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Yes it is the second Parks and Rec related post of the day, and we're only three posts in. I read this interview with Chris Pratt, who plays Andy on the show, last evening but it was too late in the day for a post, so here we be. There is so much to love in this chat with Vulture I don't even know where to start. How about the part where his wife my beloved Anna Faris shows up and gives him sausages to eat? (I want to be their friend more than any other pretend-celebrity-friendship in all the world.) Or the part where he talks about how they're trying to find a part for Anna to play on the show? (OH PLEASE YES!) Or the story he tells about Aubrey Plaza getting out of a parking ticket. Or how he'd fuck Brad Pitt and Rob Lowe... oh right let's go with that one.

Vulture: So is "awesomesauce" a word which originated with Andy? Or was it already in the lexicon?

Chris Pratt: I don't know. I'd never heard of it before. It has kind of become a thing, hasn't it? Oh my God, I have a catchphrase! I hope when I have kids and I'm walking around, someone comes up to me and asks me to say, "Awesomesauce." And then I can be like, "Fuck you! I was in Moneyball, too!"

Vulture: Speaking of which, how was Moneyball? A drama starring Brad Pitt: It seems like quite a departure for you.

Chris Pratt: It was unlike anything I'd ever done, not only tonally but the whole experience. I had to immerse myself in baseball. I had to learn how to hit a fastball left-handed and lose a bunch of weight. It was a huge challenge and felt so rewarding because I'd never really done straight drama.

Vulture: Was working with Brad surreal?

Chris Pratt: It was. But you don't allow yourself the chance to have that surreal moment. In retrospect, I do think I wish I had broken for a second, and just said to myself, "That's fucking Brad Pitt!" But in my quest to be professional, I never gave myself that moment. I felt it knocking at the door a lot. But he's so cool. And goddamn, he's good-looking.

Vulture: Who's more handsome: Brad Pitt or Rob Lowe?

Chris Pratt: They're both beautiful, like statues. But I'm gonna be honest: I'd fuck 'em both.

And I would watch you fuck them both, Chris Pratt, so we have that in common. I'd just noticed last week that Andy was looking a little bit slimmer in the episode - I guess that must've been for this role in Moneyball, which I didn't know he had. Chris Pratt in a baseball uniform! Yes. Maybe out of a baseball uniform...? Come on, Brad Pitt!

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In the middle of last night's just-lauded-by-me episode the boyfriend turned to me and demanded that I give Pratt his gratuitous due, calling him "the cutest thing on television," and I cannot argue with that. I've been sitting on the batch of pictures of him at the beach with Anna for a long while now (and she's one of the few ladies I'd never edit out of anything), so they're oldies and you've probably seen 'em before, but they're goodies.