Top Celebrity Impersonations Memorable Moments and Hilarious Acts

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I edited together a compilation of some of my favorite times celebs tried impersonating other famous people on talk shows (full list below). They're genuinely so good/funny. Enjoy!  1. Ariana Grande as Jennifer Coolidge 2. Anna Kendrick as Kristen Stewart 3. Eddie Murphy as Tracy Morgan 4. Bradley Cooper as Christopher Walken 5. Sarah Paulson as Drew Barrymore 6. Chris Pratt as the TOWIE cast 7. will.i.am as Michael Jackson 8. Ariana Grande as Jennifer Lawrence 9. Denzel Washington as Jay-Z 10. Martin Short as Katharine Hepburn 11. Ian McKellen as Maggie Smith 12. Sarah Paulson as Holly Hunter 13. Tom Hiddleston as Graham Norton 14. And Kate McKinnon as Gal Gadot

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00:00You do an impression of Jennifer Coolidge.

00:02Which is unbelievable.

00:03One guy was like, I want it!

00:05Give us a little taste.

00:06God, you look like the 4th of July.

00:10Taking the dog, dumbass.

00:12I do one impression, and it's the weirdest impression.

00:15I should have, like, a Christopher Walken or something,

00:17and I have a Kristen Stewart.

00:19I did it to her, and she was like,

00:20oh, man, I do that with my mouth.

00:22And I was like, you're doing it now, I know!

00:24Can you do maybe Kristen Stewart

00:25explaining what Pitch Perfect 3 is about?

00:27You know, there's, like, the Bellas are out of college,

00:29and, um, they go on a USO tour,

00:32and there's, like, you know, hilarity ensues, so.

00:34Because Tracy told me, he went to your house,

00:37and you made him, as he said over and over again to me,

00:40ballpark Franks!

00:42He said, I went over there, he made me Franks!

00:44Ballpark Franks!

00:46That's why I'm going to always be cool with Eddie,

00:48because he made me them Franks!

00:49You had these scenes with Christopher Walken

00:51in Wedding Crashers, and I got to think,

00:53as an actor, that's got to be a dream come true.

00:55I was very intimidated by him.

00:56He's the normal guy who's like, hey, how you doing?

00:58It's not like that.

00:59He just sort of sits there in the makeup chair,

01:01and he's like, pineapple.

01:02I like to eat it.

01:04Drew Barrymore.

01:05Thank you so much.

01:07Thank you.

01:08I'm so honored.

01:10I'm talking about substitute teaching.

01:11Who is the teacher?

01:13Her name is Abby, Abby Adamson.

01:15We shot Guardians of the Galaxy here in London,

01:17and my wife, Anna, came out to visit,

01:19and she fell in love with this show,

01:21The Only Way is Essex.

01:23It's, like, basically their jersey shorts.

01:24So, like, on a say, like, I saw this guy.

01:27Michael cheated on me when he was in a beef out,

01:29and, of course, he's telling me, he's like,

01:31I miss you or whatever, and I'm like,

01:33miss me?

01:34What am I, your mother?

01:36You brought Michael Jackson and Prince together.

01:38One time we had a show in Vegas.

01:40Michael Jackson called.

01:41Hey, what's Michael?

01:42I heard you guys are doing a show tonight.

01:44Yeah, we're going at 9 o'clock.

01:45Oh, rats.

01:46I got to put the kids to sleep.

01:47So I was like, well, I'm performing with Prince later on.

01:49Michael came to see me rock with Prince.

01:51Prince steps off the stage and plays the bass

01:53in Michael Jackson's face.

01:55Michael Jackson leaves and goes home and says,

01:56meet me in the house for breakfast.

01:58So I go to his house for breakfast.

01:59First words he says,

02:01why was Prince playing the bass in my face?

02:03Oh, did I say that?

02:04Prince, he's just being nice, you know?

02:06No, Prince, he's always been a meanie.

02:08Okay, on the actor side is Jennifer Lawrence.

