>> James: THAT WAS A CLIP FROM "THE KITCHEN," IN THEATERS
EVERYWHERE THIS FRIDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MOVIE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) EVERYONE IS SO VERY EXCITED TO
SEE IT.
TELL US FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT AND
WHO YOU PLAY.
>> IT IS ABOUT THREE WOMEN WHOSE PARTNERS ARE ALL IN THE MOB AND
RUN THE IRISH MAFIA AND THEY ALL GET PICKED UP AND TAKEN OFF TO
PRISON, AND ME, MELISSA AND TIFFANY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO SURVIVE AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND PAY THE RENT AND WE
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT AND TAKE OVER OUR OWN MAFIA.
>> James: THE FILM IS CALLED "THE KITCHEN" BECAUSE IT'S SET
IN "HELL'S KITCHEN" IN NEW YORK.
YOUR FIRST APARTMENT WAS IN "HELL'S KITCHEN"?
>> IT WAS, ON 46th BETWEEN THE EIGHTH AND NINTH OR NINTH AND
TENTH, RIGHT NEXT TO JOELLEENS.
MY MOM IS LIKE WHY SIT CALLED "HELL'S KITCHEN"?
I SAID LOTSOV RESTAURANTS, IT'S HOT.
AND I DIDN'T TELL HER AND THE GUY BELOW ME IS A HEROIN DEALER
AND A PIMP.
( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS A ROUGH PLACE.
I MEAN, USUALLY, IT WAS OKAY, YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDING WAS
SKETCHY.
I CAME HOME -- THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A FUN STORY -- I CAME HOME,
LIKE, LATE AFTERNOON, AND THE APARTMENT BELOW US, THERE WAS --
THE DOOR WAS OPEN, THE APARTMENT WAS JUST RANSACKED AND CRAZY,
AND THERE WAS A POOR, SWEET WORKING GALLING HALF IN AND HALF
OUT, LIKE, THAT, AND THIS HAND WAS HOLDING A BANANA, WHICH I
SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, MY GOD I START CRYING.
I GET A POLICE OFFICER.
I WAS, LIKE, OH, MY GOD I HOPE SHE'S LIKE HURT IS THE BEST
THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S BREATHING.
WE GET UP THERE AND HE GOES, ROBIN!
GET UP!
AND SHE GOES, OH, HEY HON -- HEY HON.
OH, I LIKE YOUR SHOES -- TO ME.
AND GETS UP AND, LIKE, EVERYTHING'S FINE, GOES BACK.
AND I CALLED MY MOM FOR A TICKET HOME JUST FOR THE WEEKEND.
I WAS, LIKE, I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS, FOR THE
WEEKEND.
>> James: TOO MUCH POTASSIUM, THAT'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN, A
POTASSIUM HIGH, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
>> LISTEN UP, KID!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WE FIRST MET IN
NEW YORK.
>> YES, WE DID.
>> James: DID I EVER COME TO YOUR APARTMENT?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
>> James: WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT.
>> NO, JAMES.
>> James: I WASN'T SAYING IN THAT WAY.
I WAS SAYING THERE WAS A LOT OF HANGING OUT IN VARIOUS
APARTMENTS.
>> A PRETTY SHARP NO.
>> James: WHERE WAS YOUR FIRST APARTMENT?
>> IT WAS IN EAST VILLAGE.
>> James: RIGHT.
AND I WAS 19, I THINK, AND I FOUND MY APARTMENT ON
CRAIGSLIST, WHEN CRAIGSLIST WAS, LIKE, A LEGITIMATE THING.
>> James: WAS IT?
OR WAS IT WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A LEGITIMATE THING.
>> THE LATTER.
>> James: YEAH.
AND I FOUND AN APARTMENT THAT HAD A ROOMMATE AND I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY MONEY.
IT WAS, LIKE, $400 A MONTH, I WAS, LIKE, FANTASTIC.
BUT MY ROOMMATE WAS, LIKE, A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN, A SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER, AND I WAS 19.
HE HAD THE LIVING ROOM, I HAD THE BEDROOM AND WE SHARED A
BATHROOM AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT, LOOKING BACK ON IT, I CAN'T
BELIEVE I DID THAT.
LIKE, I WOULDN'T DO THAT NOW, LET ALONE --
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOU ARE A VERY
SUCCESSFUL ACTRESS.
>> ON CRAIGSLIST, SHOOT HER A POST-OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
HOW LONG DID THIS LAST?
>> FOR, LIKE, FOUR YEARS.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: I FEEL A SITCOM COMING ON!
>> HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM?
NO, AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO THANK HIM.
I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY SOMETIMES AND HE WOULD LET THE RENT SLIDE.
>> James: WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THIS -- WE TRACKED HIM DOWN.
I'M KIDDING.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> I WAS, LIKE, OH GOD!
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
OME ON OUT, DON!
HE, LIKE, DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.