SmartLess · Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett · Transcript & summary by WhipScribe
Adams is candid about the unglamorous mechanics of her career — stage fright, no training, a canceled TV role that freed her for Junebug — and the roadside-rescue swap between her and Sean Hayes is genuinely wild.
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The hosts spend the cold open on Will Arnett's walk of shame — caught at Whole Foods self-checkout in his own SmartLess hoodie, shirtless underneath, mid-sweat — and are deep into a debate about bathroom etiquette in marriages when Amy Adams joins, entirely unbothered. Sean Hayes gets straight to Arrival, and Adams explains the strange craft problem at its heart: she first read the script assuming a traditional timeline, and on screen had to play scenes so they read as flashbacks on a first viewing and flash-forwards on a rewatch.
The biography that follows is more unusual than the filmography suggests. Adams was born on a US Army base near Vicenza, Italy, and grew up in Colorado watching her father — an Army man who played bars as a one-man band, working a foot synthesizer in fancy socks. She was a musical-theater and ballet kid with paralyzing stage fright who never went to drama school; she credits sitting through the Doubt rehearsals with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman as her real actor training, plus a later acting coach who taught her to scale down for camera. Her first paid job was an Omaha bank commercial lip-syncing 'Summer Loving' rewritten as 'Summer Banking'; then came guest spots on Charmed, Buffy, That '70s Show and The West Wing. The turning point was getting cut down to recurring on Dr. Vegas the same week she was shooting Junebug — and Enchanted, the one script she read knowing the part was hers, is what finally made her feel secure.
A long detour reveals both guest and host are the people who run toward emergencies: Hayes once stripped off his shirt to apply pressure to a stranger's bullet wound on the way home from a Will & Grace taping, and Adams and her father used beach towels to stanch a stabbing victim's neck wound outside a Santa Monica restaurant — a man who found her in a restaurant a year later to thank her. She also confirms she has wrapped a part in the new Shawn Levy Star Wars film with Ryan Gosling, where visiting the creature shop with her daughter reduced her to a fangirl who 'forgot how to act,' and she previews Cape Fear for Apple TV+ with Javier Bardem and Patrick Wilson — with whom she harmonized on Indigo Girls deep cuts between setups.
Film and TV actor whose credits span Junebug, Enchanted, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, Arrival and Lois Lane in the Superman films; the hosts tally ten Golden Globe nominations and five Academy Award nominations.
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0:00and three two one cold open hey it's podcast time everybody um welcome welcome you're live on podcast time we're cold opening yeah we're getting ready to do our our little show i hope you stick around for that instead of just this yeah you get ready to listen we'll get ready to talk ready set go Welcome to Smartless. I'm going full tilt this morning. It's a Smartless. It's one of our OG original ones. Smartless, honey. You're like your cool dad this morning. Did I tell you? So the other day, I've never wanted it out of the house, obviously. You don't want people to know that. Well, also, it's got our faces on the back. Yeah, you don't want people to know. So you don't want to be like, hey, Johnny wearing his merch. So the other day, wearing 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.
1:16Why'd you have to wear it? Because if you took it off, you'd be just in a sweaty. 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. Well, because you're wearing the heavy hands. You strap on the heavy hands and the heavy ankles, right? The Velcro. And I got the big visor that comes down in front. And then I got the long... No, because I'm wearing the, you know, I got the weight vest, as we know. So you're shirtless with a hoodie on. So anyway, shirtless with the hoodie on. And then I'm in line. Smartless hoodie on in whole boots. Smartless hoodie. And I'm and then I'm in line. Smartless hoodie on in Whole Foods. Smartless hoodie. And I'm in Whole Foods. I'm just trying to do it in and out. I hope you ran into somebody you know. No, I got a guy. I forget the dude's name. He always does, like, Getty Images photos at events. And I just hear it. I was like, well, it looks like somebody's got Will Arnett on the back. And I turn around and say, and I go, luckily, we all kind of know. I forget his name. He's a nice guy. And I was like, oh, shit. At which point, and then I go, luckily, luckily I kind of, we all kind of know, I forget his name, he's a 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 and I'm like, are you Will? Love the show. Yeah, and I'm like, really big fan. And I literally said, and I said to this stranger, and I said to this stranger, I was so embarrassed, I go, by the way, I never normally would wear this, but I didn't. God, it gets worse. And I just ran to my car. I never normally would wear this, but I didn't. Oh, God. It gets worse. And I just ran to my car. I was like, what a tool. In a deeper sweat. And then I hope you were locked out of your car,
2:32had to call AAA on the side of the road. Standing on the side of the street. I'll wear smartless sweats. We know. No, we know. To the gym. To the gym. Sure. Or anywhere. But nobody cares. It was so humiliating. Tapped on the shoulder. Love the show. Excuse me, are you Will Arnett? Yeah, how's your merch going? What's that new tag for Reese's where you're using the Reese's name for a different word? Like it's instead of like it's all reality, it's all Reese's or something like that. I don't know. I was impressed with it this weekend. Yeah, everybody loves a Reese's. No, something like that. That was exciting. You were expecting more from me. I apologize. I'm picking my teeth a little bit. What is, what's the, what's the... Don't start now. What's the protocol? Yeah, I know. Yeah, the politeness thing. You guys aren't both real deep on manners, but I wouldn't mind polling you. Much more than you are. I don't know about that. I don't talk about potty stuff. I don't pick my teeth. I don't eat. And you don't fart. You don't fart either. I don't think you've ever farted in front of me. Well, it's disgusting. Who wants to hear? What are you talking about, man? Listen, it's just dude shit, you know, bro? It's not just dude shit.
