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So, Dakota, we don't know each other.
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I feel like we should, because I know your entire family.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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You hang out with my dad a lot.
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Yeah, her dad is Don Johnson, if you don't know.
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And her mom is Melanie Griffith.
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And your grandmother is Tippi Hedren.
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Great family.
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And Antonio Banderas, your stepdad.
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And so a lot of creative people in your family.
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Yeah.
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And I don't know, I live near your dad, and so we hang out and have dinner sometimes.
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I feel like you see him more than I see him.
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I think I do.
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Why don't you, do you ever go up there?
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Well, yeah, sometimes.
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I mean, I travel a lot, but maybe the next time you guys hang out, you could invite me or something.
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I will invite you right now.
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Okay.
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Give me your number so I can call you, and we'll surprise him.
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You'll just show up.
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Okay.
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Or we'll invite him.
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We'll have dinner, invite him.
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Okay.
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It has been a crazy year for you, right?
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Like, you're traveling all the time.
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Yeah.
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So Fifty Shades of Grey comes out, and, I mean, you've been acting.
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But that's a role that is a role that everybody.
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Are people weird around you because of that role?
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Sometimes.
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Yeah, like, do people think that you're that girl?
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Some, well, sometimes people just say things that are a little bit awkward for me.
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Like, I was in a cab recently, and the driver was like, you know, my wife and I, we saw your film.
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And I was like, oh, that's great, thanks.
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He's like, we really liked it.
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I was like, thank you very much.
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And he was like, I thought there could be more sex.
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And I was like about to roll out of the car while I was driving.
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Yeah, you don't want somebody telling you that.
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Has your dad seen the movie?
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Mm -mm.
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Good.
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You don't want your dad seeing that movie.
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No. Has your mom seen it?
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No. Yeah.
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Has your grandmother seen it?
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Yes.
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Tiffy saw it?
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No. Oh, no. So nobody wants to see that movie?
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Uh -uh.
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No. Nobody in my family.
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You don't want them to see it, right?
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Would that be weird if they saw you doing that?
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Well, yeah.
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Stupid question, wasn't it?
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But you want them to see this new movie.
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I do, I do.
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So Black Mask, and you've known Johnny Depp for a while, right?
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Well, I mean, he was around when I was younger because of my parents.
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And I grew up in Woody Creek, Colorado, where he spent a lot of time there.
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I'm going to go back to Fifty Shades of Grey.
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So just because I'm so fascinated that it's just such a role that everybody talked about, even before the film came out.
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And I would think that, are you in a relationship?
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No. Okay, so is it harder for guys?
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Are guys scared of you?
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Or do you notice a difference in guys approaching you or not approaching you?
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You mean like when they run away from me?
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Exactly.
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No, like at a party.
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Are people more attracted to you, or do you think people are scared of you?
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I don't know.
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I guess that, I mean, if those are the two options, I guess they're scared of me.
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Those are the only two.
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They're the only two options.
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They either love me, or they're running for the hills.
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I guess they're running for the house.
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Well, so this next film, they'll see that you're not that.
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Cuz you're really completely different in Black Mass.
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Like, you're really good in it.
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Thank you.
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I mean, everybody is.
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But tell everyone what
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Black Mass is about.
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Black Mass is about James Whitey Bulger, who was one of the most notorious
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Boston gangsters who made an alliance with the FBI to bring down
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the Italians and then also was on the FBI's most wanted list for like 16 years or something and was caught recently.
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And you're his wife.
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And I play his wife, girlfriend, wife.
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Yeah, and that little kid is - Wife, girlfriend, wife, I don't know.
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Girlfriend, wife?
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So it's not clear what it is, what are you?
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I don't know if they were ever actually married, they weren't.
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I think they had a common -law marriage.
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Okay, I was gonna say that's why you're not in a relationship cuz you don't know the difference, and you're like, you need to know.
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Yeah.
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I mean, there's a difference.
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I don't get it.
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I know.
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All right, you're shooting.
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Did you already shoot the sequel for Fifty Shades of Grey?
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Or are you shooting?
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No, we start sometime in the new year.
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OK.
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I want to give you some special props, because I want some attention.
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So we have Ellen Blue.
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We have the Ellen, whatever that is.
