Sarah Silverman & John C. Reilly Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, I'm John C. Reilly.

And I'm John C. Reilly.

I'm Sarah Silverman.

The Wired Autocomplete Interview now commences.

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Do we have to say it like that?

Autocomplete Interview.

Is Sarah Silverman Canadian?

There is no way that's the first thing that comes up.

It's the first thing that comes up when you're in Canada.

I am not Canadian, but I am from New Hampshire

which is very close to Canada.

We could drive to Canada.

[John] Is Sarah Silverman a vegan?

I'm a vegetarian.

I'm not quite vegan.

I eat dairy and I eat eggs except for sometimes

if I think about eggs too much.

I grew up in farm country and the neighboring farm,

my dad took me to pick out our Thanksgiving turkey

and I picked it out and watched me,

the one I pointed to get slaughtered.

Oh god.

And I couldn't believe that's how meat was made

and that was it. Way to go, dad.

I know. I was like dad, what were you thinking?

He goes I have no [beeping] idea.

Is Sarah Silverman a Disney Princess?

Why yes I am.

Vanellope von Schweetz is a princess

who is Jewish which we never really we talked about,

but I asserted on Twitter and then it just became canon.

She's a Disney princess who has an attainable waist

and wears comfortable clothes.

An attainable waist.

That's something I've always wanted.

Is Sarah Silverman in School of Rock?

You know I am.

Why do you keep asking?

You know she is.

Google it.

Is Sarah Silverman in Stranger Things?

Yeah.

I don't know the answer to this.

I play the little girl. I play the bald girl.

Seven, 11?

I've never seen Stranger Things.

Seven.

I'm not in Stranger Things.

That's Winona Ryder, but also another Jewish girl, woman.

Alright.

I like how you say Why-nona, like the country girl.

How did John C Reilly meet Will Ferrell?

Great, great question.

Well I had just done a movie with Molly Shannon

called Never Been Kissed.

I was visiting with Molly in New York

and she's like you'd really like this guy

I'm on Saturday Night Live with

and we met on the west side highway

and I just remember staring up at those eyes going

I feel connected to this man somehow

and the rest is history, movie history.

How did John C. Reilly get famous?

I would say you're a beautiful totally unique

singular actor and no one can do what you do.

What she said.

How many awards does John C. Reilly have?

Not nominated for. None.

I don't have any awards.

I have a lot of nominations.

Awards are, whatever, it's fine.

I don't need an award.

We've learned that in the first movie.

Ralph doesn't really need a medal to feel validated.

Nice. Yeah.

Brought it back around.

Did John C. Reilly really play the drums in Step Brothers?

Yes I did.

Yes, I really did play the drums in Step Brothers.

Next question.

Did John C. Reilly write the songs in Walk Hard?

Great question.

I didn't write the songs.

I wrote some of them.

I participated in the lyrics for a lot of the songs,

but we have this amazing collection of songwriters.

There's Mike Viola, Dan Bern, Marshall Crenshaw,

Lawton Wayne Wright III, but I participated on some of them

and got nominated for a Grammy.

Did John C. Reilly die?

Oh. No.

That's a terrible question.

Can you prove it?

I mean I will one day, I'm sad to say,

but I have not so far.

Okay Sarah, we're gonna go speed round.

Are you ready? Okay.

Yes, speed round.

We're gonna try to answer this next round

as fast as possible.

What is Sarah Silvemran like in real life?

Nice.

What is Sarah Silverman's, what's your birthday?

December first.

[John] What is Sarah Silverman up to?

Nothing much.

What does Sarah Silverman do?

That's a very general question.

I do a lot of sleeping.

I like to watch television and I write and act.

Happy?

What does Sarah Silverman eat?

This is a repeat question.

Give me some cheese and avocado.

Did I say cheese?

Some crackers.

Yeah.

But not meat.

Thank you. Not meat.

[Sarah] Where is John C. Reilly from?

Chicago, Illinois.

[Sarah] Where did John C. Reilly go to high school?

Brother Rice High School.

I'm a south side of the city of Chicago.

Where did John C. Reilly grew up?

I grew up on the south side of Chicago.

See question number one.

I got some more answers for you.

Watch this.

[John] Was Sarah Silverman ever on Seinfeld?

Yes.

I was the one with the jimmy legs.

Kramer's girlfriend.

I think my name was Emily.

Wow, that's cool.

Was Sarah Silverman in Star Trek Voyager?

I sure was.

Rain Robinson.

Scientist in a half shirt.

Were you one of the weird like Ferengi with the ears?

No, I was from Planet Earth.

They crashed down into 1997 and yeah.

Was Sarah Silverman?

Made one of the guys on camera,

made out with another one of the guys off camera.

That's a scoop.

Could not tell you either of their names.

Was Sarah Silverman on Friends?

No.

I auditioned for it once and that was the first time

I was really starstruck.

Peter Bonerz.

What is John C. Reilly's height?

6'1 and a half.

6'1 and a half.

You read 6'2.

I know, I know.

Alright, what is John C Reilly's age?

Ooh that's a tough one.

53 years old.

53 years young.

Yeah that's right.

You're the youngest you're ever gonna be.

I thought that would be helpful.

It's kind of depressing.

What is John C Reilly's first movie?

Casualties of War with Brian de Palma in 19 something.

A long time ago.

What is John C Reilly doing now?

I'm sitting right here with Sarah Silverman

answering these questions for Wreck-it-Ralph 2.

No. Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Yeah.

What does John C. Reilly say at the end of Magnolia?

Oh my gosh.

This is a really good question.

It was this monologue that Paul Thomas Anderson

wrote right before we shot it.

He's like here, I want you to say this to her

and it's this long beautiful monologue

about like if you wanna be with me, then be with me,

but I won't have you saying you're dumb

and you're stupid and saying all these bad things

about yourself because I love you

and I wanna be with you.

It was a beautiful thing.

It was a really beautiful well-written

little monologue about love.

That's what I said.

I love that movie and I love you guys' storyline the best.

Aw, so Sarah we just did the Wired Autocomplete interview

for the people out there in the internet.

That's right, John C.

See you in the movies.