3:47It's just like you burp. 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 in front of me. You've definitely farted on me. Yeah, you've farted in front of me before. I have, yeah. Yeah? Yeah, in the car. But Willie doesn't. He doesn't. So then, Will, then you don't, did you ever poo in front of Amy? Are you looking for clicks? No, I'm just saying. Are you trying to get something that we can click around the. I always forget people listening to this. Me too. But hang on. You were married to her, had two kids. You guys never went to the bathroom in front of each other? 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? I think it's a good question. It's not a good question. I refuse to answer it. It's a cute question. I refuse to answer that. Did you poo P-E-W-P? Yeah. Alright. I hope we have a very respectable guest on. Well, let me ask you. We do, and she's going to be outraged by this, by the way. But wait a minute. But wait a minute. Do you poo in front of Amanda? I mean, we don't use the same potty, but if she needed to come in and ask me something important,
5:03she could and would. I don't know if I would do that to her. Although to hear her, she doesn't poo. Never has. Right. I don't know how. It's amazing. But yeah. Yeah. I spoke to her this morning. She said, please tell him that I'm jealous that we get to see your face, and she didn't this morning. Aw. That's your age. It's coming up on three weeks. I know. When are you back? 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. Yeah, same. I've been spending a lot of time with her. Yeah. Well, let me say this. When you get home, she is worn out. Just give her a break? I love, can I just say all bits aside, how much I do love your wife, Amanda. Oh, my God. We all love her. I was on the phone with her this morning. She's the fucking greatest. She's such a good friend. She's so thoughtful and kind and sweet. Always available. Yeah, she's amazing. I like her too, pretty much. She's so good. She's so, so good. Tully's good. Tully's real good and classy, and you're going to feel badly about all this disgusting potty talk.
6:19Tell me she's not an award winner, is she? Oh, well, okay. Well, tell me if this means a lot. Uh-oh. Ten Golden Globe nominations and two wins. Wow. Seven BAFTA nominations. Oh, I was going to say, does she have a British accent? No. Two Emmy noms. Ten SAGS nominations and two wins. I apologize. Five Academy Award nominations. Wow. Christ. Five Academy Award nominations. Do you like films like Junebug? Do you like films like Night at the Museum? Julian and Julia? Amy Adams. Do you like the Master? The Muppets? On the Road? Arrival, Sean. Oh, my God. Arrival's my favorite movie. She's got a dirty sense of humor. She's fine with the poo talk. Get around here. Hi. I'm so glad I entered on this conversation. I'm so embarrassed, Amy. I'm sorry. No, no, don't be. We know each other a little. I know you're good with the poo talk. I'm fine with poo talk. Absolutely. And I also love Amanda. Yeah, she's the best. Oh, how nice you're here with us, Amy. I'm so happy to be here. Yes, I'm very glad to get to participate in this conversation. It's an important conversation. Well, jump in if you want. Yeah, sure. Welcome. Here's our new intro. Pretend that it never happened. Now we get the suit. Guys, it's Amy Adams.
7:35Hi. Hi, guys. Amy, where are we finding you today, by the way? I'm really liking your background. Los Angeles, in my kitchen. Okay, in your kitchen. You look so nice. Amy, I'm going to let Will drive this, but I'm dying to get to Doubt. Don't worry, he won't. And Arrival. Because those are two of my favorite films ever, and I've seen Arrival probably, no joke, probably like 10, 12 times. It's so good. Amy, 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? But 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... When you read it, were you like, wait a minute, what? Yeah. I mean, I was reading it sort of thinking it was told in a traditional timeline, so I still loved it. But then when I got to the end, I was like, oh no, I got to go back and reread it and understand it in a different way. Right. You almost have to watch the movie again. Yeah. It was so crazy to shoot it because I had to perform it as if it were, like, it was, I had to live in those,
8:54in that duality of, like, 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. Yeah. It's so smart. Yeah. That's so smart. Yeah, that's so smarter. Yeah, Denny's amazing. He's so good. That guy is something else. He's so good. And he's lovely. He's like the nicest. He was on the podcast, yeah. Isn't he just like so humble and funny? And you're like, yeah. Can you imagine he had to deal with Sean that whole, the whole podcast? It was just. Oh my gosh. It was such a handful. I was dripping sweat. And then you did, and then you did the, and then you. And Dune, I'm like, Dune. Yeah. And then I was the idiot over here calling him Denny the whole time. That's all right. I called him Dennis Villanueva. So there you go. Villanueva. Oh, no. Not to him. I joke to him because that's kind of how it's spelled in sort of the Colorado pronunciation. But I was going to say, Colorado, by way of, so I didn't know this, that you were born in Italy. I was born in Italy. Which part? Dad was in the Army. My dad was stationed at Vicenza and Aviano Air Force Base, Vicenza Army Base, so I was born in that region, which is kind of in between Florence and Venice. Scotty, my husband Scotty, he's an Army brat too. He was born in Okina, which is kind of in between Florence and Venice. Scotty, my husband, Scotty, he's an Army brat, too. He was born in Okinawa, Japan. Oh, wow.
