( BAND PLAYING ) >> James: LOOK AT US!
I AM SO THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH YOU BOTH.
NOW, IS THIS TRUE, YOU'RE FRIENDS, YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?
>> WE ARE INSTAGRAM FRIENDS. >> James: HAVE YOU EVER MET?
WE HAVEN'T MET. >> James: THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME. WHO D.M.'D WHO FIRST.
>> JEREMY POST ADD THING FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND I COMMENTED.
>> James: WHAT HAPPENED? I FEEL SO CRAZY.
IT ACTUALLY IS REALLY INSANE TO BE SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.
>> THEN I SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS TOO MUCH.
>> James: WHAT DID SHE SAY. AND NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR
FRIEND COMMENTED BACK. >> WE WERE JUST OVERWHELMED.
WE WERE IN A GAY COMA. >> James: TELL ME THE STORY.
WHAT HAPPENED. >> IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, A BUNCH
OF MY FRIENDS CAME TO MEXICO CITY WITH ME.
I'M FASCIST ON MY BIRTHDAY. MY BIRTHDAY IS A FULL WEEK.
I'M A GEMINI SO IT'S JUNE 2 THROUGH JUNE 9, NO QUESTIONS,
COME WITH ME ON A DESTINATION. THEY ALL CAME TO MEXICO CITY
WITH ME, WE HAD DINNERS AT MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS, WENT TO
THE MOVIES. AND THE FIRST ONE WAS THE
OPPOSITE OF SEX STARRING CHRISTINA RUFFINI BECAUSE THAT
WAS PURE IMAGINATION, RAGE AND COMPLICATION.
SHE PLAYS AN EVIL VILLAIN AND I LOVE IT.
>> James: I'M SO THRILLED YOU'RE BOTH HERE ON THE SHOW.
I'M SO GLAD I BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER.
THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS FAN SAX. I'M SO THRILLED, CHRISTINA.
YOU GOT MARRIED, YOU HAVE A BABY, YOU HAVE THIS HUGE HIT
SHOW. >> YEAH, IN MY DEFENSE, I HAD A
BABY SIX WEEKS AGO, SO -- >> James: SIX WEEKS.
ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS TIME? Y E.
>> James: HOW IS YOUR LIFE? WE'RE EXHAUSTED.
>> James: YEAH. AND SEEING THINGS AND TALKING
TO GOD AND STUFF. BUT WE LOVE THE BABY.
>> James: JEREMY, I LOVE SEEING YOU HERE ON THE WEST
COAST BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK BUT YOU LIVED HERE IN
L.A. BEFORE. >> YEAH.
>> James: -- BEFORE YOUR CAREER RAISED TO THE HEIGHTS IT
IS NOW. WHAT SORT OF THING WOULD YOU DO
WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO FIND YOURSELF AS A WRITER HERE IN
L.A.? >> I DID EVERYTHING OR ANYTHING
SO I WOULDN'T TELL EVERYONE I WAS AN OUT OF WORK ACTOR.
THE MOST PATHETIC THING IS WORKING AT BARNIES AND HAVE
SOMEBODY SKING YOU WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO AND SAY ACT
AND THEY SAY OH, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
>> YOU WORKED AT BARNIES. EAH.
I WAS THERE A LOT. NUMBER THREE SALESMAN
IN DESIGNER DRESSES. >> James: STOP!
YEAH, BUT I STOPPED BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE A WRITER, SO I TOOK
A JOB WHERE I LIVED WITH A FAMILY AND TUTORED YOUNG WEALTHY
KIDS. BY TUTOR, THEY PAID ME MONEY
THEY STOLE FROM THEIR PARENTS TO WRITE ESSAYS FOR THEM TO GET IN
COLLEGE. ( AUDIENCE REACTS )
>> James: WHO MAKES THE KID GO, HEY, YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS
FOR ME? >> IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE WAS
WITHIN ESSAY THE KID WAS STRUGGLING WITH THAT WAS ABOUT
BLACK HISTORY. AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU'RE
BLACK. I SAID, YES, THAT IS A FACT.
YES.
AND THEY WERE, LIKE, YOU'RE SAYING EVERYTHING I'M SAYING IS
WRONG SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST WRITE IT?
