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Jason Bateman
Cold open.
Will Arnett
Hey, it's podcast time, everybody. Welcome, welcome. You're live on podcast time. We're cold opening.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, we are.
Will Arnett
We're getting ready to do our our little show.
Sean Hayes
Hope you stick around for that instead of just this. Yeah.
Will Arnett
You get ready to listen, we'll get ready to talk. Ready, set, go.
Sean Hayes
Welcome to Smartless.
Jason Bateman
Smart, Smart, Smart. I'm going full tilt this morning. It's a Smartless. It's one of our OG original ones.
Sean Hayes
Smart Sony.
Will Arnett
You're like, you're a cool dad. This morning.
Jason Bateman
Did I tell you I saw the other day. I've never worn it out of the house, obviously, for every.
Sean Hayes
You don't want people to know that.
Jason Bateman
Well, also it's got our faces on the back.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, you don't want.
Jason Bateman
So you don't want to be like, hey, hey, Johnny. Johnny wearing his merch. So the other day, wearing the house, went to do my. My little walk that you guys know and forgot that I had it on. And then my shirt and I had to wear it to go. And I went to Whole Foods and I realized as I was getting out of the car today.
Will Arnett
Why'd you have to wear it? Because if you took it off, you'd be just in a sweaty.
Jason Bateman
I'd taken my T shirt off. Cause it was gone. It was so soaked in sweat. Because I work out so hard. Because if you want. Let me walk you through the workout.
Will Arnett
Well, because you're wearing the heavy hands. You strap on the heavy hands and the heavy ankles. Right.
Jason Bateman
The Velcro. And I got the big visor that comes down in front. And then I got the lockdown. No, because I'm wearing the, you know, I got the weight vest, as we know.
Sean Hayes
So you're shirtless with a hoodie on.
Jason Bateman
So anyway, shirtless with the hoodie on. And then I'm in line.
Will Arnett
Smartless hoodie on.
Jason Bateman
In Whole Foods. Just trying to do it in and out.
Will Arnett
Somebody you knew?
Jason Bateman
No, I got a guy. I forget the dude's name. He's always does like getty images, photos at events. And he's like. And I just hear it. I was like, well, it looks like somebody's got Will Arnett on the back of his. I turn around with him and I go, luckily, I kind of. We kind. We all kind of know. I forget his name. He's a nice guy. And I was like, oh, shit. At which point. And then I go up to. I do a self checkout and this girl taps me on the shoulder, like, are you willing?
Will Arnett
Love the show.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
And like a really big fan. And I literally said. And I said to the stranger. And I said to the stranger. I was so embarrassed. I go, by the way, I never normally would wear this, but I'm like, God, it gets worse. And I just ran to my car. I was like, what a tool.
Will Arnett
In a deeper sweat. Then, I hope you were locked out of your car. Had to call AAA on the side
Jason Bateman
of the road, standing on the side of the street.
Sean Hayes
I'll wear. I'll wear smartless.
Jason Bateman
We know sweats.
Sean Hayes
No to the gym. To the gym, sure.
Jason Bateman
Or anywhere.
Sean Hayes
But nobody cares. Nobody stopped.
Jason Bateman
It was. It was so humiliated. Tapped on the shoulder.
Sean Hayes
Love the show. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Excuse me.
Sean Hayes
Are you Will Arnett?
Jason Bateman
Yeah. How's your merch going?
Will Arnett
Wait, what's that new tag for Reese's where you're using the Reese's name for a different word? Like it's. It's all. It's instead of, like, it's all reality. It's all Reese's or something like that. I don't know. It was. It was. I. I was impressed with it this weekend.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. Every. Everybody. Everybody loves the Reese's.
Will Arnett
No. Something like that.
Sean Hayes
That was exciting.
Jason Bateman
You were expecting more from this?
Will Arnett
I apologize. I'm picking my teeth a little bit. What is. What. What's the. What's the.
Sean Hayes
Don't start now.
Jason Bateman
What's the protocol?
Will Arnett
I know, yeah, the politeness thing. You guys aren't. Aren't both real deep on manners, but
Jason Bateman
I wouldn't mind much more than you are.
Will Arnett
I don't know about that.
Sean Hayes
What about.
Jason Bateman
I don't talk about potty stuff. I don't. I don't pick my teeth. I don't eat, and you don't.
Will Arnett
You know, you don't fart. You don't fart either. I don't think you've ever farted in front of me.
Jason Bateman
Well, it's disgusting. Who wants to hear? What are you talking about, man?
Will Arnett
Oh, it's. Listen, that'. It's just dude shit, you know, bro,
Jason Bateman
it's not just dude burp.
Will Arnett
I mean, Sean and I love our power burps. Sean, I think you and I. You and I. I've definitely farted in front of you. Sean, I think you've done.
Sean Hayes
You've definitely farted on me.
Will Arnett
Yeah. You've farted in front of me before.
Sean Hayes
I have? Yeah.
Will Arnett
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sean Hayes
In the car.
Will Arnett
But Will, he doesn't. He doesn't. So then Will.
Jason Bateman
Then. You don't.
Will Arnett
You don't. You don't. Did you ever poo in front of Amy?
Jason Bateman
Are you looking for clicks?
Will Arnett
No, I'm just saying.
Jason Bateman
Are you trying to get something that we can clap around?
Will Arnett
I always forget people listening to this. Wait, but hang on. You were married to her, had two kids. You guys never went to the bathroom in front of.
Jason Bateman
I'm sorry, the question is, did I
Sean Hayes
poo in front of Amy?
Jason Bateman
And you're. You're. And you're saying that I don't have manners? What are you. I think it's a good question. I think it's not A good question. I refuse to answer it.
Will Arnett
It's a cute question.
Jason Bateman
I refuse to answer that. It's. Did you poo?
Sean Hayes
P, E, W, P. Yeah.
Will Arnett
Yeah. All right. I know we have a very respectable.
Jason Bateman
Well, we do.
Sean Hayes
Let me ask you.
Jason Bateman
We do. Outraged by this, by the way.
Sean Hayes
Wait a minute. But wait a minute. Do you poo in front of. In front of Amanda?
Will Arnett
I mean, we don't use the same potty, but she. If she needed to come in. If she. If she needed to come in and ask me something important, she could and would. I don't know if I would do that to her. Although, to hear her. She doesn't poo. Never has.
Jason Bateman
I don't know how.
Will Arnett
It's amazing. But yeah.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I spoke to her this morning. She said, please tell him that I'm jealous that we get to see your face, and she didn't this morning.
Jason Bateman
Oh, that's your job.
Will Arnett
It's coming up on three weeks.
Jason Bateman
I know.
Sean Hayes
When are you back?
Jason Bateman
We saw her this weekend. I talked to her yesterday and I saw her Saturday night and Saturday day. I've been spending a lot of time with her.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, same.
Jason Bateman
I've been spending a lot of time with her.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
No, well, let me get. Let me say this. When you get home, she is worn out.
Will Arnett
Just give her a break.
Jason Bateman
I love. Can I just say, all bits aside, how much I do love your wife, Amanda. We all do each other. We all love her. She is the.
Sean Hayes
I was on the phone with her this morning.
Jason Bateman
She's the fucking greatest. She's such a good friend. She's so thoughtful and kind and sweet.
Sean Hayes
Always available.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, she's amazing.
Will Arnett
And I like her, too, pretty much.
Jason Bateman
She's so much. She's so, so good. Tell you is good. Tell you he's real good and classy and you're going to feel badly about all this disgusting potty talk.
Will Arnett
Tell me, she's not an award winner, is she?
Jason Bateman
Oh, well, okay. Well, tell me if this means a lot. Ten Golden Globe nominations and two wins.
Sean Hayes
Wow.
Jason Bateman
Seven BAFTA nominations.
Will Arnett
Oh, I was going to say, does she have a British two.
Jason Bateman
Two Emmy noms, ten SAGs nominations and two wins. Five Academy Award no.
Sean Hayes
Wow.
Amy Adams
Christ.
Jason Bateman
Five Academy Award nominations. Do you like films like Junebug? Do you like films like Night of the Museum? Julian Julia. Do you like the Master? The Muppets on the Road, Arrival? Sean.
Sean Hayes
Oh, my God.
Jason Bateman
Okay.
Will Arnett
Night's got a dirty sense of humor. She's fine with the poo talk. Get around here. Hi.
