>>> WE KNOW LAUREN GRAHAM BEST FOR HER REL ON "GILMORE GIRLS" AND "PARENTHOOD. BUT LAUREN IS ALSO A "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. >> SHE HAS A GREAT BOOK OUT CALLED "HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY?" STORIES YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO REMEMBER. BRILLIANT TITLE. WE WANT TO GET TO THE BOOK BECAUSE IT HAS GREAT ADVICE. IT IS "GILMORE GIRLS" SEASON EVERYBODY KNOWS. >> AND I CAN JUST SAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD, THAT EVERY SINGLE MOM I KNOW IS, LIKE, HAVE YOU REWATCHED "GILMORE GIRLS" WITH YOUR DAUGHTER >> AT 10 >> IT'S A THING. >> THEY GROW UP A LITTLE FASTER THESE DAYS. >> ALL RIGHT I UNDERSTAND. >> DO YOU THINK SHE IS TOO YOUNG? >> NO. ONE THING GREAT ABOUT THE SHOW, IT MEETS YOU WHERE YOU ARE THE STUFF MA MATEIGHT BE A LITTE BEYOND HER, WILL GO OVER HER HEAD THEN SHE CAN WATCH IT AT ANOTHER AGE. >> I FEEL LIKE YOU PICK PROJECTS THAT HAVE SUCH STAYING POWER OFTEN PEOPLE SELECT THINGS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN ON A SORT OF ROLE PICKING THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS. IS THAT SO >> NO, NOT AT ALL. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD BE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHOW TODAY "GILMORE GIRLS" ESPECIALLY AND "PARENTHOOD" AS A PLACE IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS AS WELL. IT'S GREAT WRITING ALSO COZY AND, LIKE, A PLACE TO VISIT THAT IS COMFORTING I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND SO APPRECIATE THE LOVE I GET BACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FANS AND WATCHING IT OVER AND OVER. >> DID YOU ALWAYS EMBRACE IT -- SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS WHERE THEY GOT THEIR START, THEY ARE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THING. >> NO. I FEEL GENUINELY LUCKY LIKE, IF YOU GET ONE OF THOSE, THAT'S AMAZING AND IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL PART TO ME AND IT GAVE ME PRETTY MUCH EVERY JOB THAT CAME SINCE THEN I AM THANKFUL. >> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK BECAUSE WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT IT IS IT'S ALL OF THE STORIES OF GRINDING IT OUT. >> YES. >> IN OUR CITY, IN NEW YORK CITY AND IT'S HILARIOUS BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD. THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. >> NO. I HAD SO MANY JOBS AT THE SAME TIME THAT'S JUST WHAT I EXPECTED, YOU KNOW I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE EASY -- I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE AS HARD AS IT WAS AT TIMES I TALK ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW YORK CITY IN A, STARTING OUT, YOU HAVE TO EARN NEW YORK'S RESPECT. >> YOU DO. AND I LOVE HOW YOU THINK OF NEW YORK AS A PERSON. >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE IT'S TRUE THERE ARE DAYS WHERE YOU LOVE HER. >> YES. >> AND DAYS SHE IS VERY DIFFICULT. >> VERY CRUEL. >> RIGHT EXACTLY RIGHT. >> I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS FULL OF GREAT ADVICE IT'S LIKE A PREREQQUEL TO YOUR LEIF YOU TALK ABOUT THE JOBS THAT YOU HAD ALONG THE WAY. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, DID YOUR PARENTS SAY YOU MUST WORK? DID THEY -- OR DID YOU WORK ON YOUR OWN OR DID YOU NOT HAVE A JOB WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? >> I ALWAYS HAD A JOB. IT WASN'T BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO I HAD A PAPER ROUTE, YOU KNOW. >> YOU DID >> I WORKED? SUMMER STOCK PAINTING FENCES I GREW UP WITH A SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF EARN THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YEAH, I JUST KIND OF - >> WHICH EXPLAINS THE GRIND YOU WENT THROUGH, HOW YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY UNCLE, LIKE THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME? >> NO. AND I THINK IT'S A CAREER THAT CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE A BAD BOYFRIEND WHO DOESN'T CALL YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN IT SHOULD BE RECIPROCAL TO SOME DEGREE I WAS LUCKY IT WAS. >> YOU CREATED A CHARACTER THAT IS BASED OFF OF HODA AND ME. >> WE LOVE THIS CHARACTER. >> THANK YOU FOR CREE CREATING US IN OLD LADY JACKSON. >> IT WAS BORN OUT OF ME TRYING TO BE COOL TO THE TV KIDS AND TELL THEM THEY DIDN'T NEED ANOTHER TATTOO OLD LADY JACKSON OVER HERE MIGHT THINK YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, COOL IT AND SO SHE WAS A -- A CHARACTER WAS BORN. >> WE TOTALLY -- >> 5:00 DINNER EARLY BED. >> ARE YOU LIKE THAT NOW >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> I REMEMBER GROWING UP THAT SONG, LADIES WHO LUNCH NOW I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND DINNER IS SO LATE. IT'S DARK. YOU HAVE TO FIND PARKING NO, GO TO LUNCH. >> I LIKE THAT ON A MUCH MORE SERIOUS NOTE, MATTHEW PERRY PASSED AWAY AND HE PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING STORIES ON THE SHOW ALMOST DAILY ABOUT HIM, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE LOVE THAT IS -- THAT CONTINUES TO POUR IN TO HIM I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE FRIENDS AS WELL. >> IT'S STILL A SHOCK TO ME, FRANKLY. I SAW HIM NOT THAT LONG AGO. AND WHAT I TAKE SOLACE IN IS, IN THIS LAST YEAR, THE BOOK HE WROTE HAD SUCH SUCCESS THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM, NOT AS JUST A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, BUT THAT HE WAS REACHING SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. AND HE WAS SO HAPPY. SO THAT'S A SILVER LINING, I GUESS, TO HIS LOSS. >> YEAH. DEFINITELY IS. >> LAUREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH >> BY THE WAY, YOUR BOOK IS GREAT. >> AMAZING IT'S FUNNY >> YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU ARE GETTING -- >> I WANT TO READ IT. >> THE FRIENDSHIP ADVICE, ALL OF IT WE LOVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING. >> PICK IT UP. >> THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR BOOKS AS WELL. >> JENNA IS A BOOK PERSON, TOO THE PAPERBACK VERSION OF "HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY?" IS OUT NOW. CHECK IT OUT
