HAPPY ARE YOU HERE WHEN NEIL IS HERE, BECAUSE NEIL AND I FIRST
MET WORKING ON BROADWAY AND Y, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, ARE A HUGE
MUSICAL THEATER FAN.
>> HUGE.
>> James: YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK.
DID YOU DO MUCH THEATER WHEN YOU WERE THERE?
>> I DID A LOT OF THEATER, YEAH.
I DID A LOT, ACTUALLY MORE STRAIGHT EVEN CLASSICAL THEATER.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> James: WHAT SORT OF STUFF DID THEY HAVE YOU DOING WHEN YOU
WERE THERE.
>> I DID WEIRD STUFF.
>> James: OFTEN WHEN YOU ARE DOING THEATER THINGS IT'S ODD.
>> YEAH, I DID THIS GREEK PLAY ONCE, I PLAYED CASSANDRA.
AND IT WAS DURING AROUND WHEN THE IRAQ WAR WAS.
AND THE DIRECTOR WAS I REALLY WANT THE AUDIENCE TO THINK ABOUT
THIS GREEK PLAY AND WHAT IT MEANS AND THE WAR.
SO WHEN WE DO THE CURTAIN CALL, SO I WANT YOU TO ALL COME OUT,
SO WE COME OUT AND HE SAID I DON'T WANT YOU TO BOW.
I JUST WANT YOU TO GO UP TO ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE AND STARE
AT THEM UNTIL THEY LEAVE.
(LAUGHTER) SO WE COME OUT, YOU KNOW.
AND THEY'RE LIKE CLAPPING.
EVERYBODY IS SMILING.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO STAND THERE, WE DON'T BOW, WE JUST STARE AT
ONE PERSON UNTIL THEY'RE FINALLY LIKE-- THANK YOU.
D THEN THEY JUST.
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
>> James: YOU HAVE DONE LOTS.
>> IT WAS HARD NOT TO LUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRETEND I WAS A SERIOUS ACTOR BUT I WAS ABOUT TO
BREAK EVERY TIME.
>> James: FOR SURE.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT WITH
AUDIENCES IN ANY OF THE SHOWS.
>> I FEW.
I DID HEADWIG AND THENGRY INCH AND THAT WAS CRAZY BECAUSE IT
WAS SORT EVER A ROCK 'N' ROLL PUNK ROCK MUSICAL AND I WAS A IF
HE MEAT AND IT WAS VERY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND AT ONE POINT I CRAWLED ACROSS THE STAGE AND WOULD JUST
KISS A RANDOM PERSON IN THE FRONT ROW LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF
I SONG. A GRAB AND MAKEOUT WITH SOME GUY AND KEEP GOING AND HE
WOULD BE-- WE DID THE SHOW LONG ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE STARTED TO
NOTICE THAT IS WHERE THE KISSING SEATS WOULD BE.
>> James: OH.
>> SO NEAR THE END OF THE RUN THERE WOULD BE SORT OF LIKE
CREEPY OLD 70 YEAR OLD GUY LIKE--
(LAUGHTER) >> FUNNISH.
>> James: WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW MOVIE HUSTLERS.
RAVE REVIEWS, FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'KNOW TELL WHAT IT IS
ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> HUSTLERS IS REALLY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND I LOVE THIS MOVIE
BECAUSE I FELL IF LOVE WHEN I WAS MAKING THIS MOVIE.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ.
>> James: OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> I MEAN, AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THE MOVIE IS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> IT'S ABOUT FRIENDS WHO KIND OF FALL IN LOVE WTH EACH OTHER
IN LIKE, NOT IN A SEXUAL WAY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STRIPPERS AND
SEX WORKERS, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN WE SORT OF SCAM MEN OUT OF THEIR MONEY, TO GET BACK AT
THEM FOR THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND JUST BY A LOT OF COOL STUFF WITH IT.
>> James: NOW YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH J.LO GOES A
WAY BACK.
YOU ACTUALLY USED TO PERFORM, THIS IS TRUE, YOU USED TO
PERFORM JENNIFER LOPEZ SONGS PROFESSIONALLY.
>> WELL.
>> James: WHY,HERE WERE YOU DOING THAT.
>> WHEN I WAS 16 I WORKED AT A LITTLE THEME PARK CALLED
PARAUNT-- AND I WAS ON LIKE ONE OF THEIR STAGE SHOWS CALLED
POP HO.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> WHERE WE SANG ALL THE HITS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND THAT WAS MY SUMMER JOB.
AND ONE OF THE SOJS WAS A J.LO SONG.
>> James: WHICH J.LO SONG WOULD YOU DO.
>> I WAS THE LEAD SINGER ON THIS ONE, WAITING FOR TONIGHT.
>> James: DO YOU-- DO YOU STILL KNOW IT NOW.
>> OH, I REMEMBER THE CHOREOGRAPHY.
>> James: NO, YOU DON'T.
>> OH YEAH.
>> James J.LO'S CHOREOGRAPHY.
>> NO.
>> James: THE CHOREOGRAPHY THAT YOU USED.
WILL YOU DO IT?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> I WILL DO IT OKAY.
I WILL DO IT.
DON'T CHEER TOO LOUD BECAUSE THE DANCES WERE MODIFIED FOR
SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T DANCE.
>> James: OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
>> WAITING FOR TONIGHT.
♪ OH.
♪ WHEN YOU WOULD BE HERE IN MY ARMS.
♪ WAITING FOR TONIGHT.
♪ OH.
♪ I THINK OF THIS LOVE.
♪ WAITING FOR TONIGHT.
♪ OH.
♪ CONSTANCE WU AN HER JENNIFER LOPEZ, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.