Amy Adams
Oh, my God, I'm so glad I entered on this conversation.
Jason Bateman
I'm so embarrassed. Amy, I'm sorry.
Will Arnett
No, we know each other a little. I know you're good with the poo talk.
Amy Adams
I'm fine with poop talk. Absolutely. And I also love Amanda, so.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, she's the best.
Sean Hayes
Nice.
Will Arnett
You're here with us, Amy.
Amy Adams
I'm so happy to be here. Yes, I. I'm. I'm very glad to get to participate in this conversation. Important conversation.
Sean Hayes
Well, jump in if you want.
Jason Bateman
Amy, welcome. Let's do it. Here's our new intro. Pretend that never happened.
Will Arnett
Yeah. Now we get the guys.
Jason Bateman
It's Amy Adams.
Sean Hayes
Hi.
Amy Adams
Hi, guys.
Jason Bateman
Amy, where are we finding you today? By the way, I'm really liking your background.
Amy Adams
Los Angeles. In my kitchen.
Jason Bateman
Okay. In your kitchen. You look so nice.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, I mean, I'm. Let will drive this, but I'm dying to get to Doubt.
Will Arnett
Don't worry, he won't.
Sean Hayes
And Arrival. Because those are two of my favorite films ever. And I've seen Arrival probably no joke. Probably like 10, 12 times.
Will Arnett
It's so good.
Sean Hayes
Amy.
Jason Bateman
I can't tell you how many times we've had other people on who have no connection to Arrival. And then Sean will be. Have you seen Arrival?
Sean Hayes
Yeah, but that script is one. You know, not since, like, you know, the Sixth Sense or something. Have you read a script or seen a script or seen a movie, whatever that has an ending that just completely blows your mind? I mean, the fact that all the flashbacks were actually flash forwards is so.
Will Arnett
Spoiler alert.
Sean Hayes
You've never seen anything like. Like, when you read it, were you like. Wait a minute. What?
Will Arnett
Like.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I mean, I was reading it, sort of thinking it was told in like, a traditional timeline, so I still loved it. But then when I got to the end, I was like, oh, now I gotta go back and reread it and understand it.
Sean Hayes
Right? You almost have to watch the movie again.
Amy Adams
Yeah. It was so crazy to shoot it. Cause I had to perform it as if it were, like, it was. I had to live in those. In that duality of, like, letting the audience think that it was flashbacks, but then on a rewatch, understanding that it was a flash forward. So that was a lot of fun to play with.
Sean Hayes
That's so smart.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, that's so smart.
Amy Adams
Yeah. Denis. Amazing. He's.
Jason Bateman
That guy is so nice.
Amy Adams
So good. And he's lovely. He's like, the nicest.
Sean Hayes
He was on the podcast too, isn't he?
Amy Adams
Just, like, so humble and funny, and
Sean Hayes
you're like, yeah, yeah.
Jason Bateman
Can you imagine? He had to Deal with Sean, the whole podcast, it was just.
Sean Hayes
Oh, my gosh, it was such a hateful swag.
Jason Bateman
And then you did the. And then you're like.
Sean Hayes
And Dune. I'm like, dune.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Will Arnett
And then I was the idiot over here calling him Denny the whole time, which is.
Amy Adams
That's all right. I called him Dennis Villanueva. So there you go.
Sean Hayes
Villanueva.
Jason Bateman
Oh, no, Denise.
Amy Adams
Not to him. I joke to him because that's kind of how it's spelled in sort of the Colorado pronunciation.
Jason Bateman
But I was gonna say Colorado by way of. So I didn't know this, that you were born in Italy.
Amy Adams
I was born in Italy.
Jason Bateman
Which part?
Amy Adams
Dad was in the Army. My dad was stationed at Vicenza and Aviano Air Force Base. Vicenza Army Base. So I was born in that region, which is kind of in between Florence and Venice.
Sean Hayes
Scotty. My husband Scotty, he's an army brat, too. He was born in Okinawa, Japan.
Amy Adams
Oh, wow.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. So you guys are, like, born all over the world.
Amy Adams
Exactly. My husband was born in Ramstein, Germany.
Sean Hayes
Oh, wow.
Jason Bateman
Oh, wow. Also. So also Air Force. Yeah, also Air Force.
Amy Adams
Yeah, his dad was Air Force, so.
Sean Hayes
Oh, wow, that's cool.
Will Arnett
Then how does it work, then, to get an American passport? Do you have to, like, sort of, when you come to this country, then what goes on?
Jason Bateman
Well, her parents are American. She's an American born abroad.
Amy Adams
You're naturalized.
Sean Hayes
Born on an American base.
Amy Adams
Yeah, exactly.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. Could you run for president?
Amy Adams
I think I'm. I don't think that's in my interest.
Jason Bateman
Okay. But I think, technically, by the way, all the rules are out the window on that one, I think. So Are there any rules for that anymore?
Amy Adams
I think I'd be great.
Jason Bateman
I bet you'd be very good. I bet you'd be very good. I'd vote for you.
Amy Adams
There'd be a lot of singing in the White House, that's for sure.
Jason Bateman
That would be lovely. So you're born overseas to Air Force dad and he moved around army dad. Oh, sorry.
Amy Adams
My husband has an Air Force dad. Sorry, I'm not that particular. But just in case he is, I wanna.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. Okay. So army dad. And then you end. But you end up basically settling in Colorado, which you mentioned. Yeah. And then where did the sort of the interest come from to, you know, for performing? Because you're not just a great performer who does it at the highest level. You're also prolific. You've done so much, and so it seems like. Where does that come from? Was your mom into that or was your dad into that? Were they encouraging?
Amy Adams
My dad was a performer. He played. He had a band and sang and he ended up being sort of like a one man band. And he played in bars. And so we'd go watch him in bars. Wait, wait, wait.
Will Arnett
With the cymbals tied to the leg.
Amy Adams
Quite. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins.
Jason Bateman
I love that.
Amy Adams
No, he had like all these synths and he would, like push buttons for.
Will Arnett
Yeah, bang your knees together.
Amy Adams
Yeah. Pizza joints. Just walking around flapping his wings.
Will Arnett
No, I love that they just turned him loose for someone's birthday in the kitchen.
Amy Adams
I actually wish that he did.
Jason Bateman
That's so good.
Amy Adams
No, he would play. There's a foot synthesizer. Right. So I don't know if you guys have ever seen those. Yeah, so he would wear fancy socks and play the foot synthesizer.
Will Arnett
Come on.
Jason Bateman
No way.
Sean Hayes
Kind of like Big. Like the movie Big?
Amy Adams
No. It's a no, isn't it? No, it's not like that. It literally looks sort of like. I guess this is what came to mind, you know, in Goonies. That big piano that they play with the voice.
Sean Hayes
Oh, with the skeleton bones.
Amy Adams
It's like that, but like black lacquer. I don't know. That's the best way. That's what? That's the visualization that came out.
Sean Hayes
Is it kind of like the bottom half of an organ? Like when they push.
Amy Adams
Yeah, exactly. So he pushes on these pedals with his feet while he plays. Yeah, yeah.
Sean Hayes
Instead of Goonies like that.
Amy Adams
And like, it's kind of like the Goonies.
Jason Bateman
Sean's like, imagine if they made Big and Goonies into like. Like. Imagine if the Villeneuve made, like, Goonies
Will Arnett
and big and good. And the person who's making it is watching Arrival. Wait, so, Amy, this doesn't sound like an army dad.
Amy Adams
I'm just like, return to the Goondocks all of a sudden, you guys. I'm writing a script, just so you know.
Jason Bateman
You're right. Jason's right. It doesn't sound like a regular army dad.
Will Arnett
He can also clean a weapon, too. I mean, this guy's multi talented. We're saying you're painting a great dynamic picture.
Amy Adams
Absolutely.
Will Arnett
Yeah.
Amy Adams
Yeah. But mostly played music, so.
Will Arnett
Wow. So then that's where you got your. So then did singing and dancing precede?
Amy Adams
Yes. Yeah.
Will Arnett
Really?
Amy Adams
Absolutely. I never thought I was gonna be an actress. I was such a musical theater kid and mostly trained in ballet, but, like, I was so shy and I had paralyzing stage fright. Still do. But I make myself do it. Anyway. And every time I'm like, why do I do this to myself?
