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Julia Roberts & Dermot Mulroney Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

"Homecoming" stars Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. Is Julia Roberts the highest paid actress? Is she related to Emma Stone? How do you pronounce Dermot Mulroney? How tall is he? Julia and Dermot answer all these questions and more!

Released on 11/01/2018

Transcript

[laughing]

I'm Dermot, this is Julia,

and we're doing the WIRED Autocomplete.

Yep.

[laughing]

[light music]

I don't understand the game.

Okay, you can hold it here. Nobody told me the rules.

Okay, do I get to look at it? Okay, so. [light music]

Is Julia Roberts tall?

Julia Roberts is just right, she's five [mumbles].

I'm pretty tall.

I know, you wear tall.

Is Julia Roberts the highest paid actress

in this history of, oh, it's a long question,

in the history of all human kind?

The answer is yes. [laughing]

Is Julia Roberts related to Emma

Oh, Emma Stone?

wait, what? Wrong Emma.

I am... Are you?

I'm not.

Okay, sounds a little fishy.

Is Julia Robert English?

No, but she's very proper.

I am and I like tea.

She's from Georgia.

Make it sound like a slight.

No, no Georgia.

Well, Smyrna, Georgia.

Yeah. Yeah.

Is Julia Roberts related to Kyra Sedgwick?

Ah, we played sisters.

What was that in?

Something to Talk About.

Mmmm.

Lasse Hallstrom film.

Yeah, missed that one. Where my parents were

portrayed by Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands.

Ah... How cool is that?

Great actors.

Yeah. Wow, didn't see it.

What do you do with your free time?

I don't watch your movies.

[Julia shocked inhale]

I didn't see Pretty Woman until

2000 Last week.

No, in about 2005.

Is that true?

I never saw it? When even did it come out?

Like 1938.

Yeah. You're late to that party.

But I mean I already knew you when I saw it,

and I thought it was a terrific film, terrific.

[both laughs]

I didn't realize we'd learn so much

about each other today.

What does Dermot Mulroney look like?

Ugh.

I'm just kind of framing your face with this.

That's what he looks like.

You know I'm playing on a TV show right now,

Station 19.

And the young actor, Alberto Frezza,

looks a lot like me.

Hmmm. Yeah, you'd like him.

Good kid. I'll watch that in 12 years.

What TV show is Dermot Mulroney in?

Station 19,

Yeah. is one of them.

Also Arrested Development, New Girl, Old Story,

Homecoming, the list Can someone get me

a razor I need to shave

my legs again On and on.

What is Dermot Mulroney's real name?

Well, it's interesting, it is,

Alberto Frezza Thank you!

Yes, exactly.

What is Dermot Mulroney worth?

He's

Priceless. Priceless.

[both laughs with audience]

It's true. It is.

Who is Julia Roberts' mother and father?

Betty and Walter Roberts.

Awesome.

Betty, I never knew Walter.

Yeah.

Betty was a good friend of mine.

Who is Julia Roberts' best friend?

[quietly laughs]

It's what I was hoping she's say.

God there, for a second Read him like a book!

Weird little brief hesitation.

But if it had to be a girl, it would be Paige Sampson.

Who I grew up with.

Who does Julia Roberts look like?

Emma Roberts.

Yeah, that's true.

Oh, Juliette Binoche.

And I always think I see myself in magazines,

and it turns out I flatter myself

because it's Jennifer Garner.

Oh, she's beautiful, too.

Who is Julia Roberts' baby daddy?

Well that would mean I have a baby with someone

who I'm not married to.

Right.

N/A Not applicable.

Oh, N/A. N/A.

Is Dermot Mulroney Is Dermot Mulroney

is Dermot Mulroney.

I am.

Is you is?

Or is you ain't?

Is it Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney?

It, um

It's the one with the It's

It's Dermot Mulroney. Yeah.

Yeah.

Is Dermot Mulroney, ready?

Yes, barely.

Single?

No. No.

Is Dermot Mulroney Irish?

Dermot Mulroney?

No, I mean the name is deeply Irish.

Dermot Patrick Mulroney.

Can't get more Irish than that, people.

I mean I guess you could, actually,

quite easily But the Mulroneys

have been here for 150 years, so.

What's Julia Roberts

oh, doing now?

Not very well.

No, it didn't say how. Oh.

What does Julia Roberts look like now?

Maintaining

her

agreement with America.

Always be young and beautiful.

It's not that hard. What a nice thing to say!

Well, you are.

You're more than living Did I make an agreement

with the entire country?

More than living up to your end of the bargain, babe.

Okay, thank you.

What is Julia Roberts' middle name?

Oh. I know that one.

Yup, tell 'em.

It's Fiona.

Yup.

What was Julia Roberts' first movie?

[whispers] Satisfaction Why would anyone

Satisfaction.

That's the answer, that's the name of the movie.

Not how I'm feeling.

[laughs]

About that movie About getting

that answer right.

What does Julia Roberts eat?

Everything.

She has a great appetite.

I gotta tell you I've known Julia for a long time,

she won't eat onions, though.

Nope.

Ever, yeah.

Don't invite me over for onion soup.

That would be bad.

[laughs]

What is that sentence?

Well I'm just amazed that it's even spelled right.

Yes. Let me explain something.

You know they upgraded my phone.

It won't believe the word.

It's like the Google autospell,

the word Dermot, D-E-R-M-O-T.

What does it try to turn it into?

Tulip? Deem.

Huh.

D-E-E-M.

You have to talk to someone smarter than me about

this problem. I gotta go to

the top of Google and say, For real, it's a word.

Who is,

Who is

Dermot Mulroney? Dermot Mulroney?

Who isn't he?

He's the every man.

He's the man you go to for advice,

for good company.

Who did Dermot Mulroney?

