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>> Q. Latifah: MY NEXT GUEST IS
A TALENTED ACTOR WHO YOU HAVE
SEEN IN "THE GOOD WIFE,"
TERMINATOR TWO II AND SCANDAL.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> SHE'S WORKING FOR JOSEPHINE
MARCUS.
IF SHE THOUGHT SHE'D NEED IT SHE
WOULD USE IT AGAInST US.
SHE THINKS SHE KNOWS.
>> SHE THINKS SHE KNOWS BUT
HASN'T GOT ANYTHING CONCRETE AND
HE WON'T.
TIME'S UP.
I WILL TAKE CARE OF BALLARD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Q. Latifah: PLEASE WELCOME
JOE ♪
-- JOHN CHARLES.
♪
>> Q. Latifah: WOO!
>> TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> YOU REALIZE IF I TELL YOU
ANYTHING WE HAVE TO KILL
EVERYBODY HERE.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AT LEAST WE GET TO KNOW.
MY GOODNESS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU HAVE WON SO MANY THINGS IN
YOUR CAREER BUT YOU HAVE TO BE
AMAZED AND BLOWN AWAY BY THE
REACTION BY ALL THE FANS TO
SCANDAL.
>> IT'S LITERAL LY.
>> I CAME OUT LAST YEAR AND
HASN'T SEEN THE SHOW AND STARTED
TO BINGE.
ALL OF SEASON ONE I THOUGHT I
WOND WITHER IF THERE IS A WAY I
CAN GET ON THE SHOW.
BEFORE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT IT, MY
AGENTS CALLED AND SAID, SCANDAL
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU ON THE
SHOW.
IT SORT OF PUT IT OUT THERE.
>> Q. Latifah: WOW.
WOW.
WE HAD KERRY WASHINGTON HERE AND
TALKED ABOUT TWITTER AND HOW
HUGE TWITTER HAS BEEN FOR
SCANDAL WITH THE LIVE TWEETING
AND EVERYTHING.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN IN TO IT?
>> I DID THIS SEASON.
IT IS GREAT.
IT IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST AN
ACTOR LIKE ME, WHO SPENDS A LOT
OF TIME ON THE STAGE, GETS TO
REACT TO AN AUDIENCE IN
REALTIME.
AND BE ON THE SCREEN AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> Q. Latifah: WE HAVE ONE OF
YOUR TWEETS FROM YOU TO KERRY.
SO CUTE.
I GUESS IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY AND
YOU TWEETED TO MY FAVORITE
SCANDALISTA.
BRIGHTLY FROSTED CAKE AND BRIGHT
B DAY ON A BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
DAY.
KERRY, THANKS, DAD.
I READ THAT YOU WERE RAISED IN
SEVERAL PLACES.
KIND OF AN ARMY BRAT.
>> NOT KIND OF.
>> Q. Latifah: SERIOUS ARMY BRAT
FROM JAPAN TO GERMANY.
DO YOU THINK GROWING UP AROUND
THE MILITARY HELPED YOU TO
STRUCTURE YOUR LIFE?
YOU CHOSE A PATH THAT IS VERY
CREATIVE AND CAN BE VERY
AVANT-GARDE, GO OFF THE VIBE,
THE GUT BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW
YOU DO WA YOU DO AND YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING IT SO WELL FOR SO
LONG.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Q. Latifah: DOES ANY OF THAT
INFLUENCE FROM YOUR FAMILY AND
BEING RAISED IN THE ARMY?
>> CERTAINLY THIS CHARACTER IS A
LOT BASED ON MY FATHER.
HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY AT
TIME WHEN BEING BLACK AND BEING
A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY WAS NOT A
COMFORTABLE THING.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE WANTED TO
BE A PAINTER.
MY MOTHER USED TO DO THINGS LIKE
SHE WOULD GO OUT AND FIND A LOG,
HOLLOW IT OUT, PUT VARNISH ON IT
AND TURN IT IN TO A LAMP.
THE CREATIVE THINGS I GOT FROM
MY PARENTS, AS WELL.
>> Q. Latifah: DO YOU THINK YOUR
KIDS WILL --
>> MY SON IS ALREADY AN ACTOR.
HE WILL BE DOING SOME
SHAKESPEARE COMING UP THIS
SPRING.
>> Q. Latifah: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
YEAH.
SHAKESPEARE.
THAT'S COOL.
THEY WILL KEEP GOING ON AND ON.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YOU ARE TONY NOMINATED ACTOR,
BROADWAY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ARE YOU RETURNING TO STAGE?
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL DO MORE OF
THAT?
>> THIS PAST NOVEMBER, I DID A
WORKSHOP OF A PLAY CALLED "TURN
ME LOOSE" WHICH IS A ONE HANDER.
THAT MEANS ONLY ONE ACTOR IN THE
PLAY ABOUT GREGORY.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> Q. Latifah: I KNOW THAT WAS
FUN.
>> Q. Latifah: TELL ME ABOUT
SHON DA RHYMES BECAUSE WORKING
WITH WITH HER MUST BE DIFFERENT
FROM ANYTHING YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED.
JUST THE WRITING ALONE SEEMS SO
FAST PACED AND EDGY.
I'D LOVE TO WATCH YOU REHEARSE
THE LINES.
>> I THINK I'M VOICE FOR HER.
THIS CHARACTER CAN SAY THINGS
ABOUT THE ROLES OF BEING BLACK
OR WHATEVER SHONDA HAS IN HER
MIND THAT THE CHARACTERS IN THE
SHOW CAN'T SAY.
THE MONOLOGUE S SHE HAS GIVEN ME
HAVE BEEN GLORIOUS.
THE KIND OF THING YOU WANT TO
TAKE HOME AND HAVE FOR DINNER.
>> Q. Latifah: I KNOW THAT'S
RIGHT.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, SHE
WOULDN'T PUT IT IN YOUR HANDS IF
SHE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE SO
CAPABLE OF IT.
WE THANK YOU AS FANS OF THE SHOW