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And happy Thanksgiving everybody.
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Demi Moore.
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She's a three-time Golden Globe Award nominated actress and Hollywood icon who's been blazing trails and drawing us to the box office for decades.
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She also stars in the acclaimed and much buzzed about body horror film The Substance.
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For the record, one of my favorite movies of the year.
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Demi Moore, welcome to the show. Thank you. Happy to be here.
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And I also should say, happy birthday. Thank you.
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you're the first guest to celebrate that milestone while on Hot Ones.
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Are you naturally someone who enjoys spicy food?
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I just don't want to ruin the party.
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I I didn't want to set myself up for failure.
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Everyone who knows me knows that I love to eat spicy food.
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But that said, I don't know what I'm getting myself into here.
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I don't have my glasses on, so I did bring these in case I needed to like see what we're reading. Yep.
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I see Hot Ones Original, the classic hot sauce. All right. Now, how do I do it? Is it already on there?
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It's already on there for you. Okay. Just dive in. Okay.
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It's got like a little bite to it. A little front end kick.
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I'm just dabbing my nose.
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It doesn't mean it's too hot for me, it just means my nose is running. Excuse me. Don't you worry.
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Just uh you know, not a good look. Okay.
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So, I read that one of the things that motivated you to take this part was when you were reading the script, you thought to yourself, "This is either going to be really amazing or a total disaster." Yes.
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Is there something about that kind of actor's dilemma that you find exciting?
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It really means that it was holding something that was worth the risk.
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And I felt that way also about Ghost because it had s- like so many different genres mixed together that you like if this truly I thought this could either be amazing or a [ __ ] disaster.
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And either way, it it's like usually the kind of juice that says, "Step in. Take the risk. Roll the dice. Let's see what happens."
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Let's get to the really good stuff. Very Thanksgiving-y. Mhm. Um On theme today.
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A little medium entry kick. Yeah, right right.
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But much more mild than the first one in terms of its uh like peak point. Okay. Love the analysis. Yes.
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So, in your memoir Inside Out, you described a tingly feeling that something had struck on the set of St. Elmo's Fire. Is that rare?
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Like how often can you tell that a movie's going to be good when you're in the middle of making it?
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I think what I must have been saying in that moment is really just kind of a sense of an alignment of something that was unique that hadn't happened before.
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One, we were telling stories um about people our age, which didn't really exist up until that point of like all the John Hughes films and then St. Elmo's.
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It was a cultural movement that was taking place because it was a in a way a demographic that hadn't been served.
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I mean young people were a little bit more on the edges of stories.
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It wasn't really about what we were experiencing, what our thoughts, feelings, challenges were.
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And it it I think it opened up a you know, something that we see today is in in a in a much more driving force of interest. smoked onion All right. We ready? I'm ready.
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This is like baby [ __ ] Like come on now. Sean. Yeah, yeah.
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Demi What are we doing here? Well, you know what?
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Let's remember this moment. Okay. I'll take it in. Yeah, let's marinate.
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forget and get into like grandiose.
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Might need to keep my humility. I liked this. Okay.
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What's the most practical life skill that you've picked up preparing for a role?
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Like if you take a pottery class in the lead-up to Ghost or do boot camp training in the lead-up to G. I.
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Jane, do you ever leave those experiences with like a know-how that endures long after the project?
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I think that you take away something in a certain way with everything that you do if you're looking.
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Like there was an aspect to say G. I.
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Jane, not just the physical action of it, but once my head was shaved and you know, there was an awareness that women can tend to approach things a little bit this way and that men go very direct.
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And when I had no hair and kind of this and I had this large body.
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So, I had kind of found this external strength, this unapologetic way of moving forward and then realized that I wanted to take that and just move it all to the inside that I didn't need to wear it. I could just be it. Okay, Los Calientes.
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I'd really like to tell you that this has something to it, but Mhm. Yeah.
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It's got a very subtle, very, very light back end of spice. Little back end spice.
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We've gone from front end spice.
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It's not baby [ __ ] Not baby [ __ ] And it's got some okay flavor. Mhm.
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And so maybe I should just be in appreciation of how light and easy these are right now.
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No, I kind of like I kind of like this sort of antagonistic relationship that you're building with the gauntlet already. I like it. Lean into it to me. Okay.
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So you began acting at a time when box office meant everything and then you go through this, you know, VHS rental and DVD era and then now here you are with another hit at the time of like streaming wars and the reported death of the theatrical release.
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What would you say is like the biggest existential threat to movie making having lived through so many of them throughout your career?
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I think it would be the loss of the cinema experience.
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I think that what's been really interesting to see with the substance is how it's really pulled people into the theater and I think the risk not just in cinema, but in life in general is that we're moving towards too much too much isolation and I think
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it's our it's our communal experience that allows us to connect with one another when we have those shared experiences and I think, you know, while I truly love streaming and appreciate it and think that there is an aspect that's quite additive and, you know, for all of us. I I hope that we
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I I hope that we can find, you you a middle ground with bringing bringing us all back to the theater to to really not lose that. Apple caraway.