10:09Yeah, so you guys are, like, born all over the world. Exactly. My husband was born in Rammstein, Germany. Oh, wow. I think it's called Rammstein, yeah. Also, so also, also parents in the— Also Air Force, yeah. Also Air Force? Yeah, his dad was Air Force, so. Oh, wow. That's cool. Then how does it work, then then to get an American passport? Do you have to like sort of, when you come to this country, then what goes on with that? Well, her parents are American. So she's an American born and brought. You're naturalized. Because you're born on an American base. Exactly. Yeah. Could you run for president? I think I'm, I don't think that's in my interest. Okay. But I think technically I can. By the way, all the rules are out the window on that one. I think so. Are there any rules to that anymore? I think I'd be great. I bet you'd be very good. Yeah. I bet you'd be very good. I'd vote for you. There'd be a lot of singing in the White House, that's for sure. Yeah. That would be lovely. So you're born overseas to Air Force dad. Army dad. My husband has an Air Force dad. Sorry, I'm not that particular, but just in case he is, I want to... Of course. So Army dad. And then you end up basically settling in Colorado, which you mentioned.
11:26Yes. 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? My dad was a performer. 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. Wait, wait, wait. With the cymbals tied to the leg and everything? It wasn't quite Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins. I love that. I love that. No, he had like all these synths and he would like push buttons for, yeah. Bang your knees together for the cymbal hit. Yeah, pizza joints, just walking around, flapping his wings. Oh, I love that. They'd just turn them loose for someone's birthday. Exactly. Coming out of the kitchen. I actually wish that's what he did. That would be great. That's so good. 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.
12:41Come on. No way. Kind of like Big, like the movie Big. No, it's a... No. 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? Oh, with the skeleton bones? It's like that, but like black, blacker. I don't know. That's the best way. That's the visualization that came to mind. Is it kind of like the bottom half of an organ? Like when they push Yeah, exactly. So he pushes on these pedals with his feet while he plays. You saved it, Sean. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that. I'm like, it's kind of like the Goonies skeleton. Sean's like, imagine if they made big and Goonies. And you're like, like imagine if Steve Villeneuve made like Goonies and big Goonies. And the person who's making it is watching Arrival. Wait, so Amy, this doesn't sound like an army dad. I'm just like, return to the goondocks. All of a sudden, you guys, I'm writing a script. Right. So good. Yeah, you're right. Jason's right. It doesn't sound like a regular army dad. He can also clean a weapon, too. I mean, this guy's multi-talented, we're saying. Yes. You're painting a great dynamic picture. Absolutely. Yeah? Yeah,, we're saying. Yes. You're painting a great dynamic picture. Absolutely. Yeah? Yeah, but mostly played music. Wow, so then that's where you got your... So then did singing and dancing precede acting? Yes, yeah. Really? Absolutely. I never thought I was going to be an actress.
13:58I was such a musical theater kid and mostly trained in ballet, but 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? Yeah, it's torture. But isn't stage fright more acute on a stage, doing singing, dancing, spotlight, microphone? It's not cute anywhere. Isn't the fright more intense there than in front of a camera or no? Yes. Oh, yeah. 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. And you can screw up. You can screw up. Exactly. Yeah. 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. There we go. Which project was this? Buckle up, guys. Sorry, which project were you working on? I can't say. No, that's all right. We'll applaud. Go ahead. 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 her. 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, 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? You remember this?
15:14I was at the White House for Julie and Julia. Oh my God. And that's when I was like, wait, the time I call you, you're in the bathroom at the White House. Yes, I was in the bathroom at the White House. That is crazy. Can we talk later? So that was last time you... So that was last time you talked to her? Yeah, that was last time I call you, you're in the bathroom at the White House. Yes, I was in the bathroom at the White House. That is crazy. We can talk later. So that was last time you... So that was last time you talked to her? Yeah, that was last time I talked to Amy. How have you been since? You know, just hanging out. Wait, wait, so Amy... Having a kid. 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 your first acting gig and how did that happen from Colorado? Well, I started dancing. That was sort of 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 gonna 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 really really what kind of doctor still wish I could have been a doctor. I think I wanted to work in emergency medicine. I'm really good in a crisis.
16:30Really? Yeah. 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? 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 kind of have the same thing. Do you? Yeah. Like I want to just go like help people out. Like what's going on? Well, you're going to be there anyway. So you might as well. You've got your own parking spot. It's a hop, skip and jump. Wait, that's so interesting. Are you good? So, so cause some people are like, um, 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. This is a sitcom. So funny. So many misunderstandings. Why don't they make them? They don't make them no more. 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. They have a misunderstanding. The one door shuts, the other one opens, the one door is in one bed. Everybody's gay. So funny. Sorry, Amy. Sorry about that, Amy. No, I love it.
