Regina Hall | Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Hello everyone. Welcome to another. episode of Good Hang. So excited to talk. to Regina Hall today. I love Regina. I. love her work. And we're going to talk. about a lot of fun things today. We're. going to talk about her incredible range. as an actress. We're going to talk about. the difference between phobias and. phonas. Uh we're going to break down. what it's like hosting award shows. and. we're gonna discuss her new movie, her. great new PT Anderson movie, um, One. Battle After Another, which is in. theaters this week. But we always do.

this before we have our guest. We talk. to someone who knows our guest who, uh, uh, who wants to speak well behind their. back. And we have a great guest today, the extremely talented Andrew Ran. Andrew um, was Regina's co-star on Black. Monday. Um he is the imaginary father of. the imaginary twins Dawn and Dawn that. they seem to share um a little inside. joke on set. And uh you know him from. Book of Mormon, you know him from Girls. Five Eva, you know him from Too Much,

Lena Dunham's new show. He's just a real. peach. So let's get him on. Andrew. Andrew, are you there? What do you say? I wanted. >> Amy. >> There you are on your set and. everything. >> There you are. It's so good to talk to.

you. >> It's great to talk to you. Thank you for. asking me to do this. >> Are you kidding? Thank you so much for. doing this. I know you and Regina are. good buds. >> We really are. >> And she has such a great rep. >> She really does. I've I've yet to meet. anyone who doesn't say like, "Ah, she's. the best." It's always a good idea to. hang out with Regina Hall. >> Okay, we're going to get to Regina. But. first of all, I'm very, very excited to. talk to you. >> To me, >> of course. I hope I can get you in the.

stew one of these days. >> I would love it. >> I mean, I haven't got a chance. I feel. like you and I have probably crossed. paths and like been in the same room at. a fancy event, >> but I am a very very big fan of your. work. >> Well, that's very generous of you to say. because I am a huge fan of your work and. I always get very nervous when I see. you. >> Oh, tell me why. >> Well, I just get nervous that I'm like, should I talk to her? Should I not talk. to her? Am I talking to her for too. long? >> Should I, you know, it's like, should I.

get in, get out? It's one of those. things is at some event. Yeah. That like. there's a bunch of people around and. it's like I don't know there's like a. receiving line of people who want to. like talk to you and I just sort of I. choose to do the um like. >> well I I will say if if you have chosen. not to talk to me I appreciate that. because. I have a lot of social anxiety which. does not look like I do but I I do in. those events and I get overwhelmed. >> Same same. One of the first like big.

parties I went to when I first moved to. LA, I was very lucky and I walked in. with Jessica Lang. >> and I know, right? >> You floated in with Jessica Lang. >> I floated in with Jessica Lang and. Jessica Lang just wanted to like hold on. to me because I'm sort of tall and um. and I think she likes that. I think she. likes that. So then all night I got to. be the gatekeeper to Jessica Lang and. people people I really respected who. didn't know me were coming up to me and. saying could you introduce me to Jessica.

Lang and I was like absolutely. >> you were like let me check with Jessica. first. >> Yeah it was that was So I guess my. advice is if you can go to one of those. events with Jessica Lang do it. >> That makes sense. God I would you two. would make a very nice couple. I have to. say a handsome couple. I I think we um. Yeah, I've got to to to be with her a. couple times and it's um it's always. successful. But you know, how's this for. a segue? You know who's very good at. those events? Regina Hall.

>> Oo, tell me why. >> You go to a party with Regina Hall and. she first of all, everybody loves her, so that's great. And she just sort of I. don't know, she just kind of floats. above it and just has a very kind of um. just kind of like chill attitude about. everything. Now whether or not that's. actually what she's feeling, >> right? >> I'm not sure because, you know, we all, you know, process those things. differently, but it is really fun to go. to those events with her because she.

just kind of she just sort of always is. herself. And I will say from like, you. know, we got to work together for 3. years on the show Black Monday and on. Showtime. And whether it was like 4:00. a.m. in the makeup trailer or 3:00 a.m. on a night shoot, she always maintained. the same level of like cool and, you. know, happy to be there and like sort of. calmed everybody down cuz Don Cheetel. and I on on that show often had to do. some like really wacky stuff and she not.

only could match that, she, you know, often times like outdid us in that. arena, but then also um just brought. like all the heart to it. She really. like anchored it in a way and it was. such a good lesson of like how to be you. can be absurdly funny and really broad. but still have a lot of thought and. heart behind it which I learned a lot. from working with her that like you can.

you can do all of the clowny silly stuff. but unless there is some kind of heart. to it it it just looks like faces. >> you know I think that way about you too. Like I feel like there's there's the ex. sometimes there's the exceptional. eccentric really kind of out there funny. person who's their own island. But for. the most part I find that people that. are very good at comedy have a switch or. a gear where they can really like.

they're just very good at um being in. the moment and being present when asked. to do that. And it and it's kind of the. theme that I want to talk to Regina. about today is her career is really. >> really diverse and really wide. Her. range she's done a lot of different. things and she can do really dumb fun. comedy. >> totally. >> and very deep grounded stuff and that's. not a lot of people don't have that. range. I don't know. There's It sounds. maybe trite to say that she has a light.

to her because that usually is reserved. for people who get murdered, but she. does have a she really lights up a room. She really lights up a room. And not in. a way that. >> she's going to get murdered. >> No, not in that way. In a different way. In a very different way. >> In a in a better way. >> In a very different way. >> You know. this I I absolutely loved you in Book of. Mormon. I was lucky enough to see the. original cast and you in it with Josh. and so many other great people and.

um but you bring something up that I. always wondered about and I haven't been. able to ask anybody who's been on. Broadway for as long as you have. >> Sure. >> Why is it unprofessional to see who's in. the audience? >> Well, in theory, you should be. >> I guess connected to your co-stars. >> Sure. um and telling the story. But I think. over time, you know, you're doing it. eight times a week and you get to a.

place where you know eyes. I mean, you. know, that's the tricky part about one. of the tricky parts about live theater. is that of all of the whatever 1,200. people that are in that audience, somebody's looking at you at all times. And I just know that from an audience. member, like sometimes you drift to like. an ensemble person, whatever. like. you're not watching the action. So, you. do kind of always have to be on guard. that like, okay, somebody's watching. So, >> but you never used to do what I used to.

do, which is literally peak. >> Oh, well, I mean, we got to a point. where I could look into the audience at. certain points and be like, "Oh, look. who's there." Um, and sometimes the. worst is when you make eye contact with. that person. >> Ooh, >> yeah. >> Ooh, that's rough. >> That's rough. >> That's rough. I made I made direct eye. contact with Oprah Winfrey and I thought. I don't that probably wasn't a great. idea and I reflexed. I smiled at her as. if there was no fourth wall.

>> you went Oprah. >> just like I'm just like I'm doing like a. nightclub act. I was like oh. >> I remember smiling at her and she smiled. back cuz she's polite. She could. probably she's probably had a lot of um. experience with intense eye contacts. I mean, the reactions to. >> Yeah. >> to her must be extreme. >> You are so incredible in the Book of. Mormon. I. >> Oh my gosh. >> I mean, you're you you've written two. books. You have.

