>> Jimmy: YOU ARE -- WHERE ARE
YOU FROM?
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A MIXED
UPBRINGING, CORRECT?
>> I DO.
I DO.
I WAS BORN IN EGYPT, GREW UP IN
TORONTO.
>> Jimmy: WHEN DID YOU MOVE TO
TORONTO?
>> YES!
SOME PEOPLE FROM THE SIX HERE.
>> Jimmy: WE ALWAYS HAVE MANY
CANADIANS HERE.
>> YES.
WHEN I WAS 3 1/2 I MOVED FROM
EGYPT TO TORONTO.
>> Jimmy: SO CULTURALLY LIKE IN
YOUR HOUSE DO YOU FEEL MORE
EGYPTIAN OR CANADIAN?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH
THING.
I THINK FOR ANY IMMIGRANT YOU
NEVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 100% --
LIKE I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS
100% EGYPTIAN, 100% CANADIAN.
I GO TO SCHOOL PEOPLE WOULD BE
LIKE OH, MY GOD, I GOT GROUNDED
FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND I'D BE LIKE, WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> Jimmy: OH, YOU'VE NOT BEEN
GROUNDED?
>> NO, GROUNDING IS NOT A
THING --
>> Jimmy: WAS YOUR DAD OR YOUR
MOM, WERE THEY TOUGH?
>> THEY WERE.
YEAH.
WE GOT SMACKED.
NOT BEAT OR ANYTHING.
BUT YOU GET SMACKED.
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
I GOT SMACKED ALSO.
BUT WE WEREN'T FROM EGYPT.
FROM BROOKLYN.
AND IT STILL HURT.
>> PETS WAS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
ME AND MY SISTERS WOULD ASK MY
DAD FOR THIS -- YOU KNOW, IT
WOULD BE LIKE WE WANT A DOG.
HE'D BE LIKE, YOU WANT A DOG?
I GO TO EGYPT I GET YOU 15 DOGS
FROM THE STREET.
BECAUSE THERE'S STRAY DOGS
EVERYWHERE.
AND WE'D BE LIKE NO, NO.
WE WANT A DOG.
IT WILL INSTILL RESPONSIBILITY
AND ALL THESE GREAT -- AND WE
FINALLY DECIDED HE WOULD GET US
A BIRD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO WE GO TO THE STORE IT TURNS
OUT IT'S A LOVEBIRD.
AND THE STORE CLERK IS LIKE
LISTEN, MR. MASSOUD, WE REALLY
RECOMMEND YOU GETTING TWO
BECAUSE THESE BIRDS REQUIRE A
LOT OF ATTENTION AND LOVE.
AND HE'S LIKE, "WE WILL START
WITH ONE AND THEN THINK ABOUT
NUMBER TWO."
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO WE GET THE BIRD.
AND A WEEK LATER WE COME HOME
FROM SCHOOL THE BIRD'S GONE.
SO WHAT I LEARNED FROM AMERICAN
TELEVISION AND FILMS IS THAT
USUALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE
PARENTS SHOW LOVE AND GENTLENESS
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND MY DAD WAS LIKE, "SEE?
YOU COULD NOT EVEN TAKE CARE OF
THE BIRD.
HOW WOULD YOU TOOK CARE OF A
DOG?"
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND WE'RE LIKE WHERE IS IT?
WHERE'S THE BIRD?
HE'S LIKE, "I THREW IT IN THE
GARBAGE."
>> Jimmy: WHAT?
>> DAD, WE HAVE TO BURY THIS
THING.
HE'S LIKE, MENA, WHEN YOU EAT
THE CHICKEN DO YOU BURY THE
BONES IN THE BACK YARD?
AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
>> Jimmy: HE'S A PRACTICAL MAN I
GUESS, YOUR DAD.
ARE CHE EXCITE D NOW WITH ALL
YOUR ACCESS?
I KNOW "ALADDIN" MADE LIKE A
BILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS A BIG THING IN EGYPT.
>> IT WAS A HUGE THING.
I WENT BACK TO EGYPT RECENTLY.
I REALLY FELT THE LOVE THERE.
>> Jimmy: THAT MUST BE COOL.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
BECAUSE THE LAST PERSON TO KIND
OF COME OUT OF EGYPT, RAMI
MALEK, OBVIOUSLY WE GOT RAMI.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BUT OMAR SHARIF WAS THE BIG ONE.
>> Jimmy: WOW.
YOU, OMAR AND RAMI, HUH?
>> YEAH, ME, OMAR AND RAMI.
NO, THERE'S A LOT.
THERE'S A LOT COMING UP.
IT'S NICE.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, THAT MUST BE A
GREAT THING.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS TELEVISION
SHOW BECAUSE I HEARD IT WAS
REALLY GOOD AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO
PAY VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE
ATTENTION.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> YOU DO.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM FOR US HERE IN AMERICA.
>> I KNOW.
BUT ALL THE EPISODES DROP AT
ONCE.
SO YOU CAN BINGE IT OVER THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> Jimmy: ALL RIGHT.
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SHOWS THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEW GENRES
MESHED INTO ONE.
>> Jimmy: IN WHAT WAY?
WHAT GENRES -- I'M DYING TO SEE
THIS.
>> IT'S A DRAMA BUT THERE'S SOME
DARK COMEDY IN IT.
AND IT HAS FILM NOIR ASPECTS TO
IT.
WHENEVER I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE
SHOW AND I HAVE TO DO IT QUICKLY
I BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S
ABOUT -- IT'S ABOUT A WOMAN WHO
ALMOST GETS KILLED BY THIS GANG
WHO'S HER FAMILY.
AND SHE COMES BACK YEARS LATER
TOAKE REVENGE ON THEM AND I
PLAY A CHARACTER NAMED ETHAN
HART WHO SHE KIND OF RECRUITS TO
HELP HER GET HER REVENGE.
WHETHER WILLINGLY OR
UNWILLINGLY.
BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO TUNE IN TO
FIND OUT.
>> Jimmy: INTERESTING.
WELL, IT'S VERY GOOD TO MEET
YOU.
VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WE WATCHED YOU IN "ALADDIN" LIKE
A MILLION TIMES AT MY HOUSE.
>> FUN YOUR KIDS ARE ADORABLE,
BY THE WAY.
>> Jimmy: THANK YOU.
THEY THINK YOU'RE ADORABLE ALSO.
>> OH, THANKS.
>> Jimmy: MENA MASSOUD,
EVERYBODY.
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