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Who doesn't love Anne Hathaway?
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Thank you for coming back.
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But you know when you have a moment, you're just like, oh, I'm going to remember that forever.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Yeah, there you go.
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It just happened.
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Come on.
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The roots.
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Thank you.
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Hi, everybody.
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Thank you for playing Reverse Charades with me.
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You're a great partner.
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Thank you.
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You're a great partner.
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I mean, are you competitive when you play games?
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Do you play games at home?
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I don't mean to be.
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I don't mean to be.
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But then you saw over there, I was like, no, it's just a nice, friendly game.
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And then the last, I'm like, but the points are on.
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Like, it's on.
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Like, something...
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Let's go.
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I want to win this.
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now.
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Why?
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Kids.
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Yeah.
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I think maybe being competitive is genetic.
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Because my kids are, like, they're competitive, too.
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And it turns out motherhood has softened me, and I like to watch them win.
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Yeah.
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My kids are very competitive, too.
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My one daughter is, yeah.
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The other one doesn't really care.
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It's like, it's fun, it's all good, but the other one really wants to win.
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And I don't throw the games, you know?
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I just go.
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I really...
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And I play for money, too.
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Are you...
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Is there a party game that you're especially good at?
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No, I mean...
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You know, I was playing a game last...
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We play a lot of Pokemon, and we play a lot of Trouble and Sorry.
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But there is a game last...
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I was working last week, and I was on set, and we were just passing the time.
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And have you seen one of that movie trivia game where it's cards and it just asks you questions?
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Oh, yeah.
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I've seen, like, they have a bunch of quizzes, like sports and movies.
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And I was just having one of those, like, runs where I couldn't miss.
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Like, I just knew.
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And I was, like, surprising myself.
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And it was like...
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Well, you know your stuff.
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You know movies.
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I didn't...
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I mean, apparently, I do.
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And then I got to this one question, and they were like, Oh, okay, so junior executive assistant in Devil Wears Prada.
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I'm just like, Emily Blunt.
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And they were like, No.
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And it wasn't her.
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It was me.
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So...
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I was gonna say, wait.
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But I was genuinely confused.
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I was like, Wait, but it's her.
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It is.
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That was me, but I'm the...
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That's wild.
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See, when it comes to you, do you ever do you kind of do a project and then you kind of block it out of your mind or no?
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You just it just so happens you.
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I don't know.
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I'm not huge on looking back.
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It is kind of funny when like, because, you know, I was in this movie when I was 17 years old called The Princess Diaries.
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Yeah.
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I watch you all the time.
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To this day, I watch you all the time.
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My family loves you.
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We love you.
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Yeah, they love you so much.
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I love that it's become kind of one of those family touchstones.
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So, anyway, people quote it to me all the time, and I don't know what they're talking about.
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I have seen it in a minute.
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But, Devil Wears Prada, I recently saw a photo of you and Anna Wintour.
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You made your kind of Broadway debut together in Gutenberg, the musical.
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You guys stood up.
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There she is.
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Did the crowd go nuts?
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So, by the way, I have to say, that's Josh Gad.
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And that's Andrew Reynald's book.
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Dear friends.
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And they're so brilliant in the show.
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It was really next level.
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And at the end of the show, they invite two people up on stage.
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And so they said my name first, and the audience had a very nice reaction.
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And then they said Anna's name, and it was like, Rockstar.
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Really?
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Yeah, Rockstar.
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Because you don't really see Anna do many things that are outside of her.
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Wear a trucker hat.
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Yeah, exactly.
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You never see Anna Wintour from Vogue wear a trucker hat.
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That's correct, yeah.
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But everyone just went nuts.
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She's also a New York icon.
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So I think if she shows up at a pizzeria.
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Yeah, she's a New York icon.
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She's a worldwide icon.
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She's a worldwide icon.
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She's everything.
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Is she fun to share the stage with?
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Yeah, yeah, really, really fun.
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And just she's been incredibly sweet to me, and I'm just very grateful for her relationship.
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She's so cool.
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She's so cool.
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Do you get nervous around?
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I get a little nervous.
