Please welcome Octavia Spencer.
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Did you think that we had gotten rid of the guest chair?
Did you need to bring a--
what are you doing?
Well, this is my special chair.
I know it's 12 days of giveaways,
and y'all have limited seating.
So I brought this.
And as soon as I'm done talking to you,
I'm going to go sit out there.
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Oh, I see.
OK.
I would have given you the stuff anyway.
But if you want to sit out there--
It's just so fun.
It is fun.
That's fantastic.
That's a great-- no one's thought of that.
You're very clever.
See?
Are you a thrifty person in general,
like to take advantage of situations like this?
I try to, Ellen.
I try to.
But there's nothing more fun than being
surprised every other minute.
Yeah, and getting free stuff.
Free stuff.
Who doesn't love free stuff?
I love free stuff.
Yeah.
There's some good free stuff today, too.
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Speaking of free stuff, I just want you to know,
if you go back into my dressing room,
I've cleared away all the snacks.
You have the best snacks.
Yeah.
Good.
I'm glad.
So they're gone?
They will be.
OK.
All right, good.
Hey, look at you, Miss Fancy, on the cover of Variety.
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First of all, congratulations just because,
but especially now.
It's a very interesting time to be a woman in Hollywood
especially.
It is indeed.
What are your thoughts?
Well, I'm a Southern Baptist.
And I believe in an for an eye for an eye.
So I might get a little carried away.
So it's good that I don't have to judge anybody,
because there'd be a lot of eyes gone.
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Uh-huh.
But I think it's important that we create a safe work
environment.
I mean, how hard is that, men and women?
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Yeah.
I think it must be so scary for men
who know that they've done something,
and it's any minute now.
Because just when you think nothing, and then, all
of a sudden, another name comes up.
And you're like, boy, this is--
it's not going to stop.
And I'm really proud of all the women coming forward.
Me too.
I'm so proud.
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It's so important because I know young girls watch
this show and boys.
And it's so important.
We're taught, as little girls, to be nice
and to not put up a fight or argue or do anything.
So we allow ourselves to be in situations sometimes.
So when people say, well, why didn't you
say something before, it's like, because we're
taught to stay quiet.
We're taught to be nice.
And little girls out there need to know you can speak up,
and you can say no and you can be strong.
And that doesn't mean that you're a bad person.
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Yeah.
And there's power in numbers.
Yeah.
I'm so proud of that.
It is.
So what's happening in the dating scene with you?
I'm still kissing a lot of frogs.
But I'm actually having much more fun.
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Good.
I mean, I guess?
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I shouldn't call them frogs.
Now I'm not going to get any more dates.
No.
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No.
But I learned a lot the last time I was here.
What did you learn?
Eggplants-- don't mean vegetables.
I'm not going to tell you.
You have to look it up, people.
Yeah.
For emojis?
Yeah.
Yes.
Had no idea.
Yeah.
I'm pretty old.
Yeah, well, and a lot of people obviously in the audience
are too, because they don't know what--
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They don't know what you're talking about either.
They'll look it up.
Look it up, ladies and gentlemen.
Let's talk about this new movie.
You are fantastic in everything you do,
and you seem to pick really great projects.
Thank you.
So this movie is-- tell everybody what it's about.
It's a fairy tale.
If I tell you about it, you're going to just--
a mute woman falls in love with a fish man.
But that's why you have to know it's a fairy tale.
And the great thing about that fish man
is he has an amazing butt.
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They just-- I don't know how they did it.
But it's like this swimmer who does the elliptical machine.
I don't-- I'm so consumed with the butt.
I'm sorry.
It's a great movie.
Yes.
And a great butt.
No, it is a good butt.
Look at that.
It's a wonderful butt.
And you're just getting the side view.
Yeah.
From the back, it's something--
It's perfect.
Yeah.
The arms are good too.
All right, it is called The Shape of Water.
It's out in select theaters next Friday.
And I guess you're going to go put your chair over there.
Yes, I am.
All right.