Maddie Ziegler takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about herself. What's her signature dance move? What role did she play in Pretty Little Liars? How many tattoos does she have? Maddie answers all these questions and more!
Director: Katherine Wzorek
Director of Photography: Ricardo Pomares
Editor: Michael Imhoff; Eric Bigman
Talent: Maddie Ziegler
Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production and Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Jenna Caldwell; Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich
Sound Mixer: Kari Barber
Production Assistant: Liza Antonova
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Director: Katherine Wzorek
Director of Photography: Ricardo Pomares
Editor: Michael Imhoff; Eric Bigman
Talent: Maddie Ziegler
Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production and Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Jenna Caldwell; Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich
Sound Mixer: Kari Barber
Production Assistant: Liza Antonova
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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00:00 Hi, I'm Maddie Ziegler,
00:01 and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
00:03 This is so weird, I've watched these videos,
00:08 and now holding it in person is really funny.
00:10 What is Maddie Ziegler's job?
00:16 I am a dancer and an actor,
00:19 and a few other things in between.
00:22 What brand does Maddie Ziegler own?
00:27 I don't own a brand.
00:28 I'm trying to think.
00:30 No, I don't own a brand, but not for long.
00:32 No, I'm just kidding, I don't know.
00:34 Hopefully I'll own a brand in the future.
00:35 What is Maddie Ziegler's signature move?
00:38 I feel like it's changed throughout the years.
00:40 I think when I was younger, I did this switch leap,
00:44 which I feel like if anyone has seen it
00:46 on the show that I was on growing up.
00:48 But I think what became more signature
00:50 was when I pulled my eye in the chandelier dance.
00:54 I did a thing like that behind the curtain.
00:57 I feel like that was a signature thing.
00:59 What makes Maddie Ziegler unique in the dance world?
01:04 My emotion and the way that I have used characters
01:09 in my different dance pieces is what made me stand out
01:12 to Sia and why I got that job in the first place.
01:15 Who was Maddie Ziegler in "Pretty Little Liars"?
01:21 Oh my gosh, that is such a flashback.
01:23 I don't even know if I had a character name.
01:26 I was like a ghost or a spirit or something.
01:28 That was truly at the time one of the best days of my life
01:31 because I was such a "Pretty Little Liars" fan.
01:33 What has Maddie Ziegler been in?
01:36 I would say more recently, you would know me
01:39 for maybe a film called "The Fallout" that I did,
01:42 or I have a new film coming out called "Fitting In",
01:45 "West Side Story".
01:46 What is Maddie Ziegler favorite song?
01:49 That's like asking a mom to pick her favorite child,
01:52 I feel like.
01:53 I don't know if you could do that.
01:54 I feel like a song that's on heavy rotation
01:57 is "Sweet Thing" by Mary J. Blige.
02:00 She didn't originate the song, I don't think,
02:02 but I think it's her cover.
02:04 Maddie Ziegler, Velma, "Dancing".
02:07 I played Velma in "West Side Story"
02:09 and we got to perform the iconic dance at the gym scene
02:14 from the original film.
02:16 And it was such an incredible moment.
02:18 It was obviously directed by Steven Spielberg
02:20 and it was choreographed by Justin Peck.
02:22 And I was so lucky to work with both of them.
02:24 I think six or seven days to film just that one dance scene.
02:27 It was a huge production.
02:29 What makeup does Maddie Ziegler,
02:32 I'm scared where this is going, use?
02:34 Oh, I use so many different brands of makeup.
02:37 I think there's so many different amazing products
02:39 for different things.
02:40 I think Charlotte Tilbury is great.
02:42 Say Beauty is great.
02:43 Hourglass.
02:45 I have a bunch of different favorites for sure.
02:47 What is Maddie Ziegler's zodiac sign?
02:50 I'm a Libra.
02:51 I'm like not super into signs,
02:53 but when people who are and they know that I'm a Libra,
02:56 they're like, "That makes so much sense."
02:57 Traits of a Libra are just like super go with the flow,
03:00 pretty calm, indecisive, which I'm all those things.
