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Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

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Actress Amanda Crew drops by the YH Studio to talk about her role on HBO's hit comedy series "Silicon Valley" and what it's like to be the lone female in a cast full of males! She also shares with us one of her more memorable Snapchat adventures involving baking one of her favorite treats, plus she tells us what she'd do in a night out on the town with Betty White and talks about some of her favorite emojis!

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Young Hollywood

Well next time, we're going to be baking with Mandy. She's going to be doing it in the nude cuz it's very liberating. You know, it's the generations moving forward. So, we're going to be baking naked. The way you should.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Oh, you can put like uh like one of like the lambs and then like uh the air thing with a cloud, so it's like farting.

Young Hollywood

Yes, crew, welcome to the living room.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah, I like it. Very cozy, very comfy. Really like these. Oh, recognizing faces, all of my best friends. I hang out with all these people. Of course, Betty White. Oh, we go way back.

Young Hollywood

What would you do on a night with Betty White?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

You mean, what do I do on a night with Betty White?

Young Hollywood

Tell me, what do you do?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

We hit the town. We go to the clubs. She gets me in real fast. She's got real good hook-ups at uh at all the clubs. If you want to get If you want to party, you go out with Betty White.

Young Hollywood

Wait, let's play with this. What would you do with Billy Crystal? What would you talk to him about?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Um, we wouldn't talk, he would just sing.

Young Hollywood

Billy Crystal would sing?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Mhm.

Young Hollywood

What would he sing to you?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Just sweet nothings.

Young Hollywood

And you would fall madly in love with him.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Mhm.

Young Hollywood

That's hilarious.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Deeper in love.

Young Hollywood

Well, we are all falling deeply in love with me. With you. Silicon Valley, HBO. Brava. Brava. I've never heard brava. Is that for a female? Instead of bravo, brava. Is that real?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

I think so. Brava. I always say brava for females. I like that. I'm going to take that.

Young Hollywood

And your character, you're like the level-headed one there. She's the grounding force. She's like the mother hen, the mother of the dragons, if you will. HBO. Hello.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Hello. So, she uh yeah, she's definitely the audience's way in cuz she's like the only normal one, as they like to say. I mean, everyone's weird, but I guess Monica is very grounded. But yeah, it's kind of the audience's ways of like seeing into the like how they would react to the situation.

Young Hollywood

Does your life imitate art?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Oh god, no. No, I'm the weirdest one. Haven't you met me? Hello.

Young Hollywood

The cast, the show, it's all about tech. Yes. How tech savvy were you before you got into this show?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Not very tech savvy. I mean, just your average, you know, person using an iPhone and a computer. That's about the extent of my tech knowledge. And still is.

Young Hollywood

And still is. You're a Snapchat girl. Is that tech savvy?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

It's more tech savvy than I got. I can work a filter and that is some skill. Yeah, I have gotten into Snapchat, which is so surprising for me because I'm not really I get very camera shy when it comes to social media. Like I can't take a selfie. It's the weirdest thing for me.

Young Hollywood

You camera shy.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yes.

Young Hollywood

No.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

I am. But on Snapchat, because I know it's going to disappear in 24 hours, I'm all for it. And I've gone on like really long tangent. One day I did this whole called it baking with Mandy and I took Snapchat on an adventure with me of baking these mini donuts. And but it was this like crazy character called Mandy and she's baking donuts. It's real good. And it's so was so weird. It was it's like so many people are tweeting at me like, I think Amanda Crew has lost her mind. Yeah. And I kind of felt like I did a little bit, but it was really fun.

Young Hollywood

But you know now, they have websites and and apps that save people's Snapchats. So, that's not stuff that's just gone. People are saving that stuff. You know that?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

No more baking with Oh, yeah. No more nude ones.

Young Hollywood

Talk about it.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Well, next time, we're going to be baking with Mandy. She's going to be doing it in the nude cuz it's very liberating. And we're just, you know, it's the generations moving forward. So, we're going to be baking naked. The way you should.

Young Hollywood

There are certain parts of the body you don't want to burn.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah, most of it, but specific parts that would be really painful to to. I mean, a wax is pretty much the most I would deal like I'm into waxing.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, really?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yes. I like it.

Young Hollywood

You want to talk about it? Now, we'll just end on there.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Well, you like baking, obviously.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

I do like baking.

