(audience applause) (upbeat music)
- This is so exciting.
- I was just painting, so I don't want
to get it on your beautiful, dress.
- Oh, that's okay, I don't care.
- Come on over.
- Should I go right here? - Yes right here.
Okay.
- Oh my God, you look so great.
- [Connie] Hi, everybody, I'm so excited.
This is my first in-person...
- [Kelly] Oh, yeah... - Thing.
- A lot of people say that to me.
Yeah, because... - Oh, I'm so excited...
- I know.
- I could kind of cry, I'm so happy to see you all.
- [Kelly] I know.
(audience cheers)
It's so different, the energy is so different.
- Of course, it is.
- Yeah, I love everything you do.
- [Connie] Oh my God.
- I was very excited that you were coming,
like very excited. - Really?
- And I have to say like, I love everything you do,
everything I mentioned too, but I saw this,
randomly, I was at home and I saw this random movie,
that I didn't... I'd never seen a preview,
I'd never heard of a trailer or anything.
And I just ended up watching, "Beatriz at Dinner".
- Oh, yeah.
- I loved it.
- Thank you, I know. - Oh my gosh.
- Isn't that a great movie?
- Yes, anyway, I just wanted to say that,
I thought it was amazing.
- And a little fun fact about "Beatriz at Dinner",
was written, by Mike White, who created "White Lotus".
- Didn't know that.
- Same, samesies.
- I didn't even mean to tie that in, that was nice.
- [Connie] I know, well done, nicely...
- I am so professional in season 3, yes.
- Yeah, that's why I wanted to do,
"White Lotus" so badly because...
- [Kelly] Wow.
- I loved that script for "Beatriz at Dinner",
which he wrote.
- [Kelly] It was so great and fresh and different.
- Yeah.
- And that makes sense, kind of, now with "White Lotus".
Yeah, "White Lotus" is huge.
- [Connie] I know, isn't it crazy?
- Everybody is freaking out about it,
everyone talks about it, it's that show.
- It's funny, the things that get into the zeitgeists,
you know, the things that people are just like,
"Ooh, I got to talk about that".
- Literally, like, every little like, group
of like my friends that don't even know each other,
that's like the show everyone is like,
"you should watch, you should watch, you should watch".
- Yeah, that's just cool.
- [Kelly] Yeah, that's cool to be a part of, yes.
- I know.
- But you lived in New York after college, right?
- I did, yes.
I'm like, "Wait, that was so long ago, where did I live?"
Yes, I did.
- I know, but if you live here, I feel like,
there's just... What was like,
your favorite thing about living here?
It's just such an energetic city, there's so many pockets.
- [Connie] I know. - Yeah.
- I love New York so much. - Yeah.
- I, you know, that was a particular,
it was right, after college
and I was going to drama school and I was, you know,
I was pounding the pavement, trying to be an actress.
And there was something really exciting about that time,
particularly being in New York,
there was like, this sense of opportunity
and like, everything was possible.
- [Kelly] Yeah.
- You know, because there's so much here.
- No, it's such a dreamer's city.
- It is, it is, there's so... You know...
And people here, will do anything.
They've come here to live their dream,
they've come here to kind of just,
make the world a better... Well I like to...
I like to think they're here,
to make the world a better place, some of them are.
(audience laughs)
Let's be honest.
- Well, that's in every city, Connie. (Kelly laughs)
So, congratulations on the show.
It was one of the biggest hits of the Summer.
It follows the staff and guests at a luxury resort, right?
- [Connie] Yes.
And I feel like it's really relevant, right now,
with so many of the conversations that we're having,
in the culture, about how we treat each other
and how we need to take responsibility for our history.
And, you know, we just kind of restructure
how we all look at each other and so...
- I think that's why everybody's honing on it.
- [Connie] I think so too. - Because there's a need.
- But the thing is the show, I think,
deals with a lot of those subjects,
but it does it in a very entertaining way, you know?
And it kind of, catches you off guard
and I think that's what great, social satire does.
Is it kind of, invites you in
and makes you laugh and makes you think
and freaks you out and all those things.
And you know, so, I think that's why people
are loving the show, so much.
- They are, I think that that's probably,
why people are connecting, so hardcore right now,
but you've also produced many of your projects.
I think it's so cool, from "Nashville" to "Dirty John".
So, why is this an important step for you,
to be able to do that? - [Connie] Yes, it is.
I actually have a production company and it's been a...
It's like putting on a different hat, you know?
- Yeah.
- I mean, it really is a whole new experience.
The next kind of, big show that I do,
I really want to kind of, develop from the ground up.
And so that's been an exciting, new way of thinking.
And I've learned so much about the business
that I never knew before.
- [Kelly] That's why I'm saying it's very different.
Like, even in music, like it's very different to like...
- [Connie] Yes.
- Singer write the song and then have a producer come in.
It's a very different job,
there's a lot more into producing than people...
So it's got to be the same in your line of work.
- It is, and it's challenging.
I mean, I've been very aware, like,
"Okay, I have a lot to learn here, somebody teach me".
But I also, you know, really,
like the idea that I can stretch myself that way.
- [Kelly] Yeah and challenge yourself.
- Yeah, yeah.
I mean, it's like, "Oh, I think this will,
maybe it'll make me a better actor too, who knows?"
- Yeah, or just a better person.
I like challenging myself.