Sean Hayes
Yeah, it's torture.
Amy Adams
Torture.
Will Arnett
But isn't stage fright more cute on a stage? Doing, singing, dancing, spotlight, microphone.
Jason Bateman
It's not cute anywhere.
Will Arnett
Isn't the fright more intense there than in front of a camera or. No.
Amy Adams
Yes. Oh, yeah. I mean, I still get nervous in front of a camera, but it's such an intimate thing, and you have one person you can focus on and you can screw up. You can screw up. Exactly right.
Sean Hayes
And then just do it again. Now, this is reminding me, because I was doing a project. This is many, many, many, many, many years ago.
Jason Bateman
Oh, which project was this? Buckle up. Sorry. Which project. Which project were you working on?
Sean Hayes
I can't say.
Will Arnett
And sorry, we'll applaud.
Sean Hayes
And the producers were like, you should reach out to Amy Adams for this project. And I was like, well, I don't know, Amy Adams. I'm a big fan, but I don't know. No, just do it. She knows you're gonna call. So I called you. I don't know if you remember this. I called you and you picked up and you go, hello. And I go, hi, Amy, it's Sean Hayes. Oh, I'm in the White House right now in the bathroom. Can I call you back? You remember this?
Amy Adams
I was at the White House for Julie and Julia.
Sean Hayes
Oh, my God. And that's when I was like, wait, the time I call you, you're in the bathroom at the White House?
Amy Adams
Yes, I was in the bathroom at the White House.
Sean Hayes
That is crazy.
Amy Adams
We should talk later.
Sean Hayes
So that was the last time, you know.
Jason Bateman
So that was the last time you talked to her?
Sean Hayes
Yeah, that was the last time I talked to Amy. How have you been since, you know, just hanging out.
Amy Adams
Wait, wait, so Amy's having a kid,
Jason Bateman
but what I want to know. Oh, yeah, well, we're going to get into that. But what I want to know is you didn't think you would have a career as an actor, so. And your dad's doing all. He's playing the one man band in the bars and stuff. How do you go from that to what's the first. What's your first acting gig? And how did that happen from Colorado?
Amy Adams
Well, I started dancing. That was sort of my. My way into performing, which was good because I could be with, like, a group of people. For me, it's very much about a singular focus. So, like, always being in the chorus was really fun because you got to feed off of everybody else and just become a part of a group you know, And I love that. So, yeah, I got into dancing, which led me after high school. I was gonna say the reason I got into all of it is because I was bad at math. Cause I wanted to be a doctor. So I was like, really? Really?
Will Arnett
What kind of doctor?
Amy Adams
I still wish I could have been a doctor. I think I wanted to work in emergency medicine. I'm really good in a crisis. I'm really good in a crisis. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Really?
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Will Arnett
And you'd be okay with, like, blood and gore and, like, somebody in a lot of pain and trauma, you'd be okay with.
Amy Adams
Yeah, Yeah. I. I really. I want to. Like, I have this fantasy that when I retire from acting, I'm gonna be one of the seniors that volunteers down at Cedars. I was like.
Sean Hayes
I just. I kind of have the same thing. Do you kind of want to. Yeah, like, I want to just go, like, help people out. Like, what's going on?
Jason Bateman
Well, you're going to be there anyway, so you might as well.
Will Arnett
You've got your own parking spot.
Sean Hayes
It's a hop, skip and jump. Wait, that's so interesting. Are you good? So. So. Because some people are like flight instead of fight during emergencies, right? They're like, I can't deal with this. And they run away. Whereas, like, there's this one time when I was driving home from a taping of Will and Grace and a guy was lying in the middle of the street.
Jason Bateman
This is a sitcom. So funny. So many misunderstandings.
Will Arnett
They don't make them no more.
Jason Bateman
They're not like that. Not with the laughs. And this one thinks this and the other one thinks this, and they have a misunderstanding.
Sean Hayes
They have a misunderstanding.
Will Arnett
The one door shuts, the other one opens. No one knows who's in one bed.
Jason Bateman
Everybody's gay.
Amy Adams
Funny.
Jason Bateman
Sorry, Amy. Sorry about that.
Amy Adams
No, I love it. I love it. You guys are great. I'm, like, sometimes way too earnest. So I appreciate you guys bringing humor in.
Jason Bateman
We're not.
Will Arnett
Don't worry about it.
Jason Bateman
We should learn from you, is what we should.
Sean Hayes
No, no. So I was driving home from one of the tables, and there's this guy lying in the middle of the street. And I was like, what? And the two cars ahead of me were just driving around him. I was like, with this guy's lying in the middle of the street.
Will Arnett
That was me and Will on the gas.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, smart.
Sean Hayes
Just missed his head. And so I pull over, as somebody would do. And then just as I open the door to my car, I'm like, oh, is this one of those things. The setup where I get out, I help the guy, and then somebody takes my car or whatever or, you know, jumps me or whatever it is. So then.
Will Arnett
I'd love to see you get taken over by that guy and another dude that's hiding behind the mailbox. And I'm just taking your car and your clothes, by the way, and just leaving you.
Jason Bateman
Them. Them tying you up and. And them not understanding how much you're enjoying it.
Sean Hayes
And I'm just going, no, stop. No.
Jason Bateman
Ouch.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Will Arnett
You don't want these clothes.
Jason Bateman
Okay. You don't.
Amy Adams
No.
Sean Hayes
Wait, but what. How am I gonna get home naked?
Will Arnett
You'll figure it out.
Amy Adams
Okay, that's amazing.
Sean Hayes
All right, so. Oh, my God.
Jason Bateman
So you end up lying in the middle of the road, so somebody pulls over for you. It's a cycle.
Will Arnett
Cause now you need a ride.
Sean Hayes
How am I gonna get home, by the way?
Jason Bateman
So sorry, Amy.
Amy Adams
No, I love it. Are you kidding?
Sean Hayes
I was only a few blocks from home, too.
Will Arnett
Yeah. Oh, God.
Sean Hayes
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Amy Adams
So you're saying with Hilton honors I can use points for a free night stay anywhere?
Sean Hayes
Anywhere.
Jason Bateman
What about fancy places like the canopy in Paris?
Amy Adams
Yeah, Hilton honors, baby. Or relaxing sanctuaries like the Conrad in Tulum? Hilton honors, baby. What about the five star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives? Are you gonna do this for all 9,000 properties when you want points that can take you anywhere? Anytime it matters where you stay. Hilton for the stay.
Will Arnett
And now back to the show.
Sean Hayes
All right, so I think so you're
Will Arnett
about to get out of the car. You think it might be a thing.
Sean Hayes
But then I was like, but the guy I could see is in really real pain. God, this is a long way to go to get to the question. But I. So I get out and the guy just got shot. The guy was shot. I did take off my shirt and I put. I didn't know what I was doing, like to your point, like emergencies, like you know, fight or flight. So I was like, I know I'm gonna do this. So nobody was around and so I took my shirt off, I put it on the bullet wound on his, on his stomach. And I was like, oh my God.
Will Arnett
I hand it over for some pressure. Not a tourniquet or anything, correct?
Sean Hayes
Well, yeah, a makeshift tourniquet. And so I pulling it and I'm dialing 911 on my phone. Meanwhile, other people have heard it and now are starting to coming out of their houses, right? And so they already called too.
Will Arnett
And then you starting to feel self conscious about being topless?
Sean Hayes
A little bit. A little bit. A little bit.
Jason Bateman
Were you actually topless?
Sean Hayes
I was in a shirt. Yeah. And so I.
Will Arnett
Not everyone wears a undershirt, Granddad.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, go ahead. And so, yeah, so the guy. I don't know. So finally, the ambulance came and everything, and he lived, and he was okay, and everything was fine. He got the help he needed. But. But of course, the ambulance guy was like, are you Shauna?
Will Arnett
No.
Sean Hayes
With my hand on his stomach. I was like, yeah. But anyway, the point is.
Will Arnett
Still topless.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Still top. So the. And then we exchanged numbers. No, I'm kidding. Then. But the point is, yes, emergencies. I attack them. I don't run from them usually.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I get very focused. Like, everything becomes very focused in an emergency.
Jason Bateman
I'm sorry, was that whole story about the time that you saved a dude's life?
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
Because most people prove, right, he runs into a fire instead of away from a fire.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
Amy Adams
Yeah. I've come across a couple of scenes where we've been sort of the first people on the scene.
