MODERN FAMILY's Ariel Winter

MODERN FAMILY's Ariel Winter
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We welcome to the Studio the middle Dunphy child from "Modern Family", AKA Ariel Winter, who is still gushing over her ABC show's 3rd straight Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series! Hear about her experiences on the red carpet and after, and also get some juicy details about what's in store for Alex Dunphy in Season 4! But that's not all that's in store for Ariel -- she lends her voice to TWO cartoon characters, one a princess and one a superhero! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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Hi, my name is Sophie, I'm just kidding, I'm not Sofía Vergara. Um, I'm Ariel Winter from ABC's Modern Family.
And she is the brains of the Dunphy family. I am here with the gorgeous Ariel Winter. Hi. Good to see you again. We just saw you on the Emmy carpet.
Oh, thank you. I know, how crazy was that?
You mean the heat or you mean all the amazing people there?
All of it. All of it. It was unbelievable.
Now, did you have, did you stay on the carpet for a while or did you go like get air-conditioned and then come back or
I was on the carpet the entire time and I finished all of the outlets and then went inside. I was like, I'm not going inside because then I'll never leave.
Yeah. Yeah, you would not want to go back. It was so hot outside. It really was. Congratulations, Modern Family yet again.
Thank you.
Another, another Emmy for Best Comedy and, and so many of your co-stars got, got awards as well.
We were incredibly surprised that we won. We thought that it was going to go to The Big Bang Theory or Girls or even Veep. We had no idea that we were going to win again. To us, it's a huge blessing and an honor that we were just nominated again since we're in our third season and we were nominated in our first. Yeah. So that, the fact that we won was just amazing and Julie and Eric, their speeches really blew me away when Eric said about the five o'clock auditions in Santa Monica. It's so true. Isn't it? That's so true. You never miss one of them and it finally pays off.
Okay, so you audition for Modern Family. Did you have a good feeling? Did you sort of go into it like it's another audition or did you sort of really clue into to Alex and feel like this is, this is me?
Well, I read the script and I loved it and I thought it was definitely going to be a hit because people were going to relate to the family scenarios and also I thought the character was really cool and she was very different from me with the way she dresses and like how kind of mean she is. But I thought it was a lot of fun to play and so I went in and Jeff Greenburg immediately after I read said, you're perfect, meet with my associate and so I did. And I got the, I got the job and it was amazing. It's been incredible ever since. And she's such a great character. So this season, let's talk about what's coming up. She goes through a lot of changes because the third season she was really starting to evolve and now they've kind of really started to develop her character. Like she goes through different situations because she's trying to fit in in high school because her sister's not in the house anymore. And so I think she kind of wants to make some friends finally. And so she thinks she has to change herself to be friends with the cool people or the, you know, a friend group. So she tries going Goth and then wearing vintage clothes and she tries all these different looks that just fail. Um, but then finally she realizes that she's just going to stay who she is because there's nothing else really Alex can change herself to become. She's kind of her own little person and I think people accept that.
We have some pictures behind you on the monitor. We wanted to just get your feedback. This was, was this right after Eric won, was this like at a party? Where was this?
This is at the Fox after party and the photographer pulled us it was like, hey, take a picture you guys and then I saw it on the internet and I Instagrammed it. I was like, oh me.
So that was on your Instagram.
Yes. Oh.
I love how Nolan Gould is like smoldering into the camera with the forked bow tie. He looks like a throwback to like the Frank Sinatra era.
Nolan just looks like a boss. I mean.
He does, he's owning that.
I definitely I've taught him how to be really cool over this last like year and a half because he really needed some cool lessons in the beginning.
Okay, so how did you teach him that?
Well, I told him because he had started liking girls and I was like, we have to get you into getting on. And so give him some lessons. Like he'd text me every time that a girl would text him he'd be like, what do I say back? Like, do I send a winky face? She sent one. She sent a smiley face. Do I send a winky? Be like, no, that's too far. Just send a smiley.
I love this you're giving advice.
Like I, I give him I give him advice but he's kind of like taken it upon himself and now he's just.
I think he had a little crush on Emma Stone when he was in here.
Oh, he has the biggest crush on Emma Stone and it is so cute. It is so cute. He tells me like when he hug, he's gonna get so embarrassed I said this but I'm saying it anyway because I'm his older sister. But
Then he's gonna prank on you, you realize.
Yeah, probably. He met Emma Stone and he hugged her and he comes back to me and he goes, she smelled so good. It was the cutest thing ever. Nolan's growing up.
Well, speaking of Nolan. Okay, so Nolan was in here and we were talking about
I'm scared.
Don't be scared. It was all about Nolan. He didn't he didn't pull prank on you. About me. But we talked about 10 things I think he tweeted it 10 things people don't know about Nolan Gould. So he tweeted a picture of himself without makeup because you know they always do those celebrities without makeup thing. Uh-huh. So we're just going to play you a little clip of of Nolan revealing himself. You were brave enough to reveal yourself without makeup and I have that photo here. Oh. Okay, guys. Is it okay? Get get ready. It is going to be scary and awful. This is what I look like without the help of Hollywood hair and makeup. What the is that Ryan Gosling? I honestly don't see a difference. I think you look fantastic without makeup.
See what I mean? That is the Nolan I work with every single week. It's great to be in school with them because I like that humor we all kind of have the same humor so we all get along so well and we have so much fun and that video just is ridiculous. That is him, right?
I think everybody has a lot of envy because it seems like you guys do have like a ton of fun on set.
We have so much fun. We really do.
You've got so many other things going on I wanted to mention. Yes. Sophia. Yes, Sophia the First. You're playing a princess.
Yeah. Sophia the First. You're playing a princess. I'm the new animated princess for Disney Junior which is the biggest dream come true considering when you're so little you're like, I want to be a princess, I want to dress up like a princess. And then I'm finally getting to do it. And then on the flip side of the princess the first female Robin from The Dark Knight Rises. How cool is that? I'm playing an iconic character but I'm the first female animated Robin which to me is just mind-blowing playing that character was so cool going in the studio and just being like I'm awesome. Like literally you have to go in the studio with that mentality to play that character because she's so confident and brave and like that was so awesome to play.
Okay, so what's more fun? Princess or kick ass like superhero?
They're both so different but I like to I like to play everything. Like there's one for the older kids who like the comic book nerds like my friend Justin or there's the Sophia the First from Minisis. There's either one, it's you couldn't pick.
You're a busy girl. Well, thank you so much for coming in.
Thank you.
Congratulations on the Emmy win and new season season of Modern Family. We'll be watching and you look absolutely gorgeous. Such a gorgeous girl.
Thank you so much.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Sofía Vergara
Ariel Winter jokingly impersonates her at the start
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview
- Julie Bowen
Modern Family co-star whose Emmy speech impressed Ariel Winter
- Eric Stonestreet
Modern Family co-star whose Emmy speech impressed Ariel Winter
- Jeff Greenburg
Casting director who told Ariel Winter she was perfect for Modern Family
- Nolan Gould
Modern Family co-star, Ariel Winter gives him 'cool lessons'
- Emma Stone
Nolan Gould has a big crush on her
- Justin
Friend of Ariel Winter who likes comic books
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