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CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

Extended Interview: Rose Byrne

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

CBS News

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.3943 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Australian-born actress Rose Byrne earned an Academy Award nomination for her powerful performance in the drama "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You", playing a mother stretched to the limits. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about playing a woman losing all sense of control. Byrne also discusses her early years in Hollywood and the help she received from fellow Aussie Heath Ledger; and how she branched off from working in dramas like the TV series "Damages", to comedies like "Bridesmaids".

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0:00.0

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0:22.4

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0:28.0

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0:31.8

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0:33.2

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0:34.5

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0:35.4

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0:40.9

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0:44.9

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0:50.2

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0:53.4

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0:58.4

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1:05.3

This is Jane Pauley. Actor Rose Byrne. She's up for an Oscar, heading to Broadway. Plus, her husband is actor Bobby Cunnavalli. Rose Byrne is talking with Sunday mornings Tracy Smith.

1:22.6

So let's talk about if I had legs I'd kick you.

1:28.3

I'm trying to put myself in your shoes when you first read that script.

1:33.3

What was your gut reaction when you read that script?

1:36.3

My gut reaction, I still remember reading the first page and being like, it felt incredibly it what I read really

1:46.6

reflected the film you see in that it's like disorienting you're like where am

1:51.1

I what's happening who's this character and it's slowly more information comes

1:55.2

in and so it's compelling I was like you know it was intrigued and then there

1:59.1

was a lot of horror in there, too. But then

2:02.3

there was very dark comedy. Like I could find places to laugh. And it touches on sort of more

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