Sean Hayes
Oh, really?
Will Arnett
Really?
Amy Adams
Yeah. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Care to share?
Jason Bateman
Like what? Like, where.
Amy Adams
Like, we were in Santa Monica and coming out of our favorite restaurant, and I was with my dad. And my dad is also very much like that, thankfully. And these people were screaming, and a guy was walking, and they're yelling, he's dying. And my husband's like, that's blood. And I was like, darren, you stay here with our daughter. We ran over, and he'd been stabbed in the neck.
Sean Hayes
Oh, gosh.
Amy Adams
So he was bleeding, and his friends were freaking out. So luckily, we're going to the beach. We grabbed towels. My dad has been on lots of scenes. I guess he attracts them as well and applied pressure. And I'm sitting there somehow going, you need to calm your pulse rate. Take a deep breath in. I literally was just so focused. I was like. I was like, the more you struggle, the faster you're gonna bleed. Just lay down. Let's elevate this. We were like, just. And, yeah. And then I ran into him. A year later, a guy walks up to me in the restaurant. He's like, I heard a story that you and your dad were on the scene of a guy getting stabbed. And I was like, yeah, yeah. That's so funny. You heard that story. And he went like that, and I was like, oh, my God, it's you.
Sean Hayes
And it was him.
Will Arnett
No way.
Amy Adams
Yeah, and it was him. And he was, like, all teary, and he had his Son with him and. Yeah, it was so crazy.
Jason Bateman
Did he tell you what the situation was under which the reason that he got stabbed?
Amy Adams
I mean, as far as I could make out, it was they had run into an old college friend and had some drinks and then went to the liquor store. They were gonna go back to someone's house and he just freaked out. But I don't know kind of what the whole story is.
Sean Hayes
Wow, wow, wow, wow. That's crazy.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
Would have been great if you and your dad started singing him a little song to calm him down.
Jason Bateman
Oh, yeah, like a one man ambulance.
Will Arnett
Yeah, he had like a little pocket trom or something.
Amy Adams
Can you imagine? I just start singing like Giselle.
Jason Bateman
Well, your dad's playing and you're dancing.
Amy Adams
Stay away.
Will Arnett
It's calming, you know?
Jason Bateman
That is calming.
Amy Adams
Start singing Mary Poppins.
Jason Bateman
That would have been nice. Wow, you really would have been great in an emergency room. This is.
Amy Adams
I'm not that smart, but I'm that focused. So.
Jason Bateman
You're a lot smarter than we are, so.
Amy Adams
No, I don't think so.
Sean Hayes
Have you ever played a medical person?
Amy Adams
You know, I did in Dr. Vegas. I played Rob Lowe's.
Will Arnett
Wait a second. All right, I need to see this.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, me too.
Will Arnett
And so I went and what year did we make this?
Amy Adams
2001, actually. It's a good story. I was filming and they sent me home and I was mad cause I was like, of course. The one project where you want to stay where they're filming in Vegas. When I was like, you know, and when I went home, I got the Junebug audition and then was filming Junebug. When they reduced my role from.
Will Arnett
To recurring undoctor Vegas.
Amy Adams
UNDOCTOR VEGAS ON Dr. VEGAS. And I was like, I'm good. They're like, you're just gonna leave? I'm like, yeah, I'm good.
Will Arnett
I feel like I'm all set. Got an Indy. Suck it.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I just did an indie. I'm set.
Jason Bateman
I'm just gonna go ahead and get an Academy Award nomination over here. So I'm good. You want to Red?
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Amy Adams
I had no idea. I just was like, anyway. It's a long story, but I did shadow an emergency room doctor before that part.
Sean Hayes
Yeah?
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
And I was like, yeah, that's gotta be fascinating.
Will Arnett
Did you not wanna see? Did you see some things you didn't wanna see?
Amy Adams
I think for me, I was just fascinated with the stories that kind of really helped me put things into perspective. I know, I'm so earnest. I told you guys. I just was so grateful. And invested in people's personal stories.
Sean Hayes
It's just I was in. You know, I. I'm a frequent flyer at the ER in. In Los Angeles.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. You want to give a shout out to Cedars?
Sean Hayes
Yeah. And I was lying there waiting for
Will Arnett
a couple of punches on your punch card. We got your bonus earlier
Sean Hayes
for the cafeteria.
Jason Bateman
Sean's nickname is Paddles, by the way.
Sean Hayes
This is true, Amy, because I get afib, and they. They zapped my heart back. Anyway, but one time I was in there, this is like, two years ago, and the guy. Some guy OD'd on drugs. They were trying to revive him, and he died right next to me in the room right next to me. It's so crazy to witness all of that.
Will Arnett
Willie and I play golf with Dr. Gary Shulman. He does an ER doctor and the things that he knows how to do. And he could save any life you put in front of him. It's incredible.
Amy Adams
Yeah, it's really amazing.
Will Arnett
And he's got a great short game, too. Nice. You can get up and down from anywhere, really.
Jason Bateman
By the way, let's be clear. He's got a great game all around. He's middle of the fairway.
Will Arnett
Long game. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
I never see him in trouble.
Will Arnett
You never see him looking for a ball?
Jason Bateman
Never.
Will Arnett
You want him as your teammate.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. Gary. Dr. Gary's been playing with the same ball for three years. Definitely. Anyway, let's.
Will Arnett
Nice, man.
Jason Bateman
Shout out to Dr. Gary, you know, so. So, Amy, you've done so many things, but so many different kinds of roles, like comedy, drama, sci fi.
Will Arnett
Is there one I've seen the most? Is Enchantment Enchanted or Enchanted?
Amy Adams
You nailed it.
Jason Bateman
Never saw Enchantment because it still exists,
Will Arnett
but, yeah, I mean, you know, having two girls. You met both of them. Yeah.
Amy Adams
How are they doing? They must be.
Will Arnett
They're doing great. Thanks. Yeah, he's here.
Amy Adams
They're doing great.
Will Arnett
They're not watching anymore. Yeah. But, I mean, I knew that album backwards and forwards. Loved it.
Amy Adams
Thank you. And I'm sorry.
Will Arnett
Yeah, no, no, it was fantastic. But I've seen. I've seen them all, but that one
Amy Adams
a lot, I bet. Yeah.
Will Arnett
Yeah. Very good.
Amy Adams
Thank you.
Jason Bateman
Do you have. Do you have, like, a genre that you like doing more than? Because you kind of. You've done. You. Like I said, you've done it all. Like, you do. You work in comedy, you work in drama, you work in sci fi. Like, is there one sort of lane that you feel more comfortable in, or do you just kind of. Each one is just like a New opportunity to have fun. And you don't really think about it.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I think each one's a new opportunity. I like working in different genres. Cause it requires, like, a different approach to tone, and it's a challenge. But I mean. I mean, I'm most comfortable in, like, musical theater. Even at 51, if someone's like, you need to go play Belle, I'd be like, got it. Like, that's where my spirit lives. My younger, my inner child.
Sean Hayes
Do you want to do more of it?
Amy Adams
I do. I did theater recently in London, and I really do want to do more of it, but I think I'm so tired.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Amy Adams
Yeah. It's so much work. I have so much respect for everybody who works on stage. Cause doing that eight shows a week is really, really grueling. And so I'd have to really consider it maybe when my daughter is.
Sean Hayes
Gets a little older.
Amy Adams
Gets little when she's out of the house. Cause I really want to be present for her.
Sean Hayes
How old is she?
Amy Adams
She's gonna be 16 next Friday.
Sean Hayes
Oh, yeah. God, that's amazing. Sweet 16.
Will Arnett
How are those driving lessons going?
Amy Adams
She has not started them yet. No. I.
Will Arnett
You haven't taken her out in your car and just like, in an open parking lot and said. And just put her in the seat?
Amy Adams
Uh, not yet. No.
Sean Hayes
I. Oh, my God.
Amy Adams
I am definitely. She has absolutely no interest. No, she has interest, but she wants to get through finals before she starts studying for her permit test. Cause she. Yeah, she likes it disciplined.
Jason Bateman
That's disciplined.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
But this generation, though, is because of Uber. There's just. There's no.
Sean Hayes
That's true.
Will Arnett
I didn't hear that when we were kids. Remember, like the day. The morning you turn 16, you're at the DMV?