>> I have. >> You have You are You are You're. constantly in so many good things. Like. we mentioned Girls Five, the show that. you did with Tina. Um, you also are just. in in Lena's new show, Too Much, where. you play her husband, which was so. satisfying to see. >> I do. We've graduated from being like. the messy kids to now being like the. still kind of messy adults. >> So, my um I ask all of my guests if they. have a question for our guest and um and. like I said, I hope someday to get you.

in the hot seat. So, um what what what. do you have any a question you think I. should ask Regina today? a story you. think she might want to tell, something. you don't know about her, something you. think people should know about her. >> Her career is so diverse. and she bounces between all of these. things like this Paul Thomas Anderson. movie that that she is, you know, that's. that's coming out that it's wildly. different from anything she's done in a. lot of ways. And I as much as I I assume.

that she's like the architect of that. that she's like making these choices and. doing these things like I wonder Yeah, I. do wonder like did she seek that out? Was she like I want to I'm going to. switch this up. >> or is this something that just sort of. build it was built sort of naturally? >> You're right. I don't think we know. enough about like Regina's origin story. When I was learning about Regina, I know. she wanted to maybe be a journalist at. one point. So, I'm very curious when she. started acting and then also yes, the.

her career is really feels like a flow. basically. >> And also, you know, obviously like who. does she like better? Does she like me. better or Don Cheetel? I think that's an. important I think a lot of people. probably wonder that. >> Yeah. And maybe you can stay on the Zoom. while I ask her that. Yeah, I'll I'll. take my camera off and then, you know, and then I'll surprise her and be like, "I knew you were gonna say Don." Regina. and I would annoy the cast that we um.

she she told everybody that we were. married at one point. And some people. some people who didn't really know me. very well thought that that was true. And then she she sort of in a um who's. afraid of Virginia Wolf way created. children for us. that we would talk about Don and Dawn. and we would reference Don and Dawn our. twins and who had the twins and where. are the twins and how are the twins. doing. >> She's so good. I can't wait to talk to.

her. I really appreciate I'm excited for. you to talk to her. >> Your time and how tall are you Andrew? >> 6'2. >> Oh, congratulations. >> Thanks. Thanks so much. >> I just That's so great. I I I like. Jessica Lang, a tall man. >> Jackpot. >> Sign me up. >> You did it. >> It is so great to talk to you. Thank you. so much for your time. >> Thank you very much. And thank you for. being so generous and so lovely, of. course. >> And I hope I see you at some event. sometime soon. And we just totally ghost.

each other. >> Yeah. I'm not going to look at you. I'm. just going to be taking care of Jessica. Okay. I'll talk to you soon. Thank you. Bye. >> This episode is brought to you by Uber. Eats. Beauty emergencies are bound to. happen. How many times have you, oh, I. don't know, dug around in your purse and. pulled out mascara and thought it was. lipstick and then all of a sudden you. got mascara on your lips and you're. like, "This is not the kind of look I. want to bring to the very fancy dinner. party that I'm about to have." So, now.

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Lighting is just getting bad. Cuz in my. bathroom, I have really good lighting in. my bathroom. >> Yeah. >> And in my bathroom, I'm something else. >> Yeah. >> In my car, not so much. But in my. bathroom, I'm like, I'm chef's kiss. >> But in the car, when the sunlight, so. it's the lighting. I always say this. about I mean I'm I'm probably saying. something very obvious but when I go. into dressing rooms I'm like I can't. believe the dressing rooms aren't better. lit. I would buy so many more things. It.

would just be better for business. >> It was a dressing room where I honestly. the for the first time discovered like. the depth of my cellulite. >> Yeah, >> that's the truth. It was in a dressing. room. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's super serious. >> It's when I started running. I started. jogging. I said I I was shopping with my. boyfriend at the time and I I screamed. I'd never seen I I did I said, "Is this. what came out at night?" And I went and. I said, "Baby, my my" and he was like, "What?" He didn't, you know, they don't.

notice. >> No, they just noticed the legs. >> They don't care what's on. >> They don't care. They don't care. >> I feel that way, too. One time when I. got a mammogram, >> I turned to the person and I was like, "It's just It's shocking how this hasn't. gotten better. How has this not gotten. better? How have we still have to. literally squeeze? >> I don't have a lot of boobs. I was like, what are you getting? >> And it's even this much breast. >> It's sometimes worse when you don't. It. >> fits larger. >> and you Well, they're both worse, I. guess. But like sometimes if you can't.

if you don't have a lot to put in the. machine. >> that we're squeezing it between two. metal. >> No, like a like a waffle. >> And that there's nothing to look at. No, you're just you're and then they're like. if you just move your arm a little like. it's not like you're it's a it's a it's. you're kind of contorting your body in a. in a very. >> and I said and I remember doing it very. you know like lucky me I have a nice. place to get my mamogram. I'm very. grateful and privileged to have a nice. place to get a mammog.

>> Not a poster on the wall, not a piece of. art to look at. >> No distraction. I was like, you guys. don't want to put even an inspirational. >> No. And it takes about It takes a few. minutes to get the right angle cuz it's. not just getting it in there. It's. getting it in there. I need a little. bit. And I was like, there's there's no. there's got to be a better way. >> Yeah. I It's shocking to me how. >> gave up. They were like, "Well, [ __ ] it. If we've got something in it, then we've. got something in it." Cuz after a while, I they just couldn't get a photo. No,

they can't get. >> And then what about when it comes out. cloudy and they're like, "We need. another one or we need an ultrasound.". >> Also, they're like, they squeeze you in. the tightest vice ever. Yes. >> They say, "Don't move.". >> Yeah. Don't move. That's true. >> And then they leave the room because. there's too much radiation. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That's the truth, right? So, it's just. you, your nodes, and your breast, and. the rest of your body exposed. And. >> there's not a like you don't even want. to play a an old episode of Everyone. Loves Raymond or whatever. >> There's no sound. There's no music.

>> I know. No music. >> There's no music. There's nothing. >> I I remember talking to my great. dentist. I love my dentist. But I. remember saying. >> I love your dentist. >> I love a dentist, too. >> You like your dentist? >> I do. >> And I get nitrous every. >> a lot. I like my dentist. >> I do, too. >> And my dental hygienist. I love I love. her. >> Did you work as a dental hygienist? >> A dental assistant. Like Yeah. I just. handed the instruments over and cleaned. them and stuff. Mhm. >> Do you feel like you have healthy teeth?

>> I do for the most part. Um. I grind my teeth. >> Oh yeah. >> And I didn't know that when you grind. you can get a little recession from the. grinding. >> Yeah. Do you wear a thing? >> I wear a thing now. >> Yeah. We're with Regina Hall and we just. got we just got really into it. We're. talking about teeth and boobs. We're. right into it. Mhm. >> Um but um I feel like the last time we. saw each other was on a dance floor at. Rashidita Jones. >> The last time, but there was a time I.

think after too. >> What was that? >> Uhoh. >> It was on a street and you were. directing. >> What was that? >> And it was on a culde-sac. And I was like, "What's going on down. there? I think they're filming. something.". >> Oh, yeah. >> Around the corner from Yep. And And I. walked down the street and I was like, "Who's directing?" And they said, "Amy. Polar." And then I made my way. I made. my way. It was very exciting. Do you. remember that? >> I do remember that. That was precoid. >> It was pre-COVID.

