>>> COMING UP, WEVE GOT -- NO, WELL GO NOW TO HODA.
>> THANKS, GUYS.
NOW TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE ACTRESSES, WRITERS, PRODUCERS.
>> WHAT DOESNT SHE DO?
>> TALKING ABOUT MINDY KALING.
>> THATS RIGHT.
PART OF THE ALL-STAR LINEUP IN "OCEANS 8," PLAYING A JEWELER TO
TAKE PART IN A HEIST AT THE MET
GALA.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO
MAKE SEVEN PIECES OF JEWELRY IF
THE STONES WERE ALREADY CUT?
>> PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX HOURS.
>> HOW LONG IF I TOLD YOUYOU DIDNT --ONG IF I TOLD YOUYOU
DIDNT -- YOU THAT YOU DIDNT HAVE TO LIVE
WITH YOUR MOTHER ANYMORE?
>> LESS.
>> LESS. >> IM HAVING POST-TRAUMATIC
FROM WHEN TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
WERE HERE.
WERE HERE. CATE BLANCHETT AND SARAH PAULSEN
ARE CRAZY.
ARE CRAZY. >> IT WAS OFF THE RAILS.
NEVER ON THE RAILS, THE
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW.
>> LOOK WHATS HAPPENING. SHES SITTING ON SARAHS LAP.
>> LOOKS LIKE A SCENE FROM
"WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?"
?
>> THATS WHAT THEYRE LIKE. >> DESCRIBE THE DYNAMIC.E.
>> DESCRIBE THE DYNAMIC. >> EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE
WITH EACH OTHER.
>> YOU CAN TELL. >> YEAH, COMPLETELY.
THATS JUST KIND OF WHAT THEYRE
LIKE.
LIKE.
ITS CRAZY. I WAS ACTUALLY LIKE, AM I GOING
TO BE DOING IT TODAY WITH
SOMEONE?
SOMEONE?
IT COMES UP ALL THE TIME.
>> LET PEOPLE KNOW, YOURE LIKE A JEWELRY,ERJEWELER, THE JEWELRY
THE THING IS TO STEAL JEWELRY
FROM THE METLIFE GALA.
>> I TAKE APART THE NECKLACE IN
A BATHROOM.
A BATHROOM. >> YOURE BITING YOUR NAILS
THROUGHOUT.
THROUGHOUT.
MINDY IS A TEN.
WORKING WITH THIS GROUP OF
WOMEN, HAD YOU MET THEM BEFORE? DID YOU KNOW THEM? THEM BEFORE?
DID YOU KNOW THEM?
>> I HAD MET ANNIE. ANNIE AND I HAD GONE TO DINNER.
>> ANNE HATHAWAY.
>> I SAW HER ANNIE, LIKE CLOSE
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
AND SANDY. >> SANDRA BULLOCK.
>> YES.
>> YES. RIRI.
RIRI.
>> RIHANNA? >> YES.NNA?
>> YES. >> SHE WASNT WITH US ON THE
PRESS SET.
PRESS SET. HOW WAS SHE?
>> SHY, STYLISH, AND SWEET.
ID GO TO MY TRAILER.
YOU KNOW THE SNEAKERS ARE
CREEPERS FROM PUMA?
YOUD GO TO THE TRAILER, AND
THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER GIFT FROM
RIHANNAS LINE.
RIHANNAS LINE. IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVERY MORNING.
SHES VERY SHY AND SWEET.
>> AWESOME.
>> YOUD WANT TO THROW YOUR ARMS
AROUND HER.
SHED HAVE THE SECURITY GUARDS
GO, PLEASE DONT TOUCH HER.
ID HAVE TO RETREAT.
>> THE THINGS WERE IN THERE, YOU GO TO THANK HER, GET PUNCHED,YOU
GO TO THANK HER, GET PUNCHED, AND IT IS TERRIBLE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> YOU WORE A CROWN TO THE REAL
MET GALA, DIDNT YOU?
>> I DID.
>> I DID. >> WHO WAS THE REAL MET GALA,
WHICH THE MOVIE IS BASED ON?
>> IT WAS GLAMOROUS.
I SAT NEXT TO BLACK PANTHER
CHADWICK BOSEMAN HIMSELF.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I WORE A CROWN.
EVERYDAY THING.
EVERYDAY THING. COMPLETELY NORMAL.
COMPLETELY NORMAL. >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF COOL THINGS
COMING UP.
COMING UP.
ONE OF THEM IS KIND OF A LITTLE DAUNTING.EM IS KIND OF A LITTLE
DAUNTING.
YOURE GIVING YOUR COMMENCEMENT
ADDRESS AT DARTMOUTH, YOUR ALMA MATER.S AT DARTMOUTH, YOUR ALMA
MATER.
ARE YOU FUNNY THROUGHOUT? WHAT DO YOU DO?HROUGHOUT?
WHAT DO YOU DO? >> IM SO NERVOUS.
