-Honestly, the Emmys -- it was a sweep.
I mean, you won for writing and outstanding comedy.
And then you won Lead Actress in a Comedy,
And I was so psyched for you
'cause you just knocked it out of the park.
-Thanks. -It was fantastic.
What do you remember about that night?
-Thanks. It was an amazing night.
It was crazy.
The whole thing is kind of a blur.
But, honestly, I can't -- -You have a great story.
-I can't look at that picture... -I love it so much.
-...without thinking about the fact
that five minutes before I was walking out the door
to hit the red carpet,
I was picking jewelry very last-second.
I was trying on some beautiful, beautiful rings
that had been loaned to me.
And I put one on, testing out the finger,
and said, "I don't think it looks great on that finger.
I'm gonna..."
And just, like, could not get it off.
And you know that panic? I just cracked my knuckle.
The panic already has re-set in. The panic just set in.
Trying to get the ring off, we had some ice brought up.
We're, like, holding my hand above my head for 10 minutes.
And then we're debating, really.
It's starting to turn different colors.
We're debating whether or not we're going to need to go
to the hospital before we go to the red carpet.
-I mean, I would have freaked out right there.
I would have went nuts... -That's what I'm saying.
-...and go, "I don't know if I can go to the Emmys, dude.
I don't know what to do right now."
-That's exactly how I felt. I went.
-I want to zoom in on your finger.
[ Laughter ] -Okay.
It's the size of a sausage roll. [ Laughter ]
I -- It still makes me itch. I'm sweating, I'm itching,
just thinking about it. -This is honestly --
-And this has makeup on it, because it was fully purple.
-Oh, my goodness. Kook at what a good...
-But it is a beautiful ring. -Look how happy you are.
And you won the Emmy. -That's why they gave it to me.
-That's why they gave it to you, yeah.
But what did you do? After you won, did you go,
"I've got to go to the hospital or something"?
-Well, no, 'cause everyone kept looking at me like, "It's fine.
No, like, that's normal. It's fine.
I know someone who got a ring..."
Everyone was trying to make me feel better,
which, of course, makes you feel much, much worse.
-Yeah.
-But we were getting whisked around.
We went to some parties. We went to another party.
I got back to the hotel -- -Oh, my goodness!
-I know, I was panicking the whole time.
Got back to the hotel later, tried the whole routine again.
-So you soaked it in ice. -Soaked it in ice,
put some olive oil on it, held it above my head.
Nothing worked. It wouldn't come off.
And then somebody told me about this trick.
Have you guys heard of the dental-floss trick?
-Yes. -Okay, the ladies in the room
know about it. -I don't know this.
-You thread a piece of dental floss...
I'm literally avoiding wearing rings on that finger now.
I'm still so horrified. -Traumatized.
-You thread a piece of dental floss under the ring.
And you tourniquet your finger with the rest of it.
-Oh, no.
-And you start slowly peeling the dental floss off,
And then it slides over your tourniqueted finger.
It did come off. -Wow!
-Is the end of the story. -That is a good little trick,
right there. -It's a great trick.
That ring, I thought I was gonna get to keep it, honestly.
I was a little bit excited. -Oh my gosh!
They didn't let you keep it after all of that?
-They did not let me keep it. -[ Laughs ]
I'm gonna keep this, though... -A laugh, just for you.
-Just 'cause -- Yeah. [ Laughter ]
Well, I love -- You're fantastic on the show,
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," if you haven't seen it.
You're great on it, but you've been injured a few times.
-I have been injured a few times.
It's all self-Inflicted, unfortunately.
-What happened? -Well, during our first season,
there's a set that Midge does where she's really tanking.
She's not having a good night.
And part of what's written in the script is
that she's trying to pull the microphone off the stand.
A mic that looks a lot like this, actually.
Trying to pull it off the stand, to really get going,
ramp up the crowd, and she can't get it off.
And so, in the scene, I'm pulling, pulling.
You know, trying to really sell it.
Like, really pulling, and I flipped the switch
and just went -- pooh! --
like, right into the center of my head,
with a 1950s microphone.
-It's like hitting a brick in your own head.
-Yeah, I gave myself a really good unicorn horn.
They had to start -- -You did?
-Well, again, everybody is going, "You're fine.
It doesn't look that bad. You're fine."
But the best part is,
is that because I was bombing in the scene,
the audience did not react at all.
-Oh, they were told not to react.
-I whacked myself straight in the middle of the face,
and crickets. [ Laughter ]
-They were told, "Don't react to whatever she does."
-I think they just thought I was a really, really good actor.
[ Laughter ] But then, unfortunately,
I forgot all my lines and couldn't continue the scene.
-Well, here's the good news.
The trick is, you just wrap your head in dental floss.
-Yes, exactly.
It brings the swelling right down.
-Yeah, just trust me. It's a good trick, yeah.
Then, season two, you get injured again.
But this is what? But you had an accident.
-I do my own stunts. -[ Laughs ]
-So, we shot this scene during season two.
It's a beautiful scene. It's a oner.
It's just one single camera movement.
-What's a oner? -Just one camera movement
with no cuts, and it's highly choreographed.
It's a scene that lasts a couple minutes long,
without cutting into it. It involves some rolling chairs
and a switchboard room, 10 other girls.
And midge is supposed to be very graceful, very smart,
very confident, great at her job.
So she's able to whiz around on this rolling chair
and help all the other girls with their job.
But during one take,
I went to kick back off this cabinet,
and I was supposed to fly the length of the room,
and just went straight over backwards.
And honestly, like, someone played it back for me later,
and it doesn't look that traumatic.
But I had a bruise the size of my entire calf,
that turned every single color of the rainbow.
-It does look traumatic, and I know
because we have a copy of the video
that they were nice enough to send to us,
everyone over at "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
Don't look if you don't want to. -Hurray.
-But everyone else, please watch.
Here's an outtake of Rachel filming.
-Oh, dear.
-B. Altman. Where may I direct your call?
I will connect you.
B. Altman. Where may I direct your call?
-Too many calls. I can't...
-Hold on. I will connect you.
[ Clatter ]
[ Laughter ]
-That's a good fall.
That's a good fall. [ Applause ]
-But it really looked so much less traumatic than it felt.
-Trust me, that's a good fall, right there.
Props to you for putting the work in.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you.
Tom Cruise, I'm coming for the gigs.