Amy Poehler Does Not Have Time For Your Cute Interview Nonsense
As The Hollywood Reporter just found out.
This coming weekend (Monday morning, our time), your best friends Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be hosting the Golden Globes, the second straight time they’ve been entrusted with the duties following last year’s GIF-tastic performance. Maybe the duo are currently overworked, maybe they’re feeling a little stressed, or maybe Amy Poehler just doesn’t ever have time to play your annoying, cutesy showbiz nonsense, as this overnight interview with The Hollywood Reporter showed.
Some of her more memorable answers included:
What is the worst pitch you’ve ever been given for an awards show joke?
Poehler: You think I’m going to tell you a bad idea for a joke? You’re f—ing crazy. No!
NBC is now the Sound of Music network. Are you getting any pressure to do the whole show as a live musical number?
Poehler: OK, I see what you’re doing, you’re going to set up jokes. I’m not falling for that. I didn’t say any of that. I’ve worked at NBC for 12 years so I’m happy they had a successful night of TV.
A challenge: $1,000 if both of you wear Amy Adams’ plunging blouse thing fromAmerican Hustle.
Poehler: Oh eww, I don’t want to even answer this question. Pass. Next.
There was some carping about Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar hosting performance last year. What did you think of the “boobs” song?
Poehler: It’s so hard to host. I don’t want to comment on anybody else’s performance. Why would you think that we would say anything about anybody’s performance if we’re getting ready to do our own? It’s a hard to job to host anything. Period.
After a lot of public criticism, SNL has added an African-American women to the cast. Do you think that criticism was warranted?
Poehler: Ugh, I don’t want to talk about this. Pass.
Last year you invented a Golden Globes drinking game for us. Are there any new categories this year?
Poehler: So now I’m just writing a joke for you that I might want to use for the show. How about this for a drinking game? Every time I drink, everybody at home should drink. And if Bryan Cranston speaks, everybody has to do a little bit of meth. Just a touch, because that’s all you need, just a touch.
The full interview — which was inter-cut with a few more, uh, conciliatory answers from Tina Fey — also featured some funny Poehler quotes about drunk Glenn Close and how everyone in Hollywood is on beta blockers, so she wasn’t totally mad, just naturally boss-like, to paraphrase Rick Ross. Also, that new drinking game sounds pretty enjoyable.