IT WAS IN A WAY A HAUGHTY, YOUNG, SELFSH KID WOULD DO IT.
I SAID, I CAN'T JUST WRITE IT. THEY SAID, WHAT IF I GIVE YOU
$500. AND I NEEDED $500.
I THOUGHT, I CAN WRITE ABOUT LORRAINE HANSBERRY FOR $500.
AND SHE TOLD HER FRIENDS I DID THAT.
THE KIDS STARTED UPPING THE AN AT THE, $2,000, TO WRITE ESSAYS
FOR STANFORD AND N.Y.U. AND IT WAS DARK AND I MAY HAVE JUST
INCRIMINATED MYSELF. IT WASN'T A RING, IT WAS JUST
ME. >> A CHARMING ANTIDOTE FOR THE
PURPOSES OF LATE NIGHT TV. >> James: IT'S A HUSTLE.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S A HUSTLE AND LOOK AT YOU
NOW ONE TO HAVE THE GREATEST PLAYWRIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CHRISTINA, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
EVER SINCE YOU WERE A KID. WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT WHERE
YOU WEREN'T ACTING AND YOU HAD A NORMAL NON-HOLLYWOOD JOB?
>> I WAS A SNACK BAR GIRL AT THE POOL CLUB WHEN I WAS 13 BUT I
ALSO BABY SAT. THE LAST TIME I BABY SAT, I WAS
12 AND I ALMOST GOT THE KIDS ARRESTED AND I NEVER BABY SAT
AFTER THAT. >> James: YOU ALMOST GOT THE
KIDS ARRESTED? WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, I MEAN, IN MY DEFENSE, IT WAS IN A SMALL TOWN IN
NEW JERSEY, AND I WAS BABY SITTING KIDS THAT WERE IN THE
GRADE BENEATH ME, SO, LIKE, NOT A HUGE AGE DIFFERENCE, WITH IS I
PROBABLY A POOR JUDGMENT CALL ON THE PARENTS' PART, AND WE HAD
BEEN FEUDING WITH THIS OTHER GIRL WHO LIVED DOWN THE STREET.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE KIDS OUT WITH ME EGGING -- TO EGG HER
HOUSE. >> James: RIGHT.
AND I HAD THIS BRILLIANT IDEA AND I SAID, YOU GUYS GET IN YOUR
JAMMIES. SO THEY GOT IN THEIR JAMMIES AND
WE WENT EGGING THE HOUSE AND THE DAD CAME RUNNING OUT FROM BEHIND
THE HOUSE, WITH A BASEBALL BAT, AND EVERYONE SCREAMED, AND WE
RAN BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND AS SOON AS WE GOT INTO THE HOUSE, I
PUT THE DOG ON THE LEASH SO I COULD PRETEND THAT WE WERE JUST
WALKING A DOG AND I WAS AFRAID TO WALK THE DOG AT NIGHT ALONE
SO I HAD THE KIDS COME WITH ME ANDWE SAW THIS SCARY SORRY THE
KIDS EGGED YOUR HOUSE SIR AND WE RAN.
BUT WE WERE PRANKING HER AND LEAVING HORRIBLE MESSAGES ON HER
MACHINE BEFOREHAND. >> James: AND YOU WERE COVERED
IN EGGS. >> AND NOBODY BELIEVED ME.
>> James: WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT "YELLOWJACKETS," WHICH I
FEEL LIKE IT'S THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SHOW IN THE WORLD RIGHT
NOW, EVERYONE HERE IN THE OFFICE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE SHOW, TELL US WHAT IT'S
ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY. >> "YELLOWJACKETS" TAKES PLACE
IN TWO TIME PERIODS, THE PRESENT AND 1996.
IN 1996 A PRIVATE PLANE FULL OF, YOU KNOW, SOPHOMORE, SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYER GIRLS CRASHED INTO THE WILDERNESS AND
THEY SURVIVED. IN THE PRESENT -- SO WE'RE
CUTTING BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE THE PRESENT WHERE THERE ARE
OSTENSIBLY FOUR SURVIVORS AND THEY'RE REALLY SCREWED UP
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WERE IN THE WILDERNESS.
WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. >> James: THE SHOW IS
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.