-This is your first time here. And here we are in New York.
You're from New Jersey, but we had as Hollywood a meeting
as we could ever have.
We met and we sat at the same table at the Golden Globes.
-It was so Hollywood. -It was really Hollywood.
-And we had only been doing "Brooklyn"
for like a few months.
-And then you guys won. -And then we won.
-Yeah. And -- -It was very --
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-That whole night was so surreal.
And I remember meeting you so vividly,
because you sat down.
You were talking to Chelsea Peretti,
and I was just like "It's cool, it's cool.
It's just Seth Meyers sitting there.
Just gonna be part of this conversation.
Oh, you're talking to me? Okay."
-Yeah. -It was really nice.
And then, I will say, you won --
Because you were very sweet and nervous,
and then you won and you came back and you totally iced me.
You changed immediately.
Like, you were totally big-timing as soon as you won.
-That's my move. -Yeah. That was your move.
-That's my move. Yeah.
-I'm jealous because you get to work with
so many wonderful people on the show,
but especially Andy Samberg, one of my old friends.
How has your experience been working with Andy Samberg?
-He's the best. -He's really the best guy, yeah.
-He's so nice and wonderful. It's a little annoying.
-I think he's also healthier now, living in L.A.
and not being on "SNL," where we all --
every one of us who worked at "SNL"
was a lot grumpier, hung over a lot.
He seems like green-juiced-out right now.
-He is.
But I really enjoy when he gets grumpy.
-Yeah, it's pretty funny.
-It happens like once in a while
and it's very similar, like, how my 3-year-old gets grumpy.
-Yeah. This all tracks with my experience.
-Yeah, yeah. It's just kind of like...
But, you know, you just, like,
pour yourself some coffee and, like, grab a cookie
and just sit near him, and he will eventually
take that coffee and eat that cookie, like,
from your hands.
-He does like to be communal with food...
-Very much so.
-...especially when he doesn't have any.
-Yes.
-Yeah. It's not like, "Have a little of mine."
It's like he doesn't have any.
-And he's always trying to be good and healthy
so he doesn't get sick
and, like, takes care of himself,
so I really enjoy just, like,
sliding in with like five cookies.
-Gotcha. As well you should. This was very exciting.
There were some people who,
when the show got cancelled over at Fox,
were very vocal about bringing the show back.
I was a little vocal, but one of the people who --
-You were very vocal.
-I was very vocal, but I will say,
the star of it, one of the stars of it, was Lin-Manuel Miranda,
who then...
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His reward was he got to be on the show and play your brother,
which was fantastic.
How was your experience with him?
-I have so much love for Lin.
He tweeted about the show around, like,
the Golden Globes time, early Season 1,
and I basically ran around set and I was like,
"Aah! Lin-Manuel Miranda loves 'Brooklyn.'"
Everybody was like, "Who dat?" -Yeah.
-Because "Hamilton" had not come out yet.
And I was like, "Aah! Los Angeles!"
And then "Hamilton" came out, and everybody was like,
"Do you know that Lin-Manuel Miranda
loves 'Brooklyn'?"
I was like...
So, we've been trying for a really long time
to get him on the show.
And then through the whole cancelation, all of --
You, Sean Astin --
-Sean Astin, who's been on the show, as well.
-Who's been on the show. -Mark Hamill.
-Mark Hamill. We got to get him on.
-Guillermo del Toro. I was waiting for my call.
-No, no, no. You've been on the show.
-Well, I have been on the show.
I will say, you know, this is --
Like, Lin got to go out in person
and, like, wear wardrobe and have lines.
My cameo was -- I was a police sketch on the show.
-Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
That counts. -That counts?
-Yeah. -I have to get the prop, though.
I really do love that a great deal.
I'm gonna try to track that down.
-Yeah. It kind of looks like you and Andy had a baby --
-Yeah. -That's what that looks like.
-Yeah, we've got a very similar thing
that we share in common on our face.
-Yeah. [ Laughs ]
-I'll let you guys decide which body part.
This is amazing.
You were at NYU. -Mm-hmm.
-And the day you -- Was it the day you took your last test,
you got cast in a soap opera?
-Yeah. -Wow! That's incredible.
-I took my last exam for college,
and it was, like, anatomy or something really hard
that I was not sure I was going to pass.
-Yeah. -But then I did.
And I walked out and called my parents.
And I was like, "I'm a graduate. This is amazing."
And four hours later, I got the call
that I'd booked a four-year contract on "One Life to Live."
-Wow! That's amazing. [ Cheers and applause ]
They were probably just waiting to see
how you did on that anatomy test.
-Yeah, yeah.
They probably had a plant in the room,
just like, "Looks like she knows the answers."
-"She's going to have the grades, guys."
-"She's gonna have the grades. She's not gonna have to stay."
-Well, thank you so much for being here.