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And it's kind of a step up, but I'm sure nothing that you can't handle. Again, very autumnal.
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Very on theme, very Thanksgiving, I feel like.
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People could put this on their turkey plus.
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Okay, I'm just going to say it has a kind of a spice that has a spread to it. Ooh.
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Like it kind of spreads top layer.
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But it's still in the baby category.
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That's what I was waiting for. It it it is.
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Again, I don't want to be tooting my own horn here when I start choking down here.
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Um but nice flavor, a little sweet.
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So, you're once described by Vulture as the most iconic crier in cinematic history, is there a physical technique to crying on command, or is it more about invoking an emotional response inside of you?
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I think that we have something that's an interesting kind of response in life, which is that when we try to control our emotions, we don't want to cry, we hold our breath.
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Just remembering to breathe allows, I think, for deeper emotional connection, which thereby is a is a is a reaction towards opening yourself up to be able to allow bit of column A and a little bit of column B when it comes to crying on command.
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I mean, or you can just have some serious spicy stuff.
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Do you remember the first scene that ever called on you to cry as an actor?
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definitely Ghost scared the crap out of me.
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What was that first take like?
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I think because it was also to be such a young person dealing with loss of your partner.
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In reading the script, I was so overwhelmed at the kind of grief that I was going to have to tap into.
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And I know that there's this kind of you know, iconic thing about the one eye. I didn't plan that.
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Have no I have no control over that.
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That's just how it happened.
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But that that was that one kind of helped me get over a you know, like kind of a hurdle of my own.
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Not that it's done it always.
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I There's still like you know, emotionally whenever we have to be vulnerable is not easy. Okay, Scotch bonnet.
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I have a crunchy cauliflower.
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And then yeah, this one has kind of some sweetness up front.
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And then a back half build kind of wave that hits.
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This one definitely has some very nice flavor, very unique. Where is it from? This one's from Ontario.
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Okay, so what's interesting is this has a very, very back end kind of warm.
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Not over spicy, but like a little warm.
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Yeah, kind of like letting you know we're in the back half over here.
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good because it's more of flavor, not just hot. There we go.
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So you've been doing the rounds on late night couches and film junkets for decades, you know, even the time of the Leno heyday and the Letterman heyday.
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literally I've been doing this for over over 45 years.
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I'm curious from that side of the table, how have you seen like the talk show dynamic change?
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One, I think you know, that there's aspects that are more playful like this that you see um like where did this come from?
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Yeah, that's like case in point right here.
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Um but what's what a what an interesting way to make you less self-conscious on one hand because you're very focused.
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I'm very focused on what are my next things.
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I'm really into my task here. Who's Scoville? Do we know?
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Or is it the actual machine?
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No, it was a it was a guy. It was a person, yeah. Uh hot sauce scientist.
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Look at Look at you have brought him into pop culture, Scoville.
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If he were alive, maybe he is. I don't think so. Too much spicy food. what happens to us all. Okay. Are we going? I'm ready. Oh, I took a huge bite. Mhm. Yep.
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So, this one has definitely more spice. Mhm.
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The kind that if you're not careful, like somebody you could like suck their air a little bit. Yeah, yeah.
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It has like a heavy kind of like smokiness to it. Mhm.
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That I think just like tightens up the chest.
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But less flavor and more like let's see how hot you can have it. Right.
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I mean, it's got like some lingering stuff to it. Mhm.
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Yeah, and then there's this cumulative effect as we go here.
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But already my nose runs, which is so like unattractive, but I'll have to just Seven wings down.
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So, if you're on a raw vegan diet, like is there a Thanksgiving dinner dessert that actually hits?
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Like whether it's a like an almond butter cookie or like a no-bake pie?
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Like is there something that hits just as good as the classic?
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Yeah, but I still have to have my pumpkin pie, pecan. They can do that.
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They can do like a veganish version that's just as good.
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I mean, you can't not have like graham cracker crust pumpkin pie.
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Gingersnap cookies in dipping sauce.
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And the dipping sauce is essentially just frosting, like powdered sugar frosting.
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I'm taking notes over here. This is excellent.
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Ginger snap, slightly undercooked, so they're soft.
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And then you dip it, and then, you know, occasionally you can get cookie shrapnel in there, but it's okay.
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You can just keep It's all part of the fun.
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a little adding to it, yes. Highly recommend. So, Demi, Yes, sir.
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this next wing is called the bomb beyond insanity. Okay.
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If this doesn't put you on your heels, then we might have to find something that does. What's in it? I can't read it.
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[ __ ] See, this is what happens. Let's see. Oh, it's not telling us. Let's see, the bomb. It's spicy. Yeah.
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It does kind of grow from here.
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I You you look like you're hurting over there.
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Demi, I'll need you to hold my hand through this whole experience.
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Usually I try to support, but I might need to lean on you in this situation.
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Never gets easier for me.
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Yeah, this one is like It's just kind of ugly.
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Yeah, no, I agree with you. not a nice one.
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No redeeming culinary qualities whatsoever.