Jason Bateman
No, my guys did. Arch got it immediately, but Abe's been kind of putting. Well, he can only get his learners because he's not 16 yet.
Sean Hayes
You know what I thought would never happen, though, is that because Jason's right, when you turn 16, you're like. It signifies independence. Driving. Right. Freedom. But now. And I thought, well, that will never go away. But with Waymo self driving cars and Uber and stuff, maybe it's not a thing anymore. I don't know with Ken.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
But it is nice to be able to just like walk outside your house and climb into your car and go.
Amy Adams
It is. I think she's really gonna love that sensation once she sort of gets into it. But I respect. I'm letting her.
Jason Bateman
Are you still in driving her around mode or is she leaning on the ubs like everybody?
Amy Adams
A little of both. I mean, we're a little more cautious with Ubers, as long as she's with friends and stuff like that, so. But she loves a Waymo. That's her thing.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. We always say it's a known thing, Amy, that Jason has the personality of a Waymo Dr. And that's just kind of known around the office here. Just around the office here. A Waymo driver.
Will Arnett
That's enough, Sean.
Amy Adams
So funny.
Jason Bateman
I laugh too hard. I was gonna say this. Sean, I think you know this, and this is. You're gonna freak out again on Amy.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
You know, she's in the new. She just wrapped the new Star wars, right?
Sean Hayes
What do you mean? The one with Ryan Gosling?
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Wait, I was on that set.
Jason Bateman
Okay, cool.
Amy Adams
Oh, amazing.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Shawn Levy asked us to come visit, and we visited it for, like, a day.
Jason Bateman
What if you found out that Amy knew you were coming in? She's like, if this guy fucking called me once. I was in the toilet at the White House. This guy won't leave me alone.
Amy Adams
I had a very small part.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, you did. Wait, are you a fan or. No.
Amy Adams
Oh, my gosh. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Huge.
Amy Adams
Absolutely.
Sean Hayes
By the way, Tatooine.
Amy Adams
I mean, amazing.
Sean Hayes
My Tatooine hat on today.
Amy Adams
I love it.
Sean Hayes
My Tatooine hat on.
Amy Adams
Do you go to May 4th Disney events at Disney? Because I've always wanted to go. Maybe next year you and I will figure it out.
Sean Hayes
Oh, my God, I would love it. Leave the kids at home. Am I right?
Amy Adams
You're right.
Jason Bateman
I hate the May 4th be with you. Because that's my birthday, and I feel like they took it over. They took. No, I'm not. They took it over. Everybody's like, may the fourth. I'm like, enough.
Sean Hayes
Wait, what did you. Did you get to hold all the props and whatever and all the, you know, fantasy stuff?
Amy Adams
I love that.
Sean Hayes
I love that. Yeah, I went to the creature shop, too. Isn't that wild?
Will Arnett
Careful, Sean. Watch the battles.
Sean Hayes
I saw the new. I saw the new, you know, their version of R2D2 and the new one, which we. I couldn't post. We're not allowed to post.
Jason Bateman
Is he real?
Will Arnett
We just racked focus. There's Scotty in the back, just heating up the paddles, rubbing them together, getting them ready. Always talking about the creature shop.
Sean Hayes
Wasn't that, but. And then the guy I met, the guy who created BB8.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. That's wild. It's wild.
Amy Adams
I mean, I'll talk about this, I'm sure, down the road, but, like, I don't know what I'm allowed to talk about, but I was so nervous the first day of working. Like, I forgot how to act. I'm sure Shawn Levy's like, amy, are you okay? And I'm like, no, I'm just not
Will Arnett
at all nervous because of all the stuff that was around you and, like, what was.
Amy Adams
Just. No, just like, I'm on a Star wars set.
Jason Bateman
I know.
Amy Adams
And I, like, I grew up on this. This is like, I have to now get out of my, like, dorky fangirl place and go into, like, professional actors. And, like, combining the two was really hard.
Will Arnett
So I had to, like, could you feel it? Was it palpable? I mean, were the sets big? Was the camera gear, like, all.
Amy Adams
It's so cool, you guys. It's just so cool. I mean, like, not allowed to talk about anything, of course, but I can tell you, it's so cool. And the kid in it is so great. I just.
Will Arnett
What about. What about, like, was there a lot of, like. Like, were the sets real? Were. Were the. Were the weapons real?
Sean Hayes
Or was it.
Will Arnett
Was it all, like, sort of green screens and. And I.
Amy Adams
You know, it's a mix, but it's a mix. Yeah, it was. It was. It's enough to like, get the feels. You know what I mean?
Will Arnett
And then you got the great Shawn Levy there, just like those.
Sean Hayes
Oh, yeah.
Will Arnett
He's so infectious with his energy and enthusiasm and his kindness.
Amy Adams
And speaking of arrival, he was one of the producers on Arrival, so I worked with him.
Sean Hayes
He was.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I worked with him at night at the museum.
Sean Hayes
Oh, that's crazy.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
So you do the Star wars, and then you got another. You got a sci fi film coming out later this year that you did with our buddy Taika.
Sean Hayes
What's that?
Jason Bateman
Right? Is it kind of.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I was like. I do. I was like, yes, yes. Yeah. We did that, like, over two years ago now, so. Yeah.
Will Arnett
Whoa.
Sean Hayes
Are you a sci fi fan?
Amy Adams
I do like sci fi. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
There's such a. You have, like, so, like, Star Wars y Sci fi, like, this is, like, seems to be a genre that you're very comfortable in.
Sean Hayes
Superman, superhead.
Amy Adams
I love it.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Will Arnett
But she's funny as hell too, and can sing and dance and. Let's not. We haven't even gotten to the drama part of it all.
Jason Bateman
I mean, I know.
Sean Hayes
I do.
Amy Adams
I do love a good drama.
Jason Bateman
Do you want to leave any for anybody else? Like, what's going on?
Amy Adams
I love a good Drama.
Sean Hayes
How great were you in Doubt. I saw that play and I was like, wow, this play is one of the best plays. And then the movie with you and
Amy Adams
Meryl Streep and how good is are Meryl and Philip in that? Getting to sit through the rehearsals with them was lit. It's my entire actor training. Like, I never went to college or conservatory, so I really feel like that was how I learned how to act.
Sean Hayes
And everybody showed up on set, off book, probably just. No, there's. Nobody has side. Right. Everybody just knows their stuff.
Amy Adams
Oh, yeah. By that time we. We really knew it. Yeah. I mean. I mean, it's. It's Meryl.
Jason Bateman
Was it a lot. Were there. Was it a lot of rehearsal for that film? More than usual, I would say.
Amy Adams
So, yeah. It was a while ago. It was amazing.
Will Arnett
So then. Wait, did you just say that you did not go to drama school?
Amy Adams
I did not, no.
Will Arnett
And so what would you attribute your talent to? Was it just a lonely childhood?
Jason Bateman
How'd you get so talented?
Amy Adams
A lonely childhood?
Will Arnett
It's just like an innate. An innate sense of what would be.
Amy Adams
I. Honestly, Jason, I really don't know. I think I've always just been. I read a lot and I've always been plugged into characters and how and why and what motivates them and all of that. And I think it just sort of started translating into acting, honestly. I also, when I moved to la, started working with an acting coach later on after I'd started working. And that was really helpful. Cause she helped sort of ground me a bit more instead of being very big. So that was good.
Will Arnett
Well, that's what I was gonna say. Yeah. Cause the is sort of at odds with your incredible level of subtlety when you're doing on camera work. You know, I mean it like, it's just masterful how little you have the discipline to do. Which, you know, if you did that on stage, the people in the front row would be able to read it, but that'd be about it, you know, Which, I mean, it's great. Thank you. But oftentimes you'll see theater actors that are sometimes maybe just a little bit bigger on screen, but you do not suffer that at all. It's really, really impressive.
Amy Adams
Well, I absolutely love people's inner life. Like, if I could know what people were thinking at all times, I'd be so happy.
Will Arnett
That's what I love about watching your performance is that, yeah, I lean in, I try to read your mind. There's stuff going on inside.
Jason Bateman
I told you guys, you gotta Watch this new doc that's coming out later this year. I was telling Shani about it that's called Based on the podcast, that really popular podcast, the Telepathy Tapes, about the non verbal. There's a doc. I just saw a screening of the doc.
Amy Adams
Is it good?
Jason Bateman
It's unbelievable.
