TYLER, YOU POSTED A PHOTO OF A CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR
STUDIO.
>> YES.
>> James: HERE IN ATLANTA. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE STORY BEHIND
THIS CAR?
>> I BOUGHT THIS CAR, IT IS A 1992 GEO METRO BECAUSE THIS IS A
CAR THAT WAS REPOSSESSED WHEN I WAS HOMELESS IN THE EARLY
NINETIES.
AND I FOUND ONE AND I BOUGHT IT AND I PARKED, MY PAIN OF MY PAST
IN FRONT OF MY DREAM WHICH WAS THE STUDIO SO I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO GO OUT AND FIND WHATEVER YOU LOST, WHATEVER
LIKE HURT YOU IN THE PAST, PUT IT IN FRONT OF SOMETHING GREAT
IN YOUR LIFE AND LET IT INSPIRE YOU AND I THINK IT INSPIRED A
LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE THAT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >
>> THERE IS A JOKE COMING.
YES.
I ACTUALLY SLEPT IN THAT CAR.
NOT THAT ONE BUT ONE JUST LIKE IT.
>> James: HOW ANNOYING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PARK THERE.
I IMAGINE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO PARK FURTHER AWAY
THAN THAT CAR.
I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THERE IS A GUY THAT WORKS IN THIS OFFICE
HERE WHO WOULD HAPPILY PARK HIS CAR YEAR, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR
EVERY DAY AND SAY, BY THE WAY YOU USED TO BE POOR, I WILL SEE
YOU LATER.
BYE BYE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS ONLY FIVE MINUTES.
IT WAS ONLY PARKED THERE FIVE MINUTES.
>> James: HOW DID YOU SLEEP IN THIS CAR CAN?
>> I WAS LITERALLY HALF THE MAN I AM NOW.
I WAS 80 OR 90 POUNDS LATER THAN I AM.
I COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER, IN THE STHURM THE TOP
WOULD GO DOWN AND SIT UP LIKE THIS.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
>> James: I MEAN YOU LIVED -- YOU WORKED IN THE GAP.
>> I DID.
I WORKED IN THE LENOX MALL.
>> AT THE LENOX MALL, REALLY.
>> I LIVED IN VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS WITH MY MOM RIGHT AFTER I
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I TRAINED WITH A DANCE COMPANY THERE AND I WORKED AS
LEX NON-- >> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> AT THE GAP.
WERE YOU A GOOD SALESPERSON AT THE GAP?
>> I WAS SUPER.
YES.
I WAS LIKE, I WAS PROBABLY REALLY ANNOYING, THEY ALWAYS PUT
ME AS A TREATER BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF LIKE I GUESS
YOU CALL IT A JOBS WORTH, RIGHT?
I LEARNED THAT FROM EMILY BLUNT.
>> WHAT IS -- >>
>> James: WHICH IS SOMEONE WHO JUST WILL NOT BEND THE RULES OR
ANYTHING, WHO IS SO DEDICATED TO DOING THEIR JOB -- MY JOB IS TO
WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THAT BAR, I AM GOING TO WALK OVER
THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE JOB I AM DOING, AND YOU ARE THE -- AND
THAT'S WHAT I AM DOING AND -- >> ABSOLUTELY. SO THEY PUT ME
AS THE GREETER AND I JUST DID EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO,
EVEN IF I DIDN'T WANT TO, SO WHICH IS LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE GAP ACT WHERE YOU HAVE TO GREET
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO, OH, GOSH I HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU HAVE TO
APPROACH, PRODUCT INFORMATION, ADD ON, CLOTHES, THINK.
>> FACE.
GODS WORTH.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU.
>> I WORKED AT POP EYES, I WAS THE OPPOSITE.
IF YOU DIAL THE WINDOW AFTER TIME FOR ME TO GET OFF, GO CARE
WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU AIN'T GETTING FOOD.
I AM OUT OF THERE.
>> OH, HE IS HAVING A BAD DAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> HE WILL GET OVER IT.
>> James: WHITNEY HOUSTON CAME INTO THE GAP WHEN YOU WERE
THERE?
>> AND I WAS LIKE, WELCOME TO GAP.
>> HELLO, WELCOME TO THE GAP.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH?
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE T-SHIRTS THAT ARE ON SALE.
>> SHE SAID 0 N 0 NO, SHE WENT B TO THE DRESSING ROOM AND
REQUESTED ANYBODY ELSE.
>> THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
>> James: ANYBODY BUT THAT GIRL.
>> YES.
>> James: WOW.
>> WHICH M3DE ME LAUGH BECAUSE I AGREED I WAS ANNOYING BUT I
COULDN'T STOP DOING MY JOB.
