YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU
SINCE YOU'VE BECOME AN OSCAR
WINNER, REGINA KING.
>> I KNOW, SOME THINGS HAVE
CHANGED.
>> IS THAT HOW YOU PREFER TO BE
ADDRESSED NOW IN ALL SITUATIONS?
>> NO, I WOULD RATHER BE
ADDRESSED AS THE REGINA SHOW
THAT PREFERS JIMMY'S SHOW OVER
GUILLERMO'S.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S VERY NICE,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A HAT.
>> Jimmy: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
TOUGH TO PUT ON WITH THE THING
OVER THERE, YEAH.
CONGRATULATIONS BY THE WAY.
CAN I ASK, THIS IS FEBRUARY YOU
WON THE OSCAR, RIGHT?
WHAT STICKS IN YOUR HEAD THE
MOST FROM THAT NIGHT?
WHEN YOU THINK BACK ON IT?
>> OH, MAN, THERE ARE SO MANY
MOMENTS.
>> Jimmy: IS IT THE SPEECH, IS
IT THE PARTIES?
>> THERE'S SO MANY MOMENTS.
I -- YOU KNOW, YOU ASK ME THAT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
COME TO MIND, LIKE YOU -- WE
WERE -- WHEN WE'RE LEAVING, WE
WERE IN LIKE THIS CORRIDOR.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE GOT
INTO THE CORRIDOR.
BUT I'M WALKING THROUGH THIS
CORRIDOR WITH SPIKE.
AND IT'S JUST ME AND SPIKE.
>> Jimmy: SPIKE LEE.
>> SPIKE LEE.
THAT WOULD BE THAT SPIKE.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF WALKING
HAND IN HAND.
OSCARS ON EACH SIDE.
AND JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER
LIKE, WHAT THE --
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND IT WAS -- IT WAS KIND OF
A PRICELESS MOMENT.
ANOTHER MOMENT WAS -- YOU KNOW,
I GET TO THE GOVERNOR'S BALL
WHERE THEY LIKE ENGRAVE YOUR
OSCAR.
AND I HAD TO TAKE OFF MY SHOES.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, THE FEET WERE
HURTING.
I JUST FELT LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER
WAS LOOKING LIKE, NOT JUST
SHOES, DON'T TAKE THE SHOES OFF.
>> Jimmy: SHE WOULD NOT APPROVE
OF TAKING THE SHOES OFF?
>> I WAS LIKE JUST, GRANDMA, WON
AN OSCAR.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAD AN ARGUMENT
WITH YOUR DECEASED GRANDMOTHER.
>> YES, WE DO THAT SOMETIMES.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT, YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO.
WHO WAS IN YOUR OSCAR NIGHT
ENTOURAGE, WHO CAME WITH YOU?
>> I HAD A SMALL ENTOURAGE.
MY SISTER.
MY MOTHER.
MY SON.
>> Jimmy: OH, THAT'S GREAT.
>> SOME OF MY AGENTS.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU STAY OUT LATE
WITH THEM?
>> NOT ALL OF THEM.
>> Jimmy: WHO LEFT EARLY?
>> MY MOM.
WE GOT TO THE "VANITY FAIR"
PARTY.
SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY
YOU GUYS THINK THIS IS FUN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: THAT'S NOT HER THING
AT ALL?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: SHE WENT HOME.
THEN YOU -- AND NOW YOU'VE GOT
IT.
AND NOW THAT YOU'RE AN OSCAR
WINNER HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED?
I KNOW YOU LIKE TO GO TO COSTCO.
ARE YOU GOING TO COSTCO ANYMORE?
IS THAT NOW --
>> OH, YEAH.
THAT'S NEVER --
>> Jimmy: YOU WILL STILL DO
THAT?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY, COSTCO, 99
CENT STORE.
>> Jimmy: OH, 99 CENT STORE?
DO YOU REALLY GO TO THE 99 CENT
STORE?
>> LOOK, 99 CENT STORE HAS BRAND
NAME TOOTHBRUSHES FOR A DOLLAR.
>> Jimmy: OH!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
BRAND NAME?
