- Please welcome the wonderful Ellie Kemper.
(crowd cheering)
- Hello. - Hi Ellie.
- Hi Drew. - How are you?
- I am so good, how are you?
I am so happy to be here and to see your face.
And I just want to thank you
for bringing everyone so much joy
on these very hard, hard days, thank you.
- Thank you.
I take that from you as the ultimate compliment
because I mean, for so many years you have been this beacon
of joy and comedy and that's something
that was like the thing that, you know,
how can we all be ourselves?
You know, we can only relate, we can't fake it.
We can't pretend to be other people,
it's like for better or worse,
we offer ourselves into the world.
And you have been someone who is beautiful,
funny, charming, whimsical, you know,
highly recognized and acknowledged and awarded for it.
And that to me is really doing a huge service to people.
Not only are you exercising your artistic you know endeavors
but it's like you say Ellie Kemper and people are like,
oh my gosh.
I mean, you're just...
- I am going to take what you just said,
I'm gonna record it and play it on a tape every morning
when I get out of bed, I'm gonna be like,
Drew Barrymore said that. (lady laughing)
- I will put it in a voice memo and just send it to you
until you're like, I got it enough.
- Everything back to you.
That, what you just said applies to you a hundred fold.
So thank you for saying that.
- I have like such deep respect for you,
that it's just amazing to hear you say that.
Cause I know you know, so thank you.
And you know, it's funny to hang out with you now,
I was in this sort of crazy character mode.
I felt very awkward and I was like
two different women with you,
and neither of them were very me.
And so I'm just, you know, I at least
get to take this opportunity to make it all about you
and Gush and love.
Whereas Candy and Paula were both these
nutty selfish weirdos.
- You are so brilliant in this film
and yes you are, played two wildly different characters
in the most extraordinary way.
And we spent maybe, I think I was there
three days on set maybe. - [Drew] Yeah.
- And you, I don't know how you kept everything straight,
how you kept yourself sane, because you're playing,
you disappeared into these people.
And they're both a little crazy, so anyway.
- Yeah they both are, and I am too.
So it's kind of, you know, as much as I'm such an optimist
we all have sort of demons and a dark side.
And I was like, great.
I get to purge them in a very positive cathartic channel
but working with both characters with you
it was amazing, as much as I tried to like
be in the moment and do my job,
I just watched you be the ultimate like scene stealer,
brilliant woman that you are.
And I'm just like, God, why I'm working so hard here
and she is just so good.
Gosh, darn it.
I just want to turn it over to you.
And I love that about women in comedy.
I feel like we all support each other and we do a dance.
We want to bring something to the table
but we know when to give the platform,
shine the light back off and let everyone shine.
And I think about a moment like, a film like Bridesmaids
where you all did that so brilliantly with each other.
And I just, I mean it's an amazing balancing act.
When you're doing comedy you've got, you know,
all of these, The Office, Kimmy Schmidt, Bridesmaids,
all these ultimate comedies.
How do you share the space and yet shine on your own?
- Well, I think you really latched onto something.
I do feel like women, I don't want to make any
sweeping generalizations, but it is nice to
boost each other up.
And so, and in a female ensemble
and when it comes to comedy, I do think, yeah
everybody wants to shine the light on someone else.
And when you work together in that way
it makes the whole piece shine a little brighter.
I also think, have you noticed women who are funny,
I've noticed a lot, and Tina Fey said this
that they're pretty obedient in regular life, you know,
pretty, they're not too wild, they follow the rules
and then comedy is sort of their rebellion.
And I've sort of noticed that.
A lot of the women I've worked with,
they're straight laced in real life
and then they get to have this outlet,
like you were talking about kind of,
to be funny and let loose a little bit.
- Yeah, I don't relate to that at all,
but I do like the notion
and I do think that I am the ultimate sort of,
I'm always concerned with people's comfort and happiness.
And my mission in life really is to be good energy
to other people.
So where I may be should be holding back,
I'm more altruistic about caring about everyone
and then I just go bonkers.
But I do think that that is an interesting observation.
You're talking about you and Tina Fey.
So I believe it and I'll take it.
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