>> Okay. Yeah. >> Yeah. And then everything else has been. a blur. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Cuz I cuz I was trying. >> that breast exam. >> Everything else has been felt like a. mammogram. [Laughter]. >> Everything did was like this is going to. really hurt. It's really weird. It's. going to take a long time and every. >> exposed to all things. >> Totally. Totally. Um, but I feel like. we've had a couple times. So, Rashita. Jones often had a pajama jammy jam as. she talked about in this podcast and she. had a dance party and I feel like we've.

had a couple good times on the dance. floor together dancing in pajamas. >> Do you you like to dance? >> Here's the thing. >> I do like to dance. I wish I were a. better dancer. I'm not a good I can hold. a beat. >> Sure. >> But I I would love to be able to do and. Rashidita does them very well. She can. learn choreograph dances. And I I I wish. I had that gift. >> Yeah. Her and her sister Kada can do. like Kadata is a great dancer, too. Old. >> routines from the '9s. >> They can get a choreographer in front of.

them and they're able to. >> Yeah. >> to dance um and learn that choreography. I can't. No. I was having a conversation. with Sheila E and she was like, >> "Wait, excuse me.". >> I know. >> You just dropped that. >> I know. And I did. Did you see how I. dropped it like suddenly? like I said. nothing is I was like yeah so when. Sheila and I were talking e you know um. no I did we were I did a a one-on-one. interview and so she was my subject and. she's. >> so cool. >> so amazing and I was asking her did she.

understand her impact on girls when she. first came out cuz like the drums we. hadn't seen a lot of women playing the. drums necessarily but anyway she said um. everything for her moves very separately. M she can feel all the rhythms and every. She feels every limb and every portion. So everything is separate for her. >> Ooh. >> Yeah. >> So if you feel like you're not maybe the. strongest at choreography, >> I'm a unit. >> What part feels like you're like that's.

a good skill? Like I can do that. Well, can you memorize fast? Can do you have a. good ear? Can you sing? >> I think I can. But I'm gonna tell you, you know, cuz I used to tell me that I. had a a terrible pitch. I disagree with that. Um, and then I went on I think it was Cordon. and I I was like I and I they started.

and then I joined in the harmony and boy. was I off. >> So I'm not a harmonizer. >> Okay. >> I'm a soloist. >> Yeah. No one else sing when Regina's. singing. >> But I have a good gift for. I can remember a face. >> Hey, that's good. >> Yeah. Not a name. Terrible with names. >> But you'd be able to. >> You remember me? >> I want to talk to you about so many.

things today, Regina, because. the theme today for me with you is. range. like you are you can do it all. and to and how to approach you and your. career and your work is really. interesting because you can come in. through a lot of different doors and. it's it's well first of all let me just. say that you have a great rep like. everyone loves working with you. >> Oh I thought you were talking about my. agent. I was about to say he is a great.

>> I was like I've got a good team but yes. >> a great reputation. Does it matter to. you um like how you like when you go to. work like what matters to you like how. you show up and how other people show. up. >> I think for me like if I when I when I'm. working. >> I think of everybody who put so much. work into it before I got there. writers, you know, people who write, that's. >> once it's written, selling it, like.

sitting with studio notes. There's so. much, you know, this, you've done it all. directors that goes into it. So for me. to come and be like anything less than. like excited for what like they're. bringing a vision together in addition. to what I get to do and have fun then I. think it's I won't take it if I don't. think I could come and and bring. something to the environment. >> or and to the work. So I think that. that's important for me.

>> Okay. What kind of kid were you? cuz you. grew up in DC. >> and you know. >> went to form went to NYU to be a. journalist like very you were not a kid. who were you around actors or anyone who. was acting? >> No, because I just we didn't I guess we. had I was like we didn't have any but. >> yeah I don't I wasn't exposed to it. >> You weren't you weren't studying it in. school? >> No, we had our plays. >> Okay. >> I went to Catholic school and so we had. the nuns. >> who I loved. I loved my nuns. I loved.

>> What do you love about nuns? Because my. mom went to Catholic school and she was. very afraid of her nuns. >> Oh, I think I had some. >> I was respectfully afraid. I mean, I. certainly had a reverence. >> um where I wouldn't cross a line, but I. wasn't afraid of being hurt. I was more. afraid of them telling my mom and then. getting in trouble. So, I didn't I. didn't have that. They were I found my. nuns to be very. I mean they were I wouldn't say they.

were strict. >> but they were they were loving I would. say I would yeah they were loving. >> And then is it true that you thought. about perhaps becoming a nurse? >> I did. I did several times when I was in. high school and then again when I was. older and I was too old. >> You were too old to. >> 39. That was a cut off. I was 41. They. were like, "It's not a backup plan, miss. Get on out of here.". >> But it's Oh, for that particular for. that particular order. >> Okay, got it. >> Cuz they're different orders. You know,

with some orders, it's a sleeping. partner number thing. >> Yeah. Right. >> Four. >> I don't know if anybody. >> Wait, you can only have slept with four. people. >> Yep. Amy, can you make it? >> You don't have to count them, you know. >> Uh, no, I can't. I don't want to brag, but. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. So, there is. a there's some orders where there's a. number you can only have had a certain. amount of partners. >> Some are could be a certain amount of.

partners. Some might be how many. attachments that you have. Some, you. know, in the world it's hard and some is. age. >> Yeah. Wow. But, but what made you, Regina, as a young person, what was. attractive about that life for you? What. did you think about? What was the. fantasy of that life? >> I thought if wow if if you you know. you'd spend your life in prayer prayer. for others I would imagine because it's. unless you were like healing cuz they. don't you're not really attached to.

anything material. Right. So they're. >> they wouldn't have an outward striving. >> Yeah. >> of like oh right the the the thing of. like you know success whatever that is. And um. no romantic heartbreak, right? >> You don't want to say love cuz that part. is beautiful, but it's the other side. when. >> Yeah. >> whatever whatever trauma, whatever. reasons things don't make it.

>> And then um you had that singular focus. I'm sure that it's not that easy. >> I'm just saying that was that was what I. romanticized it would be if I did it. And I thought that was. >> like lovely. >> And and and what is how is your faith. like now many years later, young Regina, looking out at the world that way, figuring that might be a way in which I. can manage my own world?

>> How do you practice your version of. loving God now? What does it look like? >> I mean, I think I really believe if you. believe in past lives, I believe I had a. past life where I was that. I believe. I've come from that. Mhm. >> So I believe it probably exists within. me because it has existed, >> you know, and so it it. >> feels familiar. >> It feels familiar. And so there's a. certain piece in that familiarity. >> It makes sense to me then that you're, you know, for a while thinking about. going into journalism because it's this. like qu it's like the idea of like.

unpacking big questions, finding out the. truth, being curious, like all that. stuff feels like it's connected. When. did you decide, okay, I'm I'm happy that. I have my journalism degree, but I want. to be an actor. What when did that. change happen? What? >> Well, my parents were like, you're not. going to just My parents were divorced, but they were just like, you're not. going to be in New York partying cuz I. had also I had left the nun life behind. >> You were like, >> I was in New York and I was partying and.