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I absolutely do.
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You do?
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I have less to lose because I'm never going to be on the cover of Vogue, so I don't have nothing to worry about.
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But she likes me, and we've been friends for a long time, so I kind of I'm comfy around her.
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I don't mean to.
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I try to keep it comfy.
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I try to keep it cozy, but inside my heart, I just respect her so much.
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I'm just like that.
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But I feel very comfortable around you.
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Yeah, I'm good.
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I should be.
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You should be.
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I'm your bud.
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No, please.
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I totally got the respect and also the dig at the same time.
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So it was perfect.
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That's how well I know you.
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That's how cozy I am.
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Yeah, exactly.
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You know, I saw you, by the way, I was going to say on Broadway, but it wasn't.
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It was Shakespeare in the Park.
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You were there?
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Yeah, I came to see you.
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Absolutely.
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I'm a big fan.
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Yeah.
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You did that.
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Were you nervous?
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I feel really bad about the dig now.
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You better keep digging me.
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Are you kidding me?
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Please, if you don't laugh at yourself, then come on.
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I saw you, and it was at the...
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-"Felfth Night at the Delacorte." -"Delacorte Theater." You were amazing.
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Do you get nervous?
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Does anything go wrong?
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Nothing went wrong when I saw you.
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-"Nothing went wrong?
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Thank goodness." No, you were perfect.
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-"Well, so the Delacorte Theater is an outdoor theater in Central Park, and so...
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-"You were doing Shakespeare." -"Doing Shakespeare, and it rained almost every night.
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And so, but it's kind of amazing, because every night, the last line of the show, which we actually sang was, For the Rain It Raineth Every Day.
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And so the audience at that moment always burst out laughing, and the whole show was so joyful.
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I had such a wonderful time.
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But one night something, I don't know if it went wrong, but something happened.
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And so there's this scene, my character Viola, she comes onto the stage and I knew that the line was funny, but I couldn't figure out how to make it funny.
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So every night I was just trying something, just anything I could think of.
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And I was like, you know, go out there, audience wouldn't laugh, and I was like, tomorrow.
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And then one night I went out there and I said the line and just the house went down.
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You killed it.
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Killed.
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And I was like, oh, I found it.
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This is such a good feeling.
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And I just like, and so then of course I leaned into it because you do.
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And so I lean into it and I'm just, the audience is losing their minds.
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I look into the wings, the cast is losing their minds.
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I'm high-fiving myself in my head.
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I'm just like, I've arrived, this is happening.
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And I get off stage and I'm just like, well, and they go, did you see the raccoons?
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And I'm like, the what?
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And then they just go behind you.
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As soon as you came on stage, a family of raccoons came out.
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They were so cute.
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Couldn't focus on the scene because the raccoons were so cute.
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So I was like, well, actually, high-five to the raccoons.
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See?
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That's it.
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You got to work with everybody.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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You play well with others.
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Let's talk about the idea of you.
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Oh, my gosh, buddy.
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The trailer alone has gotten over 125 million views.
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It crushed.
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Broke the record.
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Most-watched trailer of any streaming movie in history.
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Can we set up what the movie's about?
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Oh, sure, sure.
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The story is about Solène Marchand, who is a woman who lives in Silver Lake.
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She's a gallery owner.
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She's a mom.
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And she's got this really wonderful life, and she unexpectedly meets the lead singer of the biggest boy band in the world, a 24-year-old young man named Hayes Campbell.
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Yeah.
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And he thinks she's kind of great.
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And so the story is about how they fall in love.
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Yeah, because you're just a mom, and you're chaperoning this thing.
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And you go to this thing, and then you see this boy band.
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I love hearing you describe my movie.
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Just a mom and this thing.
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Yeah, your mom and this thing, that's how I describe it.
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I just, mom, you're just chaperoning, like a Coachella type of thing, like a giant outdoor festival thing.
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And the biggest boy band in the world, and then the lead singer.
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Oh, yes, so my character, my daughter's off watching St.
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Vincent.
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And because she doesn't like the boy bands anymore.
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She liked them in seventh grade.