I GAVE BIRTH SIX MONTHS AGO, AND
IM MORE NERVOUS FOR THIS.
>> OPEN WITH THAT.
>> I WENT THERE, AND YOU KNOW,
THESE KIDS ARE SO YOUNG.
THEYRE ABOUT TO GO INTO THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
THE WORLD IS SO CRAZY RIGHT NOW. ITS SO POLARIZED.RAZY RIGHT NOW.
ITS SO POLARIZED. I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO A LOT OF REBUILDING.
WERE DEPENDING ON PEOPLE TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
>> WILL YOU GO SERIOUS BECAUSE
OF THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, OR STRAIGHTDS
OF ENCOURAGEMENT, OR STRAIGHT FUNNY.
FUNNY.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO STRAIGHT FUNNY.AS GOING TO DO STRAIGHT
FUNNY.
THEN I THOUGHT, PEOPLE ARE
TRAVELING.
YOU GRADUATE COLLEGE, AND FAMILY
IS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY TO SEE IT.
I THOUGHT I HAD TO GIVE WISDOM.
>> YOU COULD WRITE A SPEECH AND
WAKE UP THAT MORNING, AND THE
WORLD IS IN A PLACE WHERE YOURE
LIKE, I CANT SAY THAT, CANT DO
THAT.
>> I THINK ILL DO A LITTLE
SERIOUS STUFF BUT KEEP IT FUNNY.
>> YOU TWEETED AFTER THE
ROSEANNE BARR DEBACLE.
YOU TWEETED SOMETHING THAT WE
LOVED.
HOLD ON.
>> BASICALLY, YOU WERE WILLING TO WRITE FOR JOHN GOODMAN.LING
TO WRITE FOR JOHN GOODMAN. >> LET ME WRITE THINGS FOR YOU.
WITHOUT ROSEANNE, YOU WERE
SAYING, BASICALLY, LET ME TAKE
CARE OF THIS.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I WANTED TO CLARIFY IT A LITTLE BIT.D TO
CLARIFY IT A LITTLE BIT. THE CREATORS AND THE WRITING
STAFF ON THE SHOW ARE
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE.
THERES A REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHED IT.Y SO MANY
PEOPLE WATCHED IT. IT REALLY TOUCHED ON A LOT OF
THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE
INTERESTED IN WATCHING.
I THINK THEY HAVE A GREAT CREW
THERE.
THERE.
BUT JOHN GOODMAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.GOODMAN IS A NATIONAL
TREASURE.
WHEN YOU FEEL SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, LIKE IT WAS SO ABRUPT, YOU
JUST ARE LIKE, IF YOURE
AVAILABLE, IM A WRITER.
I JUST WANT TO WRITE FOR ALL THE
BEST PEOPLE OUT THERE. >> COULD THEY PULL IT OFF?
>> COULD I PULL IT OFF?
>> NOT YOU.
COULD THE SHOW BE SUCCESSFUL
WITHOUT ROSEANNE?
WITHOUT ROSEANNE? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SARA IS TALENTED.
THEYRE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
ID WATCH THE SHOW, FOR SURE. THE WRITING STAFF IS AMAZING.
I THINK THEY COULD DO IT.
>> HOW IS THE LITTLE ONE?
>> HOW IS BEING A MOM?
>> I FACETIMED WITH HER.
SHES IN L.A.
I DIDNT WANT HER TO TRAVEL.
IM HERE FOR A SHORT TIME.
WHEN SHE WAS REALLY LITTLE, SHE
WAS LIKE, I DONT KNOW WHO IM
LOOKING AT AND DONT CARE.
NOW, SHE RECOGNIZED MES ME ON TH
PHONE.
PHONE.
>> IS IT WORSE?
KIDS ARE LIKE AT THAT AGE, OUT
OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.
NOW, OH, MOMMY.
I REMEMBER YOU.
>> IT IS THE MOST -- I MELT. >> DOES SHE SAY MAMA YET?LT.
>> DOES SHE SAY MAMA YET? >> SHE DOESNT SAY ANYTHING.
SHES REALLY LITTLE, LIKE FIVE
AND A HALF MONTHS OLD NOW.
SHE FINALLY RECOGNIZES ME.
>> AWESOME.
>> AWESOME. >> MY 3-YEAR-OLD JUST STARTED
LEARNING TO TEXT.
WAIT UNTIL SHE HAS THE ABILITY
TO FACETIME YOU.
SHELL CALL ALL THE TIME.
WERE IN THE CAR DRIVING.
MY DAUGHTER IS LIKE, I SENT YOU
A TEXT.
A TEXT.
I SENT YOU A TEXT. IVE GOT THE EMOJIS.
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS. POOP EMOJIS, YES.
>> MINDY, THANK YOU.
YOULL BE BACK FOR THE FOURTH
HOUR.
HOUR.
>> I WILL.
>> YOURE GOING TO TALK WITH