17:46I love it. You guys are great. I'm like sometimes way too earnest, so I appreciate you guys bringing humor in. We're not. Don't worry about it. We should learn from you. No, exactly. 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, what? This guy's lying in the middle of the street. And I was like, what? And the two cars ahead of me were just driving around him. I was like, what? This guy's lying in the middle of the street. That was me and Will. On the gas. Smart. 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, this 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, so then... 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 just leaving you. Them tying you up and them not understanding how much you're enjoying it. And I'm just going, no, stop. No, ouch. You don't want these clothes? Oh, God.
19:02You don't want these clothes? Oh, God. You don't want these? No, wait. How am I going to get home naked? You'll figure it out. Okay. That's crazy Alright so 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 How am I going to get home? By the way So sorry Amy It's okay No I love it Are you kidding? How am I going to get home? By the way. So sorry, Amy. It's okay. No, I love it. Are you kidding? I was only a few blocks from home, too. Yeah. Oh, God. We'll be right back. And now, back to the show. All right. 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, I could see he's in real pain. God, this is a long way to go to get to the question. But I... So I get out and the guy just got shot. The guy was shot. And so I did take off my shirt and I put...
20:20I didn't know what I was doing. Like to your point, like emergencies, like, you know, fight or flight. So I was like, I'm going to 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, oh my God. Just to hold it over for some pressure. Not a tourniquet or anything. Correct. Well, yeah, a makeshift tourniquet. And so I'm pulling it on and I'm dialing 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. And then- You starting to feel self-conscious about being topless? A little bit, a little bit, a little bit. Were you actually topless? I was, yeah, yeah. You were wearing a t-shirt? Yeah. And so I- Not everyone wears an undershirt, granddad. Yeah. And so, yeah, so the guy, I don't know. 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, Sean 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. Yeah, I get very focused. Like everything becomes very focused in an emergency. I'm sorry. Was that whole story about the time that you saved a dude's life?
21:36Yeah. Yeah, because most people drive— Just to prove that he runs into a fire instead of away from a fire. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Yeah, I've come across a couple of scenes where we've been sort of the first people on the scene. Oh, really? Really? Yeah, yeah. Care to share? Like what, like where? We were in Santa Monica and 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. And my husband's like, that's blood. And I was like, Darren, you stay here with our daughter. We ran over and he'd been stabbed in the neck. Oh, gosh. Yeah. 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. I literally was just so focused. I was like, the more you struggle, the faster you're going to 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.
22:51You heard that story, and he went like that. And I was like, oh my God, it's you. And it was him. Yeah, and it was him, and he was like all teary, and he had his son with him. Wow. Yeah, it was so crazy. Did he tell you what the situation was under which, the reason that he got stabbed? 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 going to 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. That's crazy. Yeah. Would have been great if you and your dad started singing him a little song to calm him down. Oh, yeah, like a one-. That's crazy. Yeah. Would have been great if you and your dad started singing him a little song to calm him down. Oh, yeah, like a one-man ambulance. Yeah. He had like a little pocket trombone or something. Can you imagine? I just start singing like Giselle. Well, your dad's playing and you're dancing. I'm like, stay away. That's calming, you know? That is calming. Just start singing Mary Poppins. That would have been nice. Wow, you really would have been great in an emergency room. This is... I'm not that smart, but I'm that focused. You're a lot smarter than we are. No, I don't think so. Have you ever played a medical person? You know, I did in Dr. Vegas. I played Rob Lowe's...
24:08Wait a second. All right. I need to see this. Yeah, me too. And so I went and... What year did we make this? 2001. 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. And when I went home, I got the Junebug audition. Oh, nice. And then was filming Junebug when they reduced my role to recurring. On Dr. Vegas. On Dr. Vegas. And I was like, I'm good. They're like, you're just going to leave? I'm like Vegas. 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. Got an indie. Suck it. I just did an indie. 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. We're all set. I had no idea. I just was like, anyway, it's a long story, but I did a shadow at emergency room doctor. For that part. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's got to be fascinating. Did you not want to see? Did you see some things you didn't want to see? 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
25:25and invested in people's personal stories. It's just... I was at, you know, I'm a frequent flyer at the ER in Los Angeles. You want to give a shout out to Cedars-Ferdi? Yeah, Cedars-Ferdi. Yeah. And I was lying there waiting to get... Free extra couple of punches on your punch card to get to your bonus earlier. For the cafeteria. Sean's nickname is Paddles, by the way. This is true, Amy. Because I get AFib and they zap my heart back. Anyway, so, but one time I was in there, this was like two 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. It's so crazy to witness all of that. Willie and I play golf with Dr. Gary Shulman. 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. Yeah, it's really amazing. And he's got a great short game, too. He can get up and down from anywhere. By the way, let's be clear. He's got a great game all around. He's middle of the got a great short game, too. He can get up and down from anywhere, really. By the way, let's be clear. He's got a great game all around. He's middle of the fairway. Long game, yeah. I never see him in trouble. You never see him looking for a ball. Never. You want him as your teammate. Yeah, Dr. Gary's been playing with the same ball for three years, definitely. Anyway, let's... He's a nice man. Shout out to Dr. Gary.
