It's so funny.
I was watching backstage at those bad photo things.
And my friend Jessica reminded me of a photo
that I sent her of myself--
Of yourself?
--that kind of fit--
How old are you?
I'm pretty young.
I don't know.
I'm really bad with age.
Do you have the photo?
Did you--
Yes.
[LAUGHS]
Oh, my god!
You could have been in the group.
You could have been--
I feel like I--
yeah, I could have-- that was the Annie perm.
You got a perm also.
I got a perm and put Sun In in my hair because of Annie.
Sun In?
Yeah.
So anyway, I just--
Wow!
That's-- and you have some--
Cute, is that what you're going to say?
What is that?
Is that baby's breath in your hair?
Yes.
[LAUGHS]
You put some baby's breath in your hair too.
Yes!
Just a Saturday morning.
Or maybe--
No, it was in my aunt's wedding.
Yeah, because you're pretty dressed up.
Yep.
That's adorable.
Anyway.
Thank you.
I'll give you a TV.
Yeah, I was going to ask.
[LAUGHTER]
Thanks for that.
Thank you.
Or maybe a grill.
And a grill.
Maybe a grill.
I'll give you a grill.
I'll take a grill.
I'll take a TV.
And then I'll look around and just see
if there's anything else.
You let me know what you want.
Anything you want.
OK.
These are great.
I'll take a couple.
Oh, look, here comes a TV.
You're actually--
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
That one's for you.
I'm taking her.
Of course.
I know you are.
Of course you are.
It's going to sitting here the whole time.
The entire time.
I think you have a grill.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Yes!
[LAUGHTER]
Thanks, Andy.
Oh, my god!
I just hope that by the end of the interview
there's just so much furniture and just fridges and--
OK.
Do you want a Dalmatian dog as well?
Sure.
All right.
Well, let's see what else we have back there.
Whatever else we have, Andy, bring it to her, OK?
We have a lot of stuff back there.
I know you do.
That's why I'm doing this.
Hey, you came out to the Sia song "Chandelier."
Yeah.
And remember, she performed with Sia on the Grammys.
[LAUGHS]
Is that in your way?
That's all right.
They're like, who is she talking to?
We can't even see.
I think it's funny if we just leave it like this,
and I talk as the grill.
[LAUGHTER]
Why is Ellen interviewing a grill?
Just let's-- maybe we'll just try it.
OK.
And you can talk for the grill.
Yes.
OK.
[LAUGHTER]
But someone should be here to answer,
like talking, like that.
[LAUGHTER]
So you actually performed on the Grammys with Sia.
And Portia and I were watching.
I was like, that's Kristen Wiig doing the little girl's part.
Yeah.
And it was amazing.
And people, I don't think, knew it was you.
No.
People watched the whole thing and, they were like,
was that you--
that know me.
Even after the whole--
Yes.
Wow.
Yes.
And how did that come up?
And how long did it take you to learn that?
Like two weeks, I think.
Yeah.
And Maddie, of course, came in and learned it
in a half an hour.
Yeah.
I was like, guys, she's going to need time to learn this
Yeah, then Maddie came in, and then was with you.
It really was amazing.
If you haven't seen the original video,
the little girl, Maddie-- and they
performed it on this show-- is amazing.
What they did, "Elastic Heart" on your show
was-- if you haven't seen that.
- With the boxes?
Oh, my gosh.
Really.
I love Sia.
Me too.
She's-- yeah.
She's amazing.
So how did that-- oh.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Oh, thank you.
Now, I just bring this to Home Depot, right?
Yeah.
OK.
Yeah.
Andy, she's going to need a big purse to put that in.
Yeah.
Can I get--
Get a big purse for that.
Can someone drive me to Home Depot?
Is that too much to ask--
No, not at all.
--if someone drives me to Home Depot?
Not at all.
We have people.
We can push you in the grill.
[LAUGHTER]
You can just sit in the grill.
Set up the TV, and I'll just, like, watch.
Yeah, exactly.
OK.
Is that person on the freeway in a grill?
She also was in that Sia video.
[LAUGHTER]
So you're doing the all-female cast of Ghostbusters,
which is fantastic.
