--- title: Ben Schwartz Recited Julia Roberts' Lines To Julia Roberts description: Ben Schwartz did his best—or worst—Julia Roberts impression for Julia Roberts on The Late Late Show. canonical: https://time.com/4968308/julia-roberts-on-corden/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-04T16:33:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:45.060Z og:title: Julia Roberts Loved Ben Schwartz's Julia Roberts Impression og:description: It went about as well as you'd think og:url: https://time.com/4968308/julia-roberts-on-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ed7a14d594b9b5/6988e08e97cdff62696b2b4b/cordenben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1486 og:image:height: 836 og:image:alt: CordenBen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Julia Roberts Loved Ben Schwartz's Julia Roberts Impression twitter:description: It went about as well as you'd think twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ed7a14d594b9b5/6988e08e97cdff62696b2b4b/cordenben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Julia Roberts Reacting to Ben Schwartz Doing His Best Julia Roberts Is Just the Best > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 4, 2017 4:33 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 4, 2017 4:33 PM UTC Julia Roberts has starred in a _lot_ of movies, so when [James Corden](http://time.com/4901235/james-corden-samuel-jackson-rap-battle/) asked her for a favorite line from any one of her films, it’s no surprise that she seemed to blank out. Luckily, Ben Schwartz was there to help her out, sort of. Roberts and Schwartz, the actor best known for roles on _Parks & Recreation_ and in a [_Stranger Things_ conspiracy theory](http://time.com/4466097/stranger-things-jean-ralphio-steve-james-corden/), were both guests on Tuesday night’s episode of _The Late Late Show._ While Schwartz, was on hand to slow dance with Corden (you can [watch that here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5y0aJ1SNc), if you dare), Roberts was recreating her filmography for one of Corden’s [trademark segments](http://time.com/3755926/tom-hanks-movies-james-corden-late-late-show/), so her films should have been fresh in her mind. However, Corden’s question about her favorite line stumped her. As it turns out, though, Schwartz is a huge fan of Roberts’s body of work and had several lines ready to go. His delivery of lines like, “What’s up, y’all, it’s me, Erin Brockovich!” and “This brief seems very, pelican-y” were spot-on impersonations of an incredible actor. As Corden noted, Schwartz’s take on Roberts’s work was downright uncanny. 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