uh our next guest is a uh talented singer and actress who stars in the movie dream girls ladies
and gentlemen here's jennifer hudson nice to see you again nice to see you here well this has
turned out pretty well hasn't it this this movie is just a tremendous event what talented uh people
in in the movie it's not like you're in there with beginners oh you you are a beginner yes oh
my gosh this is my father's acne yeah now what did you did who did you know how to act no i
actually started out on the disney wonder cruise ship that is the only acting experience yep and
were they were they were worried about you acting in the film you know what i would have been but
everybody was very patient very kind and very supportive and they just were there to help me
through it now you were on that show that american idol is that right but you you were not the big
grand champion no i was seventh place seventh place wow how about that yeah yeah how about that
america was wrong america clearly was wrong
yeah and then they they put you in this movie which is a wonderful uh story and uh incredibly
talented people and you you come in and you steal the whole movie now how does that make
you feel your first your first time out you're not even the big winner on american idol and
you steal the whole movie you know what thank you yeah you're quite welcome it feels good to
get a second chance alone you know because it's not every day i never would have guessed i'll
be sitting here talking to you now yeah is that it is that a good thing that's a very good thing
and who have you heard from about the since the film has been out now do you hear from a lot of
people you didn't know before oh my god yes i've heard from whitney houston to oprah to
god some of everybody it never fails it's just amazing to see the support yeah and the reaction
that it's receiving right yeah and now you're just a kid uh what what do you hope to do after this
film well i hope to continue acting and singing both yeah yes and sitting back here on this couch
now when you're when you're doing a i haven't done many musicals but when you're doing a film
uh is it is it harder to sing in a film than it would be just say in in a on a theater stage or
on a television program oh it's very different you have to do it over and over again yeah you have to
do it over and over again and from every angle and then it's it's a to me it's a different language
from theater i've only done very little theater what was that what happened that's my bracelet
hold it wow i thought we were and she also does magic
she got out of these handcuffs
wow
now tell me about your uh family are your family uh just
crazy excited yes everybody is excited half the time they don't know what's going on so
sometimes i don't even bother to explain just like like my mother she found that i was nominated for
the golden globe and i was like mama just got nominated for a golden globe and she was like
oh yeah you got a nominee for girl no no baby wait what what exactly is the golden globes that's all
right she's just excited because she knows that things are going great yeah and and where is
home now home in chicago chicago it still is and that's gonna spend a lot of time there no not much
yeah but when you go back there now it's gonna be crazy crazier than it was it must have been
crazy when the show was on the air right yeah even on idol i would go downtown and i remember
somebody stopped me in the middle of the street like jennifer could i have a hug i'm like yeah if
i could get out the middle of the street i'll give you you know yeah i can go for a hug myself all
right about these guys uh jamie foxx and uh eddie murphy in the film what were they were they fun to
be here oh goodness yes but eddie's very quiet and then there's jamie if you didn't see him you heard
his mouth somewhere across the room because he had the microphone somewhere entertaining or playing
the piano singing doing something but a lot of fun must be just crazy fun a dream this is an
exciting i'm very excited for you in in your life to have this right now it's a wonderful
wonderful thing thank you let's show people a clip from the dream girls movie what do you know what
we're going to see i think we're going to see when is it when f he's put in the background
i believe you're being told that you're no longer the leader no longer the lead singer yeah
and now you know that this is all more or less based on true stories this is biographical
somewhat of the supremes diana ross and so forth than barry gordy did you did you have
that in the back of your mind when you were doing it did you know about the supremes when you were
a kid well i mean of course yes i always listen to that music because that's what i love the old
school music and also we did our research you know preparing for the film and we read books
and watch footage and different things of the motown area in itself yeah okay there you go
i think we got it well paul saw the movie a couple of days ago and knocked out by it i saw
it a couple of weeks ago she was phenomenal with both of us yeah yeah it's just one of those things
where you're just so happy to have that in a movie you can't believe it's there
and congrats i'm so happy it's you thank you so much and you're going to come back a little bit
later and sing for us here all right we'll be back later and now ladies and gentlemen
performing a song from the dream girls soundtrack cd here's jennifer hudson
look at me
look
i
changed
i am changing
i'll be better than i am
i
who said i could do it all alone how many good friends have i already lost
and how many dark nights have i known walking down that road
now i can see i am changing
trying every way i can i am changing
i'll be better than i am
this time i am
together
i'm gonna start again
i'll change
is
thank you very
hudson much
and gentlemen good luck congratulations we'll be right back
you