- So many people were excited, especially in this office,
that you were coming in today.
I was like, get her to play the cups song.
- Anna Kendrick, I have a question,
do you ever watch your own movies?
- No, God
- No, I didn't think so.
- Well, I mean, I've seen them when they come out.
But somebody was asking me about End of Watch, or something.
And I was like, "I haven't seen that movie
"since it came out, so I don't remember the scene
"that you're referring to, friend."
- What is the one movie that you constantly get asked about?
- Pitch Perfect comes up a lot, if I'm just out.
If I'm on sets, a lot of people ask about The Accountant.
But I will say, you do have to recognize
that
Because, a friend of mine worked with Laura Dern.
And suddenly, it flashed in his head, he was like,
"Oh my God, I've seen Jurassic Park way more than she has.
"Why would she just sit and over, and over, and over
"watch Jurassic Park, that would be weird."
- Why?
(laughing)
- It must be strange, because there's millions
of websites about you and weird facts and trivia.
There's even a quiz that, how much Anna Kendrick you are.
I was 74%.
They said if we ever met, we'd have great conversation.
- Oh, is this 23andMe?
Got it.
(laughing)
So you took the quiz?
- I did, I took the quiz.
- Help.
- I was also at your apartment last night.
Your pajamas are so cute do you wear them every night?
- I mean,
I mean, because there isn't actually a sense
that you know me in a significant or meaningful way.
So it is just like like (laughs).
(laughing)
So I guess there's that weird thing where I just go,
"Oh, yeah, but
It would be weird if I was like, "Ew, someone watches this?"
- What is the one thing that you miss about that time
in your career when you weren't Anna Kendrick
the movie star yet?
The best case scenario here is that I start working,
and then I would be on t.v. or in films
and people would know who I am.
And
but you do have to acknowledge that if you get the jobs
that you are actively trying to get,
So it's silly to not try to mentally prepare yourself,
I guess, was my thought.
It seems like to be going,
"I won't prepare for that because I'd seem like an asshole
"if I did."
- When you want to disconnect and just have a giggle,
what are you watching?
What are you into?
- I watch a lot of stand-up specials,
the Great British Bake Off, Mel and Sue
and now Sandi and Noel.
It's so dumb, but it makes me laugh so much.
- I love that.
(laughing)
- So many people were excited, especially in this office,
that you were coming in today,
and my number one thing, everyone was like,
- No.
Most people
- I wasn't asking, my question was, does it annoy you,
that question?
- Actually, not many people do ask.
But there was one time where someone handed me a glass cup,
first of all, glass--
- That doesn't work.
- You know what I'm supposed to,
you know, that's the hospital in our future.
- You're gonna cut yourself, yeah.
- But she had the glass in her hand
and her phone already recording and was going like,
"Do the cup for my daughter."
And I was like, "Nope."
♪ Oh, I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪
- Do you have someone you're dying to sing with?
- Bette Middler.
My agent was like, "Oh, do you want to meet her?"
I was like, "No, no.
It just sort of happened naturally.
And she was super, super sweet.
And I was like, "You're the reason I'm an actress."
And she was like, "Oh that means so much that someone
"like you would say that."
I was just like, "Oh, she just knows exactly what.
"She's just giving me everything I need."
So that was heaven.
She's an angel from heaven.
♪ Do you ever know that you're my hero ♪
- I mean, she's just everything.
- She's everything.
- Can we just stop talking about all of this
and just talk about Bette Middler.
- We love Bette Middler.
- Because let's be honest, that's what everybody
in the room would prefer to be doing right now.
- You really have been in too many movies to name.
You've probably done a hundred of these interviews,
but what is the one question you wish you were asked more?
- Oh, that is hard.
- I mean, if it's easier,
- You know, I think the question that I get a lot
that doesn't have a good answer, is,
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
Or, "What do you want audiences
"to take away from this film?"
What is that?
That
- So when it comes to movie promotion,
what would be a good question for me to ask you?
- Why should people give their hard-earned money
to watch The Day Shall Come?
- Because it is hilarious.
It is
(laughing)
- Pitch me the next 9/11.
- What about this guy, Moses Al Shabazz.
- Classic lone wolf.
- There's four of them, actually.
- Pack of lone wolves, had to happen.