02:11They told me not to do a game show,

02:12but I was like, screw it, I can have fun.

02:14I'm a regular person.

02:15Name a bad habit that you just can't quit.

02:17Jennifer.

02:19I'm just, like, a snackaholic.

02:20I mean, I love Pringles.

02:22If no one's looking, I'll eat, like, a whole can.

02:24Every day is my cheat day, you know what I mean?

02:26Oh, how annoyingly relatable.

02:28I was in the studio with Lenny Kravitz.

02:31He was doing something with Jay-Z,

02:32and he, you know, he talked...

02:34Ha, ha, ha, ha.

02:35Yeah, D, I'm gonna play this for you, D.

02:38That's how he is, yeah.

02:39You know, I'm gonna put this on for you, man.

02:41Just tell me what you think.

02:42You went to Broadway one night and sat next to Katherine Hepburn.

02:45It didn't go so well.

02:46No, it didn't.

02:47It's an empty seat beside me, and suddenly I hear,

02:49excuse me, get out of my way, move that umbrella, you idiot.

02:52She sits right here, and I'm thinking,

02:54I'm not gonna say anything.

02:55Act one ends, and Rosemary Harris is an actress on the plane.

02:57She does a dramatic diatribe and collapses on the stage.

03:00And I turn to Hepburn, forgetting it's Hepburn.

03:02I say, isn't she classy?

03:04And she, because I'm talking to her like a real person, says,

03:06she certainly is.

03:07Rosemary has an ability to be real in the moment,

03:10very much like Spencer, very much like the best people

03:12that you've ever met in your life.

03:14And as she's saying that, I'm thinking,

03:16I'm talking to Katherine Hepburn.

03:17So I say to her, well, Miss Hepburn, you're no slouch.

03:20She looks at me and says, thank you.

03:21And then she turns to the first, do you mind if I change seats?

03:24Would you mind telling us the story

03:25about when you were nominated, and you had the beads?

03:29In New Zealand, where we filmed Lord of the Rings,

03:31if you're lucky, when you leave, you're

03:32given a piece of green stone, and it'll bring you a bit of luck.

03:35So when those films were nominated for something

03:37like 20 Oscars, everybody from New Zealand

03:40was wearing the green stone, punami.

03:42And when we're on the red carpet going into the ceremony,

03:46I met Maggie Smith.

03:47Mm, hello.

03:48What are you here for?

03:49I said, well, Lord of the Rings.

03:51She said, what's that around your neck?

03:52And I said, it's my punami.

03:54I own your punami.

03:55What's that for?

03:56I said, well, if I wear it, it'll bring me luck.

03:57And oh, very nice.

03:59And we went our separate ways.

04:00And at the end, of course, everyone else

04:02wins the Oscar apart from you.

04:03And a bit dejected, you're coming out looking forward

04:05to a drink, and you bump into Maggie Smith,

04:07and she points at you, and she says, it didn't work, did it?

04:09OK, Holly Hunter talking about a gas station.

04:12I love Holly Hunter.

04:13Oh, I love her, too.

04:14This is great, Jimmy.

04:15This is so superior to that service station on Wilshire.

04:19You got all sorts of snacks, Skittles, Starbursts,

04:21sunflower seeds if you're trying to watch your sugar.

04:23People just do impressions of you, don't they?

04:25Am I in your canon?

04:26Can I have the cards?

04:28So, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

04:31So you, so you, you've never been on the show?

04:34I feel your pain, Bob.

04:36Gal Gadot, she hosted SNL.

04:39I was with Aidy Bryant.

04:41We were just like, oh, OK, now we

04:42know that we are Midwestern toads compared

04:45to this, like, Mediterranean goddess.

04:47Everything she says is like a prophecy.

04:50I asked her, do you have hobbies, Gal?

04:52And she was like, I love to go to the beach.

04:56I love to paddle board.

04:57I love to go to the Maldives.

05:00Do you have a hobby, Kate?

05:01And I was like, I watch Dateline.

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