THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND JACKSON.
>>> WELL, WE ARE HERE WITH
ACTRESS AND AUTHOR iLA FISHISLA
WITHOUT WITH A NEW CHILDRENS SERIES, "MARGE IN CHARGE."NS
SERIES, "MARGE IN CHARGE." WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE START THIS BACKWARDS?
>> YES.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION ID
NORMALLY DO LATER.
LETS SAY, I KNOW HOW YOU
DESCRIBE MARGE IN THE BOOK.
>> YEAH.
>> WHO IS IN YOUR MIND, WHO ARE
YOU PICTURING IF YOU MAKE MARGE
INTO A MOVIE, WHO PLAYS MARGE?
>> I MEAN, IM IN LOVE WITH BETTY WHITE.M IN LOVE WITH
BETTY WHITE.
I JUST SEE HER AS MARGE.
SHE COULD PLAY THE -- SHE WOULD
BRING SO MUCH LIFE TO HER.
>> I ADORE BETTY WHITE, TOO, BUT IS SHE ELSE SENCCENTRIC ENOUGH?T
IS SHE ELSE SENCCENTRIC ENOUGH? I COMBINE BETTY WHITE WITH MRS.
DOUBTFIRE.
DOUBTFIRE.
>> DAME EDNA.
>> A LITTLE OF THAT.
>> WHO INSPIRED THIS CHARACTER?
>> IF MY TWO BEST FRIENDS WERE
TO HAVE A LOVE CHILD, ITD BE
MARGE.
ONE IS THE ETERNAL PETER PAN. MY OTHER GIRLFRIEND IS JUSTN.
MY OTHER GIRLFRIEND IS JUST LIKE -- SHE IS RELATED TO THE
ROYAL FAMILY.
ROYAL FAMILY. SHES JUST A TOTAL KUK.
SO I PLAGIARIZE FROM MY LIFE.
>> I NEVER HAD A BABYSITTER LIKE
MARGE, EVER.
MARGE, EVER. ALL MINE WERE STRICT.
MARGE HAS THIS GREAT LIKE
MISCHIEF IN HER.
IS THAT FAIR?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I THINK SHE HELPS KIDS TAP INTO
THEIR CREATIVITY.
THEIR CREATIVITY.
KIDS HAVE SO MANY RULES, AND
THEY FIND IT FUNNY WHEN ADULTS BREAK THEM.T FUNNY WHEN ADULTS
BREAK THEM. MARGE BREAKS THEM IN THE BEST
WAY.
WAY. LETS THEM HAVE NINE SLICES OF
CAKE INSTEAD OF THREE.
SHES A GREAT PERSONALITY.
>> IT IS LIKE A DUAL
PERSONALITY.
PERSONALITY.
WHEN THE PARENTS COME HOME, MARGE DID EVERYTHING THE PARENTS
WANTED HER TO DO.
WHEN THE PARENTS ARE AWAY, THE KIDS HAVE THIS BALL. AWAY, THE
KIDS HAVE THIS BALL. THERES NO EVIDENCE OF IT.
>> YES.
>> YES.
SHES DEFINITELY -- THERE IS A
MAGICAL ELEMENT.
ALTHOUGH THE STORIES GROUNDED IN REALITY, SOLVED ON A
SMALLER FAMILY SCALE.
>> YOU HAVE THREE KIDS, IS THAT
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU USE THEM AS EDITORS? >> YES.OU USE THEM AS EDITORS?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU READ SNIPPETS AND SAY,
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
>> SOMETIMES MY REAL EDITOR WILL
GIVE ME ADVICE, AND I THINK,
YOURE 30 YEARS OLD. YOURE NOT MY DEMOGRAPHIC.
MY KIDS LOVE IT.
IT STAYS.
IT STAYS. >> AFTER HAVING MARGE IN YOUR
HEAD FOR, I WOULD IMAGINE, A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT IS IT
LIKE TO RELEASE HER TO THE
PUBLIC?
PUBLIC?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I RELEASED THE -- IVE ALREADY RELEASED HER
IN THE UK AND IVE GOT TO MEET
TINY LITTLE RITAS WHO COME TO ME
DRESSED UP AS MARGE.
IVE SEEN THE CONNECTION SHES
MADE WITH HER HUMOR WITH KIDS.
ITS BEEN CHARMING AND
WONDERFUL.
WONDERFUL.
IM LESS NERVOUS TO LET HER FREE
NOW.
ITS ALREADY -- SHES ESCAPED.
>> BETTY WHITE IS THE PERSON IN
YOUR HEAD TO PLAY HER IN THE
MOVIE, MEANING YOU WENT BE
PLAYING HER IN THE MOVIE.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS AN
ACTRESS.
>> YES.
>> WHATS NEXT?
>> A MOVIE CALLED "TAG" WITH ED HELMS AND JEREMY RENNER.WITH ED
HELMS AND JEREMY RENNER. A GROUP OF MEN WHO ARE ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENTAL, AND THEY CAN WANT
STOP PLAYING A CHILDRENS GAME
OF TAG.
OF TAG.
IT IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
>> YOU WALKED IN THE STUDIO A SECOND AGO AND IMMEDIATELY, IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME NOT TO
IMMEDIATELY THINK OF YOUR
HUSBAND, WHO I LOVE DEARLY,
SACHA BARON COHENEN.SHA BARNCHA
LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, I ALLOWED
HIM TO HANDCUFF US TOGETHER.
HAD YOU BEEN HERE, WOULD YOU
HAVE SCREAMED "NO" TO THAT?
WOULD YOU HAVE STOPPED ME?
>> THAT IS A WINDOW INTO MY
LIFE, MATT.
LIFE, MATT.
LETS JUST SAY, I PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE JUST -- NO, HES SO FUNNY.
I DIDNT GET TO SEE THAT, BUT I WISH I HAD. TO SEE THAT, BUT I
WISH I HAD. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR
THE NEXT TIME I INTERVIEW HIM?
USUALLY TAKES ME A WEEK TO
RECOVER FROM HIS INTERVIEWS.
>> WELL, IVE BEEN WITH HIM 17
YEARS.
YEARS.
>> 17 YEARS?
>> IM STILL RECOVERING. >> THATS WHY YOURE LAUGHING
ALL THE TIME.
ILL LET THE HANDCUFF WINDOW
INTO MY WORLD GO.
THIS IS A CHILDRENS BOOK, AFTER
ALL.
ALL.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU.E YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PLEASURE.