Will Arnett
Wait, what is it?
Jason Bateman
Dude, there's this really popular podcast. Yeah. Called the Telepathy Tapes and they made a doc at the same time and it's coming out later this year. And it's unbelievable. I had goosebumps the entire time watching it.
Sean Hayes
Talking about it was real popular at the same time. The Richard Simmons Podcast.
Jason Bateman
Sean, stop mentioning the Richard Simmons. Every time I mention this, Sean brings up the Richard Simmons Podcast. I swear to God, Sean.
Will Arnett
Why? How would that be it? An easy.
Jason Bateman
Leave it.
Will Arnett
Yeah, an easy reference for everyone.
Jason Bateman
Stand on its own. Let it stand on its own. Why do you have to mention the Richard Simmons Podcast?
Sean Hayes
No, because it. Because at that time was years and years ago, those were the two most popular.
Will Arnett
I've never heard of Richard Simmons Podcast.
Sean Hayes
Oh, God, you would love it. It's so wild.
Jason Bateman
Oh, here we go.
Amy Adams
You
Jason Bateman
sake man.
Will Arnett
Now wait, Willy. The reason that you were seeing this earlier than when it's coming out is because that makes me think maybe we're gonna have somebody from it on the podcast coming up. Did you get a little. A little early link or something?
Jason Bateman
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Will Arnett
There's a guest coming.
Jason Bateman
Look at you putting. Look at you putting some stuff together. It used to be a cop. I know. Look at you. Honestly, you guys, it's so fascinating. And Amy talking about, like people understanding what other people are thinking and stuff. It is a fucking moment.
Sean Hayes
Did you listen to that? Amy, did you listen to that podcast?
Amy Adams
Yeah, I did, actually. I listened to. I didn't get. Towards the end of the Telepathy, it started to get. I don't want to. You know, it started to get a little like it twisted a bit. I don't want to give any spoilers.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, but it's. It's. I found it. I mean, it was just stunning. And I'd listen to the podcast too, but anyway, I don't know how we got here, but boy, it's good.
Amy Adams
It's really good.
Jason Bateman
But what was your. So this is what I was going to say. What was your first pro gig as an actor?
Amy Adams
Your first paying job, like exclusively as an actor or just as a dancer?
Jason Bateman
Like as an actor. As an actor. Actor. What was your first Actor.
Amy Adams
Actor. I did a commercial for Omaha National Bank.
Jason Bateman
Okay.
Amy Adams
Where I lip synced. So I guess it's. I mean, it's lip synced to summer loving but turned into summer banking.
Jason Bateman
No.
Sean Hayes
Had me a blast.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, sure, Bacon had me a blast. Bo.
Amy Adams
Bo. But then when I started, I was cast in Drop Dead Gorgeous out of Minnesota. So that was like my first, like, thing.
Jason Bateman
First thing.
Sean Hayes
And then.
Jason Bateman
What was your first? Like, what was your first. Did you do, like, a lot of. Because I know, Obviously you did Dr. Vegas. We all know that. We're talking about Rob Lowe. I still call him Dr. Vegas.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
What was your first? Like, did you start doing. Doing guest spots on shows?
Amy Adams
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I did all the guest spots. I was charmed. I was on Buffy. I was on that 70s show.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Amy Adams
West Wing.
Jason Bateman
Oh, wow.
Will Arnett
We'll be right back.
Sean Hayes
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Will Arnett
What was the point when you figured that you might be safe? You might not need to have to study something else or have a second job or. When did. When did. When did it seem yesterday Make a living?
Amy Adams
I think it was after. I think it was after Enchanted.
Will Arnett
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Because that was a big movie. Yeah.
Amy Adams
It's funny because by the time Enchanted came out, I'd been nominated, but I still didn't see that as, like, anything that cemented me as secure. I just saw that as, like an amazing, like, one off, like. Yeah, so.
Will Arnett
But having the box office of Enchanted. Right. That is a different thing with that, isn't there?
Amy Adams
And I also think it was, like, the most confident at that point I'd ever been in a role. Cause even when I read the script, and I am not somebody who says this, I looked at my husband and went, I don't know who else they're gonna get for this. Like, I just was like, no, no, no, no. I just. And I honestly, I'm not that person. I would catch cast someone else in every role I've done. Like, I'm not competitive like that. But I read that one and was like, well, well, this is mine. Just. Cause I felt like I really understood that world and the duality of her.
Jason Bateman
But then you also do, like. Then you go on to do a couple of films with David O. Russell, some gritty films. You do the Fighter, which is super gritty and such a great film.
Amy Adams
Yeah, David. That was huge. Because David really. I say take a chance, but no one really saw me that way. And then there was something about an interaction he had with me that kind of was like, wait, you got in
Jason Bateman
his face about, like, a valet ticket or something?
Amy Adams
It's terrifying. No, no, I think he just stabbed.
Jason Bateman
I was here first.
Amy Adams
Yeah. Something like that.
Jason Bateman
Wait, was David. Did you stab David O. Russell in the neck and then you and your dad saved him? Is that what happened?
Amy Adams
No, it was not David O. Russell.
Jason Bateman
So you were surprised when David called you with. Yeah.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I was. I always like to say I have, like, such memories of where I was when things happened that were huge for me. And that was. I was in Ireland filming Leap year, like, this romantic comedy, which helped me learn that I was not good at romantic comedy. Though I loved the film. I just was like, this is. There are people who are really good at this, and I don't think that's me.
Will Arnett
I don't think there's nothing you're not good at. Yeah, come on.
Amy Adams
No, it's just. I'm too earnest. Like, I want to turn it into, like, wuthering height and, like, I just don't have that turn of phrase that some people are so good at. I'm just so earnest. It's so irritating. I've learned to accept it.
Will Arnett
What about. What about. Did your.
Sean Hayes
Did your.
Will Arnett
Did your eyes light up like mine would if I got a call from Paul Thomas Anderson? Like, the Master's one of my favorite, favorite films ever.
Sean Hayes
The Master was great.
Amy Adams
Paul is one of those people that I will forever want to impress. It doesn't matter what I'm doing, what I'm saying. A text. I am just. I just. I just love him so much. Just as a person, too.
Will Arnett
Agreed.
Amy Adams
Yeah. I actually met him at a house party, and I kind of ran the riot act because he had. It's a lot. I don't wanna get Paula in trouble, but he had.
Will Arnett
He took the last piece of pizza.
Amy Adams
He took the last piece of pizza. No, no. There was a mutual friend that was a little drunk and acting a little silly, and he was encouraging it, you know, having fun. And I was like, that is highly irrelevant now, to be fair. I was 10 weeks pregnant and I was not telling anybody, so I was agitated. And then I looked at Darren and I was like, I can't believe I just yelled at, like, my favorite filmmaker of all time. I'm like, I'm never gonna get to work with him. I don't know what I've done, but I was.
Will Arnett
So that's what it took.
Amy Adams
And then I got cast. He's like, who can yell at Philip Seymour Hoffman?
Will Arnett
Who can be stern?
Amy Adams
Who's that girl?
Jason Bateman
Wow.
Amy Adams
I don't know if that's why he called me, but, ugh.
Will Arnett
Just loved it.
Amy Adams
He's so great. Yeah, I still. Anytime I hear From Paul. I'm excited. But yeah, he's wonderful.
Jason Bateman
So you do that. I mean, and then you go. And then you jump into the DC world. The Zack Snydery sort of Superman. Like, that whole world. It's amazing. You just have all these different, really distinct lanes and stuff that you do tonally. So different. Did you feel when you get that call, you're like, yeah, yeah, this is something that I'm into.
Amy Adams
But no, again, I'm just super dorky and loved Superman. So I was like, ooh, I get to play Lois. I was just grew up loving Superman. Like, I really am, like, meant for Comic Con. Like, to go down there in costume. Like, that's.
Will Arnett
I'm dorky.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I love it. I love dorky. Darren's a dork. You've met my husband. We're both just dorky, earnest people.
Jason Bateman
Are you big Halloween. Are you Halloween people?
Amy Adams
Yes.
Will Arnett
Sure you are. You bop around with Melissa and Ben and you guys get all dolled up and do their job.
Amy Adams
That's different. That was our movie club thing.
Will Arnett
Right. But it's still you guys. Yeah. These guys, they'd watch a movie.
