>> HOW ARE YOU.
>> I'M GREAT, HOW ARE YOU.
>> THRAI SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE US.
WE ALL HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
WE ALL HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME AND MIKE, TELL ME IF THIS
IS TRUE.
I HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU ARE RAISING A GENIUS, IS THIS TRUE?
>> I'M TRYING TO.
ON A QUIET LEVEL BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE MINUTE YOU TELL
SOMEONE YOUR CHILD IS REALLY SMART, OH REALLY, YOUR CHILD IS
SMART, LET'S SEE HOW SMART SHE IS.
>> James: THAT IS CERTAINLY HOW MI FEELING.
CAN I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ME, AN ELLEN, OH REALLY.
>> ST A GREAT FEELI, WHEN YOUR CHILD IS 4 AND SHE HAS THE
MIENGD OF AN 8.
>> >> James: HOY DO YOU DMOA
THIS.
>> SHE IS SPEAKS IN SENTENCE, THE PICTURE IN THE VES TI BEUL,
SHE SAYS THINGS LIKE THIS, I'M PARCHED, I'M DE HYDRATED, DAD.
>> James: SHE USED THE WORD PARCH.
>> DOES SHE SAY HYDRO FLACCIDK.
>> IT A WATER BOTTLE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN A HYDRO FLACCIDK.
>> ABSORBED.
>> James: HYDRO FLACCIDK.
>> James: NO.
>> MY DAUGHTER SAYS HYDRO FLACCIDK, MOM WHAT IS I.
>> A FLACCIDK WHERE YOU PUT.
>> ST A WATER BOTTLE.
THAT IS ALL ST. >> ALL RIGHT, WE PUT ALCOHOL IN
OUR FLACCIDKS, WHERE I AM FROM.
>> BUT THEY DON'T CALL THAT A HYDRO FLASK.
>> James: IF ANYTHING ST A DE HYDRO FLASK.
>> James: SO SHE IS WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE, SHE IS FOUR
YEARS OLD AN OH, WHAT A VES TI BEUL, I FEEL PARCHED-- PARCHED.
>> LITERALLYK SAYING WORDS YOU WOULDN'T THINK A FOUR YEAR OLD
COULD SAY, SHE A CRITICAL THINKER, I WILL TRY TO FOOL HER
AND SHE IS LIKE STOP IT, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
I CONDITION SAY SOMETHING TO HER THAT YOU WOULD THINK A KID FALLS
FOR.
>> James: THAT SE WORST NIGHTMARE.
>> I KNOW.
YOU CAT BULL, YOU KNOW-- .
>> James: MY ELDEST IS EIGHT, I THINK HAVE I GOT TWO MORE
YEARS OF BEING SMARTER THAN MY CHRN AND THEN I THINK I'M OUT.
I MEAN I MET YOUR DAWRP BACKSTAGE.
>> HI, STELLA.
>> James: SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE.
YOU HAVE THREE KIDS AT HOME.
ARE THEY SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF GENIUS.
>> OF COURSE, JAMES.
THEY'RE ALL GENIUSES, OF COURSE.
BUT MY MIDDLE ONE IS AN EVIL GENIUS.
>> James: GO ON.
>> SHE IS, YEAH.
SO SHE HAS THIS THING WHERE SHE SAYS MAMA, YOU MARRIED DADDY.
I SAID YEAH, I DID.
SHE SAID WHY DID YOU DO YOU THAT.
I SAID BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.
OH, I WANT TO MARRY DADDY.
WELL, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO, THAT HE IS ALREADY MARRIED TO ME.
SHE SAID NO, NO, I KNOW HE WILL MARRY ME.
SO THEY DOT CEREMONY GETS DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND PUTS A TINFOIL
RING ON HIS FINGER AND SHE SAYS SEE, WE'RE MARRIED.
SO THE NEXT MORNING SHE WAKES ME UP.
MAMA.
GET UP.
I OPEN ONE EYE.
I SAID WHAT.
WHAT IS IT.
SHE SAID I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
OKAY.
WHAT IS IT.
>> SHE SAID I JUST MARRIED DADDY BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.
SHE SAID YOU DIDN'T.
WHY DID YOU MARRY HIM.
AND SHE SAID BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE QUEEN.
>> OH NO.
YOU WITH I KNEW THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.
PLAWSES (APPLAUSE)
>> SHE IS COMING FOR THE CROWN.
>> James: BASICALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU LIVE IN AN EPISODE OF
THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL.
THAT IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
>> EXACTLY.
>> NOW I SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN.
>> James: WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A CHILD.
WERE YOU A PRECOCIOUS CHILD?
>> I DONE KNOW AM I WAS PROBABLY PERFECT, JAMES, COME ON.
I WAS PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN NEW YORK CITY AS A KID.
>> James: UH-HUH.
>> HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE THEATER.
I HAD AN UNCLE JIMMY WHO WAS FANTASTIC.
IS HE NOT WITH US ANY MORE.
BUT HE NEVER WANTED TO PAY FOR HIS THEATERS TICTS SO WE USED TO
STAND ON THE OUTSIDE AND DURING INTERMISSION WE WITH SHUFFLE IN
WELL REST OF THE AUDIENCE, THIS HE WILL NEVER QUESTION AN EIGHT
YEAR OLD.
SO I THINK I HAD SEEN EVERY, BACK THEN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
THE KING-AND-I AND ANIE.
>> AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, SNEAK IN AT THE TOP.
>> NO, AT INTERMISSION SO I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE BEGINNING OF
ANIE, IT IS LIKE 35 TIMES.
>> James: SO YOU JUST THINK ANIE IS A STORY ABOUT I A GIRL
LIVING WITH A RICH GUY.
>> YES.
>> James: AND THEN LEAVING HIM FOR.
>> AND SHOW I DECIDED FROM ALL OF THAT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE MY
LIVING ACTING.
>> James: THANK GOD YOU DID.
THANK GOD FOR UNCLE JIMMY.
>> THANK YOU, UNCLE JIMMY.
>> James: WOW.