talk to you guys for hours.

00:55:07

Likewise. Hugs and kisses to Darren.

00:55:09

Yeah, to Amanda and the girls as well.

00:55:11

Thank you, honey. Thank you. Bye-bye.

00:55:13

Bye-bye. Bye. Bye. Double A right there. I would marry you a double A.

00:55:22

Amanda Anka. Yeah. Amy Adams. That's right. Two A's. Two A's. Double A. And she's— what a career. Every single thing you guys are in, I'm like, oh, that's right. Oh, that's right. Oh my God. That's right.

00:55:32

I mean, everything's quality. Everything's quality. Always.

00:55:35

And even if it's not, she's the best thing in it. I mean, it's like she never sucks.

00:55:40

No, that's why it's a very— that's a rare, rare error.

00:55:44

Yeah, we all clank it every once in a while, but I think she's either buried the things that she hasn't been good in, or she's just never been bad.

00:55:52

Remember Night Bitch? Did you guys see Night Bitch? I never saw it.

00:55:55

I saw the trailer and I thought, that looks cool.

00:55:58

I like that movie. Just looking— I just pulled up all her stuff because I'm like, I can't believe— It's awesome.

00:56:03

Oh, when you look at her things, it's amazing.

00:56:06

Oh, she watched— Yeah, it's insane. I was going to ask what musical she was in. She was in Into the Woods. And in a 2013 interview magazine piece, she said she watched Bye Bye Birdie with her dad, who's, um, huge Ann-Margret fan. But she's never done that show, but it's a great title.

00:56:23

Oh yeah, I was going to say, I was surprised you didn't use Bye Bye Birdie for the goodbye, but it sounds like you might be doubling back.

00:56:29

It's one of those things, you know what, he didn't, but everything happens for a Reese's, you know.

00:56:34

There, see, told you. Well, there's a re— there's a re-up coming Will's way.

00:56:42

You mean a Reese's Up.

00:56:45

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Harmonize to a deep cut from the Indigo Girls: it’s Amy Adams. Telepathy, Army Dads, emergency medical responses, and cracking the code of neutrality. Call us from the White House bathroom… it’s a sparkly-fresh brand spankin’ new SmartLess.
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