-Take a sip from your soul
On a metaphysical milkshake
-[ Humming ]
-Olivia!
Thanks for coming into my van!
Yeah. You know what? Actually, we can --
we can actually have a conversation.
-Oh. With our mouths.
-Yeah, with our mouths and our brains.
-Instead of our bodies. Okay.
-Yeah. -It's a choice.
It's conventional. -So, welcome to my van.
-Thank you.
I thought we said no dance. -Right.
Right. Sorry.
-If I can't dance, you can't dance.
-I get carried away. No dancing.
Okay. You said you have some experience
in the back of vehicles.
What's that about?
-Did you read that on my police report?
-I did.
-You're not supposed to see that.
-Yeah. Well, it's all over the Internet.
-TMZ! -Yeah.
-When I was 18, I lived in a 1985 Blue Bird school bus.
-You lived in a school bus?!
This school bus was
a fully functioning production studio on wheels.
-Why? Why do this?
-Why? Why?
Well, the idea was, take filmmaking to people
who may not have access to it.
-Okay. -I was really interested
in creating a film festival for kids. We did that --
-To lure them into your school bus?
-To lure them into my bus and take them.
-"Hey, kids, we're gonna have a film festival right here
on this bus."
-And eat all their young energy and take it away.
-That was terrible. What --
We have really crossed a line.
Did you dance on the roof of the bus a lot?
-I did do that. I did do that.
-How did I know that you did that?
-There's photos of that. -Yeah. Yeah.
So, you're kind of a little hippie.
You're like a closet little hippie.
-You're like a flower child a little bit.
-Yeah, a little bit, yeah. -What is a weird little hippie
flower child doing marrying Jason Sudeikis?
-Oh, I'm just the luckiest little hippie flower child
in the world.
-But he's so not that. -At heart, he is.
-He's from Missouri and plays basketball
and drinks light beer.
What are you talking about? -It's true.
-So, I've been down to Haiti a bunch of times,
and I know that you go down quite a bit, as well.
You work with Artists for Peace and Justice,
which is an awesome series
of schools and educational initiatives.
What else have you been doing down in Haiti?
-When I first went down there, I supported a primary school.
Four days after I left Haiti for one trip,
the earthquake struck.
And at that point, I knew my life
had changed 'cause it felt dishonest
to separate the consciousness
of suffering in the world
and the beauty of life in my blessed reality.
I was like, "There's got to be a way
to make that consciousness a part of our everyday lives."
I tried to think about how I could change the game
of fundraising, which is really tiresome.
Fundraising is no fun.
I don't know why it's called fundraising.
It should be called "no fun-raising."
You do know that the word is "fundraising,"
not "fun-raising."
-Yeah, but "fun" shouldn't be in there.
-I just wanted to make sure that you knew about the "d."
-There's a "d"? -Yeah.
-Oh, I got to rewrite some e-mails.
So, people are spending money by the billions
on bullsh-t items of all types.
-Uh-huh. -So, Conscious Commerce
is a company that pairs brands with small organizations
that really need the money around the world.
It's not just like, "This goes to feed children somewhere."
It's like, "No, you buy this backpack,
and this high school..." -Gets the profit from it.
"...the Academy for Peace and Justice
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
which is printed on the bag, gets the profit."
-And what is "Half the Sky"?
-"Half the Sky" is a beautiful book written
by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists
Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof.
And they wrote it as a way
to introduce people to the world
of female-run small organizations around the world.
So, they made a documentary after this book
that had six actresses flying around the world,
interviewing people in Cambodia and all over Africa.
And the funny thing is, people say, "Well, why actresses?
Like, what do actresses know?" And I understand that argument,
but it's amazing,
the power of Hollywood to draw in an unlikely audience
into a conversation that's really worth it.
-Seeing, like, Tori Spelling
in the slums of Mexico City -- it's just --
-I want to see that. -Yeah. Yeah. Right?
-Yes. It's kind of, in a way,
depressing that people focus so much attention
on bullsh-t celebrity.
But if we can use that for a greater purpose, why not?
-Yeah. We see worldwide the oppression
of women socially and economically.