I loved partying, >> you know, and good. I had great friends. and from college and like we finished. >> Yeah. >> And then it was like what am I, you. know, but we were going out. >> We were probably in New York at the same. time, like in the '9s, right? >> New York in the '9s. It was great. >> It was great. >> It was great. And so we used to go out a. lot and then my mom was like, my dad was. like, "What are you doing? You have to. get a job or something." I either had to. get a job or go back to school. >> Mhm. And so I went I was like I'm.

choosing school because I could arrange. my classes to still party. but work I couldn't do it. I did work. for six months. >> Ooh. What was your job? >> I was working at a director's office and. their office was in their home and so. they really had to. carefully vet who worked there. So I was. like an assistant. And. >> was that like your first job in near the. industry. >> and it was working with a director? >> Yeah. He was a commercial director. He. did TV commercials.

>> And um. one day I fell asleep with my my my. elbow on a button on the computer and it. was blinking. It was just like all X's, whatever was at the end and the screen. was blinking and I woke up cuz I had. been out too late. And um I was like I. And then my roommate and I were like we. are going to raise money and um I don't. know. And I was like we have to quit our. jobs. Our jobs are holding us back. Yeah. >> And then.

>> and then I had to borrow money and my. parents were like, "What are you going. to do?" So I went I was like, "I'll go. back to school.". >> Okay. You So you went back to study. journalism then. And. >> I went back to study journal and my dad. had a stroke and passed away very. suddenly my first few months of school. >> First few months. And so you didn't you. you stopped going to school after that? >> No, I finished cuz I knew he'd want me. to. But I had a friend who said, "Do you. want to make extra money doing. commercials?" And she was like, "I'll. introduce you to my manager." I met her. manager. that manager. I couldn't show. up for auditions because I was like, I. I'm doing my thesis. I can't show up to.

an audition. >> But I did. And then I took a class in. acting. And I think it it was very. healing. >> for me after my dad to be out of my head. a little bit and that's how and then I. was like, "Oh, I love this." So then I. finished NYU. >> and then decided to go to Colombia's. bartending school. >> Wow. >> Because I was going to need to pay for. acting school. >> Yeah. >> And then I went to acting school. I. remember my mom was like, "So, you just. don't want a job, huh, baby?". >> And I could have been a professional. student. I did love school. I I studied.

at uh at um at Bill Esper. >> I could see you also being a great. bartender. >> Oh my gosh. I would have been, but I. don't know how to make any drinks. because you were supposed to spit those. drinks out in class. >> I was really tipsy after every class. >> Yeah. But but so much of bartending is faking. like faking the like you're just making. the drink but it's about the chitchat. >> Yeah. And I do like people.

>> Yeah. >> So I love to converse and meet. I find. people to be fascinating. >> Okay. So back to commercials. You're. auditioning for commercials. Any Did you. get any commercials during that time? >> I did. >> What did you get? >> I got that was a big deal to get a. commercial in the '9s. >> It was national. >> [ __ ]. >> McDonald's. What? You got a national. McDonald's commercial? How much money. did you make from that? >> Cuz that could pay that could change. your life. A national commercial. >> A Yeah, it was. Yeah, I my line I had to.

say and some McDonald's fries. >> You were ordering them or. >> I was at a movie theater watching. >> We were watching a movie about. McDonald's and then my. >> watching a McDonald's movie. >> No, we watching a movie about something. and they were running maybe. I don't. even remember. But he says I could go. for a Big Mac. Yeah, I think the movie. that you're watching and then I send in. some McDonald's fries. >> And what do you remember about being on. the set of did you like you know how. sometimes you can remember the feeling.

when you're shooting something? What was. it? Were you nervous? >> I was nervous. Yes, I was nervous. I. remember I was like, I don't know if I. like my hair cuz they did these rods. >> But now I look back and I'm like that. hair was just fine. Um. >> I thought everyone was going to. recognize me. I thought that commercial. was going to air. I was outside like. this. >> You were like. >> waiting. >> waiting for people to be like the fries. There she is. >> Did you just do a McDonald's commercial? Not one. Nobody. >> That's a big get.

>> It was a big get. >> That is a big get. And it ran for a. while. >> It did. It ran for like You remember how. they had to pay for your cycles? I think. I made like. >> over a per like 30 40,000 30k. >> Yes. Back then you could make he could. >> And there were some people who made like. Yeah. But I made like I think I made. like 30. >> Yeah. >> And if you could get a commercial and it. could run and and. >> your residuals were nice. >> Yes.

It's been like really interesting to. look at your range like we talked about. I mean. you have done all different kinds of. work. You've done you've been in big. huge franchise. >> Can I interrupt? >> Yes. >> I love this woman. No, I want to say that. You know what. the re No, no, no. I have to say it. because I I have to say. how profoundly. inspiring you are, right? Um.

>> that's across all cultures, races, and. genres. You know that too. Thank you for. saying in terms of comedy. Yeah. Because. it's like, you know, you say Amy Polar, it doesn't matter, right? We all know. who it is. Um, and so. when I would watch you and Tina, I'd be. like, "They're beautiful. They're. funny." And so you, you know, you're. always looking at people who you admire. >> And, um, I think also how much fun they're.

having, >> right? And so, um, whether it's. conscious or subconscious, like and Maya. Rudolph, um, who's also hilarious, but. >> to see women be so funny and so like um, beautiful and yet not vain. >> because you can't really have that right. when you're doing comedy. You got to be. like, you can't be like.

>> um, I don't know. Oh, but it that was. profoundly like um impactful and. inspirational with I don't even think. without me without me knowing it at. first and then it became like oh my. goodness I love them. >> Well, you know, thank you for saying. that. It it does mean a lot because I. have followed your career and been and. been so impressed by how genuinely and. deeply funny you are. You are really. funny and also you have played.

incredibly subtle, grounded, interesting. characters, including the film that. you're in, the new Paul Thomas Anderson. film that you're in that we'll talk. about. Like you are playing deep, complex characters and also getting to. swing the other way. That's very. inspiring because it's very hard to not. be uh just limited or like you know to. come in through the comedy door and. never leave that way. It's Have you. found that to be like was that did that. happen in the beginning like when you.

were doing more comedic stuff? Did you. >> I think after scary movie I think after. and the interesting thing with scary. movie is after scary movie. then it was like oh she only does broad. comedy. So then you have to say well can. you get a um you know a grounded kind. and a lot of them I just you know I mean. a lot of stuff you don't get right isn't. there like. >> well I'd be curious because I was. thinking like what is Regina when you. were you know we all have this thing. where. we get scripts sent to us or parts sent.

to us and we scroll down to see what. people are thinking about us and. sometimes it's like okay. >> I got my first part job I got was a. stripper and I just was like I'm going. to get inundated. I haven't been asked. again and I'm offended. I I'm serious. I. literally was like, "Watch, I'm just I'm. just I do remember I had an agent. I. love her so much. Her name is Jamie.". And she said, "We've gotten a foreign. film for you.". >> I haven't read it yet, but we just got.

the offer. This is after Scary Movie. And I was like, "Oh gosh, I'm I'm. international.". >> And um this is before emails. And. remember when you had to pick your. scripts up? Oh yeah. Physically go to. someone's house. >> Yeah. So I physically went to the agency. and it was in the bin because I wasn't. at the point where they were messening. them to me. So I got the script and I. remember it um it was players which she. was reading as playa the beach. >> No. >> yes play hiatus.

