Is “Pretty Bird” a drama?

Kristen: It’s listed as a comedy but its at least a dark comedy.

Is that a particular desire for you to work in drama after being in comedy for so long?

Kristen: Yes, definitely.  I hope that people will give me a chance to do that. I would love to.  Definitely would love to.

What attracted you to that project?  I know it’s about somebody who built a rocket belt.

Kristen: Rocket belt. Yeah.  The script was one of the best scripts that I had read and I literally was like I will do the smallest part in this movie.  I just loved it.  I met with Paul and he’s just an amazing artist.  He had this whole book of… kind of his vision of the movie and different scenes and how he wanted the feel to be and I just knew it was going to be an really incredible project.  Plus Paul Giamatti and Billy Cruddup you can’t go wrong with those.

Who directed that?

Kristen: Paul Snyder.

Is this your first film that you’ve been in that’s made it into Sundance?

Kristen: Yes.  It’s a huge dream of mine, so I’m really excited about that.

You’ve never been to Sundance before I take it?

Kristen: No.

Have fun.

Kristen: Thank you.  I hope I can go.

And I wanted to know, could you talk a little bit about working with Billy Cruddup because he’s so…he doesn’t do interviews.  He’s a very private person.  What was he like on-set?

Kristen: Not particularly private.  I mean, we’d joke around a lot and he was a normal kind of regular guy. He was really sweet.  We had to kiss in the movie and it was the first time I really had to have an on-screen like moment of passion.  He was very patient and good with me because I was nervous.

And if we could jump back into “Adventureland” for a second.  This is Matolla’s follow up to “Super Bad”.  Could you just talk a little bit more about the film and what he was like directing?  I know this was a passionate project for him.

Kristen: Yes, the script was really funny.  He’s a very actor friendly director.  He kind of wants to hear your take on things and I would love to be able to work with him again. He was just an easy, laid back, never got frustrated kind of guy.  And he’s super talented.  There you go.  I hope he hears that.

When you make a parody movie there’s an inference that you don’t think highly of the movie that it parodied.  How do you like things like “Walk the Line”?

Kristen: Oh, “Walk the Line” is one of my favorite movies of the year last year.  Was it last year or 2 years ago?

It was 2 years ago.

Kristen: Anyway, I really liked it. I love watching those movies.  I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends.  They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it.  I love those kinds of movies.

I think it’s a risk when you do parodies and the satire of “Saturday Night Live” is that people might assume you could be kind of a cynical person.

Kristen: Yeah, I think understanding that it’s not making fun of anything in particular but just taking a comedic look at things that most people think of as serious.  I never think if I do an impression of someone, I’m never making fun of them. I think this movie is just taking the very typical storyline that a lot of those movies have of just them being discovered at a young age and getting married and having lovers and the drugs.  I mean a lot of them really do follow that same storyline so I think that’s kind of what they took that and ran with it.

Have you ever met anybody that you’ve impersonated?

Kristen: Yeah, I have.  Drew Barrymore.  I did an impression of her on the show, but I love Drew Barrymore and she had a great attitude about it of course. She thought it was funny.  I think that’s it actually.

You were in the biggest sketch that probably “SNL” has ever done which is Dick in the Box.

Kristen: Yes, you’re the first person to ask me about that.

I’m curious when you were making it, did you know what it was and are you surprised by how many people—how that caught on?

Kristen: Yes and no.  I knew when I just heard the song that this was going to be…people were going to like it and laugh and showing up on-set and just seeing everyone’s costumes and the crazy set that we had.  I knew that I would think it was funny and you never expect the reaction that you really get.  This was like huge. So many people were that for Halloween. It was crazy. So I did expect it because I knew it was funny, but you never expect the level to which it goes.

Were you at a Halloween party where someone came in dressed like that?

Kristen: No, but I saw a lot of pictures of people.  I think Nick Lachey was…wasn’t he one?  Am I getting that wrong?

Nick in the Box.

Kristen: Nick in the Box, that’s good. Yes.

You were so good in “Knocked Up” and I was just wondering is Judd writing for you or do you go and read for him?

Kristen: Well, “Knocked Up” was the first time I ever worked with him so I auditioned for that role and Seth Rogan and I were improvising and they just told me to kind of do it a bunch of different ways and he hired me for that movie and then this movie I auditioned as well and went in and John was there.  I think he likes to see the chemistry too between the actors because John C. Reilly was there and we improvised for like 15 minutes and it was really fun.

Do you think that will be on the DVD?

Kristen: Oh God, I don’t know.  Maybe.

Are there any extra stuff that we’re going to see on the DVD that you remember?  Because the first cut of this movie was like 4 hours long.

Kristen: Oh yeah I’m sure because there was a lot of improvising I’m sure the DVD is going to be like—you’d give yourself a couple of days to watch it.

You’ve seen the movie, right?

Kristen: I have seen it, yes.

Is there anything that was cut that you’d hope would make it on the DVD?

Kristen: Maybe when we bust each other’s lips open.  Just seeing us go in and then recoil back and cover our mouths would be funny to see.  I’m sure there are other things but I don’t remember.

How close do you come on “SNL” to just breaking and losing it?

Kristen: I am determined not to do that.  I try very hard.  It’s really hard sometimes.  Also I know me that when I start laughing I’m like gone and I can’t recover.

Do you still have the fear when it’s about to start—that live TV—please don’t break?

Kristen: Yes, I do.  There’s a lot of biting of the inner lip on the side of my mouth when something’s very funny.  I just like bit the side of my mouth.

Who’s the worst at doing that?

Kristen: Of breaking?  I don’t know.  We don’t really do it that much.  We really try not to.

Who most often brings you to that point where you’re about to…?

Kristen: Will Forte hands down.  I laugh.  He just says one word and I laugh.