26:43You know, so, Amy, you've done so many things, but so many different kinds of roles, like comedy, drama, sci-fi. The one I've seen the most is Enchantment. Enchanted? Enchanted. You nailed it. I never saw Enchanted because it doesn't exist. Yeah, I mean, you know, having two girls, you met both of them yeah how are they doing 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 loved it thank you and I'm sorry yeah no no it was fantastic but I've seen them all but that one a lot I bet yeah thank you do you have do you have like a genre that you like doing more than because you kind of you've done like I said you've done it all like you do you work in comedy you work in drama you work in sci-fi like 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 yeah I think each one is a new opportunity I like working in different genres one is just like a new opportunity to have fun and you don't really think about it. Yeah, I think each one's a new opportunity. I like working in different genres because it requires like a different approach to tone and it's a challenge. But I mean, I'm most comfortable in like musical theater, even at 51, if someone's like, you need to go play Belle.
27:59I'd be like, got it. That's where my spirit like, spirit lives. My, like, younger, my inner child. Do you want to do more of it? 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. Yeah, yeah. It's a lot. It's so much work. I have so much respect for everybody who works on stage, because doing that eight 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. That's amazing, sweet 16. How are those driving lessons going? She has not started them yet. No, I... 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? Uh, not yet. No. 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 permits test because she yeah, she likes it. Disciplined. That's disciplined. But this generation, though, is because of Uber. There's no real thirst. When we were kids, remember the morning you
29:16turned 16, you're at the DMV. No, my guys did. Arch got it immediately, but Abe's been kind of putting... He can only get his learners because he's not 16 yet. 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. Yeah, but it is nice to be able to just like walk outside your house and climb into your car and go. It is. I think she's really going to love that sensation when she sort of gets into it, but I respect, I'm letting her. Are you still in driving her around mode or is she leaning on the ubes like everybody? A little of both. I mean, we're a little more cautious with ubers as long as she's with friends and stuff like that. But she loves a Waymo. That's her thing. Yeah. We always say, it's a known thing, Amy, that Jason has the personality of a Waymo driver. That's just kind of known around the office here. That's amazing. Just around the office here. A Waymo driver. That's enough, Sean. That's good. So funny. By the way, I was going to say this.
30:32Sean, I think you know this, and you're going to freak out again on Amy. You know she just wrapped the new Star Wars, right? What do you mean? The one with Ryan Gosling? Yeah. Wait, I was on that set. Okay, cool. Oh, amazing. Yeah, Sean Levy asked us to come visit, and we visited for like a day. 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. This guy won't leave me alone. I had a very small part. Yeah. You did? 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. I love it. 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. Oh my God, I would love it. Go to May the 4th. Leave the kids at home. Am I right? You're right. I hate the May the 4th be with you because that's my birthday and I feel like they took it over. You're so lucky. No, I'm not. They took it over. Everybody's like, May the 4th. I'm like, enough! Wait, what? Did you get to hold all the props and whatever and all the fantasy stuff? I love that. Yes. Went to the creature shop twice. Yeah that. Went to the creature shop twice. Yeah, I went to the creature shop too. Isn't that wild?
31:48A little careful, Sean. Watch the paddles. I saw the new, I saw the new, you know, their version of R2-D2 and the new one, which I couldn't post. We're not allowed to post. Is he real? We just rack focused. There's Scotty in the back just heating up the paddles. We're rubbing them together. Getting them ready. Oh, he's talking about the creature shop. 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. 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 okay. Because of all the stuff that was around you and like, I'm on a Star Wars set and I like, yeah, 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? Was it palpable? I mean, were the sets big? Was the camera gear like all like. It's so cool, you guys. It's just so cool. I'm like not allowed to talk about anything, of course, but I can tell you it's so cool.
33:03And the kid in it is so great. I just about what about like was there a lot of um like like were the sets real were the were the weapons real was it all like sort of green screens and and i you know it's a mix but it's a mix yeah it was it was it's enough to like get the feels you know what i mean and you got the great Sean Levy there. Oh, yeah. He's the best. I love him. He's so infectious with his energy and enthusiasm and his kindness. And speaking of Arrival, he was one of the producers on Arrival. He was? Yeah, I worked with him at night at the museum. Oh, that's crazy. Yeah. So you do the Star Wars, and then you've got another, you've got a sci-fi film coming out later this year that you did with our buddy Taika. What's that? Oh, yeah. I was like, I What's that? Oh, yeah, yeah. I was like, I do? I was like, yes, yes. Yeah, we did that like over two years ago now. So, yeah. Whoa. Are you a sci-fi fan? I do like sci-fi, yeah. There's such a, you have like so like Star Wars-y sci-fi, like this is like seems to be a genre that you're very comfortable in. Superman. Oh, I love it. I love it, yeah. 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. I mean. I know. I do. I do love a good drama. Do you want to leave any for anybody else? Like what's going on? I love a good drama. I mean. How great were you in Doubt?
