-You're back on Broadway. You actually are
from New York, right? -I wasn't born here,
but I grew up here, since I was 5 years old,
which... -That counts.
-Everyone says it counts. Do you feel like it counts?
I always feel like... -Yes.
[ Cheers and applause ] -I just feel
like I'm not allowed to say, "Oh, I'm from New York,"
because I was born in Florida, but I grew up here.
-Yeah, yeah. No, I think you can say --
-You feel like it counts. -I think if you live in New York
for like, I'd say, thre
e years,
you're a New Yorker. -Three years?
That's all? [ Laughter ] -Okay, well,
then I'm a New Yorker, then. -You don't agree with that? -I do, but, like,
three years is so random. -I was gonna say two,
but then I go, "Why make it is that easy?
That's making it too easy." -The city can get, like,
really inside you. And, like, it gets inside you.
-It does. -And then it's like,
then you are in New Yorker. -It is inside you then.
-Yeah, it's inside you. -I mean, do you feel --
do you love when yo
u come -- when you're back here? You're like,
"This is home for me"? -I do.
I love being back in New York. Although, when I'm here,
I tend to just, like -- This probably happens to you,
too. Anytime I'm talking to anyone
from New York, I'm like, "Yeah," like I start
talking like I'm from New York. But, like, not everyone
from New York talks like this, but I like to do this.
So whenever I am anywhere, I end up trying to sound
like the person I'm speaking to in the place
I'm currently standing in.
-I do this, too.
-Yeah, and it's very annoying, I think, for the people
who are actually British and you're like, "Good morning!
Top of the morning!" and they're like, "Jesus God..."
-Go, "Stop it, stop it." Yeah. "'ello.
'ello, love! "How are you?"
-"Good morning! Do you like a tea and crumpet?" They're like, "Jesus Christ."
They hate it. -That's so funny.
-They think all Americans sound like
Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins," like, when we try
to do that accent. They're like --
-The Cockney acc
ent. -It's not good.
-It's not good at all. -It's not good. -But, I mean, were you
like that growing up, too? -Oh, yeah.
My mom could always tell who I was talking to
on the phone, because I would always
all of a sudden sound like whomever
I was speaking to. -Me too.
My mom was always like -- -It's like psychosis or actress. It's like one or the other. -But you sound like -- yeah. But this is a big day for you
because not only are you here, not only is it appropriate
at the Belasco Theatre, but,
of course, Beyoncé just released
her new album, "Cowboy Carter." -I mean, for me...
-This is a big deal for you. -For me, it's an enormous deal. I was up, like,
right until the album dropped. -Yeah, it was so fun. -I was just, like,
sleeping with one eye open, waiting for it to happen. -Yeah.
-And then it happened. -Yeah.
-And then I've just been, like, all day just...
-Every day. -Yeah.
-"Blackbird," "Jolene." -"Blackbird," "Jolene."
But the duet. -"Two Most Wanted."
-"Two Most Wanted." -Oh, d
on't even talk about it! -I mean, whoa. -I have a photo
of you and Beyoncé. -Oh, yeah. We're best friends.
-Yeah. Now, my question is, does she
know that you're in this photo? [ Laughter ] How dare you, Jimmy. How very dare you. -Did she know
that you were there? -I think it's evident
that she's so excited I'm there. [ Laughter ] Out of the three people,
you and Gabrielle Union, yeah. -I think she has no idea
I'm there, actually. But I know I'm there,
and that's all that matters. -No, but she ac
tually posted
a photo of you guys together. -Yeah, she did post this. And this was, like, I think one
of the greatest days of my life because it's Beyoncé,
blue checkmark. Obviously, she posted it. That picture is
of an idiot who's, like, trying desperately to get
as close to Beyoncé as possible. -No.
-Yes! 'Cause look at them. Their heads are together,
and I'm just like -- It looks like I'm
sort of Photoshopped, like somebody dropped in there. -Have you seen Beyoncé
since this? -Um, well, we ta
lk all the time. I'm just kidding.
-Oh. Tell her hello. -I went to see her concert
in Los Angeles with my good friend
Pedro Pascal. -I love Pedro Pascal.
-Yes. [ Cheers and applause ]
Yes. And my really good friend
Jason Butler Harner, who you would also love
if you knew him. -Yeah.
-Um, and, uh, Beyoncé was flying overhead,
as she does 'cause she's, you know, god incarnate,
just flying right overhead. And she blew a kiss
in my direction, and I believe it was to me.
[ Laughter ] And Pedro thinks
it was to him,
and, uh... -Yeah, just live
with that story. -We're gonna live with
that story. -He believes that,
and you believe -- He's the most famous man
in the world right now, so he thinks everything
is happening, like, for him. But it's really for me.
-Is she flying in the concert? -She flies in --
Well, she flies in real -- Jimmy, she can fly.
[ Laughter ] -Beyoncé is real?
-Jimmy, Beyoncé can fly. -What?!
Of course she can fly. -She's real.
-Of course she's real. -She's real, and she c
an fly. -Unbelievable.
She flies over you. -she flies over,
and she blew a kiss. And all these strangers
in the pit where we were standing
started pushing me, like, "Oh, my God, you just got
a kiss from Beyoncé." And Pedro was like,
"That was for me." [ Laughter ] -Oh, my God!
-Like, it was nuts. -Won't even let you
have one thing. -I was like,
"Can I have one thing?" -"All I want is one thing."
-"...is one thing!" "All I want is one --
-"And you won't give it. And you won't give it."
-"You won'
t let me have it!" -"You won't let me
have one thing." -"One thing -- from Beyoncé."
-"From Beyoncé." -"Why?"
-"I want one thing." -"She's flying above,
and I want one thing." -"One thing."
