Ask 'Baby Mama' Stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler a Question

by Patricia Chui Apr 7th 2008 // 4:02PM

Filed under: Fandom, Interviews, Unscripted

An upwardly mobile career woman wants to have a baby -- but she's fertility-challenged; so she enlists the help of a surrogate, who's unexpectedly free-spirited, immature, quick to speak her mind and nothing at all like the aspiring mama-to-be.

Sound a little like ... Juno? Well, sort of, only sort of not, since Baby Mama was written and directed by veteran Saturday Night Live scribe Michael McCullers -- and, most importantly, stars former and current SNL regulars Tina Fey (as the career woman) and Amy Poehler (as the free-livin' surrogate). Expect more laughs, more physical comedy, less indie music -- and of course, a whole bushel of Fey and Poehler, two of the most gifted comic actors working today.

OK, so maybe the Juno reference was a stretch (it's Monday, cut me some slack). It's more like if Liz Lemon wanted to have a baby and hired ... well, any character Amy Poehler's ever played. It's Fey's first big-screen starring role, and we're eager to see what she does with it when Baby Mama opens on April 25.

Fey and Poehler have signed on to interview each other for Moviefone's Unscripted series, and we need your questions to make it happen. Please submit a question for either Tina Fey or Amy Poehler (or double your chances, and submit one for each!) by this Friday, April 11; then come back here on April 21 to see if your question made the cut. Don't forget to include your first name and the city and state where you live. Good luck.

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Tags: amy poehler, AmyPoehler, baby mama, BabyMama, saturday night live, SaturdayNightLive, tina fey, TinaFey

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

4-07-2008 @ 4:53PM

MCW said...

Question for Amy Poehler: Has Tina's success with 30 Rock gone to her head?

Question for Tina Fey: Do you have more fun acting or writing?

- Matthew in Denver, North Carolina

4-07-2008 @ 11:20PM

Michael said...

Amy, rumors have been flying that this is your last year at SNL, is it true?

4-21-2008 @ 4:17PM

Pari Patel said...

She said in a recent Interview that she will be back in the Fall...it was on Google News somewhere

4-07-2008 @ 11:21PM

Michael said...

Who's funnier. Amy or Tina?

4-07-2008 @ 7:22PM

Cathy said...

Tina:
The mom to be in Baby Mama is very "type a". As a mom of a toddler (or is the adorable Alice considered a preschooler) in NYC, have you run into many moms like "Kate Holbrook" (or at least the mom she might have been had she never met "Angie")? I guess I should qualify that with the question, do you even have time for "Mom" friends?

Love you and love your work, keep up the great job.

4-07-2008 @ 7:30PM

akaison said...

Is bitch really the new black?

Follow up: What happens when you have two blacks in the same movie?

Craig
Brooklyn, NY

4-07-2008 @ 10:44PM

Susie said...

For Amy Poehler:

What is it like being married to fellow successful comedian, Will Arnett? Are you always making each other laugh?

For Tina Fey:

Has having a large acting role on 30 Rock been exciting for you or is writing your main passion?

-Susie, Williamsburg, Virginia

4-08-2008 @ 12:10AM

PGIgnacio from OH said...

Question for Tina: If you HAD to choose a celebrity to be a surrogate for you, who would it be and why?

Question for Amy: In light of the pregnant man all over the news, if you could choose a celebrity male to be pregnant, who would it be?

4-08-2008 @ 2:51PM

Alena said...

GOOD ONES. :)

4-08-2008 @ 9:46AM

Chandra said...

Tina-How do you feel about Rachel Dratch not being in the Vanity Fair funny women issue?

Amy- Does Wil use the same seduction technique on you that he used for Kenneth the Page on 30 Rock?

4-08-2008 @ 7:05AM

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4-08-2008 @ 11:39AM

Beth said...

Michael McCullers was a first time director, although he has helped write blockbusters like Austin Powers and duds like Thunderbirds. How was working with him versus a more seasoned director? How did he convince you two to work with an untried director? Were you in good hands?

4-08-2008 @ 2:48PM

Alena said...

for tina: is there anything you would do differently with your life, or are you happy with how it turned out so far?

for both: would either of you put up with a surrogate like the one amy plays if you became "fertility-challenged"?

for both: how the hell did you get so freaking funny? and why did it take so long for someone to decide you two should be in a movie together?

p.s. i love PGignacio's questions. those should definitely be answered.

4-08-2008 @ 7:13PM

Erin said...

For both of you: Why are you so good looking?

For Tina: I hear your writing a new movie in which Sacha Baron Cohen will star, hows it coming along and please tell me your not only writing it but will be co-staring in it?

For Amy: What type of character do you enjoy playing more.. a more straight laced but still painfully funny character like Hillary or a crazy character like Amber or Angie?
Oh, I also think that you and Will should have a funny baby and then Alice and your kid can just hang out and be bad ass all the time ..

I love you both so much. You're such an inspiration.

4-08-2008 @ 8:16PM

Kayley said...

For Tina: "You've said in interviews that your daughter Alice is the funniest person you know. Would you want her to grow up to have a career like yours? What advice would you give her or anyone else who aspires to your greatness?"

-Kayley, Bellingham, WA

4-08-2008 @ 9:33PM

Margaret said...

Tina & Amy-
You worked together for many years at SNL. How was it different working together on a movie?

Tina-
What finally made you decide to get involved with a project you didn't write? Do you plan to do this more in the future?

4-08-2008 @ 9:34PM

Margaret said...

Tina and Amy-
Are there any plans to have Amy guest star on 30 Rock?

4-08-2008 @ 10:01PM

sara said...

For Tina or Amy:

What was your favorite character to play on SNL?

Sara , Saint James, MN

4-08-2008 @ 11:19PM

Jonathan said...

Question for Tina or Amy: What's an item you absolutely cannot live without?

Jonathan, MI

4-08-2008 @ 11:21PM

Mark said...

Question for Amy:

You're a nice looking girl so I've always wondered why during the News segment on SNL you don't wear make-up and your hair looks like it hasn't been washed in a week and you combed it with a flat iron? Is this some kind of feminest-nazi statement you're trying to make or do you just run around looking like crap all the time? It's really hard to look at, you know, like my wife when she wakes up in the morning.....yeeccch!

Mark, Carlsbad , Calif.

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