You know what I realized?
I was here right before I started
shooting "A Star is Born."
Do you remember that?
Oh, I do remember it.
Yes.
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I had the beard and the hair and we
were talking about singing and all that stuff.
Yeah, and that's why I'm wondering where you have been.
I mean, I'm just seeing you now.
I know, it's horrible.
I texted you right after I saw the screening of it and said,
what a great film.
It's going to win all kinds of awards.
And first of all, your acting in it was fantastic.
You're singing in it was fantastic.
Thank you.
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Directing that, what a thing to take on as a director, too.
And then to direct a film of that magnitude.
Cause there was a lot going on in it.
Yeah.
It was so good.
Oh, thank you.
Congratulations.
Oh, thanks.
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You were saying how scared you were to sing.
And it turns out, you sing.
You have a great voice.
Thank you.
Because you were scared to death and then you went to Coachella.
And where else?
You went to three--
Went to Stagecoach, which was basically Coachella.
And then we went to Glastonbury, which was insane.
But the scariest was "The Oscars."
It was pretty terrifying.
The Oscars, I loved the way you did that.
How you just--
Oh, good I'm glad you liked it.
I thought that was so brilliant.
Yeah, we did the one camera move.
And they just pushed the piano out.
And the two of you just got out of the audience.
Yeah.
It was beautiful.
Oh, good.
And I thought, how do you--
not being a singer, to do that in front of all your peers.
Oh, it was crazy.
You didn't look nervous, though.
Good.
I wasn't.
I actually wasn't nervous.
Cause I worked so hard.
I just worked really hard.
And Lady Gaga's so supportive.
But it was terrifying, absolutely.
Yeah, cause I'm not a singer.
And I didn't sing before this movie.
So it was really crazy.
But it just shows you, if you do work really hard,
and you're with supportive people,
that you can do things that you never even dreamed possible.
Because I really thought, "The Oscars" thing, I thought--
people will never watch the movie again if this is bad.
Do you know what I mean?
Sure.
They'd be like, oh, they can't do it.
So it was one of those things where it
was like, it has to be great.
Yeah, and it was.
It was great.
It felt great.
Yeah, it was great.
It was really special.
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It's honestly the only moment in "The Oscars" that I remember.
Wow.
I mean, that's how powerful it was.
It was beautiful.
Oh, thanks.
And I thought, just so raw and natural.
It was great.
And the fact that you've never sang before,
and then you're in front of Coachella and Glastonbury
and all those places.
Glastonbury was crazy.
Yeah, that was insane.
Cause that was in front of 80,000 people.
And we just jumped on a stage for four minutes.
And think about the production value of that.
So I actually built in that people threw bottles at me
and were screaming that--
his dissent would happen very fast in the movie.
Cause I would still use the shot in the movie.
But I didn't know what was going to happen.
So that's how you shot it for the movie?
You went to these festivals and shot?
Went to those festivals.
Yes.
That was four minutes right before Kris Kristofferson--
who, actually went and played.
He's the reason why we were able to get on that stage.
So the coolest part about that was,
I got to say, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Kris
Kristoffersson, after.
And he was in the 1976 version of the film.
Wow.
Yeah.
But I mean to be--
so, you just did it in that one take?
Two takes, we had four minutes.
I sang "Maybe it's Time," twice.
And the audience loved it.
They must--
Well, they couldn't hear it cause we never played anything
through the PA system.
What?
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No.
So you have monitors-- because we couldn't release the music
before the movie came out.
So you couldn't play it.
So what were they doing the whole time?
That's why you don't know if they're
gonna throw a bottle at you.
Cause they're like who is this idiot that I can't hear?
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
Wow.
Yeah.
The only time they could hear us was at Stagecoach.
Because the people were right up against the stage.
So like the first 10 rows could hear the monitor.
So for four minutes they're watching you and Lady Gaga
and they're all just--
No, no.
It was just me.
That's even worse.
Yeah.
It was just me.
Oh, man.
No, she didn't jump on any stages, I just did that.
Cause if she did, people would've went crazy.
Yeah, yeah.
I did it and they're like, they don't
understand what's happening.
Right.
Well, way in the back they probably don't even see you.
They don't even know who you are.
Yeah.
Now, would you and Gaga ever go on tour?
Because the album now, you've won a Grammy--
Grammy award winner.
Thank you.
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It actually just came to the house.
Really?
Like, yesterday.
And I thought, wow, this is a really beautiful award.
Yeah, it is a beautiful award.
I mean you won a Grammy.
It's nuts.
And I mean, Mark Ronson is just like--
Oh, the best.
--the best.
And the sweetest guy, too.
Yes.
But would you and Gaga go on tour?
Because the album is doing really well.
I mean, no.
But you know what I thought would be a cool thing to do,
maybe one night-- is do like a live reading of the movie,
of the script.
And sing all the songs as you're reading the script.
Like at the Hollywood Bowl or something.
That's great.
That would be cool, right?
Yes that would be really cool.
No?
Well, do that.
Yes.
What, because they-- they didn't respond, so you're like, no?
Yeah, I was just testing it out.
No, we won't do it.
Horrible idea.
They would love that.
They just didn't know what to react like.