Playa hiatus. That's what she said to me. on the phone. And I said it's it's it's. player haters. I was like, >> she was like, "So, it doesn't take place. on a beach?". >> I was like, "No, and it's not a foreign. film. There's nothing foreign about it.". And so, and so I didn't end up doing. Playahatias. >> Playa. playas. >> It's a foreign film. She was so excited,

too. Um, Jamie, no. >> Do you feel like you were getting after. Scary Movie? Were you getting a lot of. the same stuff offered to you? >> Probably like more broad like Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Like like I was I I was laughing. cuz I was like I bet Regina and I would. be in a movie where we'd be playing like. stereotypical versions like because I. still to you know to this day someone's. like we thought of you. We think it's. great. And I'm like okay. and I read the. part and I'm like just.

>> I know. >> one of those characters that is just. like usually very like let me speak to. the manager very nuts and very like. >> get her out of here. >> I know. >> Yeah. >> And and I feel like we would probably be. cast in a movie where we would be. >> I'd be the one that you wanted to speak. to the manager over. I'd be like, they'd. always have it like there's some hood. chick and she's always like and I'd be. like. >> and I would be like. >> totally. >> cuz you just can't do that all this. You're like what else?

>> So versions of that. >> Well, that that's leads me to my. question. So we always we do this thing. on the show where we talk behind well. behind someone's back. We kind of try to. find out more about them through people. that know them. And so we talked to. Andrew Ranels today. >> My baby daddy. >> I heard you have twins together. and. Don. We hatch We don't know where where. are our kids. Don and Don. I love Andrew. I love. Andrew. >> I know. He's so What do you love about. him? >> Oh, he's just He makes me smile. He.

makes me laugh. He's funny. So talented. Yeah. >> But he's just such a nice human being. Like I love Andrew. Like I knew he was. my baby daddy from the first moment I. saw him. >> Yeah. I know. Well, I can tell you have. a special connection with him. >> I love Andrew. Like one day we did a. scene and I said decade instead of. decade and it was late and then every. time we had to do it over and it would. come to the word we couldn't say. You. know how that happens? You get the. giggles and we couldn't stop.

>> I have a I have I have a clip of that. God and I was like. >> I was it would just we couldn't stop and. he was like don't don't look at me and. we couldn't do it. We couldn't do it. We. had to break. He loves you and he loves. working with you. Loved working with you. and you guys work together in Black. Monday and and and he talked about like. one of the questions is kind of like. what we talk about we're talking about. now because like whether it's you know. girls trip or love and basketball or one. battle um after another your new film. You've done big budget, you've done.

small independence like um support the. girls, you've done scary movie, you've. done big and small like uh dramatic and. comedic. And he was just saying like I I. want to ask Regina, does she feel like. she's the architect of this or does it. feel like part of a kind of a bigger. flow? like like are you feeling like. you're adjusting the dials on those all. the time or are you just kind of seeing. what's coming up next?

>> I mean at a certain point you have more. options, right, as your career. I mean I. think it was I mean I would love to say. I was an architect. I think it was. probably accidental because in the. beginning you would just you kind of. said yes. >> Yeah, totally. >> I got a job. Ply height when does it. when does it start? Well, this if that. would have been my first offer, I would. have been there. So, it's kind of been. like. >> I know it is kind of funny in retrospect. when people say like. >> you know what what made you make that. choice and it's like they just they just.

made ass. >> I know and it and it went well, >> but that's kind of how it was. I mean, Scary Movie was a little I think Best. Man in the Love. Scary Movie was. different because I was a huge fan of. The Weigh-ins and I I mean, I would. really wanted to work with Keenan, but. >> and then that just ended up having But. it's it's I will say for the beginning. it was kind of an accident. It. everything was an accident. >> when that movie comes out and it's a. huge hit. You've been in a couple films. that are just like giant hits right. away. Scary Movie, Girl Strip, like.

where you're just on this train. Mhm. >> What is that like to just have, you. know, do something and then suddenly. it's like, oh, we've got a franchise, >> you know? No, I don't know. I I'll ask. you this. Nothing necessarily feels like. that in real time. >> Yeah, that's right. It's kind of like. what is what's discussed later. >> Yeah, it's later. I think in real time. it came out, it did well. And I was. like, you know, that's great. But I did. die in the first one. >> and I was and we you know and I and and.

I didn't expect to come back for the. second one. It was like I didn't have a. deal. I didn't. >> Remind me how they got you back after. you died. >> It was a near-death experience. >> Right. >> They described it as a near-death. experience. And then I became psychic, but I really wasn't psychic at all. Jesus, Brenda just swore she was. psychic. Um um but um I think yeah that. was like it's kind of like I you know. you don't know who knew. >> Yeah. >> I mean and that was kind of. >> Did you feel that way about Girls Trip.

too which I mean I can remember when. that came out Tracy Oliver who I got the. pleasure to work with on we produced a. show together called Harlem. Um. >> Oh yes. >> for a couple years on Amazon. And. Tracy's Megan. >> Yes. Megan and Tracy's so talented and. >> um I just remember that feeling very. exciting when that was a big. >> big hit. What was that experience like? >> That was great. You know, I will say. this. This is going to sound crazy to. many people, but my dog got really sick.

right before and my dog passed away like. 4 days after Girl Script came out and he. had been really sick and I loved my dog. Zeus. So, it was a bit of a blur. I was. very sad. I was very sad cuz I had lost. um. I had lost my little little fat little. baby, you know, he was a little bulldog. And so. I was very happy it did well. >> Yeah. >> I remember because at first I was like.

I think I was not I think the girls were. a lot more um optimistic. I was like. should we be coming out in the summer? That was my thought. I was like against. I mean, he's not like he's very. talented, but Chris Nolan um and. Dunkkirk, I was like, we're coming out. the same day. >> But sometimes that counterprogramming. can really work. >> They they sometimes and at that and I. guess at that time it did, I guess, because I was I'm, you know, I'm a I'm a. Nolan fan, so I was not um So, yeah, it.

was it was it was it was great. >> But sometimes you've had a day and. you're just like, I can't go see Dunkirk. tonight. >> You're like, I can't do it. I I had my. my day was Dunkerkian. >> Yes. Right. >> And I need a laugh. >> Yeah. I don't need Dunkirk again. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Because I I remember Tina and I. did a movie called Sisters and it came. out against Star Wars. >> Oh. >> And so it was like hm. >> I have a film I'm coming out in um an. animated film.