Amy Adams
Yeah. Oh, I do love a dress up. I love a theme party. I'm that girl. I have to, like, pull myself back if someone says theme party. Darren's like, amy, you don't have to be. You can just have a suggestion of.
Will Arnett
But ugly Christmas sweater party.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Will Arnett
I'd sign you up, right?
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I went to a 70s birthday party a few months ago. Everybody had a dress in 1960, 70s. And I was like, oh, we're going. We have to really go do it. And then you go, it's kind of fun.
Will Arnett
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Well, luckily, Sean, you didn't have to buy a costume for that. Right into your wardrobe.
Will Arnett
Yeah. Sean, what'd you put together for that?
Sean Hayes
Yeah, I put. I think we have photos. I'll show you photos. No, I put bell bottom pants, a big. A big wig, you know, some gold chains and some open. Yeah. Anamboa.
Will Arnett
There you go. Done.
Sean Hayes
All right. Thank you.
Jason Bateman
It's got to get dressed too.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, we both did. Let me see if I can find the picture.
Jason Bateman
Sure, let's go.
Amy Adams
I used to get dressed up for auditions, guys. Like, I would go in costume, Right?
Jason Bateman
Did you really?
Amy Adams
Yeah, I didn't quite. And then, like, other girls would be coming out looking absolutely beautiful, and I would be like, oh, I guess. I guess I look like I want it too much. Which is probably why it didn't work in the beginning. I hadn't sort of cracked the code of neutrality. I was like, it's me.
Jason Bateman
I don't know. I feel like you did everything. I feel like you did everything.
Will Arnett
Really?
Jason Bateman
I think you did everything pretty damn well. And then now your daughter doesn't.
Will Arnett
Does your daughter seem like she is attracted to maybe going that direction too or.
Amy Adams
No, not in performing and only recently on the set of Star Wars. On our way to the creature shop, she looked at me and said, mom, do you think I could find a career in film?
Sean Hayes
Oh, wow.
Amy Adams
And I said, yeah, absolutely.
Will Arnett
And did you guys start to talk about different parts of it?
Amy Adams
Yeah, so we're constantly talking about different. She's like, cause I love travel, I love meeting new people. I like every day being different. And this is really like the best suited job for everything I want my life to look like. So. Yeah. So she kind of switched her motivation. She's still like really interested in psychology, like, which I love. So she and I are constantly talking about human behavior, which is fun with a 16 year old, but it actually is. She's very intuitive and insightful. Yeah. So we'll see.
Will Arnett
So isn't it neat how the conversations change over years? Like, you know, like as much as you might miss the toddler age, it's like, well, you couldn't really talk about, you know, global issues with them that now you can get their take on this.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Because they're so involved now.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, right. Well, they get so much. And they get so much information thrown at them too.
Amy Adams
I want to take her over to the Groundlings to take a class. Cause she's really quick witted and mean and I'm like, hey, you'll be great in comedy.
Jason Bateman
We like that.
Amy Adams
Mean. Like she's not a mean person, but like her wit is so biting and biting and sarcastic. My husband's like, ow. And I just think it's. When she nails me, I laugh so hard. It's really funny.
Jason Bateman
So that's fun. It's fun. It's fun. Speaking of psychological. You've got a psychological thriller series on Apple tv.
Amy Adams
Dude, you're so good at bringing it back. Will.
Jason Bateman
I know I got.
Amy Adams
I appreciate.
Jason Bateman
Thank you.
Will Arnett
Nominated.
Jason Bateman
Thank you. I have not been.
Amy Adams
Appreciate that. That's a skill.
Jason Bateman
Thank you. Amy, you've been nominated in the group Sean.
Will Arnett
Group Sean.
Jason Bateman
Sean one time got singled out as best host.
Will Arnett
Host interviewer of a podcast.
Jason Bateman
Of a podcast.
Will Arnett
Part of a threesome. They singled him out. He did not win.
Sean Hayes
I did not win. Yeah, let me finish. It's because I was held down by two others.
Will Arnett
But.
Jason Bateman
And I would say. I would say he's sloppy at best.
Will Arnett
Contributive.
Jason Bateman
Oh, there, there. There's Sean.
Will Arnett
Scotty, 70s. Yeah. Nice.
Amy Adams
I like. You have hard copies too, guys.
Sean Hayes
Those are hard copies. Scotty had them.
Jason Bateman
Beautiful. So let's talk about Cape Fear for a little bit. You and Javier Bardem. I mean, sick. What a cast. Patrick Wilson, my doppelgang.
Amy Adams
Yeah, I was gonna say you sort of look like his brother.
Jason Bateman
He and I, we've taken selfies before.
Will Arnett
You guys could do. No, now I was. I was actually. I'm very cultured. So I was watching pbs, great performances last night. And there was Patrick Wilson doing Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Sean Hayes
Which one? Which show?
Amy Adams
So good.
Will Arnett
You guys like a medley of things along. Along with a few other actors.
Jason Bateman
But, Sean, let's give us the number. 5, 6, 7, 8.
Sean Hayes
Oh, God, there's a billion.
Will Arnett
There's a billion Rogers. But did you and Patrick ever break out into song at all? During some of the setups. Okay, so.
Amy Adams
So he's a little bit more disciplined than I am when it comes to the singing, probably because he does it professionally and I do it because I just love it and it's fun. So what? The first time he did sing, I thought I was being punked because we were talking about some of our favorite concerts we've seen. And I said, you know, oh, I went and saw the Indigo Girls in red rocks, like 1992, 93. And I just. It was such a good concert. He's like, I love the Indigo Girls. And I was. Was like, you don't love the Indigo. And he started singing like a deep cut from one of the albums and we harmonized for a bit.
Will Arnett
And I was like, he's singing like a songbird.
Amy Adams
Right, guys? I was like, we're going to be best friends. We're going to have so much fun.
Will Arnett
Put your number in my phone right now.
Amy Adams
We like the same things. It was a lot, but just.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. I mean, we are all of us just talking about it. I feel like we're the closer we are to find. You know what I mean?
Amy Adams
Yes, exactly. That's a deep cut, but yes, Cape Fear. Patrick's great. Javier is great.
Jason Bateman
I mean. Yeah. What a sick cast for it being
Amy Adams
so, like, challenging and difficult, like content wise and sort of the physicality. It was so much fun. And shot in Atlanta. I shot with a lot of your crew from Ozark, I believe.
Will Arnett
Yeah, I think they recovered.
Jason Bateman
They were able to recover.
Will Arnett
Amanda Marsalis, I think, directed an episode or two. Yeah, she did too.
Sean Hayes
I just Worked with her.
Amy Adams
She loves it.
Will Arnett
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Oh, we like Amanda. She's really nice. I like her.
Amy Adams
Yeah, she was.
Will Arnett
No. I can't wait to see that show. I've watched the trailer a couple of times. It looks fantastic. It does look like a lot of night shoots, which. Yeah, you know, I'd have an issue
Amy Adams
with, you know, but there's a lot of. A lot of night shoots.
Jason Bateman
Or is it more splits?
Will Arnett
Yeah, maybe we can just tent.
Amy Adams
Honestly, it was. It was challenging. We couldn't block shoot because we had a lot of directors. So it was challenging like that. Cause we could never block shoot. So it was a lot. It wasn't.
Sean Hayes
So for Tracy, Jay or Amy. Explain what block shooting means.
Amy Adams
Yeah, Jason, you do it.
Will Arnett
Yeah, yeah. You shoot out. Like, if all the scenes that take place in this one particular location, no matter what episode they're in, we're gonna shoot them all in a row so that we never have to come back to this location.
Sean Hayes
So you can knock out that location.
Jason Bateman
It's cheaper for budgetary reasons.
Will Arnett
Yeah, right. Right.
Amy Adams
Yeah. When I did Sharp Objects, we did a lot of block shooting, and that was nice.
Will Arnett
Another great project. I mean.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, no kidding.
Sean Hayes
I know. It's amazing. Your resume.
Will Arnett
You're doing okay.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, you're doing okay.
Will Arnett
You are. You are.
Jason Bateman
You are at the tip top of what you do. You're so, so good at everything. You've never. And we talk about. There are very few people. You're one of those people. And we talk. John Goodman. We hold up as the gold setter. I always tell. Never a bad performance, no matter what you do. Never a bad performance. And there's still time. No, no. Amy, you're so good. You're so talented. Well, do you.