[ Laughter ] "And you take that thing?"
-"You took it from me." -"So let's take a second thing."
-"Okay. What do I want now?" -"A third thing."
-"But where is it?" -"Beyoncé flying over me again!"
[ Laughter ] We have --
we have lots to discuss. -It's just, the things about
people like you and me, is just tha
t,
it's just one -- one thing shy of just being
in an institution. [ Laughter ]
-We have to talk about -- We have to take care
of each other. -We do. -We have to talk about
this play. Look at this. "Appropriate."
People are raving. I don't want to -- knock
on wood -- Tony nomination. That's all I'm saying.
Yeah. I squeaked it out like
I was a ventriloquist puppet. "Tony nomination." -But let me just read some
reviews that's happening here, and plug your ears
if you don't want to hear this. -Well
, I'll hear them.
-But these are great reviews. "Entertainment Weekly" says,
"Sarah Paulson is monumental among a stellar cast." [ Cheers and applause ] "New York Times" called
your performance "eye-opening and sinus-clearing."
-Is that a comp-- Wait a minute.
Is that a compliment? -That's an interesting quote.
-Sinus-clearing? -Sinus-clearing?
Well, is there -- -Well, she's bracing. -You do have, like,
a Vicks VapoRub smell to you tonight.
-Oh. Interesting. [ Laughter ]
-I've never breathed --
Thank you so much.
-Oh, yeah. -No, it's probably
for everyone's weeping. Deadline says that
you gave a "tor-nah-do" -- -A "tor-nah-do"?
[ Laughter ] Wow.
Like I said, just really, just one -- one moment shy
of someone like, Bellevue, like -- [ Imitates sirens ] -But didn't that make you laugh?
-Yeah, it did -- "tor-nah-do." "She gives such a tor-nah-do
of a performance." -A tor-nah-do of a performance.
Yeah, like a tor-nah-do. Like, "Wizard of Oz."
-I know what it means. I'm just not sure
everyo
ne else does. -A tornado.
[ Laughter ] And then, the New York
theater guy says, "Sarah Paulson leads a great
American drama for our time." Come on, now.
[ Cheers and applause ] On the cover of "Playbill." I'm on the cover of "Playbill."
-This is the -- This is it. -Well, it's wild.
I have -- my name is in lights, in these little twinkly,
vintagey, old-time lights above the theater,
and I do have to say, it was one of the craziest
"pinch me" moments of my life to walk out of --
like, out of the s
ubway and walk to the theater. And there was my name,
and I just thought, "I can't believe this
is happening." -Pal, I'm so happy for you.
You're so well done. Beyoncé kisses you,
and then that. -And then that! -How do we describe
the play for anyone who's going to see
"Appropriate"? -It's a family drama
that is quite funny. Uh, wickedly funny.
but it's about -- [ Person laughs ]
Thank you. [ Laughter ] It's about three
estranged siblings who come home to deal with
their father's estate, who is
recently deceased.
-Yes. -And, you know,
some shenanigans ensue. -Yes.
-Some family shenanigans. I don't know
if that happens to you when you go home
to see your family. -Yes. Always shenanigans.
-Yes. -That's all I do.
-You say "yesh." -I say "yesh."
-"Yesh." -I say, "Hello. Yesh. Pleashe."
-"Hello, yesh, pleashe." -Uh, you do a lot of --
uh, a lot of -- a lot of yelling in the play. -I do do a lot of yelling. -And I respected that
because I go, "Man, your voice must be shot."
-It's tired. But
I do a lot of vocal
warming up before the show, which I will be doing
when I get to the theater, but it's going to be
cutting it a little close. You want to do it right now? -Do you guys want to do it
right now? -Teach us --
-Can you come around? -Yes, I can do whatever.
I'm ready to go. I'll go on Broadway with you.
It's exciting. -Okay, we're gonna start
with lip drills. -Okay.
-Br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br! -Br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br!
-Br-br-br-br-br-bwah! -Guys?
-Br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br-br! -
Okay, now I want la-la, ga-ga,
la-la, ga-ga, la la la. -La-la, ga-ga, la-la, ga-ga,
la la la. -That wasn't good.
-No, it wasn't good. -La-la, ga-ga, la-la, ga-ga,
la la la. -Oh. La-la, ga-ga, la-la, ga-ga,
la la la. -Ga-ga, la-la, ga-ga, la-la,
ga ga ga. -Guh-guh, luh-guh, guh-guh,
luh-guh, ga ga -- no? -No.
-No, do it again. It's... -Ga-ga, la-la, ga-ga, la-la,
ga ga ga. -Oh. Guh-guh, la-la,
guh-la ga-ga -- -No!
Not good. Okay, now I want you to try "The lips, the teeth,
the tip of the tongue.
The tip of the tongue,
the teeth, the lips." -Mm.
-You can do it. Start with what? -"The lips, the teeth,
the tip of the tongue. The tip of the tongue,
the teeth, the lips." No.
-Yes. We got it. Ready? -"The lips, the teeth,
the tip of the tongue. The tip of the tongue,
the teeth, the lips." -The lips?
The teeth, the lips? -And now I want it faster.
-Okay, go. -The lips, the teeth,
the tip of the tongue. The tip of the tongue,
the teeth, the lips. The lips, the teeth,
the tip of the tongue. The
tip of the tongue,
the teeth, the lips. -[ Gibberish ] [ Cheers and applause ] I'm having a heart attack. [ Cheers and applause ] -This is what happens. This is what happens
if you don't train properly and get your
diaphragmatic breathing. -We're ready for Broadway!
Sarah Paulson, everybody! Check out "Appropriate"
at the Belasco Theatre! Sarah and I are gonna
do something fun when we come back.
Stick around!
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