>> James: DIDN'T YOU -- YOU WORKED IN A BUILDING, THIS THERE
IS A STORY I KNOW ABOUT YOU WHERE YOU WORKED IN A BUILDING
AND YOU MET OPRAH OR YOU WERE WORKING IN THE BUILDING?
>> YES, I WORKED AT THE WINDSOR COURT HOTEL AND HOUSEKEEPING AND
HERSHEY WAS COMING SO I VACUUMED THE FLOOR FOR 45 MINUTES WAITING
FOR HER TO COME.
>> AND IT IS LIKE OH, MY GOD IT IS OPRAH AND I WANTED TO SAY
SOMETHING BUT I COULDN'T, I STOOD TO THE SIDE, SHE IS
CHECKING OUT THREE DAYS LATER AND I GOT EARLIER AND I VACUUMED
THE HELL OUT OF THAT RUG, I THINK I TOOK ALL OF THE FIBERS
OUT AND A SHE FINALLY COMES OUT, CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH, SURE
AND GIVES THEY AUTOGRAPH, IT WAS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER, EVER
FORGET AND TO BE FRIENDS WITH HER SOME 20 YEARS LATE LATER IT
REALLY, REALLY AMAZING.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HONESTLY I WOULD VACUUM A RUG
NOW TO GET TO TALK TO OPRAH.
YES, I WOULD GO OUTSIDE OF HER HOTEL ROOM RIGHT NOW IF IT MEANT
I COULD TALK TO HER.
>> WHY IS AMY VACUUMING OUTSIDE.
>> YOU SHOULD CALL HER.
>> James: DID YOU MEET ANY CELEBRITIES BEFORE YOU WERE AN
ACTRESS.
>> WHITNEY HOUSTON, AND THAT DIDN'T GO ZOO WELL.
I WAS WORKING AT HOOTERS AND -- >> James: RIGHT.
>> WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU WORKED AT HOOTERS?
WERE YOU THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS LIKE, IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY AND
THAT WAY?
>> CAN PRETTY MUCH.
>> PRETTY MUCH.
GOT IT.
>> AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WEARING TWO SOCKS, NOT JUST ONE
AND PRETTY SURE YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE CUT, YOU CUT IT UP IN
THE BACK NOW.
IT IS A LOT OF FUN.
NO, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS I SA BONO WALK THROUGH THE HOTEL WE
WERE ATTACHED TO AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I AM PRETTY SURE
THAT IS BONO FROM U2 SO ALL OF THE GIRLS RUSHED HIM AND I FELT
REALLY BAD FOR TELLING AND I THINK HE COULD TELL I FELT BAD
SO WHEN I RUSHED HIM HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME A KISS ON THE CHEEK AND
I WAS LIKE, I AM NEVER GOING TO WASH MY CHEEK AGAIN.
YEAH.
HE WAS VERY SWEET.
TO BE FAIR I DIDN'T TRY -- I AM SURE HE WOULD HAVE RAN IF I WAS
LIKE HOW ARE YOU DOING? CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT THE SALE OF THE
T-SHIRTS AND THE NEW FALL COLORS.
>> AND THE CHICKEN WINGS.
>> James: IS THERE ANYONE YOU WOULD GET STAR STRUCK BY
MEETING?
>> IT HAPPENED AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES, CAROL BURNETT.
IT IS LIKE -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> CAROL BURNETT, THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING FOR ME AND DICK
VAN DYKE WAS THERE AND I SAID DON'T STALK HIM, TYLER BUT I
WANTED TO MEET HIM TOO.
>> CAN I TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT CAROL BURNETT.
>> SHE WORKED AT THE GAP AND TOLD YOU --
>> James: THIS IS A STORY ABOUT CAROL BURNETT, I WAS IN A
RESTAURANT AND CAROL BURNETT IS AT THE NEXT TABLE AND HAVING
DATE NIGHT OUT EATING BUSINESS IS A AND SHE HAD BEEN ON THE
SHOW AND SAID HI, AND I INTRODUCED HER TO MY SON, AND I
WAS EXPLAINING TO MY SON HOW WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CAREER AND
LIFE CAROL BURNETT HAD AND I TOLD CAROL BURNETT, I SAID MAX
IS JUST DOING HIS SCHOOL PLAY AT THE MOMENT, AND THAT HE WAS
PERFORMING AND HE REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND SHE SAID, WHAT IS YOUR
ADDRESS AND SENT MAX ALL OF HER BOX SETS SAYING GOOD LUCK WITH
YOUR CAREER I THINK IT IS GOING TO GO GREAT.
>> SHE IS AMAZING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> James: STICK AROUND, MORE
OF THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK!