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  • MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS WHO HAS

  • APPEARED IN "UP IN THE AIR," "INTO THE WOODS" AND THE "PITCH

  • PERFECT" MOVIES.

  • PLEASE WELCOME ANNA KENDRICK.

  • ( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

  • >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

  • >> I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

  • >> Stephen: I'M A BIG FAN.

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH.

  • I'M GLAD I GOT TO COME ON THE SHOW.

  • I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROMOTE, LIKE I'M NOT HERE TO

  • PIVOT THE MOVIE.

  • IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK ME WHERE I GREW UP.

  • LIKE ABOUT THE MOVIE.

  • IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

  • I HAVE NO AGENDA.

  • >> Stephen: I HAVE NO AGENDA.

  • I'M HERE TO ENJOY ANNA KENDRICK.

  • >> NICE PERSON.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.

  • (LAUGHTER) Y>> Stephen: I LEARNED THROUGH

  • AN INTERMEDIARY YOU ARE ALSO A BIG FAN OF LORD OF THE RINGS

  • >> I AM.

  • LORD OF THE RINGS WAS MY GATEWAY IN HIGH SCHOOL --

  • >> Stephen: YOUR GATEWAY DRUG?

  • YES >> Stephen: KIDS, NOT EVEN

  • ONCE.

  • NOT EVEN ONCE.

  • >> YEAH, MY BEST FRIEND AND I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL

  • WE STARTED WATCHING THE MOVIES AND BEFORE LONG WE WERE DOING

  • ANNUAL MARATHONS OF THE THREE EXTENDED EDITIONS

  • >> Stephen: I HEARD YOU HAVE PARTIES

  • >> YEAH >> Stephen: I'VE NEVER BEEN

  • INVITED TO ONE OF YOUR PARTIES.

  • >> IT'S VERY EXCLUSIVE, JUST ME AND MY BEST FRIEND.

  • LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO COME, BUT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD

  • KEEP IT REALLY EXCLUSIVE.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A CHARACTER IN LORD OF THE RINGS

  • THAT YOU IDENTIFY WITH OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE?

  • >> MY BEST FRIEND AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE FRODO AND SAM BUT

  • WE'RE ACTUALLY THE LAZY HUNGRY ONES SO WE'RE PARTNERS PIP AND MARY

  • >> Stephen: WHICH IS WHICH?

  • THEY'RE DISTINCT >> I'M PIPPEN

  • >> Stephen: PIPPEN DOESN'T DO ANYTHING

  • >> HE HAS THE SONG >> Stephen: OH, YEAH.

  • YOU ARE THE SINGER >> WE DECIDED THIS BEFORE THE

  • THIRD MOVIE CAME OUT AND THEN THE THIRD MOVIE CAME OUT AND I

  • WAS, LIKE, THIS IS MY MOMENT AND IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS BILLY, BUT

  • FOR ME IT WAS MY MOMENT >> Stephen: SAM IS THE REAL

  • HERO OF THE MOVIES >> YEAH.

  • BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY HEROS >> Stephen: PEOPLE LIKE US

  • HAVE TO SETTLE >> OKAY

  • >> Stephen: I'LL SETTLE FOR EROGORN

  • >> OH >> Stephen: YOU DO HAVE A

  • BEAUTIFUL VOICE.

  • EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU FROM THE "PITCH PERFECT" MOVIES.

  • "PITCH PERFECT" IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL OF ALL TIME

  • >> I KNOW.

  • IT'S CRAZY.

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PEDANTIC

  • ABOUT IT, IF YOU'RE A THEATER NERD, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A

  • MUSICAL BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS KNOW THEY'RE SINGING AND THE

  • MUSIC DOESN'T MOVE THE STORY FORWARD.

  • OKAY.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING DISTINCTION BECAUSE

  • IF THE CHARACTERS KNOW THEY'RE SINGING --

  • >> THEN THEY'RE JUST CHARACTERS WHO ARE SINGING.

  • BUT A MUSICAL IS ONE WHICH THE MUSIC IS INTEGRATED INTO THE

  • PLOT.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • BUT ALSO I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M TALKING ANYBODY OUT OF IT.

  • >> Stephen: I LIKE THAT DISTINCTION.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: HUH...

  • THE MOVIE IS A LOT ABOUT FRIENDSHIP.

  • DO YOU THINK WOMEN OR GIRLS APPROACH FRIENDSHIP IN A

  • DIFFERENT WAY THAN GUYS DO BECAUSE YOU GUYS SEEM TO WORK AT

  • IT HARDER THAN WE DO.

  • >> I DON'T, BUT I THINK WOMEN DO.

  • >> Stephen: REALLY IN YOU GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND

  • WATCH MOVIES FOR 13 HOURS AT A TIME.

  • >> SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND I SEE HER ONCE A YEAR.

  • MY BROTHER'S IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK IF

  • WE'RE CLOSE, I SAY, YEAH, WE TALK TWICE A YEAR.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY GUY.

  • A GUY'S, LIKE, HE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

  • WHEN DID YOU SEE HIM?

  • TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

  • WE'LL GET TOGETHER SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH.

  • IGNING PROBABLY WOMEN ARE LIKE THAT.

  • I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE MORE LIKE THAT.

  • WORK AT IT.