>> Oo. >> Spongebob. >> Yes. >> And that's coming out the same day as. Avatar. So I was like that that that. that's. >> But I like that programming. I like that. because. >> Tell me how I don't understand that. Tell me. Tell me. >> I like it. >> You like an Avatar? >> I like an Avatar Spongebob um uh choice. because. >> cuz I feel like I would take my kids to. see Avatar as well, >> dude. How much Avatar are we going to. get? >> But the thing is this is the last. Avatar. So yeah, you got to go see it.

But he hasn't filmed anymore and it. takes like. >> I mean is it the last Avatar? >> Yeah. >> I mean how many times we get fooled by. that? >> Right. That's true. The last. >> I feel safer now. >> And I don't know. And that one I just. It's going to take so long. That's the. other thing cuz movies are so long. >> Well, Spongebob is only It's short. I. mean 96 minutes you're in and out. >> It's hilarious. In and out. But I mean. when you see I just like the other thing. is like what do you I could only go to. that movie at starting at 4:00 and.

there's no way I'm going to go to an. 8:00 movie of Avatar. >> But of Spongebob. Aren't they sleep by. then too? the kids, you got to get them. in and out of there by 12. 1 2. >> Spongebob you got to do like a 600 p.m. probably 6 p.m. But I think you're going. to get a lot of adult. >> That's a good idea cuz. >> that's. >> going to Spongebob. >> But don't you think those adults would. see Avatar 2? I'm just. >> not this adult. >> Not that. So we got we got one. everybody. >> I'm going to say it right now and I'm. sorry if I'm going to like cause. problems. I'm not going to see the new.

Avatar. >> I'm not I don't I'm not going to see it. Well, we're not on IMAX anyway. So, the. Avatar took the IMAX. So, we're going to. be on. >> I also I don't like IMAX. >> Yeah, those big theaters. >> It's so intense. It's too loud. >> Well, we're coming out one battle after. another is coming on on IMAX. >> Okay. Except for that, [Laughter]. >> right? Yeah, that one. >> Okay. But so before I get to that movie. because it looks so great and I mean.

Paul Thomas Anderson is just such an. incredible director and your cast is. incredible. Um but I want to talk about. award shows because you and I are we've. both hosted stuff. >> You I love Yes. I love. >> I love when you host. You are so good at. it. >> Well I mean. >> what do you what do you like about. doing? >> It's I mean I don't know that I do. >> I know what you mean. Yes. It's hard. >> I know what I mean. It's hard and it's a. little bit of like diminishing returns. Like the more you do it, like when you.

when you pull it off the first time, you're like and they like come back and. do it again. It's like I don't know if I. should. >> You all have managed to do repeat. performance and honestly be amazing each. time. >> Thank you. Right back at you. And I feel. like you have something that hosts need. that you just kind of can't teach, which. is you have to be a little. a little ambivalent, a little relaxed. You can't care too much about it. >> No. Because people can feel that.

>> I know. They can feel it in the room. >> They can feel it in the room. >> So, what do you do to kind of keep that. vibe going or you or like fake that vibe. when you're out there doing it? >> I do. I mean, I don't know. Let me ask. you if you feel this. You know, you're. nervous, but once the curtain goes up, you're like, "Well, here it is.". >> Yes. >> There's nothing you can do. >> I mean, it's at that point, it's just, you know, >> it's like that breast exam. It's on. The. shirt is off. >> We got to do it. >> The machine is open. >> We got to slap them on in there. I think. it just kind of.

I mean, you got to feel that what you've. got is enough. I think I think that's. what it is. You've got to just feel. like, well, >> what I have is enough. cuz I always feel. like the minute you feel like you panic. >> Yes. That's when it's going to be. >> and you are the ho like a host whether. it be you're having a dinner party. whether you're having a wedding whether. you're hosting the BT awards whatever is. the thing. >> if you're having fun. >> right I agree. >> and you set the tone people relax but if. to your point if you and I mean you were.

hosting the Academy Awards during a very. hectic um year the year of the slap very. stressful you and Amy and Wanda and you. guys. >> had to handle like this crazy live. thing. >> Are you the kind of performer when. something like that happens where you. like how do you. >> how do you adjust? Do you just. >> like try to stay in your body? Do you. disassociate? Do you what do you do? How. do you adjust when those kind of things. happen? >> Well, I had I mean I I mean it was.

wonderful to have them, you know, and. not be doing that alone. >> and they were great. Um, I think you just are like, let we just, you know, the show must go on. I think. there's just something about the show. must go on mentality that you just are. like, it is we, here we go. >> Yeah. >> And because you're at that point, you. are thinking of your audience. You want. your audience to um. >> continue to enjoy the show and you don't. and that's the thing about a live show, you know, anything anything can happen.

um anyway when you're doing anything. live. So, I think you're have to just. always be prepared for that and whatever. that ends up being, you just ride it. out. >> Yeah. I mean, it it it's a skill. It's a. skill to be able to to do that and to. not let things kind of throw you. And. you're so good at pivoting in real time. like whether you're accepting for Kevin. Cosner in real time which was amazing.

like a beautiful poem. >> and an incredible. >> that is my fault because they said. Regina you should read this backstage. and I was like no no no no I got it I. was like no no no no I got it and I. didn't realize what they had written and. I think it was that discovery in real. time. >> it was very human and very light lovely. like because you were real. You were. accepting for Kevin Coer who wasn't. there at the time cuz he was dealing. with weather in Santa Barbara which was. real um destructive weather that people. were you know and you were of course.

>> doing what anyone would do which is like. >> doing like this fun gracious kind of. light tease to the person who won until. you realized mid-sentence that you're. like I see this is more serious and it. was it was a beautiful pivot. Do you remember? I forget what award. show it was. Maybe it was the Emmys and Jimmy. Fallon's um prompter went out. Do you. remember that? >> No. >> Yes. And I mean he was he h he he.

handled it so well. He just was like, "Hey, I can't read the prompter." And he. just kind of riff for a second. And I. thought, "Oh, >> oh, I do remember that.". >> He just kind of made a thing about it. And I remember like for hours after just. kind of lying in my room thinking that. is a living stress dream. >> that you would just walk out to all. these people and just the prompter. >> and the prompter. I know. And even for. two seconds cuz it's like the beginning. It's right when you need it's right when. you are like I need to engage them. I'm.

letting them know what this night is. going to be like. And then you don't. have a prompter. >> Back to dentistry. >> Mhm. Have you ever had dreams that your. teeth fall out? >> No. Have you? >> You have? It's a very typical stress. dream. >> Really? >> That your that like you go to talk and. your teeth fall out. >> Oh my god. That I'm stressed thinking. about it. >> I know. I'm sorry to bring it up. Um do. you have what what would be a typical. stress dream for you? >> I probably am not sleeping if I'm that.

stressed. I think that's what happens. >> Do you are you a good sleeper? I love to. talk about sleep. I love sleep. >> Here's the thing. I love sleep. I want. more of it. >> Okay. Well, let's talk about how to get. you there. >> Okay. >> What's your bedtime? >> Well, there's the answer. >> Too late. >> there. It's too late. There's a lot to. do sometimes when I get home. >> Okay. >> Or it's that last dine episode that I've. never seen and I want to get that last. one in.