WHY ARE THOSE SAME TOOTHBRUSHES
$3.49 AT CVS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE THIS LADY SAW ME, SHE WAS
LIKE, REGINA KING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE 99
CENT STORE?
I WAS LIKE, I LIKE A BARGAIN
TOO.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, I MEAN, WHY
WOULD YOU CHEAT YOURSELF OUT OF
THAT?
>> DOLLAR TOOTHBRUSHES.
>> Jimmy: THE 99 CENT STORE.
I IMAGINE YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY
OSCAR WINNER THAT DOES THAT.
>> MAYBE, OR MAY NOT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S 99 CENT STORES
EVERYWHERE.
>> Jimmy: I HEAR YOU WENT TO
ITALY FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST
MONTH.
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S FUN, OR WAS IT?
>> IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN THERE BEFORE.
>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.
>> Jimmy: WHERE DID YOU GO?
>> FLORENCE AND MILAN.
>> Jimmy: NICE, BEAUTIFUL.
YOU HAD A GOOD TIME?
>> I HAD AN AMAZING TIME.
I HAVE TO SAY -- THIS IS MY
IGNORANCE.
I FOR WHATEVER REASON THOUGHT
ALL OF THE ART WAS IN ROME FOR
SOME REASON.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT.
AND THEN MY AGENT WAS LIKE, "THE
LAST SUPPER," IT'S IN MILAN, YOU
SHOULD MAKE SURE YOU CATCH IT
WHEN YOU GET THERE.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU GO?
>> I DID.
BUT I DIDN'T --
>> Jimmy: IT'S WEIRD THE WAY
IT'S SET UP.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE -- IT IS A
BIG -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T
LIKE PREPARE --
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE TO GET A
TICKET.
>> YOU HAVE TO GET A TICKET
EARLY IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE
"THE LAST SUPPER."
THEY WERE ALL SOLD OUT.
SO I BOUGHT A TOUR JUST SO I
COULD SEE "THE LAST SUPPER."
SO I SHOWED UP AT THE END OF THE
TOUR.
BUT I WAS ALMOST LATE.
AND I WAS THERE WITH ME.
>> Jimmy: YOU ALMOST MISSED
SUPPER AND IT WAS THE LAST ONE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WAS ALMOST LATE FOR DINNER,
YEAH.
>> Jimmy: IT IS AWESOME TO BE
THAT CLOSE TO IT, RIGHT?
>> BREATHTAKING.
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING.
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S THE BEST THING
YOU ATE IN ITALY?
THE SINGLE BEST ITEM YOU
CONSUMED DURING YOUR TIME THERE.
>> JIMMY, I CAN'T NARROW IT DOWN
TO ONE.
>> Jimmy: ANYTHING JUMP OUT?
>> NO.
I LIKE BACKED IT UP LIKE A
GARBAGE TRUCK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BEEP, BEEP!
BRING IT ON!
>> Jimmy: I LIKE THAT, YEAH.
I KNOW A PERSON WHO I STILL
WON'T SPEAK TO WHO WAS LIKE, I'M
SO PROUD OF MYSELF.
I WENT TO ITALY, I DIDN'T HAVE
ONE BITE OF PASTA.
I ATE NO CARBS.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT WAS NICE
KNOWING YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, NO, DON'T
TELL ME THAT PERSON, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL SEE A
CLIP FROM THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
"WATCHMEN" WITH REGINA KING.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> YOU ARE MAD THAT MY SITTER
BAILED AND YOU HAD TO SUFFER
THROUGH BLACK OKLAHOMA WITHOUT
HAVING SOMEONE TO ROLL YOUR EYES
AT.
>> SITTER BAILED?
>> YES.
>> WELL, BLACK OKLAHOMA WAS
DELIGHTFUL.
>> YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL
IT THAT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THE
SPEECH NOW?
>> WHAT SPEECH?
>> ABOUT HOW I'M OVERREACTING BY
CALLING ARTICLE 4, I SHOULD CALM
DOWN, TAKE A BREATH?
>> THERE'S A GUY IN MY TRUNK.
>> Jimmy: OH, THAT'S GOOD.
REGINA KING IN "WATCHMEN."
>> WITH THAT CLIP FOR THE TRUE
FANS OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, THERE
WAS AN EASTER EGG IN THERE.