  • >> Stephen: PLEASE DON'T.

  • EFFORT, WOO...

  • >> Stephen: YOU STARTED ON BROADWAY WHEN YOU WERE 12 YEARS

  • OLD.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE ON STAGE ON BROADWAY AT 12

  • YEARS OLD?

  • AND YOU WERE LIVING IN MAINE, NOT NEW YORK.

  • >> I'M FROM MAINE, BUT I WAS LIVING IN YONKERS --

  • (CHEERING) YES!

  • LOVE IT!

  • ROWDY!

  • >> Stephen: THOSE PEOPLE, THEY JUST WON A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR

  • SAYING THAT.

  • (LAUGHTER) >> SO I LIVED IN NEW YORK WITH

  • MY DAD WHEN I WAS DOING THE SHOW FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AND I WAS

  • AMAZING.

  • IT WAS, LIKE, HARD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TREATED YOU LIKE A

  • PROFESSIONAL.

  • NO ONE GAVE YOU A BREAK BECAUSE YOU WERE A KID.

  • BUT EVERYONE WAS SO WONDERFUL AND WARM TO ME.

  • I THINK IT FOSTERED MY LOVE FOR IT.

  • >> Stephen: ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU AND I HAVE A LITTLE

  • BIT IN COMMON IS WE BOTH, ME BRIEFLY AND YOU SIGNIFICANTLY,

  • WORKED WITH STEPHEN PE SONHEIM.

  • >> YES.

  • BEFORE I MADE IT INTO THE WOODS, I FELT LIKE WE HAD A

  • RELATIONSHIP.

  • I DID AN INDEPENDENT FILM WHEN I WAS 16 WHERE HE HAD A CAMEO AND

  • I SANG ONE OF HIS SONGS IN THE FILMUM AND THEY SHOWED HIM THAT

  • FOOT AN AND HE SAID SHE HAS REALLY NICE TEETH, WHICH ISN'T

  • SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM, BUY TAKE THAT TO

  • THE BANK.

  • >> Stephen: YOU DO HAVE LOVELY TEETH.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • THEN WHEN I WAS 17 I DID A MUSICAL AT NEW YORK CITY OPERA.

  • THE FIRST DAY, I WAS YOUNGER AND LESS EXPERIENCED THAN THE REST

  • OF THE CAST AND I FELT LIKE FIRST DAY AT A NEW SCHOOL.

  • THEN STEPHEN SONDHEIM WALKED IN AND SAID, HELLO, ANNA, NICE TO

  • SEE YOU AGAIN.

  • I GOT THE FEELING LIKE YOU WOULD GET I IMAGINE IN HIGH SCHOOL IF

  • JUST JUST CAME IN AND GAVE YOU "HEAR GIRL" VIBES.

  • >> Stephen: THOSE ARE THE VIBES SONDHEIM GIVES OFF, HEY,

  • GIRL...

  • >> BUT THAT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE TWO MOMENTS IN MY LIFE I

  • WAS, LIKE, THE COOL GIRL.

  • >> Stephen: I DID A MUSICAL WITH HIM, ONE OF HIS MUSICALS,

  • THE COMPANY, AND THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO SING MY SONG WITH THE

  • PHILHARMONIC, AND THE ONLY TIME I GOT TO PRACTICE WITH THE

  • PHILHARMONIC, RIGHT BEFORE I OPENED MY MOUTH HE WALKED IN AND

  • SAT DOWN ON THE FRONT ROW.

  • THE WORD CRAP YOUR PANTS ARE THROWN AROUND SO CASUALLY...

  • >> IT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR MOMENTS LIKE THAT.

  • >> Stephen: ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING THINGS I EVER DID WAS

  • OPEN MY MOUTH AND SING IN FRONT OF THAT GUY.

  • HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HEY, GIRL...

  • (LAUGHTER) CAN WE SING SOMETHING?

  • >> I'D LOVE IT!

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: I WAS IN GLEE CLUB

  • IN HIGH SCHOOL.

  • >> YEAH, I WAS IN TWO CHOIRS.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH, I WAS IN GLEE CLUB, YOU WERE ON BROADWAY

  • IN HIGH SCHOOL, OKAY?

  • MY GIRLFRIEND WAS PLAYING ANNIE OAKLEY AND I PLAYED FRANK BUTLER

  • FROM MINIATURE GUN.

  • GIVE ME A NOTE FOR FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL.

  • THEY SAY FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL

  • IT'S WONDERFUL...

  • SO THEY SAY ♪ ♪ AND WITH A MOON UP ABOVE, IT'S

  • WONDERFUL ♪ ♪ IT'S WONDERFUL, SO THEY TELL

  • ME ♪ ♪ I CAN'T RECALL WHO SAID IT

  • ♪ I KNOW I NEVER READ IT ♪ ♪ I ONLY KNOW THEY TELL ME THAT

  • LOVE IS GRAND ♪ ♪ AND THE THING THAT'S KNOWN AS

  • ROMANCE IS WONDERFUL ♪ ♪ WONDERFUL

  • IN EVERY WAY, I SHOULD SAY ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

  • >> Stephen: WILL YOU STICK AROUND?

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE ANNA KENDRICK!

  • STICK AROUND!

MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS WHO HAS

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