>> You cannot watch a date line to feel. good late at night. >> What happens? >> Well, it's just bad for dreams. >> Oh, I have great dreams. >> Okay. A lot of times it's spouses. Have. you seen that? Have you noticed that? >> That is true. And I was talking about. this with Zara Gar a couple weeks ago on. this podcast. Um that women who are is. great. That women who are married are. much more likely to die earlier and Yes. to get married. >> Oh, you mean from stress? Oh, yes. I. Yes. Yes. Yes. >> But but it shortens your life if you're. married. You know that. >> Yeah. Yep. Sucks it right out. sucks it right out cuz you're caretaking.

and you're thinking of and a lot of. times women. >> um they're they're nurturing so they're. giving so much but the men they they. fare better. >> they do a man lives. >> long I don't even know why y'all don't. want to get married. >> y'all should be begging to run down an. altar like literally. >> yeah right men should know that it's. going to add they should do like a you. should do like a very like um. like you know there's all these these. like podcasts and books and classes of.

like maximizing your potential. They. should just do it about getting married. >> They should just say you get married, you live five more years. >> 86% of the most successful men are. married. I'm just saying. that's got I mean that's got to you know. they need that grounding. They need that. home base. >> And women don't. No. >> No. >> Because they find it in friendships.

>> Yeah. >> You know what I was saying? And tell me. this. >> Anyone else in here? >> Have you noticed that men. >> Oh, there was a study. If you ask men. who their best friend is, most of them. say their wives, right? >> And if you ask a woman, she's really got. her friends. She like Lisa, you know, Amy, like they really they have they. have it. And for men, it'll be their. wives. >> Yeah. Um, I do feel like women have, you. know, tribes and. >> we're in our 50s, right? So, we're kind. of in the middle. >> 30s.

>> Were we in our 30s? Wait, let me check. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we are. >> 39. >> 39. >> And we are in the watery middle. >> We're in the watery middle. Mhm. >> Water is so important. >> Resource. >> Water is a sponsor. >> It is. >> Water. Please. >> Yeah. >> Water. It. >> don't go. >> Don't go. Water. Don't go. Do you worry. about um like are you a. >> totally into climate change? Yes. >> Yes. And do you are you like a prepper? Are are you do you think about.

>> totally aware and I'm like [ __ ] it at. the same time. >> cuz I'm like what can I do? I can't I. can't live in the stress of it. But am. aware enough to be like if there is. something I that can be done I will do. it. >> If there was a zombie apocalypse. >> Oh my gosh. I don't I can't live in. buildings and just just take me out. I'm. going to go at some point anyway. >> I feel this exactly the same. I would. just be like let me be the first to go. >> Just Yeah. Like don't bite me cuz I. don't want to be alive and dead. But. just just somebody just run me on over.

However, whatever is the quickest way, but I don't want to just survive. I. haven't slept. Amy, get up. I hear. something. You've got a gun. We've got. one candy bar between us that's got to. last for like 10 days. >> No. We should do a zombie movie where. the two of us immediately get killed. We're trying to get killed the whole. movie. No one will kill us. Can't even get bitten by a zombie. >> We can't. Yeah, >> that is a good idea. I know because I. feel But there But what are you like in.

a crisis? Cuz I I'm projecting on you. I. feel like you'd be very levelheaded. >> I think I'm pretty calm in a crisis. At. least most crisis, but I have a. meophobia. So, it depends on. >> Oh, >> that crisis I'm not great in. >> Let's talk about that. >> I know. I love a phobia. >> Do you have any? >> I don't think so. I don't have a real. phobia. I I think I have like intrusive. thoughts that maybe is phobia adjacent, like fear of uh stuff, but I don't have.

an actual. >> fear of clowns. I don't love clowns. >> You don't I don't mind clowns. >> I don't I don't love them. I I I don't I. definitely don't want to be around a. clown, but I wouldn't I wouldn't scream. in my way. They're just they see it's a. lot. It's a lot. >> Um I don't like any people that are like. performing clown stuff. >> Clown stuff. >> But I respect them and I would scream if. I saw one. >> Right. >> But a metaphobia is.

>> well a I have two phobias. I have. amophobia. >> Aophob phobia. >> Yeah. >> And then claustrophobia. Aophobia is a. fear of like. >> throwing up. >> Yeah. >> Someone throwing up. Are you throwing. up? I have some friends who have that. We won't talk about it anymore because. it makes people stressed. Yes. For. people listening, we won't talk about. it. >> But it's real. >> It's real. And so is claustrophobia. >> Okay. And so claustrophobia, >> how does that manifest in your everyday? >> My You know what? I only am. claustrophobic if I'm like, I can't get.

out. So like I can do a small space if I. can get out of it. What if it's a small. space and I'm like like an MRI? >> I got to know I can scoot out. >> But you can't in an MRI. Exactly. That's. why I can't do those. >> So, do you take a do you take a a night. night pill when you do? >> No, I do the open MRI. >> There's an open one. >> Yeah, there's which is wider. Which is. wider. Where you can scoot out. >> You can scoot out and I don't let them. leave me alone. >> Yes. >> They have to sit there with me and then.

I have to talk to them. >> Mhm. >> They have to talk to me. >> And are you feeling do you know do you. do you have a sense of where your. claustrophobia came from? I remember it starting when I got a um. a face m what do you call those? Um. >> facial. >> Not a facial. >> Oh, I know exactly what you're talking. about. So, actors often have to get. >> Yes. >> like a plaster cast. and it is terrifying. >> And that's when I I didn't have it. before that I remember. But I remember.

when they were both on me plastering me. >> Yeah. >> Plastering my face. >> I know. Neither sound weird. >> It's like I keep trying to make it sound. better. >> It's a very weird thing that people. don't know, which is a lot of actors. have to get, especially if you're doing. any prosthetics. >> Yes. >> And I'm sure makeup artists have made it. better and better and easier and easier, but back when we were doing it, it was. like stick two straws in your nose. >> Yeah. And they do your mouth and then. they're patting you and you your ears. are covered and then they're trying to. go fast and then it has to harden.

>> That's right. >> And then once it hardens, they can. remove it. And the thing wasn't that. I. just was like, "What if a fire comes? They forget about me and run out.". >> Wait, like, >> wait, this is a really interesting thing. your brain is doing. >> So, my brain creates scenarios. >> It wouldn't be the fire that would be. the problem. It would be that you've. left, you've been left alone. >> I've been left and I can't get and I. can't get the thing out off, right? That's a good anxiety. That's what happens to me. >> Okay. So, I do want to talk about one. battle after another because I mean, you.

worked with a lot of great directors. Paul Thomas Anderson is. >> Yeah. Amazing. >> His films are really amazing. >> He was one of my Yeah. He's like he's my. favorite. >> What was it like to shoot it? It was. shot in all in LA. >> All in LA. All different parts of. California. Not LA. California. It was. great. You know, it's wonderful to I. mean the cast is amazing. >> And how did you like working with. Leonardo DiCaprio? Leo. >> Um well, he's um you know, the thing. with Leo is he's he's not very.

experienced. He's green. And so you've. when you're working like, "Oh, no, sweetie. That's crafty. That's crafty. That's not set.". >> Exactly. You went the wrong way. >> No. Yeah. I had to do a lot of that. No, that's the lens. >> Don't look into it. >> Cuz he was doing a lot of that. >> Once we got past that though, he was he. was he was great. He was great. He's. great. >> Yeah. No, it was sad, but it was also. sweet. It's endearing. >> Tender. >> Yeah. Yeah. And he he's got a lot riding. on this cuz he's never had a big movie.

