Maya Rudolphknows that you know her.
Even if she’s not quite sure how you’re sure that it’s, you know, her.
the actress and comedian, 48, recalls.
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“And I went ‘Sure!
I’ll take one,’ but she wouldn’t hand it to me.
She was like, ‘No, do you want anAHHHP-puhl?'”
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Fans of that scatological 2011 smash are not hard to find.
“I remember whenTina [Fey]smelled it coming for Sarah Palin.
And for Harris, the pile of Maya memes in his inbox made it equally clear.
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Over Zoom from her L.A. home, Rudolph off duty radiates little of the VP’s polished power-boss energy.
“Knowing that there was a candidate that I resembled so much was so cool in and of itself.
This one feels like a superhero cape I get to don.”
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1 hit “Lovin’ You” and their L.A. home spilled over with itinerant artists and bohemians.
“We went on the road with my mom when we were babies,” Rudolph remembers.
“She was like, ‘You guys are coming with me.
I don’t like being away from you.’
I got a casino chip when I lost a tooth, and I loved it.”
So I’m just going to check some stuff out, and I’ll report back to myself.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, she fell in love with the stage.
And I said, ‘Because I love wearing wigs.'"
She rolls her eyes.
“Oh, that’ll do.
Yeah, that’s good, Maya.
I love wearing wigs.
“I just hadn’t figured him out yet.
(They recently releasedan all-star Netflix specialfor comedian of the moment Sarah Cooper.)
Then she took home one for playing Harris, too beating out her own guest turn onThe Good Place.
“Can’t my Emmy just say my name?
Now I have to explain what an orgasm is to a 7-year-old.")
Now when her schedule allows, she can just step into a sound booth.
“I love that there really is no limit,” she says.
“Some of my characters are monsters, some are dogs, some are just anyone.”
“As thoughThe Hangoverwas the film equivalent of, like, comedyCitizen Kane.
They are two completely different movies, guys!
“There’s something powerful in what she’s doing with Kamala,” Michaels says.
And I think Maya will be part of that.”
“It does feel like she’s one of my aunties,” she says of Harris.
She’s got this infectious joy and charisma, and she’s just so damn gorgeous.
I loved being able to hook onto that and play the confidence in that.
That’s a fun game.”
But a lady at least not one as creatively restless as Rudolph cannot live on in-season Saturdays alone.
“When I’m thinking positively, I love the idea,” she says.
“It sounds like a lot, but I’m taking it as it comes.”
“I’m all over the place,” she breaks off, laughing.
And that’s exactly where we want her.
For more on Maya Rudolph,order the March issueofEntertainment Weeklyor find it on newsstands beginning Feb. 19.