34:19I saw that play and I was like, wow, this play is one of the best plays. And then the movie with you and Meryl Streep. How good are Meryl Streep and how good is our Meryl and and Philip in that getting to sit through the rehearsals with them was it's my entire actor training like I never went to college or conservatory so I really feel like that was how I learned how to everybody showed up on set off book probably just know there's nobody has side right everybody just knows their stuff. Oh yeah. By that time we really knew it. Yeah. I mean, it's Meryl. Was it a lot of rehearsal for that film? More than usual? I would say so. Yeah. Yeah. It was a while ago. It was amazing. 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… A lonely childhood. Yeah, how'd you get so talented? A lonely childhood. Or is it just like an innate sense of what would be… I don't know. Honestly, Jason, I really don't know. I think I've always just been… I read a lot and 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,
35:36I started working with an acting coach 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. So that was good. Well, that's what I was going to say. Yeah, because theater is sort of at odds with your incredible level of subtlety when you're doing on-camera work. You know, I mean, it's 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 but oftentimes you'll see theater actors that that are sometimes maybe just a little bit bigger on on screen um right but you didn't you do not suffer that at all it's it's really really impressive 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. That's what I love about watching your performances. Yeah, I lean in and I try to read your mind. You know, there's stuff going on inside. I told you guys you've got to watch this new doc that's coming out later this year. I was telling Shani about it. It's called, it's based on the podcast, that really popular podcast, the telepathy tapes about the nonverbal. Oh, yeah. There's a doc, I just saw a screening of the doc. Is it good? It's unbelievable.
36:53Wait, 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 it's coming out later this year, and it's unbelievable. I had goosebumps the entire time watching it, talking about people who can talk. It was real popular at the same time, the Richard Simmons podcast. Sean, stop mentioning the Richard Simmons. Every time I mention this, Sean brings up the Richard Simmons podcast, I swear to God. Sean, why? How would that be? Leave it. Leave it. An easy reference for everyone? Let it stand on its own. Why do you have to mention the fucking Richard Simmons podcast every time? Because at that time, it was years and years ago, those were the two most popular. I've never heard of a Richard Simmons podcast. Oh, God, you would love it. It's so wild. Oh, here we go. You'd love it. Oh, for fuck's sake, man. Now, wait we go. You're lying. For fuck's sake, man. Now, wait, Willie, the reason that you were seeing this earlier than when it's coming out is because that makes me think maybe we're going to have somebody from it on the podcast coming up. Did you get a little early link or something? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. There's a guest coming. Look at you putting some stuff together. I used to be a cop. I know. Look at you. Honestly, you. I used to be a cop. I know. Look at you. Honestly, you guys, it's so fascinating. And Amy, talking about people understanding what other people are thinking and stuff.
38:11It is a fucking mind blow. Did you listen to that, Amy? Did you listen to that podcast? 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... It started to get a little like... It twisted a bit. I don't want to give any it started to get a little like it twisted a bit i don't know give any yeah 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 um really good but what was your so this is what i was gonna say what was your first pro gig as an actor? Your first paying job? Like exclusively as an actor or just as a dancer? As an actor. As an actor, actor, what was your first? Actor, actor. I did a commercial for Omaha National Bank. Okay. Where I lip synced. So I guess it's, I mean, I lip synced. So I guess it's, I mean, I lip synced to Summer Loving but turned into Summer Banking. No. Had me a blast. Mm-hmm. Sure. Summer Banking. Had me a blast. Had me a blast. Boom, boom. Wow. But then, but then in, when I started, I was cast in Drop Dead Gorgeous out of Minnesota. So that was like my first like thing. First thing.
39:28And 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 Rob Lowe. I still call him Dr. Vegas. Yeah. What was your first like, did you start doing guest spots on shows? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I did all doing guest spots on shows? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah? I did all the guest spots. You did? I was on Charmed. I was on Buffy. I was on that 70s show. Yeah. West Wing. Oh, wow. We'll be right back. And back to the show. 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 that you could make a living? Exactly. I think it was after Enchanted. Yeah? Because that was a big movie, yeah. It's funny because by the after Enchanted. Yeah. Because that was a big movie. Yeah. 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. Yeah. So. But having the box office of Enchanted right that's a different thing
40:43with that isn't it? 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 going to get for this. Like, I just was like, no, no, no, no. 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. 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. Just because I felt like I really understood that world and the duality of her. 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. Yeah, David, that was huge because 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? You're terrifying. No. No, I think he just stabbed. 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? No, it was not David O. Russell. So you were surprised when David called you with that?