>> No. Yeah. Yeah. >> Oh, he sounds sweet. >> He is. >> And then you're making another scary. movie. >> Making another scary. >> which is like perfect example of your. career. You have this like, >> you know, kind of prestigious, very like. intense, and then you're going to go do. that dumb fun. >> cuz I imagine it's real big dumb fun. >> Oh my gosh. Yes. >> Yes, it is. And like, you know, I think. for us it's like, well, let's see how. far we can push humor in 2025. >> You know, that's a that's a big thing.

But you know that the great thing is you. get at everybody. >> Yeah. >> That's what comedy. >> that's where it lives, right? Getting at. everybody. >> I think so. I mean like what I asked. this of all my guests, but what do you. want? >> Why do I have an urge to do this? >> What is it called? It's called um what's. the word when you misophonia. So I don't. think it's a phobia. I think it's a. phonia. >> I don't know what's the difference. But. yeah. Wow. Misophonia is when you can. >> Can you look up the difference between.

phobia and phonia? Maybe. >> I can I have a laptop here. and um. >> and she is part of that generation like. myself of pre-technology. >> That's right. Where type things in we. would be going to the microfish. >> Remember micro. >> remember microfish? >> Okay. misophonia. is a condition where specific sounds a. condition. >> so it's a okay. >> where specific sounds trigger intense.

negative emotional reactions such as. anger annoyance or anxiety. >> I don't know if it it's intense but for. example if I'm listening to a podcast. >> and um someone needs to take a drink of. water and they're really dry mouth you. can hear it. >> not only can I hear it but I I really. can't listen to the person. >> so you have also you must have an. incredible ear. >> I do have a I have a good ear and I can. hear things pretty well. >> Now, look up phobia and just see what. that definition is. >> Phobia. Let's see what the Latin word of.

phobia is. >> Phobia meaning. >> if I was like phobia. >> in a extreme or irrational fear or. aversion to something. >> So, it's fear and and the other one is. anger and disgust. >> Yeah. >> Sounds. >> but just about cuz like phonograph and. phonia. >> That makes sense. Um, but you want to know um what causes. phobia? >> What? >> It's genetic predisposition, environmental factors, and traumatic. experiences. So, there you go.

>> That experience of that thing of that. face thing. I also was like, they could be doing. anything. I can't see, >> right? >> I just heard fingers and then like, you. know, I could have been ass up in like. 30 seconds. Not that I Not that I. thought that. I didn't think that. Yeah, >> but if I think about it now, >> anything could have happened. They were. very nice, both of them. >> Treatment is CBT, exposure therapy, >> exposure, >> medication.

>> Well, how are you going to, you know, so. I just have to get in small spaces, claustrophobia, and then just be forced. to send sitting there, huh? >> So, you don't like to get smooshed? I. love getting smushed. >> I don't mind getting I don't mind. getting smooshed. I just need to know I. can get out. If you put me in a small. closet and I know it can't get locked, then I can get in there. >> Yeah, >> I can get in an elevator just fine. Unless the elevator gets stuck. >> Oh, has that happened? And. >> one day I was panicking. I just hadn't.

hit the open button because you know. when you know that. >> if the door if the doors don't open it's. very stressful. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And I was like you know cuz it was it's. the can't get out part. It's not the. actual cuz I can do Can you do roller. coaster rides where you get strapped in? >> Okay. I can do them. I don't feel a. phobia from them but I hate being shook. that much. >> like the shaky like I don't do roller. coasters. I feel it's too much. >> Where is it shaky for you? >> Just the I don't I don't like a roller.

coaster to me is like I I get nauseous. I feel like all like dizzy. I It's not. worth it for me. The feeling of I love. them. >> I You love them. >> I get on them and like and I want to get. off and when it's going chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick chick. chick chick chick chick chick I'm like I. want to get off. I want to get off. As. soon as the first drop happens and I. make it, I'm like woo. Now I can't enjoy. it because I worry about someone. throwing up on it,

right? But if roller coasters are like a. way to shake it up, what is, and I ask. my guests this, what is something that. you're listening to, watching, where do. you go to laugh? Because I know you love. to laugh. You have a great sense of. humor. You're deeply funny. Who makes. you laugh? >> I have comfort watches. I've seen. Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met. Sally 5,000 times. >> Yeah. >> And Heartburn. I kind of like Nor. Isn't. it? >> Heartburn is not talked about enough.

What is. >> Merryill in that movie and the God. >> and Jack? They're so good together. >> And you know, Jack, stop. You wanted it. to work. >> What about when she would had when she. had that pregnant belly and then that. little baby and she had to sing and she. had to leave. That movie I I think that. movie is not. >> I don't know if it's underrated, but I. say it's underrated because I think. you're right. It is so good. Check out. Heartburn, everybody. >> Check out Heartburn. >> It's so good. So, and it's so honest,

>> you know, when she came back, even you. know what I loved the um the delivery. scene when he was talking to her and he. cried and you were like, "It's going to. be different." And they had the baby. He. was right back out there. >> She was right back out there in 10. minutes just doing him. He couldn't even. So, she couldn't she couldn't. >> she couldn't do it anymore. >> No, people are complicated. >> People are complicated. And it's not. good or bad, but it it is it is can I. stand it? >> And there was a little bit of her that. was too compromised in that film,

>> in that story or Efron's story. And I. love I love heartburn. Even before the. even in the beginning when it was like, should we get married? Remember behind. when she had the cold? >> Yes. So good. So human. >> So human. Yeah. >> She's funny, too. >> Oh, Merryill's so funny. >> I mean, Merryill's everything. >> Merryill. >> Merryill. I mean there's some words. Merryill. >> Merryill rub on us. >> rub up on us. >> Yes just just rub on us. I mean love. Merryill. That that was a great one.

though. >> Well I have to say Regina it's been so. great talking to you and I have to say. that the Catholic Church loss has been. our gain. I really appreciate you doing. this. Thank you so much for coming. It's. so great to talk to you. >> And I'll see you on another dance floor. hopefully soon. >> Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. >> Okay. Okay. >> Thanks honey. >> Thank you so much Regina Hall. You are. awesome and it was so great to talk to. you and so fun. And um today's Polar. Plunge is presented by BMW Certified. Visit bmwusa.com/certified-preowned.

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wherever it's streaming. Um and just a. fine example of Regina at her best doing. big hilarious moves and deep grounded. dramatic acting. So, um check that out. Um, but don't forget that today's Polar. Plunge was presented by BMW certified. In a world full of uncertainty, BMW. certified pre-owned vehicles are the. real deal. They come with a BMW. certified warranty, genuine BMW parts,

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