Isn't that going to be great?
I'm so excited.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Yes, so excited.
Kate, Leslie, Melissa-- it--
yeah, we're shooting this summer.
We haven't started yet.
I'm so excited.
It's going to be fantastic.
It's going to be fun.
Do you believe in ghosts?
Yeah, sure.
Yeah.
No, I do.
Yeah.
It doesn't sound like you do.
No, but I mean, there's different kinds, I guess.
Well, sure.
I mean, there are different kinds.
Ah!
[SCREAMS] Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
[LAUGHS]
[CHEERING]
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, my god.
That was-- wait.
Hold on.
I'm taking these.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
That was--
Yes.
Because you did that, I get those.
OK.
That was terrifying.
Oh, my god.
We have the--
No!
Oh, my god, it was so hilarious.
It was so good.
--I guess.
Well, sure.
I mean, there are different kinds.
Ah!
[SCREAMS]
Oh, my god.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Oh, my god.
That was really scary.
Look at my hands.
I knew you would be scared.
He's gone.
He's gone now.
Did you make, like, a breakaway thing just for that?
Just for you.
Thank you.
OK.
We have to take a break.
We'll be back to give Kristen more things.
So explain what Welcome to Me is about.
Well, I play this woman, Alice Klieg,
who has borderline personality disorder.
And she's obsessed with Oprah.
And she happens to win $86 million in a lottery.
Sorry.
It's a purse for your--
Is someone in there?
No, no one's in there.
This is perfect.
That's for the--
This is perfect.
This won't be weird if I wear this in public.
No.
Yeah.
If I'm riding a grill.
Big purses are in.
Yeah.
So borderline personality disorder.
Oh, yes, yes.
She wins $86 million in the lottery
and buys airtime on a local TV station
and has her own talk show called Welcome to Me.
And she just talks about herself.
And there's really no rhyme or reason to it.
No.
And the producers are kind of bought,
so they have to do whatever you say.
Yes.
I'm giving them millions and millions of dollars.
Just writing checks.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
But we have an amazing cast--
Tim Robbins, who you saw, Wes Bentley,
James Marsden, Linda Cavallini.
So amazing.
And Joan Cusack.
Yeah.
Yeah, great cast.
Yeah.
And there is a scene in there, because you're not
on your meds, where you're naked.
Yep.
Completely naked, walking in a casino naked.
Yep.
[LAUGHS]
Was that a real casino?
Yeah, it was a working casino.
How did you do that?
We put up a lot of curtains and made people sign stuff.
Yeah, it was pretty terrifying.
So somebody could have just had a
I was convinced that someone could
have just like stuck their hand through the thing
and took a picture.
And when we were done shooting, everyone
was like, I don't think it's out there.
I don't think anyone--
Are you the kind of person--
are you free with your body like that, that you
don't mind being naked?
Or was that really hard for you?
Knowing it's going to be on film forever and that lots of people
are going to see it is weird.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
But the actual filming of it, it was kind of freeing in a way.
Really?
Yeah, because it's like I just walked naked
in front of a bunch of people I don't know.
How many people can say that?
Yeah, well.
And I mean, I was terrified.
I was nervous.
But after I did it the first time, I was like, oh, OK.
How many times did you do it?
Ooh, four or five, something like that.
They kept asking for more.
Yeah, more and more takes.
I see.
Yeah.
No, it was really brave.
And there's just-- there's so many layers to the character,
too, because it's funny, but she doesn't know she's funny.
And there's sad.
There's a lot of crying.
The acting is great.
I told you I loved you in Skeleton Twins.
And if you haven't seen that movie,
that's a fantastic movie.
I tell everybody about it.
Oh, thank you.
And you're just-- you're terrific.
You're just a terrific actress.
Thank you.
And I think we should have something for you
to get to Home Depot on.
Oh, no.
I'm scared.
So--
Oh!
Yeah.
Are you coming with me?
You and I-- thanks, Andy.
Yeah.
So you and I--
So we're going together.
We're going to go together.
And if we want, we can get a little doggy for the basket,
if you want.
That's great.
Welcome to Me is currently in theaters.
Kristen Wiig, thank you so much.
We'll be back.
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