03:03 When did Maddie Ziegler start dancing?
03:07 I started dancing when I was two years old
03:09 and I started competitively dancing when I was four.
03:11 So real early.
03:13 When was Maddie Ziegler on "Dancing with the Stars"?
03:17 That was weird.
03:18 I did not know that was gonna happen.
03:19 I performed on "Dancing with the Stars" a few times.
03:21 I did a performance with Sia and Alison Holker,
03:25 who's an incredible dancer.
03:26 And then I think I performed with Josh Groban on there.
03:30 And then I also did a performance with my sister
03:34 when she was on "Dancing with the Stars" Jr.
03:36 I did a little guest trio performance
03:39 and it was so much fun.
03:40 Oh, I also did another performance
03:41 with Alan and Alexis Ren.
03:44 All of the pro dancers on the show are incredible.
03:46 I think Val and Jenna, they're a married couple
03:50 and they're absolutely incredible.
03:52 I would love to train with both of them.
03:54 Is Maddie Ziegler on "Masked Dancer"?
04:00 Wrong Ziegler.
04:01 My sister was, but I wasn't.
04:03 Does Maddie Ziegler like Jenna Ortega?
04:06 I love Jenna Ortega.
04:07 She's one of my greatest friends and she's a little angel.
04:12 And I adore her.
04:14 I adore working with her, but I also just adore
04:16 our friendship and I think it's really special.
04:18 Did Maddie Ziegler perform at Coachella?
04:21 I did.
04:22 I recently performed at Coachella this year
04:24 with Labyrinth and Sia and it was such a fun experience.
04:27 It's so crazy for how many times I've performed.
04:29 I actually get nervous every time before I go on stage,
04:32 but I think it's more excitement nerves.
04:34 It's that adrenaline rush.
04:36 It's just that feeling of like the anticipation
04:38 of going on stage.
04:39 But the second I hit the stage, I'm so comfortable.
04:42 Does Maddie Ziegler have tattoos?
04:45 I do, I have a lot of little tattoos.
04:48 I think I have about seven.
04:51 They're all really small 'cause I wanted to make sure
04:53 that for acting purposes that it would be easier to cover
04:57 'cause it's not fun to have to sit in that makeup chair
04:59 a lot longer to get a bunch of tattoos covered up.
05:02 But also I love the look of dainty ones
05:03 and shout out to Dr. Wu because he's done all my tattoos
05:06 and I love him.
05:07 Because I'm indecisive, I didn't wanna do anything
05:10 that I knew I would regret later in life
05:11 and I know a lot of people do end up regretting
05:13 a lot of their tattoos.
05:15 So I make sure that all of my tattoos are really personal
05:17 and sentimental.
05:18 So the first tattoo I got was my grandma who passed away.
05:21 I got her name in cursive
05:22 and it's also my sister's middle name.
05:24 So it's like a double meaning.
05:25 Maddie Ziegler, "Bloody Hell."
05:28 So "Bloody Hell" is the original title name of a film
05:31 that I did that premiered at South by Southwest.
05:33 And now it is called "Fitting In"
05:35 which will be premiering next year in theaters
05:37 which is so exciting.
05:38 I adore the film and put so much of my heart into it
05:42 and I can't wait for people to see it.
05:44 [door closes]
05:45 Thank you.
05:46 How did Maddie Ziegler became famous, become famous?
05:51 I guess on a reality show when I was seven years old.
05:54 It's so weird 'cause I hate saying that I'm famous.
05:58 I think it's just like a really weird concept for me.
06:01 So yeah, but I guess that's how I got my start.
06:06 How many turns can Maddie Ziegler do?
06:11 It depends because regularly I think I've been able
06:15 to do probably like 10 turns.
06:17 But when you wear a tap shoe, you can actually do more turns.
06:20 So maybe, I don't know, probably 18.
06:23 Like consecutive pirouettes, I can turn for hours.
06:26 How many siblings does Maddie Ziegler have?
06:29 There's lots of those.
