Patricia Clarkson: It was very similar \u2013 I mean, I was not a fundamentalist Christian, but I had a very similar path. I was a nice Southern girl hitting the big city for the first time with my big hair; I still have my big hair. My big hair and my non-black clothing. And that’s how I began. I went off to Fordham University; I had never lived in New York. I had been on the East Coast once when my father was stationed in Newburgh, New York but that was it. I’ve lived there now for a long, long time, pretty much since I was 19. So almost 30 years. I’ve spent a little time in L.A. here and there but I’ve basically lived in New York. I just had this feeling. I called my mother one day when I was at LSU and said, I have to go to New York. I’m not coming back. And she said, ok \u2013 as long as you go to school in New York, finish up your bachelor’s degree.
\nPatricia Clarkson: [Laughs] That was simple. I just got a call. I guess Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake had me and Susan Sarandon in mind as their mothers. I was a little shocked at first; I didn’t really understand. I was like, what are we doing in the video? Remember, I’m a nice Southern girl. Then when I found out what it was, I was like, Oh my gosh. They [Timberlake, Samberg, and Lonely Island cohorts Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone] were lovely, lovely. We shot it in one day \u2013 I just showed up in the morning, we shot all these videos, we shot that night, and boom! The next night it was on “Saturday Night Live!” It was wild. It’s crazy how they do this, they work so long and such long hours, and they’re brilliantly talented. They’re all just geniuses, the Lonely Island guys.<\/p>\n