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But anyway, I have an backstage pass, so I'm an all-access thing.
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I have to go to the bathroom.
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Somebody tells me where the trailers are.
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I go, and I walk into the wrong trailer.
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Yeah.
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And the rest is hijinks ensues.
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Remind me of the actor who plays the lead singer.
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Nick Galatine.
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Oh, man.
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You guys have great chemistry.
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Did you know when he was auditioning, you go, oh, this is the guy?
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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No, as soon as he...
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I actually burst out laughing when he walked in because...
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Has anybody here read the book?
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No, we don't read.
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Well, you should.
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It's fabulous.
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It's fabulous.
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It's the Tonight Show, yeah.
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You want to go...
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You want to go over to Stephen Colbert if you want to get people to read books.
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Lame.
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Well, you have an awesome book in store for you.
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It's written by...
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Lame-o.
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We do Audible here.
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We do that.
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We can do that count.
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I think it's time for you to date me to get me back.
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Yeah, I know.
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Okay, so...
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It's based on this book.
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What's a book?
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Yeah.
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Too late.
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No, too late.
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But this is based on the big best-selling book.
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Okay, well, the book does have a fan following somewhere.
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And anyway, and I think the book's incredible.
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And Hayes Campbell is so beautifully written in the book.
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And so we knew that we just really needed to find someone really special.
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And he walked in.
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And I just thought, oh, that's Hayes Campbell.
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And that was almost two years ago.
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And now Nick and I have become really good friends.
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And it's opened up in this beautiful way.
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It's really great.
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I want to show everyone a clip.
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Here's Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You.
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Take a look.
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Hi again.
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Are you a part of that ASMR community that gets off on listening to people pee?
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No, I wasn't.
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Because I don't think you can just go around assuming.
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It's actually my trailer.
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What?
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It's not literally mine.
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You know, I don't own it.
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This is your trailer?
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Yeah, I'm in the band.
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We're performing on the main stage.
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And now I'm...
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I'm...
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Hayes Campbell.
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August Moon?
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Yeah.
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Well, I absolutely know who you are.
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Um, anyway, I'll...
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Yeah, come on.
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You know how to do it.
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Anne Hathaway, everybody.
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The Idea of You begins streaming on Prime Video this Thursday.
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We'll be right back with Melanie Linsky.
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Take a round, everybody.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey!
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About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Anne Hathaway Forgets The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada Details, Chats The Idea of You" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

How to Practice Effectively on ShadowingEnglish

  1. Choose your video: Pick a YouTube video with clear, natural English speech. TED Talks, BBC News, movie scenes, podcasts, or IELTS sample answers all work great. Paste the URL into the search bar. Start with shorter videos (under 5 minutes) and content you find genuinely interesting — motivation matters.
  2. Listen first, understand the context: On your first pass, keep the speed at 1x and just listen. Don't try to repeat yet. Focus on understanding the meaning, picking up new vocabulary, and noticing how the speaker stresses words, links sounds, and uses pauses.
  3. Set up Shadowing mode:
    • Wait Mode: Choose +3s or +5s — after each sentence plays, the video pauses automatically so you have time to repeat it out loud. Choose Manual if you want full control and press Next yourself after each repetition.
    • Sub Sync: YouTube subtitles sometimes appear slightly ahead or behind the audio. Use ±100ms to align them perfectly so you can follow along accurately.
  4. Shadow out loud (the core practice): This is where the real work happens. As soon as a sentence plays — or during the pause — repeat it out loud, clearly and confidently. Don't just mouth the words: mirror the speaker's exact rhythm, stress, pitch, and connected speech. Aim to sound like a shadow of the speaker, not just a word-by-word recitation. Use the Repeat feature to drill the same sentence multiple times until it feels natural.
  5. Scale up the challenge: Once a passage feels comfortable, push your limits. Increase speed to <code>1.25x</code> or even <code>1.5x</code> to train high-speed language reflexes. Or set Wait Mode to <code>Off</code> for continuous shadowing — the most advanced and rewarding mode. Consistent daily practice of 15–30 minutes will produce noticeable results within weeks.

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