-My next guest is a Grammy winner
and a Tony-nominated actress who stars in
the new HBO Max series "Made For Love,"
which will begin streaming new episodes tomorrow.
Please welcome Cristin Milioti!
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
-♪ Cristin Milioti ♪
♪ That's the girl we're all thinkin' of ♪
♪ Cristin Milioti ♪ -You look great.
Welcome. Please. -Thank you.
-That's it. You've been on...
Thank you. -Yeah.
-Thank you for coming back to our show...
-Oh, my God, my pleasure. -...and doing that silly sketch.
But, also, thank you for -- This is --
You're the only guest to be in both studios.
-I know, yeah. -Live in studio.
That's what I'm talking about. -Oh, my God, it was my pleasure.
-Thank you. -My pleasure.
It's so nice to see, like, a full audience.
-Doesn't it feel great?
I want to talk about "Made For Love,"
your HBO Max show.
It's getting great reviews. Congrats on that.
That's awesome. -Thank you, thank you.
-It's got to feel good.
I mean, we were saying backstage,
because I saw a picture of you
in front of a giant billboard in Times Square.
-Yeah.
-And you took a picture -- Or who took that picture?
-My showrunner and I -- Christina Lee --
we went up to Times Square because we heard
there was going to be a billboard for like 45 minutes,
'cause it's electronic, so they, like, switch through it.
And so we raced up with sippy cups full of wine
to just, like, celebrate it.
-Yeah, that's what it's all about.
-Yeah, yeah.
-I love this photo, 'cause I just love
anyone who's excited and appreciative also,
but this photo I liked almost even more,
'cause once you're in Times Square --
-Yeah. You got to get the characters in there.
-Times Square Elmo and a couple of Mickey Mouses.
-And there's the Elmo, there's the Mickey,
and then there's, like, the Mickey that's, like,
on an off day, going to the mall,
just, like, wearing a coat with a purse.
-I love that Mickey's, like, got a coat and a purse.
-But they kept being like, "Well, You don't want --
No, you don't want that poster in the back.
Like, here's the better angle."
And then we kept being like, "Uh, we do, sorry."
-"Dude, that's me," without saying that.
-Yeah, exactly.
But we were, like, in front of it,
and we had our arms around each other
and we were like, "Wow, way to go.
Like, Man, what a journey."
And then we saw it go like, "Beep!"
And we saw someone's laptop, and they, like,
scrolled the pointer over and, like, basic--
didn't throw it in the trash, but, basically --
And it was a real, like -- the two of us standing there
being like, "Oh, show biz."
-Yeah, that's show business right for you.
That's a very New York kind of moment, right?
-Yeah. Yeah. -You're a New Yorker. Sorry.
-I'm a New Yorker.
-Are you so happy to see it coming back?
-So happy.
I just took the subway for the first time.
-You did? -Yeah.
-What was it like? -It was beautiful.
I, like, put my, like, subway music in,
and I, like, always am blasting music on the subway.
And I almost started crying, it was so beautiful.
Just that we were, like, all back in there together.
-Yeah.
-But it wasn't -- I mean, obviously, it's not
at the level that, like -- I miss --
And I know we'll get back to this, like,
the full, full, like, subway,
like, "I'm on a New York subway.
It's crowded."
-Yeah. And some people are touching me.
-Some people are touching me, yeah.
I would always try to not touch the poles.
I would try to, like, surf, which no one like.
-Oh! Dangerous.
-It's very rude. I wouldn't do it now,
'cause when I was, like, in my early 20s,
I'd be like, "I bet you I can't touch the pole!"
I bet you I can." And then I was like -- Yeah.
-Would you fall down?
-Yeah, one time, I was headed to a rehearsal
and I had, like, a, you know, big bagel and cream cheese
and I was, like, trying to do that thing,
'cause it's, like, germs, too, but also, like, I was like,
"I live here."
And I would, like, try to, like, surf it, like, with the stop.
-Yeah.
-And so I would use like one ankle bone
against, like, the thing.
And then I was, like, trying to eat the bagel and cream cheese,
and they, like, stopped short, and I fell,
but I was able to, like, hold it up,
and I got it all over my neck and hair.
But I was, like, on my back, like, in the
grossest, like, stickiest subway car.
But I was able to save the bagel,
and then everyone applauded.
-That's New York! -Yeah, I know.
-That is New York right there.
-That's New York. I know. -That is New York.
-I'm very excited to get back to that.
-Let's talk about "Made For Love."
Congrats on the reviews,
but, also, it's such a cool concept.
-Yeah. -Is that what sold you on it?
-Yeah. I mean, when I read it, I'd never read anything like it.
It's very hard to describe. It's like --
-It's funny.
-Yeah. -But it's sci-fi.
-Yeah. -And it's twisted.
-Yeah. -Okay, good.
-Yeah. When I try to describe it,
do you know that YouTube video of, like,
the little boy who's trying to describe --
He's trying to ask a question.
He's like, "Did you ever -- Did you see with the --
And you liked it so much that you could do anything?"
Like, it's like that whenever I try to describe it.
I'm like, "It's comedy and it's also a survivor story
and it's also dark, it's also twisted, it's also sci-fi.
Please just watch it."
But It's great. I love it. I mean, I love it.
But it is like -- You know, people might not trust you
if you're like, "Just trust me!
It's good." -Oh, it works. It's good.
-But it does -- It has -- It's one of the things
I really loved about it is that it had so many different genres
that I just hadn't ever seen anything like that.
-I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano in "Made For Love."
Take a look at this.
-I need you to pay a little more respect to Diane.
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It is what it is.
She's part of the family.
-Enlighten me on how this works.
Do you take a bite out of her food
and then pretend that she ate it?
Oh.
Is it ruined if I do it?
-Cristin Milioti!