-It's so nice to see you in person.
-Yeah, yeah. It's really great to be here.
-Thank you for being here. -No problems.
-I want to get into everything.
I want to talk about the new series, but I also follow you
on the socials, and I like to follow you on there.
And you had a good -- Kind of now and then you just
throw a Throwback Thursday photo, and I go,
"Oh, we should talk about that next time."
-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. -Next time you're on the show.
And you posted one on Instagram of a "Mean Girls" karaoke party.
-I know. I thought that would --
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I thought it was a good one.
-Lacey Chabert, Amy Poehler, Lindsay Lohan.
I mean, that's a classic right there.
-Also, it'd never been seen.
I thought I found gold in my closet.
I was back in L.A., shooting "The Dropout" and I was
going through all these pictures trying to throw [bleep] away,
and I was just like, "This is gold. We need to --"
-"Someone needs to see this." -Yeah, this was my first
wrap party, and there was karaoke with these fine folks.
-Do you do karaoke a lot? -I don't.
-You do not, no. -I don't like it.
-But you're a good singer. I've heard you sing in movies.
-Thanks, I know. I would do it for work.
I wouldn't want to ever force people to listen to me.
Not on my watch, you know what I mean?
[ Laughter ] -But that's the fun of karaoke.
We're all kind of paying for entertainment from you,
from everybody. -But some people take it
really seriously, and then I feel like an idiot.
I'm too worried about what people think of me.
So I will do, like, Eminem, or I'll do something that's fun.
-You'll do something that's kind of like,
"Don't take this serious." -Yeah, yeah.
I'm definitely not good at this, so therefore I'm going to do it.
-Oh, I'm the opposite. -Are you competitive?
-I'm really trying to get my album out.
-You've been acting, believe it or not, for over 20 years.
Does that seem possible?
No. -I don't --
-I don't believe that, yeah.
But I heard there was one job
early on that you missed out on getting.
And I just want to hear a little about this.
-Oh, good, the -- Yeah, I auditioned for, like,
Clean & Clear and Neutrogena and whatever else was there.
-You were just modeling first. -Target commercial.
I really wanted to be part of the Target commercials
because they were, like, national commercials,
and you got paid a lot of money.
-Yeah, Target, they make great commercials.
-Yeah, they do, and then make you do weird stuff
in the auditions too. -Like what?
-Like, "What's your secret talent?" for instance.
And I was probably 15 or younger,
and they put on some Timberlake song.
And I was like, "I'm not going to dance,
but I can do the robot."
[ Laughter ] That's another thing.
This is very related to my fear of, like, singing.
I'll just rap for you. You want me to dance?
I'm not going to dance for you, but I'll do the robot.
You know what I mean? -Okay, yeah, so you don't dance,
you don't sing, but you do, though, sing, in real life.
I've heard you in movies. -Yeah, for -- Yeah.
-Yeah. And then robot comes out when what, under pressure?
[ Laughter ] -Uh-huh.
-Like weddings or something?
You're like, "Don't make me -- I don't really want to --"
So what if a beat just came on right now, what would happen?
-Uh...
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
I guess I would get up and I would try to do the robot.
♪♪
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-You committed to that first one.
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That's how you do it. Oh, my gosh.
You really commit to it.
-Thanks. It was hard. You got to get hard, yeah.
-I love that you did that.
You really commit to it.
By the way, you're getting amazing reviews
for your role in "The Dropout."
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah. It's a dream.
-Amanda Seyfried in "a career-best performance,"
"Chicago Sun Times," not too shabby.
Career-best, wow.
I mean, you're fantastic. -I guess I'm done.
-"Spell-binding performance," "Sydney Morning Herald."
I mean, "terrifyingly mesmerizes,"
"Hollywood Insider."
I mean, this is a big deal.
-It's so crazy.
-Did you think the voice was going to be the thing?
Did you think, "Oh, I can just do her"?
Did you see the documentary? How did you get into it?
-Oh, God, I did it all.
And I also had deposition tapes of a just static camera on her
while she's being questioned from the SEC.
-Fascinating character. -Yeah, and you see a lot.
I mean, you see everything in those tapes.
And I also did a lot of watching every YouTube video
that was ever recorded of her onstage.
And, you know, of course,
I watched everything and listened to everything --
the Carreyrou book on Audible and "The Dropout" podcast,
of course, which this is based on.
Man, I couldn't get enough.
It was the most fun ever. And you know what?
A bunch of my actor friends were like,
"God, you're a character actor."