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You know, they do say people who eat spicy food, you know, that the whole trick of that is that it bypasses the taste buds and it activates the pain response. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Which is it emits the drug that which is why people who like spicy food continue to eat spicy food. Right.
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That's the endorphin rush that you kind of get off of it and I kind of get it at this time in the show.
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Which I think is kind of funny. The oxytocin.
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I'm riding the oxytocin right now. the next one. Wait, real quick. Okay.
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Oh, do we have questions? I'm sorry.
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So, there's a game that I like to play whenever we have an actress prolific and timeless as you on the show called name that tagline, okay?
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I'm going to be terrible. Gwyneth was amazing. Okay, go ahead.
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to a Demi Moore movie and you try to connect it to the movie. Does that sound good? I'll give it my best.
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One man will stop at nothing to keep his honor.
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Another will stop at nothing to find the truth. A Few Good Men? A Few Good Men. Okay, that's one.
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Failure is not an option. Uh, G. I. Jane. G. I.
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Jane, that's two for two. Okay. How about this?
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A love that will last forever. Uh, it has to be Ghost. It is Ghost. You're good for three. Okay.
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A husband, a wife, a billionaire. And is it Proposal? There you go. Okay, okay. Sex is power. Sex is power.
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That has to be Disclosure. Okay. What an incredible run. I did I did okay.
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You did better than you thought you would.
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And speaking of exceeding expectations, Yes.
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you have just conquered the Bomb Beyond Insanity. Yes.
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Meaning we have only two more wings to go.
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This next one We have another super red one.
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is called Arbol Scorpion. Arbol.
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And so is it in fact the scorpion pepper? Yep, that's right. Okay. You are informed, Demi. Thank you. Minus the nose running.
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It's like, you know, putting on the lip stuff to plump you up, right? Are they looking good? Um yeah, it's nice. It's all right. I love it.
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I mean, I'm a Scorpio, so maybe I should be appreciating the scorpion. It's all right. Sorry.
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So, the New York Times once labeled you as the most high-profile doll collector.
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And I've heard you contemplate the idea of one day opening like a doll museum.
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I also have a moderate collection of oversized items.
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Which I love, by the way.
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So, you have like a 6-ft long butcher's knife and things like that, right?
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I have I I have giant tennis rackets, giant boxing gloves.
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For me, I love the ones that are real, just not that are in a different scale.
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Does having that kind of interest, does it ever make you think about just the size of things in general?
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And is there ever a time where like this oversized item, you actually think that it's like more practical than like the normal-size version?
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I think the idea of scale is something that sparks something in us and challenges our sense of reality, of what we see as normal.
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Which I think is is a healthy thing.
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And in general, it just makes you laugh.
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I mean, when I see my giant clipboard, it just brings me joy. My giant pencil, joy.
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And as do my miniature things, things that are normally large that are small. But a big chair I enjoy. I enjoy greatly.
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Well, that makes two of us, to me. Okay.
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What do we Oh, do we have to open this one? Okay, sorry. Let me shake it.
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I'm just finding a good spot in my soggy cauliflower. Okay. Okay. Ready? Ready.
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I'm catching You all right over there?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You got it caught in the back of your throat there? I'm doing good.
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I'm just you know what I'm trying to put on like a a stronger front for you to me.
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That's what I find myself doing here right now.
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I I wish I could say that it was you know over the top and I would be like oh my god.
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I felt that's why I said, do you have one stronger?
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Well, we'll put we'll stress test the production right now to me.
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But look at you taking on the wings of death working all the way to the end of the gauntlet without breaking a sweat.
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And to close things out, what I want to do is I want to thank you so much for coming in on your actual birthday to do hot ones.
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We've brought you an ice cream cake. Thank you Victoria. Thank you so much. Oh my god.
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And the best gift of all is perhaps knowing that you're done over here to celebrate Thanksgiving before you blow out the candles.
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Is there something you're especially thankful for this year?
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Thankful for this experience.
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I'm thankful for the opportunity to be present and yeah, I like I am just deeply grateful for every day. Every day. That's it.
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Deeply grateful for my beautiful cake. That's it.
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My family, my little dog.
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Well, I'm deeply grateful that you would come in and do hot ones on your birthday.
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Look at you Demetri Martin. What I have going on?
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Well, obviously the substance which I encourage you all to go out and see in the theater.
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Um, I have Land Man a show with Taylor Sheridan that opens November 17th so it'll be already streaming and I'm getting ready to go shoot with Boots Riley in Atlanta on a on a great fun movie. So, that's it. Rock and roll. Thank you.
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Okay, blowing out the candles. Yeah.
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Pinche's burritos, have you ever eaten there? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So, if you ever eat another burrito there, which weekly I go, and I have a special one that I order, but I always get it with their diablo sauce. Diablo sauce?
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I highly recommend trying it.
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And even for me, even for me, I have to like watch how much goes in. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can overdo it.
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No, cuz it it makes me hiccup, and if it's too much, it's like it's it's true to its name. Well, you know what?
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