IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE FROM EIGHT FEET AWAY.

I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU CAME TO VISIT.

I REALLY, REALLY AM.

NOW YOU HAVE BEEN DOING LOTS OF PROMOTION FOR THE FILM ON ZOOM

AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE TOGETHER

IN PERSON?

>> MONTHS LONG AGO.

>> James: WAS IT REALLY?

>> YEAH, I THINK I DROPPED SOMETHING OFF ITEM AT YOUR

HOUSE.

>> WE SAW EACH OTHER FROM ACROSS THE STREET WITH MASKS.

>> WE ARE VERY CAREFUL.

>> RIGHT.

>> WE WERE LOOKING, WE CRIED A LITTLE AND.

>> AND I GOT IN MY CAR.

>> NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

>> James: MY GOD.

>> >> James: AND THAT'S IT, JUST

A CRY THROUGH A WINDOW.

>> WE FACE TIME, WE FACE ALL DAY.

>> James: DO YOU?

NESS WITH YEAH.

>> James: FOR WORK STUFF OR JUST FOR LIFE STUFF.

>> BOTH.

>> LIFE STUFF.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S LIKE WHAT YOU ARE YOU DOING?

>> James: YOU BOTH HAVE GOT KIDS AT HOME.

>> YES.

>> James: ANNIE, HOW DOES IT FEEL?

IS IT A RELIEF TO BE OUT OF THE HOUSE?

HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN.

>> MY KIDS ARE 14 AND 10.

>> James: UH-HUH.

>> THEY ARE HOMESCHOOLING, I'M HOMESCHOOLING THEM.

>> James: YEAH.

>> JUST DOING GREAT AT IT. AND YES, NO, IT'S SCARY IN MY HOUSE

AT ALL TIMES.

I WORK FULL TIME FROM HOME AS WELL SO I NEVER REALLY KNOW,

LIKE I FRIDAY TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT

MY HOUSE IS GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN I GET HOME.

>> James: YES.

>> IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING TERRIBLE AND TODAY WHEN I LEFT,

THERE WAS, WE HAVE FOUR ANIMALS TOO.

LIKE TWO KIDS AND FOUR ANIMALS AND THIS MORNING WHEN I LEFT THE

DOGS HAD GONE TO THE BATHROOM, AND THEY HAD GONE TO THE

BATHROOM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I LEFT IT.

I JUST LEFT IT THERE.

AND SO GIVE ENWHERE WE USUALLY START AND END UP, TODAY IS GOING

TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

>> James: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WILL WALK BACK INTO.

>> YEAH.

>> James: AND KRISTEN, YOU HAVE SMALL PEOPLE, SOME TWINS,

SOME LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL TWINS.

>> YES.

>> James: I HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS

TWINS IN THEIR HOUSE, WHAT ARE THEY NOW ONE?

>> THEY ARE YEAH, LIKE 15 MONTHS.

>> James: YEAH.

HOW IS IT?

DO YOU EVER GET A BREAK?

>> I GO OUTSIDE AND SIT ON THE CURB SOMETIMES.

>> BECAUSE I'M AFRAID, I DON'T WANT TO GO FOR A FULL WALK

BECAUSE SOMETIMES I GO, I HAVE TO BE THERE BUT I HAVE TO GET

OUT SO I SIT ON THE CURB.

OR JUST WALK AROUND ON THE DRIVEWAY AND FACETIME ANNIE.

>> IT FEELS LIKE A VACATION WHEN YOU JUST GO OUT THE DOOR.

>> YEAH, YOU FORGET LIKE A WALK REALLY HELPS.

BUT WHEN ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE YOU ARE LIKE I CAN'T BE SANE.

>> James: NOW YOU BOTH MET, YOU MET THE GROUND LINGS 20

YEARS AGO.

WERE YOU FRIENDS STRAIGHT AWAY?

I CAN IMAGINE YOU WERE.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY INSTANTANEOUS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE PERFORMING THERE, YOU ARE KIND

OF THROWN TO THE FIRE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO LIKE GET RIGHT TO

PEOPLE AND START THROWING THINGS OUT AND WHATEVER GETS INTO THE

SHOW GETS INTO THE SHOW.

SO YOU QUICKLY START DRAFER GATING-- GRAVE TATING TO WHERE

YOU CONNECT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.

RIGHT AWAY WE JUST CLICKED AND HAD A VERY SIMILAR SENSE OF

HUMOR.

WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.

WE WROTE LIKE MY FAVORITE SKETCHES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME

FUN.

>> YEAH.

>> James: NOW YOU BOTH STARTED WORKING IN THIS LET'S CALL IT

SHOW BUSINESS.

>> EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

>> James: I LIKED THE TERM SHOW BUSINESS BECAUSE I THINK IT

REALLY TELLS EVERYBODY WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW?

AND YOU KNOW, GET DOWN TO BARE BONES.

LIKE INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO, SHOWBIZ, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE

IN, THE BUSINESS OF SHOWS BUT YOU BOTH GOT YOUR START IN SHOW

BUSINESS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> James: ANG WERE YOU SUPPORTING ARTISTS, EXTRAS, WHAT

WERE YOU EXTRAS IN, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD KNOW.

>> I WAS AN EXTRA IN JUDGING AMY.

>> James: RIGHT.

>> BUT I WAS JUST LIKE BEHIND, YOU KNOW THOSE GLASS WINDOWS

THAT ARE LIKE WOBBLY WHERE YOU CAN ALMOST SEE A SHAPE ON THE

OTHER SIDE, LIKE OLD COP OFFICE WINDOWS.

>> James: LIKE A FROSTED.

>> A FROSTED WINDOW, YES.

I HAD TO, THERE WAS A SCENE AND THINK WERE JUST LIKE, AND I HAD

TO WALK BEHIND IT SO IT WAS JUST A BLOB BUT I TOOK IT VERY

SERIOUSLY BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING IN A LEGAL-- THE SHOWS WITH

ABOUT-- I DIDN'T WATCH IT.

>> James: ALL I KNOW IN THE SHOW IS AMY BEING JUDGED AND I

DIDN'T LIKE IT.

>> YOU ABOUT I TOOK ISER SERIOUSLY AND I WAS WRITING, I

WAS DOING WORK.

>> James: WHAT SORT OF STUFF WERE YOU IN.

>> I WORKED ON JOELSCH THE FILM CALLED 8 MILLIMETER.

WE WERE PLACED ABOUT SIX BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WERE

SHOOTING.

AND IT WAS LIKE THE COLDEST, RECORD COLD IN L.A. NIGHT OF THE

YEAR T WAS IN THE LOW 40S.

AND WE WERE IN SUMMER CLOTHES AND THEY JUST HAD US RUNNING

ACROSS THE STREET BACK AND FORTH, A BUNCH OF US IN SUMMER

CLOTHES, IT WAS REALLY WINDY.

I GOT PNEUMONIA.

WITH WERE OUT THERE FOR PROBABLY 8 OR 10 HOURS.

AND I GOT PNEUMONIA.

AND I COULD NO LONGER WORK IN THAT BEGINNING.

>> YEAH.

>> James: NOW THIS YEAR MARKS THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF

BRIDESMAIDS WHICH WE CAN ALL AGREE IS A MASTER PIECE AND

HOLDS UP, HOLDS UP IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.

KRISTEN, DID YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT THAT FILM WAS GOING TO BE

AS BIG AS IT WAS?

>> NO, NO, I MEAN YOU DON'T EVER, LIKE GO INTO IT THINKING

THAT.

I MEAN ALSO LIKE MY FIRST THING THAT I WAS STARRING IN, AND WE,

THE MOVIE CAME OUT AND IT WAS LIKE YOU KNOW.

>> ON THE DAY THAT WE CAME OUT, WE HAD HEARD LIKE IT IS NOT

TRACKING WELL, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.

>> James: TRACKING IS A TERM IN SHOW BUSINESS.

>> THEY ARE CHECKING TO SEE WHO IS.

>> THE AWARENESS, IT WAS LOW.

>> IT WAS LOW.

>> IT WAS ON THE LOW SIDE.

>> James: YEAH.

>> AND THEN I WOKE UP THAT FRIDAY AND WE STARTED GETTING

CONNECTICUT DOLLANCE MESSAGES LIKE YOU DID A-- YOU MADE A GOOD

THING.

WE'RE REALLY SORRY, THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO-- BUT YOU, AND SO

WE WERE REALLY DOWN.

AND THEN LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT DAY IT STARTED TO SORT OF

CHANGE AND THEN WE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW,

NO, WE HEARD THIS MORNING, THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND THEN OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY IT CHANGED BUT IN THE

MINUTING A LOT OF CONDOLENCES.

>> YEAH, WE DIDN'T ANY-- SWRZ I REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY WHEN I WENT

TO SEE IT THINKING OH MY GOD, I WILL BE WATCHING ALL OF THESE

PEOPLE WORK FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

ANY TIME THEY MAKE SOMETHING, I WILL WATCH IT.

LIKE I THINK WHAT YOU DID BOTH OF YOU WAS EXTRAORDINARY ON THAT

FILM.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: AND EQUALLY ON THIS FILM WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT

RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE