Extended Interview: Amanda Seyfried

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

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4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this extended interview, the star of "Mean Girls" and "Mamma Mia!" talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the "emotional acrobatics" of working in films, including in "The Testament of Ann Lee", and her Oscar-nominated performance in David Fincher's "Mank". She also plays guitar and sings for us. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Vanta.
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0:28.9	This is Jane Pauley.
0:40.7	Actor Amanda Seifred has a lot going on, two new movies and a streaming series coming
0:47.0	up.
0:47.4	She tells Sunday mornings, Man in Hollywood, Ben Mankowitz, all about it.
0:54.4	I think the city life is great for a visit.
1:00.0	Full time for me, it was a little too much.
1:03.0	I grew up in the suburbs, and I think I always wanted land.
1:07.7	I think I just wanted space because space to me feels like safety.
1:12.6	I was looking for a place to call my own. I was looking for a place to be myself and I was
1:16.6	looking for a place to be kind of like the queen of the castle. Like I just wanted to make
1:22.6	my own decisions and design my own life and have the animals that I always want to have.
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