HELEN HUNT.
♪ HEY!
HA-HA!
OH COME ON!
♪ OH.
>> I'M NOT DIVING INTO THIS POOL SOBER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> James: THIS IS NOT A PLACE YOU WANT TO BE SOBER.
>> NO.
NO.
I NEED A SHOT.
I NEED ANOTHER SHOT.
>> James: YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT.
CHEERS, HELEN HUNT.
>> CHEERS TO YOU.
>> James: YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
I MEAN THIS AND I FEEL LIKE I COULD SAY THIS UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU ON THE ROAD WHERE WE BOTH
LIVE.
>> RIGHT.
>> James: THAT I THINK YOUR PERFORMANCE IN "AS GOOD AS IT
GETS" IS THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE I THINK --
>> EVER.
>> James: IT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ANY OTHER PERFORMANCE I'VE
SEEN ON FILM.
I NEED THAT.
I'M DEADLY SERIOUS.
I LOVE YOU THAT MUCH AND I'M ALWAYS, ALWAYS HONEST THAT WE'RE
NEIGHBORS.
>> I'M SO GRATEFUL I SAID IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY JOKE OR ANYTHING.
>> James: YOU DON'T NEED ONE AND YOU DID DO THIS, LOOK AND I
DIDN'T KNOW IT HAPPENED UNTIL IT HAPPENED TODAY.
YOU HAVE A CHICKEN NAMED JUDY GARLAND.
>> I HAVE SIX.
>> James: THAT'S JUDY GARLAND.
>> SHE'S ROBUST, MATURE AND THRIVING.
LIKE ME.
>> James: THESE ARE EGGS THAT JUDY GARLAND LAID AND, LOOK,
THIS IS HELEN HUNT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AT OUR HOUSE TO DELIVER
SAID EGGS.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> James: TAKE ME THROUGH THIS THOUGHT!
>> WELL, I USED TO HAVE SIX CHICKENS.
FIVE OF THEM PERISHED.
>> James: YES.
>> JUDY IS LEFT AND WE THOUGHT, YEP.
WITH CHICKENS AT SOME POINT -- >> James: HANG ON.
STOP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS NOW.
THE CLANKER -- NOT COVID.
FAR AWAY.
SO FAR.
>> James: OH MY GOD, THIS IS A DISASTER.
[APPLAUSE] >> AH.
OH MY GOD.
>> James: DID NO ONE ANSWER THE DOOR WHEN YOU RANG?
>> NO, NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR.
I LEFT THE EGGS.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU PROBABLY MADE AN OMELETTE THIS MORNING WITH JUDY GARLAND'S
EGGS.
>> James: I'M SO ANGRY I WASN'T THERE.
I REALLY AM.
>> THAT'S OK.
>> James: I DO LOVE THAT WE'RE NEIGHBORS.
>> I DO, TOO JAMES I'VE BET YOUR FAMILY.
-- I DO, TOO.
>> James: I MET YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR DAUGHTER.
>> TRIED TO GIVE YOUR DAUGHTER A SWEET 16 DURING THE PANDEMIC --
YOU WALKED BY AND SAID HELLO.
>> James: SEEMS LIKE A DECADE AGO.
NOW YOUR DAUGHTER IS 17.
>> YES.
>> James: I'M INTERESTED -- MY ELDEST CHILD IS 10.
ARE YOU READY FOR ALL THE CHANGES THAT ARE ABOUT TO COME
-- HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS?
YOU KNOW.
SORT OF THAT NOTION OF, LIKE, EMPTY NESTING AND THOSE THINGS?
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?
>> HERE IS THE THING, IT SO DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M READY,
LIKE, IT'S JUST HAPPENING.
>> James: SURE.
>> RECENTLY WITH THE WORLD STARTING TO OPEN, BACK AT
SCHOOL, IT'S ON.
SO I'M GOING TO BE OVER AT YOUR HOUSE A WHOLE BUNCH.
I HOPE THAT'S OK.
>> James: OH MY GOD.
>> I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, I BROUGHT BREAD.
CAN I COME IN?
>> James:ING IN WOULD MAKE ME HAPPIER BUT -- NOTHING WOULD
MAKE ME HAPPIER BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL -- I MEAN THIS GENUINELY AS
A PARENT WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL -- LIKE YOU SAY THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT
IT.
WHAT'S YOUR PARENTAL ADVICE IN SUCH A SITUATION?
>> I HAVE NONE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT -- I HAVE TO BE TWO
PEOPLE.
I'M COMPLETELY THRILLED SHE'S GOING BECAUSE IT MEANS I'VE DONE
A GOOD JOB AND SHE'S FREE AND EXCITED TO HIT THE WORLD AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITHOUT HER?