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I don't know what that is.
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It's a flogger?
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Thank you.
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What is that called?
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This is a flogger.
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And this is a, you know.
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Yeah.
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And then we have the Ellen Blue handcuffs.
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Oh, thank you.
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OK. And then.
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These are beautiful.
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Yeah.
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And if you're in something that's hardly anything on, and then they yell, cut.
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You don't want to be standing there, so we want to cover you up.
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So we have that, so I'll just wrap you in it.
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Aw, thank you.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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This is actually really great, because it's really cold in here.
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It is cold in here.
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I know.
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All right, warm it up.
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She's cold.
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Yeah.
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All right, you have that in your hand.
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Thank you so much.
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You can handle all kinds of things.
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I'm going to see if we can incorporate these into the red room.
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You better.
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You better.
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They're really subtle.
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Those, yeah, nobody would.
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You won't even see them.
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You won't even see them.
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And because I spent a fortune on those, you better have them in there.
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I better see them somewhere in the red room.
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Thank you so much.
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All right, Black Mass opens everywhere today.
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We'll be right back.
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Dakota Johnson.
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Oh, it's good to see you, Dakota.
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Good to see you, too.
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You look fantastic.
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Did you try that on before you?
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Do you want a blanket or anything?
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I'm sorry.
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Here, let's put that right there.
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Okay.
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Here you go.
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I have this crazy fake tattoo on my arm.
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And I didn't know that it was going to show in this outfit.
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It does.
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It does.
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That's the least of your concern right now is that tattoo.
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Yeah, let's just put some more.
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How's that?
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I feel great.
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All right, good.
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That is a mighty tight outfit for someone who's pregnant.
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I mean, you see, they don't even know what you're talking about.
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Well, this is Thursday, but Monday it came out that you were pregnant.
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And so I'm just saying, how's that going?
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Well, the only thing I'm pregnant with is a lot of really good ideas.
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Yeah?
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You're pregnant with a lot of good ideas?
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Yeah, but not any babies.
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No. So what happened was, I guess, someone saw a party.
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Yeah, well, it was my birthday.
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Yeah, happy birthday.
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And there were balloons that happened to be pink and blue.
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And so then I was pregnant.
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Yeah.
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Because they assumed when the balloons were released that it was a reveal, like a gender reveal.
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Yeah, but the, I, yeah, that's what happened.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I don't know what, I didn't know that the balloons were going to be released.
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They were just in like an arch.
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But I guess that accidentally happened.
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One of the ends just got let go.
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Yeah, because I didn't think you'd release balloons.
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I just thought, I don't think they're going to release balloons.
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So I didn't believe that, but then they thought that it was a reveal, so.
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Yeah.
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But no. But a lot of people congratulated me.
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Mm -hm.
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So now maybe you want to get pregnant because you get so much attention.
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A lot of attention.
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Yeah, that's really great.
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More than just having it be my birthday.
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Yeah.
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So was it just a party at the house?
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Because I couldn't make it.
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But what happened?
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That's the other thing is that now I had to be like, it was just my birthday,
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and then all the people that I didn't invite to my birthday and know that I had a birthday party.
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I invited you to mine, and you came to mine.
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I'm just saying.
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Well, but did you?
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Yeah.
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Well, I think I kind of crashed your birthday party.
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I just came with just arm candy.
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I knew, yes, you were arm candy.
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I knew you'd be with him.
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I didn't have your number at the time, which is why I invited him.
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And I knew he'd ring you.
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But now I have your number, and I'll call you directly.
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And now you have my number, so you could have called to invite me.
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I didn't invite anybody.
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I didn't plan it.
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Oh, it was a surprise?
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Mm -hm.
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OK.
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Well, it was.
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No, it wasn't a surprise.
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It was not.
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Let's talk about other things.
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Your grandmother, Tippi Hedren, is, I call her Hedren.
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That's what I call her.
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Tippi Hedren.
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Tippi Hedren.
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She is an amazing woman and has been rescuing.
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Do you want to keep that on the whole time?
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It's so cold.
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It's so cold in here.
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But you're wearing a sweater and a jacket.
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It's just the look.
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It's not because it's cold.
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It's like.
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Do you want me to take this off?
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No, I don't care.