And I was like, "I never thought of it that way."
It's so much more fun to play people that are
a little bit separate from who you are.
I'm always playing a version of myself, right?
And I love it. And I'm good at it, depending.
And this was just a completely different ballgame,
and I really loved it.
-And is it true that -- 'Cause I remember the documentary,
watching that, and then going like -- A lot of her friends
were like, "Yeah, that kind of really was never her voice."
And then her eyes just started --
She just started not blinking.
She read that in some book, like, if you blink,
it's sign of weakness or something.
-Yeah, something like that. Like you're not listening
or like just really, "I'm invested in you.
I want to know what you're saying."
-So she would just not blink,
and she would come and just stare and not blink.
And I was like, "Oh, my gosh, it's fascinating."
And you kind of nailed it. You really did a great job.
-[ as Elizabeth Holmes ] You got to get there, you know?
It's really important.
[ Normal voice ] No, sorry.
It's not that deep. Listen, it's my version.
I always have to remind people it's my version of it.
I will never be able to go that low,
but I will go as low as I can with the affect.
-You did perfect.
One person puts on these headphones
with loud music playing.
Then the other person picks up a card -- okay? --
and reads the random phrase on the card.
And the person wearing the headphones
has to try and guess what they just said.
Alright, Amanda, you will put the headphones on first.
I will start the music.
Let me know when you can't hear anything.
[ Humming ] Okay.
Right? Okay, it's good?
Alright, it's happening. No, you need it more louder.
You need it louder?
Wow. Too loud. No, it's good.
Alright, good. Okay. Alright.
Here we go. [ Clears throat ]
Here we go.
Okay.
April showers bring May flowers.
-April showers bring May flowers.
-What?! [ Dinging ]
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Yes! -Oh, that's it?
-Yes! -Oh, yeah.
-Wow!
-When you said, "April showers," I was like,
"You're saying 'April show--' Oh, bring -- Yeah, okay."
-Wow. How did you get that?
You're the first person to get it the first time out.
-Oh, cool. Yep. -That was amazing.
Awesome. I didn't know, I swear. -Alright, here we go.
This is good. We're good partners.
Alright, hold on a second. -Alright.
It's really loud. Okay. Ready?
It's good.
I don't know what it is. -Yeah.
-[ Gasps, moans ]
Cadbury Creme Egg.
-Did you start? -Cadbury Creme Egg.
-Are you starting? -Yeah.
-And...action! -Cadbury Creme Egg.
-Caramel wrappers.
-Cadbury Creme Egg. -Caramel me, baby.
-Cadbury Creme Egg. -Cameron baby.
-Cad-bury Creme Egg. -Calbert and Hobbes.
-Cadbury Creme Egg. -Calbert...
-Cadbury -- -Calbert me one...
-Cadbury... -Calbury...
-Cad-bury. -Cal-bert.
Cowbert...
Cowbert... -Creme.
-You and me. -Creme.
-Yume. Cowbert Hume. -Creme.
-The great author Calbert Hume, everybody.
-Creme! -Creme!
-Egg! -Cadbury Creme Egg!
-Yeah! [ Dinging ]
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
-Wow.
Did I scream at you? Sorry.
-I screamed at you.
-Sorry if I screamed -- Oh, you screamed at me?
I couldn't hear you.
Very good. Alright, good. Sorry about that.
Alright, good. We got two. This is good.
We're already on a record. This is big.
Alright, ready? [ Clears throat ]
[ Chuckles ]
W-2.
-Jumping to.
-W-2.
-Double true.
-W-2. -Double true.
-W-2. -Jump -- jumping true.
-W-2.
-Double...
-W. -W.
-2. -W true.
-Aah!
W-2.
-"Dumbo 2."
-We were so close.
W. -W.
-2. -2.
-Yes! [ Dinging ]
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
Taxes. W-2 form.
-I'm so stupid.
-You're like, "I haven't done my W-2 in years."
-W-2?
-"I pay somewhere for that." Alright, here we go.
-There's no -- There -- -Alright, here we go. Ready?
-Yeah. -Alright, come on. This is it.
For the win.
We already got 50/50. This is good.
-I didn't -- -We got this.
-Alright, I didn't get that one. -We got this, bud.
-Okay. Timothée Chalamet.
-Timothée Chalamet? -Ah! Yes!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
-Come on.
-You got it the first, and I got it first.
-I know. I got it the first time.
[ Both laugh ]
We're such winners. -Timothée Chalamet!
Amanda Seyfried, everybody!