06:31 My sister and I are the only blood
06:32 and then there's seven other ones.
06:35 How many crowns does Maddie Ziegler have?
06:39 Oh, I'm sorry.
06:41 I don't know.
06:44 I think I had around like 13, 12 or 13.
06:49 It's so funny because you work your whole life
06:51 when you're younger for these crowns.
06:53 And they're all just like these plastic tiaras
06:55 that actually don't mean anything.
06:56 So it's really funny how much I cared about it
06:57 when I was younger.
06:58 But yeah, they're not important now, but at the time.
07:01 How old was Maddie Ziegler?
07:04 Oh my gosh, I'm sorry.
07:06 In "Chandelier."
07:07 I'm ruining this whole board.
07:08 I was 11 years old when I did "Chandelier."
07:11 What's funny is when I was filming "Chandelier,"
07:13 I remember I flew to LA and did it and had the best time.
07:16 But when I came back to my dance studio,
07:18 I told all my friends,
07:20 "Just this little video that's gonna come out.
07:21 "No one will see it."
07:22 I was like, I wore a blonde wig.
07:23 Like it was really different and weird at the time.
07:27 And I never expected it to blow up the way that it did.
07:30 This is so much easier than I thought it would be.
07:34 I thought, okay.
07:37 Maddie Ziegler costumes.
07:40 I have lots of those.
07:42 My mom has kept almost all of our dance competition
07:45 costumes and she has them in a closet.
07:48 But I'm so happy I have all.
07:49 I'm like, you can never get rid of them.
07:51 Like the important ones, especially,
07:52 because I wanna be able to look back on them
07:54 when I'm older and I don't know.
07:58 I want my kids to see them.
07:59 I don't know if I have a favorite.
08:00 There's so many to choose from.
08:01 A lot of my lyrical solos that I did
08:03 were really beautiful costumes with a lot of rhinestones
08:05 and I liked them a lot.
08:07 Maddie Ziegler imagination palette.
08:10 Yeah, I was so excited to do a makeup collaboration.
08:14 Makeup is one of my absolute favorite things in the world.
08:17 So getting to create my own palette,
08:19 all of the shade names and the colors and the textures
08:22 and just even the whole creative for the shoot
08:26 was so much fun and I had such a great experience.
08:29 When I was creating the shade names,
08:30 I think it was kind of a mixture of playing into
08:33 the concept of the imagination palette.
08:35 And then also I think just a few personal names and things.
08:38 Like I named a shade after my mom, after my sister,
08:41 so stuff like that.
08:42 Maddie Ziegler knee drop.
08:44 That was also a very, I guess, signature move
08:47 that I used to do, which is so funny
08:49 'cause if I did that now, my knees would probably break.
08:51 Basically you start on one leg and dive onto the other leg
08:55 and you land on your knee.
08:56 But the trick is to obviously protect your knee
08:59 and to land more on the side of your hip.
09:01 Maddie Ziegler podcast.
09:03 I had a podcast with my sister called Take 20 for a bit
09:08 and that was really fun.
09:09 We had a great time doing that.
09:10 And then I've had the pleasure of being on
09:14 a few other people's podcasts.
09:15 They're so fun.
09:16 It's such a good way to have a conversation
09:18 and dive into some topics that maybe you wouldn't
09:21 on the everyday basis.
09:23 Maddie Ziegler to all the boys.
09:25 Oh my gosh, this is hilarious.
09:27 I made a little cameo in one of the
09:32 To All The Boys movies.
09:33 I think it was the second film.
09:35 Yeah, I think I played a cheerleader.
09:37 I had one line, but it was fun.
09:38 I love Lana Condor.
09:40 I think she's so cute and sweet and super talented.
09:44 And yeah, it was fun.
09:45 I actually can breathe now 'cause I thought
09:49 that was gonna be way more stressful
09:50 and I thought you guys were gonna expose me
09:52 in a lot of ways.
09:53 It's so interesting that a lot of people
09:55 still wanna know what my favorite signature dance moves are
09:58 and stuff like that.
09:59 I think it's really cool.
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