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Do you want to take it off?
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Well.
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I'm just concerned about.
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I feel bad about wasting all these.
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Camera 4 is happy.
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It doesn't matter what.
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Tam, do you want them to take it off?
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Let's take a vote.
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Who wants me to keep the tissues on my legs?
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OK. Do you need these?
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No. Are these what we're talking about?
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No, I'm just going to make up stuff now.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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OK.
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So Tippi Hedren, your grandmother, so she rescues all these amazing animals.
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I've been to her place.
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And you grew up around all these incredible tigers, and elephants, and snakes, and things.
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Was that scary at first for you as a little girl, or did you right away love animals?
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No, I love them.
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I love them.
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The snakes was funny because they were actually in our house.
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And they were like regular pet snakes.
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But then they just started to get so big
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that we had to bring them up to my grandma's because they started eating live chickens and stuff.
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What do you mean?
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They were in your house just loose?
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No, they were like my brother had them as pets.
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They were Petey the Python and Bubba the boa constrictor.
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Mm -hm.
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Right.
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So and then they would just throw live chickens in the cage?
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Yeah.
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What a nice, wholesome family that is.
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Yeah.
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It's horrible.
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So then she got the snakes, and then she had the tigers and everything.
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And she still does it, right?
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Yeah.
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It's amazing.
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She has, I think at one point they had like 60 lions and tigers that she had rescued from all around California.
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But now they don't have so many
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because she passed a bill where you can't breed lions and tigers in the state of California.
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And she did that herself.
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Thank goodness.
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I know.
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So now she doesn't have to rescue them.
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Yeah, because how old is she?
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She's like 88.
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88, and she's still doing this.
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Hard for an old lady to rescue a lion right now.
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Yeah.
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It's hard for a young lady to rescue a lion.
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But yes, because it's a lot of work, and it's a lot of maintenance and stuff.
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And she has two elephants, right?
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She did.
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They both passed away.
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Oh, they both did.
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Well, yeah.
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One of them she rescued from the circus.
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Right.
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And she had a heart condition, because they electrocute elephants to train them.
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Yep.
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And the mate, his name was Timbo.
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Timbo and Cora, elephants mate for life.
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And when Cora died of a heart attack, Timbo died of a broken heart.
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Isn't that amazing?
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Yeah.
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That's incredible.
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That's why, I mean, elephants are just, there's a foundation, the Sheldrick Foundation, in Africa, in Kenya, that I went to go see.
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And they're just magnificent creatures, really amazing.
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Yeah.
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All right, we're going to take a break.
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We're going to talk about I don't know what, because it's on there.
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OK.
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We'll uh.
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I'll tell you.
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OK.
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I think we're going to talk about your movies, probably.
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What do you want to talk about on there?
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Baby jokes.
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Babies.
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Babies.
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Uh -huh.
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No, there's nothing on there.
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Let's talk about movies.
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All right, we'll talk about movies.
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There's nothing on there about babies.
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And my impressive dancing.
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Yes, your impressive dancing.
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I thought that was a body double.
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I didn't know that was you.
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It was me.
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Yeah.
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Incredible.
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All right, we'll take a break.
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We'll be back.
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We're back with Dakota Johnson.
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Are you still cold?
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Yeah.
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Really?
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It's not that cold.
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No, I'm fine.
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That's just really bad body language on a talk show.
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It's just, what do you want to talk about?
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No. I'm not uncomfortable at all.
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So let's talk about Suspiria.
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OK.
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It's a movie.
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It's a movie.
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Explain the movie.
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OK, Suspiria is a remake of a Dario Argento film that was made in the 70s.
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And it's a film about a young American ballet student who traveled to Berlin to go to a very prestigious dance company.
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And she finds out that it's run by witches.
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And it's very scary.
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And it's very, it takes place in like 70s feminist
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Berlin and during the Third Reich.
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And it's a very political film.
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And it's gory and twisted.
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Yeah.
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And the dancing, there is no music.
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You're dancing that first audition that you do, which is, I really thought it was a body double.
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That's really incredible.
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Thank you.
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And then Bad Times at El Royale is, and that's a great cast too.
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Jon Hamm, as we saw, and Chris Hemsworth is in it.
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And he doesn't wear a shirt, I understand.
