Leno : My next guest, a beautiful and talented young actress, who stars in
the popular series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You can also see her in
the number one movie in the country, Scream 2. Please welcome Sarah
Michelle Gellar.
Leno : Hey, it's nice to see you again.
Sarah : Thank you, it's nice to be here.
Leno : Alright. And congratulations on all your success, you've got a hit show and you've
got two new hit movies this year.
Sarah : Things are pretty good right now.
Leno : Things are pretty good. Now, you know Richard, right?
Sarah : Yes, Richard and I worked on All My Children together, about...I think it
was '95.
Leno : Oh, okay. That wasn't that long ago.
Sarah : Well I'm only twenty years old so, remind you, it's a couple of years ago
for me.
Leno : A good percentage of your life.
Sarah : Yes, it was quite a percentage.
Leno : Do we have a picture? I think we have a picture of you guys.
Sarah : Yes, I think we do have a picture.
Leno : Yeah, that's the old Richard there.
Sarah : That's the old Richard and the old Sarah.
Leno : Do you like the new testosterone Richard?
Sarah : I can't walk as cool as him though, because I was trying, he was teaching me,
but I...I don't, I'm not as cool as Richard, but...
Leno : Yeah, well that's okay.
Sarah : But I want...where are the canolis? I keep waiting for the canolis.
Leno : Oh, well they were here. I'll get you one...we'll get you one. Now you started
acting, really as a little kid right?
Sarah : I was four. I was four. I was eating in a restaurant and some woman came up
to me and said...you know, "do you want to be on TV?" And
I said, "yes, my name is Sarah Michelle Gellar, I live at..."
and I gave her my address. And I didn't know what I was doing.
Leno : Isn't that dangerous?
Sarah : You know, it probably wasn't the smartest thing...I don't do it anymore,
I did stop.
Leno : Now wait, where were you hanging out...were you by yourself at 4, just having
drinks at a bar?
Sarah : Ya know, I had had a really rough day and I was kicking back at the bar.
I was having a play date thank you. It was a play date.
Leno : Well who was the woman? Just a woman?
Sarah : She was an agent. And then she sent me on a movie audition a week later
and I got it and the whole time my mom's thinking, "that's nice
honey, go play." And I'm thinking, "no I'm going to be on
TV mom, really." And she's looking at me like I'm insane.
Leno : And what was the movie?
Sarah : It was called An Invasion of Privacy and it was with Valerie Harper, Richard
Masur, Jerry Orbach, Carol Kane, Jeff Daniels, it had an amazing cast.
Leno : Wow, that's pretty good. And what year would that be?
Sarah : Um...a long time ago year?
Leno : Like 1983, I'm doing the math.
Sarah : Was that when it was, '83?
Leno : It's really depressing, that that was...you were only four in 1983...
Sarah : I was four.
Leno : Alright. Ya know, we were lucky, I happen to have a clip of this movie, and here,
take a look, here we go.
Sarah : Oh my God.
Extrait de "Invasion of Privacy"
Leno : Awwww.... Awwww.....
Sarah : Aww...
Leno : And of course Valerie Harper, right?
Sarah : Yes, Valerie Harper played my mom.
Leno : Wow, that's pretty neat.
Sarah : It was an amazing experience.
Leno : Yeah, now did you, like...go a long period after that without working? Or
were you working pretty steady?
Sarah : I went right into the Burger King commercials after that and then it sort of,
I sort of fell into it and realized that it was something that I wanted
to do so I stuck with it.
Leno : Well now you're really busy, I mean, were you doing these two movies at the
same time you were doing the TV show?
Sarah : I finished Buffy and started I Know What You Did the week we finished Buffy and
then the day I finished I Know What You Did I started Scream 2, and
then I did Scream 2 and Buffy simultaneously.
Leno : Now, are you...are you like good at pressure, do you handle that well? Or
do you just go...
Sarah : Yeah, I'm fine, I handle pressure really well, I don't know what you're talking
about. Yes, um. I think the old saying "if you want something done,
get a busy person to do it" is sort of, you know, how you do it.
And I have my mishaps every once in awhile.
Leno : Now I heard, now see there was this thing around, you know these stories,
you see these things, that you were driving around in your underwear,
do you know what I'm talking about?
Sarah : Yeah, yeah, it was...it, it happened, it was...you see I had, it was, I guess
it was right around the time we were finishing the last episode last
year, and I was a little tired and I was getting out early on a Friday
night, which was rare, and so I made plans to go out, and I...in the
morning laid out my slip, and I laid out my dress and my boots and the
whole deal, and I got dressed and I'm driving to work and I had a convertible
at the time. And I'm driving down the 405 and I'm...getting all these
really weird looks, like cool looks, and I'm thinking, "I must
be looking good driving on the 405 today!" And, but like, just
guys, just really looking, and I sort of look down and I realize, "oh
my...I put my slip on...and I failed to put the rest of my outfit on."
So I like, I drive off the freeway, like...thank you.
(Le public crie...) (Sarah montre du doigt un membre du public) I think I saw you on the
freeway that morning. I, I drove off the freeway, and like put the top
of my car up and figured I'd pull up to my trailer, like right next
to, you know, right next to it, and I'd run in and put on a pair of
sweatpants, because I always keep sweatpants in there. But I ran into,
uh, our executive producer on the way, on the way in, and he's like
"get out of the car" and I was like, "I've got to make
a phone call" you know, "it's really important," and
he says "get out of the car." So I sort of stand up, kind
of doing one of these (elle se lève) like, "oh my."
And he just looks down and completely started laughing, and then made
me walk to set to show everyone how unbelievably tired I was.
Leno : Well that, I mean...I've never, does that happen? See these things never
happen to me.
Sarah : It almost happened to me today but thankfully I remembered, so.
Leno : No, see...I run into like, Dennis Franz when he forgets his un...it's never
someone like you.
Sarah : No, well I'll call you next time I forget my clothing
Leno : Are you surprised by the success of the Sc...this is the biggest movie opening
in December history, right?
Sarah : Ever, it's Miramax's biggest opening, it was 39.2 million.
Leno : That's pretty amazing.
Sarah : It was unbelievable.
Leno : Now we have a clip.
Sarah : Um...we have a clip of Scream 2?
Leno : Right, let's take a look.
Sarah : Okay. (elle tousse)
Leno : This is, this is you about to Scream I guess.
Extrait de "Scream 2"
Leno : Well that's great.
Sarah : We were at the premiere and all of the sudden you hear people yelling,
"don't answer the phone you stupid girl!" And I'm thinking...
Leno : Does that happen, do people yell at you in the movies?
Sarah : Oh, I haven't seen it in a theater theater but at the premiere, everybody
was, "don't be stupid, everybody knows you don't answer the phone."
Leno : Ha, ha, well there you go. Well, we're not going to tell what happens to
you, maybe you live, maybe you don't...we won't give it away.
Sarah : They haven't even told me yet.
Leno : No ? Well okay. Well congratulations on your TV show and come back and see
us anytime. Thank you Sarah. We'll be right back with Dale Midkiff after
this. Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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