There were those two, and then there were classics like “Mony Mony” and “What I Like About You” by The Romantics. Paul: MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” was pretty popular, and Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy” was a huge crowd pleaser. What records were you playing that got the girls and boys on the floor? I was in the back expediting and making salads. Paul: I was working in the kitchen at a Bennigan’s. Were you doing the waiting tables thing, then? I had as much false confidence as I possibly could muster, because my parents told me as a young kid that I could be anything I wanted to be – and I actually believed them. Nobody in my family did this, but it felt normal to me because I was pursuing what I wanted to do. I lived in Kansas and then California and then went back to Kansas. Paul: Well, I wasn’t born in Kansas City I was born here. What was it like to come from Kansas City and head to New York to become an actor? I’m much more aware of it having friends that went to those schools and even having young kids and seeing how they’re being groomed for these schools. Living in New York City, I’m certainly much more aware of it now. I was just out to lunch when it came to all that stuff. I didn’t apply to any of those schools – mainly because I know I wouldn’t have gotten in. I think there are people who grow up in a family where it’s like, “If you don’t get into Harvard or Yale or Princeton, you’re done!” I think that’s craziness. Tina: I wasn’t growing up in some kind of private-school world where it was expected of you to try to get into an Ivy League school or something. Oh god, did I just say that?Ĭan you relate to the admissions process? The challenge is just bringing the material to life. (Laughs) That you buy me in the part and it works in the context of the story, and that the conflict seems legit and the character is not one-dimensional – all those things that I think kind of existed in the script. Paul: Just doing it – that was the challenge. There were certainly scenes that were more emotional than anything I have ever had to do before. Tina: For me, it was just trying to do a good job of what I felt was the dramatic arc of the movie. What did you see as the biggest challenge of taking on these characters? What does he have to say about that important message of self-love and acceptance, then? Surely something gay, right? In goofy Rudd-style, just what you’d expect: “Lily Tomlin’s in it!” he quips with his sly smirk, referring to the comedian’s role as Fey’s mother. It’s really true,” he says, reflecting on the increasingly gay apex of his career at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, seated next to Fey. Rudd’s career started, and still is, just as queer: besides “Clueless,” he starred as Jennifer Aniston’s best gay pal in “The Object of My Affection.” And that’s just the beginning of his homo happenings. That’s the message: Just be who you are,” says Fey, a GLAAD winner for “30 Rock” who recounted her gay musical-theater origins in her “Bossypants” memoir. That formal outward acceptance shouldn’t be valued as much.
Two of the most charismatic, gay-loved actors team up for the March 22 release “Admission,” about a college admissions officer (Fey) and her could-be biological son who she meets through an old classmate (Rudd). They say dreams come true, and that one where Tina Fey and Paul Rudd act (and shower) together on the big screen – it’s really happening.
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