41:58Yeah. Yeah, I was. I was like to say I have like such memories of where I was when things happened that are huge for me. And that was, I was in I was like to say, I have like such memories of where I was when things happened that are 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. There's nothing you're not good at. Yeah, come on. No, it's just just I'm too earnest like I want to turn it into like 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 I've learned to accept it what about did your eyes light up like mine would if I got a call from Paul Thomas Anderson like The Master is one of my favorite favorite films ever The Master was great Did your eyes light up like mine would if I got a call from Paul Thomas Anderson? Like The Master is one of my favorite, favorite films ever. 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 just love him so much. Just as a person, too. Agreed. Yeah. I actually met him at a house party and I kind of read in the riot act because he had, he had, it's a lot. I don't want to get Paul in trouble, but he had,
43:15he took the last piece of pizza. 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 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 going to get to work with him. I don't know what I've done. But I was so like... But that's what it took. And then I got Cass. He's like, who can yell at Philip Seymour Hoffman? He's like, who's that girl? Wow. I don't know if that's why he called me, but. I just loved it. He's so great. Yeah, I still, anytime I hear from Paul, I'm excited. But yeah, he's wonderful. So you do that. I mean, and then you go and then you jump into like the DC world, the Zack Snyder-y sort of Superman, like that whole world. Yeah. It's amazing. You just have all these like different, like really distinct lanes and stuff that you do, tonally so different. Did you feel when you get that call, you're like, yeah, this is something that I'm into. No, again, I'm just super dorky and loved Superman. So I was like, ooh, I get to play Lois. I was just, I just grew up loving Superman.
44:31Like I'm, I really am like meant for Comic-Con, like to go down there in costume. Like that's, I'm dorky. Yeah, I love it. I love dorky. Darren's a dorky, you've met my husband. We're both just dorky, earnest people. Are you big Halloween? Are you Halloween people? Um, yes. Sure you are. You bop around with Melissa and Ben and you guys get all dolled up and do your thing. That's different. That was our movie club thing. Right. But it's still, you guys, yeah, these guys, they'd watch a movie. Yeah. Oh, I do love a dress up. 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 do love a dress up. 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, but I'm like. Ugly Christmas sweater party. Yeah, I'd sign you up, right? Yeah. I went to a 70s birthday party a few months ago. Everybody had a dress in 1970s clothes. Oh, I remember that. And I was like, oh, we have to really go do it. And then you go, it's kind of fun. Yeah. Well, luckily, Sean, you didn't have to buy a costume for that, right? You just went into your wardrobe. Yeah, Sean, what did you put together for that? Yeah. I put, I think my photos. Hot shorts? No, I put bell-bottom pants, a big wig, you know, some gold chains and some, you know, open, yeah, an emboa. Cool. There you go. Done. All right, thank you. And Scott, did you get dressed too? Yeah, we both did. Let me just back and find, open... Yeah, an emboa. There you go. Done. All right. Thank you. It's got to get dressed too?
45:47Yeah, we both did. Let me just back and find the picture. Yeah, sure. I used to get dressed up for auditions, guys. Like, I would go in costume, right? Did you really? 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. I feel like you did everything. I have the pants. I feel like you did everything really, I think you did everything pretty damn well. And then now. Your daughter doesn't, does your daughter seem like she is attracted to maybe going that direction too or no? 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,
47:05like which I love. So she and I are constantly talking about human behavior, which is fun with a 16-year-old. But it actually is. She's very intuitive and insightful. 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 toddler age, it's like, well, you couldn't really talk about, you know, like as much as you might miss 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 that. Yeah, because they're so involved now. Yeah. Right. And they get so much information thrown at them too. Yeah. I want to take her over to the Groundlings to take a class because she's really quick-witted and mean. And I'm like, hey, you'll be great in comedy. Oh, we like that. That's our lane. She's not a mean person, but 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. It's really funny. It's fun. It's fun. Speaking of psychological, you've got a psychological thriller series on Apple TV. I do. You're so good at bringing it back, Will. I know. I appreciate that. Thank you. By the way, thank you. I appreciate that. That's a skill. Thank you, Amy. You've been nominated in the group. In the group. Group hosts. Sean got singled out.
48:21Sean one time got singled out as best host, interviewer. Of a podcast. Of a podcast. And he's part of a threesome. Yeah. They singled him out. He did not win. I did not win, yeah. Let me finish. It's because I was held down by two others. And I would say he's sloppy at best. Contributive. Oh, there they are. There's Sean and Scotty. It's the 70s. Yeah, nice. Look at these guys. I like you have hard copies too, guys. Those are hard copies. Scotty had them. Yeah, they're beautiful. So let's talk about Cape Fear for a little bit. You and Javier Bardem, I mean, sick. What a cast. Patrick Wilson. Yeah, that's me. My doppelgang. Yeah, I was going to say you sort of look like his brother. Like you could be his brother. We've taken selfies before. You guys could do, now, I was actually, well, I'm very cultured, so I was watching PBS Great Performances last night. And there was Patrick Wilson doing Rodgers and Hammerstein. Which one? He's so good, you guys. Like a medley of things, along with a few other actors. Sean, let's give us a number. Five, six, seven, eight. Oh, God, there's a billion. There's a billion, Rob. That's the chorus line. Did you and Patrick ever break out in a song at all during some of the setups? So he's a little bit more disciplined than I am
49:40when 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 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. And 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. And I was like- And singing like a songbird, right? Guys, I was like, we're gonna be best friends. We're gonna have so much fun. We like the same things. Put your number in my phone right now. We like the same things. It was a my phone right now We like the same things It was a lot But just yeah I mean we are All of us just talking about it I feel like we are close The closer we are to fine You know what I mean? Yes exactly That's a deep cut But yes Cape Fear Patrick's great Javier's great I mean Yeah It was Sick cast For it being So like 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.