-Mm-hmm. -And humanity
is never gonna arise to its potential greatness
and maturity
if men and women aren't in full justice
and equality and working side by side.
-In Kenya, there is a village called Umoja,
which is a village of all women.
It was created to create a safe space for these women
who were suffering all sorts of domestic abuse.
The amazing thing is the, like, one man
who's grown up in this village
is the most brilliant, wonderful man.
And when I interviewed him about
what it was like growing up in a village of all women,
he couldn't even imagine why men would ever feel
that they should have control over women.
I was like, "Oh, my God. This is it.
This is, like -- This is the ideal."
If you start young with these messages
of equality and love, then,
you know, imagine what the next generation...
-I wish I would have grown up on an island full of women.
Your parents are both journalists from
Washington, D.C.?
-They're actually from a long line of journalists.
-So, if you weren't an actor,
would you want to be a journalist like your parents?
-I don't think so.
It is such an important part of our society.
The truth tellers are the most important part of a democracy.
-Mm-hmm. -But it is very,
very difficult to do, and I worship
and respect those who do it well.
My kind of way of doing it has been
through documentaries,
which kind of marries my love for journalism
and filmmaking into a perfect little baby.
-Now, would you take a look at this rash?
-Yeah. That's lupus.
Yikes. -Really?
-Yeah. -That sucks.
-That'll be $7,000. -Lightning round!
-Hit me.
-How do you find calm in a chaotic world?
I drink heavily.
What's one emotion you wish you could control better?
Road rage.
Define success in 10 words or less.
And you better be successful at doing that.
-Oh, cock. Okay.
Still doing it when I'm old.
-What can we learn from animals? -Compassion.
-What do you hope happens when you die?
-I hope that there is,
like, the greatest dance party of all time happening somewhere
and that I just appear and it's like all the people
that I really want to hang out with...
-Yeah. -...and we just dance.
-You're just talking about the end of the movie
"This Is the End," which is what happens.
-Yeah. That's what I want.
-That's your perfect -- Okay, perfect.
What are five non-physical traits that turn you on?
-Humor, humility,
intelligence, confidence,
and curiosity.
-What is the purpose of your life?
-To leave the world
a little bit better than it was when I found it.
-You were married, and you got a divorce.
-Yes. -And now you are engaged again.
-Yeah. -Show your bling ring.
-What? -Oh, what?
You were in love, out of love, now in love again.
What have you learned about love?
-It's given me a lot of faith in love in general,
the idea that you can lose something
that is so dear to you and recover.
There's nothing more painful than heartbreak.
And when we learn to co-exist with someone,
that break is traumatic
because you are literally in withdrawal.
Your body, mind, soul is twisted in knots.
But the real tragedy is staying in a situation
that isn't actually happy.
And I think far too many people feel
that the sanctity of marriage,
the vows they've made... -Mm-hmm.
-...are worth living unhappily.
And that, I think, is the real tragedy.
I think it takes real self-knowledge and bravery
to exit a situation. -Mm-hmm.
-But it is the most honest way to live.
So, I learned so much about that
because, you know, I don't really trust anyone
who hasn't had their heart broken.
I think, particularly artists -- -Mm.
-It really teaches you so much
about who you are and really teaches you empathy.
And it really is a relief to stop
pretending you're perfect. -Mm-hmm.
-And I think once you have that kind of self-knowledge --
-I haven't admitted that to myself.
-You'll get there. -I'm perfect and unflawed.
-You are perfect in every way.
Drink me in. So, Olivia Wilde
said that she doesn't trust any artist
that's never been heartbroken
because you learn so much from it.
And if so, what you have learned from it?
Olivia talked about how she's been more open-hearted
from the experience
and learn to embrace her imperfections.
What have you learned
from the personal heartbreak that you've suffered?
Please write it down in the comments section below.
Or make a little video,
and Olivia Wilde and I
will dance and watch the videos, won't we?
-Olivia Wilde, this was awesome.
Thank you so much -- yes -- for being a part of this.
That's so great. I had so much fun.
But you can --
You really can stop dancing now.
You can...
No, 'cause we're, um...
We just -- I just wanted to say goodbye.
This is...
All right. Whatever.