Will Arnett
Do you allow yourself to. This is a tough question to answer, but do you?
Jason Bateman
We've had more of her time than we were allowed, but go ahead.
Will Arnett
Oh, shit. We are over.
Amy Adams
Sorry. You can cut a lot of my stuff out. You guys can. No, no, no.
Will Arnett
We're gonna let you go, but do you allow yourself to sort of like, say, hey, you know, I've done all right, and I'm, like, only halfway done. And I thought maybe I was just gonna. To, you know, going to just sing and dance in front of Mom.
Jason Bateman
Don't say halfway. That's because she's going to be exhausted.
Will Arnett
No, but I mean, it's. It's really, really impressive what you've done and what you will continue to do, and you're still ascendant. And I just.
Amy Adams
It's. Well, you know, I adore you and I'm just grateful. Like, I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm. I'm just grateful. I think, like, I'm 51 now and I think being in my 50s is the greatest. I'm so grounded and I just feel grateful and kind of open to whatever. Whatever comes. And grateful for what I've been able to do. And it's a great time of reflection shows and Jason, I will say, I think this is the longest I've ever talked to you because you're normally ducking out of parties.
Jason Bateman
Oh, wow.
Sean Hayes
That doesn't sound like him.
Jason Bateman
Let's get into that.
Amy Adams
So I'm so excited to get to talk to you.
Will Arnett
Both these boys know. You know, I go out and then. And then it's time to go home.
Amy Adams
No, you're smart.
Will Arnett
Yeah. It's time to get into bed.
Sean Hayes
Like Jay always says, there's a window of energy. And once that energy's up, that's it.
Amy Adams
That's smart.
Will Arnett
Well, I'm an introvert. And also, I don't drink anymore. And so it's like it's usually the last two hours at the party. You gotta have a little in you. Otherwise the stuff that's being talked about is just not that interesting.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Will Arnett
And the stuff ain't that funny.
Amy Adams
I'm usually the last person there talking about that. Not interesting, that.
Will Arnett
Can I top that off for you?
Sean Hayes
No, no, no.
Amy Adams
I'm. Anymore. I'll be leaving. I'll be leaving at the same time. I'm too tired. I'm just tired.
Jason Bateman
Word to the wise, if you run into Jason in a social setting, just make sure you have a bunch of stuff loaded just to try to keep him interested because he doesn't want to talk to you. Sounds like a really great guy, doesn't he? Self involved. Jesus Christ. Sometimes you do it for other people, not just for you, you dick. God, you've had so much given to you. You've had so much attention and shit given to your whole life. Why don't you fucking give back to other people? Noblesse oblige.
Will Arnett
All right, let's ask some questions.
Jason Bateman
Amy Adams, what a pleasure. You're just a delight. I love you. You're so great. And thank you so much. We can't wait for Cape Fear on Apple tv. It's fantastic. And we just. Just continued success. You're just the great.
Amy Adams
Oh, thanks, guys. Thanks for having me on. I can talk to you guys for hours.
Sean Hayes
Likewise.
Will Arnett
Hugs and kisses to Darren.
Amy Adams
Yeah. To Amanda and the girls.
Sean Hayes
Well, as well thank you, honey.
Will Arnett
Thank you.
Jason Bateman
Byebye.
Will Arnett
Thanks, Amy.
Jason Bateman
Bye. Bye.
Will Arnett
Bye, bye, bye, bye. Double A right there. I married to a double A. Manda.
Amy Adams
Yeah.
Will Arnett
Amy Adams.
Sean Hayes
That's right. Two A's. Two A's. And she's. She's. What a career. Every single thing you guys remember. I'm like, oh, that's right. Oh, that's right. Oh, my God, that's right.
Jason Bateman
I mean, everything's quality. Everything's quality always.
Will Arnett
And even if it's not, she's the best thing in it. I mean, it's like she's just. She's. It never sucks.
Jason Bateman
No, that's what. That's what. Like, it's a very. That's a rare, rare error.
Will Arnett
Yeah, we all clank it every once in a while, but I don't. I think she's either buried the things that she hasn't been good in, or she's just never been bad.
Sean Hayes
Remember night? Did you guys see Night?
Jason Bateman
I never saw it.
Will Arnett
I saw the trailer and I thought that would. That looks cool.
Sean Hayes
I like that moment. Just looking. I'm just pulled up all her stuff because I'm like, I can't believe it's.
Will Arnett
It's awesome.
Jason Bateman
Oh, when you look at her. When you look at her things, it's amazing.
Sean Hayes
Oh, she watches. I was gonna ask what musical she was in. She was in into the Woods, and in a 2013 Interview magazine piece, she said she watched Bye Bye Birdie with her dad, who's a huge Ann Margret fan. But she's never done that show. But it's a great title.
Will Arnett
Oh, yeah. I was gonna say I was surprised you didn't use Bye Bye Birdie for the goodbye, but it sounds like you might be doubling back.
Jason Bateman
Well, it's one of those things. Look, look, you know what? He didn't. But everything happens for a Reese's, you know?
Will Arnett
There, see? Told you. Well, there's a re. There's a Re up coming Will's way.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, you mean a Reese is up, you guys. So if you haven't already, get out and bye. Smart nice. Smart less. Smartless is 100% organic and artisanally handcrafted by Bennett Barbico, Michael Grant, Terry and Rob Amjarf. Smart Less.
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Hosts: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Guest: Amy Adams
In this episode, the hosts are joined by multi-award-nominated actress Amy Adams for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious, candid, and insightful. Spanning her unconventional upbringing, celebrated filmography, approach to acting, on-set stories, and reflections on family and career, this episode offers both fans and the uninitiated a genuine and lively portrait of one of Hollywood’s most versatile talents.
[02:15–09:00]
“I literally said to the stranger...I never normally would wear this...and I just ran to my car. I was like, what a tool.”
(Jason Bateman, 04:23)
[09:12]
“I’m fine with poop talk. Absolutely.”
(Amy Adams, 09:22)
[12:00–16:00]
“My dad was a performer...played in bars...he had all these synths and a foot synthesizer—he would wear fancy socks and play the foot synthesizer.”
(Amy Adams, 13:59)
[16:04–20:00]
[25:23–28:40]
“I was sitting there going, you need to calm your pulse rate...the more you struggle, the faster you’re going to bleed...A year later, [he] walks up to me in a restaurant—‘it’s you.’ And he had his son with him. It was so crazy.”
(Amy Adams, 27:13)
[29:34–31:25]
[44:10–45:12]
[09:56–13:04; 39:36–41:06]
“Not since ‘The Sixth Sense’...has a movie ending just blown your mind. All the flashbacks were actually flash-forwards!”
(Sean Hayes, 10:19)
“Getting to sit through the rehearsals with them was…my entire actor training.”
(Amy Adams, 39:41)
[32:10–34:32; 52:02–53:01]
[33:51–35:25; 54:28–55:18]
[35:55–38:41]
“I forgot how to act. I’m just not at all nervous because of all the stuff...I grew up on this. I have to now get out of my, like, dorky fangirl place and go into professional actor."
(Amy Adams, 37:36)
[41:41–43:54]
[48:05–61:36]
“I'm 51 now and I think being in my 50s is the greatest. I'm so grounded...and kind of open to whatever comes.”
(Amy Adams, 61:09)
[56:01–59:53]
Amy on acting:
“I really don't know. I've always just been...plugged into characters—how and why and what motivates them…”
(41:37)
On “Enchanted”:
“I’m not that person...But I read that one and was like, well, this is mine...I really understood that world and the duality of her.”
(48:45)
On “Star Wars”:
“I was so nervous the first day of working. Like, I forgot how to act...I grew up on this.”
(37:36)
Reflecting on career and aging:
“I'm just grateful. I think, like, I'm 51 now and I think being in my 50s is the greatest. I'm so grounded and I just feel grateful and kind of open to whatever.”
(61:09)
The hosts wrap by unanimously praising Amy Adams’s “never a bad performance” streak, with reminders of her humility, courage, and continuous growth. Amy reciprocates the love, emphasizing gratitude and openness to whatever her future brings.
Recommended For:
Film buffs, Amy Adams enthusiasts, creatives of any stripe, and anyone who appreciates candid, warm, and funny conversations about art, career, and finding yourself.
[Summary by SmartLess Episode Summarizer — June 2026]