Mindy, I love your movie.
Thank you.
It was fantastic.
Well, I mean, a movie about talk shows--
hearing that from you, that's huge.
Thank you.
And I think you captured a lot of it.
Oh, good.
We don't do that here, but I've heard stories.
We'll talk about that in a minute.
But there is a birthday coming up soon, right?
Yes.
When is your birthday?
June 24th.
And what are you going to do?
What am I going to do?
Well, I'm turning 40.
Mm-hmm.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
They say it's a big one.
It's a big one.
You've recently had an even numbered, big birthday as well.
Yes.
I remember because of all the celebs that were there.
Yes.
So for my 40th, I was going to go to Vegas--
and take friends to see a show and have dinner.
And the first thing I told people
when I said I wanted to go to Vegas
is-- they're like, oh, well obviously
you'll go to "Magic Mike" or "Thunder From Down Under."
Their assumption is like, the minute I go to Vegas--
me, Mindy Kaling, needs to see male strippers.
And I was just like, what is it about me?
Like, here's a girl who needs to be titillated by naked men.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
Right.
Well, I will say that I saw "Magic Mike,"
and it's a good show.
Is it really?
And if I say that, you know it's good.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
It's a good show.
I'm excited to see it.
What a good endorsement.
Yeah, we went and we did a tape piece and they are fantastic.
It's very entertaining.
I think you'd like it.
How x-rated is it?
Oh, here it is.
You know--
Oh.
Yeah, it's--
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
That was me and Channing.
And that doesn't happen all the time.
I'm not part of the show.
I don't think of riding strippers-- male strippers,
when I think of you.
You don't?
No, I don't.
That's me.
[ALL LAUGHING]
That's me.
No, but you would like it.
But what shows did you have in mind, that you'd go see?
I'd like to see--
Like, a Cirque de Soleil show or something?
I've actually seen all of those shows.
I kind of want to see Gaga.
Yeah.
Oh, I bet that's a good show.
I bet that's a good show.
Yeah.
So I'm excited to see that.
So you're planning on that?
I think so.
I think, I'm going to bring--
it's in a--
I haven't planned it yet.
But I was thinking of bringing like, 10 to 12 friends,
and doing that.
I'm not included in that?
You can-- you, Reese, and Jennifer Aniston.
No, no it's fine.
It's totally--
Just the classic group.
Yeah.
No, it's totally fine.
All right, let's talk about "Late Night."
This is a movie that you wrote and produced.
Mm-hmm.
And it's called "Late Night."
Mm-hmm.
And explain what it's about.
Emma Thompson plays a late night talk
show host, who has been doing the job for 30 years.
And people are getting mad at her
because she has an all male, all white writing staff.
And so, kind of, against her will,
she has to hire a diversity hire.
And that's my character, who she's not that fond of.
Right and she's not too nice to her writers.
No.
Yeah.
It's really good.
And you wrote this with Emma in mind.
Did you have a backup?
No.
Had you met Emma?
I had not.
Oh, wow.
So what had you seen her in that you
thought she'd be good for that?
I don't know.
Cause she's done so much drama and not that much comedy.
But she's really funny.
But she's really funny, and I knew she came from comedy.
I don't know.
It was a stupid thing to do, actually.
Yeah.
And I had no backup, and I didn't know her.
I was just in LA-- just creepily writing this movie
about this woman that I was a fan of.
Yeah.
And how was it to work with her?
She's amazing.
Well, she's English, so she does those things where she's always
calling everyone darling.
And so at the beginning, you think
like-- oh, she really likes me.
And then she calls the Postmates, darling--
and you're like, OK, I am not that special to her at all.
Yeah.
She really is funny though.
She did a thing on my sitcom and it was really, really funny.
That's right, I remember that.
She's hilarious and she's--
I don't know.
She never gets to do funny parts, and she just turned 60.
And she was like--
I don't know.
I was just excited to see her in this kind of role.
And now you're going to do more movies.
You're going to write more movies.
I hope so.
Yes.
We'll see how this does.
All right.
I would like to.
All right.
Well, I don't know if you know this.
We had her on the show to talk about your movie.
And we dedicated a loo to her-- a bathroom.
I saw this.
Yeah, so we put a plaque on.
So it was a big honor.
I was very jealous--
There it was.
--I thought you could name no urinal after me.
Right. (SARCASTICALLY) Well, it seems like you
have a lot of complaints today.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
I'm so happy to be here.
I am complaining though.
I'm kidding.
All right, it's called "Late Night."
It's a really, really funny movie.
It's in theaters everywhere, this Friday.
We'll be right back.