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Yeah, no. Somehow he doesn't know how to button his shirt up.
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And it's so distracting for everybody.
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Yeah, his body is just insane, isn't it?
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It's so remarkable and truly such an accomplishment for him.
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It is an accomplishment for him.
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It's just unreal.
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It's so crazy.
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And he's such a nice guy.
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Wow, my tattoo looks really crazy.
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I'm glad it's not real.
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Why do you have that tattoo?
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It was in a pinata at my birthday party.
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It came out of a pinata and just landed on your arm?
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Yeah.
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You did that and it came?
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Yeah.
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I see.
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So you had like a, that sounds like it would have been a fun party.
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It wasn't.
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All right.
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What baby names do you have picked out?
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Oh, gosh.
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Zeus.
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I like that.
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Zeus is good.
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What if it's a boy?
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Zeus.
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I didn't know that it was going to be Christmas decorations.
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You didn't?
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Yeah, sure.
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I look like I belong here.
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Yeah, you do belong here.
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You belong here anyway.
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Thanks.
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It's good to see you.
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Happy belated birthday.
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When was your birthday?
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It was October 4th.
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October 4th.
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You turned 30.
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I did.
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And how was the party?
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I wasn't invited.
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Actually, no, that's not the truth, Ellen.
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You were invited.
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Last year, no, last time I was on the show, last year, you gave me a bunch of about not inviting you.
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But I didn't even know you wanted to be invited.
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Well, who doesn't want to be invited to a party?
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Well, I didn't even know you liked me.
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Of course, I like you.
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You knew I liked you.
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You've been on the show many times.
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And don't I show like?
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You do.
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Yeah.
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But I did invite you, and you didn't come, so.
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This time you invited me?
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Yeah.
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Are you sure?
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Yeah.
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How do you know?
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I don't think so.
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Ask everybody.
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Ask Jonathan, your producer.
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Who said you were?
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I was invited?
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Why didn't I go?
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I don't know. Was it, was it?
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You're out of town.
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Oh, yeah, I had that thing.
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It was probably in Malibu.
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That's too far for me to go to.
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Yeah, it was.
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Yeah.
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No, I think I do remember I was invited.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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No, but I really didn't remember that until just now.
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And then, but Tig Notaro performed at your party?
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She did.
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She did a set?
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She did.
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It was a surprise.
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What did she do?
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A bunch of funny stuff.
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She's hilarious.
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She's my favorite comedian.
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Other than you.
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Bye.
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Wow.
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I'm sorry.
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No, no. I was just talking to my favorite actress the other day, Jen.
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Jen Aniston.
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She's my favorite actress, too.
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No, Tig is hilarious.
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So, but you saw her first at my birthday party, so I feel like I introduced her to you.
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Yes.
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Well, yeah, I heard about, because I had left your birthday party before that happened.
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Oh, why?
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Gosh, this isn't going well.
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No. I was out of town.
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I had to go out of town.
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So you didn't see what she did at my birthday party?
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No, but she reenacted it at my birthday party.
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Well, how would she, why would she do that if you didn't know what she had done?
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She explained it.
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Oh, my God.
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Yeah.
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But that's what she did at the party?
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She did a whole bit.
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It was, I mean, she did a whole set, and it was like the greatest thing ever.
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She's very, very funny.
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Do you know who Tig Notaro is?
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If you don't, find her.
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She's pretty brilliant.
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Yeah, she really is brilliant.
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But, and recently you came to our Gorillapalooza event.
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Thank you for being there.
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Thank you for having me.
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And I don't know if you saw, Chris Martin was there.
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And he performed, and he was brilliant.
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He was.
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He was really good.
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Did you see him?
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I think I saw him from afar.
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So let's talk about your movie
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Peanut Butter Falcon.
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OK.
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It's such a sweet movie, and you talk about it.
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It is such a sweet movie.
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When I read the script, it was one of the most special stories I've ever read.
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And the idea of working with Zach, who I became really close with, and the movie is so special.
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Shia is amazing.
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Yeah, Shia was here not too long ago.
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We were talking about that that's the movie where he actually got arrested during filming that and wrote
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Honey Boy, which is, have you seen
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Honey Boy yet?
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I haven't seen it yet.