[laughs]

I did. That's exactly

I have full credit for it.

Who did Dermot Mulroney

play in Friends? Play in Friends?

I played Gavin.

I learned this when they re-released Friends on Netflix.

Because I was suddenly being shouted at on the street.

Hey, Gavin!

I'm like who the [beep] is

Gavin? Tell your phone your name is

Gavin.

I could do that!

It knows how to spell Gavin.

You know why? Bing!

Cause it's a name.

Gavin, but Gavin shouldn't be a very popular name.

But it is a name and Google knows it.

Dermot is a name and Google doesn't know it.

Who is Dermot Mulroney's

father. Father.

Oh, Oh, what a nice question.

Mr. Mulroney. Yeah,

Michael Mulroney is my dad.

He's awesome.

My dear dad.

Yeah, he's doing great.

Who does Dermot Mulroney,

God, they can all be so misconstrued so easily.

Look like? Look like?

Jean Ball Belmondo.

Okay.

Who is Dermot Mulroney's wife?

Prima.

Prima.

Prima Mulroney.

How Julia Roberts,

can I meet Julia Roberts?

How can I meet Julia Roberts?

You can't. I'm telling ya

that nice young man came over from Philippines

and he met you.

Kenny, yeah.

Kenny.

You were so kind to him. Indonesia.

Indonesia, darn it.

How many languages can Julia Roberts speak?

Three.

Really, what are they?

I can't share that with you.

Oh, understood.

One of them might be Pig Latin.

Right.

Oh, we skipped one.

How does Julia Roberts curl her hair?

I have naturally curly hair.

Naturally curly hair.

Like Sally in Charlie Brown. Ah.

How

Old Julia Roberts Mystic Pizza?

I think I turned 20 on that movie.

Did you?

It's 30 years this weekend, somebody just told me that.

Incredible. Yeah.

Here's to you, babe.

How does Julia Roberts stay in shape?

Eat well.

Eat well.

Love of a good man. Healthy lifestyle.

Love of a good man.

Happiness, fulfillment.

No onions.

No onions. That's the trick.

They're very fattening.

How to pronounce Dermot Mulroney?

That's how.

It's so right when it's said right.

Dermot Mulroney.

How tall is Dermot Mulroney?

5'11 6

5'11 oh, and a half.

And a half.

How

So nice, 5'11.

How old is Dermot Mulroney?

Dermot Mulroney's birthday is in just over a week,

because it comes right after mine.

He will be only slightly older than me.

How did Dermot Mulroney get his scar?

I fell down when I was three and a half years old.

I was carrying a rabbit dish.

[Julia laughs]

And, you know it's a big night,

cause I got to feed the rabbits.

He's, I'm carrying

a rabbit dish Julia wasn't there.

Like he had, you know As much as she

Rabbit stew, in a bowl.

No, no, the rabbits were in a hutch in the backyard

and I was going in

Oh my God, my face!

That's how it happened.

[laughs]

I'm sure your mother enjoyed that moment.

[laughs]

Boy hitting It's my first memory

it was bloody.

My first memory is bloody.

I knocked my front tooth out.

How You're um, yeah.

My baby one. Your baby one,

these are real

How old is Dermot Mulroney's the real pearls.

wife?

It's funny you should ask.

She's 23 and 3/4. [Dermot laughs]

Can Julia Roberts sing?

Like an angel.

Can Julia Roberts win an oscar?

[beep] yeah.

Which Julia Roberts?

This one.

Oh, which,

Did Julia Roberts die?

No, that's not on there.

Which Julia Roberts character are you?

No, I think its,

means,

for you.

I'm rubber, you're glue.

Question's for you.

Okay.

Um.

I don't know.

Where Julia Roberts born?

Where Julia Roberts born?

Well, I was born in a little town called Smyrna.

Smyrna, Georgia.

Where does Julia Roberts go in Eat Pray Love?

Where do you,

Where does that take place?

I think some of it was in Tuscany.

I saw Eat Pray Love.

No, you didn't.

Yeah, I was in Rome.

Well, you know.

Did you doze off during the Eat part?

[audience laughs]

No, but It was kinda early.

Isn't there like a car driving through a vineyard?

I remember that, there was.

I think you're thinking of a Diane Lane movie.

[audience laughs]

maybe.

Oh yeah. Yeah, I think you are.

That was good.

Who does Julia Roberts look like?

Maybe Diane Lane.

[laughs]

I think we're having some breakthroughs here.

Where is Dermot Mulroney

From?

Oh.

Chicago.

Nah, I was born in Alexandria, Virginia.

Oh, whatever. I was born

in Washington D.C.

I was born in Tuscany.

Does Dermot Mulroney sing?

He is

an exemplary

musician.

Thank you.

How many instruments can you play?

Five. Many, five.

Dermot Mulroney, careful what you wish for.

Well, that's Oh, that's a name of a film.

I was like like that's kind of a foreboding thing.

Dermot Mulroney, careful what you wish for.

Trying to get a message to me.

That's how it came across to me.

No, it's a film that probably didn't get enough attention.

Let's not give it any more.

And so they were looking for it,

they couldn't get their hands on it.

In Roadhouse?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah I was. Were you?

Were you, really?

Were you Patrick Swayze?

I was.

Was Dermot Mulroney in Young Guns?

Yeah.

And Bad Girls.

Julia just saw Bad Girls

the other night, so Yesterday.

One of my

Not the other night, yesterday.

And how did I look?

[laughs]

You want me to really say what I said?

Yeah.

Well, gorgeous and like someone had ironed his face.

[both laughs]

Because you were so young.

[laughs]

We're never gonna be any younger than we are right now.

I know.

I'm aging by the moment.

I'm watching it.

[laughs]

Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney

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