-Thank you so much for coming back to the show.
It is so great to see you. -It is my pleasure.
-Thank you, thank you, thank you.
-Late night is back! -It's back! We're finally back!
Yes. It's been -- I've been missing it, but thank you.
This means a lot to me.
The last time I saw you --
I don't know if you remember this, but I have to bring it up.
-I do. -Your daughter was on our show.
-Yeah.
-Maya was performing, and she sang.
And you were just here as just a supportive mom,
and it was so cool. -Sneaking around in the back.
-Yeah. And you were backstage and just rooting her on.
-Dancing. -I loved it. But that is so --
I just loved that -- 'Cause I didn't get a chance
to say like, "Oh, by the way, your mom, Uma Thurman,
was here rooting you on."
I didn't want to make a big deal.
-No, she wouldn't have liked that.
-She wouldn't. Yeah.
But I love that you did that backstage.
And it was so charming and very, very --
And you also had your younger daughter.
-Yeah. My little one was with us.
-Luna? -It was a family affair.
-Yeah. How old is, uh --
-Luna's 11. -She's 11.
Alright. I have a 10- and an 8-year-old.
-I know. -Yeah. So they're getting older.
-Yeah, I know. Enjoy every minute of it.
-Yeah. -Enjoy it.
-It just happens. Right? It just -- Yeah.
I'm getting to that kind of years of like,
"Dad, I wonder -- Like, what's a crush?
I want to have a crush on somebody." I'm like...
-Yeah, you've got very little time left,
I'm afraid to warn you.
-I do, right? -Very little time left.
-I know, okay? I'm loving it.
-Soak it up. -I'm loving every single second.
-This Christmas has to be the best time of your life.
-Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, it is. She always keeps saying --
-It will be, too. -She goes,
"When did you have your first crush, Dad?"
I go, "What grade are you in again? Fifth grade?"
I go, "I had mine in sixth."
-Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
-And then next year when she asks me,
I'm gonna say, "I had mine in seventh."
Yeah. Just keep pushing it forward.
-Just keep pushing it. You can always put braces on them
even if they don't need them. -Yeah. Just give it...
-Just give them braces. -You're having braces.
-Full metal head. -That is great advice.
That is absolutely -- This is great advice.
-Just say to the doctor, "I know it looks fine.
Can you put, like, some headgear on her?"
-Yeah. Exactly.
I want to talk about this because -- Room to Grow.
You've been with them... -Since the beginning, yeah.
-25 years? -It's an incredible story.
It was actually Maya I was pregnant with,
who's now 25. -Wow.
-And I lived in this brownstone in Greenwich Village.
And I had one neighbor,
this lovely, beautiful young woman who was my age.
And I was pregnant and, like,
getting all nervous about it and like,
"How do I get ready for this baby?
What am I gonna do and what would I need?"
And then in the hallway,
there kept being all this baby stuff piling up.
And I was watching my neighbor, and she's very slender.
-Yeah. -And I was becoming ginormous.
And I was like, "What's going on with my neighbor?"
So finally I asked her... -"When are you due?"
-I said, "What are you doing with all this baby stuff?"
And she said, "I've got to talk to you about it."
It's a serious, serious problem in our community.
There are no resources for pregnant women
and babies, 0 to 3, in our community,
and it is the most crucial time of a child's life.
80% -- Babies are amazing, right?
80% of the human brain
is developing in the first three years of life.
So how we treat families, parents, and babies
in that crucial window
really affects the rest of their life.
-Yeah, and if you don't have anything, then it's...
-It's just the duress. Yeah. There's nutrition.
There's all the baby essentials that you need.
I mean, it's crazy.
And also Room to Grow
does, like, this comprehensive wraparound
where, every quarter, the family goes to see a social worker
and they get to ask all the questions
that you need to ask as you're developing, baby is developing.
-Yeah, and coming back into the workforce
and getting all that stuff.
-If you can. And job -- And finding
other resources for job training and childcare.
And housing issues are a huge issue for people.
-It is such a great thing what you're doing.
But just -- I just want to show some of the things that --
This is what a mother will get on the --
This is just the first year. -Yeah.
-They will get some of these things.
That's just --
-And you need all those things.
-That's just the first year.
I mean, it's so helpful. It's so helpful.
And is it just New York or is it...?
-We are in Boston now. -Hey.
-And it is my dream to see this organization
be in every city where there is need and a community
that wants a good tool to support their community.
-Let's have it keep growing. -Yeah.
-I want to talk about this, too.
This is the giant awesome fun bag.
This is the Donate By Mail program.
Okay? -Yeah.
-And so can you explain what this is and where do you get this?
-Okay, so, since we see the family every quarter --
and as we all know, babies change radically
like every few months and you need new stuff,
so you barely use the stuff that you had
before you need new stuff. -Yeah.
-So it's really lightly used.
So a family with a baby --
95% of our things are recycled, upcycled.
So a family with a baby
just packs up the stuff they don't need anymore
when they're getting their new stuff, put it in the bag,
and it gets shipped back to Room to Grow.
-Yeah. If you go to roomtogrow.org,
you get the bag.
I think the bag is $15.
-It's a commitment of $15. -$15.
You get the bag sent to you. -And then it's shipped back.
-And then it already has the shipping label and everything,
so all you have to do is fill it with stuff
that you want to donate,
so if you have anything -- Books Like you said --
-Books are really important. English language.
Spanish language. Very important also.
Socks, gloves, winter coats, all the things that you need.
-All that stuff.
And I always bring this up every single time,
but I remember when you first had Maya.
-Yeah. -And you told me, like,
"Jimmy, if you're lucky enough to have kids,
you have to read to them." -Yes.
-And you were reading "Ferdinand," by the way,
to Maya. -I was reading "Ferdinand."
You do have to read to your children.
And that's another crucial thing.
That kind of intervention --
giving a family the right books to read to their child.
-Yeah. -Like, if you don't have
that book, how can you do that for your child?
-Yeah. This is great. Roomtogrow.org, everybody.
Thank you so much for coming on.
-I love you. -And you know you're the best.
Uma Thurman, everybody!
Room to Grow's 25th Anniversary Gala
is October 25th
at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
Lil Rel Howery joins us after the break.
Stick around, everybody!