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It's really good.
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Yeah.
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But how did you feel about when he got arrested during filming?
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I mean, he could have ruined the whole shoot.
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It was a really kind of sad and I felt very protective of him
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and I felt very like you know that's a really terrifying
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and difficult journey for somebody to experience and I felt really aware of
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that and I just you know we were there to make this movie
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and Zach is really a phenomenal human being
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and he kind of you feel very awake to the truth of life
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and humanity and love and people and real connections when you're with him and I think that
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But that was just a very important moment for Shia.
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And I just don't condemn people for their mistakes.
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I want them to get through it.
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So that's what I tried to do.
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As we all should, as we all should, yeah.
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We asked him a question when he was here.
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And this is what he said.
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Who was your best on -screen kiss with?
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Oh, oh, I can't.
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Yeah, you can.
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, very important.
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This is the most important question.
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Dakota Johnson.
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Oh, she's cute.
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She's a sweetheart.
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Yeah, good.
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All right.
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What's a lie that you recently told?
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I just told one, just now.
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All right.
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The question right before.
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So we don't know if that's true.
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Maybe he was just saying that, but he said that it was your kiss, so.
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Yeah, duh.
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Yeah. Of course. Of course.
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All right, we're going to take a break, and then we're going to meet Zach.
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He's going to come out here.
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He's waiting, so we'll be back.
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All right, we're back with Dakota Johnson.
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That's a scene from your film, Peanut Butter Falcon.
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So let's bring out your co -star, Zach Gottsaken.
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Aw, Zach, that was awesome.
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Good job.
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That was amazing.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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Oh, yeah, me too.
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Yeah.
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Just loving here with you.
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And I have been watching you show like so many times.
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Oh, thanks so much.
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I appreciate that.
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What is it like working with this lady right here?
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Nice, kind, and sweet.
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And she always has been a really good friend of me.
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She, that's good.
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That's good to hear.
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She's not a good friend of mine, but she's a good friend to you.
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And that's what matters.
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This congratulations, you just got nominated for, what is the award you just got nominated for?
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The Critics' Association.
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Yeah.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you.
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Wow.
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It's so awesome.
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I mean, I think you're going to be at a lot of award shows this season.
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I think the film is going to get a lot of attention.
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You ready for that?
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Oh, yes, I am ready.
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Yeah.
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So Shia, I understand, because he was here, and he said he actually became really good friends of yours.
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Oh, yes.
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Yeah.
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Here you are watching this guy, and then you are working with him and acting with him.
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Were you nervous?
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No. No. Maybe he was nervous.
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He doesn't get nervous about anything.
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So you nervous?
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No. You don't get nervous with anything?
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None.
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That's fantastic.
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So you did your own stunts, right?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Now, were they nervous about that?
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Because usually, they don't like actors to do their own stunts.
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Oh, actually, no. But for me, I just want to give a shout out to Tyler and Mike.
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Thank you, Tyler and Mike.
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Thank you so much for everything about what you have been doing for us.
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Tyler and Mike directed the movie.
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Yeah.
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All right, well, we got something for you, because I think you're going to go to a lot of award shows.
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So I know that you love wrestling.
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Yeah.
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And so we have a cummerbund that's sort of a wrestling belt for you.
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That's very awesome.
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Thank you.
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All right, the Peanut Butter Falcon is now available on streaming services and DVD.
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We will be right back.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Dakota Johnson's Most Memorable 'Ellen' Moments”. This video has 606 sentences and 3855 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:42. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 93 of its 606 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| rescue verb | /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ | To save from any violence, danger or evil. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| balloon noun | /bəˈlun/ | An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| snake noun | /sneɪk/ | Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. |
| grandmother noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | A mother of someone's parent. |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| reveal verb | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| impressive adjective | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. |
| actress noun | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | A female who performs on the stage or in films. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| bring down verb | To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power. | |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't you, do you ever go up there?
- You're pregnant with a lot of good ideas?
- Are these what we're talking about?
- It's just, what do you want to talk about?
- What's a lie that you recently told?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been acting · has been rescuing · have been watching |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was caught · were released · be released |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · you've known · I've been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | time, which is · student who traveled · Boy, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 137 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like invite, rescue, elephant.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.