-You almost could not be here.
-I almost didn´t make it to the show tonight.
-Because of jury duty. -Yeah.
[ Light laughter ] -That´s so fantastic.
-You know, I know that people say
that they only get called once every four years,
but I´m telling you -- I get called all of the time.
They love me. -I get it.
[ Light laughter ] -They can´t get enough of me.
I literally -- in the last four months,
I have been asked to go to petty court,
which I thought was petite... [ Laughter ]
...grand jury and federal jury --
or Supreme Court and Federal Court.
-Oh, my goodness. -And I -- you know,
when you get that thing in the mail, everybody --
us New Yorkers are like,
"My life is more important than doing my civic duty."
-Yeah, exactly. -You know? I mean...
And I´m actually civic-minded.
I mean, I actually pick up after my dog,
and, you know, I don´t --
I don´t jump over the turnstiles.
And, you know, I vote.
But, like, there´s something so irritating about it.
-Yes. -Yeah.
And so, you start to talk to people,
and they´re like, "Oh, my God, well, if you get to voir dire,"
you know -- -Sure.
-That´s when they ask you all these questions, like,
"What´s your favorite -- Like, what´s your hobbies?"
I mean, they ask you odd questions.
But they -- they´re -- basically, you´re getting close
to picked -- being picked for a jury.
If you get there, just start lying.
And just say -- [ Light laughter ]
Yeah, just start saying, like,
"I don´t believe in the criminal justice system as it is today."
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-And, like, "I don´t think it´s fair that people go to jail."
And so you literally start convincing yourself,
"I´m gonna say that.
Like, I´m actually gonna do that."
And then, you walk in to the courtroom,
and it looks like a real courtroom
because it´s a real courtroom. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-And -- And then a judge comes out.
And he looks like a real judge. -Yeah.
-Like, he´s not like the "Law & Order" judge
that you thought. -[ Chuckling ] Yeah.
-And suddenly, you´re like, "I can´t lie! I can´t lie."
And they make you take the oath. -Yeah.
-And -- And he talks about solemnizing the proceedings,
which, I´ve never heard used in that context.
And you´re like, "I swear to take -- to tell
the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
And -- And you´re literally thinking, "I´m gonna lie."
And then -- And then you start to get, like, weepy,
´cause you´re like, "Oh, my God, the defendant is there.
And he really counts on me, you know..."
-By the way -- -"...to show up."
-And you´re surprised they keep bringing you back?
You´re a dream juror. [ Laughter ]
You´re the dream -- everything about this!
They´re like, "Well, that lady --
There was that one lady who cried..."
[ Laughter ]
"...when the judge stood up and made everybody take an oath.
We got to get her back here." [ Laughter ]
I´m sure everybody else was on their phone,
lying about everything, saying, like,
"I think like, shoplifting should be the death penalty."
They´re like, "Get out of here.
We´ve got Kyra Sedgwick. We don´t need you, you lunatic."
[ Light laughter ] -Yeah, too much empathy.
I´ve definitely -- Yeah. -Too much empathy.
Well, I want to talk to you about -- well, this is empathy,
but you care a lot about thoughts and feelings.
-Yes.
-But are you coming to a realization about this now,
or you must have always cared about thoughts and feelings.
´Cause you strike me as someone who´s always cared about --
-No, I´ve always cared about thoughts and feelings.
-Yeah. -I mean, like, it´s a --
I literally had -- When my -- you know, my kids were little,
I´d be like, "Well, what are you feeling?
Well, what are you thinking?
Well, what are you feeling? Well, what are you thinking?"
We literally had a game called "Thoughts and Feelings,"
and they would hide it,
´cause they didn´t want to play the Thoughts and Feelings game.
-Was it a -- Was it a board game?
-It was a board game. -Oh, my God.
-It made you talk about thoughts and feelings.
But, you know, I mean,
this is the great thing about having girlfriends,
is that they never tire
of talking about thoughts and feelings.
-No. [ Laughter ]
-Never.
You know, I mean, no detail is too small.
No emotion is too minor to share,
you know, in deep, in depth, in detail.
The other day, I was having dinner with my friend.
We were at two hours.
And like, I´m asking her everything about everything.
Like, "What did you have for breakfast?
And what did you wear
the day you went in to see your boss and ask for a raise?
Like, how did you feel in the morning?"
[ Laughter ]
Like, "Tell me every single thing."
And we went to the bathroom together,
because women go to the bathroom together.
-This is something that -- -I´ve noticed that, yeah.
-Yeah. This is something that men don´t do.
But we went into the bathroom together.
Plenty of stalls, but we had to go into the stall together.
-Really?
-Didn´t want to miss a nuance, you know?
Didn´t want to miss a -- you know, a --
-You -- I excuse you from jury duty.
[ Laughter ]
So, you go into the stall together, just to keep chatting?
-Yeah, to keep chatting. You don´t want to miss anything.
And, like, talking over the stall is not good enough.
I need to see the face. I need to --
[ Laughter ] -Wow.
Are you concerned that
other people in the bathroom are aware...
-No.
-...that there are now two people chatting away?
-No. -Okay. That´s great.
-I don´t worry about those things.
-Yeah, no -- -I told Kev that story.
He´s like, "You know, you can -- I can guaran-damn-tee it
that no guy goes into a urinal, like, you know,
and has some guy right next to him talking to him,
because they can´t be apart."
I mean, of course, they´re -- -I think that´s very safe.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, yeah.
-I will say,
´cause I recently saw you and your husband, Kevin Bacon,
and you are the best-looking couple in show business.
-Oh, my God, no. -And if there was anyone --
[ Cheers and applause ]
If there was any guy I would share a stall with,
it would be your husband. -[ Laughs ]
-So... [ Light laughter ]
-You´re not the only one.
-Yeah, no, I´m sure there´s like --
-Many a time, he´s had his... in his hand...
- Yeah.
-...and people have asked for autographs...
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-...and pictures, selfies. -Wow.
-Just really easy. Just... -Yeah, exactly.
[ Laughter ]