>> Jimmy: OH, AN EASTER EGG, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEW THAT
AGAIN.
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL IS LIKE A
HALLOWED PIECE OF LITERATURE.
IT REALLY IS.
MAYBE THE MOST CELEBRATED
GRAPHIC NOVEL OF ALL TIME.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FROM THAT IS
IN THIS SHOW, WHAT ISN'T IN THE
SHOW.
WHAT IS IN THE SHOW, WHAT ISN'T
IN THE SHOW?
>> UM -- HAVE
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M IN THE SHOW.
>> Jimmy: WE KNOW THAT.
DAMON LINDELOF, WHO CREATED THIS
TELEVISION SHOW, WHEN DID TWO OF
THE BEST TELEVISION SHOWS EVER.
"LOST" AND "THE LEFTOVERS."
YOU WERE ON "THE LEFTOVERS."
I KNOW HE HAS THIS THING WHERE
HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
LIKE USE THE SAME ACTORS FROM
PROJECT TO PROJECT.
BUT WITH YOU HE COULDN'T RESIST.
>> HE BROKE THAT RULE.
>> Jimmy: HE BROKE THE RULE.
HOW DID HE PRESENT THIS TO YOU?
>> HE DID NOT SEND THE SCRIPT TO
ANY OF MY REPS.
HE HAD IT LIKE DELIVERED TO ME
WITH JUST THIS AWESOME NOTE THAT
SAID -- HE EXPLAINED THIS WAS
HIS NEXT PROJECT.
I WAS NOT AWARE WHAT "WATCHMEN"
WAS.
I'LL BE HONEST.
HE SAID, I WANT TO GO ON THIS
JOURNEY WITH YOU, IF YOU WILL.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS SCRIPT.
THERE'S LIKE THIS ENVELOPE
PEEKING OUT OF A CERTAIN PAGE.
AND OF COURSE I GO STRAIGHT TO
THAT PAGE.
AND THERE'S -- ON THE NFL HE
SAYS, REGINA, DON'T OPEN THIS
TILL YOU GET TO THIS PAGE.
DON'T CHEAT.
EXCLAMATION MARK, EXCLAMATION
MARK, EXCLAMATION MARK.
I WANTED TO CHEAT.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT, YEAH.
RIGHT, YEAH.
DID YOU?
>> I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
>> AND I READ AND I WAS JUST
BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT I WAS
READING.
IF I TOLD YOU WHAT I WAS READING
I'D BE GIVING SOME THINGS UP.
>> Jimmy: IN THE NFL?
OR IN THE --
>> NO, IN THE SCRIPT, IN THE
SCRIPT.
WHEN I GOT TO THAT PART, YOU
GUYS WILL SEE, IT'S A CERTAIN
MOMENT IN THE PILOT.
AND I OPENED IT UP.
AND IT WAS AN ARTIST RENDERING
WITH MY FACE OF SISTER NIGHT.
>> Jimmy: AH.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: AND THAT EXCITED YOU.
>> WHAT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE A SUPERHERO?
>> I HAVE, I HAVE.
I MEAN, WHO HASN'T?
RIGHT?
>> Jimmy: I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT,
YEAH.
NO, I'VE NEVER WANTED TO BE A
SUPERHERO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU HAVE.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, EVERYONE'S
WANTED TO BE A SUPERHERO.
NOW YOU ARE.
>> I AM.
>> Jimmy: I'M VERY EXCITED TO
SEE THIS.
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL IS ONE OF THE
BEST THINGS EVER.
AND I THINK YOU'RE IN VERY GOOD
HANDS AND VICE VERSA HERE.
>> YEAH.
I'M IN VERY GOOD HANDS AND THOSE
HANDS FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE.
>> Jimmy: THEY DO.
THAT SOUNDS INCRIMINATING IN A
WAY.
>> YES, IT DOES.
>> Jimmy: MAYBE YOU'LL SEE
PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS YOU FOR
HALLOWEEN.
>> MAYBE, MAYBE.
>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING.
>> THAT WOULD BLOW MY MIND.
>> Jimmy: IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
IT'S "WATCHMEN."
IT PREMIERES OCTOBER 20th, 9:00,
HBO.
REGINA KING, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.