IT'S OVER HERE HIDDEN IN A BAG THAT SHE'LL HOPEFULLY NEVER SEE.
>> James: WOW.
>> I NEED TO DO BOTH THINGS.
>> James: BECAUSE SHE ACTS, RIGHT?
>> SHE'S AN ACTOR.
SHE'S INTERESTED IN DESIGN.
SHE'S BEEN COMING IN AS I'VE BEEN TRYING ON CLOTHES.
SHE LIKES THIS SO I WORE THIS.
>> James: THIS OUTFIT IS AMAZING.
ISN'T IT, GANG?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
MY DAUGHTER PICKED IT OUT.
>> James: WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER COMES TO YOU AND SAYS "I THINK I
WANT TO ACT," WHAT'S YOUR FIRST REACTION?
I SORT OF HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH MY CHILDREN.
>> YOU HAVE?
>> James: YEAH.
MY FEELING WAS LIKE, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL.
>> THEY DON'T CARE -- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.
THIS IS MY BEST ADVICE, WAY TO GO!
EITHER SHE'LL LIKE IT OR SHE WON'T OR IT WILL GO WELL OR IT
WON'T.
>> James: I MEAN, YOU'VE HAD THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CAREER, I
THINK A CAREER THAT ANY ACTOR WOULD LONG TO HAVE AND I WAS
SHOCKED WHEN I REALIZED THAT THIS YEAR MARKS THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY OF "TWISTER."
>> IT DOES!
[APPLAUSE] >> James: WHICH I WILL SAY IF
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN "TWISTER" OR YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A LONG
TIME T GENUINELY STILL HOLDS UP -- IT GENUINELY STILL HOLDS UP.
THAT CAST ARE BRILLIANT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUT WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THAT MOVIE, YOU
EXPERIENCED A REAL GENUINE TWISTER SCARE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> IT WAS A SCARE.
>> James: WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THEY SAID "THERE'S A TORNADO COMING."
THE AIR GETS VERY GREEN AND FEELS VERY WEIRD BECAUSE THE
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHANGES SO YOU SUDDENLY FEEL TERRIBLE AND
THEN SOME EXPERT SAYS, "IF IT COMES, GET IN THE DITCH."
THE DITCH IS THIS BIG.
SO, OK, I'LL GO NINE INCHES LOWER THAN I AM NOW.
AND THEY SAY GRAB ONTO SOME GRASS.
SO THE TORNADO NEVER CAME BUT IF IT HAD, I THINK I WOULD HAVE
SAID JUST TAKE ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS CONCOCTIVE SOLUTION WHERE I GRAB
ONTO GLASS.
I ALSO MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DRUNK.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT NEW SHOW.
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT UP ABOUT IT OR KNOWS WHAT IT'S
ABOUT, TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A MOVIE CALLED "BLINDSPOTTING."
BEST FRIENDS GREW UP IN OAKLAND.
THAT PLACE IS THE LOVE OF THEIR LIVES.
THEY MADE A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE ABOUT IT WHICH I SAW AND I
TWEETED ABOUT IT AND RAFAEL COMMENTED ON THE TWEET.
I PLENTIED ON THE COMMENT.
-- I COMMENTED ON THE COMMENT.
I HAD YOUNGER PEOPLE TELL ME HOW TO DM THEM.
I DID.
THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE HAD A DRINK.
WE SPENT A LOT OF THE PANDEMIC ON MY FRONT LAWN HANGING OUT.
WE WATCHED "TWITTER" ACTUALLY WHICH HOLDS UP.
>> James: IT REALLY DOES.
>> THEY KEPT SAYING -- THEY KEPT SAYING "WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A
SERIES OF BLINDSPOTTING" AND MADE JOKES ABOUT ME BEING IN IT.
I KNOW IF THE JOKES WERE REAL.
THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT KIDDING AND WE WANT YOU TO BE IN IT.
I'M SO PSYCHED TO BE IN IT.
WORKING WITH FRIENDS IS A DREAM.
WORKING ON SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT AND IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING
YOU CARE ABOUT, ALL OF THE -- IT'S LIKE A BOUQUET OF ART.
THERE'S DANCE AND SPOKEN WORD AND BEAUTIFUL WRITING AND
WONDERFUL ACTING.
>> James: IT'S SO BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN, BEAUTIFULLY MADE.
YOU AS EVER -- I MEAN THAT TRULY, WHETHER ON A MULTI-CAM
SITCOM OR A HUGE MOVIE, YOU'RE NOTHING OTHER THAN TRUE AND
AUTHENTIC TO THE ABSOLUTE ESSENCE OF YOUR CHARACTER AND
YOU SEE THAT HERE AS MUCH OR MORE THAN ANY OTHER.