50:56Yeah. They recovered. They were able to recover. Amanda Marsalis, I think, directed an episode or two. Yeah. She did too. I just worked with her. She's lovely. Oh, we like Amanda. She's really nice. I like her. 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. You know, there's a lot of night shoots. Or is it more splits? Yeah, maybe we can just tent. Honestly, it was challenging. We couldn't block shoot because we had a lot of directors. So it was challenging. In fact, we could never block shoot. So it was a lot. It wasn't. So for Tracy, Jay or Amy, explain what block shooting means. Yeah, Jason, you do it. Yeah, you shoot out like all the scenes that take place in this one particular location, no matter what episode they're in, we're going to shoot them all in a row so that we never have to come back to the location. So you can knock out that location. It's cheaper for budgetary reasons. Right, right. Yeah, when I did Sharp Objects, we did a lot of block shooting and that was nice. Another great project. I mean, you can go on and on. I know, it's amazing. Your resume is incredible. You're doing okay. I'm doing okay. I mean, you can go on and on. I know, it's amazing. Your resume's in it. You're doing okay. I'm doing okay. Thank you, Jason. You are at the tip top of what you do.
52:12You are so, so good. You guys are so sweet. You've never, and we talk about there are very few people, you're one of those people, and we talk, John Goodman we hold up as the gold center, I always do, of never a bad performance, no matter what you do, never a bad performance. There's still you do, never a bad performance. There's still time. No, no, Amy, you're so good. You're so talented. Well, do you allow yourself to, this is a tough question to answer, but do you allow yourself to- We've had more of her time than we're allowed, but go ahead. Oh, shit, we are over. Sorry, you can cut a lot of my stuff out. You guys are so good. No, no, no, we're going to 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 going to, you know, kind of just sing and dance in front of mom and dad. Don't say halfway. That's because she's going to be exhausted. No, but I mean, it's really, really impressive. It is. What you've done and what you will continue to do and you're still ascendant and it's amazing. Well, you know I adore you and I'm just grateful. I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm just grateful. I think 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.
53:28It 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. I know. Oh, wow. That doesn't sound like you. Yeah, let's get into that. So I'm so excited to get to talk to you. It's something both these boys know, you know, just I go out and then it's time to go home. No, you're smart. Yeah, it's time to go home. No, you're smart. Yeah, it's time to get into bed. Like Jay always says, there's a window of energy. And once that energy is up, that's it. 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 two hours at the party. You got to have a little in you. Otherwise, it's the stuff that's being talked about is just not that interesting. Yeah. And the stuff ain't that funny. I'm usually the last person there talking about that not interesting stuff. Can I top that off for you? No, no, no. I'll be leaving at the same time. I'm just tired. Word to the wise, if you run into Jason in a social setting, just make sure you have a bunch of stuff loaded. Just try to keep him interested because he doesn't want to talk to you. Sounds like a really great guy, doesn't he? It's not true. 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.
54:44Why don't you fucking give back to other people? Noblesse oblige. All right. Let's just ask some questions. Amy Adams. What a pleasure. You're just a delight. You're a delight. We love you. You're so great. And thank you so much. We can't wait for Cape Fear on Apple TV. It's fantastic. And we just continued success. You're just the greatest. Oh, thanks, guys. Thanks for having me on. I could talk to you guys for hours. Likewise. Hugs and kisses to Darren. Yeah, to Amanda and the girls as well. Thank you, honey. Bye-bye-bye. Thanks, Amy. Bye-bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye. Double A, right there. I'd marry to a double A. Amanda, yeah, Amy Adams. Yeah, yeah. Amy Adams, that's right. Two As, two As, double A she's she's uh what a career every single thing you guys remember i'm like oh that's right oh that's right oh my god that's right i mean everything's quality everything's quality always and even if it's not she's the best thing in it i mean it's like she's just she's it never sucks no that's what that's why like it's a very, that's a rare, rare error. Yeah, we all clank it every once in a while, but I don't, I think she's either buried the things that she hasn't been good in, or she's just never been bad. Remember Night Bitch? Did you guys see Night Bitch? I never saw it. I saw the trailer, and I thought that looks cool. I like that moment, just looking, I'm just pulling up all her stuff, because I'm like, I can't believe.
56:02It's awesome. Oh, when you look at her, when you look at her things. It's amazing. 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 a huge Anne Margaret fan, but she's never done that show. But it's a great title. Oh yeah, I was going to say I'm surprised you didn't use Bye Bye Birdie for the goodbye, but it sounds like you might be doubling back on that. Look, you know what? He did it, but everything happens for a Reese's, you know? There! See? Told ya! There's a re-up coming Will's way. You mean a Reese's up. You got it. So if you haven't already, get out and bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Smart Less. Smartless is 100% organic and artisanally handcrafted by Bennett Barbico, Michael Grant-Terry, and Rob Armjarff.
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