Young Hollywood

What's your go-to baking dish? And waxing at the same time. It's a great combination. Actually, roll out the table. We have a cake mixer and a waxer here.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Oh, perfect.

Young Hollywood

What's your go-to baking dish?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

These donuts that I made, they're like mini donuts cuz I have a mini donut tray you can buy them. And so you bake them, so they're healthier for you. And they're also like I bring them to like parties and put them in a nice box and people think that I bought them. And I'm like, no, I made them but because they just look so look so professional.

Young Hollywood

Weird. I don't mean to burst your bubble, but what about donut and healthy? Yeah. There What is that?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Well, because they are baked. They're not fried. So, it's a lot healthier than normal donuts. And um, you know, that that's the health factor. Well, and they're mini so you're not eating a huge one.

Young Hollywood

That's like ordering the small fry. Or telling yourself that it's like, you know. I'm only going to have one ice cream sundae.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

No, the thing you have to do, the best part about being in a relationship with a guy. And I do my boyfriend hates cuz every time we go out, I'm like, yeah, I'm just going to get like the salad with the fish. Make sure you get fries with yours. And then I just eat all of his fries. He's like, why don't you just order your own? I'm like, I don't really I don't want that. I just want like a couple. And then I eat all of them.

Young Hollywood

You think the fries don't go on your thighs at that point?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah. Because I didn't order them so it's not like real.

Young Hollywood

Now, let's talk about your show. Going back to that. How's it feel to be like one of the only females amongst all those men?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

All those men. Those guys are like brothers to me. I love them so much. And we've all gotten really, really close. And it's never felt like I'm the only girl because I don't feel isolated or anything. Martin Starr for a wrap gift, he got us all rings. You want to get a closer look at that? That's a ring. Yeah. That's that's wrapped around my finger.

Young Hollywood

What's your favorite emoji speaking of?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Ooh. Either like, I don't know, heart eyes or the kissy one or the laughing one with the tears is my favorite though. It just gets me really excited.

Young Hollywood

Of the faces, of all the emojis, probably the poop.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Cuz it's poop. And everyone loves poop.

Young Hollywood

Poop. Poop and pee.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Poop. Poop and pee. Oh, poop and pee. Oh, they don't have a pee emoji.

Young Hollywood

No, they don't have. I mean, you could do the water squirting one. This took a turn. They don't have a pee emoji.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

No, but you can use the eggplant. You haven't used the eggplant for that? You need I could teach you some things. The peach for the bum. The peach for the bum. Melons for too. Okay. Okay. Um.

Young Hollywood

What else you got?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

I think that's it. Oh, oh, you can put like uh like one of like the lambs and then like uh the air thing with a cloud, so it's like farting.

Young Hollywood

A lamb fart?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah, a lamb fart.

Young Hollywood

Why a lamb fart?

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Well, cuz that's like an animal that's going this way like cuz you couldn't put that beside

Young Hollywood

A fish. A fish doesn't fart.

Amanda Crew's Snapchat Adventure

Yeah, a fish doesn't fart. It just looks like it's swimming really fast. Not exciting. But a lamb farting.

Young Hollywood

On that note. On that note, this was exciting. Well, you're welcome. Thank you for the poop and pee and the bikini wax. Conversation. To be continued on Snapchat.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Betty White

    Actress Amanda Crew claims to go out clubbing with her.

  • Billy Crystal

    Actress Amanda Crew imagines him singing sweet nothings.

  • Martin Starr

    He gave the Silicon Valley cast rings as a wrap gift.

FAQ

What show does Amanda Crew star in?+
Amanda Crew stars in HBO's comedy series "Silicon Valley" as Monica.
What is Amanda Crew's character like on 'Silicon Valley'?+
Amanda Crew's character, Monica, is described as the level-headed, grounding force, like a "mother hen" or the "mother of the dragons" for the audience's way into the show.
What was Amanda Crew's memorable Snapchat adventure?+
Amanda Crew had a memorable Snapchat adventure called "Baking with Mandy" where she baked mini donuts as a crazy character.
What are Amanda Crew's favorite emojis?+
Amanda Crew's favorite emojis are heart eyes, the kissy face, the laughing face with tears, and the poop emoji.
Does Amanda Crew consider herself tech-savvy?+
No, Amanda Crew does not consider herself very tech-savvy, beyond using an iPhone and computer, though she does enjoy Snapchat.
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